Power of Runes Chapter 407: Limit Breaker
Previously on Power of Runes...
Days flowed by while Ash delved into Eric's notes. At first glance, the jumble seemed random, but gradually, a clear pattern emerged.
Diagrams linked to fellow diagrams. Calculations bolstered multi-layered designs. The once-scattered sheets revealed a hidden sequence when he traced the logical progression within.
Nevertheless, it required several days for him to merely outline the entirety. Not to fully comprehend or dominate it, but just to perceive the framework Eric had crafted across more than 3000 years.
For delving into finer points, he planned to await Eric's personal guidance upon awakening.
In truth, he couldn't anticipate devouring in mere days the vast edifice Eric had assembled over countless millennia.
Knowledge might offer shortcuts, yet experience demanded no such bypasses.
It proved wiser to have Eric guide him through the framework directly than risk a grave misinterpretation.
In the brief intervals when his mind grew weighed down by formulas and blueprint sketches, Ash's mind wandered back to his own being.
His physical form.
Or, to be precise, his very essence.
He hadn't glanced at his status window since stirring to awareness. He had purposely shunned it. Yet with stability returning for the moment, a subtle curiosity arose.
Yearning to witness the advancements from those extended years of Rune insight, Ash at last chose to summon it.
Upon invocation, a cascade of alerts burst forth relentlessly, overwhelming his sight like blooming flowers heralding spring's end to winter's grip. Text lines piled upon one another, softly glowing before his eyes.
He refrained from haste.
Drawing a measured breath, he composed his mind and started with the initial alert.
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[Heart formation has concluded]
[You have gained a new trait ’Cosmic Heart’.]
[Error!!!]
[First Light of Creation has caused an unknown mutation.]
[Trait ’Cosmic Heart’ has evolved into ’Eternal Heart’.]
[Error!!!]
[Error!!!]
[First Light of Creation has caused an unknown mutation.]
[First Light of Creation has caused an unknown mutation.]
[Trait ’Eternal Heart’ has evolved into ’Omnificence’.]
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[Congratulations!! You have gained a new trait ’Omnificence’.]
[Your heart is boundless and Eternal, with no set limits like a ever expanding universe. It holds the potential of Infinite Creation.]
[You have gained a new skill ’Energy Devour’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Synthesis’.]
[You have gained a new skill ’Assimilation’.]
[These skills comes under the trait ’Omnificence’.]
[New skill may or may not get unlocked at later period of Body Formation.]
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[Skeleton formation initiating.....]
[Error!! Error!!!]
[Protective Override activated.]
[Protective Override activated.]
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[Redirecting to the formation of blood...]
[Blood formation starting.....]
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[As the carrier of a embryonic form of universe and due to the fusion of pre-existing bloodlines along with the new bloodlines, the blood of the user has gained the property of Immortality.]
[You have gained a new Trait ’Ichor of Singularity’.]
[Error!!!]
[Error!!!]
[First Light of Creation has caused an unknown mutation.]
[Trait ’Ichor of Singularity’ has evolved into ’Ichor of Runes’.]
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[Congratulations!! You have gained a new Trait ’Ichor of Runes’.]
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[According to the records, transition from 0 to 1 is hard, but from 1 to 100 or even infinite is not hard.]
[’Ichor of Runes’ is generating first drop of True Blood.]
[Energy density within blood increasing exponentially.]
[First drop of True Blood successfully formed.]
[True Blood has become the template for all future blood.]
[With the formation of the True Blood, Blood formation has increased.]
[Replication speed increased.]
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[’Ichor of Runes’ is transforming and fusing various kinds of blood into Divine Blood.]
[Blood Transitions to Ichor : 1%]
[Blood Transitions to Ichor : 5%]
[Blood Transitions to Ichor : 19%]
[Blood Transitions to Ichor : 67%]
[Blood Transitions to Ichor : 100%]
[Blood has been transformed into Ichor.]
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[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Clone’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Rebirth’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Magic’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Absorption’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Memory’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Heal’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Domination’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Blood Synthesis’]
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[Skill ’Blood Synthesis’ falls under the category of the Higher ranked skill ’Assimilation’.]
