Chapter 26 - Breakthrough!

Jean turned towards the cave again and glanced at the Fire Seed, his body sizzled with lightning as his eyes started to glow.

He picked up the Evil God's Fire Seed, which immediately glowed red then he heard a voice booming out there.

Dragon: ROOAR!! Despicable humans!! So it turns out that you're actually ŀusting after this king's treasure! All of you are repulsive scoundrels, unforgivable… UNFORGIVABLE!!!

Jasmine: Run!

Jean immediately ran as fast as he could by turning into Lightning, his speed was enough to outrun even someone at the late Emperor Profound Realm.

Behind him there was a thunder, leaving nothing behind, in a single instant he was already out of the cave, and in 2 second he was back at the borders of the Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range.

Then he deactivated the "Thunderbolt" and started to walk normally.

Jasmine: We should be far enough.

Jean: Yeah.

Then he looked back at the Evil God's Fire Seed and saw an imprint burning.

Jean: So this is a Seed of the Evil God… Heh, we made jackpot.

Jasmine: Yeah, you can say so. Now you just need to swallow it.

Jean: ...Swallow?

He frowned and looked at the round bead.

Jean: Are you sure it won't kill me for suffocation?

Jasmine: Don't be such a pussƴ and eat it!

Jean: Tch, whatever…

Then he closed his eyes and ate the Fire Seed, suddenly, he felt a sense of familiarity with it, and it finally reached his stomach.

At that instant, he detected an abrupt turbulence in his Profound Veins. He didn't even have time to survey the abnormal motions of the Profound Veins because the surface of his body unexpectedly released a ball of crimson luminescence.

Jean: Hey Jasmine! I'm not going to explode, right? Right!?

Jasmine: Shut up for a moment! You aren't exploding! The Fire Seed is merging with your Profound Veins!

Jean sighed in relief and calmed down, then his Profound Veins changed, turning into a crimson-red color, even all of his Profound Entrances changed color.

Then his profound energy started to rapidly convulse in his Profound Veins; waves and waves of profound energy that came from an unknown source swiftly flooded in, making the profound energy in his Profound Veins swell up again and again… Until it reached the limit.

*Bang*

He reached the 10th Elementary Profound Realm just like that… But it was far from the end, the process was repeated again and again…

*Bang*

*Bang*

*Bang*

…

Jean: Nailed it!

Jasmine: 4th of the Nascent Profound Realm! Congratulations; now that you've stepped into the Nascent Profound Realm, you can finally be considered to be a true profound practitioner. In this land, entering the Nascent Profound Realm at the age of sixteen ought to be pretty average, right?

Jean: Depends, in the poor areas like this then yes, but places like the Divine Phoenix Sect then it is still too low… Anything else about the Fire Seed that I need to know?

Jasmine: Yes, now any flame based attacks will not hurt you in the slightest.

Jean: Basically "Heat"?

Jasmine: ….Yes. I can't still believe that something like that exists, your watch makes the Evil God look like a joke…

Jean: 'And you still didn't see the big shots… Hehe.' Well, now that I am at the Nascent Profound Realm, I made my first step to the apex… Oh right! Let's see what I get now.

He checked his watch and saw another message.

*Achievement: "Noob": Congratulations, you became a noob.*

A golden stick appeared on Jean's hands, he looked blankly at it while Jasmine was holding back her laugh.

Jean: ...Is this a joke? No, wait, there's another…

*Achievement: "BUUUURN!": This is lit!*

*Reward: Nine Circles of Hell Pellet.*

Then a small dark crimson pellet that emanated an eerie feeling appeared on Jean's hand, making Jasmine stop laughing at looking at the pill with an hint of horror on her eyes.

Jasmine: ...I...Is that… !?

Jasmine didn't stop stuttering so Jean immediately opened the Information app and searched on it.

"Nine Circles of Hell Pellet: This is the most dangerous Pellet that the Poison Saint Blackheart ever created, it is on the first place as the not deadly but brutal pill ever existed. Not even the Brahma Soul Death-Wishing Mark could compare with it.

However, since they are in two different categories, they can't be really compared, but the Nine Circles of Hell Pellet was known only in some legends and only for people that are connected to the Poison Saint Black Heart.

The Nine Circles of Hell Pellet requires to be imprinted with one's Profound Energy before consumed from the person's target. The target's torture will have 9 stages.

1st Stage: The Target's senses will be cut off, as if he was completely disabled, the only thing that he can do is hearing the person who put his mark on the pellet, but he will feel as if years passed when in reality only second passed outside.

2nd Stage: The Target's senses return back, but his or her reproductive organs will stop working forever.

3rd Stage: The Target will feel an extreme hunger that would make him eat his own flesh, but they are unable to move.

4th Stage: The Target will have hallucinations of losing the most precious things he ever had repetitively.

5th Stage: The Target will feel a sensation of his own body being some steps away from the sun, burning, but they will only feel the pain, wishing for their death.

6th Stage: The Target will have hallucinations of their own death, the target will see 1000 different deaths and the process at how it arrived there.

7th: Stage: The Target will have his own Profound Veins devoured, making him a cripple.

8th Stage: The Target will age, while his lifespan increases to 10'000 years, he will look like an old man with a foot in the grave.

9th Stage: His soul is reduced to paste, leaving him dead inside, however he still has the capability of talking and wishing, and so the pill's efficacy end.

The user can decide how much time each stage will last except for the 6th Stage, and his voice will be the only one that is heard from the Target."

Jean: Holy shit! This pellet is fuċkɨnġ satanic!

He frowned and looked at the pellet in terror before putting it back on the Sky Poison Pearl, hopefully it won't see the light of the day anymore… Jean turned back and looked at Jasmine who was looking at his left hand as if it was her own death and whimpered.

Jasmine: The Nine Circles of Hell Pellet…

Jean lightly slapped her face, waking her up.

Jasmine: Wha-What?

Jean: You woke up.

Jasmine: D-Do you realize what that "Thing" is!?

Jean: Yeah, the best torture method ever existed, now calm down and take deep breaths.

Jasmine did as he said and after some minutes, she recovered.

Jasmine: Alright… Now that you are in the Nascent Profound Realm, I will give you a task before I go to rest… Within the next month, you are not allowed to leave the Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range. You are required to kill at least 5 beasts at the 10th Nascent Profound Realm every single day.

Furthermore, don't use the powers of your watch unless it's Overkill, and stabilize your current profound power as much as possible.

Jean: Ok, and the profound skill you promised me to teach?

Jasmine: With your current profound power, there is only one Profound Skill this princess can teach you. The Star God's Broken Shadow! This is a Profound Movement Skill, and its primary stage can be activated with the least amount of profound energy.

Jean: A Profound Movement Skill… Well, since you are making it look like something good, I'll trust you.

Jasmine: If your perception is high enough, you can learn Star God's Broken Shadow in three months, but if you perception is insufficient, you will not be able to learn it in your entire lifetime.

However I doubt it will be a problem with your "Knowledge", who knows, maybe you can understand it in less than 1 month…

I'll go to rest my thoughts in the Sky Poison Pearl, too many things happened today and I need time to process them.

Jean: Yes!