Ankit reached his hut and began to practice earth control first.
He followed the same steps he did when making the water controlling technique.
First, he would master control over earth by using his power to destroy stones and make sculptures like small houses, animals, golems, etc., with it until he could make real-life sculptures with fine details.
With this, he could get familiar with earth's nature and control earth easily like he did with water.
Ankit also thought the next thing in his cultivation path was using condensed essence flow to deeply clean his body.
And create substage 4.
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While Ankit was practicing, the nearby people that Ankit had sensed when he was coming from the depths of the mountain range had reached the place of destruction.
They saw the scorched land, a trench in a circular shape several meters deep, debris scattered.
People thought a meteor had fallen from space and caused this destruction, but when they saw the trench in a circular shape, they didn't know what could have caused this trench.
People quickly began to speculate that this was very likely a spaceship takeoff. Some even speculated this was a footprint of a demon. Some rational people began to guess that this was special technology being developed in India.
Amidst all their guesses, some called the police, and after telling details, the police department quickly informed their superiors.
Police departments, military, scientists, and reporters quickly reached the place.
Scientists began to study and take samples. Military and police quickly sealed off the location.
Reporters wanted to record but police stopped them.
This abnormal event couldn't be opened to the public until research had been conducted.
Scientists, after analyzing details, began to discuss what could cause this scorched trench in a circular shape.
their research had showed that something had moved so fast, breaking the sound barrier and making a windstorm.
But Scientists and experts couldn't come up with a plausible explanation.
Because all the signs pointed to this not being a natural disaster, and Earth's technology was not that advanced to cause this precise level of destruction.
So this case remained a mystery. And the government appointed the police department to seal this area.
The government thought they had sealed all the information and the public couldn't find it. But the news couldn't be contained because an individual from the first group that had arrived here after Ankit had leaked this information to his friends and family.
That individual had also made a video showing the destruction site.
But because he had already shared the message and video before the police and military even arrived, the government couldn't seal this info.
And it caused it to go viral on social media.
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Ankit was practicing when his parents called.
Kamal said suspiciously, "Ankit, did you cause big trouble?"
Neelam also said, "Ankit, are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Sanya said, "Brother, your power is formidable."
Ankit got confused. What were his family saying? Why would he be hurt? What trouble did he cause?
As for Sanya's question, he knew and had just confirmed that his power was formidable.
"Tell me slowly, line by line," Ankit said, sighing that his family could easily get excited and panicked. What would happen to them in the future?
"You went into the mountain range depths and caused destruction, am I right?" Kamal said.
"When did I go? And what destruction? I was cultivating, so I didn't hear or see anything," Ankit calmly said, feigning ignorance. But in his mind, he was sweating.
Why didn't the police stop this information from leaking? Were they not afraid to cause public panic?
Were they so irresponsible? Huh...
At that time, Sanya said with full confidence, "Brother, you are so amazing. How did you create that big red circle on the ground?"
Ankit said, "I have never gone anywhere other than this hut. Can you tell me what happened in detail?"
Kamal saw that Ankit wanted to completely deny that he had caused that destruction. So he didn't push it anymore and said, "Okay, if you don't want to talk, then don't. But you can't go there in the future, okay?"
Ankit said, "Yes, I will not go there again."
Kamal then said calmly, "I know you are strong—evident from this destruction—but you have to take care of yourself. The path you are walking is unknown. You have to stay alert and safe always."
After hearing that, Ankit got emotional and said in a slow voice, "I will remember it."
"Good. Now listen to your mom lecture. I will eat snacks until then, hahahah." Laughing, Ankit's father quickly went to fetch his snacks.
Then Ankit listened to his mother nagging and his sister complimenting.
Lastly, they bid farewell, and Ankit murmured, "I really shouldn't test my strength on Earth...
If I can't test my strength here, then can I test it in space or ocean? It's possible, but my current cultivation can't help me achieve that... ha haaa, that's so boring. I can't even know my full strength."