‘What is this energy? It’s different from anything I have encountered so far.’
Only by relying on his sense of energy, Manstein could find the similarity between the energy that moved around his body with the energy seed inside his body.
But little did he know that his body was not in the same space. Rather than saying he was in the different space, just say that he was in a different realm within the same space. That was the closest analogy.
As for the energy, it was better in quality. The difference between the quality of the energy he had felt currently and the everyday energy he felt was like the difference between the heaven and earth.
‘This kind of energy is condensed so much that a spark of it equal to the mist of the energy I can find everywhere in this current world.’
Why did he compare the difference between the two energies? The reason was that the potential each energy had. Other than that, the quantity also counted but for the current energy absorption Manstein had now was lacking.
Even he had to consider his rate of absorption due to his low-level spiritual roots, meaning that his innate talent for gathering qi was terrifying low to the point that no major change could be sen within a short period.
‘This energy is really wild, different from the energy I had interacted when I was in the forest or when I was just standing. What is the difference then?’
After that, he only realized that his consciousness and body were not in the same place anymore. He could only see the sea of the star around him. His body floated in that endless sea of emptiness as if the boat in the middle of the ocean.
This sensation was really tempting but it lasted for only a moment before he realized the energy that he recognized as wild invaded his body.
Wherever the energy flowed was where Manstein would feel the burning sensation within and inside his skin. From the minuscule pores on his skin or his large orifices, all made no difference when the energies enter the body.
‘It is said that the energy vein is closely tied to blood vein, making both of them have a special relationship and symbiosis. Right now the sensation of pain inside my body is amplified by this.’
Cold sweat, the whole body trembled and even the bloodshot eyes became more apparent and obvious. And only by comforting himself that Manstein could pass the moment of torture in pleasure.
‘If I’m not wrong, currently I’m inside the wormhole which was created by the Coiling dragon formation. The wormhole itself actually contained the power of space and every place in the universe actually relied on space..then this energy that entered my body, where did they come from?’
While the external energy running amok the body, but it was entirely different for his little soul. Since his focus was entirely on the circulation of that foreign energy, Manstein had forgotten about the soul.
The strange but powerful aspect of the soul was it gave someone consciousness about themselves. Coincidence or not but a seal on his soul started to shine.
“Oh, good. Not only he is in deep meditation but his body also not in the same place.” While controlling the power needed for the golden dragon they currently rode and also distanced themselves from the beasts, Wang Yu took a glance only to find a blurred figure.
‘While she had said that the people from her world usually relied on their technological tools but there is also the minority that learned about internal force and meditation. Looks like this man is also one of the minority.’
While what Wang Yu had known about and the fact was not far from the truth but there was something that only Manstein know.
But he also knew that the wormhole was long and their trip was also bringing uninvited guests. Fortunately that he already made preparation and when they arrived at the exit, Wang Yu would close the hole, preventing the beasts that already entered the wormhole to get out ever again!
“Please keep moving at the steady pace.”
Even though Manstein’s body had become no more than a blur but there was no doubt that he would return. Wang Yu then took a glance at the blur again and could feel that there was a different energy in his body.
‘Maybe, but I don’t dare to imagine it.’ Wang Yu then remembered that they were inside the wormhole where not only energy from the world flowed but also another foreign energy existed.
What Wang Yu could see and the actual condition was vastly different. If anyone saw Manstein now then they would be surprised by the condition his body had.
It was because the outer skin, which was the epidermis was completely gone. Manstein was like a flayed corpse now with his muscle exposed. That was the frightening picture no one could imagine and the pain he had felt, no one could imagine.
‘This kind of energy is completely wild and destructive but powerful. My skin was completely destroyed when I used a tiny amount of it to form an energy point.’
The pain was never ending as even some blood started to flow from his body. But Manstein could ignore this kind of pain and instead the pain made him remember those memories again.
“Manstein, quick run!”
The corridor filled with smoke and a shadow that appeared from behind due to the fire made the children worried. But there was one that trapped because a part of the ceiling, which was a long and heavy object fell down right at the top of his legs.
“No, let’s go together.” The mind of the child was simple and pure.
“Just run! I-I’m afraid that they started to chase us down now. Don’t mind me and escape. As long as anyone of us successfully escapes and tell our parents then the problem will be solved immediately.”
Then the sounds of footsteps could be heard and from the sounds, there was a lot of it at the same time. Now they even hesitated and wasted more time.
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“But how about you, Daniel!?”
The more the memories flowed, the greater the pain Manstein could feel. Not only his body but his heart, it also felt hurt as well. The nightmare that always plagued him for a few nights now erupted again like a geyser.
