2382  Core surgery

After the contracts are signed, Sam went back to the hub. He entered the secret reservoir room, to the one that he modified before.

When he modified and opened it, there are a total of nine glowing objects floating within the reservoir chamber. With his interaction, they floated out. The three sets are similar. All of them are glowing with black smoke surrounding them. They are black in color. Blacker than anything Sam has ever seen.

They are made of pure dark elemental energy.

Each set has three cores. One bigger than the other two. Sam carefully stored the cores in the cylindrical containers made specially for them and then stored them in his divine dimension.

He then went back to the lab where all three candidates were laid on the table unconscious. Sam laid down a formation carefully. Even was very meticulous with the process. He tried to ensure that there are no discrepancies or any possibility for error in the formation.

Once the formation is laid, he sat in the middle of it.

It is an energy gathering formation. The moment it was activated, even the elders were stunned. The suction power of the formation is unprecedented. At least for the size of the formation and the time it took to create the formation.

Sam sat in the middle of the formation. His body turned pitch black with the dark elemental energy fusion activated. At the same time, the containers he placed in the storage have been moved out.

The containers opened up automatically with nothing but his will, the cores flew out of the containers.

Each set moved towards one candidate. First, the bigger cores moved towards the hearts of the candidates. One of the smaller cores moved to the head and finally the second smaller core moved towards the location of their original and natural spiritual core.

The presence of the artificial cores itself made the spectating elders including Trike freeze stiff.

Everything Sam did since he came to the Duat region subverted their understanding. They couldnt wrap their heads around anything thing that he did.

But this one is above the rest.

It made them question the whole existence for a moment. They even had faint doubts, wondering if they are worshipping the wrong gods.

Even though they have never seen an artificial core or even a natural spiritual core for that matter as a separate entity that could exist outside of the body, they can understand what they are from the way the energy behaved around them.

Without a doubt they knew and believed that these are spiritual cores of pure dark elemental energy. Purest they have ever felt.

And they are in the hands of a Divine plane initiation student that they could squash like a bug if they just decided to ignore the nasty consequences that will haunt them for a long time.

Of course, that is when they did not consider the consequences of the contracts they signed.

Even with all those restrictions for a moment, they are tempted.

They are tempted to interrupt the process, grab those cores, capture Sam, pry open his soul and devour all of his memories, including the knowledge.

And that thought just intensified in their minds, constantly echoed in a twisted voice that is simulated by their greed and desire.

However, they came out of that state because of the sheer shock of Sam's actions.

The moment he moved the spiritual cores to the three most sensitive parts of the cultivators, they came out of the reverie. One of the elders immediately stood up, instinctively thinking that he should intervene.

Maybe only now did his greed filled mind halted to think about the purpose of the cores.

When they are taken out, they are unable to think past their desires to obtain the cores. Now a huge question hung in their minds.

'What the hell is he going to do with those cores?'

Everyone knows, irrespective of cultivation level, that messing with spiritual cores is a taboo. The most one can do is heal it when it is cracked or stressed.

That is all.

They should never ever mess with it, tweak it or experiment with it.

But what Sam is doing, implanting them… they barely heard of the legends of the past, a very distant one of course, that some crazy bastards that dared to go against the will of gods experimented with it.

They tried to steal the spiritual cores of the people born better than most.

However, there were no concrete records of such event's success. Even the legends that say that someone succeeded, never mentioned anything about the procedure.

Sam didn't care for any of their expressions and reactions. There is only the surgery in his mind. This one is a lot more unstable compared to the one he performed before on Stone.

In that surgery, he has many cores embedded into different parts of his body, they all created worked with the major core he installed and kept each other in balance.

However, right now, there are only three cores that are being implanted and one of them is being implanted in the same spot as the spiritual core.

At the same time, the artificial cores slowly penetrated the skin. They moved through the flesh and bone as they reached their pre-destined positions.

The bigger core went to the heart. It even penetrated through the heart and reached its centre. At the same time, the second core that is positioned at the spiritual core of the candidates, penetrated forcefully into the spiritual core.

The same happened to the third core. It penetrated and implanted itself into the brain.

Sam's frown deepened and at the same time, the candidates all started shaking. From far away, the elders kept a check on their life signs and vitality. They could sense the severe fluctuations.

"Sir Trike, they won't be able to hold on. Those cores… they have too much energy, direct introduction of that level of energy is not something any organ no matter how enhanced it is can endure.

The spiritual core will also collapse at any moment.

We will lose the three candidates."

Trike clenched his fists as he contemplated what to do. It is not like he didn't understand what the elder is saying, but he is hesitant to act. He had a feeling that he shouldn't.

At that moment, they noticed a huge increase in the energy intake by Sam. The surrounding energy is all moving to him. Even Trike had to focus more to just absorb a small amount of energy.

Sam's fusion form seemed to have changed. The surrounding energy that was all coming into the formation, hovered over him. A huge amount, like a massive sphere. It felt so ominous and superior in nature.

With a mere thought, Sam opened his eyes while all this energy injected itself into his body. It went through him toward the three candidates. It split into nine streams in total. Each stream attaching itself into the artificial core placed in their bodies.

He started injecting the energy. The amount is huge, but it is not really more than the energy inside the cores. However, he is using this energy as a control mechanism. This went on for three more hours.

The three cores merged into their respective positions as if they are an inherent part from the beginning.

The moment they are merged, there seemed to be a quantitative change in their bodies. All three candidates experienced a physical change. Their hair turned completely black. Blacker than the darkest of the nights.

Their skin tone changed.

All three of them had different skin tones by the virtue of their genes, however now all of them changed to a shade of black.

Their bodies looked like they are carved out of the dark clouds in the sky.

Every pore of their bodies opened up. Their bodies as if they are breathing through their pores. Instead of air, they are just breathing the dark elemental energy. The purest of it.

Finally, their eyes changed. Irrespective of their original color, all their eyes turned black. And with contrast to their white eyeballs, these black eyes stood out even more. They appeared crystalline. As if it is the purest of the black obsidian.

The elders could see it all as the three candidates opened their eyes.

Sam's fusion form is cancelled. He disconnected himself with the candidates and the formation is also deactivated.

Sam collapsed on the spot. The elders along with Trike ran over hurriedly. They checked the condition of the three candidates, while Trike came to check on Sam.

Sam's vitals are stable, his energy is exhausted. Both physical and mental.

Meanwhile, the elders are exclaiming in shock and awe as they noticed the changes in the three candidates.

Trike took a deep breath as he carried Sam over to the nearest bed. He let him rest there while he looked a the three candidates.

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