Again, his theory of progress being impeded because of his age proved correct. His body began to bleed from the holes in small amounts. Fortunately, he guarded against this and spent 10 gold coins on a clotting medicine.
His blood became somewhat thicker and unable to flow freely out of his body. Not only that, but his muscles were also relaxed, making involuntary contractions impossible.
10 minutes quickly passed and he continued to accumulate mana. For some reason, he felt like something was wrong with him. It seemed that there was not enough mana needed for this advancement.
Approaching 30 minutes, Kayden was sure that man was no longer the key to progress this time. He was one step away from the next rank, but he couldn't advance. It looked like it was already full.
His body had a lot of accumulated mana. If he released it back into the environment, he would suffer damage from the recoil of the amount of mana.
"Quality," Kayden knew it was. But he didn't know how to change it into something better. He regretted his hasty decision for the first time in a long time.
The boy kept mana circulating throughout his body. At the moment, she wasn't causing any major damage. But the pain was flooding every inch of his body. Even so, he gritted his teeth and resisted.
Another 30 minutes later, he still had no idea how to raise the quality of his mana. Mana was such an abstract concept that things like buffing it were meaningless.
Again, 30 minutes passed and the boy was still in the same situation. Even though he was in pain, his body was fine to a certain extent. Nothing that a few days of rest wouldn't be enough to restore him to peak condition.
Well... that's if he managed to advance. Thinking was slowly becoming difficult because of the large amount of pain. Fortunately, the boy was not new to this feeling.
Another 30 minutes they were passed.
This time, his body was no longer able to handle the amount of mana. Even though he was no longer absorbing it directly, mana was still entering his body because of the high concentration around him.
It was similar to the process of osmosis. And when the boy realized this, he realized that his time was running out.
Ten minutes later, he still didn't know what to do. Unfortunately, he would have to make a hasty decision.
His first thought was to compact the mana. Controlling every inch of his body, he expressed mana to his chest region and slowly began to pile up and accumulate mana in the same places.
No matter how hard he tried, he still had a lot of mana out of his control. And he was causing damage to his body this time, simply because they were without a steady hand guiding them.
'Fuck everything', burn the boats! That was Kayden's motto and he should always follow it. What the fuck was he thinking so much about? If the mana wasn't under your control, just put it in.
He was the master of his body! In his veins, his will was law. Putting all his effort into compressing his mana, Kayden began to bleed even under the effect of the medicine, little by little all the mana in his body began to gather in his chest.
At first, there were still remnants left in other places on his body, such as his feet and near the palms of his hands, but little by little each piece was forced to go where he wanted.
Five minutes later, all the mana in his body piled up into half of the space. At that moment, he felt like he could just let nature lead and his body would automatically move forward.
Feeling the quality of the mana in his body, he only noticed one difference: it was denser, but even after compressing it twice, it was still not twice the amount for the same space, but about 50% more than before.
His body was begging him to just stop what he was doing, but still, the boy held back his advance, keeping a firm grip on his mana. He felt like something was missing.
'What if I pack it three times?' A strange smile appeared on his face. He knew that if he wanted to maintain his two-level jump, he needed to go beyond the ordinary. His instincts screamed at him to stop.
' Idai ?' Kayden laughed at his body's fear and started pulling mana like crazy into his body. Again, he went through the mana accumulation process, this time it took 30 minutes, as he was just worrying about getting as much mana as possible before feeling saturated.
When it reached its limit, it began to compact again. This time, it was much more difficult to maintain control, there was simply too much mana. A surreal headache began to assault Kayden.
This time, the pain was enough to even stop him from thinking for a few milliseconds. This was almost fatal for the boy. If it took him a little longer to regain control... Kayden didn't even want to think about it.
With the headache throbbing in his mind, he continued packing his mana. This time, the pain came all over his body, his skin was starting to break open in several different spots.
Still, Kayden continued. He felt like he was breaking a barrier that he wouldn't have the opportunity to break again if he let this opportunity pass. Little by little, he felt his consciousness being taken away from him.
Unfortunately, the pain was so much that even that couldn't keep him awake. The only thing keeping him conscious was his relentless will. After 10 minutes in this state, he managed to push the last bit of mana into his chest.
'How about four?...' Kayden simply collapsed to the floor unconscious. This time, the boy didn't even notice before his eyes closed.
While he was not awake, his body began to change. First, his heart went through another phase of improvement. This time, he was more robust. Compared to the previous version, it was at least twice the size. Already his veins have diminished similar to when he started growing them.
But they increased in strength, being able to pass much more mana than before. His body practically prepared itself to receive a smaller volume of mana and, at the same time, a greater density.
Other than that, his flesh and organs also underwent a slight forced improvement to withstand the pressure caused by the new type of mana. Kayden slept for two whole days, missing the deadline he had given Han.
Fortunately for him, the old man trusted the boy and gave him a slightly higher tolerance limit than the boy had told him. When Kayden woke up, he felt confused. When he got up, the memories of everything that happened came back.
Laughing maniacally to himself, he began to check up on his body. First, he wasn't sore at all. Second, his mana reached 100% density, that is, he took up half the size to have the same amount of mana.