Painful Metamorphosis
Terms used in this chapter:
LLM: Masters of Law
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I could feel my muscles tearing up and my bones getting crushed. I knew that this procedure was going to be painful but...
'Looks like I overestimated this body's tolerance. It has been quite a long time since I experienced this level of pain.'
I could feel an excruciating pain all over my body but, I had to persevere. If I don't then this procedure will fail. Although it was painful I gritted my teeth and bore the pain till the process was complete.
After 5 minutes...
"Success"
I smirked as I had successfully recreated my new body, however, it was not without a sacrifice. I couldn't believe that just changing the meridian structure would end up costing me 10 years of my new life.
That's right since I didn't have any source of yin energy nor had any stored-up energy in my body I needed to use my life force as fuel. Well, I guess having a severed meridian is quite rare in this universe maybe.
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Severed meridian
A unique type of meridian path that is exactly like what its name applies. A meridian path that is severed.
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In normal cases, if a person has a severed meridian, they will die or be paralyzed for life, but that isn't the case for people who naturally have them. However, this body didn't have a severed meridian like 'mine'.
Truthfully speaking having a severed meridian is a curse and a blessing at the same time. A curse because severed veins mean that the meridians are not connected.
And the flow of energy in a person's body will always end up being obstructed due to damaged pathways.
However, there is a benefit to having a severed meridian. Since the pathway is already damaged there will be a direct way to strengthen the body with energy.
Simply put it's like leaking into your car but the only difference is that the leak won't bring you a loss. Afterall, the leaked energy will be used to strengthen the body.
Normally you will need to bring out the energy from your meridian outside of your body to use it for strengthening your muscles.
But since I have holes in my meridian I can directly pour energy into my muscles to strengthen them.
Also, this method will save me energy. After all, with 'that' thing saving energy would be near impossible. At least, all the energy will not completely go to waste.
Right now my new body is extremely weak so first I have to strengthen it. Tbh I couldn't have done this and still would have found ways to make my body stronger but, that would mean letting go of being able to use most of the techniques in the Mysterious Abyssal Arts.
The requirements for The Mysterious Abyssal Arts are harsh due to it being near perfect and extremely versatile. The person who wishes to use the techniques would first need to have a stable foundation (physical strength) to bear the recoils of using the techniques.
For a human, if a person tries to use even the weakest offensive technique their muscles will tear up. A superhuman can do up to three moves and then they would run out of gas and would experience extreme fatigue afterwards.
That's why it's very important to have a strong body and a ridiculous amount of stamina to use the Mysterious Abyssal Arts. Back in the Abyss, I had trained my body up to the peak Divine state which is at the level of god-like beings but even that wasn't enough.
'In the end, even those god-like beings need some form of sustenance to maintain their power. There is no being that can exist with no connection to the material world whatsoever. Even if they are a god.'
Even a godly physique would succumb to fatigue after an extended use of the Mysterious Abyssal Arts. This is also the reason why I want to know the full potential of this Art.
"There are many things to be learned and many things need to be corrected before I can reach the absolute pinnacle of strength but for now...* Yawn"
"I better go to sleep." I was already feeling quite drowsy after such a long day of reading. I needed to get some rest otherwise I would just be needlessly expending my energy.
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Next Day...
The sun was already high up and the city was bustling with people going on about their usual daily life. In a rundown apartment located somewhere in a remote area of the city, the door of the apartment opened.
From the open door, a young teenage boy with dark hair wearing a formal uniform exited with a bag in hand. It looked like the boy was on his way to his classes.
"*sigh I can't believe that I am going back to school even though I have finished my master's in my previous life," I complained over the fact that I had to go back to school.
I have already done LLM in my previous life and I even graduated as one of the top students back then. But now that I have possessed some random kid in this world I have to attend these small classes again.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to check out."
I said while I followed the direction from the previous owner's memory. Soon I reached a school named St. River School. I must say for a grade school this school was quite huge.
