"Are we ready to go now?" Raylein inquired once everyone was gone.
"One second," Arima said and crouched. He placed his hand on the ground and chanted, "[Bestia Felis]." A small black cat made of lightning magic imdiately ford. It was identical to the one he had given Lifa.
"What is this for?"
"To help those two love birds when they need it," Arima smiled and patted the cat. He was more or less looking in its direction.
"It's weird to see you unable to correctly define one's silhouette," Night comnted and he chuckled.
"It's not that bad, you know? I can't see colors or images anymore, but at the sa ti, I can see way more. My other senses have been enhanced too."
"Just by curiosity, how far you can hear sothing right now?" Layla asked and Arima spread his arms as an answer.
"I can hear every single heartbeat on this planet," he stated and everyone fell silent. They wondered how he was dealing with all of that noise.
"Anyway, let's go now," Raylein said and drew a magic circle emanating with a blue aura.
"[What I seek is the road. What I offer is the path. lumnia]," he intoned and a sort of tunnel appeared right in front of them.
"Follow ," Raylein waved his hand and went inside the tunnel. Arima told the small cat to go find Evergreen and Jin before going inside with the others. The tunnel closed itself the mont they were all in.
"We're going to lumnia," Raylein suddenly said as they were walking through the transparent tunnel surrounded by darkness. "It's a place filled with powerful individuals from everywhere around this reality. lumnia is also the na of the biggest planet which has ever been ford, as well as the giant city covering its whole surface."
"Sounds like a wonderful place," Karma comnted and Raylein smiled.
"It is indeed. There's no discrimination, cri, or even poverty. The very notion of money is not even a thing there. As long as you can take care of yourself, you have no problem living there. lumnia is also the place where all of the Guardians go when they have to assemble since it's under the rule of the First Guardian," Raylein explained and Arima humd.
"Well, in any case, we have so ti until we arrive," Raylein added. "Why don't we chat a little? I'm frankly curious about everyone's transcendence, not only Arima's. What about yours, Night?"
Night frowned and looked at him indifferently. "Mine is simple. I used fire as my base. I essentially have the sa ability as that Yeion. I can turn into fire and physical attacks don't have any effect on ," he said and raised his hand. He beckoned Karma and she made a katana appear, which she swung at Night. His hand was imdiately severed but it changed into a fire before returning to its original place.
"So, you chose second-degree immortality, huh?" Raylein muttered. "You can revive as much as you want even if your body is destroyed. But you can't if all the flas composing your body are extinguished or if your soul is taken. What about you two?" He then asked Karma and Layla.
"I can change every part of my body into the tal that composes my blade. I also can alter its composition to make it stronger in particular areas. I also can't be broken by magic nor can I be damaged by any weapon which doesn't have at least a stronger aura than Arima."
Raylein blinked several tis. "wow, I guess soul weapons are different from us when it gets to transcendence. You're the last one."
Layla stared at Raylein. "Try hitting ," she uttered and Raylein beca flustered. "I'm not asking you to go all out. Just a light attack."
"Then in that case," Raylein turned around and waved his hand. A blue trail followed his movent then ford a strange pattern. A red sphere was conjured and propelled toward Layla before exploding.
When it went away, Layla was completely unhard and there was no indication that she had used magic to stop it. She then extended her hand and a transparent energy was shot from her palm before striking Raylein's abdon.
He gasped and rubbed his stomach for a few seconds. "That was" He mumbled in shock and Arima grinned. "Reflection? Does your body reflect magic?"
"No, it converts damage done to into pure energy that is returned to the opponent. I can't use that energy for my benefit though," Layla combed her hair which had been affected by the shockwave as she explained.
"That's already impressive. I don't even know if your transcendence is better than Arimane's or not considering that it isn't limited to elental magic" Raylein gave his honest opinion and turned toward Arima.
The latter kept walking as if nothing happened. It also was useless for him to look at them since he wouldn't be able to see them. He felt Raylein's stare and chuckled.
"As you already know, I chose to be able to absorb elental energy and use it for my convenience. What I didn't tell you is how I could use that energy. If I want, I can send it back as it was sent to , but I also can convert it into pure energy as well. You already know that but I didn't tell you about the best advantage of this constitution," Arima declared.
