《Extra In Versatile Mage》 Chaptar-1 My name is Chen Xiao. 15 years ago I reincarnated in this world from ''Versatile Mage''. No I don''t live in Bo City which is good thing as I wouldn''t have to face that tragedy. But I''m in Shanghai and the competition is insane. Today is the day which will decide my future. I''m going to awaken my first element. My heart is beating crazily. Unlike Tian Lan, Guiding stones are provided in Shanghai high. But they are not of the best quality either. The purety depends upon, how much money you have paid for awakening. Those who are dependent on school get medium grade stone and who pay for stones separately get higher grade stone. And if you pay more, then you will also be provided with other guiding materials. I spared no effort to convince my family for best option possible. "Chen Xiao..." My turn has come. I went to the front of the class and put my hands on awakening stone. ''Please be Lightning or Fire... Lightning or Fire...'' I kept praying with my eyes closed. "It''s Lightning Element..." "Holy crap it''s Lightning Element..." "One in 1000..." "Lucky him..." At the mentioning of Lightning Element, I open my eyes and smiled. Purple colour was emitting from the orb. "It seems your talent for Lightning Element is quite good, train diligently otherwise it will be wasted."Teacher advised Chen Xiao. "I will teacher" Chen Xiao affirmed. I return to my seat and peek into my spiritual world. There I found a small purple coloured smoke with 7 shining ball(stars) in it. As per the books, I first need to form a stardust in my spiritual world which is denser and bigger version of the purple smoke in my spiritual world. I start meditating but was soon interrupted by the teacher. "All of you work hard, after 1 year there will be a test and based in results students for elite class will be chosen. Top 3 students will get Spirit Grade Star Dust Magic Equipment, if you want to get into Pearl Institute or Imperial Magic Academy. Then this will be your best chance." As expected of top school of Shanghai, giving out Spirit Grade Star Dust Magic Equipment to students for cultivation. But how in the world students from common families can compete with the members of prominent families of Shanghai. After classes I return to home. I recently start living with my grandmother otherwise I used to live on the other side of the city with my parents. Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon. I entered the house and found grandmother waiting for me. "Grandma, how many times I need to tell you, don''t bother waiting for me? You are old you should spend your most of time resting."Chen Xiao said. "Hmph, little Xiao if you really cared about my health then why haven''t you bring any granddaughter in law for me. I have to cook for you, laundry your clothes, clean this house, bought groceries and what not. Only if I had granddaughter in law."Chen Jiang Lu lashed at Chen Xiao. "Grandma it''s not your 20th century, it''s 21st century. And in this time people don''t marry even in mid-twenties let alone a teenager like me."Chen Xiao argued. "Hmph if you try hard you can easily get to marry a good girl. Your grandfather married me at the age of 16. Just one year older than current you."Chen Jiang Lu said. "Yeah yeah, that time great grandfather was quite rich and Shanghai wasn''t this prosperous. So that time Chen family was like Donfang or Bai of this time."Chen Xiao mocked. "It was your father''s mistake if not for him opposing the idea of becoming a mage. Our family still would have some standing in Shanghai but he refused because of your Vixen mother..."Chen Jiang Lu went berserk. "Grandma, I awakened Lightning Element"Chen Xiao said hoping the shock would stop Chen Jiang Lu from insulation his mother Chen Jia Lu. "What?! and you still dare not to bring me a granddaughter in law"Chen Jiang Lu become even more furious. ''What kind of logic is that?''Chen Xiao said to himself. Chen Jiang Lu start lecturing Chen Xiao how to hit on a girl using his Lightning Element. "Grandma, Lightning Element is no more that rare now, with guiding stone one can increase the chances of awakening any element. So, students from prominent families already have tens of Lightning mage. Now let me meditate, I may be 1 in 1000 mages but I''m certainly not 1 in 1000 Lightning Mages. So I had to work hard."Chen Xiao said and left to his room. NEXT DAY Yawn~ It''s morning already, got to ready for school. This headache, seems like 6 hours is my limit. I wonder about others, how long can they last? if they can also meditate continuously for 6 hours, then my talent is not so talented or the years of daily meditation was useless. I come down and wash my face and went to kitchen. "Good morning little Xiao, did you sleep well?"Chen Jiang Lu asked in joyful tone. "Nope, my head hurts, meditation isn''t that easy as I thought. I wish I had a Star Dust Magic Equipment..."Chen Xiao quickly finish the breakfast and left to school. "Meditate... meditation... that star grade equipment Chen Shu used to wear while meditating. May be it will be helpful for Xiao."Chen Jiang Lu muttered after Chen Xiao left. I have become popular in my class but not much in comparison to those from prominent families. They have solid background and Lightning Element and I only have Lightning Element. Whatever, it''s not like I''m attention seeker. I should focus on my cultivation. After classes I return to home, as usual Grandma was waiting for me but she is looking quite tired. "What''s wrong Grandma, you are looking even older now?"Chen Xiao asked. "Keep talking nonsense and I will not be giving you your birthday present."Chen Jiang Lu threatened. "My birthday is quite far, you will forget about this soon."Chen Xiao said. "But I''m sure for that present you will willingly declare today as your birthday."Chen Jiang Lu said with confidence. "Oh dear Grandma~ what is the present?"Chen Xiao understood that the gift is something too precious. ''If it''s a car, I will just sell it and buy something for my cultivation.''Chen Xiao thought. "Here, it''s your grandfather''s so don''t dare to break or sell this otherwise I will sell all my property to hire a hitman for you."Chen Jiang Lu threatened and gave Chen Xiao a jewellery box. "Grandma, you do remember I''m a boy right."Chen Xiao asked jokingly. "Shut up and open it"Chen Jiang Lu shouted. "This is... where did you find this?"Chen Xiao asked completely shocked, there was Spirit Grade Nebula Magic Equipment in the form of a pandent. "I told you it''s your grandfather''s, he wasn''t able to use it for long time. He use to said, he is too old to breakthrough now and put it in the secret safe. So, you like it."Chen Jiang Lu explained. "I do like it and it really a precious but it''s currently useless for me if I can''t sell this."Chen Xiao said. "What?! useless? this thing costed us 1M Yuan and you are calling it useless."Chen Jiang Lu lost her cool. "You see Grandma, I''m currently not worthy of this treasure for now. This is a Spirit Grade Nebula Magic Equipment which is used by Mid Tier mages, if I use it I might go in coma and I''m not even a Novice Tier mage, I need a Spirit Grade Star Dust Magic Equipment."Chen Xiao explained. "Star Magic Equipment... you mean that 200K bracelet. Let me fetch it, my poor knees I will again have go to basement"Chen Jiang Lu said. "Let me fetch it, you rest"Chen Xiao volunteered. "Last time your father went there, he stole your grandfather''s green shards and sold them to start his pathetic business, do you think I''m foolish enough to let you go there."Chen Jiang Lu lashed. "Unlike my father I''m a magician I know how priceless they, so don''t compare both of us."Chen Xiao vouched for himself. "Yeah yeah, wait here"Chen Jiang Lu said and take back the Spirit Grade Nebula Magic Equipment to safe. After few minutes, Chen Jiang came with another jewelry box. "Here, check it."Chen Jiang Lu said. I take the Spirit Grade Star Dust Magic Equipment and extend my spiritual power in it. It''s working. "Thanks Grandma"Chen Xiao hugged Chen Jiang Lu. "Don''t break or sell it and work to become a magician Chen Shu would have proud of."Chen Jiang Lu said. "Of course"Chen Xiao affirmed. "Ok Grandma, I''m going to do meditation now." Chen Xiao said and returned to his room. Chapter-9 AFTER 2 MONTHS After getting another chance to enter Three Step Tower. I have reached Mid Tier of Space Element. I came to Hangzhou as soon as the news of appearance of Skyscraping Snake came out. I want to have it''s scales for armour as it will provide poison immunity and it''s durability is also praiseworthy. First thing I did is buying defected ''Blood Serums'' which were being sold at little cheap price compared to few months ago. Then I went to the fort where that ''Eagle Boy'' works. When he happened to play with it''s eagle I arrived before him in infected condition. "Hey there young Heavenly Eagle Battle Mage." Chen Xiao called for eagle boy. "Who? what happened to you sir?" Eagle Boy looked at Chen Xiao''s condition. "These cheap products seems to have some side effects. After consuming some, my condition got worse. Can you take me to city?" Chen Xiao asked Eagle Boy. "Cheap products? it seems you have mistaken sir. Those poxes are caused because of these rats. If you can wait here, my eagle can bring you cure." Eagle Boy offered. "In that case I will be grateful." Chen Xiao said. Eagle fly off in the direction of forest. After an hour, it returned with some leaves and branches. "Here sir, this is the cure. You can rub these on your poxes and you will be cured in in few hours." Eagle Boy said and left with his eagle. Good, first thing is done now. Now I need to catch Tang Yue when Magic Court will issue the order. AFTER 2 DAYS I''m keeping eyes on Tang Yue and Mo Fan. As soon as the order issued they will be caught. I''m trying to find Tang Yue and Mo Fan who are running from Magic Court. I forget that Totem Snake is able to sense Advance mages and I lost them even when I was following them with best of my abilities. Ring Ring~ Now what? I picked up the phone. "Chen Xiao where are you?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Umm... in Hangzhou." Chen Xiao replied uneasily. "Very Good, Now listen carefully, Magic Court is chasing two persons who happened to be in Hangzhou. If you can catch them and then you could earn 1 vote for National Team Candidature. I''m sending you their location. Now you owe me a favour." Bai Cangfeng explained and hanged up. Ding~ Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Bai Cangfeng send their location in no time. I immediately rushed to the given location and found a pair of birds chasing something very far. As I arrived near them, one of the bird was crashes in ground with it''s summoner laying unconscious near it. Then I noticed few lightning bolts from afar. I immediately rushed there and found Mo Fan fighting someone from Donfang clan who he defeated quite easily. "Lightning Whip" Mo Fan quickly cast a ''Lightning Whip'' in my direction. "Level 1 Change of Direction" "Chen Xiao, what are you doing here? please tell me you are here for strolling." Mo Fan said "Lightning Whip" I lashed my whip at Mo Fan and blast him away. "Level 3 Fiery Fist: Crimson: Nine Palaces" Tang Yue attack me with her strongest spell. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Return" Chen Xiao return the attack but Tang Yue withstand the attack thanks to her shield. I rush towards Tang Yue. She is the main target. "Lightning Whip" I tried bind Tang Yue in ''Lightning Whip'' but it seems she is also an Advance mage. "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Qianjun: Yaksha" Mo Fan attacked me. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Return" Chen Xiao return the attack. Lightning bolts hit Mo Fan. "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" I attack Tang Yue. The ''Buzz'' effect done its work. "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" I attack her again, she fell unconscious. I take them to Senator Zhu Meng. "Good Job kid, you done the work my experienced men couldn''t do. Say what you want kid?" Zhu Meng praised Chen Xiao and asked for the reward he desires. "I want it''s scales." Chen Xiao said pointing at the Totem Snake. Zhu Meng take the guardian vessel and gave it some magicians who somehow manage to bring out Totem Snake. "Oh my god" "It''s the Skyscraping Snake" "It''s in the west lake" "Activate Lightning Punishment formation, subdue the snake." Someone shouted. "People of Hangzhou, this snake is the cause of the outbreak of plague. What shall we do with it?" Zhu Meng asked for public opinion. "Kill it" "Kill it" . . People said in anger and resentment. "You are mistaken Senator Zhu Meng" Chen Xiao declared. "What do you mean?" Senator''s subordinate lashed at me. "I''m saying Totem Snake is not the cause of this plague." Chen Xiao declared. "If not then what is it?" Zhu Meng asked annoyed and curious. "This" Chen Xiao showed blood serum packet to everyone. "Blood serum?" Everyone gave questioning look. "No, this is not real one but fake one. I bought it from a shop as it was little cheap. But after few hours of consuming this the symptoms of plague started to appear, you can say I''m one of the first victims of the plague. But thankfully, that young Heavenly Eagle Battle Mage knew it''s cure. And I''m standing here healthy." Chen Xiao explained. "Cure? what is the cure?" Zhu Meng asked hastily. "The cure is the herbs which grows in monster territory. I have already fetch quite a lot of them. Here are they." Chen Xiao explained and show the bag of shrubs to everyone. "Then why were you hiding it until now? you dare to make profit when the whole city is suffering, guards arrest him." A vile old man ordered. The vile old man''s subordinate rushed at me. But Totem Snake intercepted them before I could even cast a spell. Totem snake hit them hard with it''s tail. "That snake is helping him, he must be accomplice in this plague outbreak. Kill him!" Vile old man ordered. But no one dared to move afraid of Totem Snake. The Lightning Punishment Formation may have trapped the snake but it''s body is so big, the formation couldn''t possibly cover every part of it''s body. In original it was simply didn''t wanted to hurt anyone. "Senator Zhu Meng, this plague is caused by human greed and the reason why I didn''t bring out the cure was simply because I would have been killed by the real culprits who caused this plague, just like now. Even in your presence, even before tens of Advance mages of Magic Court, hundreds of Mid Tier mages and thousands of people, I don''t feel safe, I only feel safe here only because of Totem Snake. And I think it was best for myself to reveal this truth in the presence of real guardian of Hangzhou city, the Totem Snake." Chen Xiao lashed at Magic Court. "Guardian of Hangzhou city?" "This kid can''t be sane" "That snake is the legendary Totem beast." People start murmuring. "So, you are saying that if you were to reveal the cause of plague in different circumstances. You would have been killed?" Zhu Meng asked. "I was thinking that perpetrators wouldn''t dare to attack me before so many people but they did and only Totem Snake intervened." Chen replied. "So you are saying Councilman is one of the perpetrator of this plague?" Zhu Meng asked. "I don''t have the power to decide who is perpetrator but I did find evidence that this fake Blood serum is not manufactured by some dark organisation but by the renowned company of Hangzhou city. Here are the evidences." Chen Xiao hand over some documents to Zhu Meng. "Hmm... Councilman what will you say in this, your subordinate is the president of the manufacturing company and you were the person who ordered your subordinates to kill this kid who brought cure for the plague and also have evidences. Royal Guards take Councilman under custody and seize all the fake blood serums you find." Zhu Meng ordered, a couple of Royal guards take away Councilman and some went to the company. "About Totem Snake" Chen Xiao said. "As for the Totem Snake, release it." Zhu Meng ordered. "Senator Zhu Meng, it''s emergency southern fortress has been attacked by Silver Sky Ruler." an Advance Tier mage informed. "What? a great monarch? Royal Guards follow me to the fortress." Zhu Meng fly off along with several Advance Tier mages. "Hey!" Chen Xiao turned around to only come face to face with the Totem Snake which startled him. "He is saying thank you." Tang Yue said. "No need for that, shedding has made him weak. I suggest feed those fake blood serums to Totem Snake it will help him recover it''s strength, we might require his help to fend off the monarch." Chen Xiao advised and levitate off to the fortress. Chapter-10 Battlefield is the best place for harvesting soul remnants and essences. After becoming an Advance Tier mage, the price of even the cheapest resource have gone beyond 200M Yuan. Soul Grade Galaxy Magic Equipment costs 400M Yuan. Soul Grade Magic Accelerator costs 200M Yuan. Soul Grade Lightning Element Tool costs 400M Yuan. Soul Grade Dimensional Element Magic Tool costs 500M Yuan. I also want to buy Magic Wings suitable for Advance Tier mage which costs 250M Yuan. Defensive equipments both shield and armour costs 500M Yuan, I don''t have a single piece of defensive equipment. And above all the Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed with Domain whose average cost is 1B Yuan. In total 3.2B Yuan in order to keep my pace and strength same as when I was a Mid Tier mage. And I have only 350M Yuan, about 1-10th of the amount I require. My First target is Dimensional Element Magic Tool to reach Advance Tier Space Element as soon as possible to enhance my strength then comes the turn of Lightning Element Magic Tool. Third target will be Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed. I arrived at the battlefield. This is the First time I''m witnessing such gruesome sight. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" Tens of Lightning Bolts fell on the eagles killing 30 of them instantly. "Chaos Funnel" "Lightning Whip" "Lightning Whip" . . . About a hundred lightning bolts fell on eagles killing more than 70 instantly. More and more eagles keep coming in my direction. "Chaos Surface" This will be the first time, I will use a Advance Tier spell in a battle. "Chaos Spikes" "Chaos Arrows" "Chaos Darts" "Chaos Scythe" "Chaos Shredder" Hundreds of eagles fell on ground, most of them dead and some taking their last breathes. "That kid is good, to think I will find someone comparable to Ai Jiangtu." An officially said. If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "His Chaos Element is very strong, is that his tertiary element, secondary or primary?" Another official mentioned. "Our Magic Court should vote for him." Another officials said. Now I''m being targeted by warriors. I understand the reason why military mages don''t use soul containers, my multi-warrior soul container is about to get full and I''m having urge to transfer the soul in soul jar. But admiring gazes of Soldiers are making me unable to do so. The time I will take to transfer them, lot of soldiers will surely die in that time. "Level 1 Space Rythm: Compression" "Chaos Funnel" "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" Few warriors fell down but more than a dozen were still advancing towards me. It would have good if my Mid Tier was at Level 4. Then I would have been able to massacre them. "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" I lift some big rocks and shoot them at the warriors which worked. The warriors which got hit fell to ground and become victims of Mid Tier mages target practicing. I lift up more rocks and create a twister of them knocking down several warriors down. Space Element''s Level 1 Novice Tier spell is much stronger than Lightning Element''s Level 3 Mid Tier spell. A warrior soul essence appeared and my multi-warrior soul container is completely filled now. After putting a rock on my heart, I used the 5 soul essences to upgrade 5 more stars of Lightning Element. It''s better than wasting the warrior soul essence. SCREEECH! Fucking hell, a commander. "A commander" "Send request for backup, we can''t possibly hold it for long." The commander dives towards me at incredible speed. "Chaos Shield" The shield shattered. "Level 4 Telekinesis: Void Claw" I tried to stop the commander with ''Void Claw''. The commander covered in silver aura slowed down a bit, providing me time for second Novice Tier spell. "Level 4 Telekinesis: Void Wall" The commander again shatter my defense. I got to stop this fucking Commander. "STOP!" Chen Xiao shouted, his eyes emitting intense silver aura. The commander covered in thicker silver aura finally stopped but it''s talon already pierce my shoulder. "Fuck Off" Chen Xiao said in intense anger. The commander crashed in nearby warriors. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Level 1 Lonely Death Lightning: Buzz: Thunder Arm" A thick lightning bolt fell on the commander which pierce it''s wing. SCREEECH Commander call out for more servants and warriors. Hmph, you don''t know but you have done a huge favour on me. My mental strength is now at Level 5, Peak of Mid Tier Spiritual Attainment. Hundreds of servants and tens of warriors rushed at us. