88 Su Mins regret. (2/2)
'That was close... Luckily he's timid, otherwise I would've had to waste every last ounce of strength to beat him again...'
Though none of this shone on his face as he redirected his gaze onto the dazed black figure, asking.
”Right, you said that he would help me?”
The black figure didn't respond for a few seconds as he looked at both of them with a strange light. Though this quickly disappeared as his snarly grin widened. He pointed at Li Wei and spoke with a thunderous bellow.
”Oi, stop being a dimwit and stand up! You need to use your first ability to escape from this void, and I'm sure you know what that ability is, right?”
Li Wei seemed to be a bit confused as he heard the black figures roar, but as this confusion rung, it dissipated just after. His eyes seemed to seethe with enlightenment, where he replied with an odd gaze.
”Yes...”
The black figure laughed as his eyes shined a deathly black, causing a chasm to form in space itself. He appeared before Li Wei, and grabbing him by the neck like a chicken, he went and sneered.
”Now go and guard this gal called Wen Mian! Make sure she doesn't die, otherwise your master will have to endure the wrath of the Overseer! Or something, that's what he thinks anyway.”
His voice boomed, but in this second, he leaned closer to Li Wei and whispered in a way that Su Min wasn't able to hear.
”Keep this between you and me, but the Overseer is probably dead. So if you have a change of heart anytime don't be scared of NOT doing your job, eh? If she dies she dies, and IF SHE DIES you get to go back to the heavens region, and IF THAT HAPPENS you may be able to find something rather interesting. Hehe, Just a thought.”
Li Wei eyes shook as he seemed to want to speak, but the black figure didn't even give a moment as he went and threw Li Wei into the chasm. Su Min eyes narrowed from this, but he didn't say anything.
'This guy...'
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”This is difficult...”
Sitting in a cultivation chamber, a girl dressed in red grumbled as she read a blue manual. She would sometimes wave her hand, where oceanic booms would echo. Each time she would frown, but she didn't give up as she kept trying.
*SPLASH*
A frightening blue hazed around her as she tried once more, where a vague outline of an ocean formed and encompassed her. It held inconceivable detail, but Wen Mian didn't seem to be able to take it as she started to sweat.
Her eyes glowed a bright blue through this, lightening the burden by a substantial degree. Yet, as the minute ocean surrounding her flickered, her face grew pale.
*BANG*
The ocean erupted with a rebounding force as it dissipated, sending a bone-crushing boom right at Wen Mian. She lifted her arms to block it, but it still smashed her into the back wall of the chamber.
*CRACK*
A web of cracks chipped the stone on her back as her face went white.
*THUD*
She dropped onto the ground, and for a while, she didn't move. Her head tilted, and with a droplet of blood leaking from her lips, she coughed.
”Agh...”
Her hand lifted as a pouch appeared, where a small pill-sized thing got thrown into her shaking lips. A green aura flashed over her, and her face returned to a healthy glow.
She got up and mumbled.
”What am I doing wrong...”
She strode back to the book on the floor and read its contents again.
'Dragons harness nature.
Fulfil this by becoming one, and with the oneness imagine an ocean.
The ocean rumbles and wafts with life, the more the better!
Harness this ocean, and with your mind as one, encompass yourself in heavenly power.
The first step defines the period when you can conjure an ocean around yourself.
The second, when the ocean replaces your surroundings.
The third, when the ocean becomes nature and the world, for everything is an ocean is your eyes!'
With this introduction came a confusing set of pages upon pages of text. It was in a language that she couldn't understand, and whenever she read it she felt her mind hurt.
In fact, she knew exactly why this was the case!
'Spells require a cultivator's direct comprehension to work, whereas techniques can work without it... I need to understand this text, and from this, I can begin to conjure the first level!'
Nevertheless, she couldn't even get past the first word. It felt like an irrefutable barrier was clouding her mind, where no matter how much she tried she wouldn't gain anything from this!
It wasn't a matter of her comprehending abilities; it was her cultivation.
'Master said that no matter how talented someone is, if they don't have enough power then they won't get anywhere. Does this mean that I need to increase my cultivation? Dammit!'
She thumped the ground with grit teeth.
'I still only have a 5th step Heavenly Condensation cultivation, ok! I'll just cultivate!'
She grabbed the blue book and shoved it into her storage pouch as she relaxed into a lotus position. Though, before she could even begin to cultivate, a knock resounded from her front door.
'Hm?'
Then, in a playful bellow, a man wrenched her door open and sauntered in, somehow bypassing the arrays defences. He had red hair, crimson eyes, and an aura that made Wen Mian quiver.
He spoke, grinning.
”Sorry for barging in, but I want to have a little chat!”