Lucinda stretched her claws and pointed its tip to her chest. She pushed firmly and the blade stabbed her skin. The dark blood poured in the wound and mixed with Sara's body leaving a black mark. 'Again!' She took out the saber and dipped it in the cask and then she stabbed her chest again. As she repeated the process, a figure began to appear on her body. Lucinda took two hours to complete the drawing and when it was over it covered her entire right chest area and a half of her shoulder, as for the pain she felt during the process, it didn't even make her tremble. Next, she used the remaining dark liquid in the cask to add details to the snake figure which took her another hour. When the blood was over, the drawing on her body began to feel heavy, like some sort of burden was added there. Lucinda stared at her shoulder and nodded in satisfaction. 'The first part is complete, now the heart.' The heart of the snake appeared in her hand and Sara closed her eyes to concentrate
Lucinda did not move, or to say it better, she could not do that. The pressure released by the mountain was immense, everyone had to stay still to resist it. Then, the mountain showed a reptilian head large seven meters that went in front of the rank 4 snake that had just evolved. Only then Lucinda could make out the true form of the mountain. It was a colossal snake more than fifty meters long and its skin was so white that it seemed to shine on its own. Looking at it, he wondered how it was possible for a being to reach such splendor with a material body. The snake appeared like some sort of godly existence, surpassing anything Lucinda had ever seen in her live. The rank 4 snake looked majestic on its own but in front of the King of the valley, it was just another member of its pack. 'W-What is that monster?' Lucinda managed to have this sole thought before her mind underwent another shook due to the following events. The King and the rank 4 stared at each other for a long
Assea moved at full speed alongside the wall. Lucinda inside it was only looking at the path in front of him, nothing else was worth his attention. Some of the snakes in the pack started to hiss in his direction as if it was some kind of entertainment. Then, when he had crossed a bit less than fifty meters, the first blow arrived. What Lucinda initially felt was an incredible pressure that flung her into the wall. Then, the pain came. Assea's body was the first line of defense and was shredded into pieces almost immediately! Lucinda forced its body to reconstruct but it only delayed the impact on his body for a moment as Assea was wrecked again in just an instant. She slammed into the wall and many cuts appeared on her skin but, before she suffered any serious injury, she summoned Assea a third time to endure the rest of the attack. Its body was destroyed till only a silhouette remained but the first blow was successfully blocked! A huge amount of mental energy was expended b
Aldophus was in a torture room below the guards' building, tied to the metal table. A black and smelly liquid came out from his body as he absorbed "Breath" in the point where his acupoints once were. Aldophus had already predicted that situation so he was calm during the process even though some scream was still yelled from time to time. The figure of the lightening wolf was hidden under the clothes on his lower body and was waiting patiently for the process to be over. A huge amount of "Breath" was being accumulated in Aldophus's body, strengthening and refining it. The process lasted for about ten minutes before he could finally form the new acupoints. These acupoints were crystalline and seemed incredibly sturdy. They absorbed "Breath" at an unimaginable speed and Aldophus felt an immense surge of power coming from his body. He nodded to the Vice sect-master that was at his side and he undid the bindings to set Aldophus free. A smile was on the Vice sect-master's face as h
The Vice sect-master wasn't considering on the issue, he felt that this wouldn't be posing a problem for his able disciple. He thought about the one month of hellish torture that Aldophus and been through, all day with no plans of resting as, he had been infusing Aldophus's seven Meridians with his lightening. The Vice sect-master shuddered as he remembered the crazed look in his disciples eyes. "One whole month of such torture and the foolish kids thinking of getting more power, I have to train this one carefully as I don't even know how he'll end up". Hmm!!! "I wonder how the others are faring. With Old Lady Chen's previous behavior I'm guessing her new disciple is probably in hell right now". Pheww!!! The Vice sect-master exhaled and began to walk towards his private chambers with a pensive look on his face......... Roarr!!!! "Not enough, move faster" Argh! ' I'm moving as fast as I can' "You're not as fast as you think" Hmm!!! A bout' of words were being exchang
Good now that that's been covered, let's talk about you, how have you been feeling? Although I feel personally it wasn't much of a hassle to you I'd still like to hear your side of the story... Umm!. "Don't worry feel free kid;Lady Chen spoke to put Lucinda at ease". And so Lucinda began to give a detailed explanation on her adventure, Lady Chen listened with rapt attention as she didn't want to miss out even the tiniest details. Pheww!! That's all that happened, Lucinda heaved a sigh as she had finished telling her story. "That's fine, as long as you're alright, this Master of your's is at ease. Come let's go and meet the rest of the Sect". Lady Chen spoke as she carried Lucinda with her towards the center of the sect. The Vice sect-master was also bringing Aldophus there, same went for the other top elder's who had picked up a hidden but talented individual......."Can you believe it? They really took up personal disciples" "I know right even the Vice sect-master was no
Arhh!!! They clashed and the whole barrier trembled, the Sect Master struck down dispelling the force of their attacks. After that had been done everything returned back to normal... This battle would be continued on a later. Lady Chen began to explain the rules of the sect to all the young intakes. "You will also be examined every year in those courses and, if the results won't be satisfying, you will be requested to abandon that subject. You will still be able to attend it but it will cost you some Credits." Lady Chen stopped speaking for a moment before resuming in her explanation. "You must also complete a mission for the Sect every two months. There is a large board on the right side of the river where you can find all the tasks that you can complete. Being successful in a mission will grant you merit points that you can exchange for techniques, materials, or weapons. These services will be open for you after you undergo the test of your nature." "Lastly, any Elder can ch
More lessons followed in the next days.There was the alchemy course held by Wanda Hamman, the real battle course held by Bruce Nairti, and then courses about the general history of cultivators and magical beasts.Lucinda was happy to discover that her chances of becoming an alchemist weren't that bad.She had a strong mind and a good attitude at repetitive works, the only problem was her cold nature that contrasted with the warmth needed to take care of useful plants.However, during Bruce's lesson, she shined like no one else."It's a pity that I already have a student as a disciple and he requires all my attention. Otherwise, I could have become your master right away."Those were Bruce's words after Lucinda didn't lose any one versus one fight in his class.'His student is called Daniel and it seems that he is some sort of celebrity around here. Apparently, he had the previous record of the hunting tests but I broke it. I've probably made an enemy out of him already if he is like