Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1627

Chapter 1627 - In The Flesh (Part 1)

After one failure too many, Lith had decided to take a short break from his experiments and focus on further refining his mana core.

'I would have never thought that Forgemastering would be so exhausting.' Lith sat cross-legged on the carpet that covered the floor of his room while the world energy flowed through his seven eyes with each breath he took.

'Menadion's mana enhancing technique that Salaark taught us greatly increases our mana capacity, but at the same time, it puts a huge strain on our bodies. Or at least on mine since Solus's is a mass of energy.

'To make matters worse, after days of working myself to the bone, the cracks in my life force have started to hurt again. It's no wonder that Menadion died if she rushed to face her enemy right after fusing Solus with the tower.

'This kind of procedure pushes both the mana core and the body of the Forgemaster to their utmost limits, to the point that they can get permanently damaged if one is not careful.

'I need to strengthen my core and give my life force the time to recover before resuming my Crystalsmithing practice. Luckily, Demon Grasp allows me to take care of both issues at the same time.'

Demon Grasp was the first breathing skill that Lith had developed for Abyssal Gaze. It allowed him to split the world energy into its elemental components and to use his seven eyes instead of his body to absorb it.

The emerald eye would absorb Mogar's energy signature and replace it with Lith's so that the pure elemental energies would turn into his own mana the moment they seeped through his life force.

This way, the mana core would offer no resistance to the new energy and assimilate it more quickly than with a regular breathing technique. Much to his surprise, after trying out Demon Grasp for the first time, Lith had also discovered that nothing would go to waste.

The seventh component of the world energy, Mogar's essence, nurtured his body, making it grow stronger, bigger, and denser. It also reduced the resistance that his flesh and blood offered to powerful mana flows, allowing him to exert a greater power before suffering from mana abuse.

'I always wondered why feeding off someone else's mana causes mana poisoning whereas Awakened can use Accumulation without such a problem.' Lith thought. 'It's because Mogar's essence never reaches the mana core but it's absorbed by our bodies, refining them over time.'

Lith had devised such technique back when he worked as a Ranger, but at the time he lacked Domination and his attempts had failed.

Now, however, after opening his seventh eye and having learned from the papers that he had found in Urgamakka how to alter his breathing technique, he had finally succeeded.

Lith's technique was similar to Morok's ability to absorb elemental energy through his eyes, but it had no offensive potential and required to have seven eyes at all times, making him the only person capable of using Abyssal Gaze that way.

Solus had tried and failed to develop a similar technique with Domination, but she lacked the emerald streak. On top of that, after studying Lith with the Eyes of Menadion she had discovered Lith's eyes were some kind of mana organ whereas her hair was just hair.

Not possessing such bloodline ability not only was she unable to absorb the split world energy, but it would also return to its original state the moment she stopped using Domination, making Demon Grasp just a waste of time and energy.

Lith used his breathing technique until his grumbling stomach reminded him of the passing of time.

'Dammit, is it already this late?' Lith looked at his pocket watch and realized that his family was waiting for him to have breakfast. 'If I don't eat properly, undergoing any more body alteration will make me weaker rather than stronger.