Chapter 269: The Four Steps of Manifestation!

Chapter 269: The Four Steps of Manifestation!

Intent, Medium, Gesture, Will!

Manifestation cannot occur without intent.

Miles read out loud.

Intent is the start and the end of every skill. By intention to move the energy into designated points, different skills can be manifested.

This was the building block of arts created by humans. Energy, although formless, had to flow through a system to create the required spell. Before humans could use energy willingly, they would use premoves to steer the energy that required points, but starting from Form-Rank, humans were able to move energy at will, thus intending to create a skill.Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

In the old stories, different power systems used similar forms. In the Stamina branch, for example, Warriors use premoves to move the energy into points required to unleash the attack. In the Chakra system, a certain hand sign is needed to focus the chakra into the intent, then by using the following moves, spells can be created. Thus, the intent is the start of everything.

Medium is the second step of manifestation. In Mana Branch, Magicians mostly use wands or staffs to bring out or better control their spells. Warriors who are using Stamina System, and Qi Practitioners who are using Qi use weapons as a medium.

Mediums are generally used to focus the energy, empower the spell depending on the medium and increase the accuracy.

This four-step cycle was key to creating everything through energy. The Human Energy system was the same. The energy needed to move into designated places by intent, then through mediums had to be gestured, and by willing it, it had to be unleashed.

After Miles finished reading, he had a newfound respect for humans who had created those stories. Pre-invasion Earth didnt have any energy system, yet there were still many different forms of stories close to the current energy system. It really boggled Miless mind.

Miles closed the documents and pictures about old stories and four steps of manifestation and opened the four arts he practiced. Each of them had skills that could be used in each rank. Although they were created after the monster invasion and were only tested for two to three decades, they were the best arts the world could offer.

The first Art Miles practiced was Cross Familys Sacred Art, Royal Blood. Although Malcolms grandfather claimed that it was an old art from Arthur's time, Miles found it hard to believe. It was true that the premoves of the Art didnt require any skill, and Art later derived from there, it still sounded exaggerated.

Although he later gave up on practicing this art because of Mercer, he once again started to exercise it after they started to get along once again. The five forms of skill in the first level of the art could only be used with premoves before, but now, Miles could lead the energy and execute them without wasted movements.

The second Art Miles practiced was Moon Essence. It was a stolen art of the Strankov Family, and Miles found it in an unimportant family members wristwatch. Later he discovered it was stolen, so Miles couldnt really show it to anyone, but he still practiced the first level and learned the first step skills.

Third Art, Exaltedness of the Creator was the strangest one. It wasnt a human art, to begin with, yet the monster who gave it to him thought that it suited Miles. He practiced it before and enjoyed the benefits of the first tier. Unlike others, this art didnt have any skills for the first step, and Miles could only use it to temporarily strengthen himself. But now that he was in Form-Rank, he could practice the second step.

And the last art was Seven Finger Death Punch. Miles found this in Aliens AI necklace and somehow changed its form to practicable for humans. He already mastered the first step and was able to use the Five Claw skill. It was one of the skills in the first step, strengthening hands, turning them into claws before the attack. Although in the first tier it wasnt as strong as the alien had used, it was still stronger than any other attack skill Miles had.