After drinking a lot, Kai decided to sleep tonight rather than meditate. For two more days, he would slightly stabilise his state to its peak, and after that, he would return to Asura's Inferno.
Kai's cultivation method was very fierce. He would exhaust himself to the last drop in Asura's Hell, and then greedily absorb the energy, expanding his Energy Vortex. Except that lately, he hadn't been paying much attention to the second part.
For the past month, Kai had been fixated on the idea of absorbing Kings. Because of that, after each battle, he only recovered a little and threw himself back into Asura's Inferno. He needed to constantly study and fight, there was no time to deal with raising his cultivation level. To be more precise, Kai was betting that absorbing the King would make him much stronger than absorbing energy.
Except it didn't turn out the way Kai had imagined. It seemed that he had reached the final stage of the second level of the Invisible King Torture Technique. It was as if he was now being forced to take the final exam. Now he wouldn't receive any reward until he passed it.
Because of this, Cai realised that he needed to change his cultivation strategy a bit. If his cultivation doesn't get stronger from absorbing Kings. Then he should pay serious attention to absorbing energy after battle.
Cai decided that he would return to the development strategy that was still at the beginning of the second level of his cultivation technique. Back then, he didn't know that the energy of kings had such a favourable effect on him. He would just exhaust himself to the last and then absorb a huge amount of energy to expand his Energy Vortex.
Now he would do the same. As Kai drank his wine and thought about it, he even smiled. He found it amusing that not only the Kings, but also he had to return to his roots. Although those were too loud words, Kai was already pretty drunk, so he didn't care.
After a good night's sleep, Kai got up, washed his face, and ate some fried fish. He calmly walked around in just his trousers. Kai was getting used to the life of a hermit again. After stretching a little, he sat down in lotus position.
- Let's get started! Who would want to test me next? Hehehe. - Laughing Kai said and closed his eyes.
He wondered which King he would have to fight next. Kai had noticed that when he first started cultivating the Invisible King Torture Technique, the King of Envy was not the second to be created. This meant that the fights with the Kings would be in random order. That is to say, right now, any of the three remaining ones could come. Kai was very curious as to who would come next.
When Kai opened his eyes he saw nothing, his mind began to rattle. It seemed like Kai's brain couldn't adjust to his surroundings. His thoughts started to get a little confused.
"No feelings at all! What's going on!!! We need to get a grip!" - Shouted Kai in his head, bringing himself up to speed.
After that shout, with the help of his willpower, Kai instantly calmed down. But his perception of reality was still in disarray.
The problem was that he couldn't see anything, hear anything, or smell anything. There was no wind, there was nothing.
"Right!" - Kai thought about it and quickly snapped his fingers....
But! Nothing happened....
He felt the skin of his fingers rubbing against each other, but there was no sound. All of his senses were switched off! This was a completely new feeling!
A person, from birth is constantly hearing sounds, smells and seeing different images. Even in the quietest place, a man would hear the sound of blood moving through his veins. But what Kai was feeling now was quite extreme.
After standing for a bit, Kai began to spread his perception and energy around. A boon, his Spiritual Sea was open. Although ordinary masters could also assess the surroundings with energy, but this was a completely different level. It was as if the Spiritual Sea was becoming another, full-fledged sense organ. On the same principle, he could view his heart and bones.
As soon as Kai extended perception, he began to feel the floor beneath his feet and its area. Kai's consciousness slowly began to stabilise. Now he at least had something to lean on.
"Damn, this is definitely the King of Fury! This kind of perception test is terrifying... Passing it without the Spirit Sea, would be some kind of mockery!" - Exclaimed Kai in his head.
Kai began to assess the surroundings with his perception. He was standing on a completely flat landscape. There were absolutely no boundaries around him....
"Gotta check it out..." - Kai thought and dashed off in an arbitrary direction.
He ran, expecting the King's attack from second to second. But nothing was happening yet... After a few minutes, Kai stopped.
"It's no use, I'm in a completely empty space.... I can't even feel any walls or obstacles." - Realised Kai.
It didn't seem to matter where he would run, or how long he would do it for. In this domain, the Fury King would have him in the palm of his hand at all times. At the same time, he himself was no different from a blind, newborn kitten.
"Okay, there's no point in exploring the situation, everything is already clear." - Kai thought, and at the dictates of his thoughts, daggers appeared in his hands.
- .... - At that moment, Kai decided to shout out a call to attack.
Although Kai's lips uttered "Attack!", but no sound came out. It was a very strange feeling...
"What the? It seems like provoking the opponent won't work. We have to wait." - When Kai realised this, he just continued to stand there without moving.
Since there was no other choice, he just waited and constantly assessed the situation, keeping an eye out for a potential attack.
And then all of a sudden!
"Danger!" - Kai exclaimed in his head and instantly recoiled!
He felt a very slight killing intent, which normally would have been drowned out by the sounds and smells of the surroundings. But right now, he was clearly catching it.
"Damn! Not fast enough!" - Thought Kai and ran his palm over his shoulder.
Kai felt something warm and slightly viscous spreading on his fingers. Feeling a slight tingling sensation on his shoulder, Kai immediately realised what this was all about. He had been injured!
But at this moment, Kai didn't care at all, he stood there smiling. If one could make a sound in the Fury King's domain. Then a delighted laughter would be heard.
"That's what it is! Heh heh heh! If I learn to use this in the real world, my danger perception and instincts will reach a new level!" - Excitedly realised Kai.
In fact, many martial artists, focus on more than just their opponent's movements. Good masters also notice sounds, vibrations, and smells. All of these can provide a lot of useful information about an attack.
But at this moment, Kai realised that there was a level even higher! It is to orientate to the very intention of the opponent, the feeling from his energy and aura! But to think that such things could be grasped was rather insane. No one in their right mind would try such a thing.
It seems that it was at the moment of the Fury King's attack that Kai realised a new way of fighting.....
''If I can rely not only on my basic senses of perception when fighting a terrifying opponent...'' But also on the sharpness of the Spiritual Sea... Then I'll be able to sense the very intentions of the opponent by his aura! What a terrifying concept..." - Shocked Kai thought.
"Fuck!" - Cussed out in Kai's head.
At this moment, he didn't sense the second attack and got more seriously injured. Due to his pondering, he didn't even catch a glimpse of the Fury King's aura.
"Hehehe! I see how to fight you! But it seems like it will take me no less time than in the case of the Envy King..." - Said Kai in his thoughts.
He now realised exactly what he needed to study to defeat the Rage King. If he masterfully honed his perception, then he would gradually be able to grasp his opponent's attacks. Only at that point would he be able to think of a victory strategy!
"Alright, all thoughts aside!" - Seriously said Kai, and his concentration rose to the highest possible level.
Kai raised his daggers a little higher and got into a more stable stance. He tried to keep an eye on the entire environment around him, even what was above him.
"Hehehe! This is going to be very interesting!" - Kai thought in anticipation.