Ability Wielders - Chapter 152 Level 3 Powers

Hayden calculated everything. He checked and knew that his essence energy enhancement was now at four times. If he triggered everything, his strength would reach 176,000 kilograms, his speed at 35,200, and his toughness at 704,000 psi. His defenses were the most absurd. His enemies would have to drop an approximate 1,200 kilograms of TNT to kill Hayden.

To make it worse, Hayden’s regeneration speed was insane. With Empyrean Power, his new regenerative capabilities, and essence energy, he can heal literally any injury within the span of a nanosecond. Even those that should kill him. He would be a nightmare to fight.

“Hey, um, girls.” Hayden stared at the two, deactivating his Indestructible Devil. “Can you voice out the maximum weight you can curl, or at least an estimation?���

“Last time I checked, I can lift up to 350,000 kilograms, maybe?” Eun-ha pondered. “I’m quite weak in terms of strength. Speed is my weapon as my claws are extremely sharp. Why do you ask?”

“I can lift up 176,000 kilograms at my peak.” Hayden’s declaration surprised the two to an extreme. “I can run at a maximum of 35,200 kilometers per hour, and withstand 1,200 kilograms of TNT. You know what else?”

Hayden reactivated his Indestructible Devil, brandished his claws, and hacked his own arm off. An incredible phenomenon occurred. While the claw was in the middle of slicing the arm, Hayden’s arm was already regenerating. The moment the claw was finished going downwards, the injury has already healed.

“That’s how powerful my regeneration is.” Hayden smacked is lips.

Everyone in the room, including Dusk and Dawn, couldn’t believe their eyes. This was an unprecedented power in the world of wielders. A combination of physical durability and high healing factor is something that will be hard to deal with. Additionally, Hayden’s overall strength was astronomical. And he can fly.

“Wait, let me check up on things.” Hayden made his Origin Crystal surface and asked all the questions he had.

This was what he got:

First, as a Level 3, there is a new limitation imposed on them. It was that they have a new storage within them. This storage is for purified essence energy, essence energy that was much more condensed than essence energy outside. This purified essence energy is in liquid form and functioned identical to fuel.

Purified essence energy is restored over time whenever a wielder is absorbing and circulating ambient essence energy. Once drained, a Level 3 wielder would need an entire 12 hours before his storage can be filled.

Second, as a Level 3 wielder, Hayden can now use essence energy to attack, conjuring rays of essence energy and all that. When using purified essence energy, the attacks are much stronger, an advantage that Level 3 wielders possessed.

To top it off, Hayden can sense the ambient essence energy within 100 meters. How it worked was already explained.

There was also an array of other small, but useful, common Level 3 powers, such as him needing four hours of sleep every 60 hours instead of 24 hours, converting essence energy from Origin Crystals into purified essence energy, and living for 250 years without physically aging.

Moving on to his Abilities, first is his Divine Perception. The Level 3 power of his Divine Perception is called Celestial Awareness. It has two main powers, Divine Markers and Illusion Disruptor.

Illusion Disruptor, as its name suggests, is a power that can see through, and shatter, illusions. The stronger the illusion, the more the purified essence energy Illusion Disruptor uses. Breaking illusions take a much higher amount of purified essence energy to use. It was a power that Hayden will find useful in the future.

As for Divine Markers, it allowed Hayden to place Divine Markers. There are three types of Divine Markers: True Divine Markers, Essence Divine Markers, and Locational Divine Markers.

True Divine Markers are the mightiest amongst the three Divine Markers. Not only is it hard to detect even by Level 4 wielders, it is hard to wipe off by Ability cancelling Abilities. Of course, that isn’t the main power of True Divine Markers. Its main power is its sensory scrying and pinpointing the location of the person wherever they are in the world, or even outside of Earth.

It has three limitations though. For one, to plant the Divine Marker, Hayden needs a full minute of direct skin contact with the target. Direct skin contact, the actual skin, not above clothes. Two, there is a limit of 10 True Divine Markers. And three, whenever Hayden’s planting Divine Markers, he consumes 25% of his purified essence energy storage, which is worthwhile as the True Divine Marker is permanent until somebody, or Hayden, removes it.

