1071 Snatch 1 (1/2)
”There is a mission that I require you to head out to.”
As Garen was training on his own, the Elder's voice traveled around the Black Wolf Mansion.
”First Elder,” Garen stood up and bowed slightly to pay his respect.
”The Blue Frost Sect has perished… I want you to investigate and search for any clues. Furthermore, I want you to kill a renegade of the Dragon Light Sect along the way as a way of lending them a hand,” the first elder's tone was rather strict and he was clearly shaken by the massacre of the Blue Frost Sect.
Garen lowered his head slowly.
”Understood. When should I leave?”
”The sooner the better and it's best if you can stay hidden. Once you've returned, I will reward you with a piece of Secret Frost Seed's Inspiration.”
”A Secret Frost Seed? Alright,” Garen replied as he assessed his current situation. He had been absorbing a lot of items but the gap between him and the Fourteenth Grade of Scarlet Snow Technique was still very wide apart. The Fourteenth Grade was the so-called Non-Falling Level.
The biggest obstacle between the Inherited Level and the Non-Falling Level was to form a wheel, a Crystal Wheel. It could be formed by using the Inherited Level's source and form the crystals in the shape of a wheel. The more crystals one collected, the stronger one's strength became.
This was the so-called Non-Falling Level, where the wheels kept perpetuating on its own, producing endless energy. It was completely different from the techniques and Willpower from before where it could be exhausted.
The Secret Frost Seed item seemed to contain a very huge amount of energy. Perhaps it could…
”Looks like I'll be heading out. The supplies given by the Sect aren't enough for me to absorb and I won't be able to create the wheel of the Non-Falling Level,” Garen cut off the first elder's communication as he looked around his garden which was filled with powder debris. They were all useless trash which contained no energy. This was his result for the past few days.
”Fortunately the Nine Layers Body Shattering Technique has been learned, but the skill with the fastest progress is still the Destructive Impact Fist.”
Garen reached out his right hand.
”One Time Fist Pressure.”
Whoosh!!
A strong wind gusted around him with him as the epicenter.
Garen as the epicenter, the surrounding area spanned hundreds of meters away in the mansion had uniformly sunk down at least ten centimeters.
Garen experienced the intense pressure in the area. It was the strength of the static pressure within the vicinity which increased by multiple multitudes. The items within the Pressure Fist's area of effect would experience an extremely strong pressure. This was the Destructive Impact Fist.
”Two Times Fist Pressure,” Garen said calmly.
Boom!! Boom boom boom!!
In an instant, the items around him started exploding, including the big ice pillar tree which exploded into debris as they landed on the ground.
The air whistled as it seemed to have formed into a solid glue hundreds of meters around Garen.
Garen then quickly put away his Pressure Fist as the pressure which was double its original was almost enough to destroy his entire garden. The Destructive Impact Fist was definitely a fist technique most suited for people with high vitality. With his current physical attribute, it was as if a fish was introduced to the water as he was able to reach the tenth layer, the Ten Times Pressure Fist from the very beginning.
”This Secret Technique is literally tailored for me. Perfect!” Garen said excitedly as he looked at the mess around him. As he was too lazy to clean it up, he walked out of the garden and headed towards the small Flying Ship since he had to go there covertly.
The biggest obstacle to mastering the Destructive Impact Fist was to have enough Vitality. This was only the foundation as the future pieces of training were very similar to self-torture. With every increment in the Fist Pressure, the user's body would become much denser and at the same time would suffer great injury to the point of near death. Perhaps a typical person wouldn't dare practice this technique as they might not be able to recover from such heavy injury every time. Even if they were able to recover, there would be many hidden injuries that technology wouldn't be able to fix. However, this was not the case for Garen.
He had potential points, which could perfect restore his physical body. This was the reason why he stated that this Secret Technique was created for him.
Once one reached the Tenth Grade, the Ten Times Pressure Fist would have ten times more self-destructive power. It was the pure increment of the fist's strength to the limits. It also represented the practitioner's strength which had been increased by tenfold.
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Garen went on to attend Senior Sister Rainy's funeral before he departed. The corpse had already been taken off but the face and flesh were in a complete mess as it was obvious that she was tortured to death.
The cold corpse was placed inside an ice coffin which was surrounded with decorative white flower crystals. The coffin was being slowly placed into the ice tomb just behind the Scarlet Snow Sect.
Garen covered his face as he stood among the crowd, looking at Rainy's coffin being buried. He was at a loss for words.
Although Rainy didn't give him much guidance, she was also one of the few who didn't have any ill intention towards him. Her death and funeral made Eva hate him even more as she stared at him to the point where it seemed as if she was about to kill him.
No one dared to go near Garen as they were not willing to interact with someone who was ungrateful. His reputation had really sunk into the abyss.
Garen stood outside of the Ice Cemetary as he looked at Rainy's burial from afar. He placed his hand softly on his sword without saying a word.
”Despite her being a criminal to my Scarlet Snow Sect, she was still without a doubt who contributed a lot to my Sect when she was still alive,” The Second Elder, who was Rainy's teacher, was the only elder who attended the funeral.
Carthage and the remaining two elders didn't attend the funeral.
The other Three Hearted Disciples had fully arrived.
”Go back to the cosmo peacefully,” the master of ceremony sang loudly.
The Second Elder sighed as he turned around and left the area slowly. He patted Eva's shoulder without saying a word before he left.
Eva's eyes were red and tears started flowing down as she could not hold it in anymore. Aloran then immediately walked towards her and held onto her hand tightly.