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" Servants got almost freeze in their place and warriors also got too slow. Military mages start bombarding them will Novice and Mid Tier spells. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Lightning Whip" "Lightning Whip" . . . . "Lightning Whip" 2 more servant soul essences appeared, I also use them to upgrade two more stars of my Lightning Element. I suddenly felt an overwhelming aura, it was Silver Sky Ruler. What a majestic Beast? "Level 1 Nine Commandment Imprisonment" Zhu Meng played his Trump Card. But the monarch manage to break free with the help of commanders. The it proceed to teach a lesson to Zhu Meng. Where is Totem Snake? If it doesn''t appear now, the city will turn into feeding ground. Come on where are you? HIIIISSSSSSSS! Totem Snake finally appeared with it''s Poison Domain. It floored thousands of servants and hundreds of warriors. Such a pity, so many soul essences and soul remnants. The Totem Snake start fighting with Silver Sky Ruler. Haha... I couldn''t help but laugh. Until now Silver Sky Ruler was like a boss but with arrival of Totem Snake, it has become a punching bag. Silver Sky Ruler ran away with it''s battered army. AFTER 2 DAYS I have been given an award by military along with several more soldiers who fought bravely. That ''Eagle Boy'' also got an award and promoted to trainee ''Heavenly Eagle Battle Mage''. By finding the cure of plague I have been promoted and become a Master Hunter. Magic Court has given me a vote for National Team Candidature. As for the Scales of Totem Snake, they said they will give them to me after refining. I took the soul remnants to Li Lin and he finally erupted at me. After becoming an Advance Tier mage, he has become very busy and he doesn''t like to merge soul remnants as he earn very little from them but he is still keeping the contract. Then he proceed to tell me about a miracle liquid which can help him make me a commander soul vessel which can merge soul remnants into soul essence. He explained me how the liquid works. I don''t understand his example but I think it''s same as how crystallization of salt happens. You dissolve the powdered salt in water, then heat it and then cool it. After sometime you will have a whole crystal of the salt. By Li Lin''s explanation of the liquid''s history. I concluded it is the Water of Kun. AFTER 2 WEEKS (350M, 3W, 12S, S14) Magic Court didn''t give me the scales but whole armour crafted by best craftsman in the Hangzhou city. They lectured me to spend money on defensive equipments. Someone from the officials noticed that I don''t have a single piece of defensive equipment not even that of Novice Tier''s. The armour was a full body type armour. It''s design was that of a Power Rangers. I was actually expecting an old and bulky design but thankfully they consider the fashion sense of new generation. Now it''s time for me to visit Sun Gathering Peak in Andes Range. My whole future depends on it. Either I will be one of 1000 Lightning Mages or one in 1000 Lightning Mages. Chapter-11 AFTER FEW DAYS I''m on my way to Sun Gathering Peak. Thankfully, no country has claimed it yet which is good thing for me. The path is filled with servants and warriors and on some occasions even a commander appears. I killed the servants and warriors and run away when a commander appears. After 1 day of trekking, I finally reach at my destination. I can feel the high density of Lightning Element in air. I close my eyes and try to sense the place with most density. After several hours, I finally found such place and start digging there. After digging a 2m deep hole I finally get my hands on a Pentagon Lightning Star. Ouch! I knew it electrocute while cultivation. But the strength of electric shock is stronger than Level 4 Lightning Strike. If I wasn''t a Advance Tier mage, this Pentagon Lightning Star would have injured me quite badly. AFTER 2 MONTHS(480M, 7W, 31S) I have collected 15 Pentagon Lightning Stars. Some at depth of 3 metres and some even at depth of 30 metres. And thanks to the monsters here 30 stars of my Lightning Element are enhanced. NEXT DAY I have returned to China. I can''t wait to get my hands on Lightning Cultivation Tool. I quickly went to the best forging master in Beijing. They are always full of orders I can only hope I''m not too late. Fuck my luck, I have to wait for a whole year for my turn even registration costed 50M Yuan. I was expecting to get it done before National Team Training. AFTER 2 MONTHS(750M) The Tournament for National Team Candidature has begun and I''m making my opponents cry blood out of their eyes. I bought Soul Grade Dimensional Element Tool which helped to reach Level 3 Mid Tier Space Element. And after spending a week in Three Step I''m very close to breakthrough. Next time I enter Three Step Tower, I will come out with Advance Tier Space Element. NEXT DAY(250M) Yawn~ another boring day. "So, who we are against today?" Chen Xiao asked. "Umm... it''s Bai Cangfeng''s team. You didn''t made any deal with him right?" A teammate asked. This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report. "Nope, he didn''t come to me for any kind of deal." Chen Xiao replied. "That''s good" Teammates felt relieved by the answer. "Let''s win as quickly as possible." Chen Xiao declared. We enter the arena. "Hello there, Bai Cangfeng." Chen Xiao greeted Bai Cangfeng. "No matter how many times I curse my luck for today, it is not enough." Bai Cangfeng cursed his luck. "Let''s start then" Chen Xiao said. "Level 3: .......: Shredding" "Level 3: .........: Ice Hill" Bai Cangfeng''s team take the initiative to attack. "Level 1 Change of Direction" "Level 3 Light Blessing: Guard" I change the direction of attack upwards and completely nullify it''s damage. "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" "Level 3 Fiery Fist: ........: Nine Palaces" "Level 2 Rock Barrier: Mountain Shield" "Magic Shield" Buzzzzzz My Lightning bolt and Fiery Fist collided with the barrier and shattered it. The ''Buzz'' effect make the targets vulnerable to next spell. "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" "Level 3 Fiery Fist: .........: Nine Palaces" """"Magic Armour"""" The opponents called out their magic armours. But they can''t possibly take mental damage. "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" A Lightning bolt fell in centre of their formation which threw them away. "Team 7 wins" refree announced. "I don''t know how to feel about winning anymore? it''s always too easy." a teammate said. "Yeah" another teammate agreed. AFTER 1 WEEK(450M) I''m on my way to Sunny Sheep Village. I would have never come here if possible. But I want Water of Kun for soul vessel. I will be away for whole one year and I couldn''t possibly return to China during that time. And I also need to save money for the Soul Grade Seed. I''m actually on my own here with just a map to guide me and these Undeads are annoying me as well. If not for short time I would have killed several hundreds of them by now. After few hours I finally caught glimpses of Mo Fan''s group. I maintain a good distance with them until they reach the village. I hide myself in forest and wait for them to leave. As soon as they left, a figure in a black cloak appeared who proceed to kill the villagers. But I decided to intervene. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" I almost immobilize the undeads. "Lightning Whip" And start chopping off their heads. As soon as the effect of my spell wear off, all zombies start running away. "Thank you, Mr. revered magician. Thank you saving us." "We should have gone with them." "Now our death is inevitable." "If anyone wants to leave then pack your stuff. I will escort you to the city." Chen Xiao declared. "How arrogant?" "You think it''s easy to escort such a large no. of people to city." "I said if anyone wants to leave then pack your stuff and meet me in center of village. If you don''t want to leave or don''t trust my capabilities, you may stay here. No one is forcing you." Chen Xiao said in annoyed tone. After that I left to find well of ''Water of Kun''. After find it I collected all the water in a magic jar. When I returned to the centre of village I found all the villagers waiting there. There numbers were around 80. "Women, children and old folk in centre and rest on periphery." Chen Xiao commanded. With that we left the village. Fang Yu turned out to be a clever person, he didn''t dared to attack us through the whole journey. I left to Shanghai as soon as we reach Ancient Capital. I only have one vote, I will not be able to join the National Team if I can''t perform good in the ongoing competition. I have been absent for 4 days now. NEXT DAY(450, 7S) "Team 7 and 4, enter the arena." refree announced. "This is bad if we lose this match we are out of competition." "Where in the fucking World is Chen Xiao?" "I''m here" Chen Xiao said. "Brother Chen, you finally came" "We thought we were going to lose" "I''m actually surprised you manage to come so far" Chen Xiao said. "Actually, the day you were absent, the opponent team surrendered before even the match begin. Following day same thing happened but on third day, Mu Nu Jiao beat the crap out of us. And as for yesterday. We somehow managed to win. Today we are against Donfang Lee, his talent is quite frightening." "Yeah, his Level 4 Fiery Fist is not something any Mid Tier spell can stand upto." "Don''t worry we are winning this match." Chen Xiao said. We enter the arena. "It''s Chen Xiao" "He is back" "Now we will know, if Level 4 Fiery Fist is invincible at Mid Tier or not." "Level 4 Fiery Fist" Donfang Lee used his Trump Card from the start. "Magic Shield" "Magic Armour" "Chaos Whirlpool" Chaos Whirlpool swallowed the Fiery Fist. "What?" "That imperious Fiery Fist just disappeared like that." "How could this be possible?" Donfang Lee couldn''t believe his eyes. "Return" Chen Xiao commanded. The imperious Fiery Fist return to arena but it''s direction is changed. "What?" ""Magic Shield"" ""Magic Armour"" After Fiery Fist disperse we found team 4 floored. Everyone sustained serious injuries but they were alive. "Team 7 wins" "Thanks Chen Xiao, if not for you we would have never come this far. After this final phase will begin. Soon we will be fighting with each other. I hope you will go easy on us." A teammate said. "I will try to" Chen Xiao said that and left. Chapter-12 AFTER 5 MONTHS(750M, 7S, S14) Last month I use my last chance to cultivate in Three Step Tower and successfully reach Advance Tier of Space Element. I also bought Magic Wings with 3 pair of wings for mobility and defence cost 250M Yuan and a Soul Grade Lightning Element Magic Tool. I tried my best but was unable to find a good Soul Grade Cultivation Tool. Li Lin also done his work, my soul vessel is ready which cost me 200M Yuan and the contract between us finally ended with agreement of both sides. I have been selected as an official member of National Team. We are waiting for the substitute Mo Fan to arrive. The members are same as the novel except Zhou Xu. Mo Fan finally came and we depart somewhere in helicopter. They take away our phones, money and identities and left us in a faraway deserted place. And we are supposed to go to Tokyo. Mo Fan made fuss over it. "Calm down Mo Fan" Zhao Manyan try to calm Mo Fan. "How typical of mediocre people." Jiang ShaoXu said in disdain. "Oh, then do you know how to go to Japan without a plane or ship, I hope certainly not by swimming." Mo Fan said. "We are near sea, so there must be fishing village or a port city around here. We can get on a ship secretly and can go to Japan." Jiang ShaoXu suggested. "Yawn~ Let''s go to city first, I''m familiar with the place." Chen Xiao said drawing everyone''s attention. "So, where are we?" Nanyu asked. "In a deserted land I guess." Chen Xiao replied. "Wow and we were thinking this is the most prosperous and lively place in China." Guan Yu said sarcastically. "The city''s growth is hindered by sea monsters. If we defeat those sea monsters, they will wouldn''t mind doing us a small favour of smuggling us to Japan." Chen Xiao share his plan. "In that case, let''s go to the city." Au Jiang Tu said. After walking for few hours, we reached the city and straight went to the office building. "So, you will defeat those monster and in return you want a small favour from me." Business man confirmed. "Yes, and provide us with supplies and a boat." Ai Jiangtu said. NEXT DAY (7S, S14) After getting the supplies we went to hunt. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. After few hours we reach at the island, where last hunter team was ambushed. "Hmm... these must belong to previous hunting team."Ai Jiangtu said after observing remnants of camping equipments spread across the beach. We all started to search the island but everyone try to be in a range where they can be seen by others if a monster attack them. But Mo Fan wander far off as expected of him. After sometime he return with a dozens of monsters chasing him. "Mo Fan, what in the world you are doing? bringing monsters in our direction." Zhao Manyan cursed. "Let''s finish them first." Mo Fan suggested. "Level 3 Fiery Fist: .......: Nine Palaces" "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Qianjun: Madness Dance" "Level 2 Rock Barrier: ...........:Mountain Shield" The fight broke out. It''s time to earn some warrior soul remnants. "Lightning Whip" I strike my whip on a warrior but it wasn''t enough to kill it but it did lot of damage which is impressive for a Pseudo-Mid Tier spell. "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" I crushed a warrior''s head and it''s soul remnant flew into my soul vessel. As effective as always. "Space Element..." Jiang Yu mentioned drawing teams attention. "That guy is an Advance Tier mage." Zu Jiming said in astonishment. ''What did I expect, he surely would have reach Advance Tier when someone like me with 4 elements can reach.'' Mo Fan thought. I kept killing warriors fiercely and by the end of fight I accumulated 36 warrior soul remnants. After clearing the island we sail towards the island where the monsters really inhabit. Jiang Yu and Mu Ting Ying were not with us. I guess they went to investigate about missing children. In few hours we reach our destination. It''s a group of islands forming a ring like structure. "Sea monsters have advantage in water. We need to to do something about it." Jiang Yu said. "Your domain, can you freeze the water surface with it?" Chen Xiao asked Mu Ningxue. "I will try" Mu Ningxue replied. "We need to draw warriors out of their den and take them away from Mu Ningxue. Any volunteers?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "I will" Chen Xiao volunteered as no one came forward. I left to the den. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" Tens of warriors came out of cave and start running towards me. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" The warriors become as slow as tortoise. Then I started head popping game. "It seems like you don''t need any help, you take care of this place we will go back then." Ai Jiangtu said and returned with Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan and Nanyu. As they were going back. I noticed few crimson slashes heading towards them at great speed. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" "Shield" Nanyu summon her shield which was unnecessary. "It''s a commander" Zhao Manyan said in shock. "Level 3 Space Rythm: Fissure" My attack send the commander crashing in mountain but it was almost unharmed. "Are you confident in taking the commander down?" Ai Jiangtu asked Chen Xiao. "With a little help that commander is as good as dead." Chen Xiao declared. "Nanyu, Mo Fan, Zhao Manyan you three return. We will take care of this commander." Ai Jiangtu said. Three of them left. Commander launch itself at us. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" The commander''s charge came to halt in mid air. It''s body is surrounded by silver aura. "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" Then I slammed it in rocks. "Haha... this commander is quite unlucky to stumbled upon two Space Element Mages." Chen Xiao commented. "Indeed... your mental strength is well developed." Ai Jiangtu praised. "Yours too" Chen Xiao said. Then the commander launch crimson blade''s at us. "Level 3 Telekinesis: Void Wall" I stop it''s attack. "Demon Punishment" Ai Jiangtu finally played his Trump Card. A Demon appeared which grab the community by it''s limbs. SHRIEEEEKKKKKK The commander cried in agony. It become restless and send water jet''s at Ai Jiangtu "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" "Level 3 Telekinesis: Void Wall" I slow down the jets then completely stop them with ''Void Wall''. RAAWWWRRRR It cried again but differently. Then I heard sounds behind us and found tens of warriors and hundreds of servants(sea monkeys) running at us. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" Tens of servants and warriors died but they still keep running towards us. "Chaos Surface" "Chaos Arrows" "Chaos Shredder" "Chaos spears" The tide of monsters finally came to halt after continuous barrage of attacks. "Chaos Barrier" Commander manage to escape ''Demon Punishment'' when I was busy. "It has suffered unrecoverable injuries. It will not fight with everything on line." Ai Jiangtu warned. "Distract it for a while, I have a gift for it." Chen Xiao said. "Try to be quick." Ai Jiangtu get to work. He start using ''Blink: Single'' to keep the commander occupied. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 1 Lonely Death Lightning: Buzz: Thunder Arm" A thick lightning bolt shot out of my hand and hit the commander''s head. A commander soul essence flew into my soul vessel. As I thought, Curse Element can increase chances of getting soul essence greatly. I also put the corpse in storage ring to serve as proof. "Good job" Ai Jiangtu praised. "You too" Chen Xiao praised back. "I will go and take care of sea monkeys" Chen Xiao volunteered. "Return quickly" Ai Jiangtu said. I quickly left to islands with sea monkeys and wreak havoc. After 2 hours I return to team. "What''s the situation of other islands?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "I chased away sea monkeys in opposite direction of city. Either they will become food or slaves of some new king." Chen Xiao answered. "Let''s go to city, we have done our work." Au Jiang said. 2M 2 Months Chapter-13 Jiang Yu and Mu Ting Ying done very thorough investigation on missing children cases. I know who is behind this. But even Demon Mo Fan will not be able to do anything about it. Advisors took the matter in their hands and told us to stop investigating. The businessman bought the bladders of warriors from us. And the price of commander''s corpse was divided between Ai Jiangtu and me. We both got 15-15M Yuan. By adding the price of the bladders of warriors I killed, I earn 25M Yuan. AFTER FEW DAYS Businessman arrange a ship for us to sail to Japan. BOOOM! I was meditating when Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan hastily landed on deck. "Something is under the ship." Mo Fan warned. "Holy crap, it''s so big" Zhao Manyan freaked out. "It''s frightening." I jumped into the sea. "What?" "Does he not want to live anymore" I dive little deeper and saw back of Baxia Totem Turtle. The overwhelming aura is frightening but the Totem Snake armour make a bond of familiarity. "Your brother Totem Snake is safe and healthy." Chen Xiao shouted underwater. "And don''t worry you will soon get your human partner." Chen Xiao said. I dive with Baxia until she dove deeper and then disappeared. Then I come out of water. "You are still alive?" Zu Jiming said, can''t believe that Chen Xiao is still alive. "What was it?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "Just a lonely creature.." Chen Xiao replied. "Is it dangerous?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Depends on how you behave." Chen said and return to meditate. My actions have create a mysterious air around me. It''s laughable. After few days, the ship dock on a port of Japan. As we didn''t have any identities, we decided to stay in haunted temple. Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon. "Oye Zhao Manyan" I silently called Zhao Manyan to come at bottom of the hill. "What?" Zhao Manyan said. "Do you want to secure a spot on National Team?" Chen Xiao asked. "Are you selling your spot?" Zhao Manyan asked in joy. "Nope" Chen Xiao replied. "Are you planning to kill someone?" Zhao Manyan eyed me suspiciously. "Shut up and listen. There is soul vessel(guardian vessel), which can boost your cultivation and defensive spells. Do you want it?" Chen Xiao offered. "Hell yeah" Zhao Manyan agrees readily. " 1B Yuan" Chen Xiao said. "Are you out of your fucking mind. With that much money I can bought a Soul Grade Galaxy Magic Equipment and a Soul Grade Seed to boost my cultivation and increase strength of spells, what is even point of buying your soul vessel?" Zhao Manyan lashed at me. "Having that soul vessel will be like having ''Blessing of God''s Seal'' it''s 2x multiplier can multiply the strength of even your soul grade spells." Chen Xiao explained. "Then, why don''t you have it for yourself?