Hero of Darkness

After ascertaining a few hypotheses and possible outcomes, Kahn started his strict and disciplined training to master the Harnessing technique in order to elevate his strength to a different level. 

This time, he was able to form the first layer of harnessed world energy and let it touch his body without exploding as an aftermath. 

Now, the natural world energy inside this section of the Chamber of Exaltation, which was a different realm on its own and his body were like a single entity; forming a sense of codependency. 

This time, his blessing called the Combat Techniques Mastery given by the War Deity also helped him a lot. 

"Hey, wouldn't the natural world energy from the outside world oppose me if it tried to control it?" he diverted his gaze towards the royal dragon who was overseeing the practice. 

"No. Because that world energy is five times weaker compared to this one. 

Once you learn how to properly command it from me, I will teach you how to perfectly integrate it with your skills and spells. 

Then, you will be able to absorb it at great speed and condense it to make it similar to the one here. 

Eventually, it will become the same as the world energy inside this realm and your skills, spells and attacks will be 5 times stronger than their maximum capacity." iterated the lightning dragon emperor. 

"However, it will take a lot of time and practice. So don't think anything will be easy.'' he said but the very next moment… 

BOOM!! 

Kahn suddenly exploded as his entire body sprawled on the ground as chunks of flesh and bones spread on the floor after he lost focus while conversing with the royal dragon.

Thankfully, his Dimensional Shift was in active mode so his heart and brain were safe enough for him to regenerate again. 

Passive Circulation wasn't still achieved by Kahn. Vildred was going to teach him this ability after Kahn met a few criteria first. 

As for this sudden explosion… This wasn't the first time. 

Even if the world energy inside the Chamber of Exaltation wasn't hostile, it was still running at supersonic speed and Kahn was absorbing it through his pathways opened by Romulus. 

If the speed and mismatched control went out of route, his body would still explode like petrol meeting fire. 

His current mastery could hardly be said to be 1% compared to what Romulus could achieve. So this was still expected. 

Yet… This was more of a reality check. 

1 WEEK LATER. 

"He's in that Zone again." explained Rathnaar to Vildred while both gazed at Kahn who was now in a state of trance while subconsciously practicing the Harnessing technique. 

Rathnaar was familiar with this scenario as he had seen it before. 

"What zone?" queried the Sage. 

"The last time he was like this… He was learning Blacksmithing skills in the Vulcan empire from a dwarf." revealed the peak saint. 

This current situation was exactly similar to the state of mind when Kahn was focused on becoming a Saint Blacksmith and trained day and night under Throk Oakenshield in the Fire Empire. 

"Let's not disturb him. He is very tenacious and a hard worker when he enters that state." commended the first emperor. 

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1 MONTH LATER. 

Romulus revealed an elated expression after one of Atreus aka Kahn's attacks finally managed to crack his protective barrier that even the Dimensional Cut couldn't damage in the slightest. 

"Good. I don't know how you did it… But this result is welcomed. 

Even I took close to 3 months to get on the same level as you in mastering Harnessing technique." praised the red wolfkin aka the Heavenly King. 

Against him, Atreus stood tall while using glowing blue aura enshrouding his fists like boxing gloves on both his arms, shins and feet. 

Although he expected Kahn to be faster because of the blessings from Kravel… It was still way quicker than his previous anticipation. 

What he didn't know was that the Chamber of Exaltation played a big factor in it as well. 

However, Kahn didn't achieve it just because he was using the Chamber of Exaltation. 

Like Romulus said, it should have taken him at least 3 months. But to make up for it… 

In the past month, Kahn didn't eat anything or even slept for a single night. 

He had tried and failed thousands of times while forming each new layer and perfecting his control. 

His body had blown up to mangled flesh more than 2 thousand times already. 

Each time, he regenerated to his former state and carried on the training to the point that even Vildred felt like Kahn had lost his mind and turned off his brain receptors for fear and pain.

Kahn hadn't spent a single moment outside of the daily training by Romulus and perfecting himself inside the chamber. 

And finally, his unwavering resolve yielded this result which would've taken other normal people more than half a year even if someone so talented and skillful as Romulus was teaching them. 

Vildred and Rathnaar were also proud of this result. 

Because one thing that was common between Rathnaar, Vildred and Romulus were that they didn't become the strongest just by working hard. 

If only hard work was the key to success, then millions of people would've become saints and thousands of them would be Peak Saints already. 

The other and most important factor in becoming truly strong was the disciplined mindset. 

Becoming an Ascetic to achieve your goals… Forgetting hunger and sleep while losing the track of time to achieve your mission was the one trait common among the peerless geniuses. 

And Kahn proved himself to be one of such Ascetics and Abstinent people of the world. 

Making his mental resolve and endurance reaching even greater levels than before. 

His unceasing efforts finally yielded fruit. And now seeing his changes, even Romulus was content. 

Because the current Kahn had achieved exceptional results as mastery was at 100% and Kahn could not only form over hundred layers of harnessed world energy without getting blown up to bits… 

He could do it on both arms and legs at the same time. 

On top of it… He could also apply it to the Grappling Extensions coming out of his body. 

They were definitely going to be his aces during a life-and-death battle as a surprise element. 

"Good. Now that you have learned the first step, it's time I teach you how to use Harnessing to fight. 

Harnessing is just like picking up a sword. In a way, you have a lethal weapon in hand. 

Now, I will teach you how to swing that sword. Which leads us to the second stage." proclaimed the Fenrirborne saint as he revealed the next step of Kahn's training. 

"The Conceptualization."