Essence Divine Markers on the other hand are really easy to detect with essence energy sensing and doesn’t allow sensory crying, limited to pinpointing the location. It has its downsides, but Essence Divine Markers are better than True Divine Markers in a way.

Unlike True Divine Markers, Essence Divine Markers can be imprinted instantly and uses a mere 2.5% of his purified essence energy storage. It can be used without direct contact, with a range limit of 100 meters. And there is no threshold to how many Essence Divine Markers Hayden plants at a time.

This comes with cons, which is, as mentioned, easy to remove (The target can remove the marker by focusing essence energy in their mind), and would automatically dissipate within a week unless refreshed. It also doesn’t allow sensory scrying and has a maximum range of 10,000 kilometers. If the target goes out of this 10,000 kilometer-range of the Essence Divine Marker, it will immediately be erased.

Locational Divine Markers is a Divine Marker that can be placed anywhere, except for a living organism. Wherever the Locational Divine Marker is planted, it allows Hayden to freely roam within a radius of 100 meters from the marker using his ‘sensory body’ that comes with his Heavenly Sense. This can be triggered no matter how far he is from the Locational Divine Marker and uses 0.1% purified essence energy per 10 seconds of walking around.

Additionally, Locational Divine Markers has a built-in Heavenly Sense, feeding Hayden information from the Locational Divine Marker passively and without guzzling purified essence energy.

The base powers of Divine Perception have undergone through an evolution too. He can now change what of the EM spectrum he can perceive and even manipulate how broad he can see. He can choose to hear far outside of the regular human sound frequency. As for his three other senses’ reinforcing, it was refined further.

His Heavenly Sense’s lifeform sensing was extended to 250 meters, the outer aura of a person can be picked up without using his eyes, and his consciousness separation doesn’t need his consciousness to be genuinely separated to use. It’s like controlling your own body outside of your ‘own’ body, if that makes sense.

Next, his Indestructible Devil had the greatest evolution of them all. Its base powers became better, with his physical augment increased to eight times from seven times. His tail shifted to that of a dragon’s, with a retractable barbed spike at the tip, and can elongate up to two meters for some reason. His claws and fangs were much sharper. His feet’s toenails can shift to claws. While his horns’ length can be freely changed. Finding no use for his horns, Hayden set its default to short devil horns.

Succeeding his evolution, Hayden’s wing-count multiplied by two, effectively doubling his wing speed and maneuverability in the air. Interestingly enough, he can apparently change his flight mode to imitate that of a dragonfly’s, effectively giving him infinite freedom in the air when flying.

What’s special about Indestructible Devil is that it evolved to acquire two powers instead of one. The two powers are Devil Force and Endless Regeneration. Devil Force stems from the Phantom Devil gene, while Endless Regeneration stems from the Indestructible Titan gene.

Devil Force covers Hayden in a thin layer of black aura that amplifies his physique to ten in contrast to the regular eight. Plus, Hayden can create flames from hell, or infernal flames. A type of destructive flame that torments any living organism it touches and can inhibit the regenerative powers of anything it injures. The regenerative prevention is a side-effect of the Indestructible Titan gene.

This infernal flames carries a temperature of 2,800 degrees Celsius; although Hayden can remove the temperature to torment people without inflicting physical harm and without killing them. These flames devour everything it touches, nothing else is provided other than that.

This Devil Force has one extreme passive side-effect. His ‘soul’ now has the properties of a devil’s soul, and as such, immune to most sinister soul-related Abilities. What are soul-related Abilities? Hayden has no idea whatsoever.

Finally, Devil Force is a fluid aura and can be amassed in one body part. That means that Hayden can focus this Devil Force in, say, his arms. If he punches, then he can dish out a punch that has its force multiplied by 30. That is without the usage of essence energy enhancement.

Endless Regeneration confers Hayden instantaneous regeneration that can top all superheroes that has healing factors. It makes him immortal. Literally. This is thanks to its passive that will activate whenever Hayden is killed without him using Endless Regeneration.

Whenever he is struck by an attack that is enough to kill him in any way, Endless Regeneration will come to his aid no matter what. This triggers even when his purified essence energy storage runs out of purified essence energy, resurrecting him when the Origin Crystal accumulates enough purified essence energy to regenerate him. He can even subconsciously set the time of his revival. This passive is the side-effect of the Indestructible Titan gene melding with the Phantom Devil gene.

