They saw their fellow people being slaughtered by the forces of nature.
And there were only some entities so good at doing this.
THE GODS!!!!
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!", they screamed in madness.
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Their screams as if it made the Gods scared, the rain falling stopped entirely.
The other townspeople from the other houses that were protected when they heard their screams came out also and saw the bloodbath that occurred in the short period.
The air rang with them calling their dead and relatives and friends.
"Su Yang!!", one shouted with tears in her eyes as she saw her husband on the floor with holes all over his body and his head a meter away from him.
"Lian Qi!", a child of three years was on the floor with no breath of life in her little body, a young couple knelt beside her crying bloody tears.
"Lin Dan!!"
"Xiao Yi, Xiao Lan!!!"
"Mummy!!!"
There were no survivors, not even one half-dead one that would say " Avenge us, we died a painful death".
Then as if practiced, all the remaining townspeople including Wang Ling and the hunters got on their knees.
Then Wang Ling shouted, "Since the Heavens cannot accommodate us and hate the sight of us, I hereby declare that if the Heavens block my way, I'll become strong enough to slay the Heavens, the Heavens cannot stop me, I'll break every obstacle placed before me because that's the Oriental Way!".
Then he turned and faced the townspeople at his back and told them to repeat after him.
"Since the Heavens cannot accommodate us and hate the sight of us, we hereby declare that if the Heavens block our way, We'll become strong enough to slay the Heavens, the Heavens cannot stop us, We'll break every obstacle placed before us because that's the Oriental Way!!!!!", they shouted with tears in their eyes and hitting their chests with all their might.
Wang Ling seeing they were all hyped up and ready for revenge decided to add one more,
"If God blocks our way, we kill God, if beast or monster block our way, we kill beast or monster, if Mortals block our way, we kill Mortals. Our fate is ours to hold!! repeat after me!!!?", he said.
The hunters repeated after him but the others didn't say anything, Wang Ling and the hunters looked at them and asked them why they didn't say it, they all shouted collectively,
"That's way too edgy!!".
"Well, whatever", Wang Ling said.
After all that, all the areas in the Hope Village became closed off from the world. A barrier cuts the village from the rest of the world.
In the view of the Orientals, a blue screen appeared, and written on it were the words:
{THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET}.
{THE WEAK AND UNTALENTED HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED AND THE ONES WITH POTENTIAL WERE PROTECTED, IN OTHER WORDS, THE SELECTION WAS SUCCESSFUL}.
{CONGRATS ON GAINING SPECIAL SKILL,
"WHO TOLD YOU THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE CAPABLE OF HATE"
"HATED BY THE HEAVENS"
"GODS BANE"
"MOSQUITO IN THE EARS OF THE HEAVENS"}
{CULTIVATION SPECIAL STORY UNLOCKED}
{SPIRIT ENERGY UNLOCKED}
{SPIRIT ROOT UNLOCKED}
{REJOICE AND BE GLAD PITIFUL MORTALS, YOU'VE BEEN CHOSEN AS A CHE…..
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"That's the story of how my ancestors started cultivation and how cultivation came about", said Uncle Wang as he spread his hands.
John was wowed by the story he was just told but there were some holes and he told Uncle Wang just that.
"Since you're telling me about cultivation, you must want me to cultivate, but even if I want to cultivate, I'm not an Oriental, so how can I do that?"
Uncle Wang scratched his cheek, he remembered he didn't tell John about why he was telling about cultivation.
"I don't know why, but I feel you can use spirit energy, though I don't know why".
John was surprised but he didn't show it.
"Even if I can use spirit energy, what makes you think that I'll want to cultivate? From the story you just told me, you people are taking your fight to the Gods, the entities ruling the universe, why should I be a cultivator?
And you told me that all the other training paths have disadvantages, but from all I've heard about cultivation, I can't seem to find any advantage in being a cultivator", John said to Uncle Wang.
'Damn, this kid saw through the crux of the matter in such a short time, thought Uncle Wang rubbing his hands on his chin.
"If you become a cultivator as long as you have cultivation and martial technique books, there are no limitations on the elements you can use like with the elementalists, fire, earth, water, etc though it's the same with the sorcerers.
Cultivators are the amalgamation of sorcerers, warriors, and elementalists, so that's one advantage of being a cultivator.
But the main catch is that when you become a cultivator you gain a special ability. As far you anger the Gods or you just go against them, you grow stronger based on how angry and annoyed they are", replied Uncle Wang.
'I won't believe you've not tempted at all, brat', he thought.
John couldn't lie to himself part of him— was he kidding all of him wanted to become a cultivator but
{You don't need to cultivate and if you thought about it, you'll become a God in the future, a part of the very Heavens they exist to slay, so you absolutely cannot become a cultivator} said the System directly in his mind.
'Damn, that's true, I don't need to cultivate, with the System I can be whatever I want to be (Damn! So cringy!)', John thought.
"I won't lie to you Uncle Wang, becoming a cultivator is tempting and rewarding but it's too dangerous for me, so I think I'll pass, you see -", he waved Uncle Wang over, "I'm very very scared of death", he whispered into his ear.
Uncle Wang nodded his head in understanding. He had to agree to be a cultivator is very dangerous, his various dead fellow cultivators could testify.
"Why do I feel like you're selling cultivation too much to me, where are the other cultivators? Don't tell me you're the las-"
"Calm down, I know what you mean but I'm not the last cultivator alive", Uncle Wang smiled and said before his face changed, tears appeared in his eyes, he looked at John in the eyes and said,
"I'm now the last cultivator alive, my father Wang Ling just died today".
John was shocked because that meant Uncle Wang was the son of Wang Ling, the man in the story and for him to still be alive when all the others had died, he must be very powerful so who could have killed him?
John tried to console him but Uncle Wang told him to leave that he wanted to be alone.
"Ok", John said as she stood up and left the room.
As John opened the door and left the room, a scream of pure rage and grief sounded from the room.
John tried to return to the room but a mighty force threw him back.