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Because I don''t meet the conditions, the conditions for owning it is you should have defensive spells, like yourself. I''m in dire need of money, that''s why I''m selling it to you. Otherwise, I would have take time to find the best buyer." Chen Xiao try his best to convince Zhao Manyan. "You are not lying to me, right?" Zhao Manyan asked doubtfully. "Zhao Manyan you know me, I hate the idea of betraying people. If you want you can pay me in 10 installments of 110M Yuan. If you feel like the soul vessel is not helping then you can return it whenever you want and I will return all the money." Chen Xiao offered. "Deal" Zhao Manyan finally agreed. "Ok see you later then." Chen Xiao immediately left. I quickly find the place where that monk create that evil ritual and start destroying it. "Stop, what are you doing?" that ghost monk came to stop Chen Xiao. I can actually see the ghost monk, I subconsciously touch my soul vessel. "Leave this place otherwise I will kill you." ghost monk threaten Chen Xiao. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Madness Dance" I destroy the cliff and ghost monk also disappeared. Then I find Zhao Manyan and take him to soul vessel. "Can''t you find a cooler soul vessel. This thing is used by monks." Zhao Manyan complaint. "No and soul vessels don''t fell from the sky. Take it or leave." Chen Xiao said. "Fine" Zhao Manyan pick the guardian vessel and return to temple with Chen Xiao. NEXT DAY(25M, 1C, 2W , 17S, S14 ) We are going to challenge the National Training Hall of Japan. As we climbed the hill a woman came to greet no insult us. But I can''t be too bothered by the likes of her. Then an old man welcomed us in the training hall who turned out to be father of that woman. We were dining when Jiang ShaoXu got in argument with a womam and challenge the Training Hall. "So how you want this challenge be? team fight or one-on-one?". Japanese instructor asked. "One-on-one" Jiang ShaoXu said. "Ok, let''s go training arena should be ready." Japanese instructor said. We arrived on stupidly high cliff with no boundaries don''t know what they want to prove. "Send first challenger" Japanese instructor said. "Chen Xiao, you want to go?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "I''m not a bully." Chen Xiao replied. "Haha... I see, who want to go first?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "I will go Captain." Guan Yu volunteered. I put earplugs and start meditating, I''m very close to control all 343 stars of the Space Element. I don''t dare waste my time on the events I already know about or I don''t plan to intervene with. After an hour, Ai Jiangtu break my meditation. "Matches are over, it''s time to go."Ai Jiangtu said. "Yawn~ ok" Chen Xiao said. We return to our accommodations for rest. NEXT DAY(510M, 1C, 2W , 17S, S14 ) We are going to Tokyo. That woman with Plant Element is with us, so, I think they find that demon orb. "Chen Xiao" Zhao Manyan called out for me. "What happened?" Chen Xiao asked. "I had a weird dream about a huge creature coming near the cliff, where that embassy is located in which we were staying. what is the meaning of this?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Sigh~ it seems like I have to tell you the truth. Actually, this is a Totem Guardian Vessel. The creature you saw in your dream was a Totem beast like the Sky Scraping Snake which appeared in Hangzhou city." Chen Xiao explained. "That creature will not harm me, right?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Absolutely not, instead if that creature find you a worthy Guardian, it will protect you when you will be in danger. And once you become a Super mage, it will listen to your requests." Chen Xiao replied. "What is the level of that creature?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Supreme Monarch" Chen Xiao replied. "SUPREME MONARCH!" Zhao Manyan shouted in surprise drawing attention of everyone in the bus. This Zhao Manyan just can''t shut his mouth. "What are you two talking about a Supreme Monarch?" Jiang Yu asked curiously. "That''s my-"Zhao Manyan got cut off by Chen Xiao''s kick. "Don''t talk about this with anyone. Many foreign powers are trying to steal them, you might become target of Super Mages if the info got leaked. Jiang Yu''s teacher is a summoner, he will surely try to get his hands on the Guardian Vessel. So, you can''t tell about this to anyone on the team." Chen Xiao whispered. "Okay" Zhao Manyan agreed, his life is more important than bragging. "Good" Chen Xiao said and start meditating. Zhao Manyan also returned to his seat. "Zhao Manyan, what were you two talking about ''Supreme Monarch''?" Jiang Yu asked. "That''s a secret between two of us." Zhao Manyan. "Come on, Dear Manyan, tell us, we are your teammates." Jiang ShaoXu try to seduce Zhao Manyan but he is quite experienced himself. "Come on, old Zhao you will even not tell me, your best friend." Mo Fan also joined to find out about the secret stuff. "No I will not tell any of you. I will take this secret to grave with me." Zhao Manyan declared. 0.25M 2 Months 1 Week Chapter-14 We finally reach Tokyo. As soon as we did, Mo Fan and that woman disappeared. And team is busy exploring the place. BOOOM! Seems like it''s action time now. Commanders threw a big piece of building at escaping people. "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" I somehow stop the debris before it crush the mass and throw it back at the commander. "#Attention Two Commanders have appeared, combatants are requested to eliminate them as soon as possible." A mechanical voice announced. "Chen Xiao!" Ai Jiangtu called out for me. "Let''s take one each." Chen Xiao suggested. "Ok" Ai Jiangtu agreed. "Level 3 Space Rythm: Fissure" The fissure force back the commander. Commander shoot out a laser beam from its eye. "Level 3 Telekinesis: Void Wall" The ''Void Wall'' stop the attack. Then I smash the ''Void Wall'' in the commander. SHRIEEEEKKKKKK Haha... Ai Jiangtu is really merciless. His Demon Punishment spell really suits him. RAAWWWRRRR WTF, the commander roared and charge recklessly at me. "Totem Armour" The monster smash into me and send me crashing into a building. Then it run towards the other one. "#Ai Jiangtu, be aware mine is coming towards you." Chen Xiao warned Ai Jiangtu on coms. "#Wha-... Ahh!" Ai Jiangtu''s voice got cut off in middle. "#Ai Jiangtu, are you alright?" Chen Xiao asked. "#Nanrogni said my hip is fractured, everything else is fine." Ai Jiangtu finally respond. "#HELP! I''m stuck near both commanders." Jiang ShaoXu cried for help. "#Coming" Chen Xiao open his 3 Pair Magic Wings rushed towards the commanders. "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings. I lift a big chunk of a building and smash it into a commander. At the same time, a crystal arrow hit another one. "Here" Jiang ShaoXu shouted. I quickly grab Jiang ShaoXu''s hand and fly off in random direction with two angry commanders chasing me. "#Ai Jiangtu are you in condition to cast one more ''Demon Punishment''." Chen Xiao asked. "#I can, what''s the plan?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "#Both commanders are chasing me, you cast your spell on the one with ice on it. And I will cast mine on other one. Get ready I''m coming." Chen Xiao explained. "#Bastard don''t come here."Zu Jiming cursed but Chen Xiao cut off the coms. I reach the place where team was. "Chaos Funnel" "Demon Punishment" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Buzz: Thunder Burst" I reach Level 2 by cultivating with unrefined Pentagon Lightning Star. I gave me hell of pain but I endured it to increase my Lightning resistance and to boost my cultivation and result is this. "Holy crap, that''s Level 2 Advance Tier spell." Zhao Manyan said in utter disbelief. "Many of us haven''t even reach Advance Tier and Chen Xiao is already at Level 2." Jiang Yu poured cold bucket of water on everyone. My target got eliminated, a commander soul essence flew into my soul vessel. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Buzz: Thunder Burst" I also killed another commander, another commander soul essence flew into my soul vessel. As I thought, curse element is really the best. I should go on hunting with Ai Jiangtu. I land near Nanrong Ni and put down Jiang ShaoXu. "How are your injuries?" Chen Xiao asked Ai Jiangtu. "I will be fine in few days." Ai Jiangtu replied. "Glad to hear that." Chen Xiao said. I saw the some Advance mages flying towards us. "Level 1 Telekinesis: Void Claw" I put both commander on top of each other. "What are you doing?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Buzz: Thunder Burst" The Lightning blast a hole in both Commanders'' body and destroy their innards. Advance mages land near the corpses. "You bastard!" one of them shouted at me. "Calm down" an older one try to calm the one who shouted. "But he did that on purpose" same one complaint. "Let''s go back everyone and you should be careful if you are planning to be part of maritime fortress." older one said and left with his team. "What happened?" Nanyu asked. "Yeah, why did you destroy the corpses?" Guan Yu asked. "You don''t know the shitty rules of this maritime fortress. They might have charged fine on us for hunting in maritime fortress without licence and even if we have license they would have taken away the corpses and would have given us only a half of the value." Chen Xiao explained. "I remember now, when I came before. The general almost got in fight with the officials here because of these rules. He also said ''it would have been better to destroy the corpses then let them have them''." Nanyu said. "Let''s go to report." AFTER FEW DAYS(510M, 3C, 2W, 17S, S14) We are provided with a supervising zone and some other stuff common in the fortress. We will be staying here for quite a while. I hope to accumulate enough servant soul essences to upgrade my all Mid Tier spells to Level 4 and enough warrior soul essences to upgrade Novice Tier spells to Level 5. I was hesitant before but with Ai Jiangtu with me. I''m confident in achieving this goal. We arrive in our designated zone and take our positions. A huge wave came towards the fortress, it easily cross the lower dam and with remaining momentum it still manage to swept away many buildings. "Everyone be aware of sea monsters, they are very cunning." Jiang Yu warned. Monsters start jumping out of water and attacking us. "Lightning Whip" Lightning whip lashed at monsters. "Thunderbolt: ...........:Madness Dance" "Fiery Fist: ............:Nine Palaces" "Ice Lock: ............:Ice Hill" "Wind Disc: .............:Shredding" "Vine Whip" "Shadow Nails: ..............: Thorns" "Level 3 Light Blessing: .............:Guard" "Level 3 Rock Barrier: ..............:Rock Wall" An intense fight broke out. "Chaos Surface" "Chaos Arrows" My Chaos Element has also reached Level 2 thanks to Dimensional Element Magic Tool. "# Jiang ShaoXu, divert the monsters'' hatred towards me." Chen Xiao said. "#With pleasure" Jiangtu ShaoXu said. I don''t know what Jiang ShaoXu did but lots of monsters start surrounding me. Come one come many. End result will be same. "Level 2 Change of Variable Gravity: manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" Monstes fell on their knees and froze in their places. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" . . . . "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" One warrior soul essence flew into my soul vessel. "# Jiang ShaoXu send more" Chen Xiao said. "#Sending" Jiang ShaoXu said. Repeating the same tactic, I eliminate the new batch. One more warrior soul essence flew into my soul vessel. "# Jiang ShaoXu, let''s have a competition. Try your best to over run me with monsters." Chen Xiao offered. "# What will be the prize for winner?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "# Umm... If you win, you can have my resources I will be given. And if I win, I will just let you off." Chen Xiao declared. "# Acceptable" Jiang ShaoXu said. A big wave of monsters came towards me. That vixen was actually holding back until now. "Chaos Surface" "Chaos Artillery" "Void Artillery" "Chaos Funnel" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" . . . . . . "Level 2 Thunderbolt: Buzz: Yaksha" 3 warrior soul essences flew into my soul vessel and 5 more formed in my soul vessel. I upgrade my Novice Tier to Level 5. We will be staying here for a while, it will not hurt to put some soul essences to increase my strength. Now I can take down a warrior with just ''Lightning Whip''. "# Oh, you were holding back until now." Jiang ShaoXu said in surprise. "# Don''t tell me that''s all." Chen Xiao asked. "# Unfortunately, there are not many monsters here and my mana is almost depleted." Jiang ShaoXu replied. "# There is commander in 22nd Zone, if we can kill it we will get more points." Nanyu informed. "# Captain, want to give it a try?" Chen Xiao asked. "# Water is still rising, we better hold our positions. We don''t know if more monsters will arrive or not." Ai Jiangtu ordered. "# Understood" Chen Xiao obeyed. We hold our position until the tide fell. Chapter-15 AFTER 1 MONTH (80M, 32W, S31) 2 weeks ago, I called forging master''s manager as per my daily routine, my turn finally came. The forging master advised me for Cultivation Tool instead of Lightning Element Magic Tool. He said the Pentagon Lightning Star is a high grade raw material and it will be waste to use it just for Elemental Cultivation. He offered to forge me Top Tier Soul Grade Cultivation Tool for 500M. I sold the 3 minor commander soul essences for 350M and 8 warrior soul essences for 180M Yuan and send 500M Yuan to the forging master and it arrived yesterday. I send him another big Pentagon Lightning Star for Lightning Element Magic Tool. Luckily, he is interested in using Pentagon Lightning Star. So, I will get my Lightning Magic Tool in about 6 months. And I''m really impressed with the boost Cultivation Tool gave me, but the impurity problem is still there. I noticed Mo Fan stealing glances at me and putting his hand on his pandent whenever I''m around. So, I''m actually very glad that he will be going back with Mu Ningxue. AFTER 1 WEEK(110M, 1C, 42W, S37) The resources of team arrived 1 week ago and everyone got serious like never before. The team mostly spend their time in their rooms. But members like me and Ai Jiangtu continue supervising our zone. Mu Ningxue and Mo Fan also joined us. I really wanted to upgraded my Mid Tier spells to Level 4 but there are not many servants here. Seems like I have to wait until we go to some other place. My first two goals are completed and only o e thing left, The Soul Grade Lightning Seed with Domain. So, I went to find Zhao Manyan. Knock Knock~ "Who?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Chen Xiao" Chen Xiao replied. "Brother Chen" Zhao Manyan said in flattering tone. "What''s with this change of behaviour?" Chen Xiao asked. "You see Brother Chen, whoever failed to reach Advance Tier will be kicked off National Team. And I have already wasted a Galaxy Vein and my father''s men are keeping an eye on me. So I will not be able to arrange this month''s installment." Zhao Manyan said embarrassingly, he, the heir of Zhao Clan is short on money, seems like doomsday is near. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. "Fine, you can pay me however you want but the amount of 1.1B should be fulfilled in these 10 months." Chen Xiao said, he actually forgot about the deal. "Don''t worry, I will pay the amount in 10 months." Zhao Manyan said with confident. "I actually came here for a favour." Chen Xiao said. "What actually?" Zhao Manyan asked, people(girls) only come to him for money. "I''m actually planning to buy a Soul Grade Seed with Domain. Can you find me one?" Chen Xiao requested. "What in the fucking World are you even saying? don''t you feel any pity for us, we have barely become an Advance mage and you are already at Level 2 and now you want to buy a Soul Grade Lightning Seed. Your talent and money put heirs of lot of clans in shame including me." Zhao Manyan freaked out. "Calm down and tell me, can you arrange one for me?" Chen Xiao asked. "A Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed with Domain in not easy to come around. It will at least cost around 800M Yuan. What is your budget anyway?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Price is not a problem but I want best of the best Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed with Domain and additional effects." Chen Xiao said. "Haha... you are talking like me." Zhao Manyan complimented. "I will be going then and best of luck with breakthrough." Chen Xiao return to his room. AFTER 1 WEEK (380M, 1C, 45W, S39) Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue have returned to China with the Advisors. We will be going to Seoul, South Korea for approval stamp. A private plane is rented for the team for travelling. The new member is said to be waiting for us in the plane. We enter the plane and notice a person which left me in shock. "Holy fuck, how did you manage to become part of National Team?" Chen Xiao asked in utter disbelief. "I''m also surprised to see you in National Team. But somewhere I knew, you will manage to do so." Bai Cangfeng complimented. "You two know each other?" Nanyu asked. "Yeah, he is an acquaintance of mine, his name is Bai Cangfeng." Chen Xiao introduced. "Let''s go to back, I want to discuss something with you." Bai Cangfeng said and both of them went to back. "So how did manage to breakthrough? I was expecting Mui Nu Jiao to come." Chen Xiao said. "Hmph, I have made a big sacrifice for this." Bai Cangfeng proudly said. "What could that be?" Chen Xiao asked. "Like you, I tried to awaken some cool secondary element. And I awakened ''Curse Element''. I didn''t like the Element, so I completely devoted myself to Wind Element and thanks to that I manage to reach Advance Tier of Wind Element and now I''m here." Bai Cangfeng explained. "What''s the sacrifice then?" Chen Xiao asked. "I wasted my second awakening on Curse Element, that''s the sacrifice." Bai Cangfeng said. "What about your tertiary element?" Chen Xiao asked. "It''s fire element." Bai Cangfeng replied. "What''s your cultivation?" Chen Xiao asked. "Wind at Level 1 Advance Tier, Curse at Level 1 Mid Tier and Fire at Level 3 Novice Tier." Bai Cangfeng replied. Curse element... Ai Jiangtu is captain of team and will not necessarily go on hunting with me whenever I ask but Bai Cangfeng will surely come if I give him reason to. And Mid Tier spell will be able to suck out a warrior soul essence. "So, what did you want to discuss?" Chen Xiao asked. "I wanted to know, how did you manage to advance so far?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Three Step Tower" Chen Xiao replied. "Good grief, how in the world am I going to compete with that?" Bai Cangfeng. "Forget about it, having one element at Advance Tier is already good. But your curse element is fucked up. We need to work on it and try to get it into Advance Tier in two months." Chen Xiao said. "Advance Tier? that''s almost impossible." Bai Cangfeng said. "Do you have Soul Grade Cultivation Tool?" Chen Xiao asked. "No and who in the National Team even have it?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Me, Zhao Manyan, Mo Fan or maybe someone else. But that doesn''t matter. First we need to buy one for you and also a Soul Grade Dark Element Magic Tool." Chen Xiao said. "I don''t have that much money." Bai Cangfeng said. "Don''t worry about that, I know a way for you. But you have to listen to me for two whole months without any question, do you agree?" Chen Xiao said with a sadistic smile. "I agree, so what''s the plan? and don''t give me that smile." Bai Cangfeng said. "First you need to perform good in matched against Training Halls, captain will write about us in his report to advisors and you mustn''t make any mistakes which will go against you. As for how to improve your Curse Element just follow my lead." Chen Xiao explained. ''It will be hard to achieve Advance Tier in short period of time but if he can reach Level 4 Mid Tier of Curse Element, it might just work.'' Chen Xiao thought. "Hello~ Xiao~ why don''t you introduce your friend to us?" Jiang ShaoXu said in seductive tone, maybe trying to flirt with Bai Cangfeng. I looked at Bai Cangfeng to notice how he will behave? But surprisingly, he have an annoyed expression instead of being interested. "I''m Bai Cangfeng, I belong to closest branch family of Bai clan''s main family... "Bai Cangfeng introduce himself. "I''m Jiang ShaoXu, psychic mage of the team. Pleasure to meet you. You two seem to discuss something important I will come later." Jiang ShaoXu left as she doesn''t find anything fun. 1.5M 3Months 3 Weeks Chapter-16 NEXT DAY(110M, 41W, S49''8) As soon as the plane landed, I quickly went to Magic Store with Bai Cangfeng and bought him Soul Grade Dark Element Magic Tool cost 500M and exchange 5 warrior soul essences for 25 servant soul essences. I gave him 14 servant soul essences to upgrade his Novice Tier Wind and Curse Elements to Level 4 and I use 10 servant soul essences to upgrade my Lightning Element Mid Tier to Level 4 and use remaining 1 to start updating Chaos Element Mid Tier. "I''m actually amazed at how much money you are actually making?" Bai Cangfeng said in amazement, Chen Xiao just bought him a Soul Grade Dark Element Magic Tool cost 500M Yuan, he wonder how many people can do so? "Don''t get the wrong idea, I will sell every inch of your body if I found you wasted my money." Chen Xiao warned although he knew at best he can only take away the tool, the soul essences are gone for good. "Don''t worry, I don''t want to get kicked out of team as well. So, I will need to give you all of my resources I will get during training." Bai Cangfeng said, he doesn''t mind Chen Xiao''s language as he know Chen Xiao maintain a public image and his curses only meant he don''t want Bai Cangfeng to slack off. "Let''s go" Chen Xiao said, he has made deal to help Bai Cangfeng stay on team in exchange for all the resources he will get and if that would be enough he will payback after the tournament. "Where?