"Trust me, be it traveling from the Skadi Kingdom to here, or while fighting this entire battle,

I haven't used any Mana at all."

Nux revealed and Nawdren's eyes widened in horror.

He was in pain.

His ribs were broken.

However, that didn't matter.

He…

He was hearing something so absurd…

And he wasn't alone.

Astaria was the same…

She now understood why Nux refused to fight against her.

*Bam*

Nux then punched Nawdren's face, his body flew away and clashed against a building, breaking the walls.

"Khoocckkk!!"

Nawdren coughed out more blood.

And with his will crushed, he didn't even try waking up.

"…"

Nux glanced at the debris in front of him and then…

He sighed.

'Even he wouldn't be able to take it…'

Nux needed someone to see how strong he has actually gotten.

However, that didn't seem possible right now.

Even Nawdren, currently the strongest being in this continent after him, lost.

And Nux wasn't even serious right now.

With his System down, he couldn't use the abilities the System provided.

Interestingly enough, he could use the Devouring Mist. However, Nux understood it. Though the Physique was given to him by the System, it now belonged to him.

Just like the weapons he bought from the System Shop, the Physique was his Weapon now.

The same goes for the Skills he learned himself like [Wind Walk], [Fire Lance], and others.

He could use them all.

Only abilities like [Sense], [Conceal], [Blink Fault], and other abilities directly given by System were unusable.

"I can now understand why you didn't want to spar with me."

Astaria walked towards Nux and replied.

Nux turned towards her and smiled,

"Did you really not use any Mana in this battle?" She questioned with a serious look on her face.

"I did not." Nux shook his head.

"What if you do use Mana?"

"I don't know…"

That was what he wanted to test it in the first place, but…

"I am afraid that I would accidentally kill others if I use Mana to boost my power."

Nux replied as he glanced at his hand.

"The Mana does give a scary boost to one's ability." Astaria nodded.

Nux nodded back.

"You might even pierce through his body, creating a giant hole in it if you use your full power," Astaria commented as she glanced at Nawdren who was still lying on the floor.

Nux didn't say anything, however, if he was being completely honest, he believed the result would be a lot more fearsome than this.

"But I still don't understand, the Mana was definitely moving around you when you were fighting Nawdren. I could feel it, although it was not the same, the pattern was still similar to how we use it to boost our strength."

Astaria spoke her mind.

The other women weren't as sensitive as hers when it came to Mana as her, therefore, they couldn't notice it, she however, was different.

She could definitely feel the movement of Mana.

Whenever an Emperor uses Mana to boost their strength, then whether it is their own Mana or the surrounding Mana, the Mana around them moves in a specific pattern.

This was Astaria's way of judging whether the enemy Emperor is actually going to attack or was it just a bluff to fool her. It was something she used quite often and was something that has helped her countless times before, therefore, she was still having a hard time believing that Nux was not using any Mana in the previous fight even though the Mana around him was moving in a similar pattern.

Suddenly, Nux lifted his hand and clenched his fist.

"Did the Mana move again?"

He questioned and Astaria nodded.

A frown appeared on his face.

Since he wasn't an Emperor before, he wasn't as sensitive to Mana as Astaria, so Astaria didn't bother teaching him this technique.

Astaria did give him a rough idea about this movement of Mana, however, it wasn't much, and therefore, he was still clueless about this.

Now, however, since he was an Emperor with a Mana sensitivity that was probably greater than Astaria's, he could finally understand what Astaria was talking about.

He tried moving his body again, however, he couldn't sense any Mana.

He glanced at Astaria and questioned,

"And now?"

Astaria shook her head as well.

Nux then kicked in the air and soon,

He sensed it.

"The Mana moved, didn't it?"

He questioned and Astaria nodded her head.

Nux punched in the air, and the Mana moved.

Then, he just stood and the Mana moved again.

Nux finally understood.

The moment he gets ready to attack, the Mana moves automatically.

It is an involuntary action, something he had no control over.

The Mana wasn't his, that was for sure, and neither was he the one controlling it.

Why was Mana moving like this, he didn't know.

However, Nux was sure about one thing.

This Mana definitely didn't wasn't entering his body and pushing or boosting any of his muscles.

His strength was his alone.

It was not the result of him using Mana to boost it.

And to prove it,

Nux controlled the Mana around him, the Mana moved and surrounded his Fist, and then, he unleashed a punch.

*Whoosh*

"!!!"

Everyone felt a big shockwave when Nux released the punch and their eyes widened in surprise.

Nux intentionally punched in a direction furthest from all of them, one can even say it was aimed nearly opposite of where they stood.

For them to still feel the shockwave even after that…

They couldn't even imagine how strong the punch actually was.

"…"

Astaria didn't know what to say…

That punch…

That simple little punch was stronger than Nawdren's strongest move…

That simple little move…

Nux didn't even use his own Mana yet…

"I finally understand."

Suddenly, Nux spoke.

The women glanced at him and he smiled,

"Body Cultivation."

"Hmm?" Astaria frowned.

"I am not just an Emperor Stage Mana Cultivator,

I am an Emperor Stage Body Cultivator as well.

Is this not natural? Text © owned by .

If the Mana Cultivation sees a huge leap when a cultivator breaks through King Stage and becomes an Emperor.

Shouldn't a King Stage Body Cultivator be the same?

This Mana movement, I am sure it is the result of Body Cultivation.

Unlike normal cultivators, where one's body affects the surrounding Mana, the surrounding Mana is reacting to my body, the body of an Emperor Stage Body Cultivator."

Nux explained in the best way he could.

Astaria didn't know how to react to this.

The explanation sounded plausible, but honestly, she didn't know anything about Body Cultivation so she was not in a position to comment.

"Wait…"

Suddenly, Amaya frowned.

She thought of something… and honestly, she didn't like that line of thought at all…