Five-strand Helix
Five-strand Helix
In the beginning, he had still been in deep thoughts about his scarcity of soul energy, but after reading the first few pages of the tiered movement skill in front of him, Jason felt like he was bewitched.
To his surprise, the Weightless Steps skill seemed to be a subtype of the floating sky skill Jason had copied.
After reading through the manual within a few hours, Jason was certain that he would be able to reach a terrifying speed with this skill, once he reached a certain degree of mastery with it.
Maybe he would even be able to use the copied mana circulation with some modification into the 'Weightless Steps' technique, but that had to wait for some time.
First, Jason had to practice the original technique, and he would have left straight for the combat area if his soul energy hadn't been close to being completely replenished.
Only around one hour was left according to his estimation.
As such, Jason opened the holographic screen on his quantum bracelet to enter the video uploading platform, Celetube in order to watch a few special videos.
He was slightly embarrassed to click on the videos... If anyone would see him right now, it was highly likely that he would be laughed at.
He was looking at braiding videos because the Heaven´s Hell technique alone couldn't give him the visible clues in order to understand how to braid.
The descriptions alone were way too complex for Jason to understand and comprehend as his hair was relatively short so he couldn't practice braiding.
Jason watched multiple videos and even rewatched some to imprint the details into his mind as his soul energy was completely reproduced.
Now, his concentration would have to do all the work as Jason steeled his heart before he entered the soul world.
Only a short moment later, he found himself standing in front of the stable floating soul world with the soul energy liquid swirling around vigorously.
Taking a deep breath he divided his soul energy into five equal sections.
This alone took Jason three minutes to forcefully calm down the vigorous soul energy that swirled around.
Luckily, Jason´s mind had already been refined and his will was strong enough to see it through despite the strenuous work he had to do.
Numbering the sections in his mind would help him keep the track of the whole process before he began.
The strand at the leftmost was labeled number 1 while the one next to it was number 2 until he reached section number 5.
Jason placed the soul energy strand 1 over strand 2 and under strand 3, while strand 5 was placed over strand 4 and under strand 1.
This was just the first step and Jason was already confused if he did the right thing but doubting himself would hurt him more than helping himself.
Now the soul energy strand 1 was at the sideways angle, near strand 5. After passing strand 5 over strand 4 he passed it under strand 1.
Jason smiled lightly seeing the basic structure of a braid forming while sweat trickled down his back.
After foolishly smiling, Jason placed strand 2 over strand 3 and under strand 5.
It looked like strand 5 was now the second to the left and Jason repeated the same basic process with strand 2 that he used at the beginning of the braiding.
He made sure to pass a strand over first and under second, as it was said to be the pattern of the five-strand braid.
After taking a deep breath, Jason felt mentally exhausted.
He placed strand 4 over strand 1 and under strand 2 and it was now closest to strand 1 and strand 2. Moving strand 1 to strand 2, Jason made sure to weave strand 4 over and under.
Jason continued this pattern until he reached the end of the soul energy strands and he wondered how the hell he finished it without failing a single time.
(Author Note: Should be right xd)
But somehow it worked and Jason smiled bitterly.
It was much easier for him to control the single Five-Strand after he finished braiding.
The soul energy five-strand helix was roughly 10 centimeters long but at least three times thicker compared to the commonly found helix.
His mind was racing and he could hear his heart thumping loudly, as he forced himself to inject the five-strand helix into his soul world core.
The pain of forcing a thick and more solid soul energy strand into his soul world core was multiple times more painful than a bee sting that the helix gave him.
It was a shorter process but definitely more painful.
A few seconds passed before the searing pain in his mind lessened considerably, while Jason was forced out of the soul world.
The process had required him to be 100% focussed post which he simply slumped down on his bed, sweating profusely.
The only thing he had to find out right now was how long the whole process had taken him.
Gazing at the clock on his holographic screen, he realised that around 90 minutes had passed. He was happy to note that he had required much less time than he had expected to take, on his first try.
