NOVEL WEB Chapter 18: Chapter 18
'... Although the changes will not be much due to the small amount of divine ki you will have, this will present your start to breaking the shackles that limit the potential of humans.'
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Igor closed the book and carefully put it into his pocket. Then slowly, he breathed in, his veins gradually bulging.
" 'Hidden requirement' he says."
*Vein Bulge*
He could still feel the phantom pains of his heart feeling like it was being drilled into.
"Your father should've splattered you on the rocks before meeting your mother!" *
His ki surged around him, his rage manifesting.
"FUCK! I almost DIED you bloody piece of cum-glazed shit!!!"
He manifested 10 metre long aura sabres in his hands and began slashing wildly. He was releasing all the pent-up rage he held within him.
"Hidden requirement my ass! Your mother should be a hidden requirement!!!!" *
He vented all his stress by scarring the landscape with slashes. The resistance he felt from his sabres cutting through the ground was calming him down. But it would only be an hour later when the blonde finally felt that he had vented enough stress.
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"Okay, let's see what that bastard old man has to say next."
Calmly sitting on the ground, Igor had relocated from his previous spot because the ground was covered with too many cuts and slashes.
Now, he was sitting cross-legged with Nakamura's book in his hands.
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Changes do however, come with the awakening of your divine ki. Should you be older, your body will grow younger and should you be younger, your body will grow older. Although the changes will not be much due to the small amount of divine ki you will have, this will present your start to breaking the shackles that limit the potential of humans.
If you want to nurture that strand of divine ki, then you must continuously stimulate your body. That is what the Kaioken does; stimulate your divine ki. Under normal circumstances, the process of converting your ki into divine ki would take ten-thousand years. That duration CAN be reduced by keeping the Kaioken active at all times. If you have the 2x multiplier active, the conversion duration will reduce by two. The same goes for further multipliers.
But as wondrous as that sounds, there is a better alternative. Yahweh's humans had a larger and more vigorous strand of divine ki. This means that if they had the Kaioken, they would naturally become super human gods within a century. Sounds wonderful, does it not?
But, all of this requires you to continuously seek power, power that comes from you. Before I begin teaching you the Kaioken, I want you to understand that from this point onwards, there is a chance of attracting hostilities. Since you are a cursed human, overcoming your curse and evolving into an ancient human, is something other races already do not want to see. A human ascending to godhood, is something else entirely.
Normally, I would be asking you if you are sure about this. But since we've gotten this far, I'll just cut to the chase and tell you how to use the Kaioken.
Focus within yourself and try to find the strand of divine ki in your body. You will find it by following the path where your ki feels as if it is being devoured by something. That 'something' is your divine ki. Focus on it, and channel as much ki into your divine ki as you can. Your divine ki is like a leech that feasts on your ki. If you feed it too much ki in a single moment, it will become overwhelmed and 'excrete' sub-divine ki. That ki will flow through your body and trigger the combined effects of the Aura-Flowing and Aura-Burning states.
To fully explain the triggered effects, here is how it works. You can already enhance your body to its peak by flooding your muscles with normal ki. Sub-divine ki, which I will refer to as demi-ki from now on, can force your body to go beyond its normal strength. That is the basic function of the Kaioken multiplier. But that is not all. While some power-multiplying techniques boost your speed, or your strength, the Kaioken boosts everything. Your combat power, cognitive ability, EVERYTHING. Strength, speed, stamina, learning speed, memory retention, reaction speed, and so on. That is what makes the Kaioken an amazing skill and why, from the beginning of my books, I have been leading you on to this technique. Because everything else I dish at you from here on out, won't take years to master.
BUT, the Kaioken does have its downsides. Since every single aspect of your body and mind will be boosted, this makes the consequences from overusing it just that more painful. I'm an advocate of letting people learn by experience. But given what you had to get through to get here, I will be a saint and tell you what to expect.
I will be crass with this explanation since this is the best way I can put it for you. If you are a lad, imagine having balls all over your body. Your chest, back, limbs, and head all have your balls attached to them. You've just overused the Kaioken and you can't move your body. Now you're about to fall to the ground. Please remember, that you have balls all over your body. Even a little finger flick hurts. You can imagine where I am going with this. If you are a lass…imagine the pain of your gate being pulled apart everytime someone pats you on the back.
If this cannot convince you…I tried. Now, we got a little sidetracked. I have mentioned above how to activate the Kaioken. Once you do, you should intimately feel your body become more powerful and your mind suddenly achieve something similar to enlightenment.
I cannot say this with a hundred-percent surety, but the activation of the Kaioken is signified by a dull red aura-'
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"That's enough of that."
Igor couldn't be bothered to read on any further.
"Time to try this thing."
Placing the book inside his pocket, the blonde closed his eyes and began to feel and follow the flow of his ki. Everything seemed normal at first, until when his ki got around his core region, there was a slight deviation. While his ki flowed normally, there was something like a tiny drain where a bit of ki would fall off.
