The next moment, the Energy in the atmosphere gathered all around Kyle.
The Energy moved directly towards his Center, filling it to the brim.
'I guess I have to compress it. I mean, the Realm is literally called the Compression Realm.'
Kyle ordered more Energy to enter his Center, and it followed his commands.
After just a couple of seconds, the amount of Energy Kyle felt in his Center was crazy.
He felt quite filled, but he just kept going.
As he kept pushing more Energy into his Center, he felt like his Center was about to explode, but it never did.
That was when he noticed that the majority of the Energy wasn't actually going into his Center but into the walls of his Center.
Even though he kept absorbing Energy, he felt like his Center was hurting less and less.
His Center was growing stronger, allowing it to contain more Energy.
However, what Kyle didn't know was that his advancement was different.
During this process, the Clusters would break apart and spread their Energy across the body to improve it further.
Since Kyle didn't have any Clusters anymore, this process never happened.
Nevertheless, his physical power had still improved quite a bit.
Every Crusher during advancement received about two Clusters' worth of physical power, and that was also true for Kyle.
After some minutes of absorbing Energy, Kyle saw his Center change.
More precisely, the inside of his Center had changed.
Usually, Kyle always saw a dense cloud of different kinds of Energies in his Center, but right now, he saw a couple of droplets.
The droplets of Energy clung to the walls and ceiling of his Center, and sometimes, they dripped down.
As soon as the droplets reached the floor of his Center, they turned back into gaseous Energy.
When he felt the density of Energy one of these droplets had, Kyle had to take a deep breath.
'Dude, there's so much fucking Energy inside one of these droplets!'
He knew that a Crusher had much more Energy than a Primal, but he hadn't expected that it would be this much!
At this moment, his Center had over five times as much Energy as it had previously, which was just insane!
Unlocking two Clusters just increased one's physical power by about 50%. That was nothing to scoff at.
Yet, his Energy density increased by over 400%!
'Sure enough, the Compression Realm is all about the Center,' Kyle thought. 'The body of a Primal is much stronger than any of their other Aspects of Power, and the same thing should be true for Crushers, but for their Center.'
Kyle sighed. 'Luckily, I have a Personal Law, which allows me to take advantage of my Center. Without a Personal Law, I would have some issues. Everyone else would be able to take advantage of their powerful Center, while I wouldn't have any way of effectively using it.'
As more time passed, the generation of the droplets sped up.
Some minutes later, the Energy around Kyle stopped pouring into him, and everything stabilized again.
Kyle looked at his Center and saw a small and thin drizzle inside it.
'It's raining in my Center,' Kyle thought with a snort.
Everything had already calmed down, which meant that the advancement was over.
There was no major transformation that happened since Kyle had already dealt with his Clusters, and since his body didn't need to create something as complex as Clusters anymore.
This Realm was all about the Center, and his Center had already been improved.
'I guess that's it,' Kyle thought as he stood up again.
The next moment, he conjured his illusory hammer again.
'It still needs 50% of my Energy to materialize, but 50% of my current Energy is the equivalent of 250% of my old Energy storage.'
'This confirms that the power of my Personal Law will grow as I grow stronger.'
'Not sure if that will change at some point, but right now, it still needs 50% of my Energy.'
Then, Kyle pulled out his actual hammer.
Without his Personal Law, the hammer had just the right weight, but as soon as he added his Law of Hammer, his hammer became as light as air. At least, that was how it felt to him.
'I really need to finish the Fragment of Minor Metal Materials,' he thought. 'I'm only missing the Fragment of Higher Crusher Metal Materials. After that, I should have the entire thing.'
'Afterwards, I should focus on the other Fragments. They should also strengthen the attributes of my materials.'
'Actually, I should just go for the entire Law of Minor Metal. I already managed to comprehend a bunch of Level Two Laws as a Transcendent, and that was two Realms ago. In fact, becoming a Fulfilled Crusher even needs the comprehension of a Pure Level Four Law.'
'I kind of took a break from Law Comprehension during the Primal Realm, but I guess that break is over now.'
Kyle clenched his fists a bit. 'My physical power increased by quite a bit, but it didn't increase nearly as much as my Center.'
'Yet, my physical power was already on a way higher level. Since I get to keep my physical power after advancing, its higher earlier level means that it is technically still stronger than my Center.'
'However, as I advance more levels, my Center will overtake my physical body very soon.'
Then, Kyle thought about his Element Absorption. 'The advancement bonus from the Transcendent Realm is still there, but it basically lost all relevance. I can only be threatened by Major Crushers and stronger, and all of these Seekers already have Level 3.5 Complex Laws and stronger. My Element Absorption won't make a difference.'
As Kyle thought about old and irrelevant things, he got reminded of something else.
'My Law of Meteor has become irrelevant. My Core Spark is still improving it to the level of a Level 2.5 Complex Law, but that barely counts for anything nowadays. It can't compare to my primary Complex Law and my Law of Hammer.'
'I should change my title.'
'But to what?'
Kyle scratched his chin as he tried to come up with a fitting name.
Sadly, it wasn't that easy since he didn't know what his powers would look like in the future.
'Well, I will comprehend Minor Wind, Minor Metal, and Minor Fire, and then, I will most likely perform an Essence Fusion and Infuse them into my Law of Center. Since my Law of Hammer is taking advantage of the Energy in my Center, I should be able to improve its power by improving my Center.'
'Sadly, my Law of Center is still only a Level Two Law, which means the created Complex Law will just be a very strong Level Four Complex Law. It has no hope of becoming a Level 4.5 Complex Law.'
'But that's also not that important. This will just be my first step. After all, if I want to become a Unique Crusher, I have to go further.'
'I need a Level Five Law for that. Doesn't matter what kind.'
'Sadly, while I could also comprehend a Pure Level Five Law, it's essentially impossible. They are just too complex, and my Aspects of Power are not advanced enough to show me their Major Law variants. The Major Laws of Aspects are for Primary-level existences. I'm still only a Secondary-level existence.'
'Anyway, I think I have a name for the meantime. I can still change it later.'
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