Chapter 10 - Training (II)
After cultivating for about thirty minutes to replenish the Origin Energy in his dantian, Sun Kang stood to his feet to use the Cosmic Deity-level technique.
Then with a sharp and determined gaze appearing in his eyes, Sun Kang immediately aimed his palm.
As soon as he did so, and like an external suction force like a whirlpool had appeared within his palm, all the violet Origin Energy stored in his dantian was immediately pulled out of it into a large pool in front of him.
The strength of the pull was so strong that his entire dantian was drained dry in less than a second. And as soon as the energy formed into a large violet pool of energy, it immediately condensed into a solid gigantic sword that began to radiate a harsh violet light that dyed all things within the battle space violet. Furthermore, a strongly undulating power of sharpness that caused the air for eight feet around it to continually slash apart, thereby creating a visible zone of vacuum, also began to emit from the sword.
But this was an attack that bordered on the ordinary, since no mysteries had been branded unto the sword to link it to the realm where the laws of the world operated from! So, one can imagine how powerful it would be once it connected to that realm that contained the governing, superb myriad laws of the world.
Once the comprehended mysteries of the technique was weaved into the enormous sword, the violet light coming from it suddenly grew brighter that it dyed the entire stretch of plain land violet. Also, in that same moment, a type of force that immediately caused the ground to actually cave in and break apart in a rippling fashion to form a twelve feet-wide hole, suddenly began to emit from the sword unceasingly. Then along with the dazzling radiance and crushing force that the sword produced, a powerful aura that seethed violently and seemed to possess the power to seemingly slash apart everything in its path, also began to emit endlessly from the sword.
Swoosh!
As soon as the sword formed, it immediately shot out like a bolt of lightning towards the low-quality mountain treasure that stood afar in the distance.
Puchi!
A low-pitched piercing sound instantly rang out as soon as the sword struck the mountain with the power of an Ascending Law Warrior.
Then like a hot knife through butter, the three-feet wide and five-feet long sword pierced the low-quality mountain treasure so deep that it actually cut a thousand feet deep into it in only three seconds.
After cutting more than a thousand and eight hundred feet into it, the sword slowly began to lose the piercing power and speed that it initially possessed.
Sun Kang who forced himself to see how powerful the attack will be, broke a smile of amazement and accomplishment in his face.
Then he yielded to the intense pain that abruptly took over his senses, and the powerful wave of dizziness that washed over him, trying to subject him to deep sleep.
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After a few hours later, Sun Kang woke up feeling light-headed and empty. Then when he tried to stand to his feet, he realized that he did not even have the energy to do so. It was like the attack that he sent out hours ago, had drained him completely of every form of energy within his body.
"I guess it is when I get to the late stages of Common Law Warrior that I can withstand the powerful exhaustion effect of the attack produced using the Cosmic Deity-level technique."
"At least, I should be able to retain some Origin Energy in my dantian if I were to unleash a Cosmic Deity-level attack at the eight or ninth layer of Common Law Warrior." Sun Kang said with a deep thoughtful gaze in his eyes.
He then sat down on the ground to completely restore his lost Origin Energy.
After trying his best to replenish his dantian with Origin Energy, he discovered that the fourth layer had become loose.
"Perhaps because my dantian has been drained twice that the fourth layer has loosened up. That's good. Now I will become more stronger once I enter the fourth layer." Sun Kang mentioned with his lips stretching into a gladdened smile.
Then with a resolute gaze appearing in his eyes, Sun Kang shut them tight and completely focused on breaking through into the fourth layer, which appeared as a cracked, gigantic concrete door in his vision.
Then with a massive wrecking ball which was his mind smashing several times with great power into the cracked concrete door, the door finally shattered into pieces with a vast and beautiful scenery revealed to Sun Kang. It was simply like he was standing before a boundless stretch of land that contained all the greatly fascinating things in the universe.
