As Aiden sat and had an enlightenment, his Qi started to increase, it was very little but it was increasing. Syr moved away so as not to disturb and started to watch Aiden. Inside his head Aiden had understood a great deal of the cultivation technique and was repeating the movements of the technique in his head. Each time the movements became a little clearer and smoother.
From the outside it looked as if Aiden was just sitting in an awkward position on the floor with his eyes closed until...
*Fwwooosshhh!!
A strange white energy was circulating around Aiden, but suddenly the color of the energy started to change. It took on a black-red color and a wild form, but the next moment it disappeared as if it had never existed and was replaced by a purple energy. The purple energy didn't disappear, instead Aiden was practicing the technique in his head while the purple energy continued the technique in synchronization.
"Huuuu..." Aiden opened his eyes as he released his breath.
"Are you okay Aiden-san?" Syr asked.
"Oh yeah totally fine. Thank you for helping me Syr-san. I couldn't have done it without you."
"It's nothing, but are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, I think I've overstrained my mind a bit and I need to rest a bit."
"Then there's an unused room upstairs. Do you want to rest for a while?"
"In that case, yes, thank you." So Syr escorted Aiden to the room upstairs.
Aiden entered the room and after sitting on the bed, he reviewed what had happened.
(Flashback)
'So this is my inner body, very similar to the one in those manhua and manhwa. I think I can open my eyes now. ?... Why I can't open my eyes?'
"Kill!"
'What?'
"Kill them!"
'What do you mean by killing?'
"Kill them all!"
Aiden was trying to stop it, but the voice kept coming.
Suddenly, several energies appeared in Eden's inner body around his Dantian, each one a different color.
'Are these Qi?'
Then some of the Qi started to flow towards the core.
Aiden recognized some of the different colored Qi: the blue/white one was ice, the purple/green one was poison, but there was also a red/black one and a pitch-black one. Aiden didn't know what was happening so he tried to stop it but the qi was trying to merge in his dantian as if his body wasn't listening to him anymore.
'Ugh!!!' The combination of the four qi caused terrible pain. All four qi were trying to get the upper hand until they collided and merged in the center of the dantian.
Aiden was feeling the pain strangely not in his body but in his mind.
As soon as the four qi merged, it turned into a strange black/red energy qi.
Aiden's dantian was filled with this qi, but even if all four qi were combined, it was still too little because his qi stats were too low. As soon as this strange qi was formed, purple qi was able to circulate in Aiden's body, in fact, it was as if his body was relieved, many different qi had merged.
And then Aiden opened his eyes.
(Flashback Over)
Sitting on the bed, Aiden tried to bring out the strange qi, but it wouldn't come out of his body, he couldn't manifest it.
'I can move this qi freely inside my body, but it doesn't come out.' Aiden thought.
Then he opened the system messages.
[Congratulations on achieving [Enlightenment].]
[Congratulations on achieving the title [First Enlightenment].]
[Conditions have been met, some of the seals in your body have been removed.]
[Physique: Heavenly ###### Star Body]
[Power increased by 4]
[Sense increased by 3]
[Qi increased by 6]
"Kill them!!"
"Wha?!" Aiden was shocked by the sudden noise, but there was no one around and it didn't sound like it was coming from outside.
'As the seals of this body opened, I began to hear this. System, can I guess the name of this body?'
There was no sound for a while, but then a system box appeared, showing the empty space.
'I hope this is not it, I hope I am wrong, please let it not be this. This is from a manhwa, and if it's true, I'm fucked.'
"Heavenly Killing Star Body."
[Checking...]
'I hope this is not it, I hope I am wrong, please let it not be this.' Aiden prayed inwardly while the system was still checking.
[Checking...]
[Confirmed]
[Physique: Heavenly Killing Star Body]
[All seals are being removed...]
[The host's physique [Heavenly Killing Star] awakens...]
'Holy shit!'
[Awakening is complete.]
[Power increased by 5]
[Sense increased by 4]
[Qi increased by 8]
[The Heavenly Killing Star is looking at you.]
After seeing the last window, it went dark and Aiden passed out on the bed.
.
.
.
[Heavenly Killing Star interferes with the title [Nothing Left Alive].]
[The title [Nothing Left Alive] is undergoing a change.]
[The title [Nothing Left Alive] turned into [Absolute End].]
"Ugh what the hell is that!" Aiden said as he woke up because of the sound from the system notifications.
Then he realized that the room was dark and when he looked outside he saw that it was already dark.
