Chapter 475: The Birth Of The Strongest Master [Part 4]
After a while, the pain subsided. The violent and impregnable gale of wind still stood strong, protecting Northern from the outside and the outside from Northern.
He sat down cross-legged, his eyes closed while he patiently waited for his sight to return.
He had tried to enter into the Limitless Void, but that had proved to be another futile task. This time his body didn't even glitch; there was no slight movement.
This caused him to powerlessly sit in the room for a while, internally scrutinizing himself.
As the system had notified, a lot had changed about him, even many things that could be seen in his physical appearance-although he was yet to see himself.
He continually sat there, his arms folded as he waited for whatever was going on to finish happening.
Northern knew that the main reason why he couldn't access the Limitless Void was because of the change that was happening to it due to his soul maturity.
Limitless Void never had a reality of its own. It resided in his soul and existed as an immaterial world.
He had several times silently considered manifesting it in actual reality, but it was an impossible feat.
As a matter of fact, he didn't think it was possible to bring a belonging of the Limitless Void to the actual reality without providing a material body for it.
It was an essential reason as to why he needed his clones before he could bring out the soul summons.
Which was why this news felt kind of good. Northern was speculating that the change that is being wrought in the Limitless Void might cause the Soul Summon to get a body of some sort. 'And it might not happen... it's all speculation either way.'
He raised his head up a little bit. His eyes were closed, but it was like he was observing the violent gale beyond.
'I guess the Void force is acting out like that because I'm in a vulnerable state. Moreover, my soul maturity should be affecting it too.'
Void force was a concept that was tied to the Limitless Void; the Void force was certainly deemed to go through a change as the Limitless Void was going through its own change.
'I didn't know becoming a Master was going to be so tasking and bothersome. And I guess it'll be more bothersome than this when I become an Ascendant.'
Northern was well aware that these were the core stages of soul maturity. Their effect on him was bound to be magnanimous, both in pain and strength.
It didn't mean that the other ranks were going to be an easy bridge to cross though.
He sighed and then finally noticed the calm in his raging soul.
'It's done.'
As he said that, the Void force rampaging outside suddenly erupted, an invisible wall that erupted straight into the sky.
The invisibility of the wall became somewhat apparent; it was like a translucent surface.
Everyone outside laid their eyes on it, having no idea what it was.
The Limitless Void surrounded the building in a large circle. It was like a frozen, translucent wall of defense.
Shin raised his head in dread as he tried to make sense of what it was.
His face was equally as pale as every other person's face was. The entity was so magnifying, intimidating, and divine.
Annette, where she stood, stared with a slight frown etched on her brows. She lowered her head to look at the building, then she sensed something that made her mutter.
"Northern... is just becoming a Master?"
As she muttered the words, Ellis and Vida, who were standing around her, heard clearly.
Vida's face contorted in terror. "No way," her lips trembled in fact.
She herself had seen the things Northern could do, and she was certain that he either was a Master or a Savant; if he was a Sage, she wouldn't even be surprised.
But he was just becoming a Master.
This was someone she had subconsciously been chasing since day one. Someone she wanted to be like.
But in reality, she seniored him in soul rank all the while.
At that moment of terrible and unfair realization, she felt her hopes of ever becoming strong enough to ask him for a duel shatter.
Ellis gulped and stared with his eyes blazing with flames of different emotions: respect, hope, happiness, fear.
Finally, the Void force coalesced, withdrawing into the building. It formed an invisible frame over Northern and soon disappeared.
Then the flying debris, which had initially stagnated in the air, all fell to the ground, singing a torturous metallic song.
Immediately, Shin shot forward, rushing into the building and cutting through the narrow halls. The walls were scraped off; crude marks marred their surface.
It was a wonder how the structure had managed to maintain its foundation despite the powerful force of destruction that surrounded it.
Of course, the metallic body of the exterior was more than a mess.
Northern was already walking by the time his father cut to the narrow hall that led to his
room.
He paused his steps and looked up at his father. Shin, who had cut the corner hurriedly, came to an abrupt pause.
He sensed a death threat in the narrow hall, one that caused him to immediately stop and contemplate going forward.
Then he saw a white-haired, sickly-looking kid that looked at him and slowly continued to walk forward with his eyes closed.
Shin frowned. The closer Northern got, the faster his heart beat. He couldn't even pinpoint where the fear was coming from, but it made his pores rise, chills ran down his spine, and his heart felt like it had dropped to his stomach.
As Northern came closer, he took a step back, only realizing that he had after his foot touched
the ground. Then he thought painfully:
'Am I scared of my own son right now?'
Shin was disappointed in himself. At the same time, he subconsciously tried to present to himself a palatable argument.
There was an air around Northern as he came closer that suddenly felt chilly, and equally,
Shin's body suddenly felt heavier than usual.
Northern looked at his father with a smile and said, "I'm sorry for worrying you. It seems my soul progression was a lot of hassle. I didn't think it would be."