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Don''t question just follow me." Chen Xiao said AFTER SEVERAL HOURS "Let''s go back, I''m completely exhausted now." Bai Cangfeng requested. Bai Cangfeng has just empty his Curse Element Nebula for 5th time. Soul Grade Dark Element Magic Tool replenish his pitifully small Nebula in matter of a single hour. He has earn Chen Xiao 10W soul essences until now and Chen Xiao himself has earned 3 servant soul essences. Chen Xiao is making Bai Cangfeng use Curse Element on warriors subdued by himself in the name of practicing. Apparently, Bai Cangfeng is not as good as Ai Jiangtu in Curse Element, so only 1-10 of the monsters are giving soul essences. But the soul remnants are also of much higher quality than monsters normally drop. So, there is nothing to lose and much to gain if Bai Cangfeng stay on team. "Fine, but you also need work on your Wind Element, flying and defense is good but you also need to have destructive power." Chen Xiao advised. "But Advance Tier Wind Spell can only be used for those purposes." Bai Cangfeng argued. "How stupid? Advance Tier mages are known for their insane control over their elements, they can cast their spells in any form they like. You should also try to make your Advance Tier Wind Spell into a destructive spell." Chen Xiao explained. "That''s not something a rookie like me can do." Bai Cangfeng argued. "Bai Cangfeng, you are an Advance Tier Wind Mage. The wind which can''t be captured, the wind that can move ships weighing several tonnes, the wind whose vastness can''t be measure, the wind which can crush rocks, the wind which can cause tsunami. Let your thoughts be free and vast as wind, don''t let your thoughts be imprisoned by doubting yourself." Chen Xiao tried his best to give greatest speech possible to motivate Bai Cangfeng. He is golden hen for him. "...crush rocks... " Bai Cangfeng muttered. NEXT DAY(10M, 51W, S49''11) Today we are challenging National Training Hall of South Korea in team match. The team consists of Zu Jiming, Jiang Yu, Guan Yu, Mu Ting Ying and Bai Cangfeng. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. The match started. "Contract Summon: come forth Night Rakshasa" "Level 2 Rock Barrier: Mountain Shield" "Level 3 Ice Lock: Ice Hill" "Level 4: Mist of Fear" "Level 3 Wind Path: Drifting Shadows" Night Rakshasa and Guan Yu get to work to not let the opponents focus. "Ahhhhhh..." one of the Korean team member cried, ''Level 4 Mist of fear'' did it''s work, the opponent got disqualified as soon as he start scratching his face. The Korean team wasn''t strong, all of them were Mid Tier mages. Night Rakshasa could have alone take care of them. After getting approval stamp, team returned to accommodation but we didn''t and went to the hunting area. AFTER 1 WEEK(20M, 84W, S''17''7)[S''=S49] "Good job, you are now at Level 2." Chen Xiao praised. "So, we will no longer go to hunt monsters, right?" Bai Cangfeng asked hopefully. "Who said that? we will be killing monsters on regular basis." Chen Xiao said shattering Bai Cangfeng''s all hopes. "Anyway, I''m feeling like I can reach Advance Tier now. I manage to reach Level 2 in just a week. I''m really talented in Curse Element." Bai Cangfeng praised himself. ''Fool... Soul Grade Dark Element Magic Tool gives you 2x boost which is 20x for Mid Tier mages plus Spirit Grade Nebula Magic Tool gives 2x. Total of 40x boost and after multiplying with 7 days. He would have take 280 days to reach Level 2 on his own.'' Chen Xiao calculated. "Fool, how long has it been since your Curse Element was at Level 1?" Chen Xiao asked. "Almost two years, why? ohh" Bai Cangfeng finally realised. "Even a toroise would be faster that that."Chen Xiao said in sarcasm. "Yeah yeah, I''m the worst you don''t need to tell me." Bai Cangfeng admit it that he is weakest on the team but the training is showing result, so he don''t mind some sarcasm. Tolerating this humiliation is nothing in comparison to the fame he will get by being member of National Team. "Haha... you have become mature." Chen Xiao complimented. "What do you mean?" Bai Cangfeng asked "Admitting your faults, putting aside your ego for bigger gains. You are lot better than many members of big clans." Chen Xiao explained. "Hmph, that doesn''t mean you can insult me whenever you want." Bai Cangfeng said unpleasantly. "If you want to earn my respect then become as strong as an average member of National Team." Chen Xiao said. The new mission is out. National team is supposed to escort a cargo ship to Chile, South America. The boat sail from South Korea. Although we will be taking the safest route possible but sailors said, it will not be surprising to encounter some demon hordes. AFTER 1 WEEK The last week was very unproductive. We didn''t encounter any monsters. In the name of practicing, I become punching bag. Bai Cangfeng used his Curse Element on me. If not for the fact, I''m whole 2 Levels above Bai Cangfeng''s mental strength. I would have never dare to become practice dummy. The practice also benefitted me to some extent. My mental strength also developed. ALARM* "MONSTERS!" someone shouted. "Let''s go" Chen Xiao run to deck with Bai Cangfeng following him. "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Madness dance" "Level 3 Fiery Fist: Nine Palaces" "Level 3 Ice Lock: Ice hill" "Level 3 Wind Disc: Shredding" "Level 3 Water Defense: Circulate" ''Level 3 Light Blessing: Guard" "Level 1 Flower Sky: Heaven''s Water Curtain" "High Tier Level 1 Ice Realm: Ice Coffin" "Level 1 Descending Light: Holy Word"the The fight has gone intense with the starting. The number of monsters are insane. "Level 1 Aerial Wings: Shelter" Bai Cangfeng fly into aur for aerial advantage. "Chen Xiao, go to back and free the propeller and make sure not to break it." Au Jiangtu ordered. "Aye Aye Captain" Chen Xiao fly off to the back of ship. "Chaos Surface" "Chaos Artillery" "Chaos Funnel" "Thunderbolt: Buzz: Level 4" "Thunderbolt: Buzz: Level 4" . . . "Thunderbolt: Buzz: Level 4" "Void Arrows" "Level 3 Space Rythm: Fissure" "Chaos Funnel" "Lightning Arrows", Chen Xiao''s unique Advance Tier Lightning spell, hundreds of arrows as powerful as Level 5 Lightning Strike, each arrow is capable of piercing an average warrior''s defence. "Need to work on accuracy." Chen Xiao said to himself. "# Chen Xiao be careful, a commander is heading towards you." Nanyu warned. "# Don''t worry, I will deal with it." Chen Xiao replied. "# I''m more worried about ship." Nanyu said. "# Don''t underestimate it, that''s a Sea Drake, it''s on totally different level than previous commanders we have faced so far." Jiang Yu warned. Commander launch water from it''s mouth. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Level 3 Space Rythm: Fissure" A bloody cut appear on commander''s tail. RAAWWWRRRR! "Bastard just run away already, I don''t even want your soul essence." Chen Xiao cursed. "Holy fuck, it has lightning attacks too." Chen Xiao surprised at the resourceful monster. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" The commander got little slow. "You will have the honour of dying by my unique spell."Chen Xiao said. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 1 Space Rythm: Compression" Chen Xiao made a small ''Chaos Funnel'' and send hundreds of lightning bolts through it in mere seconds. Then he use ''Level 1 Space Rythm: Compression'' to compress the lightning bolts into a spear. "Here, have this ''Void Lightning Spear''." Chen Xiao throw the spear at commander, the Spear hit the commander''s head at insane speed, a hole appear in commander''s head, it''s dead. A soul remnant flew into Chen Xiao''s soul vessel ''It took too much time and the power doesn''t seem to be strong enough. Seems like I will have to wait until Lightning Element reaches Level 3.'' Chen Xiao planned. 0.5M 4 Months 1 Week Chapter-17 AFTER 2 WEEKS(30M, 132W, S''26''7) We successfully escort the cargo ship to the Chile. I also manage to put Bai Cangfeng to work when the ship was crossing from a group of islands occupied by monsters. National Team is challenging training hall of Chile. The opponents are not strong as all of them are Mid Tier mages. So, I didn''t bothered to join. The team easily won. Bai Cangfeng performed well, he created a unique Advance Tier Wind spell for himself ''Wing Shield and Saber''. The Spell make him unable to fly but ''Wind Path: Level 4'' made it for it to some extent, if we upgrade it to Level 5, it might be even more useful. Now it''s resting time. AT MID NIGHT Knock knock~ "Come in" Chen Xiao said. "Oh you were also meditating, I should have guessed." Bai Cangfeng enter in Chen Xiao''s room. "What happened?" Chen Xiao asked. "I reach Level 3." Bai Cangfeng said in excitement. "That''s a good news." Chen Xiao said proudly, his hardwork is paying off. "So, do I still need to go to monster hunting tomorrow?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "You can take rest for tomorrow but after that daily routine will continue until next elimination." Chen Xiao said. "Do you think, it''s possible for me to breakthrough within a month?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Don''t worry about that, just keep up the hardwork." Chen Xiao said with confidence. There are no missions for at least one month, so I went to Sun-Gathering-Peak to search for more Pentagon Lightning Stars. I also bought a device to find the Pentagon Lightning Stars. AFTER 1 WEEK(270M, 150W, S''''10, 24PLS) I returned a week ago to check Bai Cangfeng''s cultivation. He didn''t slack off. Level 4 Mid Tier Curse Element spell, 3 galaxy veins. Total of 530M Yuan. It took that much money to help Bai Cangfeng reach Advance Tier of Curse Element. He managed to avoid disqualification. As a result Li Kaifeng got disqualified. Zhao Manyan gave me the installments of two months. He also said a Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed has come in his family''s auction house and asked me if I''m interested. This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience. He gave me the Seeds appraisal card and said the seed is one of it''s kind. The seed is called ''Hydra'' Top Tier Seed with 6x multiplier and domain. Additional effects are: ? Lightning Hydra- A commander which can follow simple orders, stronger in water or water domain. ? Lightning Cloud- Lightning Bolts as strong as half of Advance Tier spells fell down continuously, can be controlled by mage. I immediately buy the seed for 1.25B Yuan(sold 50W soul essences). Zhao family will send their agent to Peru, our future destination. AFTER 1 MONTH(370M, 123W, S''''18, 24LPS) I didn''t let the team enter the forbidden zone of Peru. So, everything is good now. "Zhao Manyan, where the hell your family''s agent? he should have arrived until now." Chen Xiao said impatiently. "Calm down Chen Xiao, he must be on his way." Zhao Manyan try to calm Chen Xiao. He understands his impatience. He also feel same when his girlfriend laid down on his bed. "I''m having feeling that our country might win the tournament or will be at least be in top 3." Nanyu commented. "Yeah Captain and Chen Xiao are really monsters. Usually, one national team has one member with such cultivation but ours have two." Jiang Yu agreed. "What do you think captain?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "We shouldn''t underestimate other teams, also there are powerhouses like America, England and Greek. We don''t know about their strength yet." Ai Jiangtu said. "What do you think Chen Xiao? will our team win?" Jiang Yu asked. "Who knows? but I will be doing my best to win." Chen Xiao replied. "Hello guys, I''m back." Mo Fan enter the restaurant. "Haha... you are finally back." Zhao Manyan welcomed Mo Fan with a hug. "Hey Mo Fan, good to have you back on team." Jiang Yu greeted. "Is Mr. Zhao staying here?" few men in black suit arrived. "Yes that''s me." Zhao Manyan take the parcel and send the men back. "What is in it Zhao? I can feel strong Lightning energy from it." Mo Fan asked "Soul Grade Lightning Seed, here is your order" Zhao Manyan replied while passing the parcel to Chen Xiao. "Holy crap, a Soul Grade Lightning Seed, I also want one." Mo Fan said. Ignoring everyone, I start absorbing the Soul Grade Seed. I can feel it''s fierceness but before Pentagon Lightning Star, it surrendered and I easily absorb it. "So, how does it feel?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Feel like I can kill a warrior with just a basic spell." Chen Xiao replied. "That''s too overpowered." Jiang Yu commented. "How much does it cost?" Mo Fan asked. "1.25B Yuan" Chen Xiao replied. "Holy fuck that much" Mo Fan "This one is very special, otherwise usual ones cost around 700-800M Yuan. And if you want artificial one you can get it for 500M Yuan." Zhao Manyan share his knowledge. "Zhao Manyan, find a Natural Soul Grade Seed for me as well." Mo Fan demanded. "I will find one but do you have that much cash on you?" Zhao Manyan asked. "Not now but I will somehow manage." Mo Fan replied. "Ok, if my family found one I will hold it for you until the tournament after that, I will just sell it." Zhao Manyan said. "That will do." Mo Fan agreed. "Captain, I have a very important business to do, also Peruvian training hall doesn''t seem strong. Can I take a leave?" Chen Xiao asked. "Hmm... you may go but try to return before we leave Peru." Au Jiangtu allowed as Chen Xiao is well disciplined and responsible member and he will only leave if he has something important to do. "Thanks captain, I will return as soon as possible." Chen Xiao thanked and left. "Bai Cangfeng, where did Chen Xiao go?" Zhao Manyan asked. "I don''t know, I''m not his manager." Bai Cangfeng said. "Well you two seem quite close." Nanyu pointed. "Not really, we are in kind of symbiosis relationship. He helps me and I help him." Bai Cangfeng said. "But you two are kind of inseparable." Guan Yu said. "Haha... may be they are in that kind of relationship..." Mo Fan mocked. "Hmph what a fool? Chen Xiao was helping me in cultivation so that I can stay on team." Bai Cangfeng said. "So that''s how it was and we thought you two were... you know?" Jiang Yu said. "You lot sure have some wild imagination." Bai Cangfeng lashed. "Oh crap!" Jiang Yu cursed. "What happened?" Jiang ShaoXu said. "Weren''t we planning to go in that valley after Chen Xiao return? but he left again." Jiang Yu said. "What valley?" Mo Fan asked. "There is valley filled with warriors with rock hard defence and insane strength. According to local hunters, there might be some treasure there." Jiang Yu explained. "Don''t forget we almost died while crossing it." Jiang ShaoXu said. "That''s why we were waiting for Chen Xiao." Jiang Yu said. "Well I did some research and came up with idea. With right equipments we can cross the valley." Nanyu said. "I don''t want to go there, we almost died last time." Zu Jiming voiced. "You might have body of bull but your guts are surely of a rat." Jiang ShaoXu provoked. "You... " Zu Jiming couldn''t finish his sentence. "Me what? if you have guts then prove it, come to valley with us." Jiang ShaoXu challenged. 1.75M 6 Months Chapter-18 AFTER 1 WEEKS(370M, 123W, S''''22, 38PLS) I return to Peru as soon I heard the news of team going to challenge Peruvian training hall. "What happened to captain? He look quite troubled." Chen Xiao asked Nanyu. "Some weird monsters have attacked a mine in Peru and the soldiers stationed there were from China from the region which came under Ai clan. The majority of those soldiers are disciples of Ai clan. If something were to happen to them, it will be a hard blow to Ai clan." Nanyu explained. "Are those monsters related to Nazca?" Chen Xiao asked. "Yes" Nanyu replied. I straight went to Ai Jiangtu. "Captain, I can deal with those monsters for you but I want something in return." Chen Xiao offered. "If you can deal with those monsters, I will give you anything you want." Ai Jiangtu agreed immediately. "Not from actually, but I want you to do deal Peruvian government. Made them give me 10% shares in their highest profiting mine for 5 years and I can change the mine every year." Chen Xiao demanded. "If you can deal with those monsters before they do anymore damage. Then the Peruvian government will surely fulfill your demand. And if it''s just for 5 years, then I can negotiate with them to increase your share for 20%." Ai Jiangtu assured. "In that case, consider this done." Chen Xiao declared. I immediately went to the mines and analyse the situation and find the marks. "Level 1 Blink: Single" I teleport near the monster with mark. "Lightning Saber"(Level 5 Lightning Strikes combined together.) I stab the monster, it died along with tens of monsters. "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythmc: Delay" The monsters almost freeze in their tracks. "Lightning Saber" "Lightning Saber" . . . . "Lightning Saber" This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. In few minutes, thousands of monsters got disappeared. I made my way to the mine. Seeing the numbers of monsters got less. The people from inside the mine welcomed me with open arms. I showed them the picture of the thief and they quickly find him and that crystal. I hired an intermediate mage to keep record of people going in and out of the forbidden zone and he did his work well. I take Bai Cangfeng with me to the forbidden zone. That place literally the best place for soul harvesting. I also take the fundamental crystal from the forbidden zone, to sell it to Zhao Manyan. AFTER 1 WEEK(370M, 232W, S''''22, 38PLS) "Good job Chen Xiao. You save lives of lot of people." Ai Jiangtu praised. "All thanks to the knowledge I gained long ago." Chen Xiao made an excuse. "What kind of knowledge?" Nanyu asked. "100M Yuan" Chen Xiao demanded. "No thanks." Nanyu was curious but not enough to pay such amount of money. "The Peruvian government agreed to your demand." Au Jiangtu informed. "What demand?" Jiang Yu asked. "That''s a secret." Chen Xiao declared. "So many secrets." Jiang Yu complaint. AFTER 2 DAYS(320M, 243W, S''''22, 38PLS) I sold the fundamental crystal and buy a Soul Grade Magic Accelerator. After resting for 2 days, everyone rested except me and Bai Cangfeng, we are now going to our next destination, Mexico. AFTER 1 MONTH(420M, 266W, 5S 38PLS) We are in Mexico now. Everyone is making big deal of the landscape here. But everything in this whole world give me the same feeling. This world is dangerous and full of adventures and sometimes beautiful as well. "Let''s rest here for a while"Jiang ShaoXu suggested. "But we rested a while ago"Ai Jiangtu rejected. "You don''t understand captain, let us rest." Nanyu vouched for Jiang ShaoXu. Ai Jiangtu gave in and a picnic got started. After strolling for a while we came across a village. The same village which is most likely being attacked by Red Ornament Guild. The woman at the gate tried to send us away. "Are you from Red Ornament Guild?" Chen Xiao asked putting the woman in shock. "Level 1 Heavenly Flame Funeral: Blazing Rain" The woman attacked us with an Advance Tier spell. "Chaos Whirlpool" "Holy Crap" Zhao Manyan cursed. "So you are from Red Ornament Guild." Chen Xiao said with certainity. "I need back up, come quickly." Woman call for backup. "Level 1 Lightning Strike: Python Scars" I destroy her coms. "You could have done that before she call for backup." Nanyu said sarcastically. "Her backup is robbing villagers, so, I think it would be much better if all of them came here. But I doubt so, Captain some of us should go to help villagers." Chen Xiao advised. "Then you, Bai Cangfeng, Nanyu, Zhao Manyan and Narong Ni go and help the villagers." Ai Jiangtu ordered. "Aye Aye Captain" Chen Xiao confirmed and pick up Nanyu and fly off, with Bai Cangfeng following him alone and Zhao Manyan carrying Narong Ni. "How did you know that woman was from Red Ornament Guild?" Nanyu asked. "Have you seen a woman who is on guard duty while a festival is going on? and also she wasn''t eating anything while girls tend to taste all the stuff during festivals and boys keep them company. So, I try to figure out the reason for her lying, then those wanted posters came to mind." Chen Xiao replied. "You are quite analytic." Nanyu complimented. "Maybe?" Chen said, he know if not for the knowledge of novel, he would have left immediately. "Down there" Bai Cangfeng pointed at the crowd of people. "Zhao Manyan, protect the villagers." Chen Xiao ordered. "I know" Zhao Manyan said. "Level 3 Light Blessing: Guard" "High-Tier Level 1 Flower Sky: Heaven''s Water Curtain" "Level 1 Descending Light: Holy Word" "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" The members of Red Ornament Guild fell down on their face. "Good one" Nanyu complemented. "It''s like binding every inch of their body. Even plant element can''t do such feat." Narong Ni also complimented "You use this combination quite a lot." Bai Cangfeng said. "Hey, I''m also doing work, you wouldn''t die if you praise me a little." Zhao Manyan complaint. "Your Defense is as good as turtle shell." Chen Xiao said teasingly. "My mistake" Zhao Manyan said. Nanyu and Nanrong Ni bind the members of Red Ornament Guild with the vines. "Bai Cangfeng, place a curse seal on some of them." Chen Xiao said. Bai Cangfeng give him a doubtful look but obeyed. We hand over the goons to local authorities and got some cash on hand. Then we went to our accommodations. "Chen Xiao, do you know what is this?" Mo Fan asked holding time liquid in his hand. "It''s time liquid." Chen Xiao replied which baffled Mo Fan, even Ling Ling had to search for whole day to find about it. "Do you know it''s use?" Mo Fan asked. "Hmm... I suggest you to find a big demon horde first. Then made your little flame belle drink it. And made sure you have atleast a Commander soul container. Otherwise, it would be a waste." Chen Xiao replied. "What will happen exactly?" Mo Fan asked. "After little flame belle drink it, she will enter adult phase temporarily, after the effect wear off you little flame belle most likely enter adolescence phase, her strength will be on par with a commander." Chen Xiao finished explanation and Mo Fan''s jaw was touching the ground. "You better not use all of it, use half of it. If we face some unpredicted circumstances in tournament, it might help." Chen Xiao advised. "Wait, you said adolescence phase will be as powerful a commander doesn''t that mean... " Mo Fan asked excitedly. "Yes, your little flame belle have royalbloodline and in adult phase she will be as strong as an average monarch but I think temporary adulthood will only be as strong as minor monarch." Chen Xiao replied. "Thanks for the info and bye." Mo Fan thanked and run away as soon as possible. 