Chapter 264 263: Death
(Inside The Evolution Center)
The instant Corey's body regained consciousness, he stood up, and looked around in confusion for the first two seconds, before he remembered where he was, and what was going on.
He looked at his body, and he frowned slightly as he noticed the immense amount of energy that was in his body.
His frown deepened as he noticed that a strange force was stopping the energy from flowing throughout his body, thereby strengthening his body as a result.
"Is it because that spirit is dead?"
Corey mumbled, but he felt his assumption was very wrong.
[I'm the one that's stopping the energy from flowing throughout your body.]
Nina's voice resounded in his mind, and Corey raised his brows as a result.
"Why?"
[If you absorb the energy with your current body, and strength, you'll definitely die.]
Nina said, and Corey furrowed his brows.
"So what do I need to do?"
Corey knew that Nina had a way for him to absorb the energy of the finger.
If she did not have a way, she would have most likely told him to increase his strength before absorbing the finger.
[You'll need to unlock the seal of the celestial mana veins of a Paragon in your body to properly absorb the energy.]
[Normally, you're meant to unlock a new racial ability after reaching a new tier. But since you're about to become one, as long as you don't die, I can make an exception.]
Corey raised his brows when he heard Nina's words.
He remembered that he had yet to unlock the remaining racial abilities of a Paragon.
The racial abilities of a Paragon were: Tri-Pupil Eyes,Void Phoenix Heart, Paragon Claws, Devourer's stomach, Celestial Mana Veins, and Void Webs.
Corey had wanted to choose either Void Phoenix Heart as his first racial ability, but Nina had advised him to choose the Tri-Pupil Eyes, and he didn't regret it one bit.
He knew that he had not yet unlocked the full abilities of his Tri-Pupil Eyes, but he was immensely satisfied with the eyes.
It already had some heaven defying abilities even with Corey's poor proficiency, and he couldn't even imagine just how powerful the eyes would be if the Paragon Ancestor used it.
Corey never knew he would be able to choose another racial ability if he became a tier 2.
He was surprised, but pleased at the same time.
He remembered the list of a Paragon's racial ability, and he was curious about something.
"Why don't I choose the Devourer's stomach? Shouldn't it help me absorb the energy much better and faster?"
Corey questioned with a curious tone, and Nina went silent for a few seconds, then she said:
[If you don't want to regret it. Never unlock the seal of the Devourer's stomach without having unlocked the seal of the Celestial Mana Veins.]
[Even the Paragon Ancestor dared not to do so when he was young.]
Corey's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Nina's words. Her tone and words were spoken with immense solemnity and graveness that shook Corey.
"What would happen if I do that?"
Corey asked with a purely curious tone.
[Ecstasy, madness, pain, torture, death, then you'll be throroughly devoured.]
Although, Nina did not fully explain what would happen if he decided to unlock the seal of the Devourer's stomach first, he could imagine his fate just from her words.
He exhaled deeply, then softly shook his head.
"I'm curious. Why didn't you just unlock it for me?"
Corey asked, and Nina scoffed.
[Because I need your permission.]
[The Paragon wants you to make your own choices no matter what.]
[That old man doesn't like to force his race when it comes to choices.]
Corey remained silent, not knowing how to respond to Nina's words. He eventually shook his head, and spoke:
"Unlock the Celestial Mana Veins."
[Wise choice.]
Nina said, and Corey waited.
Three seconds went by, and Corey heard a bang in his mind.
He shook, but that was just the beginning.
The insides of his body twisted, and changed.
His mana veins enlarged, strengthened, lengthened, and became much clearer. His mana veins became so clear to the point that if somebody looked at his mana veins, they would think he had no mana veins.
It was so transparent that the only thing that proved that Corey had mana veins was the presence of the mana flowing through them.
As Corey observed his mana veins using his Eyes of Omnscience, he noticed faint runes on his transformig mana veins.
He tried studying the runes, but he understood nothing from it.
The transformation of his mana veins was a strange thing for Corey. It was both painful and enjoyable at the same time, making it seem like Corey was a masochist who enjoyed being pain while engaging in sexual acts.
If Corey's pain resistance was not high, he would have been screaming and groaning in pain, completely ignoring the ecstatic feeling it also transmitted to his body at the same time.
Corey's expression darkened, but he waited for the transformation to be over.
It took an entire fifteen minutes for the transformation to be completed, and before Corey could revel in the strange feeling he had, Nina's indifferent voive rang out in his mind.
[I'm releasing the energy now.]
Before Corey could respond, a searing sensation tore through his insides like a relentless inferno. It began as an insidious ache, then it blossomed into an excruciating torment that twisted his limbs and contorted his body in spasms of unimaginable agony.
'What sort of pain is this?'
Corey's eyes flickered with unyielding determination, and also shock at the amount of pain he was currently going through.
It felt as though tendrils of molten fire coursed through his mana veins, each pulse an onslaught of unbearable torment, scorching his very essence.
Luckily for him, he had transformed his mana veins or he would become a cripple.
His bones creaked and cracked under the strain of a transformative force, stretching and reshaping as if being sculpted by an unseen, malevolent hand.
Suprisingly, where Corey felt the most pain was on one of his fingers!
His right index finger!
He felt like his entire existence of his finger was changing on a level he could not even fathom, and it hurt.
It hurt so much to the point that Corey could not help but scream!
The pain clawed at his mind, blurring the line between reality and delirium. Waves of nausea crashed upon him, accompanied by an unrelenting pounding in his head that echoed the beat of an otherwordly drum.
Corey's screams tore through the air, mingling for desperate pleas for respite that fell upon the deaf ears of fate!
Seconds felt like hours to Corey, and although Corey did not want to give up, his body was overwhelmed by the intense amount of energy rampaging in his body.
It was way beyond what his Demi-Paragon body could handle.
Corey's eyes became dim, and a few seconds later, he heard a loud bang that was akin to the explosion of the birth of a universe.
The instant the bang resounded in Corey's mind, the light in his eyes vanished, and Corey died.
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