Chapter 5 - pagoda of trials

after Adam got the astral technique book from elman told him to learn how to use it before returning to training with .currently Adam was at the back of his house where a large back yard was and was holding the sword he got from the weapon storage room,Infront of him using both hands tightly gripping it then a blue energy came over the blade of the sword turning the white blade blue and Adam swinged it and a blue line of energy came out of the blade and hit the tree that was Infront him and the outline of a cut was shown on the tree and a few seconds later half of the tree falled down crap I didn't expect it to be that strong Adam thought but he still think he was weak compared to other soul trainers since he still only had one essence ring but he didn't let that get him down as he had a mission which he placed for himself which was reaching 25 essence rings in three months are close to it as he heard one needed a minimum of that or a high level blessing which he didn't have to pass zenith academy entrance exam. but he knew it would be hard to get 25 essence rings as it was the limit to how many essence ring a origin soul trainer could create.suddenly Adam saw an blue hair girl that was 5,5ft tall and was wearing a maid attire who was Raina came to the back of the yard running young master what was that sound I just heard she asked but turned to look at the tree that was chopped down.its was an accident caused by my training,but there's something I want to ask you did the clan head ask you on whether or not you wanted to take the path of an exorcists Adam questioned yes Raina answered quickly then what was your answer Adam asked I decided to be an exorcist and because of my high level water blessing I've been accepted as an disciple of an high ranking exorcist with an similar blessing to mine,the only downside is I won't be here take care of you and will leave tomorrow I guess I'll only get to take care of you again if you attend zenith academy Raina said what do you mean if I'll definitely attend it just you wait and see and who said i can't take care of myself he said with a serious face after finishing his discussion with Raina he looked around the mansion but didn't see erebos and wandered where he went but decided to stop looking for him and go to the training center that was made in the Ren sanctuary to train origin rank soul trainer's.how far do you think Eric will reach a teen that was wearing a black t shirt with the sign of an star on the center of it and black pants said to another teen wearing similar clothing to him looking at a building that was 6 stories tall and was very large I think he might reach the fourth floor since he's the one with the highest blessing from this year's guardian test a student commented.so this is the pagoda that consists of 6 floor's that give trials made for only origin rank soul trainers let's see how far I can go Adam thought and went to the front door of the pagoda and entering the first floor to see a lot of other recruits there sitting around many tables and some was looking at an board which he had no idea was and he noticed something strangely which was there was no stairs leading to the other floor's which made him think how he was supposed to reach the other floor's to do the trials but started to look around the first floor which he then noticed as a recruit walked walked through something that looked like a door but one that was made of purple energy a door is that those dimensional portal I heard about Adam thought but he still wanted more information about the pagoda that's when he saw someone who was a white shirt and black pants and had a name tag marked instructor and he quickly went over to the man and started to ask questions about the pagoda and after speaking to the instructor for awhile he understood how the pagoda worked and also learnt simple information of floor 1 which he was currently at. the instructor told him it was treated as a resting area for people who enter the pagoda after getting all the information he needed Adam went inside the the purple portal and the next second he noticed he was inside a large hall that was hundred meters in length and width and had a double door on the other side of the room opposite to him and the purple portal he came through was still behind him suddenly Adam saw the double opened and a humanoid object came through the humanoid object looked to be made from wood with an yellow eye middle of it's blank face and was holding a sword.it looks like an wooden puppet Adam thought.thats when he saw the puppets eyes and his meet and instantly he saw it running towards him at an fast speed and cross the distance between them and swinged its sword it held in his hand at him but he responded by doing the same with his sword and as the two swords collided the earth beneath them cracked and the sound of iron hitting each other went out.but there was a clear victor in strength with the clash of swords as adam was getting pushed back by the puppet knowing he was at an disadvantages Adam jumped back trying to get distance between them but as he did the puppet extended it's hand holding the sword at him giving him a slight cut on his forehead.this puppet it looks like it has the knowledge of an experience swordsman and I'm not that good with the sword how should I go about this I can't take it on in close combat so I'll try using my strongest attack once I try catching it off guard he thought but he quickly focused his attention back at the puppet as he saw its eyes glowing a yellow color and instantly before he knew what was happening a yellow beam of energy shot out of the puppets yellow eye catching him off guard but as the beam was inches from touching his hand he felt like he could hear as something was approaching closer to his hand and he quickly moved it out of the way and a bullet made of yellow energy instead of metal passed him hitting into the wall behind him.what was that Adam thought noticing he didn't imagine hearing something approaching his hand but he thought of only onething that could be the cause of his hearing being so good which was because he had been blind for fifteen his hearing was one of the things he mostly reallied on but he thought his existence power must have amplified his hearing to greater lengths than he could ever think of.the puppet seeing it's earlier attempt fail yellow eyes started to glow rapidly and Adam could hear the sound of many energy bullet's shot out at him but this time he had a easy way to deal with and charged straight at the puppet while dodging the projectiles it was shooting at him by using his enhanced hearing.the puppet seeing that the human was getting closer towards him and not one of it's attack was landing stop firing the energy bullet's out and gripped its sword tightly ready for close combat and Adam who was now Infront of the puppet hold his sword with both hands and both Adam and the puppet started to parry each other's strike's but Adam already knew he didn't have the power to beat the puppet in close combat kicked away one of the puppets foot but he saw that it was trying to get back it's footing and kicked it in the gut sending it a few meters from him and he saw that the puppet was trying to quickly get up and he concentrated all of his existence power into his sword turning it blue and swinged at the direction of the puppet that had finally got up only to see a blue line of energy went through itsbody and it was instantly cut in half and Adam then saw the body of the puppet dissolve and in its place a small clear bottle containing five pills were shown and he went and picked them up and a purple portal similar to the one he came through was created at the door where the puppet came through but he wasn't interested in that at the moment as if he could barely clear floor one he thought there was no way he could pass floor two so all his attention was drawn to the pills in the bottle which he thought must have been spiritual pills which the intructor had told him about spirit pills are known to have the ability to strengthen one's soul source and help create more essence rings.since he had decided that he wouldn't go to the.second floor he exited the first floor then came out of the pagoda front door and immediately heard someone said your Adam Ren right.and he turn to see that the voice came from an 5,10ft teen boy that looked to be in his late teens with black hair,black eyes and was wearing a white t shirt and brown pants seeing the discription of the person he thought he didn't look like an instructor or an recruit which made him think hard about who it was but nothing came to mind and he asked who are you.what!... you mean to say you can't remember your own brother that's very depressing just thinking about it the teen boy infront of Adam said which shock him but since he got to listen to the voice clearly and he did think it sounded like his brother.so quanshi I heard you returned from zenith academy by father,but what business do you have at the pagoda I thought it was only useful for origin rank soul trainer's Adam asked referring to the teen infront him.your right that the pogoda isn't useful to anyone who as surpassed the origin rank like me so naturally I wouldn't have any business with it,the reason I'm here is because of you answered quanshi.adam hearing his response ask for what reason.its because after I came back I went to see father and he told me that you could see now so I came here to confirm it myself and give you a good look at your handsome brother here but that isn't the main reason why I'm here I was given a task by father one where all have to do is help you awaken your bloodline ability, aren't you happy by this news quanshi said smiling which gave Adam a bad feeling.