At the same time that the door exploded into pieces with a flood of brilliant snow-white light suddenly bathing Sun Kang in his vision, Origin Energy began to move into his body through his pores, which then grew to fill his dantian at an exceptional speed.
Actually, Origin Energy was being sucked by his body from the outside world like a whale and then deposited in his dantian.
After officially reaching the fourth layer of Common Law Warrior, Sun Kang opened his sharp and clear eyes with a gleeful smile appearing on his lips.
"Let me consolidate my cultivation since I just broke through. After doing that, I will try to practice the other battle techniques." Sun Kang who was happy at his yields, nodded his head and closed his eyes once again to stabilize his cultivation.
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Somewhere in Prosper city, in a magnificent room within a tall and imposing building of a sect called Heavens Light sect; a sect only second to the Great Dragon-Elephant sect, could be seen six elderly men and a young man seated on a throne that was elevated far above the floor that the six elderly men sat on in cross-legged positions.
"Sect Master Gu Yang, your plans are slowly coming to fruition. And we as your subordinates promise to stop at nothing until we have achieved your sole desire." An elder of the sect said with a smile appearing in his face.
He then said further, "During the annual sect competition that will take place in 5 months time, our geniuses who have been consuming the Heavenly Six-Paths Revolutions pill that you purchased from a secret pill-refining expert from an higher world, will cause them to erupt with great befuddling power on that day."
"At the moment, they are like bombs ready to explode. And once they explode, not even disciples at a level higher than theirs will want to be found in their paths of ravaging, fascinating power!"
"Hahaha! Good. Good! That is what I like to hear." The young man who was seated on that elevated throne and was called Gu Yang, said with the appreciative nod of his head and with a gleeful laughter beginning to ring out from him.
He then said further, "Once we can knock off the Great Dragon-Elephant sect from the 1st position of Strongest Sect Ranking organized yearly by the City Overlord to improve competitiveness amongst sects, we will be able to obtain much more benefits for our sect, especially a huge marginal reduction in the amounts of tax that we pay monthly, which is totally my headache. While large amounts of excellent cultivation resources will be brought to us at really cheap prices."
"I have spent quite an enormous sum for this to happen. I hope nothing happens along the way and jeopardizes my plans, or I will suffer a serious loss."
"Sect Master Gu Yang, we can understand your worries. But not to worry, things will definitely go as you have planned." Another elder said with a soothing smile appearing in his face.
He then spoke further with confidence in his tone, "Having examined and re-examined the past battle moves, combat strengths and fighting prowess of all the geniuses from the Great Dragon-Elephant sect, we can easily tell that our geniuses who have been consuming those battle-enhancement pills will surely erupt great and bedazzling power on that day."
"The geniuses of the Great Dragon-Elephant sect won't be able to do anything to our sets of geniuses who are undergoing really harsh training in extremely unsuitable environmental conditions. And with the appearance of a new and outstanding genius at our sect, we are sure to overpower the Great Dragon-Elephant sect and have them kicked off that first position that rightfully belongs to our Heavens Light sect."
"Hmm." Sect master Gu Yang uttered with a face full of satisfaction because of what he heard the elderly men who were naturally elders of the sect mention with unfaltering confidence in their voices.
He then said further, "Alright. You can return to your rooms. And remember, do not slack in your duties. Or our shine on that day might be taken from us. You know, the Great Dragon-Elephant sect will also be preparing really hard for that day. So, we aren't allowed to fall behind in the secret battle training of our sect's geniuses. Am I clear?"
"Yes, sect master Gu Yang." The elders replied in unison and began to leave the magnificent room which was the meeting place between them and sect master Gu Yang to their different residences in the sect.
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After training for so many hours, where he was now covered in sweat that drenched him from head to toe, Sun Kang finally prepared to leave the special combat space in the Battle Hall to return there the next day.
Once he came out, he met other disciples of higher cultivation who looked at him with curiosity in their eyes.
How could a fourth-layer, Common Law Warrior stage disciple obtain the authority medallion of an elder? They couldn't believe it. It was like the things they knew and understood were no longer valid.