“Interesting…” Hayden talked to himself. “I can’t die, huh? Not only do I have three lives, I am essentially unkillable.”

“Our protection is unnecessary now, huh?” Sayuri was happy for Hayden, standing up and leaning in to kiss him. “What are your plans on moving forward?”

“Wait.” Eun-ha narrowed her eyes. “You have your Ability activated, right? Why can’t I sense any essence energy in your body?”

“Oh, yes, it’s already fully awakened.” Hayden said. “Regularity is an Innate Gift that allows me to hide my Level and status as a wielder without me needing to have my Origin Limiter activated.”

“That is cheating.” Sayuri cutely pouted at Hayden. Hayden looked at the two and smiled emotionally. “Why are you smiling like that?”

“Remembering everything from that mental tribulation…” Hayden’s voice broke as if he was going to tear up. “That was a hard 10 years.”

“You’ve mentioned that yeah… Wait, you were there for 10 years?” Eun-ha and Sayuri exclaimed. “Your Abilities must be that strong, huh?”

“It was miserable.” Hayden shivered at the thought of spending 10 years without an Ability. “It’s a miracle that I regained the knowledge of everything I acquired in this world once I woke up. I had absolutely nothing there.”

“I can’t begin to imagine what kind of agonizing pain it will be if we are returned to regular humans.” Sayuri sympathized with Hayden. She had goosebumps when she envisioned such a situation. “My life would be vastly different from this one.”

“One week, huh?” Eun-ha seemed angry. “You’re the one who said I love you first to her, huh? Intriguing.”

Hayden and Sayuri chuckled at Eun-ha. Subsequently, Eun-ha smiled at Hayden and shook her head. “I love you.”

“Love you too, Gonjunim.” Hayden patted Eun-ha’s head. Before he can pull back his arm, Eun-ha pulled it and Hayden was forced down to the two. He was now lying on top of the two. “What in the wor-”

Hayden couldn’t conclude his sentence when Eun-ha and Sayuri kissed Hayden’s neck. Sayuri whispered seductively, “Eun-ha and I have experimented once a few years back. If you know what I mean?”

“What is happening?” Hayden’s tone contained a hint of fear and excitement. “Don’t tell me… I thought we agreed on…?”

“It’s 2058, baby.” Sayuri sat on top of Hayden. “I love you, okay? I don’t see how that will be changing anytime soon, nor ever for that matter.”

“Okay, fine.” Hayden embraced Sayuri and made out with her.

“I’ll give you two a moment.” Eun-ha stood up. “It’s Sayuri noona’s first time. It should be personal. Call me once you’ve done it once.”

Hayden stood up and pecked Eun-ha on the lips to bid her goodbye. “I love you, Gonjunim. Seriously though, the two of you are so wei-”

Sayuri dragged Hayden to the bed before he can finish his words. Eun-ha didn’t even get to exit the hotel room when Sayuri’s loud moans of euphoria reverberated in the room. Eun-ha grinned at the door. “He’s doing that thing, huh? Got me the first time as well.”

We all know what happened for the next three hours of the morning.

When all that was done, Eun-ha and Sayuri let Hayden plant a True Divine Marker on them. This granted Hayden their location every moment and can scry their senses.

…..

A few hours ago preceding the playing around of Hayden and his girlfriends. Forish were dispatched all over the island. From the forest borders of the Inner Area and the Presidential Complex, to the farthest edges of the island, there were Overseers hidden in plain sight.

Each Overseer was, at most, 100 meters apart. And each individual was at least a Level 4 wielder. There were even a few Level 6 wielders that roved all over the entire island with three of the Rixeus members.

The first match of that day was between the Somalians and Greenlanders. Amongst the crowd was Hayden, Daniel, his group of friends, and CHORUS. Hayden was, of course, with Eun-ha and Sayuri. To the right of Eun-ha, sitting in the aisle seat, was Shu-Ching. To the left of Sayuri was Mieko, then Chung-hee. Daniel and the others are behind him. Oddly, with Akwasi, Kokou, and Adwozi.

