When Zhang Yong returned to Shrek, the floor of the gate was in ruins as if a violent fight had taken place. "What the heck happened to the-, it doesn't matter, a lot has happened today. I can't bear any more of this."
When he used his spirit bone, he noticed something since it was his first time. The bone did not consume any spiritual energy but rather mental energy, which was much more stressful, so he decided to go back to his room and meditate some more.
Upon arriving at his room, Xiao Wu was standing at the door. Upon seeing Zhang Yong, she rushed towards him, "Zhang Yong, just in time, treat my brother quickly."
Without asking, Zhang Yong entered the room, Tang San was meditating on his bed, and there was a line of blood on the side of his mouth
Zhang Yong summoned his soul and began to treat him, "How did you get to this state?"
Tang San shook his head with a smile, "Nothing, this is a reaction from my fight with a Spirit King, to win in a fight it takes special skill, Tai Lung's father was the strongest among those I faced."
There was an ugly and angry expression on Zhang Yong's face, "Where is he? Whoever dares to bully you is a Soul King? I will annihilate his entire family."
Tang San trembled upon hearing his tone, but smiled softly, "Don't worry, I already defeated him, and besides, I was the one who bullied him, not the other way around."
Zhang Yong's expression fell slightly before he exhaled, "But seriously, you're going to kill me if you keep hurting yourself like this."
Tang San sighed, "I apologize for that, but there was no choice."
After some time Tang San was cured and decided to spend time meditating
Zhang Yong did the same, closed his eyes and began to cultivate
Time passed quietly, the night went and the sun shone, but the calm was broken by Xiao Wu storming into the room
She shook Zhang Yong forcefully, "Zhang Yong, where is Tang San?"
Zhang Yong turned his head to look around the room. Tang San was hidden, "Not here huh? He often gets up early to train outside the dormitory. He's probably somewhere high up, maybe on the roof." Zhang Yong then pointed up.
Xiao Wu pulled Zhang Yong's arm, "What are we waiting for then, let's go."
When the two headed out of the residence, Tang San was already returning
Xiao Wu asked, "Brother, are you okay?"
Tang San nodded calmly with a smile on his face, "I'm fine."
Zhang Yong started to walk away, leaving the two immersed in their world, "Since I'm sure he's okay, let's go have breakfast."
The three started walking towards the dining hall, even though it was early there were already people eating in the hall
After sitting down, Zhang Yong noticed some glances, not at him but at Tang San, however he just ignored it as he buried his face into the bowl of rice.
After he finished, he got up and walked outside, and Xiao Wu called him, "Where are you going?"
Zhang Yong turned around for a moment, "I feel like I'm close to breaking through, so I'll take advantage of it."
Zhang Yong left the hall, headed to his room, and began training
After a few hours had passed, Zhang Yong finally opened his eyes and shouted, "Finally, I've broken through to rank five!"
Then a voice rose from the side "congratulations"
Zhang Yong turned towards the voice and Tang San had returned. "Where have you been man?"
Tang San scratched the back of his head,
"the story will be a little long , But I heard that the Tian Dou Imperial Academy had suffered heavy damage"
Zhang Yong ask as if he wasn't the one who cause it "what did happened?"
Tang San raised his hands helplessly, "It's not known. It seems they have hidden the details about what happened."
Zhang Yong chuckled lightly, "It seems to be the karma of their actions."
Tang San shook his head, "I wonder about that."
At this time, Zhang Yong was lying on the bed. 'Finally I have returned to my level, status.'
(Status
Name: Chang Yong (Heigai Naoto)
Age: 14 years
Body:
Life and Death physique lvl1
Alchemy physique of ice and fire lvl4
Level 45 (1,900,000/12)
Strength: 200
Endurance: 170
Agility: 230
Intelligence: 95
Spiritual energy: 45
Status Points: 24
Emotion points: 5399
ability
Skills. Store. Inventory. Missions.