1.5M 7 Months 2 Weeks Chapter-19 AFTER FEW DAYS(420M, 269W, 15S 38PLS) "Old Zhao, did a Soul Grade Seed came in the auction house?" Mo Fan asked. "No no and no... you are asking same question for last few days. And where in the world you made so much money so quickly?" Zhao Manyan lashed at Mo Fan. "Old Zhao, don''t be so stingy." Mo said completely ignoring Zhao Manyan''s temper. "New mission is out. We are supposed to help mages from Sacred Hall of Liberty to catch Casso the leader of Red Ornament Guild. This will be a joint mission, National Team of Japan and India will also be there. And the prize will ''Dark Noble Mantle''." Nanyu explained. "Why 3 National Teams just to catch a bunch of bandits?" Guan Yu asked. "Red Ornament Guild is not your any other bandit group. They are like small clan with many Advance mages. It will be a tough fight. The other two teams will arrive in few days." Nanyu explained. "Bai Cangfeng, let''s go for training." Chen Xiao said. "Okay" Bai Cangfeng reluctantly agreed, he can feel his Wind and Curse Element have improved quite a lot. His mental strength is at peak of Level 3. So, he can''t help but follow Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao is like an alarm clock for him which made him work harder for better. And one more disqualification is also coming, so no slacking off until then. AFTER FEW DAYS (420M, 288W, S'''''', 38PLS) My Lightning Element has reach Level 3 and Chaos Element is not much behind. Soon my Primary and Secondary Elements will be at Peak of Advance Tier. I went to training with mind to upgrade my Mid Tier Space Element to Level 4 and done it. And I got a surprise, my mental strength reach Level 6. "# Chen Xiao, return to city. We are going to initiate our attack on Red Ornament Guild tonight." Nanyu informed. "Okay" Chen Xiao said. "Bai Cangfeng, let''s go." Chen Xiao said. "What happened? can''t we stay few says more. I''m having feeling, my mental strength will reach Level 4 if I continue my training." Bai Cangfeng have practicing diligently much to Chen Xiao''s pleasure. Chen Xiao also don''t want to leave but mission is important especially for Bai Cangfeng. "It''s the mission assigned to our team. Let''s go." Chen Xiao said. "Mission! we should hurry then." Bai Cangfeng said, unlike Chen Xiao, he has to prove his worth to avoid elimination. Both of us take off to the city. "Strange" Bai Cangfeng said. "What happened?" Chen Xiao asked. This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "You remember, you asked me to put curse seal on those bandits. All those bandits with curse seal are roaming free." Bai Cangfeng said. "I will check them, you go and inform the team, I will be little late." Chen Xiao said. "Okay" Bai Cangfeng said and continue flying. "You thought you will escape the Red Ornament Guild, now get ready to pay the price." A bandit threatened villagers "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "This! don''t tell me they are here." a bandit said in annoyance, not in fear but annoyance. For them national team is a bunch of kids who at worst can injure them but don''t dare to kill. "Hmph, you dare to come alone. We will slaughter you." another bandit said while trying to stand, Chen Xiao deliberately let them stand up. "That''s the point, if my teammates were here. I will have to pretend to be a civilized guy. But now, I will just slaughter you all. You should have stayed in prison that place was much safer." Chen Xiao said in cold tone. "Lightning Arrows" All bandits died as lightning arrows piercing through their chest. ''Soul Grade Seed have increase my control over spells, the casting speed is fast and accuracy is lot better.'' Chen Xiao thought. "Rest of them have gone to Mayor''s Pent house." a boy said. "You are going to kill all of them, right?" a man asked hopefully with hatred ignited in his eyes. "Of course" Chen Xiao with a smile. I flew off to Mayor''s Pent house. There, I straight went to the Yacht with people on it. "Who are you?" "How dare you to come here?" "Are you tired of living?" "Casso, he is part of that group who foiled our robbing spree." A woman said. "What bring you here kid? are you here for begging for mercy. At best I can give you 1 Week torture then kill you." Casso mocked. "Nope, I''m not here for mercy. Some trash from Red Trash Guild making people vomit in the city. I''m here to return them." Chen Xiao said and open a sub space, corpses of more than a dozen bandits fell on the deck. "Now you have done it kid, I will not kill but give you a life worse than death. You will- " "Void Punch" I punch Casso with ''Void Punch'' and send him down tearing apart the yacht. "You bastard" "Level 3 Thunderbolt: Madness dance" "Level 3 Fiery Fist: Nine Palaces" "Level 3 Ice Lock: Ice hill" "Level 3 Wind Disc: Shredding" "Level 3 Water Defense: Circulate" "Level 3 Light Blessing: Guard" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "HYDRA DOMAIN" "Come forth Hydra" A serpent like creature whose body is made up of almost opaque purple lightning. "It''s a Domain" "That kid has Soul Grade Seed." "Lightning Cloud" Lightning Bolts start hitting the immobilized bandits. BOOOM! Casso try to run with ''Wind Wings''. Seems like he is afraid of my Soul Grade Lightning Seed. "Chaos Accelerator" I appear before Casso. "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" "Baaassstttaaarrrrdddd" Casso cursed. "Void Punch" "Void Kick" "Level 1 Eye of Rock Demon: Petrification" "Chaos Mirror" Casso got petrified himself but only for few seconds. "YOUUUU!" Casso become angry, the kid before is too strong even stronger than the mage of Sacred Hall of Liberty, he faced. Even if he uses everything at his arsenal. He can hardly match his ''Chaos and Space Element''(of course he is dreaming) let alone his Soul Grade Lightning Element. "Let me go kid. Are you here for bounty? I will give you double of it." Casso try to bargain. "Void Punch" "I''m here on a mission to help mages from Sacred Hall of Liberty to catch you." Chen Xiao said. "Level 1 Space Rythm: Compression" "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Poisonous Armour" "Hmph, Level 4 Space Rythm: Void Cage" "Level 4 Thunderbolt: Hydra: Lightning Lock" (''Lightning Lock'' copy of ''Ice Lock'' but much stronger) Casso lost consciousness, I put a ''spiritual seal'' on him. I take him to half submerged Yacht. Hydra divided itself into 4 smaller ''Hydras'' and fighting Advance Tier bandits. "Lightning Arrows." The arrows pierce the limbs of the Advance Tier bandits. I disperse the Domain. "If any of you dare to run. I will kill you. Now tie each other." Chen Xiao threatened bandits. "Good, we came before those kids." a man in black uniform with golden borders said. "What happened?" man asked his woman partner after getting no response. "What the hell?" man got a shocking view. Red Ornament Guild''s leader Casso was hanging upside down on a broken Yacht and his lackeys were tied up. There was kid sitting on top of the mast on which Casso was hanging. "Did that kid beat whole Red Ornament Guild alone?" man asked in disbelief. "We should go and arrest them." woman suggested. Both of them exposed themselves. "Say boy, are you the one who catch these bandits?" man asked. "Yes" Chen Xiao gave the plain answer. "Hey Chen Xiao, what happened? weren''t you went after those bandits? how come you are here?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Well I took care of bandits, can''t you see." Chen Xiao said while pointing at the tied bandits. "Did you take down all of them? alone" Ai Jiangtu asked while looking at the mages of Sacred Hall of Liberty. "Of course I did, do you think I will lose to a bunch of bandits?"Chen Xiao said confidently. With the help of city guards bandits were put in imprisonment. 0.25M Total 7 Months 3 Weeks Chapter-20 AFTER 2 MONTHS(450M, 328W, 30S, 38PLS) The mayor gave me 120M Yuan for catching Red Ornament Guild. And today I will get my Dark Noble Mantle. Apparently it can be used by any mage but if a shadow mage uses it, the mage''s performance increase exponentially. "Why are you looking so happy?" Zhao Manyan asked. "My Xue Xue is coming, of course I will be happy." Mo Fan replied. "Haha... you are happy but many members are quite worried, someone will also be disqualifying soon." Zhao Manyan commented. "Like who?" Mo Fan asked even though he has some idea. "I think it will be among- Guan Yu, Zu Jiming, Jiang Yu and Bai Cangfeng. With Guan Yu have the highest possibility. There are already two Wind Element mages and with Mu Ningxue, there will be three." Zhao Manyan said while receiving glares from four of them. "I don''t care, I only want Xue Xue back." Mo Fan said. After few hours, Advisors came. "Chen Xiao, here is your Dark Noble Mantle." Song He gave Chen Xiao his reward. "This time disqualification will be decided by duel whoever had the worst performance will be disqualified." Feng Li announced. "Don''t you dare lose." Chen Xiao said. "Don''t worry, I''m not losing unless it''s against you or Captain." Bai Cangfeng declared. The matches were decided by the advisors. Bai Cangfeng will be fighting against Guan Yu. It''s obvious, they want to know who is better between the two Wind Element mages. In Jiang Yu against Zu Jiming, Jiang Yu managed to win barely. Jiang Yu''s strength was much stronger than Zu Jiming but poison somehow manage to enter Jiang Yu''s body. Night Rakshasa eliminate Zu Jiming before poison harm Jiang Yu. As for Bai Cangfeng vs Guan Yu. ''Level 4 Mist of Fear'' prove itself again. It bought Bai Cangfeng enough time to cast ''Level 4 Spider''s Trap'' which completely devastated Guan Yu. I wonder what will ''Level 5 Mist of Fear'' can do. Result is quite obvious. Guan Yu will be disqualified. AFTER 1 MONTH(450M, 344W, 40S, 38PLS) This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. We are in New York to challenge, USA training hall. That woman from before welcomed us specifically me. "To tell the truth, you alone can take down our training hall which will be helpful as my students have gotten quite arrogant because of their perfect winning spree." woman said. "Captain, will I be fighting?" Chen Xiao asked. "What do you think? they haven''t lose any match until, I don''t want to take risks." Ai Jiangtu said. "I will fight then." Chen Xiao declared. Me, Jiang Yu, Narong Ni, Zhao Manyan and Bai Cangfeng enter the arena. The fight started. "Level 1 Eye of Rock Demon: Petrifaction" "Level 1 Ice Realm: Ice Coffin" "Level 3 Forest of Kun: Prison" "Level 1 Aerial Wings: Shelter" "Level 1 Descending Light: Holy Word " In less than a minute, a fierce battle breakout. "Level 1 Lonely Death Lightning: Thunder Arm" Someone actually dared to attack me. "Level 1 Change of Direction" I redirect the spell at the person which caught him off guard and paid a good price for it. "Chaos Bullets" The target got eliminated. "Hmph, not even 5 minutes and one of their teammate is already out. So much for putting our team on loser''s wall." Mu Ting Ying mocked. USA team members can only grit their teeth. They know Chaos Element is very tricky to deal when user is an experienced person. "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" USA team got slower. "This is bad, everyone focus on Chaos mage and don''t use projectile spells." USA team''s captain ordered. "Level 1 Ghost Wood: Ghost Hand" Several vines rushed towards me. If they think Chaos magic only works on projectile spells, then they are more than foolish. "Levels 1 Change of Direction" Not a single vine touch me. "Chaos Artillery" Hundreds of invisible projectiles launched at USA team. Their defenses manage to buy them some time. But I wasn''t alone. In few minutes, USA team was on floor. "Chinese Team wins" "Good work Chen Xiao." Ai Jiangtu praised. "It was no big deal captain." Chen Xiao said humbly. "Indeed it wasn''t." Ai Jiangtu said rubbing salt on USA team''s wounds. We will staying in USA for a while now. There is not much to do so everyone planned to take a stroll in the city. I also joined them. As we were walking snowfall started which then followed by hail. He is finally here then. Everyone run under some shelter but I decided to wait. "Level 3 Telekinesis: Void Wall" I create a barrier to protect me from the these insanely big hails. "Hey Chen Xiao, what are you doing?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Nothing, just waiting for someone." Chen Xiao replied. "Waiting for whom?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Perhaps, he is waiting for me. Am I wrong?" a hooded man appeared out of nowhere. "Not at all." Chen Xiao said. "Then let''s settle the business, I have someone else to take care of." hooded man urged. "Chaos Surface" "Level 1 Ice Realm: Ice Coffin" "Chaos Whirlpool" "Icicles" "Chaos Whirlpool" "Ice mirror maze" "Chaos Barrier" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Ice Barrier" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Ice Barrier" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Thunderbolt: Hydra: Level 4" "Lightning Lock" "Level 1 Space Rythm: Compression" I finally captured the executioner. "What is happening here?" a mage form Sacred Hall of Liberty asked. "He is an executioner of Black Vatican." Chen Xiao replied. "Executioner of Black Vatican?" an older mage asked in surprise. "Good job young man. You have made a great contribution to the Society." older mage praised. We decided to stay in USA for a while. Something was stolen from vault of Sacred Hall of Liberty. And I could guess what it is. There were no Red Zones in 1000Kms of New York City. So, I give all of my time to Cultivation. If I got chance to cultivation in Three Step Tower. Then I will be at the peak of Advance Tier in no time. AFTER 1 MONTHS(50M, 334W, 30S, 38PLS) The Pentagon Lightning Element Magic Tool was ready and it arrived within two days after I paid 500M Yuan by selling Lightning Element Magic Tool. Let''s see, Dimensional Element Magic Tool, it gives me 2x boost plus 3x boost of Cultivation Tool plus 1.5x Magic Accelerator. Total of 6.5x boost for Dimensional. It will take me 1 week to reach Level 3 of Chaos Element. Everything is going good. I just hope I will be able to breakthrough into Super Tier by the end of next year. Otherwise, I will be having trouble if I don''t get my hands on Fruit of Oath and Sacred Lotus from Tianshan Mountains. 5M Total 1 Year Chapter-21 AFTER 1 WEEK(250M, 334W, 35S, 38PLS) We landed in Portugal to get our 6th approval stamp. "Captain..." Chen Xiao called out. "If you also want to investigate that skeleton, you may go. Portugal team is not strong." Ai Jiangtu said mistaking that Chen Xiao is also interested in that huge and mysterious skeleton. "We want leave for three weeks." Chen Xiao said on his own and Bai Cangfeng''s behalf. "Three weeks!... umm but you two will miss this month''s allocated resources. " Ai Jiangtu said. "That''s fine with us." Chen Xiao said. "You may go then." Ai Jiangtu said. We walk away from the team. "So, are we going on training again." Bai Cangfeng asked. "You can say so. But first we will be going to Hunter Association." Chen Xiao said. We arrived in Hunter Association Hall. I showed my 2-Star Master Hunter Card and we were given VIP treatment. "Don''t know why I''m surprised when I know how much you love killing monsters?" Bai Cangfeng commented little surprised by the treatment. "Just enjoy you free time while you can." Chen Xiao suggested. After 2 hours my order come. "Here is your parcel and the information you asked Master Hunter." a staff member deliver Chen Xiao his stuff. "Let''s go Bai Cangfeng." Chen Xiao said and both left. "What''s this?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Some stuff which will help us earn some money." Chen Xiao replied. "How much exactly?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "You will get 100M and rest will be mine." Chen Xiao replied. Using my Master Hunter ID, I get information on victims of Drowning Curse and parcel contains all the stuff required to track that maggot. We arrived at that water mage''s house which was smelling as rotten meat. We decided to wait for him. "Who are you?" Water Mage asked. Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. "We are from Hunter Association and are investigating Drowning Curse, we will need your testimony but most importantly what''s with that rotten smell coming from your house." Chen Xiao explained. Water Mage run into his house. "Drowning Curse?" Bai Cangfeng give Chen Xiao confused look. "Just follow my lead and everything will be alright." Chen Xiao said. "Aaaaaaa!" Water Mage cried. Chen Xiao and Bai Cangfeng run into house as well. "What happened?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "My brother... sob... sob..." Water Mage start crying. "Bai Cangfeng, bring in fresh air." Chen Xiao said. Bai Cangfeng quickly fulfill the task as he was also suffering from smell. "It''s Drowning Curse" Chen Xiao said and draw attention of Water Mage and Bai Cangfeng. "First my Big brother and now my little brother. Both become victims of this evil curse. You were investigating Drowning Curse please tell me how can I help you. I will do everything to destroy this curse." Water Mage said. "First we will need to investigate this place, if you allow us." Chen Xiao said. "Please, You have my full support." Water Mage said. "I''m Chen Xiao and this is Bai Cangfeng." Chen Xiao introduced. "I''m Bobby." Water Mage introduced himself. After introduction, I start filtering blooded water and find that little bastard. "Here is killer of your little brother." Chen Xiao said drawing attention of Bai Cangfeng and Bobby. "This little thing?"Bai Cangfeng asked. "Yes, it''s a kind of parasite currently it''s in larva form which feed on nutrients of host and then left when it mature and then find a possible strongest host possible." Chen Xiao explained. "I will kill this thing." Bobby pounced at the maggot. "Calm down... we need this thing to made vaccine." Chen Xiao restrain Bobby using ''Void Claw''. "Space Element..." Bobby cannot believe that the person who must be few years younger than him is an Advance Tier mage while he is just a Mid Tier mage. "Vaccine?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Yes but first we need to provide this bastard a new and suitable host. Follow me and Bobby can you arrange a boat for us?"Chen Xiao start ordering around. Bobby actually owns a high speed boat which actually impressed me. But then again I have spend more than 2 Billions myself. If I used that much money to live as normal human, I might be living one of the most extravagant life. After putting tracker on maggot we release it in sea and start following it. I''m actually expecting the biggest soul harvesting of my life. After several hours, we come out of safe zone. The maggot finally stopped at a place 50Kms away from safe zone. "About 2000m deep there is colony of Sword Quil Monsters. Their numbers might be in thousands. There is also commander among them. We better not provoke them." Bobby shared his knowledge. "Could that maggot be trying to parasitize that commander?