“Argh!” screaming loud to vent the pain from his heart, Manstein unconsciously utilized the circulation without minding his body. The first circle of the foreign energy made his entire skin of his body gone and the second circle began.
The energy flowed throughout the body and as it came to his smallest body part, the process of eradicating the muscle started.
“Stop this now!”
Manstein could recognize this voice. But he chose to ignore it because he also knew why the energy destroying his body and intentionally using this energy as his main source to enter the initial stage.
“Show me the results,” Manstein ordered his device. And the device showed him the results from the characteristics the energy he tried to refine to become his own.
[The characteristic showed by the energy is 98% the same results as the Cosmic Qi found in seventeen records in data.]
‘So it’s the Cosmic Qi?’ most cultivators did not know about it much less the people but now that the energy he had found become clear, Manstein had his resolution reached new heights.
“Stop this now! This is dangerous for you, you know that.”
“So what is the matter with this? While it’s true that the potential it contained is thousands of the normal energy found in the planet but what if someone entered the initial stage of cultivation with this qi instead?”
Manstein had to explain his intention slowly, especially because now Alice forced herself to wake up.
“It’s not advised, even for our purpose of returning to our own world. You obviously know that this energy will harm your body entirely so why!? Why are you still trying to absorb it?”
“You know my low spiritual root point so you should have known how hard it is for someone like that to cultivate normal energies. This is my only chance to get stronger by changing my energy source to this Cosmic Qi.”
Manstein then kept circulating his energy and when the second cycle was completed, a tiny energy point was formed inside his body. But at the same time, he also coughed up blood from his mouth.
“The Cosmic Qi is the only energy that even Nirvana Rebirth cultivators don’t dare to interact with. Although it is not as dangerous as when cultivators touched it but the danger it has is still high. So why!?”
“Don’t you worry about it too much. I’m not trying to absorb it entirely but just changing my energy source to be able to produce similar energy as Cosmiq Qi. Even with just a part of it that I had taken with the scale of a part per billion but it still makes my body like this.”
Manstein laughed but he also knew about his terrible condition. And for the Cosmic Qi, it was the highest and the purest form of energy in the current world.
Because Alice had higher cultivation, she had stumbled upon the information about this kind of qi. It was actually not rare but unreachable if someone did not have high cultivation or high luck or maybe both.
“You..are you for real?”
As Manstein maintained his smile, Alice who had materialized herself now looked at him in disbelief.
“Can you believe that with the help of my method in controlling the soul force, I finally achieved something that really hard to come?”
The Cosmic Qi was really wild as it really destroyed the body from outside and inside but Manstein also executed his newfound ability. He derivated it from his soul transfer theorem and practiced it with the energy.
The process went like the previous words describe and the results were obvious.
“There are things I have never told anyone and that is my training. Did my grandfather tell you about this?” Manstein asked.
“Meditating and physical training, so it’s true that you really have undergone such training. Your grandfather indeed told me about it but what is the relation between them to your success?” even the more experienced Alice had to wonder and asked.
“Nature Flow Sync, the meditation to feel the flow of nature. The practice of it is mainly to let the body blend with nature but from our perspective, what is nature then? Is it only the thing on our planet or is it the power beyond the solar system?”
The meditation itself was given to Manstein by his own grandfather and Manstein, who felt gratitude then taught it to Ye Yingyuan.
But if one truly practice it to the point where they could activate it in an instant, then it meant that they had reached half completion. And that was what Manstein had achieved in the past.
“So that was the feeling I have when you two releasing a short energy wave before your energy blends with the environment. Is this what your grandfather had taught you?”
Alice nodded in understanding. She had heard about it previously but she was at first did not believe it to an extent but now that the proof had appeared, she was sure for real.
“Well, did he tell you? Fine then. But even with this method of changing my energy source, I can’t even increase my energy absorption. It truly is an unfortunate result.”
Manstein felt that his effort was more than enough, even maybe monstrous for he had changed his own energy sources. Of course, there would be the price he had to pay like his body was severely injured as a result.
“Energy source, you already learned it?” asked Alice.
“Oh yes. It is because that time, I’m looking for some answer regarding my curiosity. You know that kid Ye Yingyuan, he previously did not have any qi that contained a large amount of yang energy but now he has it.”
That was the main reason Manstein knew about energy source but as he kept reading, he had found out about the methods to change energy source!
“It’s dangerous. It will be better for you to slowly accumulate power but looks like my effort in persuading you ended up in failure.”
