Chapter 357 Space
?Despite spending practically two hours every day training in the space elemental room, Atticus had never actually felt what space was.
Although he knew there was something there, he didn't know exactly what its nature was.
But now, it felt like a tingling sensation that seemed to dance across his skin.
It was as though he could feel the gravitational pull of the distant stars, the swirling currents of interstellar dust, and the infinite expanse of the cosmos all converging within this singular space.
It was both awe inspiring as it was humbling.
Atticus felt small, incredibly small. As though he were a single tiny drop of water in an unending sea.
He felt insignificant.
Atticus took in another deep breath as he tried to steady his breathing.
Regaining his composure in the next instant, he decided to get rid of the unnecessary thoughts and focus on the space element that he had just awakened.
Atticus closed his eyes and focused inwardly, allowing himself to surrender to the sensations enveloping him.
He felt a profound sense of expansion as if his consciousness was reaching out to touch the farthest reaches of the universe.
It was an overwhelming experience, and yet there was a strange sense of familiarity to it as if tapping into a power that had always been a part of him, lying dormant until now.
Atticus stretched out his right arm, and with a slight focus, the air around his arm seemed to distort, his arm leaving afterimages as it moved despite not moving at a fast speed.
'But not yet,' Atticus thought.
He had suddenly gained an important insight into the intricacies of the space element, but Atticus could instinctively feel that he had no access to any of its abilities yet. He wasn't at that level.
'Of course, I just awakened it. The things I can do with it will be very limited,' Atticus realized.
'It looks like it's the same as when I awakened my other elements. I can only control it within the confines of my body,' Just as his other elements, the space element, although profoundly different, also followed the same principles.
'Which means that I can't teleport or even manipulate gravity,' as Atticus realized this, his expression couldn't help but turn downcast.
These were two abilities that he had most been looking forward to having, and seeing as he couldn't use them for now, he couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.
Both abilities would need him to have control and manipulate the space element of a certain range, something he currently clearly could not do.
'Wait!' A thought suddenly struck Atticus, akin to a golden light bulb suddenly lighting up in his head. Atticus didn't even try to ponder it again; he instantly put what he just realized to the test.
Atticus focused inwardly, feeling the newly added tingling sensation in his veins, each coalescing around a small glowing purple orb that was floating beside other glowing orbs of different colors orbiting around his heart.
With a slight focus, Atticus moved a strand of the space element essence from the orb, the purple strand streaming away, moving down towards where a strand of mana was also heading to meet.
The space element essence and his mana met in the middle, and Atticus had to focus all his energy to stabilize the mixture. This was all because it was his first time using the space element for the elemental mimicry art.
As soon as it became stable, Atticus instantly started moving it around his body in the required way.
Atticus immediately experienced a sensation unlike anything he had ever experienced in his life.
It felt as though the very fabric of space was being manipulated within him.
He felt a tingling sensation spreading out through his limbs as though his entire being was expanding to encompass the vastness of the cosmos.