Chapter 18 – The Formless Fist (1/2)

Chapter 18 – The Formless Fist

*puff* *puff*

“My fist…”

Calron muttered as he absentmindedly stared at his hand.

Currently, there were a series of strange crimson symbols swirling around the center of Calron’s palm! He felt an eerie sensation as the symbols continued to wriggle on top of his skin, as they constantly changed their shape.

“That is the legacy armor of the Prime Inheritors. It is still getting used to your body, so it will move around for a while before finally settling in place.”

Elias’s calmly stated while he approached Calron from behind.

Prime Inheritors? Is that different from a normal Inheritor?

Calron thought inwardly. This was the first time he had ever heard about Prime Inheritors, so he was curious as to how they were related to the regular Inheritors.

“Prime Inheritors are the main successors of the legacy and the ones who the legacy deems to be the most worthy of its power. Since the Blood Legacy has chosen you to be the next Prime Inheritor after me, it bestowed you that armor.”

Elias said with a gentle smile.

Calron turned to glance at his hand again while wondering how the symbols were even supposed to protect him. This tiny thing was supposed to be an armor? It barely even covered his hand!

“Do not look down on those symbols, Calron. They might be small now, but as you gain a deeper mastery over the Blood Legacy in future, the symbols will continue to grow until they cover the entirety of your body! With your current cultivation, even those tiny symbols on your palm would be able to hold off against an attack from a genuine sixth rank cultivator!”

“What?! This tiny thing is so powerful?”

Calron exclaimed in a disbelieving tone.

He highly doubted that this seemingly fragile series of symbols could actually take an attack from a sixth rank expert, but Calron decided to keep those doubts to himself.

Seeing the unconvinced look on Calron’s face, Elias did not know whether to laugh or to cry. Any Inheritor would gladly chop off one of their limbs to obtain a legacy armor, but his disciple did not even put it in front of his eyes!

Giving a defeated sigh, Elias continued.

“Never mind the armor, take a look around you, Calron. Do you notice any changes?”

Elias asked with a teasing smile on his face. He was clearly amused by the fact that Calron had not even realized the destruction he had caused in the lake.

“Huh, what the- ”

If Calron’s jaw was not attached to his mouth, then it would have fallen onto the ground at that moment.

The previous surrounding water around him had completely evaporated. The lake had receded about ten meters back, leaving behind an entire area of dry ground with near-boiled fish flopping around.

If someone had never seen the lake before, then they would never think that this part of the dry ground once used to be full of aquatic life!

“The punch…it was the punch that did this! Master, that punch was too powerful! What is it called? Aren’t I so impressive? Hehe.”

After the initial shock had passed, Calron puffed up his tiny chest and boasted about his physical might. This was the first time that he had ever unleashed such a powerful attack, and which young kid did not dream of becoming strong and powerful?

Thus, Calron shamelessly gloated over this moment of triumph.

“Hmph, you think this is powerful?”

Suddenly, Elias stepped his right foot back while he leaned his whole upper body slightly forward. Immediately, he punched the air in front of him.

Elias’s fist moved excruciatingly slow and it appeared almost as if he was simply extending his arm rather than punching.

BOOOM!

The sound of a loud explosion abruptly reverberated throughout the lake.

The sound of this explosion was much louder than the one Calron had previously made. However, the shocking fact was that the lake was still calm as ever, and not even a single ripple had formed on the water.

Elias continued to perform his extremely slow movements, as each of his punches flowed in its own rhythm. The transition between every movement was perfectly executed, and almost as if the first punch had never even ended.

The punches might appear to be moving at a snail-like pace, but in fact, they were extremely fast.