“Just said that you worry about me, no need to said things that made people wonder. And as for your suggestion, I already thought about it and decided that this decision of mine is the best...for me.”
Manstein said while he also read about the topic he liked in the memory of his device. Somehow, the device resided in his soul and to control it, one had to pass the identification scan which could identify someone’s soul.
And then when both of them realized, they had got out from the wormhole.
Suddenly, Manstein returned to the same realm as before but when it did happen, Wang Yu felt something stuck in his throat.
“Your body....are you really fine?” he asked with hesitation.
“What?” Manstein had forgotten about his body condition. Now, his appearance was truly like a figure of human anatomy showing the muscle, even some bones could be seen.
“Please take care of him, he truly is a reckless fool! I’ll wake up some time later.” Alice snorted before returned to the deepest part of the medallion that Manstein could not explore.
“Senior Wang, can you lend this old man a hand?” Hou Fei asked for help.
“Wait.” Wang Yu then moved his feet and tapped a certain time before he raised his hands towards the opening hole in front of him. Inside the hole, you could see flying beasts flown in their direction.
Just as one of the beasts reached the opening hole, it suddenly closed! Not only it closed but there was also a mutilated limb come out.
“Now closed the wormhole fully.”
When that order came out from Wang Yu, space trembled for a bit before stabilized again. They returned to a certain space inside the formation.
“For the first aid, swallow this pill. Even though she forbid the excessive usage of the pill in the past...”
Wang Yu gave Manstein a transparent pill. Manstein thanked him and instantly swallowed it without further ado. From the throat to the stomach, Manstein felt like a liquid of melting metal entered his digestive system.
And after that, the effect was fast enough to be seen by naked eyes. In the end, all the horrifying image Manstein had let others seen now gone.
“Now, I have to tell you about something. Ai, seeing you emitting Cosmic Qi still made me jealous.” Wang Yu sighed for a long time.
“Sorry for that. So tell me then, no need to keep me in the dark.” Manstein urged. Then Wang Yu told him about the negotiation that would take place soon.
“Soon, it will be the time for me to leave this place,” Manstein said solemnly. He actually did not want to do this but when Wang Yu had told him about the movement from that particular sect as well as the hostage which was the Nightstalker King in their hands, he had to move faster and adventure throughout the entire continent first!
“Before that, I will stay here until the first flower bloomed in spring.”
While Manstein had arrived, but the entire nest of the yellow bee did not arrive immediately. It was because space distortion was the dangerous travel methods but also the safest for them.
“Xiaobai, do you need this?” just when Ye Xiaobai wanted to take a look at the belt, Yue took it first and teasing Ye Xiaobai with the belt with her smile.
“What did you call me just now!? And return that to me!” even though the person in front of him was a bewitching fox woman but Ye Xiaobai only focused his attention towards the belt.
“Nope, you have not accepted me yet.” Yue teased Ye Xiaobai again by poking his face with her finger.
“How many times I have to tell you!? I don’t want you as my slave! Now, return it!” Ye Xiaobai finally got the belt because Yue reluctantly gave up.
‘Why did he refuse? Is it because my charm is not enough?’ thought Yue. But little did she know that Ye Xiaobai hated slavery because of his own sense of rights.
“Why!? Why did you refuse? I come here because of Young Master and also because of my condition, I have to follow you now!” said Yue impatiently. But this made Ye Xiaobai glared at her.
“What rubbish did you say just now? Indeed you are really the one who brought the belt to me and I have to thank you for that. But that doesn’t mean I accept you.”
It was when Ye Xiaobai checked the belt once again that Yue admitted that she was also sent to the place where Ye Xiaobai currently was.
“Furthermore, you moved through such a dangerous forest filled with countless danger in it but can still find me. If it is not the resolute motivation for something, then I will not believe it. The problem here is what is your purpose to meet me. You only say what I want to hear so far.”
Ye Xiaobai gave her a cold look with no sympathy at all. Due to the danger she could potentially give to his relative, he had to act now.
‘If her reasoning is not to my liking then I have to force her to leave. And I believe she used a certain charming technique to me just a moment ago.’
“It is a secret, I told you before.” Muttered Yue. The sudden change in her expression made Ye Xiaobai wonder her next objective other than to let him see the belonging of his friend.
“A warning to you, if you try anything funny to my relative and my friends then just you wait for the consequences.”
With that, Ye Xiaobai then grabbed his bow and studied it. He had never seen the bow that could shot consecutively with only a trigger. Other than that, he also learned about the refining methods as well as metallurgy. This made him want to try refining the glaive he had just created with his own hands.