I was about to enter the school when,
"Hold it."
A man told me to stop in my tracks. I briefly looked over the man and found out that it was the peon of the school. From the memories of the previous owner, it looks like this peon has been serving in this school for over a decade now.
The peon made a surprised expression after he saw me. Maybe because he was aware of what had happned to me or should I say what had happned to the kid. The peon first examined me from top to bottom before asking for my student ID.
I gave him the student ID of the previous owner which he checked before looking at me again. After a little while he said.
"I thought that you would not be coming back." The peon said in a half-concerned and half-unsure tone.
"We just found it unnecessary to miss our classes now that we have recovered from our injuries," I calmly said but after that, I realised that I had made a blunder.
"Huh, we?"
The peon was left dumbstruck by my sudden change in tone. He looked at me with suspicion. He was probably thinking that something was wrong with me.
'*sigh I need to be more careful in the future on how I speak.' I noted before saying.
"Sorry, I was just trying to show that I am perfectly fine. Don't mind it." I answered which caused the peon to raise an eye but eventually, he shook his head and overlooked it.
"Oh, also I think you should visit the principal's office before you go to your class." The peon suggested that I should walk by the director's office.
"I see. Okay if there is nothing else I will be taking my leave. Have a good day." I bid goodbye to the peon before going inside the building.
'He said that I should visit the principal's office. Hmm, I don't know why but, I feel like something interesting will happen.' I mused as my instincts were telling me that something interesting would happen if I went to the principal's office.
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Inside the principal office.
An old man was sweating profusely as he was having a hard time maintaining his calm. If any of the staff were to see this then they would be surprised because the principal held a stern demeanour all the time.
The principal lips switched and formed an awkward smile looking towards a certain direction. That direction is the sofa that was in front of him where another person was present.
This person despite looking like a teen had the demeanour of an adult. The way that this person held the self was as if this person was of higher authority, however...
'*gulp, I heard that a new student was transferring to the school but, what's up with this lass?' The old man thought as he couldn't comprehend the little girl in front of him.
Even though the principal was in the same room. The lass was completely ignoring his presence and had her eyes closed. Seeing this the principal was furious but he was also too scared to speak.
"Uhh young lady." The principal mustered up enough courage and called the lass which caused her to open her eyes.
Her gold-yellow eyes radiated like the sun. Despite being small in stature, the intense eyes did not match her appearance. Maybe the principal was preoccupied with his thought he didn't notice the strange circular mark on her iris.
The principal's body became frozen in place. He couldn't utter even a single word. After this, there was a long silence. The lass raised one of her eyebrows which caused the principal to shake in fear.
'I am dead' This was the principal's last thought before his vision started to get blurry but at that time.
*knock *knock
A knock was heard on the door. Feeling like surfing a catastrophe the principal regained some of his vitality. He cleared his throat before inquiring.
"Who is it?" He asked in his usual stern tone.
"Shroud from class 9A," A calm voice replied from the other side of the door.
Hearing this name the principal was surprised but when he saw the lass from the corner of his eyes he thought of something and his eyes lit up.
"Enter" The principal hurriedly said. The girl frowned at the principal for calling some random individual without her concern but didn't say anything.
*creck*
The doors of the principal's office opened revealing Shroud. Although the principal knew about Shroud he was surprised to see Shroud in his current state.
Unlike how Shroud looked in the photo, the Shroud right now looks a bit different. The difference was that the current Shroud had hair which transitioned from black to white.
To be continued...
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A/N: Hope you enjoy the chapter and feel free to comment. Your thoughts and criticism are valuable in helping me improve and stay motivated to write more.
I know I have been out of commission for like two weeks but I was recovering from an injury which I got. I have told a little about it in the auxiliary chapter. If you haven't checked it out read it. It contains information about the Dark Arts. The good news is that I am finally feeling well and can finally write chapters again.
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