Journey Of A Legend

Chapter 167: Opening The Entrance

"So? What will your decision be?", asked Jay with a calm smile as he looked at Greg on the side.

Greg after hearing the question turned to look at Mila, Joe, and Emma, and a while later he asked, "How do you feel?"

"To tell the truth, I'm perfectly fine. The only thing I did is to fight from the distance without doing anything physically, so I'm ready to go.", said Mila with a slight shrug.

"I see.", said Greg with a nod and turned his gaze at Joe.

"And you? You have got a powerful kick from that humanoid tiger a few moments ago. Are you sure you are alright?"

Joe hearing Greg's question put his hand on his waist and said, "Well, I did really get a powerful blow a few moments ago, but since then the pain has already dissipated. Except for some pain here and there, I'm fine."

"Pain here and there... Emma, can you please use your power on Joe?", asked Greg as he looked at Emma.

"Naturally.", answered Emma without hesitation and put her hands on Joe's back.

"No, it's really not necessary to do t-, huh?"

Just as Joe wanted to stop Emma to help him, suddenly he felt as his power gradually started to grow for no reason, while the pain inside his body started to dissipate slowly.

"What is this? Didn't you have only healing powers?", asked Joe with shock as she turned his head back to look at Emma.

Hearing Joe, Emma smiled widely and explained, "Well... You are just half right. My power is not only about healing but also 'Power Healing'."

"Power Healing?", asked Joe with a frown.

Joe was confused because he was quite clear that people could have two types of healing abilities. 

The first type was the original healing type which restored the physical injuries. The stronger the owner's rank was, the more fatal wounds could it rebuild under less time. 

However, there was the second type of healing ability which was rarer than the first one. It not only could heal physical injuries, but it could also heal mental and spirit like ones. 

For example, if one got under a very powerful illusion that made the host to become a soulless vessel, the one with this kind of power could cure that illusion relatively easily.

However this type of healing type which was called Power Healing, Joe never heard about it. Not even once.

"I know what you are thinking now, but it's only natural. Because my power is the very first one currently on earth."

"What do you mean? When you were only on the Soul Collector rank you didn't have such powers. Also, you didn't tell me that you have this kind of ability either.", said Mila from the side as she looked at Joe who's presence grew stronger bit by bit as time went by.

"Well naturally because I didn't have this power at that time. Maybe you didn't know but the true potential for healers will only appear from the Creator rank. Breaking into that rank, people will finally find out what kind of type their healing powers really are."

As she said this, Emma took her palms away from Joe's back, leaving Joe's presence to stay at the top of the Calamity rank.

"The moment I broke into the Creator rank, I realized that while I could heal physical type of injuries, I also obtained this strange power which could help me heal other's powers. Simply put, if you fight and exhaust your Guardian's powers, I can rehabilitate it and also make you feel a bit stronger for a limited time."

"For a limited time?", asked Joe curiously.

"Yes. Maybe you can feel the change too.", said Emma while pointing at Joe.

Greg and Mila looked at Joe and just as Emma said, they noticed too as Joe's presence that was on the top of the Calamity rank, started to decline slowly.

However, only for a bit, because after a few seconds, it finally stopped around the middle part of the Calamity rank, where Joe's original power really was.

"Now that you say this... I really feel that my powers are surging. It's like I have rested for a week and my powers are about to explode. I feel extremely good."

Hearing Joe's compliment Emma just continued to smile widely and looked at Greg.

"Do you want me to use my power on you too?"

Seeing Emma's smile, Greg smiled too and nodded.

"I would gladly accept it yes."

With that Emma walked next to Greg and just as she did with Joe, she used her Power Healing on him.

Feeling as the six flows inside his body started to bloom with power, Greg smiled with satisfaction and started to say, "Thank yo-."

*BAM!*

However, even before he could have finished his sentence, suddenly a terrifying power broke out from his body, making Emma to take her hand away instantly.

Joe, Mila, Emma, and even Jay looked at Greg with widened eyes. 

"If I were her, I wouldn't let her do something so foolish ever again.", said Alice in Greg's head with a somewhat annoyed tone.

"W...what happened? Why did my power go out of control so suddenly?", asked Greg from Alice with surprise.

"Maybe you didn't notice this so far, but the stronger you become, the more dangerous it is to get other's help. Physical healing is kind of okay, but other types of healing powers will only make your powers to go crazy, especially if it's trying to heal my powers. Just like adding fuel to fire, you need to avoid nonphysical types of healings or supports. And if you don't listen to me, there could be a bigger incident this time than the last time."

"The last time?", asked Greg with confusion, but suddenly realized what was Alice talking about. She referred to the incident back at the tournament.

"Do you mean the seal can break again?", asked Greg in a serious tone.

"Yes.", answered Alice calmly.

Hearing this Greg stayed quiet for a moment and said, "Understood."

With that, Greg looked at his friend's shocked faces, and with a wry smile, he said, "Sorry, it seems I still didn't get used to my new powers. I think it should be best that you don't help me now."

"S-sure.", said Emma with a nod, still surprised about the happenings.

Jay on the side looked at Greg and with a bit of a stunned expression and said, "What a surprise. I wouldn't have thought that you are already in the Ascender rank."

"Huh?"

Turning his head to the side, Greg looked quite confused, but after thinking for a while he thought, "Ah, maybe because I'm already in the Soul Grade. When I was still in the first level of the Body Grade, people thought I'm on the Creator rank. When I was creating my Core Territories they felt like I was in the Calamity rank. So, now they feel like I'm in the Ascender rank."

As he thought about this, Greg smiled and answered, "Well, not fully. On a combat level, my powers are totally far away from that rank, but if we are only talking about presence and aura, it's quite feasible yes."

Jay hearing this smiled slightly and after a shrug, he said, "Well whatever. Let's open this entrance and go. My curiosity is about to kill me."

With a nod, Greg stepped closer to the boulder and put his palm onto its surface.

Closing his eyes, he activated his earth element and with that, he started to examine the interior of it through vibrations that his heartbeats did.

*Ba-Thump!*

*Ba-Thump!*

*Ba-Thump!*

Each time his heart beat, Greg could see the boulders interior clearer and clearer, making him to see what he should to open the entrance.

After examining it for a few minutes, Greg opened his eyes and said, "It's quite tricky to open, but I think I can do it. Please step back."

"Sure.", said Jay and stepped back a few meters.

Greg seeing this nodded and walked to the left side of the boulder.

After touching it around carefully, Greg finally found the point he was searching for.

"This will be it.", said Greg calmly and looked at his hand.

Clenching it into a fist he turned his gaze at the boulder's surface and said quietly, "Let's hope that it will work."

With that, Greg pulled his fist behind his back, and with clenched teeth, he smashed toward the stone.

*BOOM!*

*Crack!*

With a huge explosion, Greg's fist broke way deep into the boulder, while under his feet the ground cracked instantly.

Seeing Greg's terrifying raw physical strength, Jay looked surprised, but the next second he squinted his eyes and said quietly, "Without any usage of power or ability, he broke a gap into that strong boulder, which didn't budge even after Joe's attack. Interesting."

While Jay was talking quietly, Greg put his arm deeper and deeper into the hole and after searching for something for a while, suddenly his eyes brigtened and said, "Found it!"

Instantly as he said that, a cracking sound came from the gap, which was very similar to that of when someone threw a plate onto the ground, making it to break into several pieces immediately.

And what followed after the breaking sound was an extraordinary sight.

The huge boulder, which didn't even budge after Greg's terrifying explosion that erased a small portion of the mountain, suddenly started to form deep cracks on its surface one by one.

*Crack!*