The Glorious Evolution

Levi’s secret as a Blind Daywalker could be hidden from normal citizens, but not Daywalkers or Nightcrawlers... after all, how could he hide it when he was permanently connected to the Shadow dimension, even if he used his Harmonic Spine to paint his world of darkness?

The condition of having a spiritual link to the bridge of darkness was based primarily on vision. Although Levi called his way of viewing the world ’auditory vision’, in the end, he was still perceiving the world through sounds and frequencies, not light.

The colors were a construct of the Harmonic Spine delivered straight to his mind, not actually painting the surrounding darkness.

Without light, darkness prevailed...

That’s why, as Levi stood in the center of the arena, with frequencies painting his world, he was capable of seeing both humans and nightcrawlers gathered around them... he couldn’t see only the nightcrawlers, which were summoned in their weapon form.

”A fool?” Levi chuckled.

”Yes... You want to fight us both; can you even handle me?”

Yanhuan doubled down while stepping closer to Levi... each step unleashed a part of his contained spiritual aura until he was a mere meter away from Levi... yet, his spiritual aura raged around him nonstop, forming a spatial distortion that twisted into the shape of a massive serpentine figure of blue smoke.

Levi stood before the emergence of this monstrosity that resembled Yanhuan’s contracted nightcrawler...

He appeared as a long, snake-like dragon with thin, smoky scales... his body was leaking trails of bluish mist, making it hard to see clearly.

Instead of normal eyes, he had two glowing illusory slits that sometimes vanished completely when they blended into smoke... His claws and tail left wisps of smoke wherever they moved, while his jaws constantly dripped with a faint, hazy blue fog.

Although Levi stood before the nightcrawler and the wild spiritual aura manifesting him, which was trying to oppress him and fall to his knees, he wasn’t fazed in the slightest.

”Yanhuan... I warned you, don’t talk for me.”

Before Levi could react, he noticed Evangeline stepping closer to him... allowing her contained white and black aura to expand to its limit, filling the center of the arena.

From it emerged the figure of a humanoid female nightcrawler... she was tall and imposing, her eyes hidden behind a white piece of cloth. One hand was holding a scale with floating wisps of darkness on one side and white wisps on the other.

She had no legs, only a long ghostly robe fading into the darkness... her face resembled Lady Justice, but had some demonic features to it, like black lips, crooked ears, purplish skin, and two fangs protruding under her lower lip... one black, one white.

She looked holy and demonic at the same time, a weird mixture, but when it came to nightcrawlers... everything was understandable when considering their ability to possess almost any race in the universe, and steal everything about them.

With their spiritual auras fully unleashed, anyone with spiritual vision tapped into it, regardless of whether it was good or bad... the moment Warden Daywalkers had their spiritual Leywell unlocked, their spiritual vision awakened... this was for those with the worst possible talent for spirituality.

That’s when they saw it.

Levi, as small as an ant, was standing before two massive spiritual auras, reaching up to tens of meters into the sky... meanwhile, his spiritual aura was contained within his skin, barely visible besides the faint hues of gold, crimson, and black.

He looked like he had no place being near those two monsters, and everyone felt the same.

”Do you really know what you’re getting yourself into?” Yanhuan curled his lips... his expression carrying a tint of provocation and ridicule.

Levi glanced at them and then at their spiritual auras, which were overlapping with their miniature nightcrawlers behind them.

He cracked a faint smile and asked, ”Do you?”

Without Levi needing to say anything, Ash’Kral deactivated the seal on Levi’s spiritual aura with a single order... turning off the array in his castle.

Just like a sealed dam being opened after decades of inactivity... Levi’s multicolored spiritual aura erupted everywhere, kicking off a cloud of dust with him in the center, catching everyone by surprise.

Yet, this was only the beginning...

Yanhuan, Evangeline, and the rest of the watchers were left stunned at the sight of his spiritual aura manifesting as Ash’Kral with three bright streams of light into the sky... crimson, gold, and black.

The colors were overlapping as they spread across the arena, devouring everything in their path until... a spitting image of Ash’Kral’s cruel smile manifested behind him, towering over Yanhuan and Evangeline, whose own auras... once powerful... now consumed and bent under the immense oppressive authority of Levi’s spiritual aura!

”What the...” Dominic’s pupils slightly thinned out at such a magnificent, but deadly spiritual aura... which shouldn’t belong to a Pathfinder.

”What did I say?” Feng Ling smiled, ”That’s our very own Anomaly class Psych talent... Once he evolved to a Pathfinder, the enhancement to his spirit was on a different league of its own... I believe his spiritual prowess is at Solarbound entry or the first stage at the moment.”

”Tell me... are they still unqualified?”

”...”

Dominic was left speechless, a reaction shared by most watchers... they expected many things, but not a spiritual aura more powerful than Yanhuan.

After all, he went through three perfect evolutions to reach Warden rank, and he had the talents to back them up... Yet, unbeknownst to them, Levi had gone through three perfect evolutions as well... also, they were based on Origin Seeds.

When added to his Anomaly class Psych talent, this was the only appropriate and logical outcome.

”You... impossible...”

Yanhuan muttered as he gazed at Levi with a tint of disbelief buried in his eyes... a rare reaction from him when dealing with a peer of his generation.

Even Evangeline’s expression was left frozen... her question for justice seemed irrelevant when Levi outclassed both of them. This meant he outclassed the rest of the teams she tried to erect justice on.

”Impossible? Haven’t you heard? Anomaly class Daywalkers can’t be perceived in the same breath as the rest.” Levi said, emphasizing the term ’rest’... this made Yanhuan’s expression twist for a brief moment, but he swiftly regained his aloof look.

Levi had been keeping his spiritual aura sealed through an array, knowing that its prowess would raise suspicion about him being this strong while still a Junior Daywalker. But now that everyone believed him to be a Pathfinder? He no longer needed to hide it... nor did he want to.

After all... he was an Anomaly Class talent, and such a title wasn’t given lightly to just anyone. Not even Yanhuan was considered one despite his immense strength, which left a lasting impression on anyone who saw him.

If Yanhuan could be that strong and everyone accepted it, why should Levi keep hiding his own power? He had no interest in keeping a low profile and getting disrespected by people he could absolutely ruin, just because it might draw ”interest” or provoke someone.

There was a fine line between being smart and being a coward. Levi was smart enough to keep his Sun and Void forms hidden, but he wasn’t a coward who planned on concealing his strength forever just to avoid trouble.

He knew that was exactly how trouble would find him... by inviting disrespect through perceived weakness.

As for the three colors? Ash’Kral’s new appearance embodied them, which would lead everyone to assume they were based on him, not three separate origin seeds... if they even knew what those were.

”So? Are we doing this or not?” Levi asked with his usual unprovocative smile.

Only this time, everyone’s expression turned solemn, realizing Levi didn’t come here to play... but to establish the name of Heliodor’s Raiders no matter what it took. Even if it meant fighting two captains and putting them in their place before everyone!

However, before Yanhuan or Evangeline could respond, Dominic’s voice resounded from above. ”Alright, since the three of you are so keen on fighting, who am I to stop you?”

He continued speaking before anyone could interrupt.

”The three of you will fight in a three-way... and the winner will decide which team gets eliminated,” Dominic said calmly. ”Of course... Tyrese’s team isn’t included, since the three of you are the only ones causing so much trouble.”