Child of Destiny

Chapter 1597: Five Cycle Embryo (Part 1)

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Shin and the others proceeded to do their respective businesses in the next few days. Some went to train while hunting in the wilderness while others continued doing their quests.

They also continued having team training within their teamʼs virtual space, working on their teamwork and further strengthening their synergy.

The results were very rewarding as they not only built up a solid foundation for their teamwork along with a tacit understanding with one another but also created a series of strategies under Shinʼs directions alongside the multiple strategic maneuvers with the formations they had, which covered different scenarios depending on the state of the battle.

During this time, Shin also consolidated his gains from the profundities of metal that he had previously and perfected his mastery over the two properties of his metal innate attribute.

Then he proceeded to awaken the properties of his earthʼs innate attribute along with the ore that Professor Henry had given him, which was called the Mineral Fragment.

The same thing happened again when he was trying to study the ore and communicate with it. His Gift of Devouring acted once again, absorbing all the properties of the Mineral Fragment just like what happened with the Spirit Alloy previously.

He had already expected this, which was why Shin was not that surprised.

As for the properties that he had gotten from it, they also fell in the category of duality. One was heaviness while the other was lightness, which also somewhat gave him a certain control over gravity around him.

It took him quite a while to get used to these newly found powers and consolidated his insights after awakening these properties, particularly putting them into his system.

He patiently waited until he had gained full control over these powers before proceeding to consume the Goddess Tears to awaken the dual properties of his water innate attribute.

The process this time was much smoother compared to the previous two as he only needed to consume the Goddess Tears and thoroughly absorbed them. With the assistance of his Gift of Devouring, he did not even waste a single drop of the heavenly treasure.

The gains that he had gotten from this were not only awakening the dual properties of his water innate attribute. His body was also cleansed by the Goddess Tears, removing all the impurities that his body had.

He felt like being reborn after the entire process was completed, making his mind and senses to be insanely sharp alongside the huge boost for his physique.

Meanwhile, the dual properties that he had gotten from his water innate attribute were the properties of softness and hardness, which he somehow expected. Softness for flexibility, which is what water attributes commonly had, while the hardness property was from the water solidifying and turning into ice.

Right after he awakened these properties for his fifth innate attribute, Shin instantly sensed that something within him moved.

The five elemental attributes converged at his center right after the fifth and final attribute awakened its dual properties.

They formed a cycle unique to the five elements, following the laws of nature, which was also what his Mentalism Method carried.

The Perfected Four Symbol Scripture instinctively moved as Shin went into a deep meditation state. He followed the Cycle of the Five Elements while integrating all the innate attributes that he had alongside the Mentalism Method.

This created a whole new system for his Perfected Four Symbol Scripture as his entire body was being nourished by the five elemental attributes.

As he entered this state, the Grand Gathering Formation installed within his room was automatically activated, pulling all the Force of Nature within the entire Springfield Household to support him.

With the assistance of the formation, Shin took the initiative to use the special method that he had learned from Professor Herny in the Magic Ace Academy to nurture his body to create the Spiritual Vessel needed for this breakthrough, the Five-Elemental Body.

But due to his innate attributes possessing dual attributes, this Five-Elemental Body that he was trying to cultivate became way different from the original.

Shin could feel it too, especially when he thoroughly studied the Spiritual Vessel when learning under Professor Hernyʼs guidance.

This version of Spiritual Vessel was not only much more powerful compared to the original one, but also firmer and more stable.

Feeling that he needed to complete this Spiritual Vessel as soon as possible before he exited his current state, where his mind was much sharper than it usually was.

He just worried that the Grand Gathering Formation would not be enough to support the amount of energy that he needed to fully build this modified Spiritual Vessel. After all, the formation was currently not in full power.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

But as he was worrying about this issue, he suddenly sensed that the amount of energy that the formation was providing him increased by a large margin and was much purer compared to earlier.

With this much energy and how pure it was, Shin felt that he could even try to solidify his Spirit Pagoda within his mind to stabilize his realm and reach the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm.

With that, he would only need to combine all his innate attributes and integrate them with his Divinity Grade Mental Energy to create his version of Spiritual Force. Then he would reach the peak of the Grandmaster Realm for his Mentalism, which was equivalent to Martial Artists at the Ethereal Opening Stage.

”Donʼt worry about anything else. Just focus on your thing while I control the entire formation.”

That was when Shin heard Davidʼs voice, who mysteriously appeared inside his room.

Shin did not say anything as he smiled and started absorbing all the energies provided by the Grand Gathering Formation.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

As Shin hungrily absorbed the Force of Nature, his Perfected Four Symbol Scripture worked overdrive and started fueling the changes within his body.

Zong~! Long~! Long~!

At the same time, his special physique, the Spiritual Embryo also activated subconsciously. It seemed to resonate with the five innate attributes that his body now possessed as well as the Five-Elemental Body that he was trying to create.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Not long after, a series of runes started to appear on the surface of his skin, seemingly forming a special formation after they connected from different parts of his body.

Shin might not be able to see them as his eyes were currently closed as he meditated. But his Spiritual Sense could sense the outside, giving him a clear image of what was happening to his body from the outsiderʼs perspective.

He could not help but frown deeply when he ʼsawʼ this. He could not remember when he had drawn these Mentalism Runes, especially when most of them were unfamiliar to him despite the knowledge he gained about Rune Mentalism Methods from Grandmaster Benn.

Shin was sure that he did not engrave these runes in his body, which led him to another possibility.

It was his parents, or more specifically his mother, who should be a very powerful Mentalist based on what he heard from David and from what he could vaguely remember from his fragmented memories that he had unsealed just recently.

Regardless, he could feel that this rune formation drawn in different parts of his body was supporting the creation of his Spiritual Vessel.

Or more specifically, it was assisting his Spiritual Embryo to evolve and transform. It seemed to be trying to make this special physique become a Spiritual Vessel as well.

Seemingly sensing Shinʼs confusion, Davidʼs voice suddenly sounded inside his junior brotherʼs head. ”Even if Spiritual Vessels or Natural Vessel are separate features that Mentalists and Martial Artists possess when compared to Special Physique, they could still be put in the same category.”

”The two vessels were meant to host an individualʼs martial arts and mentalism techniques, matching all the characteristics and styles of an individual. But that was only for most of the people, who did not possess special physiques or divine body.”

”But for people like you, who possessed the two different physiques which were perfect for Mentalism and Martial Arts respectively, you have to be careful of creating a Natural or Spiritual Vessel to make sure that either physique would not be affected.”

”This Body Formation drawn into your body is not only meant to assist you in creating a perfect Spiritual Vessel. It can also help you thoroughly fuse the created vessel into either of your bodyʼs two special physiques.”

”It will not only make your Special Physiques stronger, but it will also make sure that no conflict will happen between the two during the process.”

”As for who set this powerful formation up… I think there is a need to tell you that,” added David.

Shin did not say anything as he only briefly nodded his head. He then started focusing to make sure that he would be able to do everything perfectly.

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