Mystical Journey

As the attribute points surpassed five points, every increment would require twenty potential points. All of his attribute points were currently at seven points.

Garen focused his gaze on Vitality.

Instantaneously, his Vitality had jumped up to 8 points and his potential points had dropped from 362 to 354.

"Continue," Garen continued staring at the Vitality pane.

After surpassing eight points, there would be a new change where every attribute point would require 60 potential points. In the Totem World, he'd relied on multiple massacres to obtain a huge increment. Now that he had arrived at this point the second time, Garen felt the same pain as he saw his potential points draining at a great speed.

Immediately, the potential points dropped down from 354 to 294 as his Vitality increased from 8 points to 9 points.

He tried to sense the condition of his body and he realized that he shouldn't have any problem activating the fourth star. His body had greatly improved after increasing two points of Vitality. He previously could only maintain the fourth star for ten minutes or so. Now, he felt that he would be fine even if it was for half an hour. He even felt that he had reached the requirement to activate the fifth star. With his current attribute, if he were to activate the fifth star, he would reach the genetic limits of thirty points, which was about the same strength of Nadia who appeared last time.

"The fifth star that will push me to the genetic limit…" Garen muttered as he quickly pressed onto the acupoint on his chest with his right hand.

Tap tap tap!!

His body started to expand rapidly after multiple clear taps from the afterimages of his fingers.

His skin immediately turned black as his veins crawled all over his bodies like small snakes, including his face. His muscles which had already covered his entire body was now even more obvious.

"This is the fourth star… It's much less suffering," Garen moved his body and noticed no discomfort.

"Let's continue."

Slap!!

Afterimages of his fingers appeared once more as he instantly tapped multiple points at his abdomen and shoulders.

"Fifth star!!"

Hah!!

Boom!!

With a deep buzz, he could no longer hold in his aura as the air started to disperse from his skin. The whole secret chamber was filled with mist. A wind blew strongly and even whistled loudly.

It was a horrifying scene.

Garen's muscles at the shoulders condensed and expanded into two huge muscle hooks. It was as if there were two additional hands on his shoulder facing outwards, that looked like two huge solid pauldrons.

The black veins and muscles tore his shirt apart. The shirt was ripped into pieces as it landed on the ground.

He heaved a long sigh as he stretched out his right hand. The skin by his palm was purple and his veins were the width of tree branches as they thrummed along with his heartbeat.

"This is the fifth star… My current strongest limit…" Garen exhaled once again.

In this state, if he were to slightly contract his muscle, he could move the muscle which was at the size of a human head. The whole room could hear his heartbeat roaring and his breathing was endless as he pulled oxygen into his lungs and expelled out the air.

He took a step back and accidentally brushed the wall with his hand.

With the slight touch, sparks were ‘gently' created as if there were two solid metals creating friction against each other while leaving behind a clear dent.

At this level, he was much stronger than he was in the Secret Technique world by multiple times.

"I can only last five minutes…"

He exhaled as his qi and blood reduced in speed. His body shrunk back to its normal state as well.

‘Your secret method…. hurts yourself first before hurting others,' Black Sethe gave his honest opinion, ‘I've watched countless similar kinds kill themselves from above. It's a technique similar to that of devils which hurt themselves.'

Garen didn't say a word as he looked at his Vitality.

Five minutes in his extreme state wasn't exactly safe enough for him. He wasn't sure if he could defeat Nadia in such a short time to ensure his survivability.

With determination, he focused his gaze on Vitality again.

His Vitality, which was already nine points, jumped once more and entered ten points!

Sixty points of Potential points were reduced once more, reducing from 294 to 234.

"With this much of Vitality, I may be holding myself in the fifth star, which is equivalent to all attributes to reach the thirty points genetic limitation. Compared to adding other attribute points, this is much worth it in the short term."

Garen calculated the number of gains and losses he obtained and was rather satisfied with it.

‘This secret method of yours allow you to reach the genetic limitation for a short amount of time. Perhaps you are able to withstand Nadia's attack for now, but if you don't completely seal her marking aura, she will become stronger and stronger. Nadia's upper limit isn't some strength you've encountered last time,' Black Sethe reminded him, ‘The strength of an Army Level isn't something you can imagine.'

"I understand," Garen responded, "At my current level, the Seven Star Life's Secret Point is sufficient. It would be impossible to go beyond the genetic limitation with such a short amount of time. I need to find other ways."

