Time passed by, it's been nearly two months since Gin arrived at the battleborn arena. To be exact, it's 54 days.
Today is his 51st battle, while he holds a record a 49 victories and 1 loss under his name.
Unlike two months before, Gin matured a lot; both in combat experience and as a person.
He has grown a little taller, reaching 6 feet while his lustrous black hair almost reached his shoulders. Now, his figure transformed into that of a fine young man.
As they say, 'Experience makes a man.'
His strength has improved a lot in these fifty-some days. He already discovered 6 hidden seals in his body, attaining 6th level in the Physique enrichment stage.
A single punch from Gin holds a staggering amount of 26,000 Kg which was the same as the normal practitioners who discovered 10 hidden seals.
In the Physique enrichment stage, one's true challenge starts after a person discovers his 8th hidden seal. For the first 8 hidden seals, most people won't face any difficulties.
But, after their 8th hidden seal, discovering every hidden seal require hard work, talent, and a lot of natural resources.
At the same time, a person would have a huge strength gap between every hidden seal after the 8th one.
Usually, a martial way practitioner who discovered his 9th hidden seal would have a strength of 20,000 Kg.
Gin has read in books that persons who discovered 10 hidden seals would have a strength of 25,000Kg.
Unless a person who uncovered 10 hidden seals appears before him, no one is Gin's match in Physique Enrichment with his current strength.
All of his Skills reached the level of 'Resonance', expect for his skill 'Fist of Destruction'
If his guess is right, his fist skill will reach 'resonance' level when he attains the perfect his first level – 'Single fist becomes ten'.
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Gin lost his 40th battle to a woman named 'Jude' who trains in the way of the sword. She was a sword expert with terrifying offensive skills and hails from one of the Eight domains.
He was injured heavily by that woman Jude, her sword slashed him deep from chest to stomach.
It was his first time to be injured that heavily and it took him two days to get out of bed. He lost that match because he wasn't proficient in using any weapons, other than knife and dagger.
You can't fight a pure sword expert with just a dagger. Only after that fight, Gin understood the importance of training in weapons.
After that fight, Gin tried to practice in sword, saber, hammer, and many other weapons but nothing worked out for him. He can only wait until he finds a good weapon suitable for him.
Aside from practicing in his physique scripture, he also read the three books he unlocked in the magic space.
~ Basic soul skills
In this book, he learned many things about soul energy, soul skills, and how to use them.
First, how to increase the soul energy? The simplest way is to utilize and drain your soul energy daily. Once your soul power drains, it will automatically fill in with fresh energy.
~Shape transformation soul skill
Projecting the soul energy out of one's body and transforming them into various shapes. The only use of this skill is, it increases your soul energy.
Using this skill will drain your soul energy, and fatigue your mind.
Gin practiced this skill every night before going to sleep so that the mental fatigue won't affect him during the day and at the same time, it can increase his soul energy.
~ Energy wall - A basic soul skill
This skill creates a thin protective coating, cloaking his entire soul. It was like a passive type of skill Gin saw in games, it will always protect his soul. It's like a screen protector, protecting the screen. But, once it's broke, you have a replace it with a new one.
~ Soul Lunge
It's an offensive type of soul skill, where one can transform their soul energy into that of a sharp object and attack their opponent's soul.
It's a basic soul skill so it won't bring any injury to the opponent, it will only cause sudden dizziness or pain in their soul.
~ Soul Search
As the name suggests, one can search other's soul but with Gin's current level he wasn't able to learn it. This skill needs a minimum requirement of one to be in the White soul stage.
Besides these few soul skills, other soul skills in the book are regarding Alchemy.
The next book 'Herbal Encyclopedia - Rank 1' truly broadened his horizon. It briefed every Rank-1 herbs Empyrean Chaos knows, their appearance, benefits, and places it may grow.
It took 2 months for Gin just to glance at every herb in the book. He needs to read it another four to five times before he memorizes everything.
What fascinated Gin most is the 'Alchemy Basic' book. At first, he was not interested in learning Alchemy or potion-making things.
