I stand in the field and feel cool air brush against my skin. I bring my right hand up to my face seeing the unwarded skin which feels strange. I teleport to my room and see a plan brown book on my bed. I pick it up and feel knowledge flow into me. I learn the Sithe tongue and others. I learn about their civilization, cultures, cultivation techniques, weapons, armour, technology, skills, arts, drawings, knowledge of the Dao, detailed diagrams and annotations of artifacts of old and information about old ruins which have many lustrous rewards. It felt like needles piercing through every inch of my skin and a sledgehammer smashing at my mind, but I do not scream and endure the pain with gritted teeth. After the absorption the book fades into untraceable dust and I take of the Imperial armour before clawing into my bed and sleeping. I feel a strange sensation coursing through my body as I lie in bed but thankfully my sleep is dreamless. I stand up wearing a vest and shorts and start shifting my bones with my right hand moving from skull to shoulders, upper arm, forearm, wrist and fingers, chest, legs and my other arm. I do this to limit my power output by around 60% so my overall power will be higher. I send Aradon a mental message "Tell me 1 hour before the tournament starts" He says sure and I go back to the miniature tower. I stay on the sixth floor and start to meditate. 'So my ancestor skipped all those stages and went directly to the eternal stage. His power would have risen by an astronomical amount had he kept training..". My eyes are closed - my only focus being on techniques and how to improve my Daos. After 2 days I stand up and put on some body weights, after the weights are secure I start training; I do push ups, pull ups, crunches, oblique crunches, squats and lunges repeatedly then move onto full body punches and kicks. The full body attacks would be more powerful than normal attacks because they use the whole body to perform the attacks making them far stronger. I see Terrordragon, Gebu, Elle, the slim fast man and the tall muscular man and Chin watching me intently as I sweat and breathe heavily. I look at the slim and strong man and ask"What are your names?" The slim one replies "My name is lightning master". The big one says thunder. I nod at that, 'Good pair, both speed and strength. Lightning can distract and intercept while Thunder lands the killing blow'. I turn to Terrordragon and say "I think I'll call you blacky from now on..Terrordragon is long" He nods slightly while the others attempt to stifle their laughter. I tell them "I'm going to be participating in a tournament later today. I'll just have blacky and Gebu accompany me so you can all be rest assured of my safety". All of them except Chin Feng nod twice. He comes forwards facing me and speaks out "Master, I want to accompany you as an extra guard". I shake my head saying "I consider you all as trump cards in the nearest future, two of you guys should be more than enough for my protection. Besides that..." Arrogance flares in my eyes "How deadly can these mere humans even be?" Chin nods once then steps back. I tell him "Dont worry, if I'm in danger I'll call you first". Aradon sends me a mental message 'A bit over an 1 hour left'. 'Thank you'. I smile at them all and blacky curls around my left forearm while Gebu forms a shoulder guard on my left shoulder. I change into the Imperial armour and Chinese style flats before teleporting outside. I see multiple buildings as I turn my body 45 degrees to the right and start flying towards the place of the tournament. I see that the sky is a shade of dark blue. Most like multiple hours passed while I trained. I change the visibility of the weights so that not even I will remember I placed them there unless I need to unleash more power than normal. I pass multiple cities and towns seeing people moving about their business trading, talking, eating, walking without concern. After I spend an hour and a few minutes flying I find a desolate city. I reach out with my aura but feel no human presence anywhere near me..the only presence is those of the competitors a few miles from me. I shoot forward like a bullet crossing the distance in a few moments and I jump through a window in the large building before landing smoothly on the ground. I stand seeing multiple pillars hold the room upright. The combatants number at least 50 and a woman on my right walks toward me with hands raised in an action of peace. When she is 10 feet away from me she asks "I'm the Warrior of the Rabbit. Can I join you?" I glance at her nodding once. She stands beside me and I hear a deep booming voice coming from the opposite end of the room. The man is 6 feet 4 inches tall with a muscular figure wearing normal clothes. He carries himself with an aura of arrogance as he shouts "Warrior of the Ox. I am the Warrior of the Dragon and I wish to form a party with you". The Ox is a slim man with a slightly handsome face, He carries a rapier at his side, the handle is golden as is the embroidery on his black jacket. Ox declines quickly and with the veins showing on Dragon's skin I wonder how he can keep himself from exploding with fury. I slowly walk towards Dragon who has calmed down and see that at least 30 people or so are behind him. Seeing me approach he lifts his head with arrogance and says "What is your business here kid?". I say "Warrior of the Snake". He snorts loudly then doubles over with laughter saying "A mere serpent dares to challenge the mighty King of all creatures!". His body starts to shine with a bright golden aura as his face turns serious "Hmph, know your place!!. Dragons cant cohabit with serpents fool!". Seeing as I still dont back down Dragon's aura flares once more as he throws out a punch towards me. 