Until now, there had been absolutely no reaction from Kessia. But that didn't bother Kai at all. Basically, he's always focused only on his goals. It was like that before obtaining the bloodline, it would be like that after.
But what really pissed Kai off a bit was..... That there was a person in front of his nose who could give him answers to many questions. But right now, he didn't even know when Kessia would regain consciousness. It could take a year, or it could take decades!
It was quite a strange feeling... Although they had only communicated for a short period of time. But due to the fact that Kessia had already been in Kai's Spiritual Sea for a long time and he regularly thought of her, it felt like they were really close to each other. This was one of the amazing abilities of the human brain.
- Tz... You'll be awake before I know everything... - Kai said irritably, but then he calmed down immediately.
- Okay... I guess it's not time yet... If I keep evolving, I'll find the answers someday. It's better to think about pressing matters. - Said Kai and returned to reality.
He closed his eyes and started meditating, thinking in parallel.
'There are as many as three more spheres to the top. And each subsequent one will be more and more difficult to climb... More difficult is not the right word. To climb a stage higher means a whole metamorphosis of a person. Even Master Mo is at the peak of the Star Sphere.' - Kai pondered over all of this.
Although it seemed like three spheres wasn't that much. Kai had already passed the Body Preparation, Warrior stage, Cultivator stage, and entered the Cloud Sphere. But in practice, going from the Cloud Sphere to the Attraction Sphere was many times more difficult than going through the previous 4 stages. The complexity of the subsequent ones grows exponentially.
Even finding the correct explanation was difficult. If one were to calculate the complexity of the path from Body Training to the Star Sphere... It would turn out that it wasn't even a hundredth as difficult as going from the Star Sphere to the Core Sphere. That was how huge the difference was!
'I wonder, could it be that Kessia was once in the Core Sphere as well?' - Kai suddenly thought to himself.
Thinking over all the information he possessed right now. Kai realised that someone of Kessia's level could only be a Core Sphere master. And listening to her, it could be deduced that in the past, she was one of the strongest among the Core Sphere masters.
Considering the superior skill level of the ancient civilisation... Soon, Kessia was far stronger than the current rulers of the Heavenly Continent!
''Alright... It's pointless to speculate about this... At some point, I'll ask these questions to her personally. She's imprisoned in my Spiritual Sea, where will she go! Hehe.' - Evilly laughed in Kai's thoughts.
After that, Kai continued to meditate quietly, clearing his mind of all unnecessary thoughts. Tomorrow was a new training day, he needed to rest.
At dawn, everything happened again. Kai said hello to his Brother Shuo and the fight began!
Everything happened in the same manner. Shuo gave advice and talked about all sorts of tricks. Cai was constantly losing, but gradually became more skilful.
Day after day passed in this manner....
Each time Kai grew stronger, Shuo also grew more serious. He didn't give Kai even a chance to relax. In the entire period of their two-week training, Cai hadn't won once!
This didn't bother him much, as he realised that he was fighting one of the strongest Personal Disciples, the Lone Buddha! Kai, on the contrary, was only enjoying the whole process. His opponent was lively, and acted like a true martial artist.
This was not Fashur from the Border Beast City, who only pursued strength for resources and profit. Shuo truly lived by fighting. Even his very personality was imbued with martial arts.
Although Kai's views and character were completely different from Shuo's.... But he was pursuing a similar goal. Therefore, he understood Lone Buddha well and valued him as an opponent.
Aside from training, over dinner, Shuo would constantly talk about the different types of weapons and what techniques applied to them. What their strengths and weaknesses were and so on. Although it was only theory, it was very valuable theory! Shuo had learnt all this knowledge through years of fighting!
Now Shuo was telling him that martial artists didn't always wield their usual weapons. There are those who use a zither or a fan as their instrument. There are also other masters like animal trainers. They breed pets for their own use and use them in combat.
- Sounds like the methods of the Beast Mastery Sect. - Nodding gave out Kai.
- Not really. In the Beast Possession Sect, a contract is made between a human and a beast. But not a wild beast, but one of their intelligent branches. They are also bonded by blood contracts, which makes their lives connected. - Shuo replied calmly, 'The ones I'm talking about are the Tamers. They tame wild beasts and use them as weapons. There is no contract between them, so they can easily send the beast into a suicidal attack. - Lone Buddha explained.
- I think I understand... Thank you for the explanation, Brother Shuo. - Thanked Cai.
After that, Shuo continued to explain various aspects of other martial artists' methods. For example, if you are fighting a zither or flute wielder, it is better to initially seal your hearing with energy. This will limit your reflexes, as you will be shutting down one of your senses. But this way, you'll ensure against a sudden attack on your consciousness, or a technique that will drive you into an illusion through the sounds of the instrument.
At that moment, Kai immediately recalled the words of his Master Mo, who had told him to train his reflexes without relying on all of his senses. Except back then, he was restricting Kai's vision, not his hearing.
'Fury King's methods are simply amazing...' - Kai realised in shock.
He now realised how useful skills he had earned by fighting in the Fury King's domain! In that place, he was literally disconnected from all his senses. Even the tactile one! Learning to fight under such conditions, Kai would have a great advantage over masters of this type.
For others, sealing their hearing was a strong limitation. But Kai wasn't particularly affected by it....
'If you think about it that way... Right now, my main specialisation is defence...' - With a wry smile, Kaya thought.
Though he didn't mean the kind of defence one thought of in the usual sense. His reflexes gave him defence against a multitude of techniques. Due to the Astral Sacrifice Fire and Spiritual Sea, Kaya's mental defence was also terrifying. And due to Kessiah's bloodline, his physical defence and regeneration were similarly incredible.
Thus, it turned out that Kai's strongest aspect was defence! But, if one thought about it more deeply... It would be better to say that the main aspect was resilience! Highly resistant to all types of attacks!
Kai was quite deadly, due to his training in Asura's Hell and his strange energy... But this style of attacks, only worked based on his defence. He could rush forward and ignore most of the mutilation. Otherwise, he would constantly have to dodge and only occasionally counterattack. But Kai was constantly lunging forward! This was completely atypical of a dexterous blade master!
After spending only two weeks with Shuo, Kai had learnt a tremendous amount of information.... Not only about the different martial artists, but also about himself! He now had a clearer understanding of his greatest advantage.
- Brother Kai. I think we will train for another week or two. If you continue longer, it might not be good for your progress.'' - Shuo said calmly.
- Why? - Kai asked with interest.
Although he knew the answer perfectly well, he also wanted to hear Lone Buddha's opinion.
- Fighting with the same type of opponent all the time is not good. In the next one, two weeks you will consolidate your knowledge. Then you have to move on. - Shuo explained his previous words.
- I see. I'm thinking along the same lines... Brother Shuo, can you give me some advice then? What should I do next? - Kai asked with a smile.
- It's simple. I'm going to do what I've always done. Fighting in the Fatuma High Arena. That's where you should go. - The Lonely Buddha replied calmly.
- What is it? - Kai asked again.
- ''There are many places in the Shadow Sect where fighting amongst disciples is allowed. The Fatuma Supreme Arena is a place where only Personal Disciples and the best Supreme Disciples are allowed to fight. As a matter of fact, it's where I always find opponents to fight. However, very few people want to fight me. I have to pay them. - Shuo explained.
- Wait... Then why didn't you pay me! - Kai shouted jokingly.
- If you come to the Fatuma High Arena, then I'll pay you. But there, I won't limit my powers. - The Lonely Buddha replied with a faint smile.