Endless Journey: Infinite Realms 309 Pain pain go away, come again another day!

Everytime Alex got a new power, he knew that the energy related to that power will always be circulating all around his body.
His Abyss Energy? It was present all throughout his body. As for his Mental Power, it was also passing through his body even though its properties were more related to the mind.
Even the Conqueror's Aura that he obtained from Emperor LItch had been residing entirely inside his body, as it seemed to be content there.
When Alex saw these properties hours earlier, he thought nothing of it, as he thought that maybe this was just natural and harmless.

But at the moment that Alex obtained the Immortal Cultivation Body and the Superhero Cultivation Body, his life was suddenly plunged in danger!
From the looks of it, 5 different energies residing altogether in one body was not possible, which was shown by their berserk reaction inside Alex's body.
With this in mind, Alex knew that his survival will depend on whether he can calm down these energies inside him!

And the method that Alex will use was the deposition of these energies on his different body parts.
Of course Alex was not sure yet if this will work, but he still had to try.
"Okay, first things first. I will deposit all my Abyss Energy towards my heart." Alex thought to himself. "After all, this part is the easiest one to experiment with. If I succeed on my heart, then I will proceed on my other body parts…."
Out of all the body parts that Alex will have to use, he knew that his Heart will be the easiest one, since the other parts were a little more tricky.
The brain? That is even more sensitive than his heart! As for the soul or the dantian, both of them are related to the metaphysical, which makes them also difficult to grasp. As for the whole body itself, there is no need to even think about its difficulty.
"…."
Aside from this, Alex also knew that if he succeeds on his heart, he can use the experience that he gained from it on his other body parts!
Since this was the case, Alex knew that he must succeed on fusing his Abyss Energy with his heart! Failure will be disastrous for him!
After thinking of this, Alex audibly shuddered as he briefly thought that he might fail here.

"If I mess this up, I will be really dead meat! So I have to get this right at the first try!" Alex thought to himself as he stopped himself from shouting in pain.
"Boom!" Alex's appearance changed, as he donned the form of the Abyss Sage.
At the moment that this happened, all the energies inside his body except for the Abyss Energy, went more berserk, as if Alex's current form had provoked them to do more damage.
"Ugh!" Alex spit out more blood as this happened, but he took no note of this as he focused his attention on his Abyss Energy.
At the moment that Alex transformed into an Abyss Sage, the dark and black miasma which had been tumbling inside Alex's body was became less aggressive, as if Alex's current form had mellowed its temper.

Alex also felt some semblance of control over his Abyss Energy, although this control was not enough for him to use Abyss Magic.

At most, Alex can only move his Abyss Energy around his body right now.
This might sound bad, but for the current Alex, this was already enough.

"Now then, you little punk, come follow me!" Alex shouted inwardly as he dragged all the Abyss Energy in his body towards his heart.

"Kathoom…"

Deep, rumbling sounds came out of Alex's body, as all the Abyss Energy that existed inside his body started converging towards his heart.
"Drip, drip, drip."
Alex started to perspire blood, as the effort that came from moving his Abyss Energy took almost all from him.
And to make it worse, the four other energies were still attacking his body, giving Alex more injuries that made him weaker and weaker.

"F**k… This really hurts! F**k this all!" Alex shouted to himself angrily as he gritted his teeth. "Just a little more! Just a little more!"

Finally, after a few more seconds of excruciating pain, some parts of his Abyss Energy made contact with his heart.

At the moment that this happened, Alex's eyes glowed black as he let out a guttural shout.
"Fuse together, you little s***s!"

"Boom!" Alex 's heart, which had been strengthened through countless power-ups by Alex, let out a shudder as it started to greedily absorb all of Alex's Abyss Energy.
"Woosh…"

Alex's heart became a bottomless black hole, as it continued on absorbing every bit of Abyss Energy that Alex had.

Even the Abyss Energy that was outside his body went back to Alex, as they were also absorbed by his heart!

"What the?" Alex exclaimed to himself as he saw what happened. "How… could this be easy?"

At first, Alex thought that he will still face difficulties from making his heart and his Abyss Energy fuse together.
After all, this is the first time that Alex will do something like this.

But at the moment that Alex commanded his heart to absorb his Abyss Energy, not only did his heart absorb the Abyss Energy, it did it in an efficient way that left Alex dumbfounded!

This is something that Alex did not expect to happen at all!

"What the hell is happening here?" Alex thought to himself as he observed his heart, which was now turning blacker as it absorbed more Abyss Energy. "Is this something that I should have done before?"
As the heart became blacker and blacker, Alex started to see some glowing symbols appear on the surface of his heart.
These symbols, as Alex confirmed it, looked similar to the sigils of the Seven Sins.
"…" After looking at these symbols for a second, Alex let out a mental sigh as he forced himself to calm down.

He shook his head inwardly as he decided to hide his astonishment for now.

"Since my heart willingly absorbed my Abyss Energy, it means that my idea is right." Alex thought as the he realized that he is feeling lesser pain now. "Not only that, but it also means that my other body parts might also follow my command easily!"

With his Abyss Energy being dealt by his heart already, Alex turned his attention on his Mental Power, which was still acting unruly inside him.

