It broke battle-hardened warriors, and turned them into crying infants.
Yet Neo kept going as if he did not feel pain at all.
If not for the slight tremors in his arms, the dragon would have wondered if Void treated him differently.
‘His mastery of his abilities is even more surprising.’
‘His Death Sword was at Stage 2 Supreme Mastery. That is an ability he created from Intent.’
‘That means his Intent Mastery is at Stage 2 Supreme too.’
‘Since his Cosmos was not even opened until now, his Intent Mastery should’ve have been stuck at Stage 2 Apprentice rank.’
‘After all, Intent Mastery can never surpass Cosmos rank.’
‘Yet, his Death Sword and Intent Mastery are both Stage 2 Supreme Mastery.’
A newly opened Cosmos was Stage 2 Grade 5 rank.
Neo’s Death Sword was Stage 2 Supreme Mastery rank.
Grade 5 and Supreme Mastery were both sub ranks. While they were different quantification, Grade 5 was lowest in its sub ranks, and Supreme Mastery was highest in its sub ranks, thus , when compared, Stage 2 Grade 5 was far weaker than Stage 2 Supreme Mastery.
Having Intent Mastery rank higher than Cosmos rank was possible for Heavenbreakers, only theoretically though.
The Heavenbreaker Nyxtharion met during his childhood told him no Heavenbreaker have been able to make that theory come true.
To do that, a Heavenbreaker must go through arduous training, which they were already known for.
‘Since Heavenbreakers, beings known for their Willpower, couldn’t make their Intent Mastery reach higher rank than Cosmos rank, the Great I used to think it was impossible.’
‘But clearly, the Great I was wrong.’
‘I wonder what makes this boy different from others.’
‘How much have you suffered to reach this level?’
The dragon knew the memories Neo showed them were fake, and he had hid his true memories.
Yet, Nyxtharion #2 had his reason for helping Neo, even if it meant tricking his own selves that were the other Nyxtharion.
The dragon shook his head, shifting his focus to the changes happening in Neo.
His energy mutation was progressing at a steady pace.
‘When I first saw him, he was weak for someone of his age.’
‘But seeing him now, it’s clear he had been perfecting his foundation until now.’
‘He focused on quality of foundation instead of just growing stronger.’
Nyxtharion #2 understood that while Neo had been growing slowly, his foundation was now complete.
He would soon starting soaring, and surpass everyone’s expectations.
The dragon felt like he was witnessing a birth of a legend.
He suddenly sensed a pulse of powerful wave erupt from Neo.
A strange power crackled around Neo. It was similar to Death element, yet different.
As if in trance, Neo used that power to wield Death Sword.
He raised his sword overhead, then slashed downwards.
A black arc with red lightning crackling inside it shot out.
The attack looked no different from the previous Death Sword.
However, it was anything but similar.
The arc of energy grew in size as it flew outwards from the center of the Zone. It cut through all obstacles, and killed everything on path.
The attack reached the dimensional barrier within seconds, covering hundreds of thousands of meters.
A powerful shockwave erupted as the arc of energy was stopped by the dimensional barrier.
For a second nothing happened.
Then, a low but terrifying sound of a ‘crack’ echoed.
The noise increased in volume, and slowly gigantic cracks began to appear on the dimensional barrier.
The barrier was shattered as the arc of energy tore through it before entering Zone 1.
Neo came to his senses.
The arc of energy had not weakened at all after destroying the dimensional barrier.
It was tearing through the jungles of Zone 1, and moving towards the dimensional barrier of Zone 1 and Zone 3.
He stopped the attack before it did more collateral damage.
Looking at himself, he was worried that using such powerful attack would’ve drained him, but he was perfectly fine.
“What is happening?” Neo questioned.
Stage 3 Death Sword was just Stage 2 Death Sword with increased raw power.
Unlike when Stage 1 Intent Sword changed to Stage 2 Death Sword, there was no qualitative change when the Death Sword ranked up to Stage 3.
The attack shouldn’t have been strong enough to tear through the dimensional barrier.
“The Great I can see that you have successfully created a new energy type,” Nyxtharion smiled. “The new energy type you created is fine tuned for Death Sword.
“It increases the power of Death Sword by several margins. In return, if you use it for anything else, it might not work, and if it somehow worked, the power would be reduced greatly.”
“So it’s an energy type which I can use only for Death Sword.”
“Yes, you should now name that energy type. The Great I am sure it would be happy to hear its name.”
“…?”
Neo became confused when he heard the dragon talk as if the new energy was alive.
However, Obitus told him to give a name to the energy before he did questioned the dragon, or did anything else.
“It’s created for Death Sword. So…”
Neo looked at the sword.
His focus was on the energy crackling around it.
Somehow, it seemed to have a mind on its own.
“Death Sword Firmament.”
A sudden joy surged inside Neo’s mind. The source of it was foreign yet familiar.
He focused inwards, and looked inside his Cosmos.
The Death Sword Firmament – the familiar crackling energy – happily jumping through the space.
It seemed to have noticed Neo staring at it since Neo did not hid his presence.
The Death Sword Firmament turned towards sky, as if Neo was there, and a stream of thoughts – of Intent – entered Neo’s head.
Thank… you…
Neo was too stunned to speak.
The energy had consciousness.
Its consciousness was strong enough to create energy. Just like planets.
With that powerful consciousness, it was able to create its own energy itself, and thus it was able to sustain itself from burning out.
And since it had consciousness, it could naturally think.
“Seems like you have realized what is happening,” Nyxtharion #2 smiled. “You asked what makes a Heavenbreaker unique.
“It’s their ability to create Consciousness.
“Just like how universe can create planets, and those planets have Consciousness, you can do the same.
“Right now, you created a new ‘object’, which was a new energy type Death Sword Firmament, and thus it gained consciousness.”
Neo stared at the dragon, then back at the Death Sword Firmament.
‘Does this mean I’m now a dad?’