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "We need to go down, maggot is in danger." Chen Xiao said. "Can''t you alone take care of them?" Bai Cangfeng asked not want to go underwater as his primary element is not useful under water. "You need to keep training for betterment." Chen Xiao said, then both of them dive into water. We quickly went deeper and enter Sword Quil Monsters territory. "Get ready Bai Cangfeng... ''Lightning Lock''." Chen Xiao made sauce of the monster. "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" The monsters almost freezed. "You practice your Curse Element on them and I will take care of Commander." Chen Xiao said and left. "Level 4 Evil Spider: Sinister Trap" Commander come rushing towards us. "Void Shield" BOOOM Commander crashed into wall. "Void Punch" I force back Commander. "Come forth Lightning Hydra" "Keep it busy until I came back." I return for soul harvesting. "Lightning Sabers" I killed the warriors on whom Bai Cangfeng practice his Curse Element. Few warrior soul chunks and a warrior soul essence flew into my soul vessel. Soul chunks are like soul remnants but with 10 to 15 times of a soul remnant. 5 to 7 soul chunks are enough to form one soul essence. I think I should also awaken ''Curse Element''. "Level 2 Change of Variable: Gravity Manipulation" "Level 2 Space Rythm: Delay" I reinforced my spells. After 35 minutes, until now 7 warrior soul essences and 130 warrior soul chunks flew into my soul vessel which gave me 28 warrior soul essence. Bai Cangfeng is about to deplete his whole mana rserve. "Don''t bother with them anymore, let''s practice on that commander." Chen Xiao urged. "I don''t think I will be able to do much on that commander and I''m also low on mana." Bai Cangfeng said. "Just practice, no need to force yourself." Chen Xiao said. "Lightning Lock" I restrain the commander. "Level 1: Demon Punishment" In few seconds, Bai Cangfeng''s face become pale. But he didn''t stop. "That''s it, my mana is depleted now." Bai Cangfeng said. "Chaos Funnel" "Level 1 Lonely Death Lightning: Thunder Arm" A thick lightning bolt pierce through commander''s head. Bai Cangfeng returned to boat but I keep killing monsters. Bai Cangfeng could only kill 150 of them but there are still more than 500 hundreds of them. "Chaos Funnel" "Lightning Arrows" After 2 hours, I return to boat with 13 more warrior soul essences. "Is that pest alive." Chen Xiao asked. "It''s alive." Bobby replied. "So, is it moving or still?" Chen Xiao asked. "It''s about 10kms west from us now." Bobby replied. "Then what are we doing here? follow it." Chen Xiao said. Bobby quickly propelled the boat in maggot''s direction. O.25M 1 Year 1 Week Chapter-22 AFTER 2 WEEKS(50M, 1C, 412W, 22S, 38PLS) In these two weeks journey, we faced quite a few hordes of monsters because of maggot and of course my obsession for soul essences. Now we are at reef islands. The maggot surely know about addresses of commanders. Until now we have faced 7 commanders out of which we could have avoided almost all of them. Anyways, Bai Cangfeng got some profit after practicing his Curse Element on commanders and warriors for two weeks continuously. We decided to rest today and tomorrow we will attack reefs. NEXT DAY(250M, 1C, 412W, 71S, 38PLS) Today, we are going to slaughter this reef. Plan is simple. First we will kill sea monkeys which are 3000 in numbers. Then, I will have to slaughter Lightning Cuttle fishes alone which are 1000 in numbers because of their lightning element. Then I will bring out the Cuttle Fish commander to get it''s soul chunk or soul essence. And then I will injure Sea Drake enough to make it good host for the maggot. Me and Bai Cangfeng dive into black water. "Gravity Manipulation" "Delay" "Evil Spider Sinister Trap" Soul harvesting of servants was same as harvesting crop from field. It was easy but time consuming. AFTER 3 HOURS(50M, 1C, 412W, 307S, 38PLS) We came out of water. While Bai Cangfeng was exhausted and have sour expression. I''m happy beyond words. I have enough soul essences now to upgrade my Lightning Element once I reach Level 3. AFTER 2 HOURS I dive back into water to execute second part of the plan. "Thunderbolt: Hydra:Level 4" My Lightning spell cause great distress in the reef. Cuttle Fishes charge at me with Commander following them as well. "Hydra keep that big monster busy." Chen Xiao ordered. "Gravity Manipulation" "Delay" "Chaos Grinder" "Void Artillery" "Lightning Arrows" "Level 4 Thunderbolt: Hydra" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Fissure" "Chaos Funnel" "Level 4 Thunderbolt: Hydra" . . . . . . . "Level 4 Thunderbolt: Hydra" ''Damn it, Lightning Element is not much effective on these monsters.'' Chen Xiao cursed in mind. "Hydra Domain" "Lightning Cloud" "Chaos Surface" Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. "Chaos Funnel" Chen Xiao create many small Chaos Funnels under lightning cloud. "Chaos Artillery" AFTER 4 HOURS(250M, 1C, 434W, 307S, 38PLS) "Finally, they are dead. Now it''s commander''s turn." Chen Xiao talk to himself. "# Bai Cangfeng, come down." Chen Xiao said. "Void Cage" "Level 1 Demon Punishment" "Hydra kill it" Chen Xiao ordered. Hydra rip Cuttle Fish commander into pieces and start eating it. I happily wait for commander''e soul chunk or soul essence which never came. Then I look at Hydra who has some yellow colour lines on its body. ''Don''t tell me you eat it''s soul essence.'' Chen Xiao asked Hydra through soul connection. To my surprise, Hydra nodded it''s head sheepishly. When did Hydra become this intelligent wasn''t it just a killing robot. "Hydra, go and beat the hell out of Black Sea Drake but don''t kill it." Chen Xiao ordered and follow Hydra with Bai Cangfeng. Hydra straight enter into Sea Drake''s cave. Reef start shaking violently. "How long will it take too complete this mission?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Don''t worry, just a week more and the mission is complete." Chen Xiao said. "Sigh~ I have a request, once we return let me rest for few days. I''m very exhausted." Bai Cangfeng requested. "As you wish." Chen Xiao said. He himself want to rest. In just these two weeks he have earn more than he could have earned in two months. "Hydra return." Chen Xiao ordered. "You may rest for now. I will be here for a while." Chen Xiao said. Bai Cangfeng retur to boat. I waited until maggot start eating Sea Drake and then also return to boat. AFTER 4 DAYS(50M, 1C, 434W, 307S, 38PLS) "It''s running, the maggot is running very fast." Bobby alarmed start driving boat in maggot''s direction. "Where is it now?" Chen Xiao asked. "It''s 3Kms away for now but it will soon be out of our reach." Bobby informed. I pick of the tracking device and fly off in maggot''s direction. "Chaos Accelerator" I covered 3Kms in less than half a minute. "Level 4 Space Rythm: Fissure" I cut away it''s tail and it''s speed fell down very fast. "Level 4 Thunderbolt: Hydra: Lightning Lock" I completely restrain the commander. "Void Claw" I pull out a chunk of flesh from its belly with ball gladder in it. Bobby and Bai Cangfeng also arrived. "Where is maggot?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Here" Chen Xiao while tapping his shoes on Sea Drake''s head. "Sea Drake, that maggot turned into Sea Drake and you subdue it in just few minutes." Bobby asked in disbelief. ''No wonder, that maggot turned into Sea Drake but still decided to run away. This guy is a monster.'' Bobby thought. RAAWWWRRRR! Sea Drake roared so loud it''s throat blasted and killed himself. "What now?" Bai Cangfeng asked in annoyance. "It''s calling for help but Sea Drake doesn''t have someone to rely on who could it be calling, the sound must have travelled at least 1000Kms. As a matter of fact, if it was really running then it should have gone west instead of Southwest, this is strange." Bobby shared his worry. "Let''s go back." Chen Xiao said. AFTER 1 DAY(50M, 1C, 434W, 307S, 38PLS) RAAWWWWWRRRRRRRR! "What the hell?" Bai Cangfeng shot up from his sleep. "It''s... it''s the response of maggot''s plea." Bobby said in terror. "That roar... it belongs to a strong monster." Chen Xiao said which send goosebumps to Bobby, if Chen Xiao call something strong, it simply means that monster is hell of a strong monster. RAAWWWWWRRRRRRRR! "It''s coming closer." Bobby mentioned. "At this rate, it will catch us. You two go I will take care of it." Chen Xiao said as he will not be able to protect them especially the boat if that monster come. I land on a nearby reef island and wait for the monster. After 3 minutes, I can vaguely see the monster''s body outline. "Fuck me, it''s an Advance commander." Chen Xiao said with grim expression. A Sea Mammoth was charging at him whose size was about 5-7 times of Sea Drake. "Lightning Void Spear: Hydra" [Multiplier of ''Hydra'' = 6 Multiplier of ''Chaos Funnel'' = 2 Total Multiplier= 2(6) = 12 Total Strength = 12x of Level 2 Advance Tier Lightning Spell = 6x of Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell. But Level 1 Super Tier have sealing power. So, The 6x Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell is still inferior to Super Tier Spell.] The ''Lightning Void Spear'' made direct contact with the commander. Commander sustained some damage but it keep charging. "Level 1 Blink: Single" I appear on top of it. "Holy Fuck!" SPLASH SPLASH~ A huge tail send me splashing on water for few hundred metres. Crack! Ouch, some bones are broken. "Chaos Accelerator" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Rush" I cast the spell on myself. "Little better now." Chen Xiao muttered, his speed and spell casting speed increased. "Running will not help, think Chen Xiao think. My spells'' destruction is not enough then I should focus on penetrating it''s skull." Chen Xiao talk to himself. SCCREEEHHHHH! "Crap... Blink: Single" A insanely loud and strong shockwave pass through the place where I was few milliseconds ago. The shockwave travelling more than a Km with sea water splitted on its side. "This bastard is actually adapting to my speed. This thing must not live." Chen Xiao said with resolve. "Chaos Funnel: Level 4" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Thunder Burst" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" . . "Chaos Funnel: Level 4" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Thunder Burst" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" "Lightning Trident" [Multiplier of ''Hydra'' = 6 Combination of Multiple Lightning Spell= 8 Multiplier of ''Chaos Funnel'' = 2.5 Total Multiplier= 2.5(6+8) = 28 Total Strength = 28x of Level 2 Advance Tier Lightning Spell = 14x of Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell > Level 1 Super Tier Lightning Spell.] The trident hit Sea Mammoth''s head. It decimate 1-3rd of monsters head along with it''s tusk and a chunk of part from it''s back. SHHRRIIIIIEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK! The monster cried in agony then went rampant. "Don''t come here bastard." Chen Xiao cursed but still got hit by charging monster. ''The spell was strong but I it need to be stronger.'' Chen Xiao said to himself. Then he upgrade his Mid Tier Chaos, Space and Lightning Element to Level 5. "Chaos Funnel: Level 5" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Thunder Burst" RAAWWWWWRRRRRRRR! "So, finally taking me seriously, huh?" Chen Xiao muttered. "Hydra protect me for a while." Chen Xiao call out Hydra. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush" Before, Hydra was as big as any other average sea commander but now after consuming Lightning Cuttle Fish commander, it has become bigger than Sea Drake. Unfortunately, Hydra is hardly half of Sea Mammoth''s size. Mammoth rush in my direction but Hydra got in it''s and got knocked off back to me. What did I expected? Fortunately, Hydra is not living creature otherwise, it would have suffered serious injuries. "Chaos Shield" "Void Wall" SHATTERED! "Totem Snake Armour" I readied myself for impact. Then, suddenly Hydra wrap itself around me. SPLASH SPLASH~ The impact was stronger but I sustained lesser than the least damage I was expecting. Hydra has form a ''Lightning Armour'' around my body. I can also feel something different than usual. "Fucker... Blink: Single" "Chaos Accelerator: Level 5" "Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush" "Chaos Funnel: Level 4" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Thunder Burst" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" . . "Chaos Funnel: Level 4" "Level 2 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Thunder Burst" "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" "Lightning Trident" [Multiplier of ''Hydra'' = 6 Hydra Armour(4x but no possess, so) = 2 Combination of Multiple Lightning Spell= 8 Multiplier of ''Chaos Funnel'' = 2.5 Total Multiplier= 2.5(6+8+2) = 40 Total Strength = 49x of Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell = Level 3 Super Tier Lightning Spell.] The ''Lightning Trident'' decimate 3-4th of Sea Mammoth''s Body only leaving it''s damn tail. A high quality commander soul essence flew into my soul vessel. I land on a reef island. "Hydra Protect me while I sleep." Chen Xiao ordered and pull out sleeping bag from his subspace. 0.75M 1Year 1 Months Chapter-23 NEXT DAY(50M, 2C, 308W, 307S, 38PLS) I teleport on the boat and surprise Bobby and Bai Cangfeng not by teleportation but by the severeness of injuries. "How the hell you got so much injured?" Bai Cangfeng asked, he can''t believe someone as strong as Chen Xiao who can defeat a commander single handedly, can be injured to such degree. "What did you fight?" Bobby asked terrified for him Chen Xiao is an invincible entity who can defeat anyone or any monsters whom he have met or seen so far. "Messed with wrong opponent." Chen Xiao said. "Let''s go back quickly, the injuries are quite nasty, I need to patch up as soon as possible." Chen Xiao urged, Bobby speed up the boat. After several hours, we enter the safe zone. I straight fly off to hospital for treatment. NEXT DAY(10M, 2C, 308W, 307S, 38PLS) DING DONG~ A message come on my mobile 375M Yuan has been transferred in my account. DING DONG~ Another message came that I have become 5 Star Master Hunter. NEXT DAY(385M, 2C, 308W, 307S, 38PLS) After meeting with Bobby again I transfer 25M into his accounts and 100M to Bai Cangfeng''s account. After that, we catch up with the National Team. "What happened to you?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "Messed with wrong opponent?" Chen Xiao replied. "Because of Drowning Curse mission?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "Yeah" Chen Xiao replied, solving the mystery of drowning curse is a really big deal every Master Hunter would have known about it until now. AFTER 1 WEEK(410M, 2C, 307W, 308S, 38PLS) We set sail to Egypt, of course the ferry will not take us there directly but that doesn''t matter to me anymore, I need at least two weeks of rest thanks to these injuries. My ribs and left shin are fractured and organs are still recovering from the impact. I can''t go on hunting, I''m completely bored. "Bored?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Yeah... Yawn~" Chen Xiao replied. "Me too, we were training without much of rest from the day we met and now when we have time to relax we don''t know what to do?" Bai Cangfeng complaint. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. "Why don''t you try hitting on girls? there are lots of them on the ferry?" Chen Xiao joked. "Hmph! I''m not interested in girls without background." Bai Cangfeng said. "Then try on Mu Ting Ying or Narong Ni and if possible Jiang ShaoXu." Chen Xiao suggested. "Mu Ting Ying is almost nobody in Mu Clan. Narong Ni is not my type and that Jiang ShaoXu has some terrifyingly unknown background." Bai Cangfeng said. "Seems like you already have eyes on someone, is that Nanyu? or if she is Mu Ningxue you better forget about her then?" Chen Xiao asked. "Nope none of them and why are you trying to set me up? You yourself don''t have any girlfriend and you cultivation is off the charts. I also want to become strong. So, I will not find a girl until I become a Super mage." Bai Cangfeng said, nervous at his last sentence. "Super Tier huh? seems like you will need to go there." Chen Xiao unconsciously said. "Where?" Bai Cangfeng asked and sharpen his ears for answer not want to leave any hint. Chen Xiao also noticed Bai Cangfeng''s behaviour. "Don''t worry I will tell you but that place is dangerous so we will go together." Chen Xiao assured. "What is that place?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Kunlun mountains." Chen Xiao replied. "KUNLUN MOUNTAINS!" Bai Cangfeng freaked out at the name that''s the 7th most dangerous place in the world even Super Tier mages don''t dare to go there. "What about Kunlun mountains?" Nanyu asked as her ears are the sharper than anyone here and she got most annoyed from the unnecessary shout. "Nothing" Chen Xiao replied, everyone eye him suspiciously while Zhao Manyan observe him with knowing eyes. "So when will be going there?" Bai Cangfeng asked in lowest voice posts. "We will go there when... someone will stop spying on us." Chen Xiao said and smiled at Nanyu who quickly turn her face. "I will tell you when the time will come so don''t worry." Chen Xiao assured. "Ok" Bai Cangfeng said and return to his room. "Ahh..." Chen Xiao moaned while standing and head towards his room as well. His condition is much better than he was injured. But he could still feel pain now and then. AFTER 1 MONTH(410M, 2C, 328W, 340S, 38PLS) Although I spend half of my time cultivating but I need action to escape boredom. Also after reaching Level 3 of Lightning and Chaos Elements, I''m kind of uninterested in cultivating. But that boredom was much better than going to Sahara desert. ''Let''s see Lightning and Chaos are at Level 3. Space Element is at Level 2. There are still 3 months till tournament and it will continue for 5-6 weeks. Roughly 4 months, nope attaining Level 3 in 4 months is not possible unless I enter Three Step Tower. It will take at least 8 months to reach Level 3 without Three Step Tower.'' Chen Xiao thought. "Weren''t we going to Egypt, why did we unboard the ferry?" Zu Jiming asked. "A mission has arrived. We are supposed to scout Sahara desert for missing South African team." Nanyu explained. "Sahara desert? that''s a forbidden place. Why would advisors give us such a mission?" Mu Ting Ying complaint. "If you are not interested you don''t need to go but you will not get any resources of this month. And the reward set by South Africa is quite high." Nanyu revealed. "What''s the point of money if you are dead?" Mu Ting Ying remarked. "I''m also out." Chen Xiao said to everyone''s surprise. "What''s wrong Chen Xiao, aren''t you thrill seeker?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Who the hell said so?" Chen Xiao said. "Yeah let''s go it will be fun." Jiang Yu said. "Fun my foot, that place is hell. I suggest you lot to not go as well." Chen Xiao cursed. "I will be going. I''m interested to visit one of the forbidden place." Jiang Yu said. "I will also go, I''m short on money." Mo Fan said. "I will also come." Mu Ningxue said. "Me too" Jiang ShaoXu said. "Me too" Zhao Manyan said. "Me too" Bai Cangfeng said. "Ok then, I will come as well. Chen Xiao you will be responsible for them." Ai Jiangtu said pointing his thumb at Mu Ting Ying, Nanrong Ni and Zu Jiming. "You know I think I will go." Chen Xiao said. "In that case, Nanyu you will be leader of search party. I will be with them." Ai Jiangtu said and left with the trio. "What changed your mind?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "You lot." Chen Xiao replied. "Ohh~ do you feel lonely without us?" Jiang ShaoXu teased. "Not us but maybe just without Bai Cangfeng." Mo Fan commented. "Well he is the only one who accompanies me. So if I ever feel lonely, it will be without him." Chen Xiao said. No one said anything at the statement. "We should be going now." Nanyu said to relieve the awkward moment. AFTER 1 WEEK(410M, 2C, 335W, 360S, 38PLS) "So hot, why in the world I came here?" Zhao Manyan complaint. "Keep moving we are almost at the location of last signal." Nanyu encouraged. After few hours, we reach the location. "This is the place, from here they run towards Sahara desert to escape the sandstorm." Nanyu explained. We futher move inside and came at the place where yellow and red sand are meeting. "From this point Sahara desert maze starts, we will form a straight like with each of us standing at about 1km apart and everyone will cast spell every five minutes reveal your location." Nanyu explained. "We should use sand dunes as check points." Jiang Yu suggested. "And none of you must not move from your place until the rest of them returns. Also in case someone fell asleep or forgot to cast spell on time, you must not panic and hold your ground no matter what?" Chen Xiao said in unusually serious tone. "So, who will be staying in yellow sand zone?" Zhao Manyan asked with his eyes begging us to chose him. "I will stay here." Chen Xiao said. "Then I will be second" Zhao Manyan said. The group enter the maze. And I start planning how to run if that monarch came? 1.5M 1 Year 2 Months 2 Weeks Chapter-24 After several hours, sandstorm start raging. Those red eyes, golden skin, tall and rock hard. Everything indicating one thing- ''Run for your fucked up life''. ''Fuck me... Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush'' Chen Xiao cursed in his mind and start running with everything he got. But can a Advance Tier mage who doesn''t have mobility spells of same Tier, run from a monarch. Hell the mage couldn''t even run from a great commander. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Delay" A large number of rocks come flying towards Chen Xiao. Many of them got stopped but some of them hit Chen Xiao. ''Bastard weren''t you only suppose to chase me away why are you attacking me.'' Chen Xiao understood running is not an option. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush" "Level 5 Chaos Accelerator" "Chaos Shield" "Void Wall" SHATTERED! "Totem Snake Armour" Chen Xiao''s speed increase greatly but still pale in comparison to monarch''s. A rocky hand hit him and send him crashing in sand. "Hydra Armour" A huge palm slam Chen Xiao in sand. "A BACKSTABBER WHO ABANDONE HIS FRIENDS SHOULD DIE" Monarch stated. "BASTARD WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ME?!" Chen Xiao shouted, monarch''s hand covered in silver colour slowly get off Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao upgrade his Lightning Element to Level 5 Advance Tier. "PISS OFF!" Chen Xiao using his Space Element push back the monarch by one step. "Level 1 Blink: Single" Chen Xiao appear 1Km away from monarch. Monarch notice his magic and start moving in his direction. "Chaos Accelerator: Level 5" "Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush" "Chaos Funnel: Level 5" "Level 5 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Lightning Trident." "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" . . "Chaos Funnel: Level 4" "Level 5 Lonely Death Lightning: Hydra: Lightning Trident." "Level 4 Space Rythm: Compression" "Void Lightning Trident" Chen Xiao launch the Trident but monarch also launched a sand tornado to disturb Chen Xiao, when it realised strength of the the spell. [Multiplier of ''Hydra'' = 6 Hydra Armour(4x but no possess, so) = 2 Combination of Multiple Lightning Spell= 4 (Combination is 4 because with Level 6 mental Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. strength, ''Chaos Whirlpool'' is only able to do this much.) Level 5 Spell = 4 Multiplier of ''Chaos Funnel'' = 3 Total Multiplier= 3(6+4+2+4) = 48 Total Strength = 48x of Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell > Level 3 Super Tier Lightning Spell.] "Bull''s... " Trident hit the monarch but Chen Xiao also got hit and got strangled in tornado, monarch''s body break into half, it eyes still shining red after few seconds the glow disappeared so did the tornado. Inertia throw Chen Xiao in sand forming a 2m deep and 5m wide crater. He is in battered condition and fell unconscious. IN THE MAZE(3rd Person) Mo Fan stopped on a sand dune and cast ''Fiery Fist'' in the sky. After 5 minutes, he again cast ''Fiery Fist''. This time, ''Wind Disc'' appeared far away. Mo Fan cast ''Fiery Fist: Nine Dragons'' which went even higher. Many other spell appear in the sky from another direction. "This place is nuts. At least we found that missing team." Mo Fan had enough of this maze. After few minutes, Mo Fan again casted spell and response got little closer. After half an hour, African team reach at Mo Fan''s place. "Are you here for rescuing us?" an African asked. "Yes, we should be going now." Mo Fan said and start moving towards Mu Ningxue. "You have really planned well, I was first afraid you were also lost while searching for us." a rescued team member complimented after seeing another signal which must be 5th member of Chinese team. Tthe group reach Zhao Manyan who almost start crying. "Guys, there is a huge trouble. Chen Xiao... he hasn''t send any signal from last 2 hours." Zhao Manyan explode a bomb on everyone. "What?!" Everyone have troubled reaction without any contact from outside they are as good as lost. "Are you sure? could it be you were only looking in one direction? directions keep changing here." Mo Fan asked hopefully. "You think I don''t know that. I have been doing my best to find any sign of his signal." Zhao Manyan said. "Is it possible something happened to him?" Nanyu said doubtfully. "There are lot of monsters around here. Encountering a demon horde is not rare occurrence here. I''m afraid your friend might got attacked by monster." a rescued team member said. "Hmph, a demon horde is nothing to him." Bai Cangfeng denied the idea of Chen Xiao losing to demon horde. "Maybe he got attacked by a commander." a rescued team said trying to calibrate ''Chen Xiao'' guy''s strength. "One or two commanders are nothing for him but more than that even Chen Xiao have to take a step back." Jiang Yu said from his experience. Chen Xiao have alone defeated a Sea Drake without losing a single strand of hair, there are not many commanders on par with it, his words shocked African team and Mu Ningxue. "What do we do now?" Bai Cangfeng asked, he doesn''t care about what attacked Chen Xiao as he knows Chen Xiao more than Jiang Yu. "We should wait here this is the closest place to the exit. South Africa''s rescue squad will also be coming by today." Nanyu try to calm everyone. "Yeah" Zhao Manyan agreed. IN EVENING(Chen Xiao) "Ouch..." Chen Xiao opened his eyes but pain force him to close them again. ''Haha... it seems I survived the fight. Such a feminist monster, in novel it spared Nanyu but in reality it tried it''s best to kill me.'' Chen Xiao cursed inwardly don''t dare to do any unnecessary movements. After 1 hour, enduring the pain I finally stood up. "Hydra" Chen Xiao call out Hydra and sit on top of it. "Go in that direction." Chen Xiao commanded. After few minutes, I reach the place. "Return" Chen Xiao call back Hydra. "Level 5 Thunderbolt: Hydra: Lightning Pillar." Chen Xiao casted a spell and fell down on sand. IN THE MAZE(3rd Person) The group set up tent and just finished their dinner. "This is so frustrating, why did I even come here? I''m not short on money or anything." Zhao Manyan complaint. "Calm down Old Zhao, money is not everything. Think about when you will tell your children bedtime stories. You will be bragging how you''re few of those mages who came out of a forbidden zone unscathed. Your children will be proud of you." Mo Fan said. "Don''t forget we are still stuck here." Zhao Manyan said. "It''s Lightning... this must be Chen Xiao." Jiang Yu said while pointing his finger in certain direction. Everyone hopefully looked in the pointed direction. "Everyone pack your stuff, we are moving." Nanyu said. In few minutes, everyone rushed in the direction of Lightning. After few minutes, another Lightning Pillar appeared. "I will smack that bastard''s head for freaking us out." Jiang ShaoXu said. Nobody showed but everyone was scared shitless when Chen Xiao went missing. OUTSIDE THE MAZE(Chen Xiao) ''Where the hell are those bastards? don''t tell me they freaked out and run deeper in the maze." Chen Xiao thought and cast the spell 4th time. "He''s there." Jiang Yu shouted. "Oh my... what happened?" Jiang ShaoXu exclaimed at Chen Xiao''s condition, although she can only get glimpses of Chen Xiao because of darkness but whatever she saw was blood and battered clothes. "Fucking hell, we need to get out of this fucking place, this instant." Zhao Manyan pour some light and got freaked out seeing Chen Xiao''s condition, if something here can made such condition of Chen Xiao then that thing must be insanely strong. "I agree" Chen Xiao said in pain. "So, what attacked you?" Nanyu asked her ears stood straight for any unknown and unfriendly sound. "An evil elemental spirit, the moment I killed it, it turned into dust." Chen Xiao said while standing up with Jiang ShaoXu''s and Bai Cangfeng''s help "So you killed it, that''s reassuring but I will still say, we should get out of this fucking place." Zhao Manyan said. NEXT DAY(410M, 2C, 41W, 66S, 38PLS) We board the helicopter send for us. As soon as I lay down on comfortable bed, I fell asleep. "So what do you guy''s think about level of the evil elemental spirit, Chen Xiao was talking about?" Jiang Yu asked curiously, he don''t like Chen Xiao''s current condition but he also want his Night Rakshasa to be strong enough to give Chen Xiao a very tough fight. "A commander maybe?" Zhao Manyan said and got retarded look from everyone on board. "I think an above average commander." Mu Ningxue said comparing him with that time when he fought against a commander in maritime fortress. "Nope, you weren''t with us that time but Chen Xiao alone take down a Sea Drake all alone without much effort. If you ask me, I would say a Great Commander." Jiang Yu said confidently. "I have also seen him fighting a Sea Drake and funny thing was that Sea Drake was literally running away from Chen Xiao. So, I agree with Jiang Yu, only a Great Commander can hurt Chen Xiao this much." Bai Cangfeng stated his opinion. "That Sea Drake must have high intelligence, it''s good thing Chen Xiao killed it." Jiang Yu said. "His condition is even worse than before, I don''t think he will be recovering any soon." Nanyu said. "If anyone of us happened to be in his place, we would have most likely died and everyone of us would have lost in maze." Jiang ShaoXu said. "No objection." Zhao Manyan said. "You think he knew about that evil elemental spirit." Jiang Yu asked. "You think so?" Mo Fan said. "He was the first one to refuse to the idea of coming to Sahara and he was unusually serious. He must have known something." Jiang Yu reasoned. "Sahara is a forbidden place, you can''t blame him for being serious." Nanyu said. "Don''t you remember what Chen Xiao said before we left? he said not to freak out if someone doesn''t send signal and hold your position. What will you say about this?" Jiang Yu asked. "Arrggg... we just get out of that cursed place and you are still talking about it. We are alive and that''s everything I need." Zhao Manyan said. Chapter-25 AFTER 1 WEEK(510M, 2C, 41W, 66S, 38PLS) After resting for one week, we are going to Egypt. I''m now able to move freely at the cost of some ''Ouches''. "Captain will not like to see you in this condition." Nanyu said while unwrapping Chen Xiao''s bandages. "Yeah, you should have just run away." Zhao Manyan said while washing Chen Xiao''s body using Water Element. "How many times I tell you, I tried to run but I wasn''t able to?" Chen Xiao said in annoyed tone. "You don''t need to lie to us Chen Xiao, we very well know how much of battle maniac are you?" Jiang Yu said. "You will not believe me but the first thought came to my mind after seeing that Evil Spirit was to run. But I was too slow." Chen Xiao tried his best to prove himself innocent. "Done, now rest until your next dosage." Nanyu said and left. "Hey want some." Jiang ShaoXu come and offer beer. Zhao Manyan take one can. "Nope" Chen Xiao refused. "You shouldn''t be so much cocky Chen Xiao, I mean you are strong but your current strength is not enough to challenge a great commander. You should be at least at Level 3 Advance Tier to even think about fighting a great commander alone." Jiang ShaoXu said advised. "Hmph, who do you think I''m? I''m already at Level 3, so your logic is baseless." Chen Xiao mocked Jiang ShaoXu''s self made criteria. "What?!" Zhao Manyan and Jiang ShaoXu are finally at the end of their wits, how could someone become so strong in such a short period of time. "Are you really at the peak of Advance Tier?" Zhao Manyan asked hoping he heard wrong. "Not actually my Space Element is still at Level 2." Chen Xiao said. "You know Chen Xiao, you are a mood killer. I was happy because in one month we will be in Venice but you literally kill the mood. Even captain is only at Level 2 with 2 Elements in Advance Tier." Zhao Manyan said. "Chen Xiao... do you have girlfriend?" Jiang ShaoXu asked seductively. "HO~ are you interested in me?" Chen Xiao asked jokingly. "Nope, he doesn''t have one. By the way, Chen Xiao are you interested in boys?" Zhao Manyan asked shamelessly. "Piss off, you are giving me creeps now." Chen Xiao said while shivering. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. "Don''t give me that look I was just kidding." Zhao Manyan defended himself before Jiang ShaoXu say something. "Both of you leave I want to rest." Chen Xiao demanded. "Sweet dreams dear~" Jiang ShaoXu wished seductively and left. ''This girl... is just too much.'' Chen Xiao said in mind. NEXT DAY(510M, 2C, 41W, 66S, 38PLS) "Can''t you just stay out of trouble or at least stay away from monsters stronger than you." Ai Jiangtu lectured Chen Xiao. "I will try to." Chen Xiao didn''t bother to clarify himself, none of them believe that Chen Xiao tried to run but couldn''t. "New mission is out. We are supposed to take care of golden poison mummies." Nanyu said. "Again another life risking mission. Do advisors want to kill us?" Zhao Manyan said. "Let''s go, we don''t have time to waste." Ai Jiangtu ordered. "What kind of mission is it?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Must be a mirage." Chen Xiao answered. "A mirage?!" Everyone exclaimed except Jiang Yu, Nanyu and Ai Jiangtu. "Mirage of Pyramid, like the undeads of Ancient Capital who need night to be active, the undeads here need special glow of Pyramids to be active. Undeads don''t tolerate human settlements near Pyramids even near the Mirage of A Pyramid." Chen Xiao explained. "The why did people made settlements near Mirages, wouldn''t it be better to make somewhere far and safe?" Mo Fan asked. "Mirages were not always there. The cities are older than the time when Mirages start to appear, so it''s either you protect the city or run away." Chen Xiao explained. "Then why did Mirages start appearing?" Mu Ningxue asked. "Several centuries ago there was woman slave, Khonsu who breakfree from her master and also steal an artefact mistaken it for jewelry. That artefact was a kind of communication device to contact self-proclaimed lord of underworld, Osiris/Khufu. Khufu offered wealth, prosperity, high status to Khonsu in exchange of her soul for ten years. Khonsu accepted the offer. But after 10 years when the time come to pay the price, she played a trick. Using her resources she get her hands on an artefact called Triangle Void Mirror. Using the artefact she reflect the light coming from Pyramid and avoid paying the price. But the reflection create a Mirage and in few hours a city turn into slaughtering house. Every ten year, a city turn into slaughtering house. But her luck run out. One of her lover happened to be a survivor of slaughtered city. He steal the Triangle Void Mirror and destroyed it, turning it into dust. The dust suspended in the air..." "That dust is responsible for the mirages?" Jiang Yu interrupted and got a glare from Chen Xiao. "Yes, the dust is responsible for the mirages. Khonsu also payed the prize, now instead of becoming a concubine of Khufu, she is tormented everyday." Chen Xiao finished the story. "How strong is this ''lord of underworld''?" Mo Fan asked. "As strong as Ancient Capital''s Ancient King." Chen Xiao replied. "And how strong is this ''Ancient King''?" Jiang Yu asked. "As strong as Black Dragon Emperor." Chen Xiao replied, having trouble to get a well known monster to compare Khufu with. "And how strong is your ''Black Dragon Emperor''?" Jiang Yu asked even more confused. "Umm... as strong as 14 Winged Archangel, I guess." Chen Xiao finally gave a understandable answer. "Are you saying all these monsters you mentioned until now are Emperors?" Jiang Yu asked in disbelief. "Isn''t it obvious, there are lots of undead monarchs and Khufu called lord of underworld, it''s obvious he is on different level than monarchs." Chen Xiao said. "Obvious my ass, how in the fucking world do you even know about Emperor rank monsters?" Jiang Yu cursed, he was proud of his knowledge about monsters but lesser monarchs are his limit let alone Emperors. "Do you know about other Emperors?" Nanyu asked interested in gaining extra knowledge. "Let''s see, Sahara Emperor, Bermuda Emperor and Antarctica Emperor. These are something beyond humans. They are High Level Emperors. Even the strongest two - the founders of Pantheron Temple and Holy City in the history of 5000 years only manage to achieve Medium Level Emperor." Chen Xiao replied sending chill to everyone''s spine. "Do China and Egypt have only these two Emperors?" Mo Fan asked. "Of course not, but I only know about Queen Medusa of Egypt which is an advanced monarch or False Emperor. And in China, alone Kunlun Mountains have more than a dozen Emperors and Ancient King falls in lower category. We are extremely lucky that main Kunlun Monster Kingdom is not interested in attacking us humans otherwise China would have been wiped out in no..." "Please stop I don''t want to know anymore otherwise I might not able to return to our country." Zhao Manyan begged. "Weren''t we planning to go to Kunlun Mountains? how do you plan to return alive from there?" Bai Cangfeng asked. "Don''t worry the time we will go there will be very special. Commanders and Monarchs will not bother with us." Chen Xiao said. "Monarchs?!" Bai Cangfeng lost his cool how in the fucking world he can be calm after knowing that there will monarchs where he will be going. "You will go there after knowing that there will be monarchs, what''s so special there that you are willing to put your life on stake?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Nothing, I just have death wish." Chen Xiao had enough of questions now. We reach the city whichever was almost empty. As we go deeper we found the city in ruckus. There was great unrest. And at other side of city, there were a number of injured soldiers and medics. "That''s the symbol of Pantheron." Jiang Yu mentioned. Curious ones went to the tents with Pantheron symbol and rest followed Ai Jiangtu for reporting. 0.25M 1 Year 3 Months Chapter-26 NEXT DAY(510M, 2C, 41W, 66S, 38PLS) Everyone who will be going to front stood before the General in formation. "General, please give us your order." Ai Jiangtu said. "Is that injured boy will also be going? this is not some picnic trip. This is a bloody war, any kind of liability results in death." An official said furiously, General also gave a disagreed look. As a matter of fact no one on the team thought of Chen Xiao as a liability. Injured or not other than Ai Jiangtu, none of the team member dare to say they can fight toe to toe with him. "I can assure you he isn''t a liability. He can carry his weight very well." Ai Jiangtu said with next level confident. "Your team will follow the main army and wipe out Golden Poison Mummies." General commanded, she doubts Chen Xiao''s capabilities but Ai Jiangtu''s military demeanour assures General that he will not make sentimental decisions during a war. "Affirmative" Ai Jiangtu affirmed. "Thank you captain, I would have been bored if I stayed in city." Chen Xiao said. "You better stay away from commanders." Ai Jiangtu warned. "Aye Aye Captain" Chen Xiao said. After sometime the army start moving towards the frontlines. We separated from the main army as soon as Golden Poison Mummies came in sight. "Any Plan?" Jiang Yu asked "I have" Chen Xiao said. "What is it?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "I have an artefact which make me immune to almost all kind of Poisons. I will disrupt their formation and you can crush them with volley of spells." Chen Xiao shared his plan. "Are you sure your artefact will work on these mummies'' poison?" Ai Jiangtu asked. "100%" Chen Xiao said and fly off towards the mummies. "Chaos Funnel" "Lightning Arrows" in a single combination of spell, a large numbers of mummies fell dead. "What poison immunity? a couple of more such spells and golden poison mummies will be history." Jiang Yu commented. "Charge!" Ai Jiangtu ordered. "Lightning Sabers" a wall of lightning swords start chopping down mummies. "Is this armour the artefact you were talking about?" Ai Jiangtu appeared out of nowhere. "Yes" Chen Xiao replied. "The mummies will be dealt soon. Knowing you, you wouldn''t be stopping with just them. I will not stop you but stay away from commanders." Ai Jiangtu ordered. "Understood." Chen Xiao said, Ai Jiangtu stare at him for a while then left. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. After few minutes, mummies start running. I went in direction of the hill where I caught glimpses of Brutal Sword Death Servants. "Are you not returning?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Nope, I will not be able to have fun once I returned. So, I will be fighting until a commander start chasing me." Chen Xiao replied. "Then I will accompany you, I also want to practice my Psychic Element on undeads, they are quite prone to mind control. So you better protect me." Jiang ShaoXu said with a grin. "Do as you wish." Chen Xiao said. "Level 5 Thunderbolt: Hydra: Lightning Lock" Tens of lightning lock come out Chen Xiao''s hands and start strangling the advanced warriors. "What''s with these undeads? they are full of hatred and anger." Jiang ShaoXu mentioned. "The are Brutal Sword Death Servants, warriors from inside of real Pyramids. Unlike usual monsters, they are well trained and are very good in team fighting." Chen Xiao said. "Are you not confident in killing them?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "Don''t look down on me." Chen Xiao said. