96 Side Story: Defiant Luo Bao (1/2)

”What a nice day!”

Luo Bao sat there in meditation awaiting for something to change. He was looking at his inner self training and tempering his mind. The dragon turtle in his dantian growled as he gently nurtured it with a stream of qi. He was sitting on the highest floor of the building, a place reserved for the strongest talents in the school. Suddenly, he felt a change in the atmosphere as if there was a large disturbance.

”What is this...I must take full advantage of this.”

Four figures of beasts started to materialize around him. They came in the form of a Turtle, Dragon, Bird and Tiger. These animals represent the four symbols. They gently revolved around him as he concentrated on his dragon turtle in the center of his body.

”There there...let me strengthen you...”

The four symbols slowly circled closer and closer until they were simply touching his skin. They slowly became imprinted to his skin in the form of a tattoo. The tatoos glowed a mysterious golden hue as it slowly entered inside his body and fed power to the dragon turtle. The dragon began to morph. It began to change. The shell on it's back began to crack as it's body started to elongate. The Snout began to extend inwards forming a larger jaw much fitting of that of a dragon. Even the color of Luo Bao's aura began to change. From it's previous red, the color brightened up to the color of yellow and gold.

”Yes...the Yellow Dragon of the center has been complete...Now to breakthrough.”

Luo Bao charged his qi inside his body slowly burning it up. To break through to the refinement realm, one had to risk it all to reach it. Many never manage to cross this threshold for good reason. Luo Bao felt his cultivation drop to the beginning of the ninth stage. He felt something break and now he was at the peak of eighth. Before long he was at the peak of the seventh stage and just as he was about to go further, the door to his room was kicked down. With that simple distraction, the qi within his body became chaotic and he was forced to release all of it. Luo Bao coughed his a mouthful of blood as he looked up at the figure in front of him. It was the hateful figure he so despised: The fifth prince.

”Haha...look here....what...did I ruin something?”

The prince sneered as he walked up to him. There was two people standing behind him. They appeared to be both in the high condensation realm. The prince slowly walked up to him and crouched down to the boy on the floor.

”Heh...there are no more chances...I gave you all the chances you can get...too bad you didn't take them.”

”Ptui.'

A shot of blood smeared across his face. The prince touched his face only to feel the sticky sensation of blood. He raised his hands only to stop before making contact and stood up. The turned around and faced his men. His hands were clenched with his face in a state of controlled fury.

”I...I'm not even going to bother...You two..I wan't him to suffer...I wan't him to pay. He is injured...This bastard cannot live for much longer.”

One of the boys walked up to him and kicked him in the stomach. Luo Bao was sent flying, crashing to the wall. However, he did not move. He did not feel a thing. The other boy ran up to him and threw a strong punch. Then before he could hit anything, his hand was stopped with a palm. Luo Bao slowly stood up and popped a pill in his mouth.

”Tch...Could have stayed here for longer.”

The boy felt as if his hands was held in a vice. He felt it slowly becoming crushed until even blood started to splurt.

”Zhuque's arrogance.”

Before anything could happen, the boy felt his body heat up and blood start to boil. In fact, it actually wasn't just a feeling, it was. His veins started to pop as steaming blood started to spurt out. The other boy rushed up to him with his fists in the air.

”How dare you! Tyrant Smash!”

Luo Bao tilted his head sideways easily dodging his attack. He placed his palm on the other's stomach.

”Baihu's fury”

This time, he didn't hold back. A laser of white light shot through destroying all cells within the range. Both the boy's collapsed on the ground unable to fight anymore. A cold fury could be seen in his eyes as he walked up to the prince. A gentle azure light covered his body as his previous wounds started to heal up. He cracked his neck slightly before looking down at the prince who was now collapsed on the ground.