11 Condensing The Hear
Giving them the manuals, Leon leaved the study room and got the bedroom, Leon was feeling frustrated due his inability to cultivate his mana. He could actually continue to titan cultivation but he was already at the late stage and if he were to reach perfection, he might trigger the lightning calamity. And that would draw all attention to himself in the capital.
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In the morning, Leon, Josh, Roland and Rose leaved the house. Josh even sold his house because he wouldn't need it anymore. There was a carriage waiting for them in front of them when they exited through the door. The carriage was bought when Josh separated from Leon yesterday.
They immediately got in the carriage and it started move towards the west gate of the capital where Martin and his group supposed to be waiting them. It would be a long journey to the northwest. Leon sat in position which he would face towards to the road they would go. He doesn't know if his motion sickness also came with him but he didn't wanted to test it. At the side of Leon was Josh who was reading a book, in front of him was Roland and Rose who were sleeping. ["Maybe they didn't sleep from excitement from getting cultivation manuals"] thought Leon.
Leon was impatient to get his fief and went to Undead Empire, he really wanted to solve his problem about his violent tendencies which influenced by memories he got from Blackwood forest.
When the carriage passed through the western gate, Leon opened the door of the carriage and he saw Martin's group and the workers of the construction company were waiting on their horses. Without further ado, Leon told them to follow his carriage. With that the group started go northwest.
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Two months passed and the group was still going towards northwest, Loren empire was massive and even though they had the best horses and carriages, they still had two months of road to go. While they were on road, Leon didn't waste of his time, he ceased his mana cultivation but he could still temper his body.
In his body four main elements was cumulating and started show signs of qualitative change. He didn't continued his body tempering and told driver to stop the carriage. Leon got outside and told the group to make a camp. The group made the camp then Leon leaved the campsite and walked to the forest after saying that he needed to be alone.
After walking for an half hour, he found a suitable place to pass his lightning calamity. Leon sat down on the ground and closed his eyes. The elements inside of Leon was in extreme states. The body composed of four elements, there was water, earth, fire and air. The titan body tempering didn't change outside appearance but inside. While body composed of four elements, Titan body tempering would change quality of these elements making them more superior.
In a sense, The titan body tempering never ends. This was also the case for its stages. When someone passed the lightning calamity, it didn't mean their qualitative change of four elements would end. Passing the lightning calamity meant you only have the qualification to cultivate the second stage.
Leon was sitting, regulating his breath and concentrating. It wasn't that hard to make qualitative change of four elements inside of the body according to titan body tempering but real test was after passing the lightning calamity. The elements inside of his body condensing to the extreme and the qualitative change becoming more apparent. Leon's eyes was still closed and he started to feel the elements was interacting with each other. This interaction started to influence around him making the grass around him dried, burning them and moister in the air condensing and starting to rain, the air was also restless and blowing the wind and lifting dust from the ground.
While these changes were happening, the clouds started gather on top Leon's head. When the clouds finally gathered, the currents of lightning could be seen passing inside of them and thunder could be heard. Leon didn't opened his eyes to the noise, he was concentrating the change inside of his body but his attention was changed to his mana pool. Inside his mana pool the four elemental seeds were showing sign of change to become more real. He wouldn't breakthrough in mana cultivation but it would deepen his mana cultivation.
While his looking his mana pool, finally lightning fell to his head. It didn't hurt in the start but when he started use the lightning to bond the four elements, it felt like his body constantly shredding to the pieces and how he felt was real. His body started shedding his skin at first but when the lightning stroke continuously black blood oozed from his pores and there were noises that indicate his bones were breaking and reconstructing. Leon opened his mouth and screamed but his scream drowned by blood coming from his mouth with his teeth inside. This torture was continued for fifteen minutes and his Titan hearth started to take shape. When his titan heart came to existence, his organs followed it and started to change becoming more strong and resistant. His body inside and outside was continuously changing but it also brought so much pain to Leon. After the clouds was dispersed Leon didn't have any power to get up. His calamity passed but he was lying inside black blood puddle of his and trying to catch his breath.
After time passed he started feel better and got up, waved his hands and moister in the air condensed and washed the blood on himself with it. Only after continuously washed himself, he could get rid off from the filth on him. His body didn't change much but the power he contained inside him was different like heaven and earth. But his change didn't end, he needed to eat too much to gain needed nutrient to support his change. He knew that, during two months he hunted animals and magical beasts for this and cooked them and hid them inside of his bag.
He sat down in a new clothes and opened his bag and took out the meats and started to eat them. He devoured them like and hungry wolf, he even eat the bones. The starvation that he felt was endless, he didn't even tried to breathe and didn't stop until all the meat consumed. Leon thought he was eating most delicious meat that he ever ate. The hunger was the best sauce you could find. Leon finally come to his senses and took out a red spiritual fruit from his bag which was filled with vitality and he ate it too. The fruit was delicious but also was warm. The heat from the fruit filled every part of his body and integrated. Only after that Leon finally felt full and exhaled mouthful breath.
After feeling full, he closed his eyes inspected his body. His Titanheart was strong and full of vitality and the blood it pumped was continuously strengthening his body, his bones was sturdy like steel. In his mana pool, the seeds of four elements sprout and became more real and there was string of lightning connecting them. With everything was done, Leon leaved here and went to the campsite to get a sleep.