Having been cornered, the middle-aged man found himself surrounded at the very top of the mountain.
– Who would have thought that you would try to get rid of me when I generously tolerated your existence.
– Shut up, bastard! You robbed the palace of an immortal from a higher realm, and now all the lands under the sky have become an annoying parasite to them!
– Your mere existence disrupts the order and balance of the world!
– Cut off your head if you have any humanity and conscience in you! We will present it to the immortals to make amends!
– Demonic fiend!
Hearing the rutting from all sides, the smile on his lips disappeared, and his expression was filled with contempt.
– Enough empty talk! If you are going to attack, then attack! But don't expect to leave here alive.
All the members of the encirclement looked each other in the eye and nodded, shouting in unison:
– Birdcage: One Hundred and Eight Suppression Chains!
In an instant, clots of energy were sent towards the man from many experts, which began to fly to the man's body in the form of thin ribbons.
One would be enough to make an expert of their level exert a huge weight, and more than twenty would pin them to the ground, unable to do anything.
But after one hundred and eight ribbons attached to his body, his body did not change at all, and his face did not express any effort.
– It feels like a whole mountain has been placed on me. – He chuckled. – I must admit, now you really have a chance to deal with me.
– Forward! – this shout became the beginning of a battle that would go down in the chronicles.
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– Cough... cough... cough... – the man, completely pale, sitting on the ground in the lotus position, meditated.
During the battle, he lost his left leg to the knee and his right hand, not to mention his numerous wounds.
But he remained undefeated, sitting on the bodies of all 108 high practitioners who had come out against him.
Immediately after that, the mountain began to be surrounded by numerous experts, most of whom were young people.
And as if that wasn't enough, as if fate had decided to laugh at him, a wormhole formed in the sky with a terrifying sound of space being torn.
A gray-haired old man, full of strength, emerged from this wormhole, and his eyes, like the white sun, emitted vibrations of energy waves.
He walked through the air, as if he had subdued the flow of the wind itself, smoothly descending.
– Brat, now you will answer for your sins by killing the young talents of numerous clans! I will torment your soul for hundreds of centuries, forcing you to beg for death!
– Old fart, do you think I don't know why are you really here? You just need my technique, which allowed me to overcome fate itself and the shackles of a common man!
Although his voice no longer had that unwavering firmness due to uneven weak breathing and constant coughing up of blood due to internal organ damage, his eyes showed an irresistible will, reinforced by an indelible smile.
– I knew from the very beginning that I wouldn't be able to survive after that, do you think I'll obediently let you torture me? – His smile grew even bigger, and a glint of madness appeared in his eyes.
In an instant, the old man's eyes widened sharply, explosively emitting more white energy, directing his hand towards the man, quickly approaching him through the sky.
– Stop! – His voice was filled with anger and despair.
– Good night. – The man's mad face instantly relaxed, and his eyes closed, personifying complete peace of mind and soul.
*BOOM!!!*
In an instant, an explosion of incredible power burst out of the man's body in a huge splash, coupled with indomitable flashes of black, dark purple and scarlet flames, which began to spread rapidly.
In an instant, the entire mountain peak was blown away, continuing to spread clots of flame with a blast wave, covering hundreds and thousands of kilometers.
Whether they were on the ground, stone, or the surface of the water, they did not subside, dominating everything.
In the place of the crater, everything was incinerated except for two skeletons.
One of them was lying on the ground in a pose with an outstretched arm towards the other, as if he was still trying to crawl to him, but was never able to reach him.
Unlike the lying skeleton, which was snow-white, the other was completely black and was in the lotus position.
After a few minutes, he suddenly opened his jaw and began to tremble, as if after death he continued to mock him.
Suddenly he stopped, as if he had laughed enough and finished all his worldly affairs. His bones began to turn to dust, which dissolved into the air, leaving behind only traces of his legs on the dust…
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The White Bear clan heard the cry of a newborn baby…
I woke up again in the body of a newborn, instantly taking control, starting to warm up my left arm and right leg.
This was necessary to bring the growth of the body to a high level.
The tension of the limbs serves as excellent practice for their development in such a weak state. I develop only two limbs before going to bed in order to increase the effectiveness of the training and at the same time not to overload the body.
This was far from my first reincarnation, so everything happened automatically, slowly. In adolescence, the most important thing is patience.
By four months, I could already actively move on all fours, allowing me to actively use my torso.
By this time, my vision had stabilized, but this did not mean that I could see much or understand what I heard, because the body still had an undeveloped brain. All this was possible thanks to the spiritual imprint that I was able to leave on the soul in one of my early lives, setting goals before the brain was transformed, when it could withstand the load of the main consciousness.
After one year and three months, my soul finally fully awakened.
I immediately felt a burning pain in my head, redirecting part of my thoughts to the backup stream in my soul.
But even after that, the pain did not go away, which indicated that the cause was elsewhere.
Having assessed my body with a feeling of weakness and heat, I found a discrepancy to consider it a common cold.
There is a fever, but the body does not secrete sweat and snot does not come out of the nose. The final nail in the lid was a numb tingling in the mouth and throat.
"This is poison."
Due to the underdevelopment of my senses, including smell and taste, I will not be able to disassemble its components, but I can judge its purpose based on the symptoms and sensations after taking it.
Considering its weak concentration, it can be said that they did not try to kill me.
The following days helped me to lift the veil of secrecy.
In this life, I was incredibly lucky to be born into a rich and perhaps even noble family.
"Apparently, I will be removed from the candidates for heir."
