The next set of declarations arrived, but nothing important happened.
More tribute and Karmic Luck for Explosive Karma, and more tribute for Dawnlight. It seemed like Explosive Karma wasn't strong enough to enter their eyes yet, which was understandable. After all, Dawnlight was really strong.
Naturally, Explosive Karma had already updated their member list, showing that Kyle now officially counted as a Fulfilled Crusher.
Of course, Explosive Karma's rapid growth didn't go unnoticed.
They had just joined about 400 years ago, and yet, they had grown to a terrifying degree.
They started with one Advanced Crusher and three Major Crushers.
Now, after just 400 years, they were one Fulfilled Crusher, six Advanced Crushers, and eight Major Crushers.
Explosive Karma was so strong that it had actually sent a declaration of battle to Killing Squad this time, but Killing Squad refused the battle.
As Kyle looked at his Karmic Luck, he noticed a lot of green lines.
As the Ancestor, every positive impact Explosive Karma had on anyone was partially due to Kyle.
The Elders were quite happy since their payment had been increased substantially. Explosive Karma had far more available resources, which meant they could pay their Elders better. This gave Kyle a good chunk of Karmic Luck.
Their Disciples were growing stronger, which gave Kyle Karmic Luck.
All the powers that refused battle gave him Karmic Luck.
When Kyle had just entered the Secondary Sector, his Karmic Luck had been a bit in the negatives.
Now?
He had the Second Blessing of Karmic Luck again.
If things continued like this, his Karmic Luck would also keep growing.
Naturally, Kyle had already returned to the Array of Stars to look at the Law of Minor Metal.
Finishing the Fragment of Composition was not difficult. It barely took two years.
'It was the right choice to quickly become an Advanced Crusher,' Kyle thought as he looked at more metals. 'The speed at which I comprehend Laws became even faster. These Level Three Laws feel so fucking easy and obvious.'
Kyle looked at the other parts of the Law of Minor Metal.
Luckily, he wasn't disturbed by anyone during the next century, and he quickly finished the Law of Minor Metal.
In total, it took him only 60 years.
After comprehending the Law, Kyle looked at the kinds of metal he could conjure.
'This is more than enough for the Crusher Realm,' he thought. 'The finished Law of Minor Metal upgrades all of my equipment by another level without increasing its weight. Even if I become a Legendary Crusher, this would be enough.'
The Law of Minor Metal combined the properties of Yang-Metal and Yin-Metal.
Kyle could turn hard metals into pure explosive force and vice versa.
Sadly, just like with the Law of Minor Wind, this would barely increase his strength.
'Anyway, time for the Law of Minor Fire,' Kyle thought as he spent more Contribution Points.
After 40 years, the next set of declarations happened, but nothing really changed. More Karmic Luck and resources.
By now, Explosive Karma was getting tribute and Karmic Luck from Killing Squad, the Untainted, Bright Side, and another new neighbor.
While Explosive Karma could also declare battle on the Farmers, they chose not to.
The Farmers had been quite nice to them, and they hadn't taken advantage of Explosive Karma when it had still been weak.
Explosive Karma could also declare battle on the Primal Crushers, but they had also been quite nice to them.
However, it was more than obvious that Explosive Karma needed to expand. They desperately needed Level Four Law Wells for all of their Advanced Crushers.
They had one for Gravity Lightning, but not everyone had a Lightning Affinity.
Of course, if their Karmic Luck kept increasing, at some point, Explosive Karma could afford to attack an Organization without their consent.
At that point, they could choose whatever power they wanted.
After the next declarations, Kyle needed another 40 years to finish the Law of Minor Fire.
Just like the other Minor Laws, Kyle could now combine the properties of Yang-Fire and Yin-Fire.
His attacks could be hot and cold at the same time. Heating and cooling materials rapidly could turn them brittle, which was why the Law of Minor Fire was so powerful as an offensive Law.
It didn't increase speed.
It didn't increase defense.
It lightly increased adaptability.
Yet, it massively increased one's offensive capabilities.
Sadly, it wasn't very useful to Kyle in its base form.
'Now that I have the three of them, I can work on combining their Essences. It's been quite a while since I've done that last time.'
'As long as I can combine the three of them, I should have an Essence on the level of a weak Level Four Law. After infusing them, the Complex Law should be a powerful Level Four Law. It would go from something like Level 3.9 to Level 4. 2 or something.'
'It will take quite a bit of time, but it should make my Law of Hammer much more powerful.'
Kyle went back to Explosive Karma and summoned the Essences of his three new Laws.
The Essences all had two colors.
The Essence of Minor Fire was a swirl of red and blue.
The Essence of Minor Wind was light green and black.
The Essence of Minor Metal was dark grey and light grey.
As Kyle looked at the Essences, he got an idea.
He dispelled his physical Complex Law and summoned the Essences of the three Yin-Elements.
Then, he summoned the Essences of the three Yang-Elements.
Nine Essences were in front of him.
'What kind of Law would I condense if I combined all of these?'
'Let's see, combining the three Essences of one Element would create a Level 3.5 Essence. If I do that with all of them, I would get three Level 3.5 Essences.'
'Combining three of them would create a weak Level 4.5 Essence. If I then infuse it into one of my Aspects, it would become a very strong Level 4.5 Law.'
'However, I could also infuse them into a Level Four Element, assuming I knew one. That would create a Level Five Law. The Element would have the properties of all ten Elements.'
'I guess that would be a way to become a Unique Crusher, but it seems like way too much work.'
'I'll just go with my old plan.'
Kyle started combining the Essences.
It was not easy, but also not difficult.
It was just a lot of work.
This time, Kyle decided to combine all three of them at once instead of combining two of them at a time.
He already had a lot of experience when it came to Essence Fusions, and he didn't need to experiment anymore. Additionally, fusing these three Essences wasn't as complex.
For his future Complex Law, he probably would fuse two at a time again to reduce complexity.
It was like deciding between breaking an equation into many smaller equations to solve it, compared to just directly solving it.
If one had the mental capabilities, one could save a lot of time by directly solving the equation, but if one lacked the mental capabilities, they would never succeed.
As Kyle kept comprehending, the new set of declarations arrived, and this time, something actually happened.(Fake news, nothing ever happens)
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