Stepping through the portal and watching it close, Levi stayed silent for a long while before speaking, “It might sound weird but I think I will miss him.”

Acnologia also nodded his head with a sad expression, unlike Levi who lived two lives and had a lot of interactions and bonds with people, Acnologia only knew Levi and the parrots in his entire 8 years alive so it hit him a little bit harder than Levi, it also didn't help that he ate whatever came his way during that time but still.

Feeling his emotions through their bond Levi patted his head, “It alright buddy I am still here and I will never leave you alright? No need to feel down.” said Levi smiling, hoping to cheer up his scaly friend.

Getting an idea, Levi smiled mischievously and said to Acnologia, “Now that we have the entire place of our sleeves why don't we try and see the limits of our merge abilities.”

Hearing him, Acnologia immediately perked up, he too was obviously curious about Levi's strange ability and so he dove straight at Levi startling him, Levi didn’t expect him to do that so suddenly.

The impact Levi was expecting didn’t come, instead, Acnologia directly merged with Levi in an explosion of light.

Levi could immediately feel the euphoric feeling cruising through his entire body again, he could feel the power and strength he lost previously come back to him and it was intoxicating, the only thing he could think of that felt better than this was when he used limit breaker, but he couldn't use it for long and he'll have to deal with repercussions later, unlike this.

Deciding to play it safe for now and not test his fire breath in case he burned this beautiful scenery Levi stretched his back and two big black beautiful dragon wings sprouted from there.

‘So how do I do this buddy.’ Asked Levi in his head to which Acnologia replied with, ‘Just move them up and down then you'll fly.’ said Acnologia, his tone that of an adult teaching a child.

‘Really helpful buddy thanks.’ replied Levi sarcastically with an eyebrow twitching, although it seemed that Acnologia couldn't read the mood as he was really happy at being helpful.

Trying to move his wings Levi slowly got the hang of it, each flap of his wings displeased the air around him and moved it around, making him feel as if he was lighter, ‘So this is how air benders feel.’ That thought crossed Levi’s mind but he didn't dwell on it.

Speeding up their movement a little, Levi's feet lifted off the ground startling him for a second before he regained his calm and kept flapping his wings going higher and higher, “Holy crap, I am actually flying hahaha.” shouted Levi, his eyes sparkling as he kept going higher, the ground getting further and further away from him.

He had flown on top of Acnologia before but flying yourself and being carried are two completely different things, being carried couldn't compare at all.

Seeing that he was a sufficient distance off the ground Levi tried to fly forward now as he positioned his body in that direction, unfortunately for him, that was a big mistake as he completely lost control and dove face-first into the ground unable to stop himself, every flap of his wings that he hoped would stop his fall only made him go faster.

*CRASH*

[-50HP]

A loud crashing sound was heard followed by a notification from the system as Levi hit the ground, destroying all the plant life around him and scaring all the spirit animals away from him.

“Agh.” groaned Levi in pain as he lay sprawled, planted face-first on the ground. Using all of his willpower to turn around Levi faced the sky as he spat dirt repeatedly from his mouth feeling disgusted by the taste of it.

“Well that didn't go according to plan.” remarked Levi mostly to himself sarcastically, he didn't even know why he thought he'd get it on the first try, apparently he was way more cocky than he thought. He could feel Acnologia inside of him shaking his head in disappointment making him want to hit the small dragon on the head.

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Levi could understand why he was acting that way though, for Acnologia this was the same as moving your hands and legs, it came naturally to him, sadly Levi didn’t receive that racial trait when he had merged with Acnologia and he will have to slowly learn it by himself.

[Ding]

[Paint tolerance Leveled up +1]

Immediately Levi could feel the pain coursing throughout his body alleviate just a little or maybe it was just him becoming more resistant to it, anyhow it didn't matter, he was feeling less pain.

Getting up and dusting himself up Levi stretched his wings again, there was only one grunted way that Levi knew of to learn and master anything and that was practice.

No matter how many times he failed he would get back up and try again and again until he got it right and that was exactly what he did as he flew high up before plunging straight back down again, ruining another part of the beautiful meadow.

*Crash*

[-80HP]

*Crash*

[-60HP]

*Crash*

[-40HP]

Again and again, Levi kept trying and failing but he was getting better and better at it with each try, Acnologia was bored and had gone to sleep a while ago inside of his body, which surprised Levi as it wasn't something he knew about.