Gambling
)
Zhang Yong looked at his condition and looked surprised, 'I have already made great progress, after the teachers and the others return from the Sunset Forest, I will head over there to hunt some monsters, but something is puzzling me, it's as if my experience points are being absorbed, can I imagine?' Zhang Yong thought deeply
After seeing his status points, he thought clearly, 'If I raise the level of Intelligence, this might increase the effectiveness of the Nightmare King's Soul Bone, so I will put 21 points on Intelligence, and the rest I will put on Endurance.'
After thinking about it, the points were distributed smoothly
He slept peacefully that night
Five days later, the teachers and Dai Mubai returned with their soul rings
The next day, Zhang Yong headed towards the Sunset Forest. The place was not far, and it was easier to reach using wings doubled with soul rings.
He landed quietly at the entrance, "There should be thousand-year-old spirit beasts inside."
After entering, Zhang Yong began to penetrate the forest and open the map, but there were only ten-year-old Little Spirit Beasts in the area
"There's nothing here, I'll keep going."
Zhang Yong climbed up one of the trees and began pressing his foot on the branches and moving from one tree to another
After advancing hundreds of meters, the map sensed a monster, and Zhang Yong immediately quickened his steps as he advanced
As soon as he arrived, he looked at the monster. It was a dragon with blue eyes, green scales, and brown fur extending from the back of its head towards its tail.
Zhang Yong jumped in front of him and looked at him greedily, "Just a thousand-year-old beast, good as a warm-up."
Zhang Yong summoned the Death Dagger into his hand and rushed towards the dragon
With his senses focused, all he saw were three dots, which was rare
As soon as it saw it coming, the dragon let out a sharp, deafening roar and took off flying from its spot, looking like an oriental dragon during that.
It appeared to be flying over the area in circles and did not attack
"Are you planning to escape? This is a game that two people can play."
Zhang Yong released his Thousand Year Spirit Ring and soared into the sky
A dark aura suddenly shot out from Zhang Yong's heart and moved to his dagger, increasing its length and almost reaching the size of a sword.
With a flash, Zhang Yong's presence disappeared in front of the dragon, he flew above the dragon, and quickly descended, cutting through the air and landing on the dragon's head. The dagger was rubbing against its shell, but it was unexpectedly hard.
With Zhang Yong above his head, the dragon began to fly frantically in zigzag
He dived deep into the forest in an attempt to get rid of him
Zhang Yong grabbed him tightly and stuck firmly on his head, the dragon's speed and sharp turns made it difficult to hold on to him
Zhang Yong moved his arm forcefully as he struck the dagger in the same place until he removed the shell from its place
He hacked his dagger one last time, stabbing his skull and making a hole in it
Zhang Yong put back his dagger and stuck his hand into the hole
At that moment he activated three skills
The ring's ability to manipulate fire
The fires of hell Naraka
The first level of the Fire law
The dragon's brains and entrails exploded
The dragon flew around in a state of madness with his brain cooked, with the speed at which he was moving, his lower part was rubbing against the ground and colliding with the trees until he crashed massively into a tree that was two meters wide.
(The 1580-year-old Azure Jade Dragon has been killed
Host gain
15,300 experience points
10,000 sentiment points
)
Zhang Yong jumped off the dragon's head and looked at the corpse with an annoyed expression, "Has my level dropped that much for me to suffer from such a monster, and more importantly, why have my experience points dropped by more than half?"
(This is because of the Life and Death physique, the structure absorbs the power of living beings to increase its own level)
"What good will I gain if you keep sucking like this? I won't raise my level anytime soon."
(You looked in the direction of life, not in the direction of death. Try placing your right hand on the corpse of the monster)
As he placed his hand on the monster, a black mist covered his hand and swirled to cover the entire corpse. In less than a moment, the corpse disappeared and only the bones remained.
(Scale: 1%)
"Scale?"
(Yes, after absorption, it will turn into a scale, and when using it, it can increase your strength, but when the level of the structure rises, filling it will require more effort, and other abilities will be unlocked after progress, but this is under conditions as well, you must touch the target with your right hand and it must be dead)
"I understand"
Zhang Yong suddenly felt ripples of spirit energy from nearby
He rushed towards the source and his senses were on high alert
When he got there there was an empty space, there was a thousand-year-old bloody unicorn fighting, but strangely enough he wasn't fighting anyone, it looked more like he was fighting alone before his horn shone with a red light and hit the ground with it, sending ground waves that shook the place and sent something flying. Until he crashed into a tree
Gradually an object began to appear out of the void, it was Yuan Ling
Zhang Yong's eyes widened in surprise. After her appearance, the unicorn looked at her before sweeping the ground with his feet and rushing towards her.
