Chapter 9: Training

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Heavy Breathing was reverberating from the walls of the cave. In the center of the cave, a boy in a Crimson Armour was meditating. His Armour gave off a an evil demonic aura but a piece of the Armour was missing, The Gauntlet.

The boy's face was hidden by the helmet but underneath it, his face was pale, His breath was heavy and there was blood on his mouth. Even his surrounding's were bloody. That boy was in fact Zhu Long.

While Zhu Long was training, Evil Old Yang was carefully watching his every action, movement, even his thoughts were being watched.'Ha! This kid is in massive pain but still, his will power hasn't lessened but instead increased. I must commend him for this, but for now, He still needs to absorb the Demon Qi. If not, his body will not become stronger and at the end, he will possibly die due to the other training!' A smile appeared on Evil Old Yang's Face as he watched Zhu Long's Body absorb the demon qi.

1 day passed

Zhu Long looked less in pain. His body also felt lighter and the strain on his mind was less. 'I Feel a lot better! I can finally breath properly, but how? Did my body adapt to the Demon qi but according to my grandfather, Demon qi is extremely dangerous and people can even die in the presence of it, but my body no longer is in pain. I have to as Evil Old Yang!' Zhu Long felt better that the pain had reduced to something within tolerating limits but also he was astonished by that too.

If a cultivator came into contact with Demon qi without protecting their bodies, they would feel extreme pain, they would start bleeding from their mouth, nose, ears and from time to time, they would puke blood and finally die.

The fact that Zhu Long's body's pain started to feel better and the qi's effect weekend was extremely unexpected. He thought that when his life was close to death, Evil Old Yang would save him but his body adjusted to it.

"Hmm, It seems like you have absorbed enough demon qi. Now to continue, You will have to defeat them" Evil Old Yang said with a scary smile while pointing at a certain direction. When Zhu Long looked towards the direction Evil Old Yang pointed at, he was baffled to see small monsters with Demon qi appearing out of no where.

"These are soldier imps that I have created from Demon qi. You have to Kill all 20 to move to the next round of training. Doing this, you will improve your combat abilities and be experienced enough to understand your surroundings properly and also to understand your opponent's weakness. That is extremely important for now.Also to kill these imps, you cannot use weapons, only your bare fists. Understood?!" Evil Old Yang said in a serious tone looking at Zhu Long.

Zhu Long nodded but then a hint of confusion hit him" Wait, aren't imps supposed to be mischievous and of no harm to us? Why did you call them soldier imps? They have wings and also hold swords? This is not right? What are they really?"

Hearing the barrage of questions, Evil Old Yang said only one word"BEGIN!".

As soon as he said that, The environment changed, Zhu Long wasn't in a cave anymore, He was outside. The sky looked red and the demon qi was more intense. The Soldier imps seemed to absorb the demon qi and screeched. Their screech could make anyone feel discomfort, it sounded evil and was extremely high pitched.

"I forgot to tell you, don't feel happy you have The Crimson Armour, it's only a copy so it' can't stand a direct attack from a sword made of Carem metal. If you get cut by that sword, you will die!" Evil Old Yang's voice rang in Zhu Long's mind

Zhu Long was in alot of shock in what was happening around him, he couldn't keep up with his surroundings and also felt extremely uncomfortable hearing Evil Zhu Long's word. He slapped himself self and looked forward.

Nothing. The red sky was the only thing he saw, feeling distressed, Zhu Long started looking around and noticed a lot of black/red hills in his surroundings.' Those imps are extremely fast!' He thought as he ran around searching for the imps.

Swoosh! Zhu Long's eyes went wide, he jumped and looked down. An imp with a sword had slashed at the are he was originally.'If i hadn't jumped, i don't know what would have happened!' A bead of cold sweat rolled down Zhu Long's forehead. He punched toward the imp.

Within a second, Zhu Long dodged a fatal attack from a imp and crushed it with a single punch. The punched may have looked simple but, Zhu Longs had caught of fire and there was a presence of qi in his fists.

Seeing the imp's crushed body, Zhu Complimented himself in his mind but he was interrupted By Evil Old Yang's angry voice"Idiot! don't lose focus, there are 19 more imps!"

Hearing Evil Old Yang's voice, Zhu Long shivered and tried to focus on his surroundings.

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In a Large mansion, Two people were discussing among each other.

"It seems like the old guy has lost a lot of qi, We should perform the operation now or we'll never get this opportunity again!" Said The Man With a huge figure.He looked to be in his early 30's. His chest was extremely hairs as well as his arms. He had a huge bushy beard and a sinister smile on his face.

"Yes, It seems like god has favored us, HAHAHAHA!" Said the second one. His figure was smaller and thinner. He looked like he was in his 60'sand had a long white beard that reached his hips. He was also smiling as he stroked his beard.