He Became A Monstrous Genius After Obtaining A Time Dilation Artifact

Kailen observed with extreme focus, as the holograms of his father were currently performing straightforward, mesmerising lethal strikes with a katana, each more lethal than the previous—packed with profound ice that froze the barren wasteland further and further.

"The potential of the technique can only be revealed when one is an awakener. How was I fit to learn it when I wasn't even an awakened at the time?

It would have just been a complete waste of time. Comparing the demonstration I'm seeing now to that of what he was practicing as a non-awakened at home that night, back on Earth, I now realize that, that night, father, with his frugal non-awakened body, was simply trying to mimick the true technique I'm watching now. It was simply, just that."

Kailen mused to himself, then decided to use his Umbral Pirouette to try and understand the intricacies of the technique.

He followed the movements he perceived carefully.

A projection of himself appeared in the shadow expanse, attempting to simulate the movements of his father in the videos.

His physical body was currently standing, motionless, eyes glued to the screens flashing before him.

Yet, he was following the movements of his father, step by step, attempting to reproduce even the faintest movements with his projection in the shadow expanse.

He delved further into his memories, attempting to intergrete the basic movements he had seen his father demonstrate at their backyard that peaceful night on Earth.

The scenes he was observing now seemed to have overlapped with the memory.

It was becoming clearer, more understandable, more profound.

Kailen did not realize it as he was too consumed in comprehending the technique, but an extremely sharp sword intent was starting to envelope his physical form atop the mountain.

Suddenly he started to hear a gentle, yet sharp whisper of his father.

"Sword becomes will, will becomes sharp.

Walls may seem to reign, but sharp will prevails.

The tougher the wall, the more my desire to reign."

Accompanying these words—carrying his father's complete understanding of the technique—was a more profound understanding of the technique Kailen had been struggling to grasp.

The movements of his projection in the shadow expanse became more reflective of the projections of his father.

His physical form was radiating more profound, sharper sword intent. He glowed with ethereal sharpness.

Suddenly, the eyes of Kailen's physical form flashed with profound sharpness, a testament that he had fully grasped the technique.

It was time to test it with his lightning affinity physically.

Then, his still figure atop the mountain moved.

A whisper.

"Infinite Katana Series."

A shadow katana held firmly.

Azure lightning snaking around its obsidian edge.

A sharp strike, imbued with extreme sword intent.

Time seemed to have come to a halt as Kailen's figure moved with so much speed that it was as if he had disappeared into thin air.

Then he unleashed them.

Strikes akin to terrifying storms.

Endlessly painting the void in a canvas of azure lightning, stretching across the skies of the 15th mountain.

Just as the name of the technique implied, the attacks were infinite.

Just as the words of enlightenment "The tougher the wall, the more my desire to reign" had stated, the attacks grew more lethal, more powerful.

Sharper.

Deadlier—with each strike.

This was the incredulous nature of the Infinite katana series, and the beauty of the katana art.

The attacks would be spammed endlessly, each one more lethal and powerful than the previous, only coming to a halt after one consumed their reserves of universe energy.

If there was one thing that Kailen, however, had endless reserves of at the moment, it was universe energy.

This meant one thing; he could use the technique endlessly.

The onlookers, with eyes glued to the holographic screen of Kailen, stared at the scene, mesmerised.

The whole region below the 15th mountain had turned extremely silent.

Even Jin and several members of the Arcane Empowerment Sect, some Darkhavens and Harkers, harboring hatred for Kailen, couldn't help but be sucked into the beauty and the seriousness of the technique.

They were wondering what kind of monstrous technique it was, that boosted his speed to such terrifying levels.

Even some extremely powerful senior year students, watching the live stream, found it hard to follow Kailen's movements when he used the technique.

This only meant one thing.

The technique was an extremely monstrous and powerful art that could bolster his prowess to terrifying levels.

And also, what was with this level of comprehension speed?

This guy was simply a monster, an anomaly to be precise.

Kailen, currently caught in the euphoria of having mastered his father's technique, trying it out to his heart's content, was unaware of how fast his comprehension of the technique had been.

It has roughly taken him a few hours to comprehend the technique. Whereas even some reknowned geniuses in the academy had found it extremely difficult to comprehend the technique after days, and several months, despite remaining on the 15th mountain for a very long time.

In the end, they had given up and left.

This showed how hard it was to comprehend this technique.

No one has been able to comprehend it.

But this guy, he had been on the 15th mountain for roughly four hours, and he had comprehended the technique?

This Kailen Darkhaven, where did he come from?

"Say sister, are you sure you don't have feelings for him?"

Zarek teased Everlong, having regained his composure from being shocked by Kailen's feat once more.

Everlong shook her head.

"Brother, when did Elves have romantic relationships with humans? Also, no. I'm not interested in him. It wouldn't be bad though to have him as a friend."

Zarek sighed helplessly at his sister's words.

He felt like the Atrexia family had just missed out on an extremely big opportunity to easily bridge the distance between them and Kailen.

Several ideas however flashed through his mind.

He turned to look at the Darkhavens and the Harkers with a knowing smile.

He just needed his father's approval for the plan he had just thought of, to work.

Esimo, however, turned to look at his sister, who currently had a possessive expression on her face.

"She wants to recruit him huh?

I'm really interested to see how this plays out."

He mused inwardly.

Jin's gaze turned more determined,as he held Cimeris' hand on seeing the scared expression on her face.

It was obvious she was losing faith in Jin's ability after seeing the terrifying prowess Kailen had just displayed on the 15th mountain after mastering the technique.

" Don't worry , he's still no match for me "

His words ,comforting ,gave her the reassurance she needed.

" You better be , else we are doomed " Sanguine mused ,inwardly to himself ,masking a forced smile that betrayed his inner turmoil .

Halfoy's eyes were gleaming as his eyes were glued to the screen as if he had just found a treasure.

" I have to get on his good side. Even if it means renouncing my allegiance to sect . I will only pay the price of becoming a rank 1 beginner stage Ascendant level lifeform for breaking the blood oath of the sect . However my gut feeling tells me it will be worth it in the end "

Halfoy didn't know that his decision today would be the best one he would ever make.

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Meanwhile ,Lian Yu...