Eye System

Chapter 99: Triple Training

Lex began with his usual warm-up and used a standard blade as he began to slash down vertically. He would complete 1000 slashes in all different directions of attack to loosen and prepare is upper body.

Then would do some basic exercise and stretching before he even began to learn new techniques and practice.

However. under 3 times the gravity, it was many times harder for Lex, but he still gritted his teeth and bore through the pain knowing that there was light at the end of the tunnel, the strength he needed.

After a few hours of consistent training, the shirtless Lex was drenched and covered in sweat, while his clones cultivated.

What Lex noticed was that the clone he previously produced when wearing Kano had a white robe around itself that looked identical to Kano, but Lex could see it was merely a normal robe and didn't have a spirit and the clone he produced after he took off his shirt to make bandages for Angela was also shirtless.

Lex sat down, wanting to stay on the gravitational pad while having his rest, and began to ask the system questions.

[System how come the clones have identical clothing to what I was wearing in the moment of forming them] Lex asked.

{Ding, the Self-Cloning Eye Powers clones the host as a whole including what he was wearing and non-living items that he is in contact with} the system stated.

[Does that mean if I was holding a weapon my clone will gain the same weapon] 

{Ding, in the same way, your robe with a spirit, Kano, was copied by the clone, but didn't have a spirit within it and was merely a robe, any item cloned with the host will merely be a knock-off copy just for the cloning to be completed and will only be formed of the host's energy during the Self-Cloning process.

Therefore the system recommends the host to order the clones to use the Item Creation Skill that the host has learnt or provide them with a weapon after they have been formed and not clone a weapon you are using through the Self-Cloning as it will be comparingly frail and useless} the system advised.

Hearing this, he had no more questions and had caught his breath, and just as he was about to begin training again, he heard a sudden notification.

{Ding, the system advises the host to absorb what the clones have gained over the past few hours, as not for the host to be bombarded with energy and power that you can't control if you try to absorb what they gained after a long time that could damage or even destroy the host's meridians.

However, the energy will be returned into the host's Eye Energy Reserves and not directly into the host's body, so they may be able to handle the energy, but if the Eye Energy Reserves are overwhelmed the energy may damage the host's body.} the system warned.

Remembering the pain he felt when his meridians being damaged, which he was still feeling slightly when he absorbed or stored energy, Lex instantly accepted the warning.

{Ding, although over time the host will be able to store and handle more energy as the host's body will require much more energy to improve in the future and the host's Eye Energy Reserves will continue to grow, so in the future, the host can leave clones for longer periods of time without the worry of harming yourself when absorbing their gains.} the system reassured.

Lex placed his palm on the clone with the Spacial Eye as the centre of the clone and the relayed Eye Power, and retracted the Self-Cloning ability as he reabsorbed the clone back into his body.

Instantly he felt that he could use Spacial Eye that was dormant while being relayed and felt a surge of energy in the small pool that he had within his eyes.

The small pool was filled with a surge of thick black spacial energy as he felt the pool enlarging and seemed to have tripled in size from the last time when Lex had absorbed the energy from the Canidae beasts.

Lex felt his Eye Energy Reserves had tripled as he controlled and suppressed all the energy into his small pool of energy that wasn't completely filled yet.

It took Lex a few minutes to digest and suppress the energy and could also feel that his body had also been strengthened slightly from the clone that was under the pressure of the gravity.

Walking over and sitting next to his other clone Lex placed his palm on its shoulder and retracted the Self-Cloning.

This clone without the spacial element had clear energy that rushed into the mostly full small pool that he could feel within his eyes.

While Lex trained previously, he didn't need to semi-cultivate much as he would use the energy within his Eye Energy Reserves that he had absorbed from the Canidae Beasts that was enough for him to reinforce and strengthen his body and his internal energy storages.

This time the energy was clear and didn't have an element and was pure energy that was streamed into his eyes from the clone that cultivated with the Perceptive Eye at its centre.

Energy without an element isn't necessarily weaker, less dense or less pure, but merely is an energy that doesn't have a specific element. However, it is disadvantaged when it comes to skills and cultivation methods that require different spiritual roots in order to use them.

But Lex on the other hand felt as though his Eye Energy Reserves were weirdly able to switch between different elements and could feel and see so when he would activate different Eye Powers.

The clear energy streamed into the Eye Energy Reserves and after filling it up, Lex used the rest around his body.

It took almost an hour to digest the energy as some of it couldn't fit into the Eye Energy Reserves, but Lex felt that in a few hours he had already improved and was still in awe of the Self-Cloning Eye Power that gave him an ability that was heaven-defying.

Forming one clone, recovering his energy, then forming another one with the same Eye Powers that he relayed previously, Lex continued to Triple Train.

Ordering the Spacial Eye Clone to absorb energy, this time Lex ordered the clone with the Perceptive Eye to train its body, meanwhile, Lex sat down cross-legged and began to read through another 5% of the Beginner Weapon Training Manual that his master gave him.

Lex was learning and understanding at an unbelievable pace and was realising that his body and strength was lacking behind the techniques he was gaining. However, now with the Self-Cloning Eye Power, he was able to accomplish three things at once and gain all the rewards.

He was beginning to understand more and more about different basic movements and strikes that were innumerable, and despite being basic, if used efficiently were lethal.

Lex felt that within a few years, he would have the knowledge of a veteran in 7 different types of weapons that took his master hundreds of years of training, experience and battle to acquire, but was unsure of whether the speed of his improvement would be enough for him to be able to protect himself and Angela.

He was noticing that the further he was reaching in understanding within the guide his master gave him, the harder it was becoming and the longer it would take him to understand it.

The knowledge and information were embedded within his mind, but by him understanding it completely, it becomes part of his active memory and thoughts and coupled with training it will become part of his reflexes.

There was a large amount of corpse cores full of pure energy that previously belonged to a person that had died and the Jade Empress would cultivate them by manipulating the energy with her Soul and formed a core similar to that of a beast.

These cores were much easier to absorb than beast cores and were much more abundant in energy than the energy that was found in the atmosphere.

They were what was fuelling the gravitational pad and were in the room making it so that it was the perfect environment for training with its abundant energy and consistent pressure.

With the Spacial Eye Clone cultivating internally, the Perceptive Eye Clone training it's body and Lex sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, trying to understand more and more about the weapons within the guide, he was improving in all aspects at the same time.

Time was merely a blur and many hours passed in what felt like a few minutes for Lex.

Opening his eyes, he felt that each time he would dive into the world of weapons he would come out with a better understanding of how to use them and different stances, moves and techniques.

In the same way he did previously, Lex absorbed everything that the clones had gained from training over the hours that he was in contemplation, and instantly felt that his External and Internal Cultivation had risen massively since he had entered the temple.

Conveniently timed, the Jade Empress formed out of mist within the room that Lex was training in.

"Your friend and my successor has awoken" she stated after recovering from the slight shock of the progress he was capable of in the basic conditions he was provided on this small island.

"Perfect timing" he mumbled as he put on a shirt and turned off the gravitational pad, ready to see Angela and explain to her their current situation.