Kyle kept focusing on comprehending the Fragment of Wind Expansion.
By now, he was trying to comprehend what he called the ninth level.
The ball of Wind Ether in front of him had already become bigger than him.
In order to conjure this ball, Kyle needed to empty almost 30% of his Ether, and whenever he summoned it, it vanished within just a couple of seconds.
The Wind Ether traveled towards the west and created devastating storms before it even reached the coast.
The people living in the western part of the Twilight Duchy had been forced to relocate due to Kyle's comprehension.
Lives were destroyed and ended.
People had to give up the lands they had worked their entire lives for, watching them get turned into windy craters.
They knew why all of this was happening. After all, many powerful people in the Twilight Duchy had seen Kyle, and they hadn't kept it secret.
While the people hated Kyle, they also knew that there wasn't anything they could do about it.
Power reigned supreme in the Twilight Duchy.
Being the victim of a stronger person was normal.
There was nothing they could do but accept their circumstances.
Many more red lines of Karma had appeared around the Duchess of Twilight, but she didn't mind.
For the first time in millennia, her Karma was actually lowering instead of increasing.
But it was worth the price.
She had thousands of years of accumulated Karma, and she could afford to spend a bit.
Meanwhile, the Imperial Advisor was using all of his Ether to fight against the apocalyptic storms.
If he weren't guarding the east coast of the central landmass, the entire thing might sink into the Grand Ocean.
The storms would tear chunks out of the landmass and throw them into the ocean. Within a couple of months, the ocean would swallow the central landmass.
The Imperial Advisor stood in front of the storm, alone.
He had frozen a huge chunk of the Grand Ocean to stop the tsunamis from getting too big.
Yet, it wasn't all bad. The Imperial Advisor was learning more about how to control his power.
In fact, he had already comprehended the Fragment of Water's Expansion, bringing him closer to knowing the Full Law of Water.
Now, he was only missing the Fragment of Water's Focus. If he also managed to comprehend that, he would become as powerful as Emperor Winterfire and the Holy King.
After dealing with a particularly large storm, the Imperial Advisor looked at the horizon.
No more storms. His brows furrowed.
Was it over?
Even after several minutes, no new storm appeared.
It seemed like it was over.
Meanwhile, Kyle looked at the small ball of Wind Ether in his hand with a grin.
It was just a bit weaker than the huge ball of wind despite being a fraction of its size.
'A bit less than two years,' Kyle thought. 'About as long as I expected.'
'I've got the entire thing.'
'The Fragment of Wind's Composition. The Fragment of Wind's Movement. The Fragment of Wind's Focus. The Fragment of Wind's Expansion. Everything's there!'
Kyle looked at the ball of Wind Ether in his hand as he tried to create an overarching concept for all the Fragments.
The ball in his hand became smaller, but its power grew even more.
A moment later, the ball started to rapidly spin, creating several blades around it.
Then, Kyle flicked the ball.
BANG!
The ball shot into the horizon.
As it flew, the wind surrounding it vanished, and the ball expanded.
Every spot it flew past became calm as it kept growing.
Within a couple of seconds, it had become over ten times bigger and faster.
It reached speeds that were superior to what Kyle could reach.
Eventually, it hit the ocean.
BOOOOM!
A humongous crater appeared in the ocean, over 500 meters wide.
All the ocean water flew into the sky and started to whirl.
Within moments, the biggest storm this world had ever seen was created.
Some minutes later, the storm reached a size of over 50 kilometers and traveled to the central landmass.
In the distance, the Imperial Advisor saw the approaching storm, and his eyes widened in terror.
He went to the first Ether Essence to defend it.
The storm reached him, and the space around him distorted as the terrifying winds tore the water and earth out from under him.
He tried to siphon the Water Ether out of the storm but failed.
This was not a natural storm.
This was an attack!
The Imperial Advisor had to use almost all of his Ether to keep the Ether Essence stable.
When the storm passed, he quickly rushed to the next Ether Essence to defend it as well.
Meanwhile, the storm created a huge crevice that went through the middle of the central landmass.
Luckily, only three Ether Essences were in the storm's way, and the Imperial Advisor managed to defend all of them.
As the storm passed the middle of the central landmass, it started to grow weaker.
The crevice's width shrank.
Eventually, the storm reached the other side of the central landmass, but its width was only half of what it used to be.
As it traveled across the other side of the Grand Ocean, it eventually became so weak that it turned into scattered gusts of wind.
The people on the western coast of the world just felt a couple of gusts that weren't strong enough to damage buildings.
Meanwhile, the Imperial Advisor looked at the huge crevice, which was slowly filling with water.
The central landmass was no longer the central landmass.
There were now two central landmasses that were separated by a wide river.
Luckily, they had pulled their people out of the central landmass. Otherwise, they would all be dead.
This was an attack that used the power of the Full Law of Wind.
Luckily, the planet only had so much wind that could strengthen the attack. Otherwise, this could have been even more devastating.
Meanwhile, Kyle just smiled.
As he launched the attack, he felt his mind expand with more knowledge.
Everything made sense!
BOOOOM!
The next moment, Kyle comprehended his second Law.
The Law of Wind.
And its power was in no way weaker than the Law of Metal's power!
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