The next day Chen Kai and Nameless began to open their eyes and the first thing they saw was a dense forest, the two of them moved their eyes until they saw Shallot watching them with an expressionless face, they tried to stand but they were unable to, their bodies felt so weak they couldn't even move their heads without putting a lot of effort to do it
" What... happened...? " Said Nameless with a weak voice seeing Shallot
Shallot just smirks coldly as he crosses his arms " I got rid of the most vulnerable and useless things in your bodies "
" Agh... seriously...? Now... I can't move... " Said Nameless as he tried to get up from the ground, his body was shaking and he was gritting his teeth with frustration
Shallot just snorts with a grinning face " Hmph, that should be obvious, you lost the primary source of energy of your body, but you didn't die, that's a good result, that's one of the reasons why you two were chosen " Shallot then makes a serious face and says " It will take a while until you strengthen your bodies to not depend on Spiritual Energy but you don't have to worry about it "
After a few minutes and a lot of effort Nameless and Chen Kai managed to sit on the grass, Chen Kai breathed a little and raised his head to see Shallot and said " That was a...test...? "
" Hmm, kinda " Said Shallot with a nonchalant expression
" Now what...? " Said again Chen Kai with a difficult
Shallot grins and says " We will begin the first phase "
" First phase...? " Said Chen Kai and Nameless with wide eyes then Shallot spoke again " The first phase is this island, the island has four areas, we are in the Forestal area at the west of the cave you two met, this will be the starting point "
" Starting point... then.... we have to train.... in this state...? That's... crazy... " Said Chen Kai with disbelief as he finally stood from the ground just a few seconds before Nameless
Shallot sees him with an indifferent face and says calmly " It's not impossible, after all, I did it "
" What? " Said Chen Kai and Nameless with wide eyes seeing Shallot
" Then... do you mean.... that you don't have... a Dantian and Spiritual Veins... like us...? " Said Nameless with difficulty and amazement
Shallot sees him and says calmly " I told you before, those things are useless, soon your strength will be enough to deal with any challenge that this world throws at you, cultivators think that people without Dantians or Spiritual Veins are worthless trash but they are the ones who are trash, after all, they depend on the energy around them to become strong but the members in my sect won't and we are stronger than them and soon you will be like that "
" .... " Chen Kai and Nameless were speechless hearing him
' He is relaying in his body strength? ' Thought Nameless
' Is that true? our body strength can surpass those who use Spiritual Energy? if that's so, then how we will surpass anyone if we can't even move properly now ' Thought Chen Kai clenching his shaking fists
Shallot makes a serious face and says " Now I will stay with you the time you need to get used to your new states, it maybe will take you a while to do that, I'm guessing it will take you around two weeks maybe even a month to that "
Both Chen Kai and Nameless watched Shallot for a few seconds with expressions of doubt, until Nameless said " And after that what? "
Shallot grins a little then he walks near a small rock and sits on it to then cross his arms saying to them with a cold face " You will be on your own, I won't protect you or bring you food "
" ...? " Chen Kai and Nameless open their eyes wide in surprise and numerous thoughts pass through their heads like how they are going to find food or how they will survive the attacks of the beasts that this island could have, after all, their bodies had been weakened even more than before even the least menacing beast could be a huge threat for their lives
" That will be our test? survive on this forsaken island, for an unknown time? " Said Chen Kai with a frowning expression
Shallot shakes his head as he says " No, as I mentioned to you before we are in the Forestal area at the west, your job is to arrive at the coast in the Desert area on the east side of the island "
" That's all? " Said Nameless with a face of doubt
Shallots grins closing his eyes and says " Yes, that's all, once you arrive at the coast you are in "
Nameless and Chen Kai frowned seeing Shallot's face they could feel that something wasn't right ' Something is wrong is too easy just travel to join a powerful sect, he must be hiding something ' thought Chen Kai
Suddenly Shallot turns to see the dense forest at his right and smiles " Here comes one " From the dense forest a beast comes out, it was a large light green lion with a black-green fire mane, the lion was at least 3 meters tall, and was larger than that
" What is that?! " Yelled Nameless in terror as Chen Kai showed an expression of fear seeing that huge Lion that was seeing them with hungry eyes ' It's a Noxious Blaze Lion!! Why there is a Noxious Blaze Lion here??!! ' thought Chen Kai taking a few steps back
*ROARR* The Lion roars as its green mane grows a little bit bigger. Chen Kai and Nameless are paralyzed by fear as the Lion runs toward them Shallot points his left palm toward it and *ZOOM* A small yellow sphere comes out from his left hand traveling toward the lion at a great speed and *BOOM* it hits the ground in front of the Lion and explodes making it flew back
*ROARR* The Lion rolls on the ground a few times then it stands quickly and leaves at full speed disappearing into the forest
" ....!! " Chen Kai and Nameless were stunned again and turned to see Shallot who was seeing them with a huge mockingly smile " Haha, you should have seen the look on your faces, haha " But neither of them reacted despite that Shallot was mocking them
' That's an extremely poisonous and powerful beast! that's what he was hiding! ' Thought Chen Kai with a serious face
' He sent flying that beast like it was nothing, just how strong is he? ' Thought Nameless with a sweating and frowning expression
Shallot turned to see Chen Kai and Nameless with a smirk on his face when he said " Now as you saw, this island is filled with beasts, beasts like that one, and the closer you get to the desert where is your goal, the dangerous they become, you could die the moment I left you "
" Dammit " Whispered Chen Kai with a frowning expression and clenched fists
" Grrr " Nameless grits his teeth with frustration seeing Shallot
Shallot stands from the rock and says to them with a mocking smile " This is your last chance to quit, you can go back to your places and try to live a life of a cripple " Then he makes a very serious face and says " Or you can stay and risk your lives for power, a power that will change your fates "
Nameless bows his head as he grits his teeth and clenches his fists then he turns to see Shallot with a frowning expression and says with resolution " I'm not going to back down now, I will arrive at that coast or die trying "
Shallot smirks a little and says " Good " Then he turns to see Chen Kai and says with a calm face " And what about you? Do you want to go back? "
" .... " Chen Kai has a very troubled expression, after all, he was thinking ' It's too risky, I could die at any moment on this island but if I return to this state, it will be the same so... ' then he sees Shallot with determination and says " I will stay, I will arrive at that coast no matter what "
Shallot nods and stands " Good, now I recommend you to start to do some small exercises like stretching and jogging around, for now at least, you will change your training once your bodies become strong enough "
" Yes " Both of them replied at the same time and time began to do some stretching