'Peak Gold stage..Let's see just how strong you are shall we?" I meet his fist with a common punch of my own and the large man is blown back. I sneer as I see his figure rapidly move away and I contemplate killing him but quickly decide against it. I see another notification: [Your aim as a participant in this tournament is to kill! Leave no enemy alive and kill them all! Be the last one standing and the victor will claim their prize!]. A grin forms on my face as I extend my arms wide and my voice booms the length of the hall "Unfortunately for all you scum - I will kill you all!" Then I start slashing with my hands, slash, punch, kick, multiple enemies fall in my wake as I start a path of slaughter. Suddenly I hear a high note of warning in my head. With no hesitation I grab Rabbit and jump out the building landing a couple dozen metres away lightly on the ground. She opens her mouth to speak but abruptly shuts it as the large building explodes, its shards flying erratically. I drop her lightly on the ground and tell her "Dont die" before running to her left without a look back. A few minutes later I see a tiger striped male standing and a cheetah striped female in a crouch. I ignore the man and focus on the woman saying "Dont dawdle pea brains if you wanna fight lets go". Immediately tiger charges me with his fist raided and cheetah disappears. I raise mt left forearm and tiger's fist hits me with some recoil. I take two steps back as I see cheetah's nails 4cm in front of my eyes, I smile and grab her wrist with my right hand as I take a step forward and puncture her midriff with my right hand. I retract my right hand and expose my nails changing the form of my hand into a claw which I then use to rip cheetah's body in half. Done, I discard her body like trash and charge tiger with both hands raised in the form of claws 'Hmph, you dare challenge me your father??!' Tiger raises his arms as he unleashes his full power landing a downward strike which aims to disperse the ground. The earth cracks and shudders beneath me and I jump into the sky quickly followed by tiger who does the same. He roars with laughter seeing my prone body in the air "Fool, now your unable to move your body while in the air!". His punches and his fist rapidly descends upon me, 'Hahahahah!. Moron, I've dabbled in some acrobatics and flexibility exercises!'. When his fist is an inch from my face I react, I turn my body spinning before rotating my body upward and landing a heavy kick to his unprotected head. Defeceless tiger drops to the ground making another crater. Tiger stands quickly as my feet lightly touch the ground and I see a heavy stream of blood run down from his scalp. He grunts then moves to a crouch before charging once more. I sigh drawing a katana in my right hand - just a normal blade with no wards or magic forged into it. When tiger is 3 feet away from me my upper body leans forward and my right hand slashes in a silvery arc that almost cuts him in half blood spraying. I frown as he jumps back, its a heavy wound but not enough to kill him yet. Tiger laughs and says "I'll be seeing you later then..I cant keep fighting you nor the others so now I'll leave". He turns around and just when he jumps is when my sword light follows him quickly striking his back and causes him to fall to the ground heavily. 'Now the other one..Warrior of the Ox". I turn around and walk quickly in the opposite direction without looking at the mans body.
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Dragon and his gang surround and attack two individuals. One is Ox and the other is Rabbit. Dragon shouts "You only have yourself to blame Ox, and this idiot girl that follows that jackass..." His face adopts a lewd expression "..When we're done with Ox we'll have some fun together". Rabbit is slightly wounded while Ox is completely unharmed and he continuously slashes with his saber slashing, thrusting, parrying and killing.
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Sensing that Rabbit is in danger I teleport to the group of attackers and see multiple people vs two. I feel a dull fire coursing through my veins as I see one such victim is Rabbit. Then I see the corpses of the goons lying on the ground. I grin feeling even more content 'To become a warrior. He has climbed a mountain of corpses and swam through rivers of blood' I slowly walk forward ignoring Dragon who gives shouts of encouragement to his allies. My shoes squelch as I walk through the blood, but I am unconcerned as my gaze is focused on the sight straight ahead of me. I take another step forward then stop. My ears grow dim to the world and Dragon shouts something at me which I dont catch. I take one step forward with my left leg the my body shimmers appearing at the back of a goon. I slash relentlessly killing all the enemies before my eyes and I'm deaf to their screams. My sword moves with speed the human eyes would perceive as a blur. After a couple of seconds the earth is littered with even more corpses and blood freely leaks out. I direct a sword attack towards Dragon without looking at him who is 20 feet away. My senses return to me and I hear a heavy thud and the slow tricking of blood. I glance over my companion then retract my sword baring my claws as I look Ox straight in the eyes. "Warrior of the Snake. Killing brutally". Ox slashes downward with his saber before going into an offensive stance "Warrior of the Ox. Killing methodically". I unleash my aura to 40% as I rush him attacking high with my right hand and low with my left. He parries both attacks with fluid efficiency before launching a counter aimed at my left eye. My body leans to the right as my right leg comes up in an arc. Ox dodges to my left and keeps slashing. After 30 seconds I jump back retracting my aura before jumping back into the fold using my own sheer strength and speed to fight. I launch multiple attacks then switch to using the katana I used on tiger. I just focus on the Dao of the Saber and Sword aiming to improve my level in them and I rapidly attack just putting 5% of my focus into fighting. I see a light flash behind my eyes before changing my weapon to a saber. I roar slashing with the ferocity of a demon. 