William’s body had been thoroughly controlled by the Order Element, suppressed by its abilities despite only being E-Rank.
Most of the fault could be placed on William himself, since his Soul Strength was just too weak compared to his other abilities. A Golden Core Cultivator’s E-Rank Magic would have the combat power of the early to middle stages of the Golden Core Realm, while William’s own Soul Strength was only somewhere between the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realm.
There was only a small bridge to gap for the Order Element, but it was a Mythic-Ranked Element, so how could it be as weak as one of the Basic Elements? It wasn’t!
William could tell firsthand that the E-Rank Order Element was very slightly stronger than his own Soul Strength, but it was enough for the Chaos upgrade to gain the upper hand. He used all of his will to resist the Order Element’s possession, slowing down every movement to a crawl.
The possessed William reached inside his own chest and started pulling out William’s soul by force, while the Order Element spoke to the Chaos Element as if this was just a simple matter.
"Ⳝᰄ ᔕ꩜????Ր????ⳜᔕЯᄂ ʄშ꩜ ΛѠꝒꝒЯᄂ." it said, but William couldn’t read his own lips. He wished the System were here, so it could tell him what was going on.
The Chaos Element snorted and put a hand in front of its mouth while it spoke, preventing William from understanding its words, "ᄂშƝT ПЯ Ѡ????????შЦѠƝT, ᔕ????Я ᔕЯѠꝒЯᄂ ʄშ꩜ Tშშ."
The Order-possessed William continued to extract William’s soul, but it could tell that it was running out of Mana already. It stopped expending its energy, choosing to look around the area while speaking to the Chaos Element. "ʄშ꩜’????Я ɮЯѠⱤЯ???? T????ѠƝ Ⳝ ????ЯᰄЯᰄПЯ????."
Chaos nodded, "ᰄʄ ????ЯѠꝒᰄ Ⳝᔕ ᄂѠᰄѠЦЯᄂ."
Both the Order and Chaos Elements realized their time was running short, both nearly out of energy. William had survived again, but it wasn’t a complete loss. With time, their little exchange of information would hopefully lead to freedom.
The System returned at the same time as the two Elements receded into William’s body, ending the possession and returning him to his original form.
Before he even had a chance to view the effects of his X-Rank Chaos Affinity, a System upgrade began, so William had to scroll back to the top and read the messages backwards.
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TALENT UPGRADED
Chaos Affinity: (SSR --> X)
Effects:
-Chaos-related Mana Control, Magic Power, and Mana Efficiency +960% >> +1920%
X-Rank Bonus Effects:
-Domain of Chaos: Take complete control over all Chaos Mana within a radius of 50 kilometers >> 100 kilometers. Can be countered by opponents with Chaos Domains of greater strength.
-Territory of Chaos: An improved Domain, designed to completely destabilize the Mana of your enemies using ambient Chaos Mana. The thicker the Chaos Mana, the more powerful the effect.
-Primary Law of Chaos (0.1% comprehension): You don’t understand enough of this yet. Comprehend the Chaos Element or visit ??? to learn more.
-Chaos Elemental: Locked. Host does not have the Unstable Elements Talent.
Next rank up: Ascend to unlock the next rank’s requirements.
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System, what the hell is this?! William complained.
What about the other Continents? System, are there any powerful enemies elsewhere in the World?
-Request requires 2 Potential Points. Yes/No?
Only two? Definitely.
-Each Continent has a Supreme Left-level threat, though they aren’t as united as he is with Unbreakable Right. Additionally, the Master of Retribution is still alive somewhere. This era doesn’t have many one-in-a-million-years geniuses, and most of which have already Ascended long ago.
William nodded. It made sense, but he wasn’t expecting there to be so few challenging enemies.
I guess that means the Superior Veins and the Heavens really are my only opponents.
-And yourself. You are your biggest enemy. Might I remind you what just happened a few minutes ago?
You’re right, System. I can’t write off the Chaos and Order Elements as harmless after almost losing my soul. I still don’t even understand what the Order Element does, nor why it’s a Mythic Element when its counterpart is Legendary.
The System didn’t respond, so William looked at his System Panel.
POTENTIAL POINTS: 1,267,462
I have enough for the Recovery Talent to Ascend, but I still need to upgrade my Seal Element...
William couldn’t move without sealing himself, so the decision was obvious. Thankfully the Seal Element was only Epic-Rarity and wasn’t nearly as expensive as the Chaos upgrades. He upgraded it one Rank at a time, surprised to find that the upgrade to X-Rank was only a hundred thousand Potential Points.
-135000 PP
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TALENT UPGRADED
Seal Affinity: (SSR --> X)
Effects:
-Seal-related Mana Control, Magic Power, and Mana Efficiency +800% >> +1600%
X-Rank Bonus Effects:
-Domain of Sealing: Take complete control over all Seal Mana within a radius of 50 kilometers >> 100 kilometers. Can be countered by opponents with Sealing Domains of greater strength.
-Territory of Sealing: An improved Domain, designed to seal the physical abilities of your opponents and render them immobilized. The thicker the ambient Seal Mana, the greater the effect.
-Primary Law of Sealing (0.1% comprehension): You don’t understand enough of this yet. Comprehend the Seal Element or visit ??? to learn more.
-Seal Elemental: Locked. Host does not have the Restriction Resistance Talent.
Next rank up: Ascend to unlock the next rank’s requirements.
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Another ??? location... Is it some sort of City that I need to visit after Ascending?