...As Will traversed the tunnel, he met a variety of different monsters, each troublesome in their own way. Yet, despite their formidability, each time Will fought he would adapt and achieve victory. The same applied even for the last batch of creatures he had to fight. Humanoid creatures that had blades as arms and an eel-like head. They were called gagan and had an E+ rank. Despite their rank, one was not that much for Will to handle, and a group was also easy to deal with.
The Gagan were humanoid both in form and in nature, their team battle tactics were worthy of praise as far as Will was concerned. Their ability to use s.p.a.ces and their communication was uncanny. All Will heard was something akin to squealing. Nevertheless, these squeals were definitely more than they seemed. The Gagan did not have any extra abilities besides having a tough exterior and being very nimble.
Their blade-like limbs made for effective weapons, but there was no weapon that could pose less danger to Will than a blade. To a savant of the sword such as Will, dodging and parrying their attacks was child-play. At first, Will had difficulty attacking but found it easy to defend, the reason for this being one of the benefits from his First Opening.
Adelda had a.s.sumed that Wil had achieved an understanding into the vast ocean of profoundness that is water intent, and she was correct, yet she failed to note the most important aspect of intent. The intent was the amalgamation of will, and its most important purpose is to be infused into one"s abilities. The more skilled one was in the ways of intent, the better their ability to fuse intent with their techniques.
Adelda never would have thought that Will would have already achieved such a feat because instilling one"s intent into an ability or skill often took months if not years to achieve. Yet, our little hero had done so with ease. If word of this feat were to reach the other administrators of the system, they would undoubtedly vomit blood and turn green from regret at missing such a prodigy.
The Dao of water was vast and boundless, and so were its applications. The first thing he had chosen to apply water intent into was his detection ability water sense. It was a phenomenon that was difficult to explain and even more difficult to comprehend.
So long as a molecule of water existed it had water intent. One merely needed to have the ability to sense and use it. Using the water molecules within the atmosphere, Will would gain the ability to sense any living creature near him. Life was part of the Dao of water, so water intent was sensitive to life. The moment a lifeform neared Will, it would be like a pebble being thrown onto the serene surface of a clear pond. The ripples of the disturbed surface would immediately reach Will and he would be able to calculate where the disturbance originated from. This was also how he was able to sense Adelda" s presence earlier.
Adelda was an immortal thus; her ability to hide was extraordinary. Were it not for her having a lapse due to the shock of Will"s achievements in his First Opening, she would have never been discovered by him. Once a disturbance had been sensed by the proverbial pond, it"s "signature" would forever be remembered. Thus, if Adelda were too near Will in the future, she would have to put in her utmost effort to hide from him.
If an immortal had trouble evading his gaze, then what is there to say about mere E cla.s.s creatures? In front of Will, they might as well have been naked...
Well, they were naked actually, but yeah you get the point.
All of their movements, from the deformities in the air caused by the swings to the tiny fluctuation of kinetic energy caused when a muscle twitched, Will could see it all and would respond accordingly. This was a lot of information to take in, but luckily, Will had 64 minds, had he not?
Will named this new ability aqua sense. Unlike water sense, this had intent and drained Will"s mental energy so he could not keep it on all the time. He only switched it on for this battle to test it and test the kinks. Will was able to perfect aqua sense after some time battling these creatures. There were hundreds of them but after Will got into his rhythm their numbers started to dwindle at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Suffice to say that, when Will finally got into his groove, any suspense for this battle had gone.
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