"AhhhhhgggGGGGGG!"
Kent let out a painful scream that seemed to originate from deep within his soul. At once, his skin turned pale red, heat radiating from his body almost as if he were a hot iron that had been dipped into a bucket of water.
In his hand rested a brown-colored fruit.
After months of bathing his body in several concoctions, he had finally gotten to the consumables. However, the first item he consumed proved extremely powerful and severely dangerous.
In fact, the moment the first drop of essence entered his body, he felt as though a wave of lava had been poured into him, causing his internal organs to feel as if they were on an anvil, being hammered into shape.
He gritted his teeth, feeling like his body was about to give up on him.
A few minutes later, despite blood pouring from his eyes and nose, he bit into the fruit again, taking more essence into his body.
The pain intensified, and his body trembled, showing he was at the point where the pain could kill him.
Even so, he persists.
He took the third bite, then the fourth, until the last of the fruit was consumed. By then, he was fully cooked and ready to be eaten. His skin had been baked, steamed, and fried altogether.
"Impressive. This is my first time seeing someone below the Primordial Realm able to consume an Eternal Requiem Fruit in one sitting," Kwame muttered, seated inside the hall with the other Primordials and the two Eternals.
They nodded, sharing the same thoughts.
Indeed, what Kent was doing surpassed what any of them had expected him to be capable of. The fruits and treasures they had given him weren’t things he could underestimate at all.
However, he had asked for them, and they had provided them, so now all they could do was watch him endure the pain.
They had already watched him temper his skin in all kinds of liquids over the past months, so this was just another routine for them. They found it fun to watch him cultivate.
"His pain tolerance is good, but he lacks the cultivation method to refine the essence he has consumed," Jyoti Lata stated, seeing more than the rest could.
She was someone with extensive knowledge of body tempering.
In fact, her tribe was full of body cultivators, so she knew more about body tempering than the six remaining tribes. Watching Kent temper his body, she seemed to understand what he was trying to achieve.
But she also noticed the limitations of his cultivation method. If he were to be tempering his body with ordinary treasures, then his cultivation method would have been enough.
But the treasures here are for Celestials and Primordials.
"Should we share our method with him?" Ragini Disha asked, and the rest turned to Jyoti Lata, who maintained a calm expression despite witnessing something so extraordinary.
Kent was a miracle, and she knew that deep down. More importantly, Kent was now working to help them clear the trail left behind by the Chaos Ascension King.
So helping him achieve that was, at the very least, the least they could do.
"Why not?" she said.
Then she flicked her hand, sending a yellow ball of energy flying toward Kent, who was still doing his best to endure the pain he was going through.
It merged with his forehead, and through the pain, Kent saw the message.
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Kent pressed Yes because, just like the 12 leaders in the hall, he also understood his limitations the moment he began absorbing the essence of the Eternal Requiem Fruit.
The moment he pressed Yes, waves of information poured into his mind.
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Kent felt the essence within him surge like a tide, tempering every part of his body.
It was as though pathways that had been closed—or had never even existed—opened up, allowing more of the essence he had consumed to work its magic.
In no time, the essence from the Eternal Requiem Fruit was depleted, and he picked up another consumable and ate it. Then he went for the next one, and then the one after that.
"Wow, is it just me, or does this kid seem to have an insatiable appetite for tempering fruits?" one of the Primordials, Baychelle, said, noticing how many fruits Kent was consuming.
"The better question should be what changed after he learned the technique. In fact, which technique did you give him, Leader?" Mrinali asked.
"I gave him the Nine Demon Body Tempering Art."
"WHAT?!"
They all exclaimed, not expecting Kent to have already learned perhaps the most plex and strongest Primordial-grade body tempering art they possessed.
"Just how fast is his prehension speed?" Devak asked, paying much closer attention to Kent, who hadn’t stopped consuming fruits.
In fact, he seemed to be enjoying himself rather than feeling the pain. Now, within a week, he would consume at least ten fruits.
Months went by, and before he realized it, it had been seven years since he started cultivating. Still, he wasn’t done cultivating the First Demon Body.
However, pared to before learning the Nine Demon Body Tempering Art, his body had now bee at least 4,000 times more robust. This showed the kind of monster he was being.
Two more years passed, bringing the total to nine since he began.
Months after the ninth year, the message appeared, acpanied by a powerful explosion of energy—the kind that caused the very space around him to warp and shatter, revealing the void beyond.
Seated inside the hall, the ten Primordials and two Eternals furrowed their brows as they watched Kent surge with so much power.
"He did it, huh? This kid is a monster," Jyoti Lata said, a smile forming on her beautiful face. Considering how long they had lived, being impressed by someone who wasn’t even considered more than a mortal in their eyes said a lot.
"At this rate, we should add more resources to his stockpile since he’ll most definitely try to cultivate the Second Demon Body." Jyoti Lata added, and the rest of them nodded.
Kent smiled as he watched the messages before him.
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Kent narrowed his eyes at the messages before tapping into the Demon Transformation Art. It is a technique that he can use as he cultivates the Nine Demon Body Tempering Art.
At once, his body surged with power, and his height in his Demi-Dragon form shot up from 7’3" to 7’8".
His muscles grew larger, and his body swelled with immense power. His skin turned a bit metallic, golden, and very hard.
More importantly, Kent felt his body open, allowing him to channel all his energy without restraint.
And he did.
He channeled his Chaos Heart, Evil Core, Flame Core, Blood Core, Ice Core, and Lightning Core, causing his new form to bee so densely packed with power that he felt like he could punch a Supreme to death.
"This power..."
He clenched his fist and threw a punch.
BOOM! CRACK!
The space before him fractured, and the void beyond was exposed, demonstrating that the force behind the punch was simply too overwhelming to prehend.
Kent felt it deep within him—a power he had never experienced before—surging through his body and urging him to throw more punches.
And he did.
He unleashed punch after punch, each one shattering the void and making the surrounding space increasingly unstable.
"Damn, at this rate, I might just end up being a monster before leaving this place," he said with a smile as he deactivated the Demon Transformation Art.
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