In the place called the portal to another world, with countless pillars of light being conjured every minute. A man wearing a red hoodie and a fox half mask, he stood at a platform as he admired the realistic features of this vast new world.
Leo wasn't too surprised to know that he could smell and he wanted to know if he could also taste, but that's for a later time. Currently Leo only had one goal in mind, he wanted to train and also earn a little money.
The virtual world was known as another world by most people, well it was truly like going to a different planet that was almost infinitely massive.
Leo composed his self and uttered "Search for a nearby battle arena".
Battle arenas are places that allow people to duke it out and train. For people that want to become powerful, a way that is both safe and convenient is also important. This was also a way for some people to earn money, like putting fee for spectating and betting. There are even tournaments every now and then, everyone was also allowed to join in or spectate.
The people usually put their pain sensation to a 100% so that they could forget about this place being the virtual world, this way it would be like battling in the real world.
A transparent panel appeared before Leo, the panel said [Search Complete, please walk forward for approximately 40 meters].
Leo followed the instruction of the AI, then when he reached it another panel appeared and this time it said [Please walk to the right for approximately 37 meters, there you will see the nearest battle arena].
Leo followed the instruction once again.
There were many people that walked past Leo, almost every race was there and only one was not. It was the race called Reverion, the only race to not have the ability to cultivate world energy. But this did not stop them, look at them now. From being humiliated to admired, the Reverions made this virtual reality possible.
Leo reached the front of the arena and he had his mouth wide open, even a fly could go in. Luckily there were not any flies in this virtual world, or one would have already gone in. Judging by it's size it could probably fit millions of people. Ten seconds passed and the frozen Leo has melted, he can now move and so he walked inside.
The lobby was unsurprisingly extravagant, it gave off the feeling of luxury and it made people feel relaxed.
Leo went straight to a female girl that was standing behind a desk, she had pointy ears and blonde hair.
The girl was quite beautiful, it was not that surprising though as she was a person of the elf race.
The elf race is not just famous for their talent in cultivation, it is also known as the race with beauties only second to the demon race.
The virtual world was not just meant for training or entertainment, it also served as a job for people.
There are no other AI except the one that was used as a guideline for everyone that goes to the virtual world.
Everyone that is working here are real people, although they could make it so that only robots did jobs the people did not do so.
The elf spoke immediately when she noticed Leo, she said "What can I do for you Mr. Red Fox?". Right now Leo did not turn off his name tag, so people could see it.
Leo answered "I would like to register as a challenger for the battle arena".
The elf understood Leo's intention and swiftly swiped in the air. A panel was conjured from where she swiped, the elf gave the panel to Leo.
"Please write or rather type your realm and level, you may also choose to add your personal info".
Leo typed everything he could and gave it to the elf, she was stunned to see that Red Fox answered almost everything.
[Name: Red Fox] [Race: Demon] [Realm: Dragon's Leap] [Level: Nonexistent] [Age: 15]
[Planet: Dracht]
[Started Cultivating When: 15]
[Cultivation Technique: ???]
[No. Of Martial Skills: ???]
[World Energy Category: ???]
Leo remembered the planet that was governed by demons and it was the planet called Dracht, it was a planet that was once governed by dragons hence it's name. The strange thing was why would demons govern a planet such as this.
Leo thought this was the planet that was the perfect excuse, he could also say he was half demon but he decided that he would only say "This cultivation technique came from a true dragon, this technique can only be used by people with pure blood and if not at least half dragon blood". People with pure dragon blood are rare, the ratio is 1:1,000,000,000 and so it's safe.
Leo didn't know one thing though, the demons in Dracht very rarely go to the virtual world and the reason was they rather train with risks than being safe.
The elf noticed the planet where he came from and a smile showed on her face. The elf asked "Mr. Red Fox would you like to take on a battle right away?".
Leo was surprised to hear what she said and answered "Yes I would like to".
Then Leo heard a notification [You have unlocked the feature: Battle Arena], Leo swiped the air and copied the elf's movements earlier.