Actually, the disciples that came out from the Battle Hall were the famed geniuses of the sect. Just some of them actually. A few others wouldn't be seen in public like this, as their status were too high. Besides, these high-level geniuses were currently undergoing really harsh training in very unsuitable environments, that is places where Origin Energy was thin and would be faced by hordes of powerful wild beasts, however under the supervision of a few elders who wouldn't move an inch until they were a second away from total extermination.
"You! How were you able to obtain an elder medallion?" One of the geniuses called Hou Gang, asked with a curious and surprised look in his face.
Sun Kang who knew that this question would be directed at him upon them seeing him come out of the Battle Hall, beamed a smile at them and confidently replied, "Well, it's because I have joined your league. By my power, strength and combat prowess, I should be able to eat and drink from the table that you guys will ever feast from."
"Amazing! With your fourth-layer Common Law Warrior stage, right?" another Genius called Ding Chen, asked with an astounded smile in his face.
"Yes!" Sun Kang directly replied without his tone faltering or wavering.
Pah! Pah! Pah!
Ding Chen began to clap his hand with a dumbfounded expression surfacing in his face.
"Guys, leave him alone." A female in their midst who was at the ninth-layer of Mortal Ascendance Law Warrior, suddenly said with a slight, disproving shake of her head.
She then looked at Sun Kang and asked, "You, what's your name?"
"Hu Cheng." Sun Kang replied.
"Hmm. I have never heard of that name before, possibly because you are an Outer Court Disciple. But it's good that you have joined our league now, which will add to the glory of our sect. So, we hope to see you grow quickly and truly be able to join us at the table that we will ever feast from. You can return now, or these troublesome guys will continue to ask you questions. And trust me, they are really good at it." The female called Xia Chen, and was the one with the highest cultivation of all of them gathered here, said with an indifferent expression in her face.
Sun Kang nodded his head and turned around to leave their presence.
Immediately he arrived before that elder, Sun Kang bowed deeply and said, "I will be returning now, elder."
"You have broken through? That's good. Keep up with this speed." The elder said with a surprised look manifesting in his face.
He then said further, "Alright kid. You can return now. But I hope I will see you tomorrow?"
"Definitely, elder. I am surely going to visit the Battle Hall everyday and stay for as long as I can to train." Sun Kang said with a determined expression appearing in his face.
Immediately Sun Kang left, the other geniuses appeared before that elder and bowed deeply.
"Elder, we will like to return to our rooms." One of them called Xi Yang and was at the sixth layer of the Mortal Ascendance Law Warrior stage, said in a courteous and polite manner to the elder.
"Hmm. You can return to rest." The elder said with the nod of his head.
"Elder, before I go, I would like to understand something." Someone amongst them, who wasn't satisfied with the present state of things, suddenly said, drawing the attention of the elder and the other genius-level disciples towards him.
"What would you like to know?" The elder asked with an indifferent gaze in his eyes.
"Why would an authority medallion be given to that measly fourth-layer Common Law Warrior stage disciple? Before I could get mine, I had to work really hard for it. And I remember clearly that it was when I got to the Ascending Law Warrior stage that I could finally get mine. And that, after beating everyone else that came at me for it. Ugh! I am so pained and unhappy. Sounds like my hardwork was totally in vain." the genius-level disciple called Zhao Cheng, asked with a great unsatisfactory look in his face.
"That boy! Hmm..." The elder said and unintentionally produced a deep thoughtful look in his face when he abruptly recalled how the soul-chilling gaze that he used to look at Sun Kang didn't have any kind of effect on him. Then because of the thoughtful expression in his face, the genius-tier disciples gathered in front of him began to look at him with a high degree of astonishment and puzzlement in their faces.
They couldn't fathom what really happened, then they all turned their faces to look at the back of Sun Kang's figure as he confidently walked down a certain path to the Outer Court Disciples residence.