But, after looking at the contents inside the book, he was spellbound by it. He then understood, What he knows and what he believed about Alchemy till now is completely wrong.
Alchemy is not just about potion-making or pill-making; it's everything.
A creation, transformation, or one can say it as a magical means of achieving something through research and experimentation.
Potion making, Array creation, Symbol inscriptions, and much more come under Alchemy.
Unlike other books, he needs to read 'Alchemy basics' books, again and again, to completely understand the contents.
The book mentioned about Alchemy and basics of Potion-making and Inscriptions.
Gin learned several basic potions making recipes and some primary level inscription symbols. If he wasn't in the combat arena, he would love to experiment and create some potions.
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"Mr. Ray, your battle for today will commence in a few mins at 'Battle stage 1'." The announcement rang in his room.
Gin arrived at the passageway connecting to the stage where he was inspected by the guards as usual. Before entering the stage, he staked the last 10 Elemental stones he had in his victory.
As he entered the Battle stage after the announcement, he was greeted by numerous spectators cheering his name.
It's nothing surprising as he was ranked number 1 in the current 'master board' list. Today's battle is a bit special as he was going to face 'number 2' person on the ranking board.
~ A battle between number 1 vs number 2!
His opponent is named 'Blood spat', who holds a record of 49 victories, 8 loss, and 2 draws.
Before Gin's arrival, Blood spat is considered as the strongest person in the master board who already uncovered 9 hidden seals.
Like the woman Jude who defeated Gin, Blood Spat also hails from one of the core domains, Starlight Domain.
Unfortunately for Blood spat, his today's opponent is Gin whose strength is slightly higher than a person with 10 hidden seals.
Blood spat and Gin stood face to face while both of their faces were covered with a mask.
"It's surprising to meet a person with such strength in border regions. Most of the physique cultivators are persons who didn't awaken their spirit seal, is it also the same in your case?" Blood spat asked.
"Yes," Gin answered without hiding as any slightly knowledgeable person could easily tell that he's a physique cultivator.
"Such a pity!" Blood spat spoke, but there's no ridicule in his voice.
"Come, I will show that strength is not everything in battle." Blood spat yelled, oozing with fighting spirit.
"As you wish,"
A 'boom' sound resounded, Gin's figure transformed into that of a golden flash.
In the next moment, Gin was already in front of his opponent. His movement technique has already reached the 'resonance' level; combined with his natural physical strength, he's untouchable.
The spectators watching the fight were all screaming in excitement, shouting and yelling Gin's name.
Arriving before his opponent, Gin punched. It was a normal punch with no skills involved, but Blood spat didn't think so. From Gin's punch, he felt a huge force capable of pulverizing him.
'His strength is no joke!' Blood spat hastily used his strongest skill to block the punch.
'Bang!'
Even though he blocked the attack, Blood spat was pushed back a few meters under the impact before he steadied himself.
'What a powerful strike. If he used his strongest skill, will I be able to block it?!' Blood spat thought.
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Two figures were watching Gin's battle from the VIP box. One of the figures is none other than, Senior Juvan.
"His rate of improvement is unbelievable! When he first came here, he looked a little immature and naive, but now, everything about him changed."
"What do you think, Master Keldin?" Juvan asked looking at the figure beside him.
Maybe no one knows about the figure seated beside him, but Juvan was clear about his status.
Keldin Wolf, a representative sent by one of the eight strongest families of the Human continent – Wolf family.
The Wolf family rule over one of the eight domains of the human continent, the Northern Wind domain. The history of wolf family dates back to 10,000 years, but their rise to prominence happened only 4000 years back.
Aside from Human union, no one can question their power. Even in Human union, they possess some influence and authority.
"So what if he improves fast? Don't forget that he's a physique cultivator, he has no future." Keldin snorted.
Juvan remained silent under Keldin's scorn, as he's a representative sent by wolf family to invigilate the arena.
Wolf family has various underground business across the continent, while the 'battleborn' arena is just one of them.
Every month, they will send someone to check over their business. This month, it's Keldin's turn.