Unlocking - Part 3
Eon floated infront of Aavesh and spoke," Remember how you got your Legend Mythic Power?"
Aavesh nodded.
"Aavesh In theory, everyone has the Potential to unlock the Legend Mythic Power - only one that there's just the one successful case- You, After observing you for a quite sometime, I think have finally figured out the requirements of Achieving Legend Mythic Power and it's nature- Your Legend Mythic Power was already awakened partially the moment you rejected Abyssal Mythic Power, the Power that comes from Rejecting Power- and then you followed the Ritual that I gave you which you tweaked it further to fully awaken it within you, You then Manifested the Legend Mythic Power to save Chhavi..."
"Notice some parallels as well? Your Legend Mythic Power comes from within you and always Lights up when you reject External Mythic Power! It Resonates with you When you want to overcome your Limits! It has already given us multiple hints on what it truly is! That Glove on your hand- Dissipate it, Now Manifest your Shadow completely... I believe you will find out something interesting ", Eon spoke with glinted eyes. He had a hunch and wanted Aavesh to confirm it.
Aavesh then controlled his Powers to first dissipate the Glove covering his Palm.
They disappeared softly like smoke in an instant leaving his bare hand empty.
Aavesh then closed his eyes and tapped into that Familiar feeling of his 'Shadow'.
All of a sudden his actual body Shadow suddenly Trembled...
Something came from the shadow now... something that had overlapped within him but now, used the shadow of his body to arrive infront of him.
It was his 'Null' Shadow... it emanated minor Wisps of Oblivion Energy must as it formed a shadow like clone of Aavesh.
Aavesh now had no body Shadow, as his own shadow arrived before him and stood silent before him, giving off a Nullifying aura before him.
Aavesh then opened his eyes and gazed at the 'Null Shadow' before him.
He could feel the Shadow, the shadow could feel him- The Shadow was an extension of him... He sensed something more now, he could improve it?- He could sculpt it further? Improve his connection and control over it? But there's more...
'Hmmm? What is this feeling I sense? My Legend Mythic Power? I didn't sense your Conduit before but now...'
His Legend Mythic Power seemed to tell him that the Shadow before him was the perfect conduit...
The 'Null Shadow' was overlapped within his body, soul and Energy... Moreover the Null Shadow formed the Icon- Him... It was the Perfect Mold which would not clash with the Aeon Mythic Power which had already chosen Aavesh's Eyes as the conduit.
Plus the 'Null Shadow' would let him use Both Mythic Powers as the 'Null Shadow' had a strange affinity with the Aeon Mythic Power as well...
He couldn't tell why but felt that the reason was not simple at all.
Feeling an instinct in his heart Aavesh then began to fuse his Legend Mythic Power into the 'Null Shadow'.
The 'Null Shadow' then began to flicker with Steel Silver Light and began to fundamentally change...
*Fuse
Steel Silver Lightning streaked across the Black Mass Body of the 'Null Shadow' like a Glowing Flickering Armor. Steel Silver Lightning emitted frequently from the 'Null Shadow' and Now there were 2 Glowing Steely Silver Eyes staring back at Aavesh.
Aavesh felt exhausted after the change as fell down on one knee and began to profusely sweat, But the 'Null Shadow' immediately held him and sank into Aavesh's Body.
*Fhaaaa
Aavesh felt strength rapidly return to him and The Shadow of his Body returned Again but it seemed to be Slightly different than before- there was something sentient about it and Aavesh's Eyes briefly flickered with a Silvery Black Hue.
He then stood up with raw strength coursing through his body.
"As I expected - it finally found the conduit! Now you have both Conduits and just over 20 Minutes left before you reach the Lethal Threshold, Aavesh you need to Use the Conduits to convert Quanta Myth Particles into Mythic Essence- You can simply will then to enter your Conduits", Eon immediately explained the next step...
"The Conduits should detect them and automatically convert them into their Respective Mythic Essence but... ", Eon hesitated for a bit.
"But What?", Aavesh asked with an eyebrow raised.
Eon sighed and spoke," I'm not sure how this will work for your body system... People had completely different Systems back then and now you have a different system as well... the results might be unpredictable"
"Then it's time to find out", Aavesh spoke with a do or die attitude in his voice.
He then willed the particles towards him and split them equally to his Conduits- his eyes for Aeon Mythic Power and his Shadow for Legend Mythic Power.
As soon as the Particles touched the Conduits-
*Boom
A shockwave passed out from Aavesh and he felt the Quanta Myth Particles entering him- He felt a Burning sensation His Eyes and a Painful Prickly sensation in his Skin as they entered his Shadow as well.
