Chapter 485: Development
Northern and Ryan were in the room for a while, silence easily reigned in the atmosphere and both of them seemed to have no problem with it.
Northern was occupied with his thoughts while Ryan was just being Ryan.
Northern had not just been laying around for the past three days since he opened his eyes.
He had actually been training, of course, alone-to avoid casualties since he had no way of knowing how bad his punch would hit or the limit of his strength.
But he was spending the time getting acclimated with the new talent abilities he had, the movements of his body, and most importantly his eyes.
Sadly, he had lost two important talents: Eyes of the Intent and SpeedWalk.
Eyes of Intent had been integrated into Chaos Eyes and Speedwalk was absorbed by the Void that reformed his body.
Causing his body to have super fast reflexes and movement. His basic stride alone was fast enough to catch up with fast movements during intense battle.
And when he put more effort? He imagined the fight with the Emperor, how fast the man was... and Northern felt like he would be able to catch up now.
For his cloning ability which had been evolved to [Duplicate] he gained a new talent ability named [Mirror split] which allowed his clones to be able to copy the traits of him and his enemies, mimicking their techniques or powers for a short duration.
Hence the clones could not just replicate his and his enemy's abilities but could also adapt based on the situation.
It was a great boost to the ability.
And sadly, that was all he received. Out of the three owned talents he had, two had become integrated into his body.
Northern felt sad and happy at the same time. Because there was evidence that they were effective. His movement was one thing.
And his eyes? His eyes were on a whole 'nother level. But at the very least, now he had four owned talents, one of which is the talent of a Paragon that he had not even begun to scratch the surface of.
But the highlight of his growth to a Master was his body, his eyes and the Limitless Void. First was his body, Northern had trained in the Limitless Void, alongside Black Mamba and Night Terror-who also had gone through changes of their own.
Night Terror had become overwhelmingly powerful that he now had the insane ability to deliver invisible cuts without even moving his finger.
But there were pros and cons to such ability. Northern still fell prey to it though.
The first time it happened, he had taken serious damage and while Chaos Thread was doing its work, he had noticed something about his own body.
At first, he felt it was a wild thought so, the duel between the three of them continued, Night Terror's invisible cut could not be avoided.
At least, right now, Northern didn't know how to avoid such a cut and the sad part was that danger sense was not being triggered.
Because it was a cut that isn't there until it is there. So, the minute time it'd take danger sense to trigger, it has been delivered.
It was a crude and unfair ability given to an already crude and unfair existence.
On the second hit however, Northern did not take full damage. It didn't hurt as much as it did before and the stitching up of his wounds was easier and faster.
And on the third hit, Northern's body did not receive damage. Even the sentient being, Night Terror was as shocked as he was.
It was as if the cut was made on an impenetrable metallic surface, leaving a very small scratching that was smoking hot.
When Northern was first initial to Night Terror's attack, he had first observed that his cells were analyzing the damage done to his body. He didn't want to think too wild about it.
On the second hit, the damage was reduced by around 30-50%, he knew at that point that his body had developed a partial resistance to the ability. And in order to confirm he decided to allow the third hit.
Which happened to not hurt at all!
Northern now intentionally began to take Night Terror hits and as time passed, the hit did not matter at all.
It wasn't just Night Terror. He tried the same thing with Black Mamba, the initial hit was insane, it even took a bit longer for his body to develop full resistance but it was the same thing as he had experienced with Night Terror's attack.
And it was insane!
Not to say that his body had some amazing new features, as he had observed and experimented in the past one week-even before he opened his eyes.
When he had first come around, the weather was a bit overwhelming, he had great stamina and endurance for several conditions in his body already, that was including the severe cold.
The cold of the border was unhealthy, and unnatural, it was a phenomenon caused by something that no one has been able to discover yet.
And when he first began to settle in after his evolution, it was difficult, but that was only for a few hours.
He literally felt his muscles thicken to retain heat, and his skin before his very eyes developed a frost-resistant layer.
He felt like this feature had also contributed to his body's ability to analyze and adapt to a certain threat.
But that was not as impressive as finding out he could move the position of his organs around
his body.
It was insane, inside his body felt like it was a formless fluid that he could just move around and adapt anyhow.
Those were already amazing developments. And then his eyes.
First, Northern's perception of the Chaos had skyrocketed.
Not only could he now perceive the instability, cracks, and weaknesses in reality itself. He could also see where physical laws begin to break down or where distortions in time, space,
and matter manifest.
This allowed him to exploit or manipulate chaotic energies and tear into the very fabric of reality—which was how he was able to in an instant find out what the humans of the Central Plains have not been able to discover for over thousands of years.
The source of the intense cold. Of course, Northern kept his mouth shut anyway, it wasn't an imminent threat and he felt it was a piece of information that was going to serve him a great price of trade later.
Northern now sees the essence of living beings, from their souls to their deepest desires,
fears, and traumas.
He can sense the flow of soul energy, detect hidden auras, and observe how souls are tied to both the material and immaterial realms.
And those were just its passive effects. Yes. Chaos Eyes now had active effects.