363 Disrupting The Assessment
When absorbing energy, it wasn't instant that it would be added to his own. There was a process which took some time. He could still use the added energy almost instantly, but it wouldn't actually be completely absorbed into his own if he used it this way. During the times he had used the extraction technique again and again, he had been experimenting with it. Absorbing energy from those he fought against, if he used it straight away, it helped him fight using Qi for longer periods, but if he wanted to gain strength from it, It was best that he didn't fight and waited for it to be processed through his body and added to his dantian, and now it had finally done it. All of the extra people he had absorbed and the main disciples' Qi, which was more pure and more refined compared to that of most of those he had absorbed before, was causing him to break into the sixth stage. The palms of Raze's hands were sweating. Down the side of his head, it was the same. Instead of a clear liquid, it was slightly black in color. Just like the times before, he could tell that this was the same. Each stage was getting rid of more of the impurities that affected the human body, and each time it would just happen in a different way. 'Is he going through to the next stage right here and now? Is it because he absorbed the mana of the two girls?' Dame thought. 'No that can't be. Raze is at a high initial stage now.'
'Those girls, they were at stage 3 or 4, that means he must have absorbed much more, much more before he had even come down here. Raze, what happened to you while you were away?' Dame thought. It was amazing; Raze had practically not taken part in the assessment but had managed to grow even faster than those who had done so.
This had to be an impossibility, and if people knew about it, clans from all over Pagna would be trying to meet with Raze, dissecting him to ask for his secret and knowledge in growth. "Arghh, it hurts my stomach!" Liam called out. Turning his head, though, Dame also saw something else, and that was Liam, Simyon, Safa going through something similar, but he soon noticed it wasn't just them. The others, Tinson and his group that were eating, they were experiencing it as well. All of those who had eaten were experiencing the advancement to the next stage. 'They fought with everything they had, pushed their bodies further than they were meant to go. With no food, no energy, they had to summon and force their bodies to grow from somewhere, but that can only work so much.'
'After digesting the food, their Qi energy, their focus, everything is coming back to them, and now, their bodies are in the state to grow to the next stage.' It was then that Dame realized this was how the others must have grown as well; only when they had gotten food by eating the others around them. 'This is what we need, this is it. To get them stronger, we need everyone to eat for now!' Dame's eyes were widening, but there was one thing.
What about him? Now that Raze would be at the sixth stage, both of them would be at the same level in terms of being a Pagna warrior. He too needed to advance, and he needed to do something about it. After Raze had finished going through what needed to be done, he stood up as if nothing had happened, and continued to head to the seclusion room. When he got inside, he looked around before finally sitting on the floor. He let out a big sigh and started to close his eyes. 'I managed to come back, just in time... I did a bit too much this time, one thing after the other, but I knew I needed to come back quickly. I was a bit worried that something might have happened to them.' He thought. Finally, Raze was able to get some rest.
"And I believe something might just happen soon." "What do you mean by that?" Mada asked. "Didn't you know, Lisa was regularly communicating with her Clan Head in here; how do you think she got that dagger?" Ricktor replied. "And what do you think is going to happen when Lisa stops reporting to the Clan Head?"