I came to this conclusion when I saw a pregnant red-haired woman next to my father, when my mother carried me to him.
It was not very difficult to recognize my mother. The emotions and instincts that manifested themselves when I saw her, and my own reflection in the bathing water, where I was able to find a slight resemblance between her and myself.
Obviously, it can be assumed that they are weakening me so that I have less strength and, accordingly, influence among the clan members.
The poison not only weakened the body, impairing its development, but also affected the energy channels, polluting and narrowing them, which could lead to their blockage and deprivation of the possibility of cultivation.
It is not difficult to imagine my own future in the world of power without a chance to cultivate, because I have been in similar situations myself and have seen even more of the same.
"I did not want to do this so early, but it seems that nothing can be done."
Relaxing my body, I began to form the dantian. With many years of experience, I no longer need to meditate in a certain posture. Although I would prefer to sit down out of habit, but attracting attention now would be burdensome.
"Who would have thought that I would be able to immediately apply the techniques I received from my past life."
After finding out the time and waiting for the powerful experts to leave, I broke into the palace in the Upper World and carried out a massacre, along the way interrogating and robbing knowledge from the feeble young members of the noble clans.
The old man who went after me was nothing more than a lowly servant, whom I could easily defeat in 20 exchanges of blows.
I could easily hide from all the mediocre cultivators, but I knew that I would not be able to withstand the revenge of the top experts from the high realms.
That was the whole point of this show, to lower the vigilance of the hidden experts. Although I really hoped to truly die, going to reincarnation with a pure consciousness after burning my own soul.
If before my soul was a huge rock after many reincarnations and hardships, now it resembles a small bead created by folding a leaf.
Now it was only ten times stronger than an ordinary person, promising a long period of recovery if I did not begin its reclamation.
For my main cultivation technique, I chose the highest level and balanced one among others - Heart of the Star Sea - which had a slight predisposition to fire.
More than half of the stages are aimed at laying the foundation, and the most laborious and important part is igniting the accumulated sea of Qi. After that, the power and intensity of energy will increase many times over, and cultivation will begin to develop by leaps and bounds.
But that is still a long way off. Now I had to absorb the energy of the moon, which was not difficult for now. If I delayed my choice and began to show signs of illness, I could be fenced off from the window due to the negative influence of the Yin energy emitted by the moonlight.
Absorbing particles of light reflected by the moon into my room, I began to gently conduct it throughout my body, feeding the whole body with additional energy, not just energy channels.
Thanks to this, not only does the health of the body improve, but the overall potential of the physique increases.
The earlier you start, the better the result. Although most people start at 6-7 years old in eminent clans, which makes them even more beautiful, emphasizing the impeccable bloosline of their parents.
But for such a thing, photosynthesis alone is not enough, especially at an age when the body is rapidly rebuilding, requiring colossal building resources.
Food is the most important source and fortunately I have no problems with it. But as time went on, the poison began to increase in concentration, which began to slow down my development.
I would consider it a blessing for developing resistance to myriad poisons if I were in the world of martial arts and superhumans, but my technique is from the world of cultivators, where the purity of energy is elevated to the absolute and performs all functions by itself.
"Noticing that the poison does not work on me, decided to try harder? I have long thought about how to get rid of this irritating obstacle, but who would have thought that they themselves would provide this opportunity? It's time to test the mother's love for her child, along with her determination and influence in the family."
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"What should we do?.."
She anxiously watched as the maid tried to feed her son chicken porridge, but he still did not want to eat, no matter how hard we tried to distract him.
When she looked at the baby, for a moment it seemed to her that their keen gazes collided with each other.
Before she could recover from her surprise, a metallic ringing sound was heard on the floor and a quiet squeak from a girl.
– Excuse me, madam, I'll clean up now! – the maid turned around in an instant and was about to bend down for the spoon, but it was already in her hands.
In an instant, the maid's face turned pale and she fell silent.
"Maybe my baby doesn't like the smell and taste of silver?"
She leaned down to sniff the spoon, but immediately with the aroma of the porridge, her nostrils grew cold, as did her face.
After eating a little, she felt her tongue begin to go numb, despite the fact that porridge was warm.
In an instant, her face darkened, and the maid was already white as chalk, pressing her lips together and sweating cold sweat.
– Monet, how should I understand this? – an icy voice, full of notes of barely restrained anger could be heard from her beautiful lips.
The maid immediately fell to the floor in a deep bow.
– I beg your mercy, madam! Please have mercy on my younger brother and sister, I will accept all your punishments!
– Get up. – Her voice became softer, although the anger inside did not go away. – You didn't have to do this, who is behind the assassination attempt on my son?
– Um... it's... – Monet began to move her eyes from side to side, clearly hesitating and afraid of something.
"I already have a guess who it might be, but I need to confirm my it and... she can still be used."
– As soon as they find out that you were caught red-handed, they will get rid of not only you, but also all your relatives, including your brother and sister. I hope you understand that I am the only one who can help you now.
– I... I will tell you everything, just please help my family, they are innocent! I was following the orders of Second Lady Elena, who acts on the instructions of the Duke of White Sword!
– Don't worry, you will continue to be by my side, and I will take your younger ones for education. – She said with a smile, anticipating the future chaos in their clan.
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"Luckily, no one noticed as I channeled my inner energy into my hand to throw the spoon far enough towards my mother."
I could see all sides perfectly, watching the progress of my mother's revelation of schemes upon me.
Having seen her in action, I was satisfied. Just her chilling smile made my blood run cold.
"What a terrifying woman. I must maintain a good relationship with her in the future, otherwise I will be in trouble."
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