[1st POV]
"Enhanced durability, enhanced speed, enhanced strength, all of which are outside of our clan's technique, which you've only practiced for a year. Innate ability to control cursed energy like second nature, unique properties in your cursed energy - which, by the way, is bananas, you can count the people in history who were born that special -, your ability to enter a different form where scales cover parts of your skin for durability, and finally, you can turn your nails into claws." my father said.
I was lying on my back. I learned to stay down after the eleventh time he threw my ass on the ground. I was breathing out loudly, pain and fatigue firing my nerves.
"Did I miss anything?" he said, and I shook my head.
Fighting my father was an interesting experience for sure. You would think that, since I was a child and his son at that, he would go easy on me and maybe take my words as a sparring challenge.
Nope. He fought me for real. The Kuragane clan was a warrior clan, so they took battles and challenges like this very seriously.
But I appreciated that honesty. The fight made me realize my full capability and also helped me explore the different abilities I gained from the template. Before the fight, I didn't know I could do so many things. The system didn't exactly elaborate on that; it was not like the gamer's system.
"Now you made me even more curious to know what your cursed technique is. But from the appearance alone, it should have some connection with the mythical dragon, correct?" he asked.
I nodded.
"Interesting," he said and rubbed his chin with a smile. "It's almost like I could see your future. Your name fits you perfectly. The Black Dragon,"
"Yeah. It's a weird coincidence," I admitted.
"It sounds more like fate to me," he said. "Okay, if that is all, I am going to leave. I need to get my wounds checked. It's crazy how you manage to fight on equal grounds with the clan leader even if just for a moment,"
I would've been able to fight him on equal ground for real had I known of my capabilities first and not just discovered them during the fight itself. That alone was an insane fact because my father was among the top 5 warriors in the whole clan.
Yu Zhong was a powerful figure. Even just 10 percent of his raw strength was enough to match a veteran Jujutsu Sorcerer. Even stronger if it was not just raw power and I actually knew how to fight properly.
"You wanna come with me?" my father asked.
"No. I'm fine. I just need a moment," I said.
"Suit yourself," he said. I could hear from his tone that he was extremely happy and proud in that moment.
"The big clans are in for a surprise. The new six eyes wilder has nothing on my son hahaha!!" my father said to himself like a typical villain while walking away.
I could hear him. That was one of the few things he missed. It was not just enhanced durabilyt, speed, or strength. The dragon side of me enhanced everything, including my five senses.
Long after my father left and I finally recovered my strength, I sat up and called out my system.
I looked through my status again, finding no change in it whatsoever except for the amount of battle points.
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[Status :-
Title: [Clan Heir], [The Prodigy], [Warborn], [Reincarnation of the Black Dragon], [The Last Son of Dragon], [Practitioner of Cursed Body Hardenning]
Age : 7 years
Affiliation : The Kurogane Clan
Hero Template : Yu Zhong (Fighter)
Integration Rate : 10%
Power Source : Dragon Qi, Dragon Soul
Affinity : Darkness, Destruction
Items : [Empty]
Emblems : [Empty]
Battle Spells : [Empty]
Summons : [Empty]
Battle Points : 377
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My father interrupted me in the morning, so I continued where I left off. I clicked on the text in the system for further explanation on things.
The thing I was most curious about was this.
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[Dragon Qi :-
Dragon Qi is the primordial energy of dragons, a superior force that sits above all other supernatural powers. Unlike ordinary energies that exist in isolated systems (mana, cursed energy, ki, divinity, chakra, spiritual power, etc.), Dragon Qi is universal, adaptable, and self-sustaining.
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Core Properties:
Omni-Compatible : Dragon Qi can absorb and convert any other form of energy into itself. Mana, cursed energy, chakra, divinity, ki, qi — all can be devoured and refined into Dragon Qi.
Universal Fuel : Any spell, technique, or ritual designed for another energy source can be powered by Dragon Qi.
Self-Sustaining : As long as other energies exist in the world, Dragon Qi never runs dry. But due to its superior form, the quantity is limited. For 1000 mana, when converted, may be 10 Dragon Qi.
Absolute Energy : Dragon Qi by itself, when not used as a substitute for any other energy, becomes an absolute force of its nature. For the host, that is Darkness and Destruction. The cost is high when used in its raw state but in return, only will and intent is enough to perform miracles, or in the host's case, destuction in the truest sense of the word.
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Silence.
I had nothing but silence as I read through the description of what Dragon Qi really was.
"This is bullshit," I said. It was unlike anything I had ever expected. I knew game characters were always busted in general, and Yu Zhong was a powerful hero, but not to this extent.
This was something else entirely. This was limitless potential in it of itself. To make matters worse, Yu Zhong was classified as an S-rank hero. Then what about those SSS- rank heroes I saw in the system shop?
I didn't even want to imagine.
"Isn't this too much for the JJK universe?" I asked out loud. It was a genuine question I have in my mind.
Was the JJK universe a high tier world? Maybe the canon only showed the human side and there were secret forces in the universe. Perhaps like aliens, similar to the Otsutsuki for Naruto.
My thoughts lingered on that fact before I shrugged. It means I was OP as hell, good for me. Why was I concerned and worried because I was too strong?
That was everyone else's problem except mine.
"I wonder..." I thought to myself before I focused on the energy inside of me. I had learned to control and feel cursed energy a year ago, so I was not completely clueless in the regard of controlling supernatural power.
I think I also used it instinctively during the fight.
I closed my eyes and focused hard. But in no time, my eyes widened and I gasped aloud.
No. No fricken way I just did that.
