"What the fuck are you?" Lex grunted through his pain, disgusted by the figure that had all of his features, but it looked Corrupted, looking like an empty vessel.
"Lex's distorted version smiled evily, "You won't make it. Just quit." Lex hissed, what a lame line.
Lex groaned as he mustered strength, getting to his feet and launching a blow at his distorted evil version. His doppelganger simply turned into a dust mist, dissipating.
Lex was severely injured, and he was breathing very hard. "Looking ahead of him, he could see the energy source, but he knew he couldn't act rashly and jump in with another attempt.
"Maybe…If I had a little power, I would have a better chance..." Lex said aloud, dropping to the floor.
The moment Lex fell, an inspiration came. It was a long shot, but he had to try it.
Lex quickly stood upright as adrenaline coursed through his veins. He was just one step away from becoming a One Star Cultivator.
What if he completed that last step right here, in this place? What if he leveled up to a One Star Cultivator?
Lex quickly sat on the floor, quickly falling into his mind. He found himself in that same box, the room was now a little bigger, but it was still small, uncomfortably very small!
Lex had improved a bit, he had learned to make Divine Connection with more than one Orb, now he could connect with two at the same time, absorbing them all at once.
Lex called the Orbs to come closer, he focused even more. Accelerating the process, Lex continued, he went faster and faster, getting lost in his mind.
Lex didn't know how long he spent there, when suddenly, Lex felt his chest tighten. It was so sudden and abrupt that his focus was completely cut off, throwing him off balance.
Lex was forcefully transported out of his mind as his connection was also cut off. He opened his eyes and clenched his knuckles, the feeling was highly erratic, making him feel suffocated as he gasped for the tiniest bit of air.
After what seemed like an eternity, Lex started to calm. Then his feelings changed, a soothing calm spread through his veins, seeping into all of his organs and expanding the mortal limits, the vulnerability of the human body to the fire element was being washed off, Being Replaced Then, by a very Powerful Resistance to the fire laws.
Lex Felt His Body Strengthening and a Divine connection to the Celestial elements was being made.
Lex let out a sigh of relief, he let it draw on for a while, then he opened his palm.
There was a clicking sound as his hand seemed to Ignite, creating a celestial blue flame in his hand.
Lex cracked his neck, feeling more powerful than ever. "I guess it's fire...first?"
Lex stood up, feeling like a fire lord now, no…he was... a fire God. The first element he had awakened was the fire element, he was a One Star Celestial Cultivator now.
Lex felt knowledge of fire surging into his mind. He now understood it deeply, he understood how fire worked, its limitations and its strengths. He felt a solid connection with the fire element and a profound control of this powerful Celestial element. Lex stared at the energy source that housed the staff 2 miles away.
"How about we... try again?"
Lex let out a laugh as he squatted low, letting the fire energy course through his veins. Most Supreme Beings were simply cast into this valley when they were still powerless, else, it would be a piece of cake for them to conquer this place and transcend whatever the final fate was.
*Boom!*
There was a loud explosion and a fiery shockwave followed as Lex sprang off the floor. He had exhibited a Super Jump, allowing the fire to course through his veins and muscles and propel him forward.
"Yeah!" Lex Screamed, feeling like bakugo as he shot explosive flames Out of his hands and feet, using them to propel his speed. In less than a second, he had covered a shocking distance and he was already at the energy source, just he was a few hundred feet above it.
Lex Smiled to himself, being a Celestial was wonderful, the lad had just rescued a speed Of two miles per second and he knew that he could go even faster. Lex balanced now in the air and cut his motion. So he won't go past the energy source.