Zhang Yong flew out of his place and stood in the path of the rhino with one hand, holding it by the horn and holding the dagger with his other hand, and pierced the rhino's neck.
(A 1,356-year-old blood rhinoceros was killed
Host gain
12,060 experience points
10,000 feelings points
)
After killing the rhinoceros, Zhang Yong put his hand on it and sucked it out, leaving only bones
(scale 0,5%)
He turned to Yuan Ling and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Yuan Ling raised her head towards him before standing up, "Zhang Yong, what a coincidence."
Zhang Yong looked suspiciously at her, "You expect me to believe it's a coincidence? Yuan Ling, we've known each other for years, I can tell a lie when I hear it."
Yuan Ling looked at Zhang Yong and the pitch of her voice shook, "You think you alone want to become stronger, I want to become stronger as well."
Zhang Yong sighed deeply, "I understand, but you have to-"
Yuan Ling shouted at him again, "Stop acting like you understand everything, you don't know how hard it is to see you hurting yourself, leading yourself to inevitable death like this."
"Inevitable death?!" Zhang Yong immediately asked, "What in the name of the Creator are you talking about?"
She spoke with a trembling voice, "That dark aura, it's eating you alive."
Zhang Yong froze when he heard her words. He knew that the dark aura was invading his body, but as much as it increased his strength, it would sometimes control and change him, but he did not know that it was threatening his life.
He immediately asked, his expression changing to become serious, "How do you know about this, who told you!"
Yuan Ling calmly opened her right hand and floated out what looked like a white ball, but it had a hole in it and inside there was a bright blood red light.
"I...I have a twin martial spirit, called the Blood Nest. By injecting a person with a drop of blood, I can find out where he is, whether he is alive, and even absorb the energy he absorbs. Without this spirit, I wouldn't be here today. I injected you with it,You don't know how I feel"
Zhang Yong's eyes widened upon seeing this, "You...what did you do to my body?"
Yuan Ling swallowed, "I knew it, I…I had absorbed some of your cultivation, I figured…..if I reached a high level of soul power, I would be able to rid you of the dark aura completely, I knew that taking advantage of you was wrong, but…How do you expect me to watch you die in front of me, unable to do anything?"
Zhang Yong clutched his face as his twisted mind began to rush out thoughts, the usual image of Yuan Ling in his mind was shattered into rubble.
She took advantage of me!
She manipulated me!
I cared for her like a sister and how did she return that to me?
But she did it for me
She used me to get stronger!
Kill her
I must kill her now, at any cost
Kill her!!!
Suddenly a calm voice appeared in Zhang Yong's mind, 'Heigai Naoto, calm down now.' That was the voice of the Empress
Zhang Yong seemed to be on the verge of a mental breakdown and about to shatter, but the calm voice was the tip of the last thread he was clinging to, 'Empress, but she took advantage of me, I must kill her.'
However, the Empress calmly replied, "If you kill her, will you be satisfied?" Won't you feel guilty or any regret?'
Zhang Yong's irises widened, 'regret...?' These words echoed in his mind
Then the Empress continued, 'let's say you killed her, how would you feel?' What are your feelings towards her?
Zhang Yong was slightly affected, 'I...I, I can't...I can't bring myself to hate her and I can't forgive her either.'
Zhang Yong raised his head, took a deep breath, and raised his hand
Yuan Ling closed her eyes, expecting him to hit her, but his hand slowly landed on her head. Zhang Yong didn't know whether to feel guilty for not noticing before or angry that she took advantage of him.
Yet he couldn't bring himself to blame her
Zhang Yong let out a sigh, "I'm not angry from you, you should have told me before."
As he removed his hand from her head, he turned around, "I will not forgive you, though."