His Eyes then Glowed with brighter Blue Light as streams of a New Aeon Mythic Essence was refined in them. Soft Blue Essence then Entered his Body through the New Main Meridians which caused Aavesh to feel a shock like Sensation but he endured it and forcibly suppressed his Bodily Reflex.
The Soft Blue Essence was anything but soft! It's Iridescent color shouldn't fool you into thinking it to be safe. No ! Aavesh felt a piercing Pain as the Blue Essence Travelled through his Meridians... Somehow he was able to control it better and was able to direct it towards his Three Dantians - Probably because of Pre Awakening his Mythic Power and achieving Resonance.
Plus His Meridians were already reinforced and rebuilt - so he could withstand Transporting Mythic Essence.
'Ugh this is a new kind of Pain Man- it feels like I'm stabbing my Body but from Inside Out- Like Trying to Poop through... No let's not think that- Oh Boy... Just focus on getting the Essence to my Three Dantians ', Aavesh thought painfully.
After a Minute or so, He established a Constant but Slow Stream of Blue Aeon Mythic Essence to his three Dantians, where the Blue Essence seemed to simply converge around the Lock, not doing anything for the Time Being.
His Shadow on the other hand Rippled with new purer Steel Silver Lightning...
'I guess the steel grey silver colour removed the Grey part now- Owww! Can't Joke now...'
Aavesh then focused on the Steel Silver Essence being formed in his Shadow and also which he sensed was the source of a dreadful Prickly Pain across his skin- Yes the Very existence of this Steel Silver Mythic Essence seemed to Torturing his body to no end...
He then directed the Steel Silver Essence into his Body as well- as it entered through the Meridians in his Feet which caused him to nearly fall down!
The Steel Silver Essence was Sharp and hard! It was slicing through his very being and then being hammered till the bones break!
He gritted his Teeth and carefully directed the Steel Silver Essence through his Meridians so that it would not Clash with his Aeon Mythic Essence...
Two minutes later he finally established a Stream of Steel Silver Mythic Essence that passed Painfully through his Meridians towards his three Dantians...
His Steel Silver Mythic Essence silently accumulated around his three Dantians without interfering with the Blue Essence.
His Head was already sweating from the Heat being emitted from his Eyes and the Stress of the whole Process and now all the Quanta Myth Particles would soon be completely absorbed by him- Hopefully there would be enough to Break the Locks and Activate his Three Dantians.
Aavesh honestly didn't know his Chances of Unlocking all three... According to Dr. Corvus Just transporting the Mythic Essence was not directly related to Success Rate in unlocking the Locks imposed by the Universe...
Eon as if reading Aavesh's mind then spoke," Your Success Rate for Unlocking all three should be hmmm...
I don't know how Two Mythic Powers will improve your success Rate, but Individually I have analysed each according to Pre awakening factor, Resonance factor and the minute Interaction Factor where you've used it multiple times - so it does indeed impact your Success Rate
Your Legend Mythic Power has a success Rate of 93% in Unlocking the Lower Dantian, 52% in Unlocking the Middle Dantian and 20% in Unlocking the Upper Dantian...
Your Aeon Mythic Power has a lower success Rate of 90% in Unlocking the Lower Dantian, 47% in Unlocking the Middle Dantian and 14% in Unlocking the Upper Dantian..."
"These Numbers don't look too reassuring Aavesh", Eon hurriedly warned Aavesh, He did want the best for him but didn't want Aavesh to jeopardize his life in sure lose situation.
But then the worse happened...
"Cough* Cough - Ughhh - Aaa- Aaaargh, My Eyes feel like their about Melt! Aurgh Aaaaaack! Eon I feel my skin is about to crumble - I feel something off in My Shadow Eon! It's feels like it's about to implode on itself", Aavesh wailed out in the oncoming pain.
His Shadow seemed to Harden and was about to become brittle, quite possibly break down- He didn't know what the consequences would be but it would not be anything Good.
His body had begun to show Weakened structural integrity due to constant exposure to High Essence for more than 15 minutes... it was reaching the Dangerous Zones now!
Eon immediately scanned him and spoke while gritting his Teeth," Aavesh Time to do something Radical and Absolutely Dangerous but we have no choice left... Separate a Stream of Mythic Your Mythic Essences and Exchange them with your Conduits- We need to counteract their Properties with eachother to protect your body and get some time to actually unlock your Dantians!"
Aavesh didn't hesitate to follow Eon's instructions- He did not want his Eyes to melt like before! Nope!
He gritted his Teeth harder than before and separated a portion of the Refined Mythic Essences to leave his Conduits- from outside his body and then go to the Other Conduits.
