My SSS-Rank Clone Talent: I Level Up Endlessly! Chapter 198: Devious Plan!

"Dark."

Zarek felt like he was in an endless void of darkness.

He could hear voices, sll things, and even feel touch and pain if his body was injured.

But he was in a state of almost complete paralysis, and ti bound him tightly in place.

It felt like his soul had already completely left his body, almost like he was in an ethereal state because of it.

No, he was really in an ethereal state.

His soul was hovering inches away from his body.

And if this went on, Zarek’s soul would completely co out of his own body.

Just then, sothing strange happened to him. A strange energy flickered for a mont, and his entire body and soul seed to change in an instant.

Not a visible change, but one that only he could feel.

The ti that had bound him seed to shift instantly.

His body, mind, soul and sothing else, sothing strange, began tuning to the Ti that bound him.

Everything felt extrely slow, as if an eternity had already passed.

And with each passing second, his soul slowly returned to his body.

Then, Zarek could faintly feel a binding, almost like a chain wrapped around him.

These were the chains of Ti itself that bound him, and bit by bit, those chains began to gradually...

Loosen.

That’s right, it started to loosen up bit by bit.

Zarek wasn’t breaking free from the bindings of Ti.

He was adapting to Ti itself.

This grueling process felt like it agitated his mind, and an unbearable urge to escape overtook him. His body felt itchy, yet he couldn’t move his fingers to scratch, leaving his mind in utter frustration.

However, Zarek sohow managed to suppress the urge, and the itchiness in his body faded away.

Just then, his mind was struck with sharp pain, his nervous system felt like countless ants were crawling through it, biting at him.

’Ahhhh.’

Zarek wanted to scream. His mind felt like it was carrying a thousand tons of weight, and he was being crushed underneath.

This feeling lasted for a long ti, leaving his mind almost utterly broken...

Before it finally ended.

"Is it done?"

Suddenly, his vision shifted, and he found himself standing before a river.

"Huh?" Zarek was confused, his mind whirling with thoughts as he looked around.

"What’s happening?"

He took a mont to gaze at the river and froze.

"Is... is this Ti?"

Zarek watched scenes from the past, when he first arrived in this world in the slums, the battle with the Valkyrie, his imprisonnt, and the fights with the wardens.

It was like a movie reel playing all his past in this world right before his eyes, perfectly showing every mont.

Then, after it all played out...

His vision snapped back and he was back in his own body.

The chains seed to have loosened enough.

Zarek tried to move his fingers and to his absolute delight, they moved. It was still difficult, but he could do it.

Then he began to move his muscles.

The resistance was incredibly strong, but it was loosening with every breath.

After an unknown amount of ti, the chains completely loosened, and he was able to move again.

Zarek stood up with a groggy mind.

Countless blue panels appeared in front of him, but his mind was too blurry to register them.

His legs wobbled, and he fell to the ground on his knees.

"Hmm." Zarek closed his eyes and gathered his scattered thoughts.

He could feel a strange and unknown connection to sothing, sothing ethereal. It felt like it didn’t exist, yet existed at the sa ti.

Zarek looked at his hand and instinctively muttered,

"Ti Save."

To the naked eye, nothing seed to happen.

Zarek then extended his hand, and the massive purple hamr floated toward him. He gripped it tightly.

Then, with a single motion, he swung it down toward his left hand.

Bang!

His left hand muscles were crushed, and his bones shattered, tendons crushed.

Zarek gritted his teeth and barely managed to utter, drawing upon the strange connection he felt:

"Ti Revert."

Right before his eyes, his injured hand reverted, restoring itself from its broken state to full recovery in an instant.

It was as if he had never been struck by the hamr, his hand wasn’t broken at all. It had returned to its optimal state, just as it was before.

"Interesting." Zarek’s eyes lit up as his gaze was finally drawn to the blue panel.

[You have Adapted to Ti]

[You have gained an exclusive skill bound to skill]

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(First Stage)

You can freeze a mont of reality, preserving the current state for a short duration. Use Ti Save to anchor the preserved mont, and Ti Revert to return to that exact point in ti.

...

"This is amazing."

Zarek took a deep breath to calm his excitent, this was basically cheating in itself.

It was like having another life.

He could preserve his physical state, fight the enemy and even if he were one-shot and couldn’t adapt in ti, he could simply revert back to his initial state. That would give him just enough of a chance to adapt and beco stronger.

This ability was perfect for him.

Zarek stretched his muscles while swinging his hamr.

And this ability wasn’t limited to just himself, he could apply it to inanimate objects as well.

At that mont, footsteps echoed in the room.

From the door, Drayken appeared, slowly approaching with a smile.

"Are you ready?"

"Yeah." Zarek rolled his shoulders and stretched his muscles. Then, with one swift motion, he swung the hamr down brutally, shaking the ground like an earthquake and sending out a shockwave strong enough to nearly shatter the cave.

"Better than ever," a grin tugged at the corner of his lips.

"I hope the plan works," Drayken mumbled, a glint in his eyes.

Zarek’s eyes also flashed with a similar glint. The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Whatever they were planning, one thing was clear: They were cooking up a devious plan!