5 slashes per second and increasing as I keep gaining ground slashing, slashing, jabbing, hacking. I put my left arm behind me and draw energy from it which I place in my right arm. Ox begins to acquire some wounds, not deep just light slashes. But - his face remains impassive and calm. I grin roaring with laughter adding even more power into my strikes 'EXCELLENNNTTT!!. THIS IS PERFECT!!" I begin to lose myself in combat as my level in the Dao keeps increasing rapidly, space and time gradually feel away, as did sound. The only thing that remains is a beast who revels in slaughter and battle. My eyes radiate with the desire to do battle as I keep slashing wildly uncaring about the external world. My line of vision decreases to see only my opponent blocking every other object and I feel a rush every times our blades sing. Ox rapidly accumulates heavy wounds but he doesnt relent and still attacks. 2 minutes into our battle I thrust barbarically spearing his chest as I regain my senses once more. As the light fades from his eyes I say "You are the best opponent I've faced, thank you for this battle". I withdraw my blade letting his body fall to the ground. I position Ox's body to hold his saber in a regal pose before I burn both in blackfyre. I dont burn everything letting the ashes float to the sky and a smile comes upon my face before my face drops to earth level and I frown when seeing Rabbit. I sit down patiently in the lotus position meditating, Rabbit walks over to me saying "What about the others?" I say "They'll come to us or kill themselves". In answer I manifest a large golden nodaichi above my head to ward off any danger. I breathe in and out then begin to train, purifying and increasing my Dao level as well as focusing on other techniques. One in particular is a space technique which would be used to bypass formations and would render enemy attacks useless against me.
A few minutes later a mob rapidly runs toward us..I stand abruptly sensing some danger. My nodaichi disappears and Rabbit seeing the look in my eyes says "Whats wrong?" I tell her "Around a hundred people are coming toward us, all are at least at the peak of the human body because they're able to run at athlete speed. But something strong is chasing them and rapidly depleting their numbers". She nods gravely and adopts a fighting stance. I snort telling her to not resist as I draw her into my estate world. I send her a mental message 'Dont come out. I'll let you out when its safe to do so". After a few seconds a towering white scaled reptile is upon me.
Scaled 5 horn King Serpent. Level 500.
Description: Godbeast and fiendgod.
Stats: ???
I frown 'An aberrant huh'. I throw out a claw attack at 40% power aiming to punch it. The blow doesnt even graze the reptile but leaves it in a blind rage as it screams with bloodshot eyes. 'Allrighty then, time to show you the power I've withheld'. I bring my hands to my sides and activate the power of my organs. Black blood flows out of my back and forms into weapons: On my upper back 2 ethereal wings. On my shoulders and arms armour and blades. From my lower back 4 tentacles sprout and from my tailbone one large tail comes out. I withdraw into the darkness drawing out a decent sized wave. 'Activate bloody rage'. I only see my opponent who in half of a second is before me. I feel the warm euphoria and breathe in as purple gas comes from the serpents mouth. The acid sprays the ground which heavily erodes. I stand on the snakes spine and jab straight into its back. A howl of sheer hatred erupts from its being as it wildly thrashes. My tail lashes out accompanied with my wings which shoot shards. A heavy gash appears along with small pricks along the snakes back. I land lightly 'Not enough..POWER RELEASE!!!'. I feel my organs becoming heavy and feel searing pain flare through me before I'm impaled by the end of a tail. I see darkness and feel cold an instant before I'm enveloped in true Darkness. I feel searing pain flow through my whole naked body before my vision turns black and I'm in front of the snake again. Literally bursting with power I remove all appendages except the tentacles which number at 6 now. The tentacles lash out impaling the snake multiple times throwing it upwards. 'Hmph, LETS SEE YOU REGENERATE FROM THIS!!!' I jump up punching the snake square in the center and on impact it explodes into a shower of blood and gore. I land lightly on my feet retracting the tentacles and bringing out Rabbit from my estate world. I feel dizzy and my vision blurs..that is what I feel before my gaze turns black once more and I fall into Rabbit's arms...I wake up in a lavish room with Rabbit sitting beside me. I grunt as I touch my abdomen seeing that the wound has healed. I stand up and Rabbit tries to protest but I ignore her. I mentally converse with blacky "How long was I out?" He replies "Around an hour master". I'm surrounded by a warm blue light and I see that I'm in a lavish reception room 'Most likely where I claim my prize as victor'. I sit across from an old looking man and place myself in a couch. His words are soothing to the ear as he says "So then. Champion of this years tournament. What will you choose as your reward?"