The instant his Steel Silver Mythic Essence reached his Eyes... His Eyes stopped heating up excessively and seemed to Harden.
His Hardened Eyes were now able to somewhat resist the Intense Heat and Processing of the Aeon Mythic Power which had designated his Eyes as the Conduit.
The Blue Mythic Essence upon reaching the Shadow- was able to halt the Excessive Hardening and was able to Liquify the brittle aspects of the Legend Mythic Power with it's extreme heat...
Aavesh now sighed in relief but this only brought him some time and would not last long...
He had to break the locks before the situation got worse.
He used his inner vision to observe the Locks along with Eon.
They saw the Runes present on the Lock -'ᚢᚾᛁᚢᛖᚱᛊᚨᛚ ᛚᛟᚲᚲ'.
Eon widened his eyes and spoke, " That's old Futhark Runes... The Rune Translate to 'Universal Lock' - this- this is Bad, Old Futhark Rune Script was ancient form of Rune Writing used to seal stuff- I don't think we can creat a Counter Rune to Unlock this Anytime soon- Aavesh you will have to use the Old school way- Smashing it open"
"Ohh? Wait lemme probe the Locks and see their Reactions -", Aavesh spoke with a glint in his eyes.
Runes. There were Multiple ways to inscribe them and Multiple ways to break them- Mythic Runes? Use the Mythic Way!
He would probably not do this before but he felt for some reason - there should be a workaround.
He first focused on his Lower Dantian - He then controlled a stream of Blue Mythic Essence to infuse into the Lock.
The Lock Heated up but not fast enough. It became dim as soon as he stopped probing with Aeon Mythic Essence.
He then controlled A stream of Steel Silver Mythic Essence to infuse into the Lock, the Surface Lock began to get contracted due to the Hardening- No it should be strengthening aspect of the Steel Mythic Essence because he was finally Able to observe it now, and curious minute Cracks appeared but soon disappeared as Aavesh stopped probing.
" Interesting"
Aavesh repeated the same for the Middle Dantian and found out that the Locks were more Durable here- meanings more time would be required to Break it.
He repeated the same on the Upper Dantian and observed that Lock placed on it was extremely Durable and if he used a Single Mythic Power - He may not be able to Open the Other Locks- It would take a hell lot of time as all these Locks had a Regenerative Power- But where did it come from?
Wait the Runes! The Runes inscribed on the Locks could be the Source of this Durability - He had to somehow overpower the Strength of the Runes to Unlock his Dantians!
Buuuuut what if He user Basic Science - ofcourse on the Mythic angle of things here .
One Might think it to be a joke- who would mess around with runes that were imposed by the Cosmic Will!
But Aavesh had a contrary thought! He thought about it and simply decided why the Hell Not?
This was not the High Level Complex Abyssal Rune formation - It was just a goddamn Simple Rune Lock with a limited source of Energy - If He could Damage the Inscribed Runes... Heh, things would get unbelievably easier.
Aavesh then smiled and spoke to Eon who seemed to be stressing like a Boiling Vat of Acid,"Come check this out-"
"Huh?"
Eon then immediately gazed at Aavesh's actions- He observed that Aavesh controlled both Mythic Essences in his Lower Dantian like a Surgeon.
Although this put a Heavy strain on him but Aavesh bared it with his Augmentations and began to Execute his Crazy Idea.
He first used the Blue Mythic Essence to Heat up the Lock and then finely controlled the Steel Silver Mythic Essence to form a tiny Dagger which he then stabbed at Rune Characters of the Lock.
Eon immediately widened his eyes and stared aghast at Aavesh who seemed to do continue stabbing at the Glowing Rune Characters like a madman!
Aavesh expertly controlled his Blue Mythic Essence to Heat up the Lock while the Steel Silver Mythic Dagger Hardened the Characters alone.
*Sssssssssss
*Chip
*Crack
He then used Even more Blue Mythic Essence to Turn the Lower Dantian into a Red hot state where he finally managed to prod out a Hardened Rune Character away from the Molten surface of the Lock.
The Rune Character upon leaving the Surface Dissipated into Energy in an instant.
*Thooom
A Minor fluctuation came out from the Lock as it had lost a Rune Character and had significantly Powered down!
He then immediately sensed this outcome and Punched his fist into the air and exclaimed," Hah! Just as I thought! Let's Continue!"
*Thooom
*Thooom
*Thooom
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Eon watched on with a stupefied expression as Multiple Thoooms occured every time Aavesh removed a Rune! And it got Progressively easier with Each Rune Gone!
"
He repeated the same process and rapidly removed all the Runes from the Lock. He then stopped heating up the Lock as it now seemed that it would break at any moment. He kept his Mythic Essences on standby in his Lower Dantian and focused on his Middle Dantian.