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Delay" "Chaos Funnel" "Lightning Arrows: Hydra: Level 5" All the Brutal Sword Death Servants on the top of hill fell dead. [Lightning Arrows- Level 5 Mid Tier spell= 4x Buzz damage multiplier = 3x Hydra damage multiplier= 6x Hydra Armour= 2x Chaos Funnel= 3 Total Damage= 3(4+3+6+2)= 45x Level 3 Mid Tier Lightning Spell as strong as Level 3 Advance Tier Lightning Spell.] "If you can kill all of them with a single spell then why were scaring me?" Jiang ShaoXu said angrily. "I was just enhancing your knowledge." Chen Xiao said. "There are more than hundred of them down there, they are emitting very strong blood lust." Jiang ShaoXu mentioned if not for witnessing Chen Xiao''s strength, she would have run away even if the whole team was there. ''Keep coming bastards, I''m not leaving Egypt before upgrading my Chaos Element to Level 4.'' Chen Xiao promised himself and rush down towards Brutal Sword Death Servants. IN THE CAMP(3rd Person) "General it''s vanguard, the hilltop is cleared, we can set out camp there." An officer relayed the information. "That was fast! What are casualties?" General asked accomplishing a mission quickly means quick death of soldiers not to mention opponents were Brutal Sword Death Servants. "None" the officer said not believing his own words, even more he can''t believe how can a mere students of national team can be this strong. "Are you saying no one survived?" General questioned, this is the worst case scenario. "No General, there were no casualties at least not to secure the hilltop. Some students of Chinese team take care of Brutal Sword Death Servants on the hilltop but they went deeper where there are more Brutal Sword Death Servants. I''m afraid they might not survive if a rescue team is not sent immediately." Officer said. "Summon all the available team members of Chinese team." General ordered. In few minutes everyone gathered before the General. "Captain of Chinese team, some of your teammates have gone deeper inside the warzone with high density of undeads and most importantly Brutal Sword Death Servants. If it was anyone else I would have assumed they were dead but those two seems to be strong. I will send vanguard with your team to rescue those two. Your mission is to rescue them no need to engage in an all out battle." General ordered. "Chen Xiao, Jiang ShaoXu and Mo Fan are not here." Nanyu informed Ai Jiangtu. "Are those Brutal Sword Death Servants really that much of a big deal? I have seen Chen Xiao fighting and trust me other than a Great Commander, nothing can harm him. Do we really need to rescue him?" Bai Cangfeng asked only to receive glares from military officers. "Don''t underestimate Brutal Sword Death Servants, they are very cunning and are use to fight strategically. Each of them is as strong as an advanced warrior." an officer said in disdain. "Also Chen Xiao is injured. He might not be able to give his all." Nantu added. "I should have kept an eye on him. He is way too reckless." Ai Jiangtu murmured. IN THE GRAVEYARD OF BRUTAL SWORD DEATH SERVANTS (Chen Xiao) "Chaos Funnel: Level 5" "Lightning Arrows: Hydra: Level 5" ''Good, this is 13th high quality warrior soul essence. I can exchange these for at least 100 servant soul essences.'' Chen Xiao thought. "Those so called Brutal Sword Death Servants are dead now, are you still going to continue?" Jiang ShaoXu asked, she is exhausted. Unlike Chen Xiao who is used to kill monsters for several hours without rest, Jiang ShaoXu got exhausted by casting mind control on Dozen of these warriors. "We will return after an hour. Wait until... FUCK! “Void Shield� “Totem Snake Armour� “Wing Cocoon� " Dark Swordmaster slashed at Chen Xiao and Jiang ShaoXu with his ''Sword of Underworld''. Chen Xiao embrace Jiang ShaoXu and take all the impact of attack. The impact send them more than hundred metres away. "Dam... cough cough" Chen Xiao tried to curse but could only cough out blood. Chen Xiao thought Dark Swordmaster will not come this far from the Pyramid but the massacre he caused draw the Dark Swordmaster''s attention. "Level 2 Blink: Party" "Level 2 Blink: Party" "Level 2 Blink: Party" FIRST CAMP(3rd Person) "It''s a Dark Swordmaster!" "What is a Dark Swordmaster doing here?" "Doesn''t they stay near the real Pyramids?" "That''s the place where those Chinese students were, they must be dead. General this rescue mission is meaningless now. Those two must have died." An officer said. "Nonsense, they must be still ali..." Zhao Manyan''s words got stuck in his mouth after seeing the destruction caused by Dark Swordmaster''s single slash. "Alive? do you think anything can survive that?" officer questioned. BOOOM! Something fell from sky on the ground. They were Chen Xiao and Jiang ShaoXu. Chen Xiao''s Totem Snake Armour, Magic Wings and Hydra Armour were battered. "Chen Xiao!" Bai Cangfeng rushed towards Chen Xiao along with the rest. "What happened?" Jiang ShaoXu asked completely unaware of what happened. "Jiang ShaoXu! are you alright? Narong Ni see if she has any serious injuries" Nanyu exclaimed. "Why would I be injured? But that pervert Chen Xiao suddenly hugged me from behind." Jiang ShaoXu complaint. "Bastards... cough cough... I''m the one injured here." Chen Xiao cursed while coughing up blood, some medics take him to medical camp. "What happened to Chen Xiao?" Jiang ShaoXu asked, shocked at Chen Xiao''s condition. "You two were attacked by a lesser monarch. And I think Chen Xiao took all the impact of attack to protect you." Nanyu explained. "A lesser monarch?!" Jiang ShaoXu asked in disbelief. Even a Super mage might die without Super Tier defensive spell. "Now I''m wondering what''s my role of the National Team, my speciality is defense and I don''t dare to say that I can block attack of Great Commander much less a lesser monarch." Zhao Manyan said jokingly in attempt to lighten the mood. "Everyone rest well tomorrow will be a tough fight." Ai Jiangtu said with grim expression. Chapter-27 NEXT DAY (Chen Xiao)(510M, 2C, 54W, 66S, 38PLS) "Ouch... "Chen Xiao moaned. "You are awake!" Jiang ShaoXu exclaimed. "What are you doing here?" Chen Xiao asked. "Nursing you of course." Jiang ShaoXu replied. "What about war?" Chen Xiao asked. "Army is advancing easily thanks to the massacre of Brutal Sword Death Servants you caused." Jiang ShaoXu said. "You don''t need to nurse me now, I''m fine." Chen Xiao said and try to stand up. "Stay down." Jiang ShaoXu ordered. "Nope... ouch" Chen Xiao stood up. "Lay down." Jiang ShaoXu try to push down Chen Xiao but failed miserably. "Haha... even if I''m in this condition you still can''t overpower me." Chen Xiao found Jiang ShaoXu''s struggling amusing. "Lay down or I will use ''Mind Control''." Jiang ShaoXu threatened. "Try it." Chen Xiao said provokingly, he also want to taste so called Psychic magic. "Level 1 Soul Deception: Mind Control... Now lay down." Jiang ShaoXu casted her strongest spell. "Nope... " Chen Xiao refused. "What?!" Jiang ShaoXu shocked. "Anyways, what''s your mental strength level? 4 or 5?" Chen Xiao asked. "Mid 4" Jiang ShaoXu replied. "That''s why your Psychic Spell didn''t even flinch me. My mental strength is at Peak of Level 6." Chen Xiao declared proudly. "Peak of Level 6?!" Jiang ShaoXu''s jaw almost hit the ground. Very few reach Level 6 mental strength before Super Tier and even less reach Mid 6. But Peak of Level 6 is the rarest even lesser than awakening of healing element without guiding stone. This simply means the person is unbeatable among Advance Tier mages and even rookie Super Tier mages will lose to him. "What''s wrong? don''t go blank on me." Chen Xiao said. "Nothing" Jiang ShaoXu said, she couldn''t possibly tell him how amazing he is, otherwise he will be even more reckless, who knows he might start challenging monarchs. This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. I went to join rest with Jiang ShaoXu following me with pouting mouth. "Oh my god Mummy" Zhao Manyan pretend to freak out after seeing Chen Xiao covered in bandages. "Oh my god a talking Turtle" Chen Xiao countered. "Ptfff..." Team try not to laugh considering the situation. "Chen Xiao what are you doing here? you are injured as hell, you need to rest." Ai Jiangtu ordered. "Come on captain, at least let me join the conversation. So what''s the news?" Chen Xiao asked. "First tell us how in the fucking world you killed 300 Brutal Sword Death Servants and remain unscathed? we together kill little more than a 30 and all of us suffered serious or minor injuries." Zhao Manyan said. "Experience, Strength(Cultivation) and Elements." Chen Xiao replied. "So, what''s the news?" Chen Xiao asked again. "Well according to Mo Fan, there is some ''Dark Contract'' which might help us to defeat ''Dark Swordmaster''." Zhao Manyan said. "You mean someone will be dueling with ''Dark Swordmaster''?" Chen Xiao asked. "Are you saying Dark Contract is a real thing?" Jiang Yu asked. "Boy is your source of information reliable?" an officer asked, by killing 300 Brutal Sword Death Servants Chen Xiao have earned great respect in the army. The casualties have dropped by 10x. "Yes ''Dark Contract'' is true, so who will be dueling with ''Dark Swordmaster'', General don''t have any Dark Element and other than her no one can buy enough time for army to reach Pyramid." Chen Xiao said purposely drawing everyone''s attention. "What do you mean by having Dark Element?" General asked. "Dark Swordmaster will only accept challenge from a Dark Being for example- a mage with Dark Element or a Dark creature like undeads, dark elementals in short anyone who has dark magic." Chen Xiao explained. "No way, our last hope." an officer fell to his knees. "Mo Fan, don''t you have some Time Liquid left?" Chen Xiao asked. "Oh I completely forgot about it." Mo Fan pull out the Time Liquid from his bag. "What is this?" Jiang Yu asked. "Something very amazing. General I''m going to challenge Dark Swordmaster." Mo Fan declared. All of us gathers in front of Base Camp. Mo Fan will be fighting Dark Swordmaster and me and Ai Jiangtu will be taking Scorching Device to Pyramid. Captain was not ready to let me go but General witnessed my "Level 2 Blink: Party" and gave us mission to destroy the mirage. "Mo Fan, is that Time Liquid thing is reliable? You might die if it didn''t work." Mu Ningxue said very concerned about Mo Fan. "You will not understand even if I tell but trust me with Time Liquid it is really possible to win this war." Mo Fan said and went to Dark Swordmaster. As soon as the Dueling Ground appeared. I rushed towards the Pyramid. My magic wings are damaged so I''m using Dark Noble Mantle''. It provide me with same ability as Novice Tier spells of Shadow Element but with better stealth. I was on my way when Brutal Sword Death Servants blocked me. As expected, they can detect me they are dark beings afterall. So what if they can detect me, can they stop me? of course not. "Void Slap" Tens of of Brutal Sword Death Servants went fly high in the sky and died after falling down. "Battle Formation? *grins* Level 5 Space Rythm: Delay" warriors couldn''t utilise the formation as they got freezed. "Level 1 Blink: Single" "Level 1 Blink: Single" "Level 1 Blink: Single" I quickly covered the distance of 4Kms and appear near the base of Pyramid. I activate the Scorching Device. There is a pool of water near the Pyramid. "As expected, Pharoah Spring. No wonder Dark Swordmaster appeared." Chen said to himself. I quickly put the water in newly created subspace and return to the main camp. "WE WON!" soldiers cry happily. The duel is still going on. Mo Fan had the upper edge and will soon defeat it. Sigh~ these unpredicted injuries ruin my plan of upgrading Chaos Element to Level 4. "Now rest, you injuries are nothing to be taken lightly. You might miss your chance to participate in World College Tournament if your conditions worsen." Ai Jiangtu warned. "Ok ok I will rest." Chen Xiao said and pull out a chair from subspace sit down on it. "The fight between monarchs is really something. Each single strike is releasing great shockwaves we would have died just by these stray shockwaves." Jiang Yu mentioned excitedly. "Just think if a Dark Swordmaster is this strong. How much strong will Sphinx?" An old soldier mentioned. "Sphinx?" Jiang Yu asked. "Yeah it is the strongest living creature in Egypt. It is unbeatable. It protects the Pyramids of Giza near Cairo." Old soldier said. "How much strong this Sphinx would be I wonder?" Jiang Yu said to himself. "Sphinx is a supreme monarch, even a super mage at peak, without Heavenly Seed couldn''t possibly defeat Sphinx." Chen Xiao mentioned. "Without Heavenly seed? means no Super mage can defeat him." Zhao Manyan said, the only person with knowledge of Heavenly seed in the team. "Don''t forget about Mu Ningxue." Chen Xiao said. "Right Goddess Mu have inborn seed which evolves with her." Zhao Manyan stated. "Mind sharing your Heavenly knowledge with us?" Jiang Yu asked in jealousy. "Heavenly Seed is what a soul grade seed is for Advance Tier mage? They are extremely rare, the only person I know is Zhao clan''s genius who have one." Chen Xiao replied. "How in the fucking world you know about my clan''s secret?" Zhao Manyan asked dumbfounded. "Just know. Mo Fan will also have one when Little Flame Belle will reach adulthood. As a matter of fact he is using inferior version of it currently." Chen Xiao said. "Then Mo Fan''s strength will be off the Charts." Zhao Manyan said. The Duel Ground disappeared leaving Mo Fan standing as a victor. Chapter-28 AFTER 2 MONTH(310M, 2C, 54W, 66S, 38PLS) My Totem Snake Armour and Magic Wings are repaired and also got a little upgrade which costed me 200M Yuan. We have finally arrived in Venice, there is still a week until World College Tournament. Until then we are free to do whatever we want. "Where are you going again?" Ai Jiangtu asked sternly. "Hiking" Chen Xiao said. "We will go with you as well." Ai Jiangtu declared. AFTER FEW DAYS Me, Bai Cangfeng, Jiang ShaoXu, Jiang Yu and Nanyu are going to Mount Tyrant. Ai Jiangtu couldn''t come because of some personal business. "Wow, this place is really giving a thrilling sensation. How did you learn about this place?" Jiang Yu asked curiously. "Stop it with your carelessness. You might lose your life in an instant if you are not attentive." Chen Xiao scolded. "And you were saying this place is not dangerous." Jiang ShaoXu said. "For me it is not but for you lot it is." Chen Xiao said. BOOOM! "CHEN XIAO!" Jiang ShaoXu cried when she saw a huge rock just crushed Chen Xiao. "Yes" Chen Xiao appeared behind the group. "You are alive, thank goodness." Nanyu said and sighed in relief. "What was that?" Jiang Yu asked. "Blue Star Titan, most of them are great commanders." Chen Xiao said. "Great Commander!" Everyone exclaimed. "Don''t worry usually Titans don''t consider humans their enemies. So it will not bother us unless we mess with it." Chen Xiao explained. "We should leave this place quickly. Does that thing you came for is really that precious?" Jiang Yu asked. "You can go if you want, I''m not planning to share it with you guys anyway." Chen Xiao said. "What is it anyway?" Jiang ShaoXu asked. "A Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed." Chen Xiao replied. "Holy fuck Top Tier, it will cost at least 900M Yuan. We are... " "I''m not sharing it with any of you." Chen Xiao lashed at Jiang Yu. You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version. "Come on don''t be greedy. You already have a Top Tier Soul Grade Lightning Seed. You are surely going to sell it, you can give each of us 100M Yuan and you will still have 500M." Jiang Yu bargained. "Yeah that sounds fair." Jiang ShaoXu agreed. We finally reach the cave. Lightning arcs shooting put now and then. "So how are you going to retrieve it? I''m sure those lightning arcs will hurt as hell." Jiang Yu asked. "You lot wanted to have 100M, right? there are 8 minor commanders and 1 medium commander protecting it. You lot take care of 6 of them and I will take care of rest." Chen Xiao said. "There are so many of them? you are kidding, right? we can''t possibly leave this place alive." Jiang Yu got scared. "Then I will take care of them myself and forget about any share... Come forth Hydra." Chen ordered. "Help me take care of them." Chen Xiao commanded. Hydra rushed at bigger one. "Good grief, then I will take care of smaller ones." Chen Xiao said to himself. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Compression" one minor commander turn into pulp. "Level 1: Demon Punishment" a demon grab another one. "Level 1 Ghost Wood: Ghost Hand" vines start attacking other minor commander. "Contract Summon: Come forth Rock Golem and Night Rakshasa" each of Contract Summon take on a minor commander "Soul Deception: Mind Control" one minor commander fell to mind control and start attacking another minor commander. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Fissure" last one got cut in half. SCCREEEHHHHH! Hydra is taking full advantage of its size but the opponent have ariel advantage. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Rush" Hydra got faster. "Level 5 Space Rythm: Compression" Chen Xiao killed Bai Cangfeng''s opponent. A commander soul essence flew into my soul vessel. "Bai Cangfeng, help Hydra." Chen Xiao After an hour all commanders are defeated, Bai Cangfeng and Nanyu suffered minor injuries as they directly engaged with commanders. Hydra is also munching on medium commander. I also retrieve the Soul Grade Seed in the meantime. "It seems like I will have to give you lot 100M." Chen Xiao accepted bitterly. "Yay!" Jiang Yu and Jiang ShaoXu cheered. "I have to say you are more than a monster Chen Xiao, killing a minor commander with single spell. Don''t tell me you are at the Peak of Advance Tier." Jiang Yu said. "Nope, my Space Element is still at Level 2" Chen Xiao said. "Why did I even ask?" Jiang Yu got depressed and everyone else also lost their cheerful mood. Hydra come to me with puppy eyes who now has wings. Haha... the plan worked. Thanks Bai Cangfeng. "You want this?" Chen Xiao asked Hydra who nodded it''s head. "Okay" Chen Xiao give the soul seed to Hydra who eat it in one bite. "Hey!" Everyone shouted at Chen Xiao. "What?" Chen Xiao asked. "Our 100M... " Jiang Yu almost start crying. "Don''t worry I will transfer your money by tomorrow." Chen Xiao assured. "Let''s go back." Nanyu said. AFTER FEW DAYS(310M, 3C, 54W, 66S, 38PLS) We arrived in Venice just a day before the Tournament. Anyways, I will not be participating because of my injuries. "Where is everyone? they should be either in training grounds or either in the manor but they are nowhere." Nanyu said in concerned tone. "They are currently in hospital." Song He appeared out of nowhere "Why?" Jiang Yu asked. "Some conflict happened and everyone got injured because of it." Song He said in his usual tone. We went to the hospital to check out. Everyone was laying in bed Mu Ting Ying, Narong Ni and Zu Jiming have burning marks on their body. While Ai Jiangtu, Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan have frostbites. Mu Ningxue is suffering from extreme exhaustion. "Mu Clan?" Chen Xiao asked surprising everyone. "Yes, How do you know?" Song He asked. "They declared Mu Ningxue no longer belong to Mu Clan, so I guess they must have come to retrieve their priceless possession." Chen Xiao said. "Priceless possession or not. Mu clan have gone too far by attacking national team. You better be ready for consequences." Feng Li glared at Mu Ting Ying and Narong Ni. "Calm down Feng Li." Song He tried to calm Feng Li. "How can I be calm down? more than half of the team is injured including all the main damage dealers. We can''t even send a complete team without adding an injured member." Feng Li said. "It''s okay, it''s not necessary to win first match. We should prepare for next matches." Song He said. "You 5 try not to give me even more headache, stay out trouble until tomorrow match. You will be participating in the first match." Feng Li declared. NEXT DAY( 2.8B, 1C, 66S, 38PLS) I sold all the warrior soul essences and a commander soul essence to get as much money as possible for betting. I''m not betting on my luck but on my strength. With my current strength and even in this condition I can easily defeat any mage even those who are at Peak of Advance Tier. "It''s Chinese team" "I heard they got internal conflict among them which resulted in serious fight" "More than half of them are injured I wonder how will they perform." "I heard even their captain is injured." "They should give up, they can''t possibly win against any team." "Not just captain, 3 of them have Soul Grade Seed with Domain, I would say they were the strongest members of the team but now they are wrapped in bandages" "That''s why discipline is more important than strength." All the team members accumulated in the ceremony hall including advisors. I can see veins emerging on advisors head now and then. Mayor of Venice city give a heartwrenchi... no heartwarming speech. Then lot drawing started. "Captain please draw out an easy team." Jiang Yu requested. "I will try" Ai Jiangtu gave wry smile. "Hahaha... seems like heaven is not with us." Zhao Manyan commented. "Even if it is not but US team, literally the American team which got 2nd place last time. How unlucky we can be." Jiang Yu have lost all hope. "Jiang Yu, you are insulting me." Chen Xiao said in cold tone. "Hmph, you are talking like you can defeat the US team." Zu Jiming mocked. "Shut your mouth bug man, I''m not talking to your." Chen Xiao lashed back. "Haha... Bug man." Mo Fan mocked. "Enough!" Feng Li said coldly. "You all should return to accomodations and rest well. Tomorrow is a big day." Song He suggested. 1 Year 5 Months