[Under the effect of the skill ’Assimilation’, the skill ’Blood Synthesis’ has evolved into ’Blood Assimilation’.]
[’Blood Assimilation’ allows devouring and inheriting foreign blood without rejection.]
[All the above basic skills comes under the trait ’Ichor of Runes’.]
[New blood related skills may or may not get unlocked at later period of Body Formation.]
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[Energy Veins formation has begun.]
[From the Core organ of the Body, Energy veins have started to grow.]
[Like the filaments of space, the energy veins have are thicker and stronger than any known energy veins in the Cosmos.]
[The output threshold for the Energy Veins Increased.]
[The output threshold for the Energy Veins Increased.]
[...Increased.]
[...Increased.]
[...Increased.]
[...Increased.]
[The output threshold for the Energy Veins has reached the Maximum Threshold allowed.]
[The output threshold for the Energy Veins has reached the Maximum Threshold allowed.]
[Error!!!]
[Error!!!]
[Error!!!]
[First Light of Creation has caused an unknown mutation.]
[Maximum limit Breached.]
[Rewriting the definition of "Maximum".]
[Strengthening the Energy Veins at the structural level.]
[Strengthening the Energy Veins at the conceptual level.]
[Strengthening the Energy Veins at the existential level.]
[Energy Veins have surpassed all known limitations.]
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[Congratulations!! You have gained a new title ’Limit Breaker’]
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[The output threshold for the Energy Veins has reached the Existential limit.]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Blood’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Aether’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Fire’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Water’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Void’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Ice’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Darkness’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Shadow’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Light’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Corruption’]
[Congratulations!! You have gained a new affinity ’Curse’]
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[Congratulations!! You have gained a new Trait ’Omnipotence’]
[Energy Veins falls under the trait ’Omnipotence’.]
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[You have gained a new skill ’Fire Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Ice Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Darkness Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Shadow Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Light Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Aether Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Water Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Earth Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Space Manipulation’]
[You have gained a new skill ’Lightning Manipulation’]
[New energy related skills may or may not get unlocked at later period of Body Formation.]
Here, Ash paused, inhaling deeply to calm the whirlwind stirring within him.
His frame quivered with exhilaration as he gazed upon the array of alerts, each inscription lingering with a soft luminescence before his eyes, as though unwilling to vanish. This went beyond mere joy or arrogance. It was the profound awareness of the true significance those phrases carried.
Traits that had twisted beyond boundaries, abilities that had advanced beyond their initial states, blood that had shifted into something utterly extraordinary. Even absent thorough trials, he knew that his very core had irrevocably changed.
Though he couldn't observe his form assembling beyond this realm, he could infer the tumultuous events unfolding.
Energy veins surpassing their confines wouldn't develop silently. Blood fully converted to Ichor wouldn't stay inert.
A heart ascended to Omnificence wouldn't pulse like a mundane one. If a physique was manifesting outside this void, it wasn't merely assembling. It was being reshaped on a plane that defied standard constraints.
He released a gradual breath, compelling his respiration to stay even amid the surging thrill. The occurrences beyond had transcended ordinary development. It was a remaking propelled by principles far exceeding the commonplace, and each alert he'd beheld stood as evidence.
"And this new Title...."
Limit Breaker.
Ash felt astonishment, though not overly so. Indeed, the alerts had plainly indicated that his Energy Veins' utmost limit had been attained and then boldly surpassed.
As he had noted in the depiction. After all, he never wished to endure his energy veins dissolving away. Far preferable to render them indestructible against the Harmony of Runic energies.
Yet still, acquiring his inaugural Title brought a pleasing sensation.
He concentrated upon it, and the particulars revealed themselves.
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[Title: Limit Breaker]
[Description: The greater the resistance faced, the higher the probability of breaking through bottlenecks and advancing beyond the current stage.]
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Upon beholding this, Ash grew quiet.
His gaze fixed on the phrasing, scrutinizing it repeatedly to confirm no error in comprehension. The explanation was straightforward, nearly modest, but the underlying consequence was profoundly exceptional.
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