Two months have passed since Chen Kai began his journey toward the Chen clan Zhihao city, he crossed some mountains and forests in that time without any altercation but right now
" HA! HA! HA! " He found himself throwing Ki blasts on his horse who ran like crazy from the panic toward a massive swarm of beetles, these beetles were color gray and were at least 4 ft. tall
' Damn it! I never thought there would be a Draconian Beetle's nest so close to the road! ' Thought Chen Kai throwing multiple Ki blasts, all of his attacks hit their targets creating numerous explosions in the sky, but unfortunately, they weren't enough to kill the beetles, their exoskeleton was stronger than any steel but at least they fell to the ground with their wings burned, so every time he hit one they stopped chasing him
Chen Kai had seen the Draconian Beetles before on the island, but he didn't have the power to deal with them before, fortunate for him, there weren't so many that time, but still he couldn't do anything more than incapacitate them
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* Chen Kai kept shooting Ki blasts for quite a while, his horse was still running because of the fear of the beetles and the explosions, still, the horse was panting showing his tongue from the tiredness, the only thing good about this was that Chen Kai reduced their numbers drastically
' Just a six more ' Thought Chen Kai keeping his attacks but suddenly *SQUEAL* His horse collapsed from tiredness making Chen Kai fall from him " Ugh " Chen Kai grunted from the impact with the floor, but he didn't have time to think what happened because *HISS* A Draconian Beetle's lands on him
' Damn it! ' Thought Chen Kai as he grits his teeth grabbing the beetle by its sides, stopping him from biting his face with his short but sharp mandibles
The Draconian Beetle struggled to free himself from Chen Kai's grabs moving its wings, mandibles, and legs erratically " Argh " Chen Kai grunted while the Draconian Beetle's legs gut his face multiple times
The Draconian Beetle was weaker than Chen Kai but his thought exoskeleton gave it the advantage, that and the quantity in which they attack could be deadly to him
While on the ground Chen Kai noticed that the rest of the Draconian Beetles were attacking his horse, being good or bad his horse saved his life even in these circumstances
Chen Kai stands with the beetle still in his hands then he throws it to the side while he yells " Bastards! " Then he creates a blue energy in his right hand and attacks the beetle that he just threw with it *BOOOM* the beetle was hit by Chen Kai's Spirit Cannon
The Draconian Beetle disappeared in the huge explosion, Chen Kai didn't have to check if the beetle was dead or not because after the explosion the Draconian Beetles that were attacking his horse flew against him
Chen Kai frowns at the incoming beetles and with quick moves from his hands he shoots down the Draconian Beetles with Ki blasts, the beetles fall to the ground and without giving them any time to move Chen Kai jumps towards them and begins to stomp them multiple times until they were buried with their backs to the ground
The Draconian Beetles moved their legs and mandibles unable to unbury themselves
Chen Kai ignored the Draconian Beetles and moved to check his horse's condition, unfortunately, the horse was bitten multiple times by the beetles leaving it in a critical condition that Chen Kai knew that it wouldn't be able to survive so " Sorry for this, pal, you did a great job, and you even saved my life, I will end your suffering " and with that Chen Kai grabs the horse head and *CRACK* he breaks his neck with a quick movement killing it quickly
Chen Kai pats the horse's head one last time before removing the bags attached to him, then he uses them as a backpack, they were quite big, but they had anything he would need for the rest of the travel, food, water, and even some clothes
Chen Kai turned around and ran away from the place, he kept running without stopping for hours, he was faster than his horse of course, but the problem was that he couldn't read his map so often like when he was on his horse, well at least he could arrive faster this way unless he gets lost in the way
A couple of months passed since then and Chen Kai was about to reach his destiny, in the way he had more encounters with beasts, bandits, and even cultivators that he forgave and let them live when they begged for their lives, the curious thing was that he hasn't seen any action since that happened a few weeks ago, it was very strange after he was attacked almost every day by beasts, maybe is because he was close to Zhihao city, but that was just his guessing
After all of this Chen Kai managed to increase his strength a little bit stronger than a Spiritual Enhancement cultivator in the Advanced State or putting it in numbers a little bit above 9,000 units, but he didn't know that, he just felt stronger
Chen Kai was eating around a campfire, feeling happy about how strong he felt, but someone wasn't as happy as him, and that someone had been seeing him from the start of the journey
