3 Hunting Down First Beast
As my group was walking through the forest, I subconsciously released a few bursts of spirit pressure of my Martial Spirit. This made all of the small fries run away as quickly as possible.
The forest was beautiful, and quite magical in all things considered. Another thing I noticed is that Spirit energy in the air was much more denser than it was in my Palace.
This made me realise that my place is lacking.
It's like a gym enthusiast visits another gym and sees new more posh equipment to use for training!
The moment you see it you want it!
This means I need to find a way to improve the quality and density of the Spirit energy at my place.
While I was doing my observations my men were doing their thing.
Finding a dragon species or even sub-species is not the easiest thing to do.
Before I realised a couple of days had passed and we were quite deep in the forest.
By this point, the beasts we meet were between 400 to 600 years old.
Not bad all things considered. I even ended up practising some of my moves on them. It was quite amusing to see how a small kid pummels at least 4 times its size creature.
"My Prince! My Prince! I think we found it!!!" One of the scouts drops on the ground face first. He quickly fixed himself and kneeled properly a few moments later.
The man looked quite beaten up. Which indicated that he ended up facing someone quite powerful.
"Shown me the directions."
He quickly nodded and we quickly rushed towards the location.
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When we arrived I saw a creature which looked like a mix between horse and dragon.
"A Qilin…" As Xue Long said that he looked closer at this creature which was fighting against his soldiers.
While he is not an expert on their age he can 'see' the aura coming from this beast.
It was higher than the beasts which had age in three digits.
"This one will do! All of you retreat! I will take it over!" As the fourth Prince said. His breathing pattern changed. It was time to get loose!
The moment his soldier heard that they quickly started to retreat. And the Qilin which was getting annoyed by these people felt pressure coming from a specific direction.
It snapped his gaze and looked at Xue Long's direction.
For a moment it was weary. But when it saw the size of its opponent it regained some of its ferociousness.
'Let's test your strength!'
That moment, adrenaline started to pump in Xue Long's body his eyes turned red with draconic slits. He lunged forward.
The red/golden Qilin charged forward as well, pointing its horns at the boy.
Fist collided with horns, the soldier's mouth slightly opened wide when they saw that their Prince got pushed back!
"Damn…that charge from Qilin has enough strength to push someone who has battle prowess close to rank 40!?"
As the soldiers were gaping at this, Xue Long wasn't that bothered when he realise that his pseudo-possession is lacking against this beast!
So before he got pushed back he grabbed Qilin's horn with his other hand. This happened very quickly, right before he got pushed back.
Instead of flying back, he pushed himself up. Ending up just above the horse-dragon beast.
Then his body started to transform, the Prince activated his Martial Spirit Possession!
Since he was half possessed all the time. The remaining possession was very quick. His hands turned golden and his fingers turned into his claws.
Pair of horns appeared on his head, while his legs turned into draconic hind legs. Large golden wings sprouted from his back alongside a tail.
By this point. he looked like a miniature Dragonoid. A roar escaped from his mouth which instantly started to suppress the Qilin's bloodline.
A roar… which spread through the forest.
~~~~~~At the Core of the Forest~~~~~~
"Hmm? He is here…" A Silver head said that as her senses spread through the forest, she felt him in the outskirts.
"...Strange… this is strange…" A frown appeared on her face.
"Do you wish for me to recover him?" A black-haired man with a strand of golden hair asked his Queen.
"No… I am curious… this is strange… I can sense… it's a Martial Spirit but he doesn't have the core… you can call this a Pseudo-Golden Dragon King…" The purple-eyed woman said with a deeper frown.
What does this mean?
She wondered how she should approach this situation. Her power is not properly restored. However, in this… situation she could get two things from this encounter if she could do this properly.
'Let's see who you truly are, my other me…'
As she thought about this she decided on a course of action.
"Di Tian, there is something I need you to do."
"Anything for Silver Dragon King." The man quickly said that with a bow.
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As Xue Long fully transformed mid-air his wings pushed forward accelerating him right into Qilin's back.
The force of this attack instantly created a crater under the feat of the Spirit Beast.
The horse-dragon hybrid released a pained sound as it collapsed under the force.
"Holy… that 1100-year-old Fiery Qilin collapse so easily against that attack!"
"How much did that full possession increase Prince's power?"
"I am more interested to learn how he did that! He nearly instantly transformed!"
As the soldiers were talking with hushed tones. One of the bodyguards who arrived with the prince was a member of Heavenly Dou Imperial Academy Board of Directors.
In other words, it was Spirit Master with rank in the mid-'80s. A control system specialist who would help the Prince in case something unexpected is to happen to him.
However, none of that is needed. The Prince has it under control against 1 thousand year beast! It was unheard of! But what truly attracted the old man's attention was the way the Prince used his Martial Spirit.
It was utterly impressive! Only now did he notice that the boy was ALWAYS partially possessed!