Dusting himself up and flying again Levi was surprised when he flew up seamlessly and stayed flying above the ground holding his balance perfectly, leaning a bit forward and flapping his wings. Levi felt the wind start moving against his skin and playing with his hair as he flew forward, bringing a bright smile to his face.

‘Finally’ he thought in excitement, and as if to cement his achievement a system notification came in.

[Ding]

[Spiritual body leveled up +1]

[Spiritual bond leveled up +1]

[The user can now bond with another spirit]

[The user can now manifest more physical traits of the spirits he's bonded with on his body]

[The user can now have a more instinctive understanding of the abilities of the spirits he's bonded with and will need less time to master them]

Immediately after receiving those notifications Levi felt his control and stability while flying increase even more, if he had to guess it had something to do with the last notification, and he wasn't complaining, at least all of that pain had paid off.

He was also happy that he could store another spirit in his body, there will never come a time when he will have enough, and the more power he could gather the better.

‘Although, I wonder what kind of spirit I should bond with next .’ he thought, there were a lot of options that came to mind, but if he was being honest with himself in the end it would depend on the first suitable one that he runs to. It wasn't a problem though he could just discard one spirit and free up the place for another.

Landing on the ground gracefully as if he had been flying his entire life, Levi focused on the notification that mentioned physical traits.

Closing his eyes he tried to feel any new changes in his body and before long he noticed them, they were in his hands!

Opening his eyes and looking at both his hands outstretched in front of him Levi concentrated and tried to induce the change.

Before long his fingernails stretched into sharp long claws and scales grew on the back of his hands and forearms. Looking at his transformed hands Levi couldn't help but grin.

Flying high up Levi searched for something to test the new addition of his body on, before long he spotted a bunch of rocks some distance away from him, flapping his wings and flying as fast as he could Levi landed on the rocks with a punch putting all of his strength behind it.

The rocks shattered and spread in every direction as if they were made of mud or snow, blowing a cloud of smoke up for a second and obstructing his vision, but one thing was for sure, Levi didn’t feel any pain, not even a slight discomfort.

At any other time he may have been able to achieve the same result, but his hand would be injured and in extreme pain, if it wasn't broken and shattered that is.

Looking at his knuckles Levi couldn't see a single wound on the black shiny scales on it, it was as if he hadn't just punched some rocks to smoke.

Levi suddenly felt an emotion of smugness oozing out of Acnologia, apparently he had woken up and had seen his little display just now.

Smiling and laughing helplessly Levi spoke, “Haha, yes your scales are the best buddy, no you're the best.”

Levi could literally imagine Acnologia holding his head up high in pride at that statement making him laugh again, this time amused.

Deciding to mess with his scaly friend a little bit Levi spoke, “Sadly In front of me they're nothing.” said Levi as he summoned a small golden knife from divine armament and ran it gently on the black scales on the back of his hand, slicing through them like a hot knife through butter.

‘As I thought, my Divine armament remains superior.’ thought Levi in glee not letting Acnologia read his thoughts.

Seeing this scene seemed to annoy the little dragon as he wanted to separate from Levi who granted him his wish.

Canceling the bond Acnologia exited Levi’s body who sat cross-legged on a patch of grass a little further away from where he had broken the stones, patting Acnologia who was beside him in hopes of placating the grumpy little dragon.

“Ha-ah, why so serious buddy, it was just a joke, I am sure your scales will be able to resist my weapons in no time.” said Levi, sighing helplessly as he continued to pat the grumpy dragon who seemed to be giving him the silent treatment, that was of course a lie, his Divine armament will keep leveling up and getting stronger, maybe even faster than Acnologia.

Shaking his head helplessly at the antics of his friend Levi focused on something else he wanted to try. He got this idea while he was trying to learn how to fly but he didn't want to tackle two things at once, but now that he was decent enough at flight, it was time to try it.

He had thought of ways to train his water bending, even if he couldn't use it, and for a long time nothing came up.

That was until he thought of a crazy idea, what if he tried bending his own blood? It was closer physically and spiritually to him and should be way easier to control, right? Who knew that getting smashed on the head repeatedly would result in some amazing ideas.

‘With how the system works, water bending and all its sub-abilities share the same level, so if I level up blood bending, water bending should also level up alongside it, and if it can get strong enough it can hopefully fight against the spirit world suppression.’ He thought with a hopeful look on his face, he really missed his bending powers, and even if he could fend for himself without them it still wasn't the same, it felt as if a part of him was missing and he couldn't get used to it no matter how calm and nonchalant he acted.

Taking a deep breath in and inhaling it out Levi activated his blood bending, it was time to see if his theory would work.

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