Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 225: Forming the Connections

With closed eyes and clenched teeth, Greg was sitting before God's tree, attempting a breakthrough with his Flows.

Everyone around him looked at him in silence, curious just what the outcomes will be. Since they didn't know just how powerful God's fruit was or even if it could make one surpass the God rank, they were insanely interested in what will happen.

Just as legends said, once one ate the Blessed Fruit, one will go under a great change and will have the ability to surpass the impossible. To surpass the God rank.

Naturally, all the experts here believed that the God rank was the end and there was nothing beyond that, but Greg knew it was only the beginning.

Even Zane who felt that there was another realm after the God rank wasn't sure for 100%. It was only a hunch that told him to struggle until the end.

But, Greg knew not everyone was capable to surpass the last rank and reach the Evolution Step.

Just as Wane and Russ told to him, not everyone's body is capable to invite the Guardian's soul into one's body.

As Alice said, originally every Guardian was once a powerful being, but after their unknown death, their Soul had been sealed inside these stones, which were called as the Soul Stones.

Once one reached the Evolution Step, one would be able to melt together with their own Guardian, forming a new being that was no longer the old being, not a human.

It was a new life form, much greater than in the past.

However, the process almost all the time was unreachable. Just imagine creating a new fruit by mixing an apple and a peach. The process was simply impossible.

But not for Greg. He knew once he reaches the Evolution Step, he will be able to break through the Evolution Step and start his real Cultivation.

But for that to happen, he needs to first reach the Mind Grade, and for him to attain that aim, he had to form connections between his Flows.

And the perfect chance was right now!

Feeling the insane amount of pressure and energy inside his body, Greg concentrated on his First Flow.

Occasionally, when his First Flow was active, it was moving with a speed that was similar to that of a car. However, right now this wasn't the case.

It not only moved with the speed almost on pair with his light element, but it was on the verge of getting out of his control, tearing him to pieces from the inside.

So because of this, Greg needed every inch of his concentration just to avoid being killed by his own power.

"That's it... Just like this...", murmured Greg quietly as fat sweat drops started to flow down his face like a river fall.

Emma on the side seeing that Greg was struggling and no changes happened with him looked worried and looked at Joe.

"Will he be alright? It doesn't seem the fruit is working. Could it be that it was the wrong one?"

"That couldn't be. I was 100% sure that was the right one.", said suddenly Eliana from the side as she walked closer to the four.

Without taking away her gaze from Greg, she started to frown and said, "But you are not wrong either. The changes should have already happened with him but for some reason, nothing transpires. Something is not right here..."

And just as she said that a terrifying presence broke out from Greg's body, making everyone to step a meter back instantly.

*BAM!*

"Strange indeed.", said Zane with a frown too as he examined Greg from the side.

But it was only natural that everyone looked confused. None of them knew that Greg's Cultivation Path was completely different from theirs.

While others go through normal means of cultivation, meaning one can only reach the next rank if one understands its own power to an extent, Greg didn't.

Since the Limiter had been unlocked inside his body, Greg could access to Alice's power to a 100% magnitude. Except for small changes as he reached bigger heights, Greg's power didn't get different powers like others.

However, because of this, at the same time, Greg had harsher requirements and consequences too.

For example on the Body Grade, he needed to temper his body through powerful attacks, meaning he literally became a meat shield.

After that, he needed to understand each element of his to create the Flows inside his body and make them became stronger.

Naturally, with a risk that he could die at any given moment if he was not careful enough. Just like back in the Forbidden Lands where he killed the Dark and Light Creatures with Joe's help, if it wasn't for Zane's help, he would have died right there and then.

And after all this, he finally reached the Soul Grade, where the consequences were also harsh too.

Every time he made a connection between two of his Flows, a small pain would appear inside his body, which was neither mental pain nor physical. The feeling was strange yet painful at the same time.

Luckily, in the beginning, this pain was very faint, to the point where Greg didn't even notice it. However, not now. This time he felt that pain he felt back then in the Forbidden Lands as clear as day.

Because of God's Fruit, Greg was finally able to control his First Flow's layer, making it to form a connection with his Second Flow.

*BAM!*

And just like that, the second connection got formed, making Greg to smile subconsciously.

"Second connection between the first two Flows has been made. 23 left."

Since the moment Alice told him what he needed to break through the Mind Grade, Greg has already examined the points inside his body where he needed to form connections.

He found out that between his First and Second Flow, there was a total of 25 points. So now that he had already created two, he only needs to repeat the process 23 more times.

"I still feel an insane amount of energy from God's Fruit inside my body, so let's not waste any more time."

As he thought about this, Greg concentrated even more and started to form connections between the two layers one by one.

*BAM!*

*BAM!*

*BAM!*

Every time he formed a connection, his presence would explode from his body, making the experts and his friends on the side to look at him in confusion.

Maybe from Greg's perspective, this was a simple consuming process where he tried to refine his ability, but from the outside view, it was not.

Everyone looked at the phenomenon around Greg's body like they were just looking at a ridiculous joke.

As one knows, no matter how much one consumes from energy crystals, one's presence couldn't break through the limit of the Ascender rank and get in pair with those who are on the God rank. Not until one is succeeded to break into the God rank personally.

One could have a very powerful presence, but only in their own realm of rank. Even if one has a very strong aura, which was on the top in its own rank, that couldn't be compared to those who were above them in rank.

A top Ascender rank person's presence and a bottom God rank's aura is like heaven and earth. You can't compare the two.

Naturally, strength and skill was a part too but that was another question...

However, right now before their very eyes, this fact turned into an absurd joke. Right now, each time a presence broke out from Greg's body, his presence grew several levels.

At first, it wasn't surprising, but when the 20th explosion happened, his body's aura exploded right into the God rank.

"This? How is this possible?"

Zane, who always looked unfazed and expressionless, now looked at Greg with shock from the side.

"Just what is happening here?"

Generally, it was not a surprise that they looked at Greg with shock. They didn't know what was currently happening inside Greg, and the fact that he used the God's Fruit energy to make his Flows to connect.

If it were any other person, they would have already reached the summit of the God rank just by a portion of the energy that God's Fruit gave.

But luckily Greg didn't and he could use this insane amount of energy to form the connections in no time at all.

"Only 2 remained.", thought Greg with excitement as he watched the remaining two points between the two Flows inside his body.

"Let's do it!", said Greg and without hesitancy, he started to make the layer move.

Like a small and thin snake hearing the flute's sound, the shining white layer around Greg's First Flow moved, and with a gentle motion attached itself onto the Second Flow's layer.

*BAM!*

"One more to g... Eh?", started to think Greg with a smile, however, suddenly his body started to tremble and twitch uncomfortably, making him to fall to the side instantly.

"What... What the... Hell is happening?!", thought Greg with a deep frown as he felt an unbearable pain pass through his whole body.