"The power is quite good. It's already comparable to a regular magical power blast," Luo Guang said. The most basic way to use magical power was to release it in the form of a projectile. But the Sitri family's water magic could control liquids and imbue them with magical power, turning them into a force no weaker than a magical projectile. Because of water's properties, it could be molded into any shape he desired.
"The ability to control water. No wonder the Sitri family is one of the top pure-blooded devil families and even produced a Demon King," Luo Guang marveled. His speed in mastering the magic in such a short amount of time was something Sona Sitri would likely never have guessed.
"Est, watch your big brother do something cool for you."
Luo Guang doted on Est. After his cultivation session, he found her watching cartoons and put on a show of controlling the flow of water. In front of her, he shaped the water into her favorite cartoon characters and then into various foods. Although it was just a shape, Luo Guang's artistic skills were top-notch, so the food he created was incredibly realistic, despite the wrong color. When he turned it into a jelly shape, Est actually took a bite. But it was just water and had no taste.
"Haha, there's real jelly in the fridge. Go eat that," Luo Guang said, ruffling her hair and watching her walk toward the fridge with her little feet.
While Est was eating her jelly, Luo Guang received a message from a familiar contact: Koneko, with a cat crying emoji. Luo Guang immediately knew what had happened. She had finished watching the anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. If she had really gotten into the show, the sudden betrayal in the end would have caught her completely off guard. Most anime now ended happily, but Edgerunners was a show that suddenly stabbed you in the heart in the last episode, and it was hard to defend against. He figured Koneko would be in a bad mood for at least a week.
A New Level of Power
Three days passed in a flash. During this time, besides a check-in message from Yayoi, nothing special happened. Luo Guang continued to refine his abilities and successfully broke through to a new stage of Immortal Aura. The various mythological factions in the High School DxD universe had different power levels, and there were very few descriptions of Immortal Arts. Because he couldn't practice overly profound Immortal Arts, Luo Guang directly enhanced his own vital essence. The result of this process was that both his body and mind entered a new realm.
In addition to strengthening the body and nourishing the mind, Immortal Aura also unlocked a person's potential, like in the martial arts novels he had read. Luo Guang's skin, muscles, bones, internal organs, blood, and brain all underwent a transformation. His five senses became much more acute; he could even hear the whispers of people outside the soundproofed house. Luo Guang himself found the effects of Immortal Aura to be a bit absurd. He had underestimated it in the past. The only downside was that he didn't have any powerful, destructive techniques at the moment, but that didn't matter much.
Luo Guang briefly estimated in his mind what would happen if he were to fight the heads of the magical families from the Godslayer world. He concluded that besides being slightly lacking in combat experience, he was just as powerful as they were. In other words, Luo Guang's current level had already reached the ceiling of what humans could achieve in the Godslayer world—the "Paladin" class. A Paladin at sixteen. Even in the entire Godslayer world, he would be a one-of-a-kind existence. However, Luo Guang wasn't arrogant. With his abilities, this was a natural outcome.
It was evening. The ingredients in the fridge were running low, so Luo Guang took Est to the biggest mall in Kuoh City to go shopping. Although his power had increased, his daily nutritional needs had also skyrocketed, and his shopping cart was filled with expensive ingredients. Luo Guang was not short on money, and after completing another request, Sona Sitri had been very generous, giving him a reward that could sustain an average family for fifty years. In addition, there were also many of Est's favorite snacks.
Just as Luo Guang and Est were about to leave, a scream suddenly erupted in the distance. The crowd that had been heading for the exit frantically ran back into the supermarket.
"Help! Help!"
"They're killing people! They're killing people!"
The crowd screamed in terror, accompanied by cries of anguish. The faint smell of blood wafted through the air. Chasing the crowd were some Ghouls who had revealed their kagune.