Yuan Ling was taken aback for a moment, expecting a different reaction. "You're not angry from me? But-"
Zhang Yong interrupted her before she could continue speaking, "That's why I won't forgive you, and this way we'll be equal. Also, you're thinking too much. I know more about my health. It's impossible for me to cause my death."
Zhang Yong looked at the rhino bones and continued, "Are you still practicing the technique I taught you when we were children?"
Yuan Ling nodded silently as she looked down with her head bowed, feeling more ashamed than sad
"Then I will teach you a few things since you want to become stronger, but not for me but for yourself, don't attach your life to anyone."
Yuan Ling raised her head and nodded, "Okay."
Later, the two spent some time training. The two hunted spirit beasts, and as Zhang Yong expected, the various skills increased the effectiveness of her spirit skills. The two did not feel the time until night had already fallen, and they were leaning against a tree, waiting for the morning.
Yuan Ling broke the surrounding silence, "The moon is beautiful, isn't it?"
Zhang Yong looked towards the starry sky. Unlike his previous world, the stars were not as clear as now, but the view was truly beautiful. "The stars at night are bright, but you know what I like most about them?"
Yuan Ling turned her gaze towards Zhang Yong, motioning for him to continue
"These stars may have died millions of years ago, but they still shine brightly. If I have a dream, it is to be like those stars. Despite my inability to escape death, I want to continue shining even after a long time."
Yuan Ling listened to Zhang Yong's words intently as she looked up at the sky and laughed lightly, "This is a strange dream, however I will support you in achieving it."
Zhang Yong laughed and felt a warmth run through him, "Okay, but that will take time. Even the strongest man will be forgotten among the pages of history. This is everyone's destiny…..to be forgotten."
For Zhang Yong, there were two ways to not be forgotten, either to become peerless great, so great that millions would wish to be like you, or to be the greatest disaster, where everyone would remember you as the most dangerous.
They sat there quietly and enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere of the night, but Zhang Yong couldn't stop himself from thinking about what was happening. Yuan Ling had absorbed that energy from him which could be dangerous for her, so he asked, "How long have you been absorbing that dark aura?"
Yuan Ling thought for a moment, "I injected you with the drop after being away for a month in Nuoding City, afraid that you would leave and not come back, and I felt the dark aura after a year of that."
Zhang Yong felt sweat hit his head as he thought, 'It's the time I started training for Yami's ability.'
However, Zhang Yong furrowed his eyebrows in concern, "How did you feel when you absorbed it? Are there any changes in you?"
Yuan Ling remembered something, "Everything was normal. There was that time when the aura surged out of control and some of my internal organs were damaged. It happened in the Star Dou Forest. Why? Is there something wrong?"
Zhang Yong soon remembered Yuan Ling's nosebleeds that time, and that was the time Zhang Yong lost control, how could he forget her?
Zhang Yong closed his eyes for a moment, "No, there is nothing, but if something happens, come and tell me."
Yuan Ling nodded and smiled, "But promise me something, no matter what the situation is, don't risk your life. If possible, I want to die before you."
Zhang Yong couldn't help but feel something strange in the air, then quickly got up from the ground, "uhmm, go to sleep first, I'll guard."
Yuan Ling saw him hurriedly standing up, and felt puzzled. However, she did not speak, but instead fell asleep
Zhang Yong jumped onto a distant tree and just observed the atmosphere, "This is tiring, I can't forgive her , ok I have decided, after this tournament is over, I will leave the academy."
(Eh? I thought the host would stay longer)
Zhang Yong wondered sternly, "What? Why is this?"
(Well you seemed to have a desire to stay because of that girl, after all your relationship has progressed right?)
Zhang Yong grumbled, "What? Do you think this is a story where two people's relationship progresses after they reveal each other's secret and end up being lovers? Spare me this stuff, I'm too old for this shit."
(But the host is only fourteen years old)
"I'm talking about mental age, I'm already in my thirties, I wouldn't be influenced by a few girls of my age."
The next day, the two returned to the academy quietly, but in his heart, Zhang Yong decided to keep his distance from Yuan Ling, at least for a while until his heart and nerves calmed down.