To achieve the perfect balance between spirit energy usage and to look changed as little as possible… this was simply genius!!!
The best part of this is that transformation is instantaneous!
"Genius. I do hope we will get him to join the academy as soon as possible!" The old man said that while stroking his long beard.
Maybe… their Academy is on the rise? He dearly hopes so. As their academy is on the decline for multiple years now.
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While the observes were looking at the exchange with awe and curiosity about how such small size child can pummel horse size Spirit beast.
The beast didn't truly surrender just because he got smacked into the ground hard.
As Xue Long can fly with his Martial Spirit when he is fully possessed, he was able quickly to dodge the outburst of the Qilin.
'This thing is quite durable. To be expected since it has Golden Dragon blood.' A small smirk appeared on the Prince's face as he landed on the ground some distance away.
That moment he took a Kung Fu stance he learned in China. A stance meant to fight opponents bigger them himself.
The beast snapped its gaze where the boy landed and started rushing towards him. It was like it was seeing red and wanting to crush the little brat which hurt him like this!
As it was close. Xue Long moved. Dodging the very last moment and delivering a powerful blow to the side of the beast.
*CRACK*
There was a loud sound of bone breaking as he hit the side of the Qilin, the hit broke most of the bones and several organs erupted that very moment.
The Fierce Qilin instantly collapsed on the ground and started spasming and twitching. Pained sounds started coming out from its mouth.
The prince motioned for one of the soldiers to hand over a spear.
The man quickly snapped out when he saw the Prince's outstretched hand. He quickly threw the spear and the Xue Long swiftly released the Spirit Beast from its misery.
A few moments later a purple spirit ring appeared above the corpse.
"My Prince, you should rest before starting to absorb the Spirit ring." One of the directors of the Imperial Academy said.
"I am fine old man Zhi Lin. I barely used 10% of my Spirit Energy." As the Prince said that he changed Martial Spirit full possession into partial one.
This phenomenon still impressed the soldiers and his bodyguard to this day. They saw this multiple times already!
"Understood. We shall guard you closely as you absorb the spirit ring." As one of the academy directors said the soldiers quickly took defensive positions and established perimeter defence around their Prince.
Moments later the Fourth Prince got comfortable on the ground and started to absorb the spirit ring.
"Umm. Senior, did anyone absorb a Spirit Ring while Martial Spirit is possessed like this?" One of the soldiers asked while looking curious at the Prince as this was the first time for him when he saw someone absorb a Spirit Ring while being in such a unique state.
"Not to my knowledge. Maybe Spirit Hall has recorded such a thing." The Director Zhi Lin said that while stroking his beard.
He was paying close attention to this.
Another thing they have to remember is that the Prince is absorbing an 1100-year-old Spirit Ring as his first! You could say they completely forgot about that after seeing him destroy that Fierce Qilin!
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While everyone was watching him closely Xue Long started to absorb the purple spirit ring.
Because there was such a gap in years and cultivation. One could say he could snap and collapse from the pressure.
However, Xue Long wasn't a child mentality, and his Martial Spirit is one of the best in the whole franchise.
His body is more durable than some metals!
So, while the process was much longer than usual he did succeed!
*Exhale*
After finishing absorbing the Spirit Ring around 6 hours have passed.
The Fourth Prince slowly stood up and stretched out for a bit. His bones popped a few times. Then he inspected himself out for a bit.
He got his first ring but he needs another one. There were no changes to him. Except that he has a spirit ability now.
"Congratulations My Prince, this is something I have never seen before! You absorbed that 1100-year Spirit Ring so naturally!" One of the Directors of the Imperial academy said with a fascinating tone.
He just witnessed something grand!
"The secret to this is very simple. It's body durability. The more durable you are the greater one's resilience.
At this early stages, there is no soul shock, but the amount of spirit energy these rings have may as well cause someone to explode."
"...I see… I see… so we need to make students train their bodies more."
As always, the man's first interest in this is to educate kids to train their bodies.
"Yes. Now let's test the ability."
Xue Long turned around and looked at the closest tree.
His spirit ring manifested behind him, people who saw it slightly gasped.
This made the prince turn around and look at his first Spirit Ring.
'Hmm? It has a golden tint to it… interesting… it's only my first ring but it already shows how special the Martial Spirit is.'
After inspecting the ring the Fourth Prince faced the tree in front of him.
First, he fully transformed and then leaned forwards, his Purple Spirit Ring glowed and the ability activated.
[Golden Dragon King! First Spirit Ability! Savage Outburst!]
Claws in both of his hands grew longer and golden energy saturating them.
He then lunged forward and swiped at the tree, first swipe cut portion of the tree trunk while the second slice completely cut the tree off.
This was quite absurd since the prince at this time was quite small! And the tree was enormous compared to the boy!
However, the outlooking soldiers and the Director felt something else!
This spirit ability had an area of effect of some sort as well!
'Truly worthy of 1100-year-old spirit beast!'
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