Death... and me



Fortunately, the change in their bodies only lasted a few minutes. The light in their bodies gradually disappeared, revealing the four miserable guys once again. At first, there didn't seem to be anything different to them, though.

Rean was the first one to get up as he was the best at using his Instant Healing Skill. "Phew... I knew something like this would happen, but I just couldn't get used to it. Even my ability to block pain is useless when it comes to the system upgrade."

Yet, he didn't take that to mind. Instead, he checked his body. Or, to be more specific, the fusion of energy that was supposed to be there. "Hum... so that's how it looks. So many new meridians... However, they are different from the normal meridians, it seems."

[You are correct,] Sister Orb agreed with him. [After all, each type of energy has its own way of entering the body. That's why these new meridians were necessary. They can work with all three types of energy. Above all, they can hold the fused result of them as well.]

Rean extended his hand ahead and tried to bring his fusion of Divine Origin Energy, Stelar Energy, and Soul Power. 

*Zuaa...*

Sure enough, it wasn't hard to bring the results out. "So this is the three energies fused." When Rean and Roan fused Divine Origin Energy and Soul Power, their result was a type of energy with a silver color. Now that it fused all three types, mental, body, and energy, it became sky blue instead. "Some might even think I'm using Divine Energy to gather Water Elements."

Roan finally got up and cleaned a little of the dust in his robe before doing the same thing. "They will need to be quite a bunch of idiots to think this is Water Element. Water Element gets a clear deep blue color, but the fused energy is sky blue instead. It's very different."

[Well, it is not like you will accumulate your fused energy in front of others so that they can guess what it is, right? Most of the time, it will be within your body and released through your attacks and weapons. It simply doesn't matter that much,] Sister Orb explained.

The twins nodded. "That's true."

Rean then used that fused energy and repeated the exact same test as he did when he fused Soul Power and Divine Origin Energy. Another arrow of energy was raised above his head as he aimed at a similar boulder nearby. This one, obviously, didn't take a silver-colored shape but a sky blue instead, as they expected.

*Ziu!*

*Puf!*

As soon as the arrow hit the bolder, it passed through it like a hot knife through butter. That wasn't all. The remaining energy of the arrow pulverized the boulder right after as the arrow shot into the distance. "Wow! How much stronger is this fused energy? Last time, the arrow just passed through with ease. There was no pulverization of the target."

Roan pondered a bit and tried it himself in a few other simple targets. Finally, he brought out a rather low-level sword from Rean and used the energy to attack it. 

*Clang!*

*Crack!*

Roan didn't use much power, but he still successfully cracked the sword a little, which was a Golden High-Level Equipment. "It is quite ridiculous. I would say that our attack power has increased by more or less 50% to 60%."

Kentucky finally got up as well and used his Feather Blades in conjunction with his newly acquired fused energies. His Kawa Blade Domain power naturally went up as well. "Hahaha! See?! I'm just incredible!"

Roan coldly glanced at Kentucky, who immediately cooled down. "Ahem... Of course, that doesn't mean I will underestimate any possible enemy. Yes, that only makes me an even more careful Demon Beast, as I should be."

Celis didn't even want to comment on that and simply moved to his normal spot in the Dimensional Realm. "Well, if we are done with it, I'm going back to cultivate."

Rean couldn't help but ask. "Aren't you even curious about this fused energy? You can also use it, you know?"

"Nope," Celis answered without thinking twice. "I'm a World Swallowing Cedar, so I'm extremely closely related to the energies within my body. I know very well what I can and I can't do with it. You three, on the other hand, should indeed take the chance to go out and train with it. I'm just a little sad that we couldn't get the Time Acceleration reward, but I don't mind saving Divine Stones either."

Roan didn't mind. "Your time cultivating is the same as our time cultivating. Just continue as you wish." Following that, he looked at Hex. "Now then, our agreement is now completed. We told you to follow us until Rean and Sister Orb could use your runes to unlock the time powers of the Dimensional Realm. Since it is done, you are free to go anywhere you want."

Hex was indeed thinking about that exactly. It's just that he was afraid they had fooled him and would use Sesame to destroy him now. [Can I truly go?]

"Hmph!" Roan snorted. "I've never gone back on my word before, and that definitely won't start now."

Rean then waved his hand, creating a spatial passage back into the Sparse Black Grass Land. "Roan is right. Thank you for all the help, Hex. The Sparse Black Grass Land just so happens to be a very good place to hide, according to Sesame. You can decide what you will do with calm while you roam around this place. It's dark but pretty much free of dangers."

[Errrrr...] However, Hex stayed still as he looked at the Spatial Passage.

Seeing that puzzled Rean and the others. "What is it?"

[Wasn't the Sparse Black Grass Land supposed to be a dark place?] Hex asked back.

Hearing that, everyone turned their attention to the other side of the Spatial Passage. Sure enough, they were all left in shock at what they were seeing. "What the hell is happening outside?!"