Chapter 69

“I know that the Nectar of the Sun is extremely beneficial to Trainees and Weapon Master, and even smelling it would amaze me, but I didn’t expect the Body Cleansing Elixir to have a similar effect. It looks like it isn’t any less valuable than it.”

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Their effects varied from person to person, but they were equally priceless.

Roy emptied the content of the two bottles inside his mouth.

Two streams, one gold and one silvery white charged down his throat, coming in contact with his stomach’s bile.

In an instant, they transformed into two torrents of energy that charged throughout his body ferociously.

Roy’s body swelled up, and veins popped up on his neck.

“Fuck… this is too much!”

A great sense of discomfort and pain filled him.

He was mentally prepared for this to happen, but he still couldn’t help but curse out when actually experiencing it firsthand.

The first one entered his inner world. A process called fusion began. The gasified version of the Nectar of the Sun merged with his inner world, increasing its size at a rate visible to the naked eye. If there was anyone to witness this, they would have drooled uncontrollably and felt envious of Roy.

Increasing the size of one’s inner world was a hard challenge faced by all awakened.

They had to face four life & death challenges to widen it to a certain size suitable for ascending to the rank of Aura Master, the rank above Weapon Master.

But Roy… his inner world was reaching the level of an advanced-level weapon Master, and he hadn’t completed even a single Life & Death Challenge. What’s more, he was yet to become an adult and awaken.

There was no doubt in his heart that once his inner world digested the huge volume of the Sun’s Nectar, it would leap to the next level!

His focus shifted to the torrent of energy causing that filled up all the vessels in his body, expanding them and, as a result, making him feel greatly pained.

All the hardships he had faced in his life couldn’t compare to the level of pain he was feeling at this moment. It was as if a thousand ants were crawling in his body. It was as if a thousand heated pins were being used to prick him. There was no better way to explain it than just calling it Hell’s mercy, a pain that yanks breaths out of one’s chest.

The pain brought by the Cleansing Elixir… wasn’t something a human could endure.

Yet, Unwilling to squeal like a dying pig, Roy gritted his teeth, deafening his roars.

The energy traveling throughout his blood vessels targeted the impurities in them.

Most people in the world have impurities in their blood vessels.

Aura, or as some would like to call it, inner energy, is injected into the blood vessels after leaving the inner world.

Only through it can it escape the body or enter the inner world.

The speed at which this process takes place depends on a person’s will, meditation method, the size of their blood vessel, and the impurities in them.

That’s to say… the clarity of blood vessels affected the speed and efficiency of inner energy absorption and expulsion.

Having faced years of “poisoning,” Roy’s blood vessels were full of impurities.

The feces of the parasite on his magic gate had taken root there.

It wasn’t without a reason that he felt greatly pained each time he sang the Third Song of Ninam.

To play it, he had to push a vast amount of Aura out of his body and infuse it with his sword in an instant.

This act wasn’t suitable for a body with impurities in its blood vessels.

That’s why he was punished each time he used this.

But the body cleansing elixir was like a hand grabbing these impurities, expelling them.

They came out of his pores in the shape of black material.

This torturous process lasted for half an hour.

By then, he was caked in dust.

『Ding! Congratulation. You’ve refined the Body Cleansing Elixir. All the impurities on your body have been pushed out. You’ve gained the Innate Energy Refining Body.』

“It is finally over!” Roy curled his finger into a fist and roared out in excitement, but only a weak voice came out.

His hair was scattered on his forehead, and he was drenched in sweat.

The minutes-long struggle had left him with little to no strength.

Due to clenching for too long, his jaw felt sore.

But… everything was worth it.

『Ding! You’ve activated the Shadow Manual.』

The Aura in the atmosphere charged into Roy’s body at a rapid phase dozens of times faster than before, flowing through his blood vessels to enter his inner world.

Previously, he wouldn’t dare to recklessly absorb such a high amount of Aura in such a short time, but now he could because his blood vessels lacked a single trace of impurity.

Just as he did that, uncountable golden wisps escaped his inner world, infusing with his blood vessels.

In the blink of an eye, they widened to a size incomparable to before.

『Ding! Congratulation. Due to consuming two types of elixir at the same time, you’ve experienced a synchronization effect. Your blood vessels have widened. You can now absorb and release an amount of Aura that your past self can’t rival.』

Now, as the size of his blood vessels has quadrupled, Roy could play the third song twice without feeling any discomfort.

He couldn’t do the same before, as the chance of his blood vessels exploding was 100%.

His present self was unrivaled by his past!

He remained seated and focused on keeping his breathing stable and refining the Sun’s Nectar.

『Ding! Congratulation. Your inner world used the Sun’s nectar as nourishment to increase its size to the level of the advance-level Weapon Master.』

He could now store a ridiculous amount of Aura in his inner world.

If push comes to shove and he had no choice but to fight to the very fight, making his sword roar ten times wouldn’t be a problem if the damage to his blood vessels were to be overlooked.