Kyle swung again, and once again, he was surprised.
'I had no idea the eleventh Cluster would make such a difference!' he thought.
Every Major Cluster was related to one of the Aspects, and every Major Cluster somewhat included its respective Aspect into the physical body.
The ninth Cluster included the Center, making it accessible to the body.
The tenth Cluster included the mind, making it easier to control the body.
Naturally, the eleventh Cluster included the Soul, giving more control over Energy inside the body.
As Kyle moved his Energy through his body, he realized that difficult transformations of his Energy had suddenly become much easier.
He didn't need to move his body weirdly anymore to achieve what he had achieved earlier.
Now, he could just launch his attacks normally.
'But I can still use my body to help with Energy manipulation. I can now attempt to go even further with my Energy manipulation!'
Kyle shook his head. 'But first, I gotta check out the twelfth Cluster!'
He looked at the twelfth Cluster, which was just beside his Core Spark.
In a way, starting at the Transcendent Realm, everyone received a fifth Aspect of Power, which was the Core Spark.
The Core Spark represented one's control over Laws. It was like a physical conduit for Laws, making them easier to access.
As far as Kyle knew, there was no specific Law associated with the Core Spark since it technically was already a conduit for Laws.
'Having a Law for Laws sounds too meta,' Kyle thought.
The next moment, he closed his eyes and focused on his last Major Cluster.
His perception and Energy homed in on the Cluster, and Kyle pushed his Energy into it.
As soon as his Energy entered, he felt his Cluster resist.
It was like it didn't want to unlock.
'Unlock!' Kyle commanded in his mind, and sure enough, his Cluster started to unlock a little bit.
Within minutes, it unlocked by over 20%.
'Wow, that's fast!' Kyle thought, but as soon as he thought that, it locked again.
Kyle blinked a couple of times. 'You wanna be like that, huh?'
The next moment, he narrowed his eyes and focused on the twelfth Cluster again.
'Unlock!'
Once again, it unlocked to 20%, but then, it slowed down.
This time, Kyle's focus didn't drop, and he shoved more of his Biological Energy into it.
All the small Clusters in his body shone for a moment as they sent their Biological Energy to the Major Cluster in Kyle's heart.
Usually, the Biological Energy flowed the other way, but this particular way of moving Energy seemed to help.
The Cluster unlocked to 40% before stopping.
'If eight Clusters have this kind of effect, eleven should have an even better effect!'
Kyle rerouted his Biological Energy.
All the Biological Energy from his Minor Clusters entered the first Major Cluster before moving to the ninth Cluster.
The Biological Energy transformed slightly and seemed to become even denser.
Then, the Biological Energy flowed into the Cluster related to the mind, and it transformed yet again.
At this point, it became difficult for Kyle to control it.
His Biological Energy was being transformed so many times that it almost felt like it was no longer his own.
He was unfamiliar with controlling this kind of Energy.
Nevertheless, he managed to push it into the eleventh Cluster.
As soon as it entered, Kyle's eyes widened.
He felt like he had created a bomb!
This thing was dangerous, and he was not supposed to move this thing through his body.
Kyle's instincts warned him of severe danger.
However, he pushed it towards his twelfth Cluster regardless, as he gritted his teeth.
'Unlock!' he commanded.
BANG!
Kyle spat out a huge chunk of gore and organs as his torso exploded.
'Fuck!' he thought in horror as he stopped moving this new kind of Energy through his body.
'I almost fucking died just now! This thing is not a joke!'
When he had moved the unfamiliar Energy through his body, it was like he had been pushing a highly volatile explosive along his Energy pathways.
As soon as it touched anything, it immediately exploded.
Even more, the unfamiliar Energy was so hard to control that it simply spread into the surroundings.
It was like Kyle was trying to hit a distant target with a handful of water.
Sure, some of the drops would probably hit the target, but most of the water would just splash onto the surroundings.
This was what had caused this high level of destruction.
If he could simply compress and focus the foreign Energy, it could pass through the small openings between his Clusters, his heart, and his Center. As long as he could compress it, he would be able to get it there.
'But if I try to push that through there and fail, one of my other Aspects will literally explode!' he thought.
'Well, at least I know why you need powerful Momentum to unlock the twelfth Cluster. Momentum makes it easier to control and understand foreign Energy. It makes foreign Energy much tamer.'
Kyle took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
After his body recovered, he tried it again.
This time, he activated his Momentum.
'Listen to me!' he commanded in his mind as he focused on the foreign Energy in his head.
This time, the foreign Energy was tamer, but there were still damaging strands coming out of it.
The Energy slowly moved towards Kyle's neck, the stray strands burning holes through his esophagus and Energy pathways.
However, as a Primal, he could easily survive such injuries.
The Energy entered his chest, and just for a moment, Kyle stopped moving it.
Parts of his chest turned black before returning to normal as Kyle just looked at the narrow passageway.
The Core Spark was the lowest Aspect of Power, which meant Kyle had to push the Energy through his crowded chest.
The stray strands were incredibly dangerous, and he couldn't control them.
They just appeared randomly.
If even one of the strands touched his Center, he would die.
If a strand touched his heart or one of the Major Clusters, he wouldn't die, but the Energy would lose its source of power, essentially fizzling out.
As Kyle looked at the volatile Energy waiting above his chest, he took a deep breath.
'More Momentum would most likely help a lot to minimize the risk, but the Chief Overseer said I already have enough Momentum.'
Kyle calculated a couple of things in his head.
'The chance that a random strand will hit my Center is something like 10%. That means there's a 90% chance that I will survive.'
'Alternatively, I could increase my Momentum again and reduce the chance to less than 1%. I would just have to go through one more True Battle. It doesn't even have to be a hard one.'
'Just a bit more Momentum.'
Kyle looked at his chest.
'Or I could just go for it.'
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