Shallot who has been floating above Chen Kai frowns and whispers " Why the hell he is feeling proud, he has just been playing with weaklings all this time, even the beasts were pathetic " Shallot grits his teeth and shakes his head " Hmm? " He makes a serious expression seeing at the distance then he smiles coldly and thinks ' Finally '
Suddenly, Chen Kai frowned feeling multiple presences coming in his direction, he stood quickly, raising his guard, they are fast very fast because in a second they were very close ' Who are they?! ' He thought with a serious expression, most of them were stronger than him and he could feel it
Then from the surrounding trees, six figures appeared surrounding him, Chen Kai was in doubt seeing them from left to right ' The six of them are men and all of them wear the same clothes ' The men wear gray robes and well all of them had their faces covered by a hood
From the six men, Chen Kai deduced that 4 were stronger than him and that the other 2 at least had the same strength the worst thing is that one of them who had a long white beard visible was at, he deduced that he was an old man, an old man at the Spiritual Core Formation
The old man who Chen Kai thought was their leader watched Chen Kai for a few seconds watching every detail from his face to his body, Chen Kai frowned at the old man and said " Who are you? " But he didn't receive an answer from his part
Suddenly the old man says " Kill him " and *PAM* " Ugh! " One of them charged at Chen Kai very fast it hit him in the face, the punch was so strong that he broke his nose, besides, he was sent flying backward and only stopped when he crashed into a huge tree
Chen Kai stands quickly and cleans the blood from his nose then the old man says " The formation, we can't let him the chance to escape " and the two men that Chen Kai called the weakest spread in different directions disappearing in the forest
' Formation?! Goddammit! ' Chen Kai thought, but he couldn't do anything more when three men charged at him
*BANG* " Ugh! " A man hits his face then *PUM* " Ah! " The other one appeared behind him and hit his right ribs and finally *BANG* the last one kicked him in the forehead sending him flying. The men hadn't used any technique yet and still, those attacks were enough to seriously injure him
Chen Kai was flying backward until *BANG* " AAHH!! " He hits some kind of invisible wall that the moment he hits it, gives him a powerful electric discharge
" Argh... " Chem Kai falls to the ground making a pained expression, he is bleeding from his head and can feel that he has a few broken ribs, he stands as fast as his body let him and thinks ' Who the hell are they? Why do they want to kill me? Is it some sort of revenge from those cultivators I let live? ' As Chen Kai was thinking he felt the three men moving towards him, luckily for him the old man hadn't even moved yet, so his better option right now was escape, there wasn't anything more in his mind than that
He takes out a Senzu Bean from his vest and eats it and in a second he is healed, then *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* he begins to throw multiple Ki blasts at the incoming men " Beware! " The men were sent back by the big explosions, they rolled in the ground for a few meters but still they didn't suffer any damage
Under his hood the old man makes a surprised expression seeing the big explosions from afar " The Supreme Elder wasn't exaggerating, he is very weak, but he can cause this amount of destruction " Whispered the old man with wide eyes then he frowned and begins to move
Chen Kai stops his attacks and with a serious face he thinks ' Now the ones keeping the formation if I want to escape I have to incapacitate them '
But before he could even move a finger *SWOOSH* the old man appeared in front of him leaving a hole in the wall of fire he created with his Ki blasts
" ...!! " Chen Kai opens his eyes wide from the shock and *BANG* " AAAGH!! " The old man grabs him by the neck with his left hand and slams him against the invisible wall that begins to electrify him
The old man kept him against the wall for a couple of seconds more, then he raised him, and *BANG* he slammed Chen Kai against the ground, Chen Kai made a pained expression after being slammed, and he grabbed the old man's hand with both hands and the old man then says " It's over " then he raised his right his but before that, Chen Kai extends his right hand quickly and creates a blue energy sphere, then " HAA!! " He shot his Spirit Cannon at the old man at point-blank *BOOM* And the old man released Chen Kai who almost immediately took some distance and that's when he saw the old man's look
The explosion caused by Chen Kai's Spirit Cannon revealed an old man with a long white bear and yellow eyes and what shocked Chen Kai was that he knew this old man ' What?! Is Lin Wu, one of the elders of the Divine Sect?! Why is he here?! ' Thought Chen Kai, he knew the old man for the position he had in his previous sect but the old man Lin Wu never heard of Chen Kai until the Supreme Elder talked about him, after all, In that time, Chen Kai wasn't even worthy to clean his shoes, why he should even know someone like that?