‘This secret method of yours… Only you are able to use it… It would require you to use up your body's potential once you've reached the third star, which happens to be your body's lifespan. I don't know what method you're using to replenish your body's potential, but this technique definitely cannot be used by others. Mastering the Secret Technique is the better way. No matter how strong your body is, you are not able to balance the nature of the universe. The true purpose of pursuing Secret Technique is to move the universe with your body, not just for self-enhancement. You have to know that you're currently temporarily…'

Before he finished his sentence, clang!!

Suddenly, a huge screech of metal clashing together was heard. The Secret Chamber's wall had been hit by something.

Garen could only feel that his ears were ringing. The space around him started to tremble and a white light appeared in front of his eyes instantaneously. It was so bright that even he couldn't see anything in front of him clearly.

A familiar aura charging towards him at high speed.

Clang!!!

Among the ringing metal collision sound.

A terrifyingly huge aura came at him!

"Die!!"

"Nadia!!"

Without much time to thin, Garen pressed onto the acupoints with both of his hands, activating the fifth star.

Hah!!

The aura spread everywhere wildly as he defended with his hands.

Within the light, two overwhelming powers clashed against each other.

There was no sound but only trembling within the space, which exceeded humans' listening abilities.

The secret chamber was shattered by the overwhelming power and exploded into countless black pieces, revealing the pure light from the outside.

Garen pushed forward with both of his hands and went into an empty space.

It was then his eyes were slowly getting used to the surroundings.

He was standing in a space which was purely white. There was nothing around him. Everything was completely white from the top, bottom, left and right. The black pieces that were from the secret chamber had disappeared to somewhere.

Nadia was in all black, similar to how she was dressed previously. Black short skirt, long black stockings, her long hair was flowing freely. She had a thin waist and big bust, which was the perfect figure for a woman. It was just that the mask which was half laughing and half crying which made people feel uncomfortable.

"We meet again…" Nadia's deep male tone came from afar.

Although the two of them were a distance of tens of meters apart, the voice could be clearly heard as if it was spoken just beside his ear.

"You really have gotten stronger," Nadia stared at Garen through her mask.

While both of them were in masks, Garen's mask was covered with densely packed eyes. Within the dream, it's as if the eyes were alive as they kept wiggling about, staring at Nadia who was in front of him. However, that was Garen's icy blue aura which he couldn't suppress that had leaked out from the mask.

The strength of the fifth star, the upper limits of his strength…

"It's not just me who has gotten stronger. I see you've gotten weaker…" Garen gently touched his left eye socket.

Kaboom!!

Almost instantaneously, both of them disappeared, each forming into white and black figures. Their figures drew clear lines amidst the white light.

Boom!!

His fist and her knife clashed with each other. The knife was moving up and down rapidly as it tried to saw off the black fist that was harder than diamond.

Garen growled as he blocked the mark knife with his left hand and punched with all his might with his right hand. His right shoulder expanded, so much so that it was almost twice as big.

It was an absolute strength!! A strength that nothing could withstand!!

Garen's face was as hard as metal and sparks were formed as he flung his right hand in the air. It was the extreme effects of friction between the air and his hand. His scorching red fist, which was covered with sparks flew towards Nadia's head.

His right fist was the same size as Nadia's head.

"Swallow Killing Slash!!!"

Nadia growled as well as she withdrew a small dagger from her long sword. The dagger was covered with a layer of electricity and had blocked Garen's fist.

Clash!!

Two of their overwhelming forces burst, forming a very clear shockwave as it spread out with them at the epicenter.

The black dagger in Nadia's hand kept vibrating. As two Secret Techniques at their most advanced state clashed against each other, they vibrated, forming friction with an incredibly high frequency that no human could hope to hear.

"If only I could use Projection…!!" Nadia felt that her strength was being suppressed and her gaze looked rather panicked under the mask.

"Die!!!"

Garen pushed forward and the vibration of his right fist pushed away her mark knife, allowing his fist to move forward!

Boom!!

Nadia's head was instantly crushed. She screamed at the top of her lungs as she melted into countless shadows.

"I'll be back!!"

Nadia's voice still remained in the space.

Suddenly the white light surrounding him turned dark.

Garen slowly opened his eyes.

He was in his original position, standing in the secret chamber, in front of where the suppressed coin was located. With the superimposed electromagnetic waves emitted by the masks, he could feel the mysterious energy concentrating at one location.

The black dragon-shaped aura on the coin was restricted to an area the size of a fist as it kept flowing within.

‘It seems to be much easier this time,' Black Sethe had just realized he'd been under attack.

"Of course," Garen clenched his fist, The limit of strength, the overwhelming strength which could destroy everything made him nostalgic.

The absolute and most powerful strength!!

As he felt his own heartbeat, he couldn't help but feel very satisfied with himself.