Eon checked the Time and spoke," You've got 12 Minutes before the Lethal Threshold"
Aavesh nodded at this and continued his task.
He had to be careful here- It was his heart now! He carefully probed the Lock on the Middle Dantian and repeated the same process as earlier - He then noticed a problem... The Lock here was not only more durable... but Rune characters seemed to dynamically move around the Lock making his job extremely harder.
He ofcourse knew who was responsible - the fucking cosmic will. It was probably staring at his antics in fury and decided to make subtle changes to his lock.
With a silent middle finger which came from the depths of his heart to the perpetrator, he changed his Strategy and condensed Multiple Daggers of Steel Silver Mythic Essence, despite the toll on his mind.
He then heated up the Lock and Arranged his Daggers in a pattern where each of the Rune of would get hit atleast once from a Dagger every time it moved.
The Rotation of the runes was but a minor inconvenience which could be solved with basic Visual physics.
Just as he thought he might take a bit longer-
*Thooom
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Suprisingly he removed the Runes at a Rapid and then soon brought the Lock on his Middle Dantian to a on the verge of Breaking State.
He wiped the sweat of his forehead and smiled at Eon who looked at him speechlessly.
Eon then spoke," 8 Minutes to Dangerous Threshold - Hmmm? What's wrong with the Lock in the Mind Pond-"
Alarmed Aavesh immediately found that the Lock had been tampered with again, It was now Revolving around the Mind Pool in a From Left to Right Direction, The Lock itself was rotating in the Anti Clock wise direction like a Planet around the Mind Pool, The Runes were also moving around the lock at a higher speed than before.
Aavesh knew it was the same perpetrator and silently gave it a 100 Middle Fingers from the depths of his Soul!
He then thought, ' Planetar Physics? Bring it on!'
'Looks Like I'm gonna be super exhausted mentally after I pull this Stunt'
With a deadpan face and extreme reluctance- He mobilised his Full Mental strength on forming and and controlling the Mythic Essences which took atleast 3 minutes.
He then controlled multiple small Blue Essence Spheres which he then settled them onto the Revolving and Rotating Lock- Heating it up fully without damaging his Mind Pond.
He then used Multiple Super Mini Daggers to move in a spiral around the Lock to target the Runes.
He felt his mental strength weaken at very fast rate and began to slowly feel the Fatigue.
Two Minutes Later he managed to Remove the first which slowed down the rotation and speed of the Lock making it easier to remove the Next and the next rune after next rune...
Aavesh felt his eyes heat up... time was almost up- his shadow also showed signs of imploding again but he focused on his Task while suppressing the pain.
Soon one Rune was left and Aavesh felt he could sink into delirium but Eon kept him awake!
"AAVESH THIRTY SECONDS LEFT! YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW!"
Aavesh snapped awake and chipped of the Final Rune.
*Fuuuu
Finally the Lock on the Upper Dantian was Weakened to the verge of Breaking!
"Ok One More Push! One Last Push! Come On Aavesh! You have to Do it! You can do it!" , Aavesh encouraged himself as he painfully controlled all the Mythic Essences in His Dantian to surround the Weakened Locks.
10...
9
8
7
6
5...
His body had already begun to bubble up.
The High Essence was going to Liquify him at any moment!
Aavesh then Rammed at the Weakened Locks- with all his might before beginning to feel a dull pain as his body had reached the limit where he could tolerate High Essence.
'Damn I'm almost done... Continue to break'
*Crack
*Crack
*Crack
Multiple Cracks sounded and the Locks Trembled before finally breaking and Dissipating.
*Chink *Chink *Chink
*Break *Break *Break
All 3 of his Dantians had finally been unlocked.
*Boooom
A Golden Energy Pulse reverberated from his body which triggered something in the Chamber.
*Emergency Noise sounded out in the Chamber following which the High Essence supply was cut off instantly and a Vaccum was used to clear the air of remaining High Essence while fresh air was supplied to Aavesh.
Sounds of Footsteps could be heard outside his Chamber.
But Aavesh felt a huge change taking over in his Body.
His Eyes widened as he felt His Very Eyes(Except His Third Eye) Completely Change into something new - His Arcanic Eye Augmentations were now being used as a Part of a completely New Pair of Eyes.
His Eye structure Now Possessed Receptor cells to detect Every Color of Light in the Universe... He could switch between visions and view different wavelengths of Light as well- provided his mind had the Strength to understand the information.
The Most Important changes in his Eyes were the fact that he felt- he could influence the world with a Single Gaze and See the Structure of Order in Everything!
