The Villain's Story

Chapter 875: Perfected being.

The air feels clearer, pure as it enters my body, its energy reinforced, giving me life. The sensations in my hand feel unreal. It's as if my sense of touch has been greatly enhanced. The sense of taste, as well, my tongue not only feels the mana in the environment, but the aura within my body as well.

I can hear everything, I can think clearly, I can feel clearly, it's as if...

'I don't know...'

I... don't know how to describe it... Perhaps a sensory overload? No, not an overload, more like an enhancement. I don't feel burdened by these new sensations; instead, I feel enlightened.

My body is free from pain, and my mind feels awesome. I feel reborn. Memories of the previous iterations appear in my mind, but I am not overwhelmed. A wave of understanding washes over me as I can interpret them more clearly.

I plant my fists into the ground, using them as supports to stand up, and then I notice the peculiarity.

My arm... seems smaller? My muscles seem smaller, yet I don't feel a decrease in strength; rather, I feel twice as strong. The bones of my hand seem denser, sharper. I also see some white scales running down my arms.

No sort of transformation is active right now, I would know... my mana is only increasing, not decreasing. I'm using no skill in the current moment, so why is my body like this?

I stand up fully, at the same height I was originally, but... smaller, somehow. The bulkiness of my physique is gone, replaced by smaller, denser muscles that are not only stronger but also more flexible.

The overbearing muscles are gone, replaced by something leagues better. I feel alive...!

Not only that, the energy changes are surprising as well. No longer do I have to manually control my aura and mana from interacting with one another. No longer do I have to restrict my aura to a small space in my body. It's as if it has become one with my blood, flowing freely through my body.

My mana does the same as well, flowing freely through the mana veins present in my body; however, they never collide with one another. They actively avoid each other without my will. It's a strange kind of mutual acknowledgement.

My mana and aura are beginning to tolerate one another; furthermore, my mana seems to have grown... purer, but less. My aura, on the other hand, has changed entirely.

The quantity of mana I generate has decreased a lot, but it's far above the average person. My aura, however, has evolved to a new height.

It's sharper, so sharp I fear I may cut myself if I use it. My aura has changed completely, no longer is it an energy simply possessing the space attribute, merely for enhancing my body or using it as fuel for regeneration.

But it's something else now. A blade unlike any other, the sharpest steel there ever is.

And there is a new type of energy as well, lying dormant in my soul. Unlike mana and aura, it isn't exactly violent. Also, it's red, somehow. My mana and aura are both blue, so what is with this sudden color change?

I can't even begin to decipher the qualities of this energy. It's mysterious and extremely small compared to my other energies. I thought my aura was lacking compared to my mana, but this is like comparing the water in a bathtub to an ocean.

'Is this the power of the Void spawn? Interesting.'

I then noticed something else, other than the fact that I was completely naked, that there was another oddity in my hands. In the center of my palms lay a singular blue scale. It wasn't the only one; there were eight of these all around my body.

One in each palm, one on each knee, one on each elbow, one in the center of my chest, and one in the middle of my forehead.

'...Why are there scales all around my body now?'

In addition to the blue, mysterious scales, the scales of a frost dragon were also around my entire body. They were more numerous than the blue scales, and honestly... looked great.

Around his eyes, on his chest, surrounding the blue scale. Some on his chin, and the rest spread throughout his body. There was a bit of ice in the roots of his hair as well. Most people would look at me and think I'm a freak...

But honestly? I like it, I like it a lot. Especially considering how lean my body has gotten now.

"How does it feel? To be reborn?"

Valus's unnecessarily deep voice rang in my ear. I turned to look at the supreme, who was still in his haggard state. Only this time, he had a cup in his hand, drinking whatever was inside like tea.

It had a horrid smell... but the Supreme seemed to find it delicious. Maybe he doesn't have a keen sense of smell, or taste for that matter.

"... Nice, really nice."

"Take a look at your status window."

I did as he instructed. I was curious myself as to what changes had occurred in my status window.

However, even I didn't expect this much of a change.

'Status.'

I called out, and the black interface appeared before me. However, vastly different.

===Status===

Name: Alan Peccator. (4).

Race: Hybrid.

Lineage: Death, Primordial Ariel.

Bloodline: Phoenix, Primordial Liorathen.

Titles: Heir to Death's throne, Grandson of the Primordial of Death Ariel, Son of Supreme of Frost, Lanesha, Spatial Dragon, Void Predator, Heir of Shivalkulan. Masterpiece of the Serpent, Perfect being, Cursed Mixture, Divine Mixture...

Statistics:

Strength: SSS

Mana: SSS+

Endurance: SSS

Intelligence: S+

Charm: S+

Agility: SSS

Aura: SS

Aether: B.

Affinities: Death(?), Frost (Supreme), Chaos (Supreme), Darkness (Exceptional, Shadow (Exceptional), Space (Exceptional).

Skills: Dragon breath, Dragon scales, Dragon Transformation, Dragon Eyes, Frost walker, Dark Destitute, Shadow Walker, Death, Frost claw, Glacier, Frost brigade, Glacial Collapse, Glacial Meteor, Ice Spike, Blizzard, Telekinesis, Teleportation (Portal), Teleportation (Instant), Chaos Bullet, Chaotic Displacement, Chaotic Breath, Chaotic Alignment, Chaotic Sphere, Chaos Blade, Chaos Formation, Chaotic Flurry, Demonic Decadence, Celestial Providence...

Breathing Arts: Cosmic Breath(?), Supreme Frost Dragon's breath (7-star), Whiff of Frost (3-star).

Martial Arts: Chaos Spear (7-star), Heavenly Sky Spear (5-star), Basic Martial Arts (2-star), Sword Saint's Melee style (4-star).

---Aura stats---

Aura level: High.

Aura breathing technique: None.

Aura Type: Sharp.

Aura Affinity: Space.

Aura skills: Spatial Distortion, Vector Manipulation.

Bloodline skills: Phoenix flight, Phoenix Transformation, Perfected Phoenix, Dance of the Eternal Flame. Symphony of the Eternal Flame, Fury of the Eternal Flame, Blessing of the Eternal Flame. Dawn of the Eternal Flame.

---Aether---

Aether Grade: Pure.

Aether Manipulation: None.

Aether Ability: Grand Unifying Scripture.

---Domains---

Frost: Jade Palace. (Rank: Supreme Grade Domain.)

Chaos: Crucible of Chaos. (Rank: Absolute Grade Domain.)

Space:-

Darkness: Obsidian Sanctum.

Shadow: Star Shadow Dance.

Death: -

"... Damn."