Asura confirmed that he was no longer able to increase his Battle skill strength, so after two days of ruthless clashes, he decided to use his spiritual attack to see if he could improve it or not.
He gathered his spiritual energy and shouted, "Total annihilation!" The puppet did the same, and when their spiritual clashes collided, it created a beautiful scene. However, after their attacks dispersed, the original colors of their attacks could be seen. Where their spiritual attacks had passed, all things became nothing if those things hadn't been present there in the first place.
"So terrifying," Asura remarked. He was surprised to see the range of destruction was much larger than normal. Both his and the puppet's attacks were the same, so the destruction they caused was amplified. In normal circumstances, Asura's spiritual attack would be counterattacked by the opponent's spiritual attack, but this time, due to their similar nature, their destructive power was amplified.
"Heehee... I don't know how much I can increase the strength of my spiritual attack because it is difficult to measure it when our attacks amplify each other," Asura said with a happy face.
Asura fought again with the puppet continuously for twelve hours. During these twelve hours, he used his spiritual attack twelve times but did not gain any advantage over the puppet. However, all his hard work did not go in vain because his spiritual attack strength increased significantly. Still, he wanted to improve it further, so he was not using the full strength of his spiritual attack, only utilizing 80% of his actual strength, yet he was able to match the puppet's strength equally compared to his first spiritual attack against it.
In the outside world, Su Lin was still worried about Asura. Finally, Princess Moon said something that made Su Lin feel better.
She said, "Don't worry; he will not die inside the Tricon."
Su Lin asked, "Why are you so certain?"
Princess Moon smiled and said, "I lie to you all. No one can die inside the Tricon, more specifically, you 'die' but not in reality. When you 'die' inside the Tricon, you will be expelled from it, but the experiences and injuries you gather will be real. That's why inside the Tricon this is called a pseudo life and death match."
Su Lin asked, "Really? Are you not saying these things just to comfort me?"
Princess Moon replied, "Why would I lie to you at a time like this? I thought that if I didn't tell you, we might collapse right here in front of me, considering how much you are worrying about Asura."
Su Lin said, "That's okay; now I know he can't die inside. My heart feels at ease."
Princess Moon reminded her, "His training won't be peaceful because his objective is to tap into hidden strength. So, firstly, it's going to be easy, but as time passes, the difficulty will rise. When this happens, only two things can be possible: the first result will be he will 'die' inside the Tricon, which means he'll be expelled from the Tricon, or he will succeed in tapping into his hidden strength."
Su Lin replied with confidence, "He will succeed"
Princess Moon asked this time, "How can you be so sure?"
Su Lin said, "When it comes to having undefeated will, I've never seen anyone more suitable than Asura. He will definitely succeed in tapping into his hidden strength."
"I also hope the same," Princess Moon said, and they returned to where Kallu was waiting for Asura to come back.
On the other hand, Asura was contemplating ending this match because his spiritual attack was no longer improving, and his spiritual energy began to deplete. So he used one hundred percent of his spiritual attack strength and shouted, "Total annihilation!" The puppet did the same, but this time Asura had the upper hand, and the puppet was annihilated completely without a trace.
"Is it the end? How will I awaken my hidden strength if I have no more enemies?" Asura thought. While he was pondering all this, two more puppets rose from the ground, taking his shape.
Asura wasn't shocked to see two more puppets, but he had expected that only one puppet would rise, and that puppet would be stronger than the previous one. In reality, there were now two more puppets with the same previous strength. Asura's fighting intent rose again.
The two puppets attacked Asura with perfect coordination, quickly putting him at a disadvantage. He may have been stronger than one puppet on its own, but fighting two puppets with perfect coordination made Asura's situation difficult. Now, he started to understand the fearfulness of the pseudo-life and death match.
After a day of relentless fighting, he was able to destroy those two puppets. He did that by using his Battle skill and spiritual attack simultaneously.
First, he unleashed his Battle skill, the "Heaven Breaking Fist." The puppets did the same, and their skills clashed. Asura found himself in a disadvantageous position, but secretly, he was gathering spiritual energy. He quickly released his spiritual attack when their battle skills dispersed. Caught off guard, those puppets were annihilated, leaving nothing behind.
Asura was panting heavily. He had consumed too much martial and spiritual energy during the fight with these two puppets. Still, he was not able to tap into his hidden strength, which started to make him a little nervous because his strength had depleted by almost 30%, and now he had only 70% of his original strength left. If things continued like this, he would die from exhaustion.
During his moments of reflection, three more puppets rose from the ground. Now, the situation was completely disadvantageous for Asura because the chances of winning against the three puppets, all of which resembled him, were almost zero. Instead of panicking, he smiled and said, "A true warrior is never afraid of death." After uttering those words, he charged forward, proving that the title "fighting maniac" was not given to him in vain.