95 Entering Essence Manifes (1/2)

Slowly, Arnin's body began to heal. Even the Demon Lord show began to dissipate into nothingness. He couldn't help but sigh a little at the sight of his body. His blood reverted back to being two different colors, while his two seeds were completely healed. Not only that, but his insights on his blood component began to rush to his brain.

'Seems like I will be able to break through into Essence Manifest very soon. If I am able to create an elemental seed for my blood component, then I should easily enter Essence Manifest - Earth.' Arnin thought in his head as he felt that his aura was much stronger than before. He was currently at pinnacle Orb Birth - Heaven.

The Elemental River was of no use to him anymore since he just needed to create his elemental seed for blood, which required lots of blood essence, something the Elemental River lacked.

'What place would lots of blood essence?' Arnin thought about this and then remembered about the last zone in the battlefield. It was some sort of body tempering zone where others would have to go through extreme torture in order to improve their bodies.

Arnin walked towards Canae and Sinfallel who looked at him with different gazes. ”Take me to the last zone. I have something to do there.” Canae immediately nodded her head and led the way.

Seeing how obedient Canae was, Arnin was a little startled. 'Seems like this slave is slowly turning into an obedient commander.' he smiled slightly as he walked behind them.

As they made their way, Arnin saw two people blocking his path. He was familiar with the two and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as to their sudden appearance.

”What do you two want?” The two in front of him were none other than the rank twenty Adilis and his fiancee Clareena.

Adilis walked forward and slightly bowed towards Arnin. ”I don't know if you remember me, but when you were in your berserk state, I was someone who faced your head on.” Arnin, of course, remembered this annoying ant.

”I will ask you again, what do you two want?” Arnin was in no mood to talk with others since he knew that breaking through into Essence Manifest was only a step away.

Adilis was startled and then smiled bitterly. ”I just wanted to thank you for a great battle and hoped that in the future we could have a fair fight.” With that, he turned around and disappeared.

Arnin couldn't help but snort coldly. ”Next time, I will make sure your girlfriend is humiliated thoroughly if I see you come face me.” He stated this coldly as he followed Canae.

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They soon made it the Body Torture Pillar zone. Unlike the name it was given, one could see hundreds of pillars. There wasn't a single pillar at all.

The second he saw the pillars, Arnin smelt a strong stench of blood and could feel a vast amount of blood essence. 'This is it. I just need to cultivate here for a while and I should be able to break through.'

”Both of you follow me. I need to go and cultivate in this area and I need you to watch out for any trouble.” he waved his hand and headed deep into the zone.

”AH!”

”This is HELL! WHY THE HELL AM I DOING THIS!”

”Screw this! My girl can just enjoy my flabby body!”

People were screaming loudly as he made his way through. The pillar was covered in lots of blood and the torture methods were extremely gruesome. Sometimes, people, would e burnt by flames that wouldn't take their life but would cause them immense pain and refine their bodies.

Other times, they would be poisoned causing their skin to corrode and then regrow. There were even pillars that would continuously stab the cultivators, making them feel the pain of slowly being pierced by blades.

Although the method was painful, it was extremely beneficial towards the bodies cultivation. It would increase resistance towards pain and bodies sturdiness. Not only that, but the cultivators would also have their mental states baptized, making them more clear-headed during dangerous situations.

Overall, the benefits far exceeded the determinants. Arnin didn't really need the mental state baptism and the body strengthening since he was already at the peak of them. It wouldn't benefit him too much. His body was continuously refined by extremely pure essence since he was a baby, plus his Demon Lord powers had also helped him. Even the Seed of Rebirth increased his physical bodies strength by multiple folds, what could torture do to him now?

As he made his way towards the center of the zone, he felt that blood essence thickening. He hurriedly closed his eyes and began to slowly debate on the mark the blood element should take.

As he finally reached the center of the zone, he quickly sat down and took out a piece of paper from his interspatial bag. He began to continuously draw marks, trying to find the perfect and most efficient way to create the elemental seed for blood.

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Inside the cave where the elders gathered, they all watched the different students undergoing the exam, however, they would always glimpse at the screen that showed Arnin.

”What is he doing now?” An elder couldn't help but ask.

Fae looked at elder and smiled. ”This is something I secretly witnessed once. Did you know that this child is a really talented Mark Master, already at the Pink level?” When she said those words, others looked at her with shock.

”That may be great, but what does that have to do with anything?” The confused elder asked once more.

”It has everything to do with this.” The elder just stared at her. ”Well, he uses these marks in order to create the elemental mark. It is quite ingenious if you ask me.” Everyone in the room, including the Headmistress, sucked in a breath of cold air.

”Elemental mark? Aren't only Essence Manifest cultivators able to create those? At most, Orb Birth cultivators should be able to sense and absorb the elements, but creating elemental marks?” The elder spoke with an astonished voice.

”If you can't do it, does that automatically mean it's impossible to accomplish?” Fae looked at the elder with scorn. ”Arnin is a genius and has high talent in many fields. He was able to figure this method out himself without anyone's help, if not for his talent, why would I be so adamant on protecting him and bringing him here?”

”Haha! My disciple is indeed a monster in human form. Haha, you have done a great deed Fae, you have done a great deed.” At this moment, Elder Kocyte laughed loudly as he looked at Arnin's screen.

”Hmph, just make sure you train him well or else there will be consequences.” Fae couldn't help but feel unpleased at Kocytes casual comments. The latter completely ignored Fae and happily looked at the screen that Arnin was in.