Shen again had a sleepless night but felt almost perfectly fine since he had cultivated to the second level thanks to using 2 more of the venom sacks however he quickly decided after reaching the second level that he would reach the next level without resources to not make his foundation to unstable. He then went to The task board and chose a quick and rewarding task that was about collecting 15 hides from 2nd level Fox-type yuan beasts he accomplished this task in two days and got his 300 task points for it he also collected another 4 of the shock fanged snakes resources he mostly wanted to sell the venom sacks since each one sold for 50 contribution points.
When he arrived at the weapon Techniques pavilion with his 500 contribution points He instantly walked towards the Axe techniques and started to inspect each one until he saw one that was focused on the dominating destructive force of an axe if practiced to its fullest extent it could cleave a mountain in half. He decided to buy this technique for 200 contribution points then decided that he would buy a second technique as well because he thought that if he had only one technique and it was somehow countered than he'd have no way to fight back so he went to buy another technique and this time he had decided to buy a technique that focused on targeting an enemies weak points this technique also cost 200 points leaving Shen with only 100 points.
Shen then walked towards the quiet plaza he had first cultivated in and decided to check what the different steps of each technique had in store should Shen choose to continue to practice them after the fight. At the thought of his now scheduled fight Shen couldn't help but feel his battle intent become stronger and so he took his Axe to the training field and began practicing his first technique "10 shattering strikes" The first move had him call the element of lightning from within himself to speed up and add a crushing power to his downwards strike with an axe and it was this that he practiced for the next 2 days until he had gotten comfortable with the technique. Having spent half of his available time he felt slightly rushed however he had still had an air of confidence about himself as he went on to practice the second technique which was about using accuracy to aim at an opponents joints using either side of the axe depending on whether the user wished to bludgeon or slice his opponent. So he spent another 2 days to practice his second technique which was much more brutal than the first using sheer force to crush and disarm his opponent.
He decided that he would use his last 100 points to fight against the image training array which was a simple array that would create 1 generic fighter of any level you had the ability to fight so Shen desired to fight a 3rd level cultivator to test his techniques on as he entered the image training array a opponent was built it had no face to speak of and it wielded a sword as most did. The array would always await for the challenger to make the first move.
So as Shen used his first technique against the image he noticed it respond to his attack by avoiding it which led him to believe that it calculated his attack to be able to harm those of the 3rd level which made him feel a sense of pride. Next the image attempted to stab out with its blade but Shen dodged to it's right and used his second technique to try and separate it's arm from the elbow. He brought the blade at such an angle that even if the image tried to move it would have a large cut in it's chest and had it been human it would slow down due to blood loss however when this image lost it's weapon hand it simply decided to continue fighting by using kicks however it soon lost a leg in a similar manner to how it had lost its weapon arm. After losing both an arm and a leg the image faded and Shen then noticed that people seemed to not care for his battle until they noticed he had won in such a gruesome way.
"How intimidating! I bet He plans to have his opponents bleed out or surrender whenever possible" said a small squirrel like male who had a strange look in his eyes as if he believed that what he had just said sounded like an amazing idea. At the idea presented Shen laughed before replying "The world of cultivation is harsh however, I only wish to prove myself to be victorious whatever follows is nothing in comparison to the legacy I wish to leave" at this point in time the crowd was silent and shocked at the sheer audacity of this 2nd level youth in the image training array.