บท 10: 4th Layer Of Tempered Body

"You have to move those legs of yours kid," said the bracelet as he hurried Jason.

"This is the best that I can do" reply Jason as he took out a lump of raw meat that he has kept just in as he was starving and threw it at the incoming beast which lows down and took a sniff at the meat before giving chase once.

"Nice one kid, now you have more than enough time to get to safety," said the bracelet.

Just like the bracelet said, the time it took the beast to sniff the meat out was enough for Jason to get to the fox family territory. Running at top speed, Jason finally made it to the fox family territory and didn't stop there as he continues to run. Meanwhile the beast ignored the formation as it continues to give chase but unfortunately for it, it was blasted to nothing less the moment it crossed into the fox family territory.

Jason only stops running when he heard the explosion with a smile on his face as he said.

"Guess I made it back alive".

"Yeah, that was so intense kid, let's not do that again okay" replies the bracelet.

"It will all depend on the situation that I am in," said Jason as he begins to jog deep into the wood as he makes haste to get to where he usually practices so that he can begin with his body strengthen. After jogging for some hours, Jason was finally able to get to his training ground where he sat down and begin to stabilize his breathing.

"Alright now that we have the beast's blood, What is the next step," asked Jason as he brought out the jar that the blood is stored in.

"Let me warn you kid, the stage of the beast whose blood you took wasn't low so using it for body strengthen will bring you intense pain but if you can overcome this pain, the benefit you will receive will be very bountiful. So are you still going to continue with the refining" said the bracelet.

"Of course I will, since I don't have any hope of winning the tournament then what do I have to lose" reply Jason with determination.

"Alright kid since you have already made up your mind then take off your clothes," said the bracelet.

"Why should I take off my clothes, hey are you playing a prank on me," asked Jason with a frown on his face.

"Who has the time to be playing a prank at this time. Don't you want the beast blood anymore" reply the bracelet.

"Yes I do but does it have to do with me taking my clothes off," asked Jason

"How are you going to use the blood to refine your body when you still have your clothes on" reply the bracelet.

After him a good reason to take his clothes off, the bracelet continues with the instructions.

"Now you are going to rub the blood all over your body, though it's going to be painful you will have to bear through it".

Taking out the jar from his bag, Jason begins to rub the blood all over his body as he hisses in pain whenever the blood touches his body under he was done with the step before asking the bracelet with a mumbling voice like someone who has a sore throat.

"So what am I supposed to do now"

"Now I want you to sit down and try to absorb it through your poles" reply the bracelet.

Sitting on the ground crossed leg, Jason let out a deep breath before shutting his eyes as he begins to meditate and that is when the pain becomes unbearable for him. Gritting his teeth as he begins to fight through the pain, Jason always felt like giving up along the way as the pain was too much for him to bear. After some time the pain begins to subdue and Jason could feel his blood surging, as he took a good look at his body only to see that the blood was almost completely drained from his body like his poles are sucking them in rapidly.

*Buzz*

Jason's body shocked a little as he felt his body becoming lighter a little and was just about to get up to throw some punch out of excitement only for the bracelet to pure a cold water on his head.

"Hey kid, is better you don't get up and stay in that position, or else you are going to waste the remaining quantity of the blood.

"What there are more," asked Jason in shock.

"As I said earlier, the beast has the dragon bloodline, and don't forget that it is quite strong too, so it would be disappointing if this is all it is capable of doing" reply the bracelet.

After listening to the bracelet words, Jason decided to sit down and continue with his meditation when he suddenly felt the pain that has subdue to a minimum level flare up again and this time it was like a living hell for Jason as his whole body was in extreme pain while he could feel his poles expanding and by the look of things, his body is going to blow up due to the insane amount of energy surging through his poles.

Jason begins to panic when he felt his body expanding like a balloon it's not stopping until eventually, his body stops expanding and he could no longer feel the pain. But what came next sent a shock to his brain, as his body that has expanded begin to deflate at an incredible speed and that's when Jason a sound coming from his body.

*Buzz*

"I made another breakthrough," said Jason out loud in excitement as he couldn't feel the pain that is going through his head anymore.

Looking at his body, Jason could feel the energy going through his body like never before with his skin becoming harder.