Journey Of A Legend

*Ba-dum*

*Ba-dum*

Each time Greg's heart beat, on Greg's skin the path of the Fourth Flow could be seen, while it released a brown color, filling up the whole pit slowly with that color.

"Haha... That kid..."

Russ was smiling widely as he watched Greg breakthrough and said, "I can't believe there could exist one more person like him. His is just simply too outrageous."

Thinking about the fact that in the near future Greg will have six Core Territories made Russ shake his head helplessly.

"I don't wanna know what kind of monster he will be after a few years. If he can successfully complete the Evolution Step, then humanity will have at least a bit of hope."

Hearing what Russ said, Wayne nodded in agreement but didn't say a word and just continued to watch Greg from afar in silence.

*Ba-dum!*

*Ba-dum!*

Every time his heart beat, Greg could sense small vibrations in the ground, making him able to see clearly his proximity as clear as day.

"This is a great aspect.", said Greg, but thinking about something his happiness faded away instantly.

It was because with this ability the only things that he could see and detect were objects that were in connection with the ground. So unfortunately things like the flies or other life forms, which were in the air, he couldn't detect at all. For that, he needed to switch to his First Flow and use the air threads as a detection source to know if someone was around him or not.

"Well, I can't complain. This power is really useful. And also if I'm right, with this power I can precisely control the earth, even if I don't look toward there.", thought Greg calmly as he watched the Fourth Flow inside his body slowly turn independent while a fifth cycle inside his body started to form shape.

What Greg was thinking was right. In the past when he used his earth element to manipulate the earth, the part he wanted to control needed to be in his vision, while also it needed to be close to him.

But this time everything changed. With this aspect that he could see and feel the earth through vibrations made the usage of Greg's power much easier.

*Bam!*

And just a few seconds later, Greg finished consuming the energy crystal in his hand, making the Fourth Flow inside his body to form an independent cycle, while a fifth cycle appeared too.

"Ahh! Finally!", said Greg with great relief, but suddenly an intense pain swept through his body.

"Argh!! I... Totally forgot about this.", said Greg with clenched teeth as he looked down at his broken arm.

His left arm was a total waste right now. It was not only bending toward an unnatural angle, but the bones inside it were broken into several pieces.

"That bastard... I would have never thought it would be this cunning."

Back then when Greg saw the creature walk do the first time, he thought it was moving really slowly. And logically thinking, if you have such a massive body as that creature had, then your speed will naturally decrease.

This is Greg ignored the creature when he dodged its assaults with those cannons because he thought no matter what it would try, he will have enough time to avoid its physical attacks.

However, he would have never thought that the creature would act slow and assault him from behind when he wasn't looking.

Using the cannons as bait and attacking him from the rear... It was quite a surprise for him. 

Luckily he was using his First Flow and with the acceleration of the vortexes around his arm, he could weaken the creature's attack just so he would not end up dying. But because of this, his hand ended up just like that as it is.

"I definitely need healing."

While he thought about a way how he could heal his hand, suddenly a voice sounded behind him.

"Good job kid. Here. Take this."

Turning around, Greg watched as Russ, with Wayne on his side appeared close to him and with a slight smile Russ threw toward him something.

Not knowing what it was, Greg wanted to grab it, but just as it was about to touch his palm, like a magnet it avoided it and stuck onto his broken hand.

"?"

Greg was quite confused seeing this, but the next second his eyes widened in an instant.

The ball that stuck on him, started to expand, and in a few seconds, his whole broken hand was covered with a strange substance.

"Wha-"

*Crack!*

"!"

Just before Greg could ask what this thing could do, suddenly his hand was bent toward an unnatural angle, suddenly got bent into a normal position with a loud cracking sound.

As this happened, Greg felt tremendous pain sweeping through his body, making him to clench his teeth together with the power that could break even iron into two.

"What... The... Actual f*ck is this?", asked Greg somewhat angrily as he looked at his arm that was still covered in the substance.

"This is one of my unique creations. It will repair your arm in no time, you only need to wait. Do you like it?", asked Russ with a wide smile as he looked at Greg's arm.

"..."

Raising his head to meet Russ's eyes, Greg stayed quiet for a bit, and after a while when the pain dissipated he sighed and said, "Thank you."

"No problem at all. By the way, are your body okay? Seeing you under those rapid assaults, we thought you will die, but your body is much durable than I have thought."

"I have a somewhat strong body, so luckily I could resist to those attacks. But even like this, I feel that I have small cracks on the bones in my body so I think I will go back and rest."

With that said, Greg asked Russ to bring him back, and just like that the three of them vanished from the crater, without realizing that above their heads among the clouds a woman and a man were looking down.

The woman was Eliana, while on her side it was none other but the legendary expert Zane.

"He is interesting, isn't he?", asked Eliana with a slight smile.

Zane on the side was deep in thought and asked, "Does he really have only a black Soul Stone?"

"Yes."

Hearing this, Zane closed his eyes and said quietly, "4 powers similar to Core Territories so far and all of them a different element. What do you think will happens if he breaks through with the remaining two?"

Eliana hearing this question turned her gaze toward a specific direction and a while later she said, "I don't really have a clue. But one thing is for sure. If he reaches God rank, he will be an existence that will surpass all of us. Especially with that technique, he used against the creature. I'm truly curious where did he learn that."

"..."

Not saying anything, Zane turned his gaze toward where Eliana was looking and stayed quiet, thinking about unknown things.

***

Somewhere in a foreign place, a man was angrily walking up and down, while hundreds of his subordinates were kneeling on the floor with their heads down on the side.

Seconds went by one after another when suddenly the man stopped moving and was about to shout angrily when suddenly a shadowy figure appeared on his side kneeling.

"Sir."

Seeing the unexpected appearance of the shadowy figure, the man suddenly turned calm and asked, "Yes?"

Standing up, the mysterious man walked closer to the man and started to whisper something into the man's ear slowly.

Listening to the unknown information, the man's expression started to turn happier as time went on, and a small while later he asked, "So you found the entrance?"

"Yes. But we met with a problem."

"A problem?", asked the man somewhat confused by, not knowing what problem the mysterious figure could talk about.

"The moment we discovered it, the Uncrowned King Kuragari was already there."

"That bastard?", snorted the man loudly and asked, "What is he doing there? He doesn't have the keys, so it's only a waste of time to be there. Without the keys, no one can go inside."

"Yes that is what I think too, but for some reason, he is still staying there. He is just sitting in one place not doing anything."

"Hmm... That really is a problem. We can't show ourselves, or we will get busted. Also, we didn't find the remaining temples. We know where 3 out of the 6 are, but for some reason, we don't have the power to obtain the keys. To go and fight with that man while we can't open the door would be useless now."

Thinking for a while the man waved his hand and said, "Just go and keep an eye on him. But be careful not to get brusted. I don't want unnecessary problems."

"Sure."

With that, the mysterious man bowed slightly, and just as fast as he appeared, he vanished into thin air, leaving the man and his subordinates alone.

Raising his head up to look at the blue sky, the man started to smile slowly, while he said calmly, "I can't wait to see if the legend is true or not."