I brought my hands up and watched in awe as the small cuts on my hands began to heal. It was not fast or instant but you could see them heal in real time. A few seconds later, all wounds vanished.
I touched other parts of my body and felt completely fine. There was no lingering pain or fatigue to be found. My father did not leave any grave wounds on me but I still had bruises that hurt when tocuhed. But all those were gone.
My body was literally renwed, like I just woke up from a long nap.
"Reverse Cursed Technique," I said, my eyes still showed disbelief at what I did.
Reverse Crused Technique was supposed to be the pinaccle of Jujutsu, much like the Domain Exansion. The number of people who could perfrom this technique could be counted by hand, that was how rare it was.
But here I was, getting it in my first try. All becaue of the hack energy called Dragon Qi that could also work as postive energy much like it could negative energy, mana, chakra and everything in between.
I facepalmed and released a huge sigh. Is this what Gojo feels? Having all those hacks and being born as a literal genius?
You would think that Dragon Qi, as it was said to be a superior form of energy, would be harder to control than something simple like cursed energy. But it was quite the oppsoite, the energy insdie of me was literally dying to obey me.
It was like a slave too eager to follow her master's order.
"Okay, so my powers are as broken as I thought," I said.
I stood up from the ground, the action was effortless even though i could barely breathe a few mintues ago.
I brought up one hand and focused on it once more. This time, i did not try to let the Dragon Qi become postive energy. I merely comandede every drop of energy in me to gather on my right hand.
A few seconds later, my hand began to release a purple glow, it was the colour of power. The energy thinly wrapped around my hand like a piece of glove. I rubbed my fingers together and fealt the texture.
It looked and felt like liquid fire. The best thing i could comapre it to was how water would stick to an astranaut's hand in zero gravity. It was like water but it was not wet, it looked like fire but it was not hot.
This was Dragon Qi in its rawest state.
One thing I noticed though was how slow the energy gathered in my hand, Again, it was like flowing water in this regard. That could be one of its weakness, the speed. But rather than disspointed, I was almost pleased at the newfound weakness.
I looked around at the training ground but it was a clear area with no target to experiment on. I walked out of the arena and head towards the tree which grew right outiide the ground.
I pressed my glowing palm against the bark of the tree and with a flash of intent and will, i pushed.
*BOOOOM!!!*
I folded the giant tree like a toothpick. The strength I used on that push was only equivalent to pushing open a door. But the result of that was catostrophic. It was like a tank ran over the tree the way it broke and bend the other way.
"I see," I said thoughtfully while looking at my hand again. I felt the clear drain on my Dragon Qi with that small action alone.
What was destruction really? Is cutting something to peices destroying? Or is crushing something more correct? Perhaps true destruction was pulverizing something at the atomic level.
The answer was, all of them. I embodied destruction, it was only a matter of how I wanted to destroy it. Like the discription said, it was will and intention.
I walked to the fallen trunk of the tree and pressed my palm againinst it once more. This time, i pushed down lightly.
*BOOOM!!*
Anohter explsion and a secion of the trunk was reduced into tiny cubes before being curshing compltely, just like how I intend to destroy it. The destruction was inspired by Gildarts magic from Fairy Tail.
I stood back up and looked at my hand once more. I felt the drain again, but this time it was possible to see it. The purple energy had grown thinner than before. I wasted nearly half of my reserves with those two simple experiments.
My reserves were pathetically small. Or was it because I was not yet proficent in using Dragon's Qi? Maybe having a stronger will and clearer intention would reduce the cost of energy.
But in the end, it seemed more plausible that the intergation rate was not completely 10 percent of everything. For example, if you have Albert Einstien template at 10 percent rate, you still could not know the aplhabet. Because the ten percent you asborbed may be useless or much more unknown thing about Einstien.
Maybe the interagtion was high because I had Yu Zhongs body and his Dragon Soul, but his true energy reserves would come later on.
All of them could also be a factor on why it was costing too much to destroy something so simple.
I went to the weapon rack to test my other theories. I picked up a war hammer from the rack, it was made of solid iron and even with my enhanced strnegth, it was quite heavy,
I turned the handle to the ground and grasped the hammer head with my hand. I closed my eyes and did the same thing I did to the trees.
But this time, I controlled my output. Instead of just trying to destroy the hammer at any cost, I put a limit to how much I would used my energy. It was the same amout I used for the trees.
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Nothing.
So the tougher the object, the more energy it would take. Of course I expected this but it was good to have proof.
I took a deep breath and tried again. This time, i still put the same limit on my output but I gave more heart into destroying the iron hammer. I was putting more willpower and intention into destroying it.
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And still nothing.
i tried for a full minute, at whcih point I grew agitated and angry. I opened my eyes and glared at the hammer.
"You will fucking break," I said.
And..
*CRACK!!*
My fingers tore into solid iron like it was cooton candy. I crushed the iron between my fingers and sprinkled the pieces on the ground.
I threw away the broken hammer and huffed.
I smiled. so I was correct once again. More willpower and true intention made the Dragon Qi more effecient.
But the question remained, how do I increase my willpower?
Well, I think One Piece might have a sound advice on that. Battles, tough battles sharpen the will. It seemed I will have more reason to seek out battle than just to earn Battle Points.
In that instant, I looked to my side. My ears pciked up the sound of multiple footsteps. It was the sound of the other disciples who had come to train. i usually have the whole ground to myself when I trained with my fahter but now that we were done, the others also wanted to use it.
An evil grin spread my lips.
I mean, with my situaion, who could blame me if I became an absolute battle maniac?
"Hey!!" I called out when they appear from the steps.
"Let's fight!!!"
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