Chen Kai made an angered expression, he had resentment for the Divine Sect after their neglect all of these years, but still what angered him more was that they now wanted to kill him without any reason then, without thinking, he jumped toward the old man
The old man who was stunned by the explosion reacted the moment he saw Chen Kai jump towards him and *PUM* " Ugh! " He kicked Chen Kai in the stomach sending him flying upwards
With the kick Chen Kai regained his composure and searched for the two men maintaining the formation when he saw them he threw multiple Ki blasts at them, the man saw the Ki blasts approach him, and they tried to move then *BOOM * *BOOM * multiple explosions covered the area where the two men were previously standing " Bastard " said the old man seeing that from below then a thin blue aura appeared on his body
Chen Kai was falling from the sky, and he noticed the old man and that all the men were seeing him, then he put his hands close to the center of his face with his fingers spread toward his eyes and he yelled strongly " Solar Flare!! " After that, a very bright white light illuminates the sky and ground even the sun can't produce something like that
" Agh! My eyes, I can't see anything! " Yelled one of the men covering his eyes, the rest of the men just like the old man found themselves in the same state, unable to see anything after they watched the white light directly
Chen Kai lands and leaves running as fast as he can toward Zhihao city
After a few minutes the old man and the rest of the men recovered their eyesight, the old man yelled while he rubbed one of his eyes " Quick recharge the artifact we need to find him!! " and with that one of the men took a big round metal plate, the plate has some strange laters and he begins to use his spiritual energy on it making the plate shine slightly in a green light
In the meantime, Shallot, who saw the entire battle sees the group of men with a serious expression thinking ' What the hell is that thing? ' but then he grits his teeth in exasperation and says " You know what, I don't care I won't keep seeing this useless brat, he still thinks as a cultivator, wastes his time on useless things while at this point he could be three times stronger, furthermore, he didn't even kill anyone of them when he can do it after his Zenkai boost, I don't care if he arrives at the Xuixin Empire if he gets killed, it will be better for me " And with that Shallot turns around and flew away at an incredible speed
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Meanwhile, in an unknown location
Callion was sitting in a cross-legged position, he as well hasn't changed so much in the past months, but his clothes were tattered, and even his vest was broken, but the most outstanding thing was his surroundings, he was in a small town, all the buildings were on fire or destroyed, there are a lot of craters and there were black-robed men corpses scattered all over the place
Callion has a small jewel in his right hand, which he put on his forehead, the jewel went inside his head making him grit his teeth a little then he began to see countless images, Callion tried to analyze every one of them but ' This is different, Is much different than the previous two, just what is this? '
Callion was confused seeing the raw info and just when the info ended he whispered " So… Kaio-ken, heh " Suddenly *SWOOSH* someone appeared in front of him
Callion jumped back in surprise he raised his guard fast but when he saw who appeared he said " Are you... Fannel? What are you doing here? "
The one who appeared from nowhere was Fannel he saw the destruction around him and whistled ' A whole sect wiped out, he is following his destined path as predicted a little bit more ruthless but whatever ' Then he turned to see Callion and said with a grin " Having fun, kid? "
Callion just sees him with a frowning expression for a few seconds then Fannel snorts and says " Anyway, I'm here to teach you "
Callion makes a serious face and says " Is the Kaio-ken, right? I have the raw knowledge, but it seems complicated "
" That's why I'm here, besides, I have to congratulate you, you are the second one to obtain it, not bad, not bad at all " Fannel said with a grin
Callion makes a confused face and whispers " The second? "
Fannel hears him and nods " Yes, the second, for someone who started last you have to be proud of that achievement, some didn't even have found their first raw knowledge, and you already have the second, anyway, come with me, we will go back to the Side Sect to begin the training "
Callion nods, but then he says " Let me ask you something, why do I feel a lot stronger when I recover from my injuries? "
Fannel nods as he walks towards Callion saying " Our bloodline is incredible, there are things that will turn your world upside down if I explain to you, so it will be better to let you experience them " Then he puts his hand on Callion's shoulder
Callion sees him with annoyance thinking ' What a worthless explanation ' Then *SWOOSH* both of them disappear from the place