A week later.
Grim woke up from the meditative state.
His clone was guarding him from the front.
He inspected his body. The injuries had been healed and his body had changed.
Physically, his appearance had undergone a minor change. But, his muscles had gone through a drastic change. It had turned to metallic silver.
His body was raging with unfound strength. His Qi had become three times purer than an average cultivator in the same realm.
Then, he checked the crystals.
The crystals were as big as a fist. It had become more refined and more prominent in size than before. He could feel the significant improvement in the affinity with the 'air', 'fire', and 'lightning' elements.
The last element was a surprise to him too.
"So, air and fire result in lightning. No wonder I'm alive even after getting struck by lightning.
"Now, three elements have reached advanced level mastery. Let's try it."
'Fire Domain'
Soon, the domain expanded up to 700 meters and sparks started forming within the field.
'Wind Domain'
He activated the second domain as a test for domain fusion. But, to his disappointment the previous domain was canceled forming a new one. Gust of winds started blowing within the domain.
Then, he tried the lightning domain. But it was unlike his expectations. Lightning did form from the combination of the 'air' and 'fire' elements but he didn't know how.
While experimenting with the domain, he found out that maintaining it consumed Qi continuously.
***
It had been a long time since Grim had checked his status. So, he gave it a try.
"Status Open"
[Status: ]
Host Name: Grim
Species: Human
Cultivation: Entry-Dominion Realm
Life Span: 243 Years
Abilities/Skills:
Moonlight storm - major - (allows you to gather Qi)
Duration: No usage limit
Vigor - (allows you to multiply strength up to 205 times and hardens your body by 10% of the strength multiplied)
Duration: No usage limit
Toxin - major - (allows you to apply poison in your attacks, and also defend against poison)
Duration: No usage limit, can be used until you run out of Qi
Solar wave - advanced - (launches a wave of fire a direction)
Duration: No limit, can be used until your Qi runs out
Energy Burst - advanced - (launches an energy orb and causes an explosion)
Duration: Once a day, consumes 80% Qi
Mend Life - advanced - (allows you to heal fatal injuries, can regrow body parts except for the brain)
Duration: Once a week, consumes 90% Qi
Polyp - major - (allows you to clone yourself. However, the clone can only utilize 50% of your strength)
Duration: Once a month, consumes 80% of the Qi
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The abilities from the previous Reincarnation:
Storm - advanced - (launches lightning bolts)
Duration: No usage limit, can be used until you run out of Qi
Slipstream - major - (allows you to track a target within an area of 15 km)
Duration: 2 hours, can be used 2 times a day.
Water Blade - major -(launches a blade made up of water)
Duration: No usage limit, can be used until you run out of Qi
Dash - advanced - (boosts your speed by 8x)
Duration: 5 minutes, can be used 4 times a day.
Earth Shield - major -(creates a barrier from earth elements)
Duration: No usage limit, can be used until you run out of Qi
Distort - major -(allows you to become completely invisible for 30 minutes)
Duration: 30 minutes, can be used 3 times a day.
Regeneration - Major - (can heal major injuries)
Duration: No usage limit, can be used until you run out of Qi
[Remaining Evo points: 164,750 ]
[Third/Final Reincarnation ]
"Wow! I have 243 years of lifespan. Cultivators in the dominion realm are in a league of their own."
"I have five abilities at advanced level mastery. Let's try them out."
***
'Solar Wave'
A wave of fire appeared in front of Grim. It had a size of a mountain and set flame to everything in its path. But, the vegetation wasn't completely destroyed thanks to their affinity with fire.
"Its firepower and size have been enhanced by 3x."
'Energy Burst' and 'Mend Life' were off-limit due to their side effects and cool-down. So, he tried next.
'Storm'
Soon, lightning started forming around him. The number of bolts had grown by 50% and its size to that of an arm.
"Let's check if I can merge them."
The bolts started merging one by one. But, it stopped abruptly when he was at his third.
Phew!
"It seems I need more practice."
He got back at it again.
***
He was able to merge all of them by the end of the week. The result was a lightning bolt size of a human.
