Formless Ascension: My Affinity Is Limitless

The burning manifestation surged and mellowed repeatedly until, slowly, the cycles began to lessen. Then finally, it stopped altogether.

Uhtred crouched in a literal pool of lava, floating on the only piece of scorched earth left, heat billowing around him with scalding intensity.

Yet that heat did not burn him. There were no longer any flames on his body, and he seemed unharmed despite his fully naked state.

The An Clan elders looked on with curiosity, debating whether to take the risk and try to claim Uhtred’s body in his weakened state before he made a move.

However, the Ancestor’s voice stopped them in their tracks.

”Don’t go near him...” the old man croaked. ”...if you do... you’ll die.”

He had barely sounded his warning when a frigid wave of frost spread outward in an instant.

All An Clan warriors and elders went on alert immediately, preparing their spells for an attack.

Uhtred stood up slowly, his eyes closed. Around him, a pulse of frost cycled, followed immediately by a pulse of heat. His brows were furrowed, his focus locked entirely on what was happening inside of him.

To the multiversal viewers watching, it was shocking that he had controlled the fire manifestation and brought it to a halt. Internally, however, Uhtred was not finished yet.

Instead of battling his fire sub-core alone, he brought in its direct opposite: he pulled his water and frost core into the mix.

The two opposing elements balanced each other, cycling within his main core, slowly at first, then gaining speed as he urged them faster.

He forced their orbits to become unstable, and the two cores naturally began to spiral out of his main core of their own accord.

In that moment, Uhtred reached an enlightenment.

Just like during his months of preparation back on Earth, he realized he had been restricting his own understanding of his class. He had always viewed his Formless nature as a simple ability to cast any element he wanted, but it was far beyond that limited understanding.

With a thought, he pulled in his earth sub-core and his air sub-core, drawing them into the spiraling mix.

On the outside, the An Clan watched, mesmerized and flabbergasted.

Uhtred’s body turned into a literal manifestation of air, then fluidly into a manifestation of water, then of flames, and then of earth, cycling through several at once.

He was playing with the elements fluidly, formlessly...

He let out a light sigh and opened his eyes softly.

”I understand it now...”

Suddenly, just as he was reveling in his enlightenment and the new manifestation of his power, a blood-red prompt materialized in his vision.

[Manual Scenario Override Protocol Activated]

[The Tower Master has intervened in your scenario]

[100% of your audience have voted to trigger an emergency intervention]

[Your scenario has been temporarily halted. You are currently being transported to a Tower Interview]