Kyle made the weirdest creations over the next years.
For example, he made floating metal.
Other times, he made a ball of metal that just fucked off and flew into the distance without his control.
He even made a bootleg version of Yin-Wind.
He also made a bootleg version of Yin-Metal. The only real difference was that it didn't pass through matter. It simply exploded into blades of wind as soon as it hit something that wasn't wind.
Kinda reminded him of Skysand as well.
'You know, I think I get why Complex Laws are more like your personal Laws compared to Pure Laws. Some of these creations are actually quite useful when scaled up. I could make metal-wind bombs or make Deep-Wind-At-Home.'
Yet, despite all the different kinds of metal-wind Kyle had made, he wasn't happy with any of them.
He already had something in mind that he wanted, and he wanted to know if he could make that.
'When I made the metal-fire, I didn't have something in mind that I wanted. I just randomly got something that I liked. I wanna know if I can actually reverse the process. What if I have something in mind already and want to create something that is like it?'
'I mean, I already have the concept of a meteor in my mind, and I wanna see if that also works. Would suck if this entire meteor thing didn't work.'
Kyle kept experimenting.
While he did so, the first new Transcendent emerged from one of the four new powers.
That immediately led to the capitulation of the closest neighbor.
The new Transcendent wanted to conquer the other two powers as well, but then, they came face to face with the very thing that made this impossible.
Karma.
They had already entered the first level of Karmic Punishment by killing the elites of the other power, and they realized that they couldn't get as involved anymore.
Even more, the other two powers allied against them.
Seems like it's not that easy to conquer the world.
Five years after Kyle started experimenting with metal-wind, he made a breakthrough.
He actually managed to create something very similar to what he had envisioned.
'Huh, so, it actually works,' he thought as he looked at the floating ball of metal.
The ball of metal was quite hard and heavy, but it still floated.
Kyle flicked the ball.
BANG!
It shot into the distance.
Surprisingly, as it kept advancing, it started to speed up instead of slowing down.
It was absorbing the Wind Ether around it and adding its power to its own momentum. The ball became more aerodynamic as it advanced until it turned into a long, thin needle.
Eventually, it hit a mountain in the distance.
It burrowed deep into the mountain until it eventually stopped.
Kyle hadn't used a lot of Ether, and he hadn't refined the wind-metal yet, which was why it wasn't so destructive.
However, if he scaled it up, it could become a terrifying weapon.
'I can create a tremendous storm with my Wind Ether since it simply absorbs more Wind Ether. However, the Wind Ether is not concentrated or hard.'
'But this thing can do the same thing while also being sharp, focused, and heavy.'
'I wanted it to be round, but hey, sharp is also fine.'
'If I use this as a base for a meteor, it could be pretty devastating.'
'This is good enough,' Kyle thought with a smile.
When Kyle had created this kind of wind-metal, he had felt quite accomplished.
Potentially, if scaled up, this thing had the potential to boost his power significantly.
This was another potential Complex Level One Law.
'Well, time for the next one. Fire and wind. Up until now, I have combined solid and ethereal kinds of Ether. This will be a combination of two ethereal kinds of Ether.'
'Wonder how that differs.'
Kyle immediately continued experimenting.
Yet, after just three months, he realized something.
'There's not as much creativity for this kind of fusion. Both of them have similar properties. This doesn't feel like I'm creating a new kind of thing but simply pushing sliders around.'
'The fusion is also much easier since they are extremely compatible.'
After just two years of experimenting, Kyle had created several interesting combinations.
In the end, he narrowed the creations down to two.
Kyle launched an arrow of Wind and Fire Ether forward.
Near the beginning, the arrow was extremely hot.
A moment later, it suddenly cooled down significantly.
Yet, in exchange, the arrow became over five times faster.
The heat had been transformed into kinetic energy.
Then, Kyle launched another arrow.
This one also started out hot and moved at a lot of speed, but then, it suddenly stopped and heated up even more.
BANG!
And exploded.
All the kinetic energy had been converted to heat.
'I don't like how I can only have one of the two. I want both of them at the same time.'
'Every time I use this, I have to decide what kind of effect I want. It would be way better if I could make the arrow faster in the beginning and then make it explode with even more power. After all, it would also have more momentum.'
'But it just doesn't work like that. No matter how hard I try, it doesn't work. I mean, it also makes sense. Either of those two effects would already make a good Complex Level One Law. If it could do both at the same time, it would be more powerful than any of the other fusions I made.'
'Two Elements can only have so much power.'
'Well, what if we include a third?' he thought as he scratched the back of his head.
'Maybe I can use metal as some form of connection? Like, what if the Wind Ether absorbs half the metal to make more kinetic energy, and the other half vanishes to make it hotter? Then, I just let the Fire Ether consume all the Wind Ether and detonate.'
'Oh boy, that sounds complicated.'
'Although, maybe there's something else that I can do?'
Kyle started thinking about how to combine his three Elements.
'I'm already getting some ideas.'
'I think I can somewhat see what my Law of the Meteor will look like.'
'If that actually works out, this thing will make my power explode.'
Kyle took a deep breath before sighing.
'Well, time for the hardest and most exhausting part of my work.'
'Gotta combine three Elements now.'
'This is going to take foreeeeeeever.'
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