Igor observed this and noted the phenomena in his mind.
[So it's like an off-ramp on a highway where some of my ki gets leeched by MY divine ki.]
It was a bit fulfilling for the blonde in knowing that he didn't need external help to get to where he was. Only some simple guidance and a place to train was all he needed to get to his current level.
It was an almost invigorating thought in knowing that he could potentially become a god in the future without having to inject, ingest, or absorb someone or something.
Being able to call all of his efforts 'his' was something the blonde took pride upon.
[God Dimori…Deity of Dimori…Divine Dimori…hmmmmmm-NO! Don't get side-tracked. FOCUS Igor!]
Getting back to business, the blonde began to divert the flow of his ki towards this 'off-ramp' where the strand of divine ki would soon get its fill.
Suuuuuuuuu
It started slowly, with only the faintest outline of red forming over the blonde's body. As the seconds trickled by, the faint outline of aura began growing in momentum while at the same time, there was a slight bulge in the blonde's muscles.
In that same moment, the blonde opened his eyes, his fists clenched as he took in a breath.
Silence…
"Kaioken!"
GRUUUuuuuu Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su Su
A fiery red aura covered Igor from top to bottom like a curtain of oil-fueled flames. The aura was so dense and vigorous that everything from his hair, skin, and clothing appeared to have taken a shade of red. His wildly flowing blonde hair now appeared to have a shade of orange. Even the shade of his eyes seemed to have been tinted red.
The blonde lifted his hands, bringing his hands close his face. He observed his entire body, both externally and internally.
He took in his entire state of being, and what he felt surprised him.
[I'm…older?]
It wasn't about the fact that he was older, but the fact that he didn't 'feel' the changes in his body until he examined himself.
[Even my ki capacity has grown larger, almost by…ten-times?! Why am I noticing this now?!] *
It was truly surprising for Igor not to notice these sudden changes. The fact that he had grown so much was shocking all on its own.
"Is this a result of tapping into my god ki?"
He held out his hand and concentrated an average ki blast. A small golden orb appeared and began slowly rotating in his hand.
"The quality has slightly improved. I used the same amount of ki and yet it is denser. Hmmm. This should be able to tear through a house."
While doing these little observations, Igor didn't feel much strain from maintaining the Kaioken. His body which had gotten used to gravity exceeding 10x was very strong. And that was before he got this sudden growth spurt. Now, his strength had increased several times, which made it easier for him to handle the current times-two multiplier.
But…
"I wonder…"
He was still curious about something.
"Can I handle further multipliers?"
Briefly musing over the fact…
"Meh."
…the blonde decided not to think and just do.
"Times-three!"
His aura immediately burst and seemed to become more lively. His muscles expanded just a bit more to accommodate the higher amount of demi-ki increasing his body's base strength.
Igor couldn't help but smile at this feeling of these sudden strength increases.
"I could get used to this. But, I want to see if I still have my skills."
Knowing that his body had grown, a quick check to see if he could still perform his usual techniques was in order.
So without wasting a second, he vanished.
Tswii!
Against an imaginary opponent, he appeared in front of them and unleashed a quick elbow to their gut. Picturing their sudden state of being stunned, he began unleashing furious combos in midair, his fists and feet appearing blurry.
But he got so absorbed in releasing these punches and kicks that he soon forgot about his imaginary opponent.
[Fuck! This is amazing!]
He flew upwards, going as fast as he could. Even the speed of his flight was amazing.
"Hahaha!"
Extending his hand, he formed a long aura sabre that he extended towards the ground.
10 metres…20 metres…30 metres…35 metres
Even after extending the blade beyond ten metres, Igor didn't feel like he was losing control. It was only when the blade reached a shocking 50 metres, did he feel his control threaten to waver. Such a scene made the blonde slow down before coming to a complete stop.
His mouth was wide open, a grin slowly extending on his face.
"With this…I can clobber that bastard old man right?"
Imagining the scene where he would make Baraquiel dance to his blade and his face swollen from his fists made the blonde laugh out loud.
"HAHAHAHA!"
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AN
1. "Your father should've splattered you on the rocks before meeting your mother!" *
Explanation: Literally means that Nakamura's father should've first rolled the dice before going to meet his wife/woman.
2. "Hidden requirement my ass! Your mother should be a hidden requirement!!!!" *
Explanation: This could be interpreted in different ways, but the most likely meaning is that having Nakamura's mother for the evening should've been a requirment. If you know, you know.
3. [Even my ki capacity has grown larger, almost by…ten-times?! Why am I noticing this now?!] *
Explanation: To understand this, picture yourself in the mirror in the morning. You had just shaved your hair off completely yesterday. Even though you see yourself in the mirror, you don't notice anything. You proceed to wash your face but when you move your hands to your hair, it's only then you remember that you are bald now. That is what happened with Igor. When he was activating the Kaioken, he didn't notice the changes in his body until much later.