Chapter 110: First Victory. (1/2)

'Strange. I could have sworn that I saw somebody just there.' He thought for a minute before turning back to Jasper who was still looking at him but with a little bit of confusion on his face.

”Are you okay? You look…” Jasper began to ask.

”I'm fine. I just thought that somebody was watching me. It was probably nothing. I doubt I have to worry about it.” Haru explained.

”Oh, By the way… Why are you wearing a mask? People usually come here to make a name for themselves it looks like you are trying to do the opposite.” Jasper asked Haru.

”Well. If you don't have a name for yourself you are seen as week right? So if I end up killing someone who has a family with strong cultivators they will hunt me down because I will be seen as weak. I don't want to deal with the hassle of being chased back home by a strong old man.” Haru laughed.

”So you plan on killing the people you match up against? Not many people have the confidence to say something like that. You must be pretty strong right? Or do you have a secret weapon?” Jasper asked. He seemed to be sizing Haru up but it also didn't seem like he had any ulterior motive. He was just interested.

”I wouldn't say I am strong. I would look pretty stupid if I claimed to be strong and then get my ass kicked the first time that I thought someone. And for secret weapons. I only came here to fight using a sword. I wanted to improve my swordsmanship so my teacher me to come here.” Haru replied.

”Damn. You must be pretty strong for your cultivation level. Or your teacher is just an idiot. This place has been more like a war zone than a training area for the last couple hundred years.

The demon clan finally got a seat at the temple so they are feeling reckless and more of them come here to kill members of the other clans just for fun.

I hope you don't get hurt you seem like a good kid. At first, I thought you might be here to help fight against the demons. But It looks like you genuinely just want to train yourself.” Jasper said.

The whole time they were talking they slowly shuffled closer to the front of the line and without realising it was already Jaspers turn to sign up for a fight.

”Wow, That didn't feel like it took too long. It was fun talking to you to pass the time.” Jasper then turned to the tablet-like system made out of pure Qi and pressed a single button on the screen.

”Fight.” The button said and as soon as he pressed it he vanished into thin air.

Haru took a step back when he saw it. 'Woah, It is just that simple? I thought there would be a small amount of time between pressing the button but that was instant.' He thought before stepping closer to it and then taking a second to look at the screen.

There was nothing to see. Just a small box of text that said fight. Haru didn't hesitate. He was more interested to see where it would lead so he pressed the button without a second thought.

Suddenly his body felt weightless as the ground vanished from beneath his feet and the air around him seemed to swirl. Then within a second of him adjusting to the feeling, he felt the ground beneath him once again.

He looked around at the new scenery. It was unlike anywhere he had been before. The ground seemed to be like dirt but was pure black in colour. It had a rotten stench as weird visible fumes began to rise from the dirt.

”Ah, It's good to see a fellow human clansman.” A voice called out from behind Haru.

Haru turned to see a man who looked to be in his early twenties. He had long black hair and had no sign of ageing so he knew that they were similar in age. Although his clothes were fancy and similar to the clothes that they wore back in the black star sect. It seemed to be common that cultivators would wear long clothes and robes.

It was probably the reason why people gave him strange looks when he was signing up to fight. His soul had just copied the form of his body so he was wearing the same shorts and t-shirt that he had gone out wearing.

”I was hoping since we are both from the same clan you could do me a favour and admit defeat. I would rather not injure you.” The man said bluntly.

Haru chuckled for a second before the man in front of him stomped his foot on the ground.

”Did I say something funny? I am trying to be respectful.” The man exclaimed.