Laughter resounded through the strength room as the two friends greeted each other with harsh slaps on the back. They laughed and joked for a few moments before talking about their past weeks.Fell got to learn that Wind hadn"t been that far away from him, due to his advice he had also gone to the battle center and had begun his journey in battle league. His eyes glowed as he counted a few of his fight to Fell, and he couldn"t help but sigh when he gazed at Fell"s weapon.
"Looks like you"ve grown quite a bit.", exclaimed Fell as he saw his brother"s reaction.
His hand moved toward his spatial pocket, and he took out a long metal pole that he had stored there during his stay in Gladiator"s Heaven. Wind"s eyes glowed when he looked at the weapon, and he couldn"t help but feel like taking the weapon from Fell"s hand. But he stopped himself, and only looked at Fell with puppy eyes that made the latter quite uncomfortable.
Fell threw the pole towards Wind, and exclaimed while washing the discomfort away with a shudder.
"Stop looking at me like that, you know that you give people the creeps?", he exclaimed while drawing his weapon. "Show me what you"ve learned in the game!".
Wind closely looked at Fell before hissing a breath of cold air through his throat. His finger coiled around the metallic pole, and the steel"s coldness calmed his nerves. The amount of respect he owed Fell had always made it difficult for him to muster any battle intent, and that was without even considering the level of difference between both opponents.
Wind was only a mid-level first step soul cultivator, and Fell was nearly at the peak of all three systems making the latter superior to him in every way. But this time, he wanted to show him his own worth and didn"t hesitate for more than half a second before taking a step toward Fell. He was ready to prove that he didn"t slack during the previous weeks; this was his moment to shine.
His elbow moved towards his back, and his spine curved as he acc.u.mulated bodily strength in his pole. A second later, his pole was sent tumbling toward Fell with a speed that wasn"t negligible to a mortal"s body.
Fell easily swatted the weapon to the side with the flat of his sword. Wind managed to regain his stability by shifting his weight toward the direction Fell countered his weapon, and he added a rotation to condense his momentum in a deadly blow. The young cultivator from the Core moved an inch away and dodged the pole by a thin margin making it look like he had completely seen through Wind"s attack.
"Be serious! If you only use your bodily strength, then this is only a loss for you!", Fell exclaimed in a loud voice that awakened Wind.
The young official shivered for a second before his pupil turned black like an abyss. His soul cultivation erupted like a volcano, and his ability to persuade his own psyche was applied to him.
An unearthly bloodl.u.s.t escaped from Wind"s body. The vicious aura went past Wind and extended all over the strength room as it encompa.s.sed Fell in it. The latter couldn"t help but feel his muscles tingle slightly as the murderous intent excited his battle intent, he breathed out in an instant, and an arrow formed of air broke through Wind"s malicious aura before hitting him straight in the chest.
Wind took a step back in haste. He felt as if a hammer had been thrown at his chest, and he couldn"t help but rub the place where the windy arrow made contact in the hope of dissipating the pain.
"This kind of aura is helpful against weaklings, but it is too fake to shake off any battle heartened opponent…", he said matter of fact before shutting his eyelid. "This is… Murderous aura!", his pore opened, and his sword intent mixed with a savage, murderous intent escaped from his body.
Wind"s eyes opened widely as every particle that made his body shivered when it made contact with Fell"s deadly aura. He couldn"t help but feel his very soul get disorientated from it, and he couldn"t help but feel nauseous and nearly dropped on his knee.
"Your murderous aura isn"t only fake due to you not having killed anyone. But it"s also because it lacked a major component to it…", he paused for a second and kindled his emotions to strengthen the murderous aura he was releasing.
At that moment, a change appeared in the killing intent he was releasing. Fell"s anger toward life, his hate towards destiny that had thrown him in the baby cemetery was added to his murderous aura.
A vicious sharpness a.s.saulted Wind"s soul, and his leg finally grew soft before his body hit the ground. Fell absorbed back his aura and closed his pores before opening his eyes to see Wind"s state. The poor youth was shaking continuously while gazing at Fell with fearful eyes, only after a minute pa.s.sed that he managed to calm down.
"You are talented with the domain of the will. I don"t think it will take you too much time to acquire your own intent, take this.", as he exclaimed, he threw a fist sized gem towards Wind. It was spotless, and a grey color could be seen in the center of the gla.s.s like material.
"This is a cultivation method for the soul system, study it well, and you will accomplish great deeds in your life.", he then stopped for a second before looking at Wind. "I"m going to depart from the city soon… You can take what I have gained here when I"ll be gone, and I"m sure the battle center of the city will take great care of you."
"The world is vaster than I thought, and I don"t think my body can stay longer in this place without decaying from boredom."