Single Wish: Rise Of The Omniscient Paragon

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Paragon Martial Arts

One of the rewards Corey received after he successfully passed the trials was the Paragon Martial Arts.

The Universal System registered the Paragon Martial Arts as an unranked skill, but to Corey, the Paragon Martial Arts was an extremely powerful martial art, which was not surprising, considering the fact that it was a martial art that was meant for Paragons.

Just as Corey expected, the Paragon Martial Arts was not easy to master. In fact, it was one of the most, if not the most difficult skill to master among all the skills he had.

However, unlike what Corey expected, the Paragon Martial Arts was not a Martial Art that focused purely on a single weapon like a sword for example or a spear.

Unlike other martial arts Corey read either in novels or in the Inner and Outer Libraries of the Underworld, the Paragon Martial Arts was a martial art that consisted of several moves that combined the essence of several weapons together.

The Paragon Martial Art consisted of ten martial art techniques, and each of these techniques seemed simple on the surface, but they were not simple at all.

The foundation technique was called Celestial Flow.

Celestial Flow taught one how to seamlessly use various types of weapons or even their fists and bodies as weapons. It focuses on fluid transitions between strikes by using different weapons such as swords, spears, axes, hammers, or chains, without breaking the flow of movement.

Apart from the fact that Celestial Flow taught a Paragon how to use multiple weapons in battle without breaking the flow of movement, Celestial Flow also taught one how to use a weapon as another weapon.

For example, a Paragon could swing a hammer like a sword, and the hammer would cut the individual instead. A Paragon could also swing their spear just as one would swing a hammer, and the spear would crush the person instead.

According to Nina, very few Paragons are able to accomplish the second stage of Celestial Flow since it requires one to have the intents of the said weapons.

Corey was still in the first stage of Celestial Flow since the only weapon intent he had was the axe intent.

However, even if one had sword intent, saber intent, spear intent, axe intent, and the like, very few races and beings would not be able to perform the second stage of the Celestial Flow technique because of their physique.

Very few races had a similar physique to that of the Paragons.

The second technique of the Paragon Martial Art was called Void Spiral.

The third technique was called Shattered Heavens.

The fourth technique was called Phantom Mirage.

The fifth technique was called Eternal Divide.

The sixth technique was called Abyssal Chain Dance.

The seventh technique was called Cosmos Cleave.

The eighth technique was called Starbound Tempest.

The ninth technique was called Voidbreaker Assault.

And the tenth technique was called Paragon's Judgement.

Unlike other martial arts where the higher the level of the technique in a martial art, the more powerful it is, and the more difficult it is to perform, the Paragon Martial Art was not like other martial arts.

Apart from the ninth and tenth technique, each technique of the Paragon Martial Art was unique in the sense that one might not have mastered the third technique or the second technique, but would have mastered the fifth technique.

Due to his lack of intents and weapons, and most especially, the fact that Corey was still a demi-paragon and not a true Paragon, Corey's mastery in most of the techniques could be considered rudimentary at most… at least to him.

However, if there was technique he had a 'high' level of mastery in, it was the seventh technique- Cosmos Cleave.

The main reason why he had a 'high' level of mastery in Cosmos Cleave was because,

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Cosmos Cleave: A powerful downward strike that combines the might of heavy weapons like axes and the finesse of blades. The user channels their energy into the weapon, creating an arc that slices through space itself, cutting enemies and even disrupting nearby energy fields.

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Although Cosmos Cleave seemed simple on the surface, a Paragon needed a huge amount of energy that was extremely pure, the complete physique of a Paragon, and sufficient understanding of space.

In essence, one needed sufficient strength and sufficient comprehension in the matters of space.

One might think that from the definition alone, Corey had the requirements to use Cosmos Cleave, however, he was far, extremely far from completing the requirements to use Cosmos Cleave.

Not only did he not have the complete physique of a Paragon, his understanding of the space element was rudimentary and shallow, especially to true Paragons who had unlocked their Void Phoenix Heart.

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The technique was called Cosmos Cleaver for a reason.

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Despite the immense strain and pain that his body was going through as he manipulated the mana in his body so as to unleash Cosmos Cleaver, Corey had a feeling that it would not be enough.

No, he knew it was not a feeling.

He knew it was not going to be enough, so he unleashed everything he had.

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Dreamfire

Dream Healing

Elemental Breathing Technique

Axe Intent

Killing Intent

Poison Manipulation

Vibration Manipulation n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Soul Entropy

Painful Echo

Arcane Elemental Runeweaving

Rune of Decay

Rune of Empowerment

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Although using so many skills at once put immense strain on Corey's body and his mana veins, there was a reason the mana veins of a Paragon were called Celestial Mana Veins.

Another thing Corey noticed was that manipulating the elemental runes in the air was immensely difficult.

99% of the runes in the dimension was filled with the earth element, and because of this, manipulating the elemental runes in the dimension was extremely difficult.

However, the quantity of his mental energy was immense and although it was difficult, he was able to manipulate the runes.

He covered his axe with metal runes to make it sharper and sturdier, and then he covered his axe with fire runes to augment his dreamfire.

After doing all of this, Corey knew it was now do or die. This was everything he had, and if it did not work, well… he was not strong enough then.

One of the things Corey rarely did was shout or say the name of his skill out loud. However, this time around, he did not know why, but his entire being could not retain the name of the seventh technique of the Paragon Martial Art.

He had to proclaim it to the world, and… so he did.

He swung down.

"Paragon Martial Arts; Cosmos Cleaver."

Corey was a little surprised when he heard his voice reverberate throughout the dimension, and for an instant, he had hope and belief.

He had this strange belief that what he had just unleashed would be enough to kill the Capra King.

And so, with this seed of belief in his heart, his bloodied pure white eyes stared unblinkingly as the most massive arc of flaming energy blitzed through the dimension of the Capra King.

In the blink of a mortal tier 0 human's eye, the massive arc of flaming energy reached the Capra King, and as Corey watched with bated breath, the Capra King suddenly stretched out one of his right hands, and his voice resounded in Corey's mind.

"How disappointing."

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