After getting to know that, Jason gave in to his impulsive behavior and his mind entered the dreamworld it had longed for.
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The sun was already up when Jason woke up.
Rubbing his eyes, he glanced at the clock to realise that it was 9 am already.
It took him quite a while until he remembered what he had done the day before at night.
Once he remembered, Jason immediately entered his soul world.
Sensing the reproduced energy, Jason thought for a second before a smile appeared on his face.
One single practice of the Heaven´s Hell technique brought him slightly more than 0.1 soul energy.
Practicing the technique thrice a day would give him at least 0.3 soul energy, and this was for the first week.
Maybe, he could push it up to 0.4 for the second week.
If Artemis waited for two whole weeks, Jason´s soul energy would increase from 11.2 units to 15.9, which was a huge difference.
With the amplification received from Artemis' evolution, Jason was confident in reaching the needed requirement for a low-awakened beast.
Jason could endure the pain caused by the five braided soul energy helix because he had gone through the devilish valkyrie-shield fruit´s torture.
Comparing the intensity of pain caused due to both of them was unnecessary as the result was pretty obvious.
Only Jason´s concentration would need time to adjust to control five strands at once, but he would hopefully master it after multiple tries.
He was confident in doing so.
Now with his completely reproduced soul energy, Jason wanted to practice the Five-strand braided helix once again.
A little over 90 minutes passed before Jason had slumped to his bed yet again with no energy to get up.
*Grumble*
He was famished, but he couldn't muster the energy to even move a muscle.
It took him almost 20 minutes until he could barely get back on his feet.
Swaying a little, he tried to climb down the stairs, while holding the railing for support. Greg greeted him, but Jason's mind was solely focused on reaching the fridge as he lamented about his empty spatial storage.
Opening the fridge, Jason took out a few sausages. He spotted some bread lying on the kitchen counter next to the fridge and picked the whole package up.
Jason scarfed down everything, while Greg looked at him with astonished eyes.
`What's wrong with him??` He thought when he remembered that he had been on his way to practice his combat skills.
"Hey Jason, let's spar again!" Greg asked Jason, without letting him gulp down all the food he prepared.
Jason beamed at his successful second try in practicing one of the most difficult helix of the Heaven's Hell technique´s second level. It was a feat to be proud of and Jason was positively gloating when Greg pulled him out of his train of thoughts.
Before he could even answer, he was dragged out by Greg, as he himself had done only a few days before.
It felt like deja vu and Jason's eyes looked longingly at some of the sausages and bread that were still on the table, close, yet far away.
But, Jason was equally eager to test his newly acquired movement skill.
Maybe he could overwhelm Greg with it and win his first fight!!!
No sooner had he thought this, his mana eyes detected something different in Greg.
"D-Did you break into the 4th- Adept rank?" Jason asked hesitating slightly.
`What if he doesn't restrict his mana core rank anymore?... Ahh nevermind that`
Jason was comfortable with Greg and he believed his friend wouldn't kill him or heavily injure him.
From what Jason knew about Greg, he would rather play fair with someone who wanted to improve his technique rather than bullying the weaker opponent.
As such, Jason was confident that Greg would at least restrict his mana core strength to the 9th Novice rank or at most the 1st Adept rank.
"Ohh..haha... Yes, yesterday!" He said, not even trying to cover his prideful expression.
Suddenly, the two boys saw Malia absorbing mana in the backyard with her soul beasts around her. As he observed her, his eyes detected something yet again.
"G-Greg!!! Your sister also broke through... She is already at the 2nd Master rank...and is only 16 years old. Woah... Her aptitude must be extremely good." Jason praised and he realised albeit late that he hadn't praised Greg, who looked at his sister with jealousy.
He swore to himself that he would be stronger than her in the future while thinking about his first soulbond that was better than Malia´s.
Laughing in his mind, Greg continued to drag Jason to the combat arena, before he averted his gaze from his sister.
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