10 Fighting and Meeting

Age 7.

Zephyr mastered the many techniques he was once a prodigy in back at his old world. He had often neglected training such skills in this world, mainly because he was playing way too much with Mana.

His Inner Potential was not several levels higher and his Soul Potential had basically defied any law and grown to a godly level.

To him, who was used to having a stupidly low Soul Potential and a colossal Inner Potential, having his Soul Potential reach the same level as its twin was uncomfortable.

Basically, it was taking a lot of time for him to get used to having extremely quick cultivation speed. To keep a sturdy foundation was not the hard part, the hard part was to keep his Qi pure.

Zephyr was a master of meditation, but this still was quite a problem for him. Qi Purity was often a problem for most Qi Masters. It required a place filled with nature and calmness… Which was lacking here.

He opened his eyes in a slow manner. He could hear footsteps near him. This meant that his new training ground had already been discovered.

"So you are the brat Tai likes so much huh…" A vicious laugh emerged from the person he had sensed.He looked pretty familiar.

After a moment, Zephyr finally recognized the figure fully. It was Arlo, also the one who had successfully removed one of Tai's limbs.

Arlo's eyes were filled with red, it could be seen he had been forced to go through intensive 'torture' all these years. His hair had grayed to the point it was no longer black and he had lost weight.

"Even with my newly gained power I will be unable to butcher that bastard. My only hope after that potion I lost is threatening him! And you… Little boy are the best choice." Arlo started to walk towards him.

With every step forward, Arlo's breath grew wilder and faster. It wasn't really that hard to see that he had gone mad for power. Zephyr was calm and merely stared at Arlo. "It's sad how people go mad for power."

Zephyr couldn't bother with more words, instead he dashed forward and coated his fists in Qi.

Arlo grinned madly, but instead of challenging Zephyr, he leaped backwards. Even as a fool, he knew that close-range was a nono for Mana users, especially against Qi users.

"Well,well. Boy, do not think for one moment that I am going to go easy on you!" Arlo roared as magic circles appeared just before his hands which he had stretched forward.

"Listen, since you are just but a brat; I am going to open a new world to you!"

"This is a Rank 3 Mana Spell, a spell you should remember forever, well you will die soon anyway kekeke."

"Blossom, Flames Of Seeing!"

Spherical orbs burst out forward, later exploding just a meter away from Zephyr. That created ton of black gaseous mist.

"Now… where should I strike a brat like you. I could end this quickly, but since I want you as a hostage, a bit of suffering will have to be my enjoyment for now!" Arlo's distant voice rang out, Zephyr remained calm despite the vicious situation.

Suddenly he lunged to his right and slammed his fist on the naked mist.

*CLANG*

'Although this is way too similar to something from a manga I saw, there is a difference. The rising temperatures make it hard to focus. Despite the misty area looking like it extends for kilometers, the truth is that its way shorter.'

'However, using Qi I can easily discover where the cores of this 'formation-like' freation are.'

Zephyr snorted coldly as his fist collided with a solid-substance

'My Qi detected over twenty of such cores, this is bothersome.'

Zephyr was alarmed as a needle flew towards him, clearly intended on taking his life.

"Do not think I am simply going to let you destroy this formation you brat. This is the pinnacle of fun, you will entertain me as much as I wish to!"

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*Over Twenty Cores being Shattered Later - 2 hours later*

Zephyr was out of breath. Despite him being far stronger physically than Arlo, he lacked in terms of spiritual power right now. Arlo was an experienced mage, capable of fighting for an entire day.

"It is useless boy, I am going to continue re-making the same formation over and over again until I have had enough fun with you."

"That is if I allow you to." Zephyr's eyes flashed with a cold glint as he lunged forward, slamming his feet on a misty corner of the area.

"How the fuck did you realize I was here?!" Arlo was thrown away, his hiding place being discovered. He coughed blood as he spoke. He was barely breathing properly, this was turning out to be a very problematic battle for him.

"Are you kidding with me? Your physical body was so uncovered to the point I fought the urge to play along with you."

Arlo scowled as he threw the blood seeping out from this mouth away. A strange aura started to appear from his body. He had been truly pissed out by Zephyr's smug actions.

"I guess you qualify." Arlo smirked as all his intimidating aura disappeared. Zephyr was bewildered by his actions.

"What the fuck do you mean?" Zephyr was not in the mood for games. He was fighting the urge to unleash his Root Of Darkness, which he had 'yet' to actually do, when he did it against the unranked creature, it was merely at low capacity.

"Obviously the best way to make Tai suffer is to literally kidnap his 'student'." Arlo scratched the back of his head. The way he spoke made Zephyr think Arlo's opinion of him was very low.

"... I'm fighting an urge to just kill you. Go on, speak. I might be interested in the 'qualification' you just gave me." He coldly stated as he 'lowered his guard'.

"From now on you are part of our King's Organization you brat!" Arlo grinned with a heavy laugh."My superiors wanted to invite you anyway, so why bother with the basics."

"And if I refuse?" Zephyr asked with a questionable gaze. He didn't care if he was in the dark or light side. After a million years of living, such things did not really matter to him anymore.

Arlo laughed out loudly in response. He walked towards Zephyr who still seemingly had his guard down, and patted him on his shoulders. He put his head next to Zephyr's ear and whispered.

"You'll die."