"Go"
The bolt advanced toward the mountain.
Boom!
It blew a hole into the mountain and dug halfway deep.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
He could hear the mountain melting.
"Wow. Did I do that?"
Even he was surprised by the result.
"It's not bad. But, it takes a few minutes to merge all the bolts."
Then he went for the next ability.
'Dash'
Bang!
He slammed into a tree causing it to fall.
"What the hell."
He was shocked by what had transpired.
'Dash'
Bang!
He slammed into the tree again.
"Again?"
He had no idea as to why it was happening. So, he checked the details of the ability.
"8x boost?"
"What the hell."
He was left speechless.
It's said an entry-dominion realm cultivator can dash at a speed of 250 kmph (155 mph).
But, Grim could do it up to 300 kmph (186 mph), and with 'dash' he could reach a speed of up to 2400 kmph (1491 mph).
It was no wonder he would slam into trees at such speed in a thick forest.
***
He returned to the highland's entrance to push the 'dash' to its limit.
'Dash'
He rushed into the desert at a meteoric speed. He was able to dash at a speed of 1440 kmph(894 mph) even when his speed had slowed by 40% in the desert
If someone saw him, they could only spot a dot and a trail of sand behind.
He canceled the ability after he was satisfied.
He wanted to test one final aspect.
"Let's see how high can I jump."
'Vigor'
He multiplied his strength by 65x. To his surprise, he suffered no side effects. Then he jumped.
50 meters... 100 meters... 150 meters... 200 meters... 300 meters... 400... 410... 415... 420... 425 meters
His momentum came to a halt at the height of 425 meters. Currently, he was 95 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower.
Soon, he started descending and it would only take him 11 seconds to kiss the ground.
The rapid wind started blowing over his face forcing his eyes open.
He was terrified the moment he looked down.
He had dove down frequently in the previous reincarnation. However, he was a bird then and had wings. But, now he was just a human.
He knew he would be fine with his body. Yet, the human instinct took over him and he started panicking.
He could not think of any abilities that could slow his descent. So, he covered his body with Qi and closed his eyes.
......
Nothing happened.
He opened his eyes and saw himself floating a few meters from the ground.
"I can floattttttttt?"
"Let's see if I can fly."
He stood up and tried to propel himself using Qi, and it worked.
He tried to cruise at full speed but lost balance and ate sand midway.
Pthui!
He spat out the sand and got back at it again.
Flying gave him a sense of freedom, and he missed it from the previous reincarnation. So, he was adamant about mastering it.
It took him a week to master the flight. But, he wasn't satisfied.
'Dash'
He was able to cruise at 1200 kmph (745 mph) before he fell off again.
It took him a whole month to cruise at max speed. But, he had done it.
He was in a good mood.
He took off and flew to his clone's location. After arriving, he ordered the clone to kill an entry-evolution beast to check if he would get Evo on the clone's behalf.
[Congratulations to the host for eliminating the fiery mountain troll]
"You have obtained 2000 Evo"
He was happy with the result.
"It's been a long time since I have hunted. I'll enter the core region this time."
Then he flew to the core region leaving the clone to hunt in the outer region.
***
Six hours later.
He arrived at the core region, and a fiery hot aura greeted him. However, it didn't affect him much.
He landed.
"Ahh. What a comfortable feeling."
Roar!
Soon, a tiger came running toward Grim. But, he didn't budge.
Smack!
He smacked the tiger to death as soon as it was in his range. Its brain fluids, blood, and meat were scattered all over the place.
[Congratulation to the host for eliminating the fire tiger]
"You have obtained 2000 Evo"
Afterward, he sold the corpse to the system and advanced further.
Another tiger met the same fate 5 minutes later.
He came across a group of twenty mid-mutation realm tigers an hour later. They tried attacking at once. But, it was child's play for him. Instead, they had become his points.
[Congratulations to the host for eliminating the fire tigers]
"You have obtained 4000 Evo"x20
The notifications started going crazy.
[Evo points left: 290,750]