Them, plus another woman. A beautiful Filipino woman the age of Eun-ha that had her arms wrapped around Akwasi. Needless to say, Hayden ignored them. He couldn’t really care less for the two.

However… Hayden did sense danger from her. His Danger Sense was ringing in his head. It didn’t calm down at all. An impending sense of doom was overlooking his shoulder, and he was uncomfortable.

There was a Level 6 Rixeus near him and Daniel, so he wasn’t really all that worried. Regardless, as a paranoiac, Hayden was observing the woman from the corner of his eyes. Hayden noticed that the woman was awfully trying hard to seduce Akwasi. It was… Unsettling. Well, for him, as he had the Danger Sense.

As a result, in the middle of the phone, Hayden whipped out his phone and texted Daniel. He coordinated with him to look at the woman and use his Diplomat on him. There it was. Daniel’s text confirmed Hayden’s suspicion.

The woman’s intent on gracing Akwasi her presence was: She was there to kill Akwasi. Femme fatale, right? It was pitiful for Akwasi. Yet, Hayden was relieved that the woman wasn’t here to kill him. As mentioned, he didn’t care for Akwasi at all. Not one bit.

Meanwhile…

‘Goddammit…’ The Filipino woman thought. ‘Why are there Overseers all over the World Government Island? Just as I was sent out… Tsk.’

“The mission has been rescinded, Night Prowler.” A disembodied woman’s voice echoed in Night Prowler’s mind. “Get out of there as fast as possible. Our presence has been compromised.”

“No, madam Disembodied.” Night Prowler shouted internally. “I can kill these three. It’s a cinch for me.”

“It may be a cinch for you to kill them.” The woman’s voice was irate. “But it won’t be in the presence of a Level 6 wielder. You will have a chance to kill him. Or maybe even kill that Hayden. Do not do this. It’s not worth it.”

Night Prowler did her best to hide her feelings. Unfortunately for her, Daniel got this with his Diplomat and informed Hayden. Hayden reached a hypothesis just with this. ‘There’s someone else here. They’re coordinating. The question is… Where…?’

Hayden threw this at the back of his mind as that person was definitely of a higher Level than him. There will be no use finding someone of that strength if that person doesn’t want to be found. He jubilantly spent his time with Eun-ha and Sayuri.

In time, it was the final match of the basketball Annual Youth Pride. It was the Philippine team against the American team. These two teams were estimated to have equal power. The four strong players of the American team, vs the ultimate duo of the Philippine team.

“And here we are.” Commentator Hayden was full of energy. “The basketball Filipino team has never come this far for the past decade. Hayden has brought us glory and honor. Not just that. His videos are getting more popular. He is on his way to becoming a global living legend.”

“Rumors say that the board members of the NCR Hounds are considering on hiring Hayden in the professional league whether he wins or lose.” David chimed in. “If he does get recruited, he will be the youngest basketball player professional in the history of GBA. It will be unprecedented.”

“Not just that, David.” Commentator Hayden shook his head. “It has been confirmed that Hayden is being awarded the Outstanding Youth Acknowledgement Award this summer. His contributions to the Philippine economy has been evaluated to be extremely high with his broad international fanbase.”

The Outstanding Youth Acknowledgement Award is an honor that all countries can reward for its most outstanding youth to distinguish them amongst their peers. It was awarded only to those that greatly contribute to the country in some way or another.

Hayden’s contribution was that he significantly raised the rate of tourism in the Philippines alongside many others. Of course, despite youth being in the name, it is solely the adjective for those that were 20 years and below. Society views every 16-year-old an adult, but they are still youths.

“We’re not done.” David said. “Hayden has been nominated for the Outstanding Youth Excellence Award and the Rising Star Award.”

The Outstanding Youth Excellence Award is the highest award that a person below 20 years old can ever get. As for the Rising Star Award, its name was pretty self-explanatory.

“That is very impressive.” Commentator Hayden remarked. “What will Hayden bring the Philippines in the future? We are looking forward to that. For this instance, that’s enough of the Hayden’s achievements talk, the match is going to start.”

…

On the court, the starting five of the Philippine team and the starting five of the American team shook hands.

Hayden and Magnus shook hands. “Good luck, Hayden.”