8 Spar

" Arrgghh" A few days later, Damien woke up in his room with his usual headache.

His whole body was bandaged and and the only part he could move was his head.

" Did I die?" He asked himself as he began to examine the room he was in. " This is the Xia family mansion... and this is my room." He grunted and slowly lifted himself without help.

Using his teeth, he quickly tore off the bandages around his arms and when his hands were free, he tore the rest of the bandages off his body.

Slowly getting up into a standing position, his bones gave off popping sounds and he stretched himself a bit.

" This is unusual. I feel good. I feel really good. " He clenched and unclenched his fist before flashing a smile. Even the headache that seemed to cause him trouble seemed tolerable now. It wasn't gone, just tolerable.

He quickly put on a pair of pants seeing as he was naked and sat down cross legged to examine himself.

" Gaea are you there?" He muttered but there was no response. " Gaea?! Gaea!" After shouting for a few times he heard a response, albeit a weak one.

" My Lord.. I'm glad you're okay." He immediately appeared in the Akashic records to see a weak Gaea sitting on a moon with a weak smile.

" What did you do?" He frowned and immediately walked close to her. " Don't blame me My Lord, you died and your soul was leaving. I had to use my essence to break one of those seals in your body. " She smiled weakly and her body was slowly turning incorporeal.

Damien had used the power of the Akashic Record itself to create her, since he was now the temporary holder. " Hold on." Sighing, he waved his hand, before golden light swirl fell encapsulated her body and she was back to normal.

" Don't do anything like that without telling me again. Now carry on with your duties." He strictly warned and left.

" I wonder how strong I am now?" Damien was eager to go and test his new strength. He grabbed another long necked jacket and put it on about to head out.

Immediately he got to the door and opened it, he saw Yuanba and Qingyue standing with sad expressions, however their expressions turned into shock the next instant.

" You..you!!!?..."Yuanba was unable to believe his eyes. Slowly, his eyes rolled to the back of his head and he collapsed.

" How are you still alive? Much less awake and completely fine after all that damage?! What are you?" She backed away from him in fear .

" You guys are hurting my feelings you know? Not even a thank you?" He winked at her and proceeded to carry Yuanba into his arms who unexpectedly felt as light as a feather in his arms and placed him on his bed.

" He should be fine after a few hours of rest." He examined his body before turning and speaking to Qingyue who had a frown on her face.

" The last thing I remember was falling unconscious after getting smashed by that huge fist." He shrugged and explained after seeing her questioning gaze. He was not obliged to tell her his secrets as this was a cultivation world. Who didn't have his own secrets. He wasn't going to be a blabber mouth just to appeal or get closer to her. He didn't give a fuck if she trusted him or not.

" When is your wedding coming on? I heard from Yuanba the other day that you're getting married soon." He smiled and tried to change the topic. " Why do you care?!" She stormed off after after rolling her eyes .

" Sigh ." With a snap of his fingers, a black shades with a pure black opaque lens appeared. And he quickly put it on.

" This should do for now." Immediately he placed the shades on, he could feel the pain in his head decrease by about 90%. The lenses were so dark that even a cultivator with a tempered body and senses would find difficulty in seeing through them. However it was different for him. He could clearly see and not just having normal vision. He could see everything down to details, just not at the molecular level anymore. Also his ability to analyze and record were halved.

A few days later, two figures were standing on the family duel arena.

.......

" Yuanba don't forget, use all your strength. Don't hold back." A grey haired figure in an exquisite pair of sunglasses spoke with s smirk.

" Big brother, here I come!" " Profound energy fist!!" With a loud shout, Yuanba immediately gathered all his profound energy in his fist and smashed it towards Damien whose eyes were full of excitement.

" Bang!!" He didn't even bother to dodge and the fist landed squarely on his chest. The ground beneath his body cracked and a shockwave spread as well.

" Yuanba are you sure that's your full strength?!" His eyes that were full of excitement quickly dulled. The fist didn't even come close to tickling him not to talk of hurting him.

" Sigh. I should've known I was going to get this strong quickly." Damien sighed.

" Is something wrong big brother?" Yuanba asked concernedly. He was worried if Damien was somehow hurt.

" Nope. You're pretty strong Yuanba. " He flashed a casual smile and patted his shoulder.

" But let's kick things up a notch." He walked to a weapon rack and grabbed a sword and brought it to Yuanba.

" You're proficient in swords right?" He asked as he handed it over to him. " Yeah but how did you know?" Yuanba took it but was confused as no one knew that he had practicing his sword techniques secretly.

" There are calluses in your palms and the only weapons mainly used by the Xia family is the sword. It'd be quite foolish not to realize that right." Damien shrugged and got back into his position.

" Alright Yuanba hit me with your best shot. Don't worry I can handle it." Damien smiled and placed both hands in his pockets.

" Light severing sword!!" Yuanba gathered all his profound energy into his sword, causing the sword to give off humming sounds. It was a profound artifact after all.

" Slash!!" His body moved immediately and slashed his sword at Damien' s chest.

" Boom!!" But instead of blood, the sword in his hand was cracked and Damien still stood unharmed.

" Am I too strong?" Damien walked to the weapons rack and grabbed a sword. " Bang!!" Swinging the sword at his own arm, the sword immediately shattered upon contact.

He immediately looked into his body and saw the first limiter shining brightly like the sun. All his cells were feeding on the unlimited energy of the limiter and were evolving and strengthening every single second.

" You know big brother, if you want to spar, Xia Lao is very strong. He is the chief of the guards and not even father can win against him in pure hand to hand combat." Yuanba spoke after an idea dropped in his mind.

" Is he that strong?" Damien's eyes widened like a child who had seen his favorite toy.

" He's-training the guards right now. We can go to him—erh big brother." Before Yuanba could even finish his speech, Damien had already vanished leaving behind a gust of wind.

On the family's training ground, a group of guards were doing heavy push ups and their supervisor was a man with a buzz cut. One of his eyes was covered with an eye patch and he had a long scar on his cheek that made him look really menacing.

" Oi oi. Xia Lao, by the order of the family head, I order you to spar with me. " A cocky voice immediately sounded out and they saw a teenager with dark sunglasses walking towards their supervisor with a cocky smile.

" He dares to address the master by his name? Is he brave or just stupid? " The guards muttered among each other as they examined Damien who was walking towards Xia Lao.

" Who are you? " Xia Lao who looked menacing approached Damien step by step until they was only a few meters between them and asked.

" I'm just here for a fight." Damien smiled as he lowered his sunglasses and looked at him