The Aeon Mythic Power had permanently altered his Eyes to be the Perfect Vessel where it would reside... The Eyes were the Core Aspect of the Aeon Mythic Power!
But it did Alter his Existence as well- His Soul now seemed more calmer and ... Colder... like a mode he could switch into, He now had a Permanent sensitivity to Law and Unlaw.
His control over his body was stronger now, his Brain seemed to have enhanced and hardened quite a bit-
His Energy seemed to have an Aspect of Law meshed in within.
If he ever made an attack with his Energy - it would be filled with a smidgen of Law.
If People had a Chaotic Aligment- they would be Naturally Weakened towards his attacks while he would be Weakened towards theirs.
This was quite Interesting.
Aavesh then sensed the other change within him- His Legend Mythic Power Now Resided in His Null Shadow which was overlapped within him, But degree of Overlapping had increased significantly - He felt it Slowly move towards the direction where he would begin to Fully Merge with the Null Shadow in the future.
With the Increase in this Merging, The Legend Mythic Power affected Every Aspect of his Existence... His Physical Strength had increased significantly, along with his Endurance and quite possibly his Speed as well, He felt his mind had been Expanded and Improved in Quality- His mind had a Focus which deeply complemented His Aeon Mythic Power as well.
He could feel a Strange change taking throughout his Body... A familiar yet Strange change, the Last time it occurred was when he meditating in the Heart Demon Mental Realm while Trying to Awaken his Legend Mythic Power... His Bodily function and soul had improved quite a bit But Now... He could sense that the Changes it brought were attempting to Push his Body Soul and Energy to Three Aspects - Purity, Perfection and ... Enhancement? Or Limit Breaking Enhancement? He couldn't tell now- But the feeling was sublime!
His Energy was also altered to include a strange aspect- He couldn't describe it Clearly but felt that it was a something sentient- like his Will ? ' Hmmm my Will infused in Energy? Strange - I have never seen this before... I'll have to research this later ... but how can Will be actually manifested? I know Eon did speak about Will buy I always thought they used the Last Traces of Mental Energy to execute their Wishes- But this opens up a new world for me!'
Apart from that he seemed to have a Somewhat Beginner Full Elemental Resistance granted by his Legend Mythic Power and Minor Chaos Resistance granted by his Aeon Mythic Power.
He felt that if he continued down this path of Evolution maybe his weakness to Chaos or Other Elements might eventually be Negligible.
But for Now they were there.
His Genetics had been upgraded and Altered by the Mythic Essences while his Body slowly reformed to it's natural state- He was no longer extremely thin or skinny but had his Muscle and flesh reform again.
He was back to a Normal state- A Kind of Normal state.
Sweat and Icky Black matter was being ejected outside of his Body, But dead skin fell off from his body and then he noticed a huge chunk- No almost all of his Bodily hair was falling off.
It was a familiar scene when he used that Temple Pool in his Past life to First Cultivate.
All Dirt Particles,Dead and old Skin- also Hair would fall off to make way for new ones later.
All common signs of him becoming a Cultivator
"So- I'm no longer a Mortal?- We Did IT EON!", Aavesh grinned and pumped his fists in the air!
Eon smiled and sighed in relief as he spoke," I must observe all changes in you- You did it You Rational Madman! Hah! Damn maybe we can take a break - I wouldn't say no to some calm for a while..."
"Yeah...", Aavesh replied dreamily. High Stress life made him miss the Dull Slow life he had before...
"Detected Successful A.G.E Procedure! Congratulations Candidate - You will now be Put Through Cleaning Protocol-0", A Female Mechanical Voice spoke in the Chamber out of Nowhere.
"Eh?", Aavesh heard that and Then Remembered a Traumatic Process from his Past Life.
Sounds of Machinery whirring could be heard as the Dented Walls retracted Back and Several Automated Cleansing Tools and Machines appeared in his vision.
" Wait- Wait- I can clean Myself - There's No Need for all this Trouble " , Aavesh immediately pleaded with crying Eyes.
"Request Denied- Detecting that Candidate is being Uncompliant - Increasing Protocol Level to by 0.5 - This is a Mandatory Process Candidate Adhi!", The Female Mechanical Voice spoke again.
Aavesh really wanted to smash the Damn chamber with his Soul Constitution but he couldn't expose it...
Eon then sighed and spoke," Sacrifices have to be made for the Greater Good-"
"Sacrifice My Ass! Screw You Eon! AHHHHHHHHHH" Aavesh screamed out as the Machines Descended into Him.
The Sounds that were heard from the chamber were akin to a Dog Begging to not Being Groomed.
Poor Aavesh.