Alex then took gulp as he observed the condition of his brain.

Upon seeing that nothing is wrong with his brain, Alex let out a sigh as he thought to himself,
"Ok… now, it is time for my Mental Power and Brain to fuse together! I hope that you two will be obedient to me too!"
Alex then went back on his human form, as he decisively took reins over his Mental Power.
"Here goes the second fusion!"
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1 MINUTE EARLIER
Alina was not sure on how to describe what she was feeling right now.
Was it anger? Was it sadness? Was it panic? Or was it all of them?

Alina was not sure, but she does not care about it.
After all, she is more worried about someone else.

"Alex!" This was all that Alina could say as she stared at Alex's body, which suddenly convulsed at the moment that he received his new powers.
Alex, who looked healthy earlier, was now back at the brink of death, with his whole body seemingly starting to break down on itself.
Blood leaked out of his body again, as cracks appeared all over him. From these cracks, wisps of different energies also came out, which seemed to just make Alex's condition worse.
Even Alex's healing factor did only a little help, as his whole condition seemed to just worsen over time.

Alina, who was struck with panic with what she saw, could only grit her teeth as she realized that she cannot approach Alex right now.
Whatever Alex was going through, Alina was not allowed to interfere with it. If she did, Alex's body might just detoriate faster!
As such, all that Alina can do now was wait for Alex to come back alive from his dilemma.
With the option of helping Alex not a possibility, Alina could only turn her attention at Asteria.
"You! What the hell is happening with him?" Asteria uttered angrily as she grabbed Asteria by her body. The little fairy did not struggle against Alina, although some signs of defensiveness could be seen on her face.
"I did nothing to him!" Asteria replied as she shook her head. "What is happening to Alex right now was the effect of him combining 5 different powers inside his body!"

"So your warning to Alex was really true…"
"Yeah, it's unfortunate that it did happen." Asteria replied wearily as she freed herself from Alina's grasp. She then flew slowly towards Alex while putting a finger on her lips.

"You hoomans, remember this. With the current state that Alex is in, he will only last for around 5 minutes." Asteria said as she looked at Alex's injured and convulsing body. "That means that Alex must do everything that he can to survive in just 5 minutes. We cannot help him out. It is only him who can help himself…."

"Just 5 minutes?" Alina blurted out as she glowered at Asteria. Her face started to turn red as she resisted the urge to grab Asteria again. "From the looks of it, it seems like you knew that Alex will be in a dire situation like this, where he only has a minute left to live. And even if you know that, you still did not say it to him earlier? What are you planning to do to him.?"
"I don't plan to do anything here. It was Alex who wanted it to be like this." Asteria replied gloomily as she distanced herself away from Alina. "Since Alex was confident with himself that he can survive this, I decided to give him a chance. Now, all that we have to do is to wait…"
"So that's it? We will just have to wait for him to save himself" Alina blurted out as she stared at Alex's body. "And we can't even do anything about it?"

Right now, Alex's healing factor was barely able to hold his body together, as more and more of his internals are being exposed to the surroundings.
His organs are now visible to Alina and the others, making all of them squirm inwardly.
And to make matters worse, his injuries looked like they were getting more and more prevalent for every second that passed by!

This sight made Alina go pale, as she realized that if this goes on, some vital parts of Alex's body will surely disappear too! At that point, maybe not even Alex could save himself!

"Oh come on, Alina. You know that Alex is better than this." Asteria replied as she shook her head. "He managed to survive the possession of Emperor Litch, so that speaks a lot about his will to survive! This thing that he is experiencing right now? Heh, I am sure he can pass through this easily!"

"I know that Alex is a tough person, but still…" Alina's words trailed as she took deep breaths to calm herself down. "He just went through a life-death experience hours earlier. And now he is going through another one again? Isn't this just too much for him?"

"Well, what can we do about it? It is already happening? The only thing that we can do is wait." Asteria replied as she shrugged her shoulders.

"You-"
Alina was about to give another retort, but her words were cut-off as Queen Mother suddenly spoke up behind them.

"I sense 10 People flying towards our location at this very moment." Queen Mother said with urgency in her voice.
"10 people?" Alina muttered as she took deep breaths to calm herself down. She forced herself to ignore Alex first as she looked at Queen Mother directly.
"Queen Mother, these people that you just detected, who do you think they could be?"
"Just by looking at their appearance, I am not sure on who they could be." Queen Mother replied as her eyes furrowed. "But from the way that they moved and the power that was being emanated by them, there is a high chance that these people are powerful Immortal Cultivators! In fact, I can say that these 10 could possibly be higher-ups from the Covenant of Immortals!"

"Higher-ups from the Covenant of Immortals? Hmm… So that means that Alex's plan was effective." Alina muttered to herself as she placed her hand on her forehead. "It was a good thing that we managed to lure those higher-ups to this place. But I think it will be hard for us to entertain them right now…"

After Alina said these words, she looked back at Alex, who was still squirming on the floor.

"…Let's just hope that Alex will be up on his feet before our guests arrive." Alina said as she bit her lip. "Because if Alex is still down when they arrive, even I am not sure on what could happen…"

Chapter end

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