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Chapter 6 - Seven Elements & Secret Technique

Chapter 6: The Seven Elements and the Secret Technique

After exiting the cave, Sayru began searching for a stream to cleanse himself of the blood that had adhered to him due to the strain caused by altering his spiritual essence.

Once he had finished cleaning, he sat under the shade of a tree to organize his priorities.

"Hmm... I truly don't know if I'll find the appropriate beasts for the body replacement technique. The technique requires special spiritual cores from level 8 beasts, equivalent to a 10-star magical saint. Just how will I obtain them?"

As Sayru pondered, he was stealthily attacked by a level 7 magical beast of leader rank, which had been hiding within the stream. Sayru evaded it in a remarkable manner, his body transforming into a blue shadow.

'Strange... I sensed the presence of a powerful human here, but he vanished... Was I mistaken?'

A terrifying voice that could be heard directly inside one's head. That voice belonged to the magical beast known as the 'Horned Amphibian,' a level 7 leader-rank magical beast.

While the magical beast was surprised, Sayru appeared in its shadow.

'It seems that wolf's technique is useful. By using its spiritual essence and merging it with my spiritual sea, I can acquire its magical techniques. It seems luck is on my side, the presence of a level 7 magical beast in this area indicates that there's at least a level 8 beast at the mountain's summit.'

Level 8 beasts aren't something one encounters daily, they are exceedingly rare due to their self-awareness. Sayru stealthily moved between the trees, not wanting to waste his energy fighting other beasts.

On his way, Sayru sensed the presence of a sleeping level 8 beast among the trees. That beast was the 'Black Flame Tiger,' a level 8 magical beast of common rank.

'What luck! This fire cat possesses the fire element in its spiritual core. All that's left are spiritual cores of the water, light, darkness, air, earth, and lightning elements. Then, I can begin the body replacement.'

Sayru emerged from the shadows and confronted the magical beast face to face.

'Hmm... Who is this fool who dared to disturb my majesty's slumber?'

Sayru drew the spiritual weapon he had obtained from the cave, unsheathing the glass sword within.

"Hey... you cat, how about you give me your core, and I'll let you live. What do you say?"

Sayru responded to the magical beast without any expression on his face.

'What... you brat, do you have a death wish?'

The cat ignited five black flames in the air and launched them toward Sairo.

'Burn to death with my black flames!'

In an instant, Sayru released the same aura he had used against the wolf in the cave, but this time it was multicolored and very calm.

"Sword Aura

Single Sword Style

Complete Slash"

After reciting these three phrases, the glass sword transformed into a black sword enveloped by Sayru's sword aura, becoming longer as well.

Sayru directed his attack toward the incoming flames, causing them to vanish. The attack continued, slicing the magical beast's body in half.

'Im...possible... How... can... a human... with... just... one star... do... this... to... me...!'

The magical beast died while uttering its last breaths.

"It was easy after I regained my sword aura skills that remained after returning in time. Now, let's obtain the core and continue searching for other beasts."

Sayru continued doing the same: sneaking between the trees, killing level 8 beasts, obtaining their spiritual cores, and moving on.

—Fourteen days passed—

Sayru finally obtained all the cores he needed upon collecting the last spiritual core from a level 8 leader-rank beast.

He returned to the cave, placed new protective inscriptions on it, and entered.

"Hmm... I've acquired more spiritual cores than I wanted—two of each element except for the darkness element, of which I only got one. No matter, I'll choose the best and begin the replacement art."

Sayru sat down, gathered the spiritual cores, and began using the magical martial art of body replacement.

He released mana from his body toward the spiritual cores and attempted to absorb them.

'First, I must start by replacing the flesh.'

Sayru felt only a prick due to the emotion-sealing technique. Then, he began transforming his flesh into mana. Of course, the resulting pain wasn't ordinary, but the emotion-sealing technique played a role in reducing the pain.

'Done...

Now, replacing the bones.'

The same process, but this time the pain was more intense.

'Good, I can continue...

Replacing the internal organs.'

Sayru felt severe pain resulting from the process of replacing internal organs like the brain.

'Damn, I must hold on... This pain is nothing compared to what I endured in my previous life...

Now, replacing the entire body...!!'

He let out a tremendous scream that could be heard throughout the mountain... The reason was the pain resulting from the final stage of the replacement.

—Several hours later—

The replacement process finally ended.

You could see Sayru, drenched in sweat, his body glowing with bright colors in that dark cave.

But what's strange is that the tattoo that was on his old body was also present on his new body.

"Haaah... Finally, I obtained it...

The divine body!"

Sayru exited the cave to examine his new body and see if anything was wrong.

"Hmm... Nothing's wrong so far.

Also, I can now use all seven elements.

Ah... Where are my clothes?"

While he was experimenting with using the elements, he noticed that his clothes had disappeared.

So, he created clothes from mana and tried to wear them.

'What... The tattoo absorbed the mana clothes... No, it absorbed the mana itself, but the pants are still there... What's happening?'

Because the clothes were made of mana, they disappeared when the tattoo absorbed the mana.

But why did the tattoo absorb the mana? This is what Sayru didn't know.

"Ah... Damn, it doesn't matter now.

This tattoo is truly strange, but I feel the presence of the Stone of Fate from it, so I'll look into it later.

For now, I guess I'll remain half-naked..."

Sayru wore oversized pants, took the remaining stones, and left the cave, heading toward the city near the mountain.

"Now, the first step toward my plan is to obtain money... all the money in this world~"

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