"Riveria's gonna kill me." Aiden quickly got out of bed, looked down and realized that he was extremely late when he saw that even the pub was closed. To avoid causing any trouble downstairs, he returned to the room, opened the window and after going out and closing it again, he quickly ran towards Familia. His body felt much lighter so he was even faster and he was much faster with Dash.
He soon reached the Familia and jumped over the long wall to sneak in but...
"Late, but you're here."
Turning to the voice, Aiden saw Raul.
"Raul-san?"
"Team 1 went to the dungeon with Finn and Riveria while Gareth was taking care of Familia and I was waiting for you. Finn said that you can go to the dungeon tomorrow if you promise to return to Familia tomorrow night."
"Oh really?"
"Yes."
"Really? I promise!" Aiden quickly went to his room and sat on the bed and started to train Qi, he needed to know what this strange Qi was.
Then in the morning, Aiden spent some time analyzing the strange qi and the rest of the time practicing the Violet qi cauldron control art.
At sunrise he did his daily quest, then went down to the cafeteria and had breakfast.
Afterwards, Aiden promised to Raul and Gareth that he would return in the evening and left Twilight Manor and went to Hostess of Fertility first.
Aiden first thanked Syr and the others and then trained with Ryuu.
'I forgot! I have to get my new armor from Brokk.' Aiden thought and wasted no time and rushed to Brokk's workshop.
"Whatever here they are."
"They?"
Brokk then brought two armor stands. One was a black armor with red stripes in some places and the other one was navy blue and blue, more ninja style.
"When you told me what you wanted, I actually made this blue armor, but I thought this would fit as a more defense and power-oriented armor, so I made this one too." Brokk said then Aiden touched them to see their status and...
'What the hell both of them are awesome!'
[Name: Dark King's Bloody Armor]
[Rank: A+]
[Description: A master blacksmith's creation for someone special.]
[Physical damage reduction: 71%]
[Magical damage Reduction: 30%]
[Effect: Strength +25%]
[Effect: Reflect]
(Description: After taking damage, it optionally deals energy blast damage around the user. Accumulates for a short time.)
[Name: A Shinobi's Rampage]
[Rank: A+]
[Description: A master blacksmith's creation for someone special.]
[Physical damage reduction: 50%]
[Magical damage Reduction: 40%]
[Effect: Agility +45%]
[Effect: Fire Resistance: 29%]
[Effect: Murderous Intent (passive)]
(Description: Enemies enter a state of fear.)
'The first armor is for a face-to-face battle and the second armor is for me to dodge attacks.'
"Brokk-san these are awesome! So how much for the two of them?"
"Well, let's see, the materials are quite durable and expensive, but I'll give you a discount for bringing materials. Also, I couldn't meet my original deadline, so I'll give you a discount there, and finally, you're the first customer who can see the real value of the armor, so I'll give you a discount there too, so 1.6 million valis in total."
"It's cheaper than I thought here they are." Aiden paid immediately, put the armors in his inventory and left the shop. Brokk was astonished, the price was less than it should have been, and even after paying for the materials with the money he received, there would be very little left, but it was still unbelievable that someone who had just reached level 2 could suddenly pay 1.6 million.
This time Aiden had brought the money directly in the bag, not by check. Brok opened the bag and as he was sorting it for expenses, he realized that there was too much money, not 1.6 million but 2 million. Underneath he found a note.
(Brokk-san, when you were making the armor, I looked at the materials you used and I heard the prices of many of them from the market, so I prepared this in case you charge too much discount even at a discount. Such armor should be paid what it deserves. Thanks for the discount anyway.)
"Hah this brat... Why don't you just take the whole discount?"
Normally these two armors should have cost a lot more than they did, but Brokk had given the two armors for almost only the material price, but Aiden had increased the price.
Afterwards, Aiden went to the dungeon without wasting time and immediately put on the blue armor from his inventory. He also put the Manticore armor in the inventory and wore the blue armor visible to everyone.
He easily passed the first floors with all the stat boosts and immediately entered floors he had not been to before.
"Okay! Let's hunt!"
(While that time)
"Rose-san, is Aiden here?" A red haired adventurer asked.
"Alise-san Aiden hasn't come yet, I heard that he was forbidden by his Familia to go to the dungeon for a few days because of his late comeback, but today some people saw him going to the dungeon, so he might come tonight." Rose said to Alise.
"I understand then I will come later." Alise said.
"Umm Alise-san, if you have something you want to tell Aiden, you can tell it to me and I'll pass it on or I'll let Aiden know and he can stop by Astrea familia when he comes." Rose said.
"Oh no, it's better if I say it myself and it's rude to bring him to me." Alise said then left the guild.
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