13 Mysterious Ancient Book (2/2)

Van took a few deep breaths before getting into a balanced stance.

Hmph!

Van let out an abrupt breath full of tension, before punching out with his right fist. As was expected, nothing happened to the fabric of space resulting in a miserable failure. Van grit his teeth in frustration and got back into his stance.

After many tries, he felt a slight ripple in the fabric of space, indicating that he had finally reached the entry level of the Void Fist.

Mastery of Martial Skills, which are within Martial Techniques, are separated into 6 Levels: Entry, Low Success, Medium Success, High Success, Perfection, and the Realm of Improvement, where the Martial Artist improves upon the Martial Skill allowing one to break the limits of the skill's potential.

Van continued to practice for a few hours before heading down to the dining room for quick snack.

He found the two women, still speaking as if they were friends that hadn't met in years, sitting in the living room in front of a fireplace.

He was glad that they were finally getting along, but was secretly disappointed of losing their attention.

After he finished munching on his snack, he wrote a quick note to his aunt to not disturb his cultivation and quickly snuck back into his room.

He continued to practice for another hour before he stopped.

”It would probably be better if I practiced with live opponents.”

He had reached the peak of the Entry level in Mastery for the Void Fist and had reached a bottleneck.

”I'll go find Sanji to see if there are any unruly beasts that I need to take care of.”

Van dashed off and spread out his Qi sense, spanning a total of 15 kilometers.

After a few minutes of searching, he found Sanji having a not so friendly dispute with the previous king of the area who also happened to be at the 4th Rank.

Supporters of both sides stood across from each other waiting for one side to make a move.

Van calmly flew to the middle and started to walk up to the 4th Rank Beast.

The previous king of the forest was a big black bear and wasn't happy to find out that within a day another beast at the 4th Rank had turned half of the forest against him.

The Bear started to growl at Van, when Van unleashed a Void Fist on its snout. After a flurry of Void Fists impacted on the Black Bear, it was on the ground pleading for mercy.

The Bear's supporters shrank away and submitted to Sanji.

After Van obtained the Bear's vow of submission, he started to shout.

”Ok, guys! Party's over, move along!”

The Beasts stared at him for a moment before returning to their previous duties.

Sanji was beaming with pride as he walked up to Van, squeaking of his achievements.

”Well, now you have an entire forest to watch over. You better take care of it.”

Sanji ignored Van's words and decided to go order around some of his new subjects.

Van sighed and started to remember something before darting away, back to the clearing.