"Try using an elental magic on . Just a small one. Not even enough to harm a tenth level. I won't use magic. Just the ability of this body."
Raylein was perplexed and cast a small fireball which he threw at Arima. He didn't move as the fireball approached him. When it reached him, everyone expected an explosion but it entered his body like a drop of water falling into the ocean.
Raylein's eyes widened and before he could react, a purple fla of the sa size as his own suddenly erged from Arima's body and landed at his feet. The resulting explosion was definitely not made to only kill a tenth level practitioner. It could even injure so that were in the Fourth Sky of the Earthen Realm.
Raylein huffed and the flas were extinguished instantly. But he was deeply confused about what he had just experienced. "What was that? You said you wouldn't use magic, right?"
"I didn't," Arima replied. "The fireball you threw at was sent back to you the sa way you sent it to ."
"Don't ss with . That thing was at least fifty tis stronger than what I conjured."
"I know. But I never used my magic in the process," Arima smirked. "Your fireball rged with my body because of my transcendence. From there on, I can either send it back or use it as my own source of energy. For the latter case, I just receive the sa amount of mana you used to cast it."
"But for the forr, it's different. While it's in my body, the spell will be under a constant refinent by the Omni energy residing in my cells," he explained and Raylein's pupils narrowed.
"In short, any elental magic I absorb will resonate with the Omni energy inside before being returned with a much stronger montum. But, technically, it's still the sa magic."
Raylein stopped walking and took a step back. "What are you? You're defying every logic at the mont. I never saw it under that angle but let ask you; how strong can the elental magic you absorb be, at the maximum?"
Arima's smile beca wider. "Unlimited."
"No fucking way" Night unconsciously exclaid and Raylein felt dizzy.
"I never saw it like that," Karma was thunderstruck.
"It's unreal" Layla followed. "If that's true, you're virtually capable of defeating anyone as long as they use powerful elental magic against you."
"That's just cheating. If you take this even further, that would an you could even kill the Original God if he uses elents against you. That's fucked up. This is the first ti I feel terrified by soone's power in a long ti," Raylein muttered and Arima snickered.
"All of this is only possible thanks to the countless different energies I host. Eion, Omni, Silver, life forces from every opponent I killed, the parallel lines, and Malum's darkness."
"Yeah, I know," Raylein grunted. "That's why you're an anomaly. No one will ever be able to imitate you in any way. Your uniqueness is what makes you dreadful. Maybe you'll die soon at this rate."
Arima smirked and turned around to face Raylein with his unicolored eyes. "Let's bet then. When will I die? Who will kill ? It's a fascinating topic now that I attained first-degree immortality. I'm quite eager to try it out."
"What?"
Arima laughed and his voice mixed with another one much deeper. Half of his face disappeared and turned into a burning skull.
"My fusion with Malum gave sothing else. My life energy mutated. I won't die no matter what happens. Even if all the flesh on my bones is burned or reduced to cinders, I will then be a walking skeleton. If my bones are destroyed, the fragnts will get back together and form again. Whether I have mana or not."
"Unless soone destroys my soul, I will always live on. But let tell you, I don't think there's anyone who has a stronger soul than mine," he said and the flesh on his skull recovered.
He smiled again and tried to direct his eyes directly toward Raylein. "What do you think?"
The forr Plane Guardian gulped and his expression paled. He didn't know what to say anymore. He was even starting to think that Arima had already surpassed him.
"Anyhow; it's your turn. What about your ability?"
Raylein groaned retrieved the lead inside this tunnel. "Mine is kinda normal compared to yours. I can use my body to travel through space and ti. I can do it as easily as breathing."
Arima nodded. "I expected that. Even if it's plain, it sounds pretty powerful."
" Can you stop? You're just lowering my self-esteem right now"
"Fine, I'll stop teasing you."
"Stop what?"
Arima feigned ignorance and took out Yeion's crystalized original force.
"If you say we have ti until we get to lumnia, I'll just try and assimilate the mories in this. There are too many things I don't know about. I'll use this to clear them up. Should be a piece of cake, I've done this more than seventy million tis."
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