The amount of mana that appeared to Kayden increased several times. A circle began to form with all the mana around it; It was an intense and impressive blue. All the divine mana went into the circle.
Kayden released an aura slash that passed through the circle and... some points in space became sensitive and showed signs of rupture as the attack increased to tens of kilometers and crossed the entire distance of a few kilometers in less than 1 second.
BOOOOM!
An explosion sound came as the mountain was cut into two halves. It was so fast that there wasn’t even time for the creature to scream. The beast’s blood was iron in liquid form that began to flow everywhere.
It was one of the most incredible sights anyone had ever seen. There were dozens of kilometers of pure rock and falling earth, it seemed like an omen of the end of the world. A huge wave of dust rose and flew everywhere.
Silence prevailed in the area as everyone assessed what just happened. Kayden was pleased with the strength of his attack; he could throw one of these every 30 minutes. The main problem was getting the natural mana to recover, as the matter was calm for Kayden to continue forcing the mana conversion.
The four women looked at Kayden with wide eyes. That quiet person who never expressed any annoyance just took down a giant like it was nothing. How many times did they have to save Kayden’s ass?
As Kayden descended, the silence became even more palpable. No one knew how to react to the boy who everyone considered weak in a certain way. They were sure they wouldn’t be able to launch such a strong attack.
"We can move on now," Kayden commented when no one spoke.
"Why did you hide your strength?" Kamila asked the question that was on everyone’s mind in this place.
"I didn’t hide it, I just didn’t need to use it. This was just a great time to test my strength," Kayden said with sincerity that everyone felt.
Kayden seemed to pique everyone’s curiosity and received dozens of questions. His tone was neutral and his responses were monosyllabic. This did not dampen the women’s interest and the entire way was full of questions.
They were like all rational beings, captivated by power like flies are called to the light of a fire, a completely natural and pathetic reaction of ordinary people.
A few hours later, they saw a city built on the coast of one of the false mountains. Huge walls made of bones rose, separating the inside from the outside. The city was about a few hundred kilometers long and had millions of people.
"How long are we going to spend in there?" Kayden asked before entering. He hoped it would be something quick.
"I will need ten years, as I will attempt a risky level advancement," Minerva said what Kayden feared most. It didn’t even take him 5 seconds to understand everything he needed to do.
"I’ll stay outside. In a few years, we met," Kayden didn’t give either of them time to respond and just floated toward the mountains.
"Hey! You can’t leave like that," Maria wanted to go after Kayden, but Minerva stopped her.
"Just let him go. In ten years we will meet again."
His main enemy at that time was other rational beings, which is why he floated thousands of kilometers in disconnected directions to avoid unwanted contact. He only left for one reason.
The amount of divine mana that was around him was perfect for his plan to cultivate using only divine mana, it was too good an opportunity for him to pass up. Kayden found a nice clearing and sat above a lake.
Normally, an ordinary person should take around 50 years for each level of the fifth realm; geniuses achieved this advancement in just 10 years, and very special ones were able to do so in less than five years. The fifth realm wasn’t something very difficult to pass, it just depended on how easily familiar you were with divine mana. Kayden’s former wife, for example, passed the fifth realm in just 10 years, but she was one of the biggest exceptions there was.
Kayden was circulating divine mana in his body and frame and realized how strong divine mana truly was. It was capable of destroying many points of his foundation that were unable to withstand the pressure of divine mana. For every day he spent pouring divine mana into his body, he felt stronger. It was a completely bizarre progress that he had never felt before; it was intoxicating and addictive.
Kayden’s strategy had been the same for as long as he could remember: maximizing every little detail, not advancing until he reached true perfection at the level he was at. Using divine mana, this was a little more difficult. The divine mana was volatile and improved his structure very quickly. The problem was that the improvement was too crude and general; the small details were difficult to overcome. Kayden didn’t have enough mastery for that.
Yet...
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"Hey! It’s me, don’t attack." Kayden had already recognized Kamila a few minutes ago, but he still preferred to attack rather than be caught by surprise.
"What you want?" The girl appeared in Kayden’s vision and the two made eye contact, emotions on one side and complete emptiness on the other.
The woman looked at Kayden for a few seconds, and her cheeks turned red. Her silence began to bother Kayden, who decided to start cultivating again and ignore her.
"Hey! Do not ignore me." Kayden’s attitude irritated her a little.
"I’m busy. What do you want?" Kayden asked the same question without opening his eyes or stopping his cultivation.
"I want you to be my husband." The phrase caught Kayden by surprise, and Kamila shouted it with some embarrassment and additional blush on her face.
"I’m not interested. What can you offer me?" Kayden remembered his last marriage and being protected and supported was a very good thing.
"I?" Kayden received this response and almost rolled his eyes.
"It is not enough. Where I come from, the person making the offer must deliver something of equal value." Kayden spat out some lies as if they were the greatest truth in the world.
"I am a princess from off this planet, I am only 50 years old and have the potential for eight rays." Kayden almost laughed. Potential for eight spokes? Is someone just fifty years old? This was almost a joke.
"That’s not enough. What resources can you offer me?" Kayden didn’t want false promises.
"Do you know what the title of princess is?" Kayden didn’t know, but in the universe royalty were only those with the ability to command a few dozen solar systems.
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"I don’t mind." Kayden opened his eyes and looked directly at her. "I am Kayden, I am over two millennia old and will probably spend over 10 millennia in the fifth realm. You are young and in a few centuries, you will already be in the seventh kingdom. We don’t have any future together. What I can offer you are carnal relations and a fake husband for a few years."
Kayden’s sentence was like a bolt of lightning in the girl’s head. She had no idea that Kayden was so old nor that he would stay that long in one of the easiest realms to overcome on the path of cultivation.
Kayden’s last sentence made her turn and run away. She was still very young and could not make rational decisions easily. In a way, she was going through the experience of having her first crush, the problem was that it was with Kayden.
A few days later, Kayden was still cultivating in the same position. It was late at night, and his spiritual sense caught an attacker at one end. It didn’t take long for him to identify who it was.
"Have you made your decision?" Kayden asked before she could say any words.
"I accept your proposal for a few years. I will offer you my family’s unique divine mana techniques and how to use mana to temper your body." Kayden was interested in the proposal.
"I accept."
"Prove your words. Unite our bodies tonight." Kayden smiled to himself when he saw Kamila’s emotional eyes. He had done this before, and this time it would be no different.
"Come into my arms, my love."
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The techniques Kayden received... were completely surreal. The way divine mana was handled was completely insane. The divine mana could be used to tidy up your base and...
Create it.
The divine mana was strong enough to fix all the defects in his base and create what he hadn’t done yet. He just needed to compress the divine mana and let it destroy a few points; the remaining divine mana would do the rest.
Author’s note: I’m relatively better, next month we’ll be back with the bonus chapters, whoever can sign the privilege I’ll be grateful, the price will be 125 stones.