Chapitre 44: Nightmare's Home
The group had finally gotten past Area 10 and was now in Area 8 where it would only take them three days to get past.
Area 8 is called 'The Everlasting Plain' it was given its name since it had been said that a person could traverse the land for their entire lives and they could never find a single tree or hill.
The area was peaceful to look at and can calm anyone's nerves, this helped the group relax especially since half of them are training every day to become stronger before they get to the All-Sect Tournament.
One night, Adonis was done training with the girls and was gonna go to sleep, but then somebody stopped him.
It was one of the boys in the group, his name was Klein.
"Can I do something for you?" Adonis questioned.
"Follow me..."
Adonis was confused by this and when he used his senses he realized that none of the other male Core disciples were in the camp. He felt like something annoying was about to happen to him again.
He followed Klein to the point that the camp was a dot within his vision. When he got there he saw 2 other guys in the group waiting there. Considering their annoyed look it didn't seem they had any good intentions.
"So, why did you want me to come here-?"
"What's your secret?" Klein responded
"...?"
Adonis was confused by their question.
"What do you mean?"
"How come all the girls are coming on you and they barely notice we exist?!!" Extra 1 said.
"...You...are jealous?"
"We'd like to say curious rather than jealous," Extra 2 said.
"Uh-huh...so you called me out here for that?"
"Hey, it's a simple question that we want to know." Klein winked past Adonis.
Adonis decided to indulge their stupid question and thought of an answer, he thought about what he had over them and concluded that despite their higher cultivation and age, he was stronger and smarter than them. He came up with this answer due to being able to put up a fight against Mila, who was abnormal as a 5-Spark, and the fact they asked him a dumb question and acted as if it was serious.
"It's simple, it's because I'm stronger and smarter than all of you," Adonis told bluntly.
The 3 guys had veins pop on their heads.
"Oi, aren't you looking down on us a bit too much...?"
Adonis tilted his head "No, I think I'm right."
Adonis used his senses and can see their cultivation, the extras are Refinement Stage 4-Spark, and Klein is Refinement Stage 5-Spark. The fact that he can see their cultivation clearly, means that Adonis is as strong or stronger than them. If it was Mila, despite his sharp senses, her cultivation is still blurry to him, proving that to sense one's cultivation depended on their overall strength and not how high their cultivation is.
"The only thing you guys have higher than me is your cultivation, but that doesn't matter if you can't pull out its full potential. I can tell you're dumber than me due to your blatant attempt to distract me with a stupid question while your friend tries to sneak attack me."
All the other guys are shocked with Adonis noticing their plan, Extra 3 tries to quickly hit Adonis with an Earth Fist but Adonis moves to the side without taking a look behind him.
Adonis sighs and then looks at you, the reader, and says "You better not expect more face-slapping after this."
Adonis turns around quickly and covers his hand with fire, he then slaps Extra 3 so hard that he is sent flying. Extra 3 crashes to the ground forming a crater under him, making a pose that is similar to another fictional character.
Klein and the other extras try to attack Adonis all at once, but Adonis uses his Heavenly ki to quickly slap them across the face and maneuver to the next one, and slap again.
All the boys become unconscious after the slapping. When they wake up they realize they are in the crater Extra 3 made, they see Adonis looking down on them.
"While you guys were unconscious, I thought about how pathetic you all are. I mean, you lost consciousness after a slap from a Refinement Stage 1-Spark! Aren't you embarrassed?"
The boy's face became red with shame and they all looked down.
"Therefore, I decided to take it upon myself to train you guys to become stronger."
All the boys look up in surprise, but that surprise quickly turned to fear as they see the twisted smile on Adonis's face.
"Alright, let's begin, shall we?" Adonis's fire began to appear around him making him look more terrifying.
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Area 7, Nightmare's Home.
The group left Area 8 and was now in Area 7.
Area 7 was called 'Nightmare's Home' for a reason; this place had nothing but heavy fog, dead trees, and gray soil. The only thing that could light up this place was the sun and moon, but even that was mostly covered by fog. It was folklore that the forest could tell your worst fear and materialize it for it to torture and kill you, giving its nickname.
It was a scary place this made Juniper and Jewel jumpy and more fearful. Madeline and Mila had to stick close to them to make them feel safe.
The boys were forc- I mean, "willingly" joined the group training. While the girl's training consisted mostly of sparing and fixing mistakes or weak points in their fighting style, the boys were being beaten by Adonis constantly. Their training goal was to touch Adonis and they would be left alone, this sounded easy, but not when the person you're trying to get was as fast as most Ascent Stage cultivators. Every time they failed, they would receive a slap to the face from Adonis and some advice to do better next time.
"I-I...don't think...I can take it...anymore..." Klein complained with his right cheek swollen and tomato red.
"A-agreed..." All the Extras said, being in the same condition as Klein.
"H-hey...why don't we go into the forest...until training is over," Extra 3 said, desperately.
Klein would usually say that was stupid, but comparing his worst nightmare to Adonis's hell training, going into the forest didn't seem like a bad idea.
"Y-yeah, let's do that! I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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