Icons appeared and there were words beside them. Leo skimmed through and finally found [Battle Arena], The icon meant for the battle arena function was a 2d version of the Colosseum. Leo pressed it and then he was instantly teleported inside the battle arena, he looked around to check if there were any spectators.
Unsurprisingly there was no one, this did not make Leo sad at all and if anything it only made him more motivated.
Ten seconds passed and a human appeared on the other side of the arena, his name was 'Sword Demon'. His cultivation realm was World Energy Fusion, at the 4th level.
Leo knew he had no chance, but he still wanted to train and this was the perfect chance to see how strong he got.
A panel appeared before Leo, the panel said [Choose Your Weapon]. Numerous types of weapons appeared and then Leo noticed another option, the option allowed the user to copy his real weapon.
Leo didn't have his katana right now and so he just chose a weapon that was also a katana, it wasn't as good as his but he didn't have a choice he wanted to train the 'Lightning Blade' skill.
"Oh it seems I got lucky today, I met a rookie in Dragon's Leap realm" said Sword Demon, he then took two swords from his panel. There was also a ranking system in the battle arena, it was a point based system where the more wins one has the higher the rank. The points will be deducted with the number of losses as well and thus some people can fight others with a lower realm.
A countdown appeared above their heads, "10...9...8..." and an aura was emitted by both of them. Sword Demon's aura was like a demon tiger, that would pounce at his prey at any moment. Leo's aura was different though, it was nothing but a tense little rabbit that would run away at any given time.
"3...2...1" the countdown finished and they both ran towards one another, they both used movement skills to get closer to one another. If one were to look at them from a birds point of view, they would seem like two ants running towards each other.
Five seconds passed and now they were only 3 meters away from each other, thunder crackled and it echoed in the arena.
The next moment, Leo's sword slashed Sword Demon. In response with Leo's attack, Sword Demon used the sword on his left hand to stop Leo'ss attack and then he counter attacked with his right sword.
Sword Demon used an upward slash and Leo tried to block it, but he was pushed back by the force of the slash.
The next second Sword Demon furiously slashed Leo and with two swords in hand, he seemed truly like a tyrannical demon befitting the name Sword Demon.
Leo jumped back and he put his katana back in it's sheath, he changed to a quickdraw stance. Sword Demon was astonished to see Leo sheathe his katana, but he charged at him nonetheless.
When the sword demon was 2 meters away, Leo used Quick Steps in a different manner. Leo stepped once and with a thunder crack, he was already behind Sword Demon.
Leo's katana was unsheathed, he lowered his katana and turned to look at Sword Demon.
Unsurprisingly he did not defeat Sword Demon yet, in fact Leo wasn't surprised to see that although he cut through his enemy's swords it was not enough. He could not cut Sword Demon's skin, it was as tough as steel.
Sword Demon laughed, he said right after "That was a good skill you have there, too bad you still haven't mastered it yet and you are a realm lower than mine. If you were at least on the same realm, you could have slashed through my skin and I praise you for that. That was a fun battle, I guess I should use one of my sword skills as thanks for showing me such a wonderful skill".
Sword Demon raised his swords, even though they were missing the sharpest half it was enough. He awkwardly said "Blood Dance" and moved towards Leo like he was dancing, he made strange movements. Unlike earlier instead of being tyrannical, he was being graceful. Every slash he made had the intent to kill, it's target was mostly vital parts of Leo's body. But Leo evaded almost everything, except one.
Sword Demon was about to slash Leo, but he was astonished to see that unlike earlier Leo's skin was hard. In the battlefield if one can't defeat someone stronger than oneself, with the element of surprise anything can be done.
With a thunder crack, Leo slashed and this time he was able to slash Sword Demon's body. It was 2 centimeters deep, but obviously it was not enough to beat him.
Sword Demon laughed once again "I should stop holding back, I am afraid that you might beat me at this rate". The next moment Leo wondered "Why is there a headless body over there".
"I see, I was slashed in the neck".
The next second, he heard a buzz sound and he was now out of the battle arena. His head was still intact and a panel was in front of him, it said [You Lost].