A few minutes after Alex recorded his message and Xex sent out the SOS, he got back up and looked at his surroundings that was devoid of any beast.
"Why did all the beasts run away? They look more vicious than what I've fought before." Alex asked with furrowed brows.
[That's because your aura is all over the place.]
A quick pop-up of a figure representing Alex showed him what the problem was.
The figure representing him was surrounded by a vertexing stream of energy that flared up from time to time. The data showed the aura reaching a radius of 200 metres.
"Can you explain what is happening to my body?" Alex could finally get some data of his newfound strength.
Xex performed a scan of Alex's body and quickly compared it to its stored data. He may not be connected to the network, but Xex already had a lot of information stored locally.
[Mana signature shows your strength reaching the bounds of Class A and your mini vortexes are passively absorbing the surrounding mana. You've basically become a self-charging battery.]
Xex's words were pretty much in line with what he thought.
"What about the mana vortexes?" Alex folded his arms with a small frown. "Have you heard of anything before?"
[I'm afraid not, Alex. This is new to me. And I'm guessing the bigger one in your chest is where your void energy is stored?]
"Yeah." He sighed and rubbed his brows. "What else has changed?"
[Well, you've grown taller and now stand at a height of 2 meters. Your muscles are also more robust than anything ever recorded at Class A.
[Your body has changed on a fundamental level and I'm not sure what those changes will bring. You'll have to find out yourself.]
Xex explained, not sure what to add. Biological changes were easier for him to detect as even Alex could now look within himself.
Ability-wise, the AI had no clue unless Alex revealed them to him.
"Well, we have nothing but time." Alex raised his head and looked around. "I'll be doing some tests to see where my limits are. Record the data and compare it with your data."
[Of course. You can start whenever you're ready.]
"Right. But before that, there are others I can just mention." He looked up at the sky. "My vision can reach all the way to space. I can even zoom in if I want."
[That's impressive. Data shows only hunters at Class A and above have that kind of vision. But…]
"But what…" Alex furrowed his brows.
[The distance from the ground to the ionosphere and beyond is 9,700 km. As a comparison, Earth is only about 350 km.]
"Really?" Alex smiled brightly, feeling excitement rising within him. His eyesight was good enough to see the other side of Earth many times over if it were flat.
Xex was able to calculate the distance it took Alex to reach the ground from space. The planet was huge! And based on that data, he could infer Alex's flight speed. But Xex had a feeling that was not his limit.
"Good. Let's test my speed on land and in the air," Alex grinned and got in a running pose.
He took off as the ground shattered under the weight of his speed. He ran past the changing terrains, magical beasts that appeared to be frozen in place and even ended up running across the oceans.
Then as quickly as he began, he returned to his starting point and came to an abrupt stop, his eyes wide in disbelief.
"Already?" Alex was in shock. He hadn't even gotten to his top speed.
[Your recorded speed is 26, 981. 32 km/s. That's approximately 9% the speed of light. But from your expression, I'm guessing you didn't reach your top speed.]
"Yeah…" Alex smiled wryly and shook his head.
He could continue running till he reached his top speed, but by then, the planet would have split in half from the drag.
"There's no point testing flight as I can tell I'm faster in the air…. Let me test my divine sense as well."
He closed his eyes and spread his divine sense out till it couldn't reach any further. Noticing the point it ended, he bolted in that direction and appeared there.
"This is where my divine sense reached. How far is it?"
The terrain was a mountainous one with Alex standing at the peak of a large mountain. The entire area was covered in snow with biting cold air that did nothing to him.
[The radius of your senses should be 52,900 km That is a 40,144 km difference from the Earth's diameter.]
"So I can basically put the entire Earth under my senses and see everything happening." Alex was no longer surprised.
At this point, he was broken—he was overpowered.
"Testing my physical strength may blow this planet away. Let's put that on hold." Alex sighed.
[Probably for the best. And congratulations, Alexander. You're officially a powerhouse.]
A small smile graced his features.
[You should also do something about your aura. It's still flaring wildly.]
He sat down and closed his eyes. Focusing on his mana vortexes, he drew the energy around him into himself.
His actions caused the vortexes to spin faster than before.
'I see… If I let go, the spinning is slower and if I keep everything in, it spins faster to hold the energy within…'
A couple of seconds later, he put his aura away. He couldn't sense a shred of his own energy around him anymore.
[I'm afraid it's more than better. You've basically become invisible.]
The same diagram showed Alex with not a spec of energy leaking from his body. He appeared normal, almost like a normal unawaken human.
"Good…" He grinned and then looked in a certain direction. "I feel like hunting."
It's been a while since he had some action and he was itching for some. Also, he planned on using it to learn more control. His moves were too explosive.
His figure flickered as he disappeared in a silent burst of speed. There was a new predator on the block and it wasn't a beast.
It was an unmatched monster.