15 Instincts (2/2)

”Yes I'm sure.”

[Have you tried to fight back?]

”Yes once when I was a kid, they only beat me harder.”

[But you're not a kid anymore, are you?]

As kid Chen heard this it thought for a bit, and as it thought it started to grow up. Finally it was the adult Chen Zhen again. He remembered all of those beating he took as a kid. He felt the anger that developed from his sense of helplessness he felt as a child. He remembered how he never wanted to ever be that help again in his life. As the Chen Zhen stood up he remembered what he had gone thru since he had come to this world. He felt the new strength that was coursing thru his body and he realized how strong he truly was.

Shanggu Julong felt the mental struggle that Chen Zhen was going thru. A smile started to creep across his face as he felt the energy in Chen Zhen's body slowly start to rise. Even though the battle puppet was still hitting Chen Zhen none stop he was no longer flying around the platform. The sounds of the battle puppet hitting him slowly switched from the sound of metal hitting flesh, to metal hitting metal.

Chen Zhen opened his eyes to see the leg of the battle puppet flying toward his head, ”ENOUGH!!!!!”, Chen Zhen screamed and caught the leg in mid-flight. The force of the leg hitting his hand created a dust cloud around them. The battle puppet then swung its arm at Chen Zhen. He ducked below the arm and pushed the chest of the battle puppet with all his force. The battle puppet became a bronze streak that went flying out off the clearing. Before the battle puppet completely left the clearing it flipped backwards in mid-air and dug its arms and legs into the ground creating a deep furrow twenty meters long that ended in the middle of the stream.

The battle puppet shot back like a rocket returning faster then it was flung away by Chen Zhen. It continued with its onslaught of attacks. Chen Zhen was just dodging at first, but he was still taking hits. The hits hurt Chen Zhen a lot less than before, but they still hurt nonetheless. Chen Zhen began retaliating with his own attacks. The more Chen Zhen fought back the more his heart started to beat, and his adrenaline began to flow. Chen Zhen was soon loosing himself in the thrill of this battle. He was tired, and he was hurting but he was also getting more and more excited.

By the time Chen Zhen couldn't move anymore he was battered and bruised. As for the battle puppet it was a broken and bent pile of scrap metal.

”You did well for your first time. Rest up tonight because tomorrow you will fight the battle puppet on level 2.” Shanggu Julong said as he walked back toward the shack happy with his disciples progress for today.