Journey Of A Legend

*KA-BOOM!*

A massive, ash blacklight broke high up into the sky, splitting the clouds above and the ground below into two, while the surroundings shook like crazy.

In the middle of this crazy phenomenon, Greg was calmly sitting in a lotus-like position, while inside his body the Final Flow finally took up its independent route.

Winds, Fire, Water, Earth, Light, and Darkness. Each element was finally flowing separately inside different cycles throughout his body.

If someone could look into Greg's body, what they would see except the bones and muscles were a complex colorful wire-like system inside his body.

There was not a single inch or part inside his body, where not even one cycle would go. The Flows inside his body were very similar to his veins, but with the only difference they were a bit thicker and had no blood, but elements flowing in them.

However, nothing could become perfect and it was also true for Greg's current breakthrough.

Just after a few seconds into the breakthrough, suddenly on Greg's face, a deep frown appeared, while he instantly clenched his teeth in pain.

However, it wasn't because of physical pain, but instead of something else.

"I don't feel pain in my body, and I don't feel mentally exhausted either. So what is this painful feeling?", thought Greg with clenched teeth, while feeling the foreign feeling.

"This how it feels when you break into the Soul Grade."

Hearing Alice's sudden voice, Greg looked a bit surprised and asked, "I see, but why do I feel pain even though my body seems perfectly fine?"

"Because this time it's not your body that is breaking through, but your soul. Or you can call it your spirit. The point here is that from now on, you will feel this pain much more in the near future until you don't reach the Mind Grade."

"And how do I reach it? What do I need to do?", asked Greg calmly.

"That is quite easy yet at the same time very hard. The very first thing you need to do is consume as much energy crystals as you can. I can not guess the amount, so just consume. Even if it's just a First ranked Low-Class energy crystal, that will help also."

"Understood.", said Greg and asked, "Anything else I need to know?"

"Yes. Just like the Body Grade, here are also levels, but instead of 5 there are 6."

After a small silence, Alice started to explain.

"As you may know, currently, you can only use one element at a time, however with the Soul Grade, this disadvantage will vanish. Maybe not completely, but you will be able to use several elements at the same time for a limited time."

The moment Greg heard this, he instantly got excited and asked, "And how do I achieve that?"

However, Alice's answer immediately destroyed his excitement.

"What you need to do is to mix one Flow's layer with another. For example, If you are able to form a connection between two Flow's layer, then you will be able to control both for a limited time. Just like a bridge, you need to form a connection between the elements, to be able to use them at the same time. However, there are two very crucial points you need to know."

"What is that?", asked Greg with great attention.

"First, you mustn't mix the layers, but only make a small connection between the two. If not and you did end up mixing them, the elements will likely go out of control and kill you from the inside."

"Understood. And the second one?"

"The second one is that the moment you form a connection, a similar feeling that you currently feel will appear. The more connection you make, the worse this kind of feeling will become. This is why they call this Grade as the Soul Tempering Grade. However, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."

Hearing Alice's happy voice, Greg didn't know whether to laugh or cry. What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger? What is she, a motivator trainer? She just said a moment ago that if he makes a single mistake he will die for sure, so this sentence was a bit absurd.

As Greg thought about this, he wanted to say something, however just before he could have to do so, suddenly the ash back pillar's power started to weaken.

Noticing the changes, Greg turned happy.

And just as he said this, the pillar that exploded out from his body finally disappeared, leaving him sitting on the flat surface alone, just as he did in the beginning.

The moment everything calmed down, Greg wanted to cheer up, however, he strangely noticed that his body won't move and something inside his body was swelling up without any sign of stopping.

"Oh no!"

Joe inside the dark cave looked at the sight as everything turned to normal again, sighed, and wanted to walk out, however, a second later his eyes widened with pure shock.

"!"

*Ka-BOOOM!*

*BAM!*

From Greg's body, without any sign an insane amount of power broke out horizontally toward all direction, eradicating everything in a few miles.

The rocks turned to dust, the trees into ash and even a small amount of the mountain's side got erased, showing just how fearsome that explosion was a moment ago.

Luckily, Joe's and the two Soul Creature's reaction were topnotch and before the huge wave would have engulfed and killed them too, they could safely fly high up into the sky, without sustaining a single injury.

"What the..."

Joe, who was standing atop a small ash black cloud, was looking down at the unbelievable sight below his feet, with utter disbelief.

Everything in a range of a few miles was destroyed down to ground level without a single exception. The sight for Joe was simply too much.

If someone told him that a boy on the Calamity rank erased literally everything in his proximity, including a small portion of a mountain, he would just laugh at them.

However, after this sight, he would think twice before judging something that others told him.

However, his dating didn't last long, because a creature that represented a humanoid tiger suddenly appeared out of nowhere before Greg and raised its arm, ready to attack him.

"Not good!"

Without hesitation, Joe activated his power, and faster than thunder itself and under a single second, his figure exploded before the creature and slashed at him with his sword.

*Slash!*

*TREMBLE!*

Joe's momentum and attack were so great and fast, that the ground around his feet formed wide cracks, while the air around the edge of the sword got distorted.

However, even like this, the creature was much faster, avoiding his assault with ease. The only thing Joe could achieve was to make the creature jump back a few meters, but unfortunately except for that nothing else.

And just as he did this, the Typhoon Beast and the fairy appeared also before Greg under a single second, ready to fight any given moment.

The creature seeing the three before Greg looked surprised and said, "Oh? Protecting him from danger?"

"!"

The moment Joe heard the creature talk instantly froze up. Squinting his eyes, Joe looked at the creature with much care fullness and a second later he tightened his grip on the sword's hilt.

"Just like last time. It is trying to disguise it, but it is definitely on the God rank. Just like that devil from back then."

As he said this, Joe glanced at the two creatures on his side, but the moment he saw that even though they looked hostile, it was quite visible that both of them were scared.

Especially the Typhoon Beast. It was snarling quite scarily, however, its body was stepping back a few steps inch by inch, showing just how terrified it was before that humanoid tiger.

Seeing this, Joe sighed and after relaxing his body and tightening his grip on the weapon, even more, he looked at the creature with an ice-cold expression and heaven defining determination.

Seeing Joe's frostiness and intense concentration, the creature smiled eerily, showing its razor-sharp teeth to Joe.

"Human! My name is Netherclaw! I like your attitude! What is your name?"

"I am Dia Joseph from the Dia Family."

"I see. Then, Joseph, I hope you can entertain me enough!", said Netherclaw and after an earthshaking roar of descended to all four and jumped at Joe with suffocating bloodlust.

Seeing the approaching disaster, Joe was ready to attack, even if he needed to give his life, however just as he and the two Soul Creatures were about to burst forward, suddenly a voice sounded from somewhere.

"Open."

Instantly, around the creature from several position, the ground cracked, and without any sign, boiling hot lava burst out immediately, ready to roast and burn away the creature alive.

"Useless!", said Netherclaw with a smug and was about to jump away when suddenly the voice sounded again.

"Purgatory... Close." 

Immediately, the lava that was in the air turned into several small spheres, and instantly they formed a huge web around the creature.

The moment Netherclaw got trapped in the middle the temperature inside the web like trap skyrocketed instantly, making the creature to stop moving, while the ground slowly started to melt.

As Joe saw this happening, he turned his head to the side, however the moment he saw the one who helped him, his mouth opened wide.

"Mi-Mila?!"