Vermilion Bird

"The trial is simple, defeat your enemies. giving up at any point shall mean you lose" the phoenix said before its body exploded, the sea of flames gathered and took the form of countless fire monsters, which all rushed towards Sora, who began a slaughter.

'just what I needed, Now I can improve my energy control and merging capability.' Sora thought with a smile, since these monsters started at the same level as him, Sora only used his new and improved True Saiyan State and began to try and improve his mastery of this form.

As time passed, Sora quickly noticed that the number of monsters was not growing less, they seem to be getting stronger and stronger, before he knew it they were forcing him to use more and more of his power,

the time clicked, and soon Sora was forced to use his full power. but not wanting to waste his energy, Sora had to defend and counter at the right moment to save energy. but his mind remained sharp and clear, he was getting the hang of his new dense, purer, and stronger energy.

'I lacked behind... I need to use the self-empowering technique, luckily I can use hells asura to strengthen my killing intent by killing these guys.' Sora thought while trying to use the Self Empowering technique to restore his energy

The Self Empowering technique was an ability that he got through the memories, this ability allow each of his energies to empower each other, making sure all of them were at their absolute limit.

The Hell Asura allowed Sora to increase his killing intent by slaughtering other living being. what Sora was trying to do was simple, since he was slaughtering other living beings and absorbing the killing intent from doing so, why not convert that killing intent into Qi, physical energy, or spiritual energy?

this was something that would need one to have a high level of energy control, So, Sora made many clones to help him in improving his energy control. at the same time, Sora gew only 2 more heads and no 4 arms, as he needed the 2 heads to help him learn faster

Sora didn't know how long he had been on this trail, he guessed at least a month, but it was a month well spent as Sora's strength and power reached new heights, his Self Empowering technique allowed all his other energies to reach their peak, all balanced with a power of 350,000 fists, they would be higher but Sora needs to breakthrough or get better cultivation art as some of his cultivation art was holding others back

Of course that was not all, Sora's energy control reached skillful, which brought him a power level of 5, but his energy control was at initial, giving him a boost of 3 times.

but that was not all, through such a long and bloody battle, Sora managed to master his eyes and his true Saiyan state. currently, without the need for any laws, Sora could show the power of 15 mountains and rivers.

"Damn, you basters just keep coming," Sora said while breathing heavily, he wasn't lost in energy but he was mentally tired. he didn't know it, but 3 months is the time that passed, with him fighting none stop, he made a huge improvement, but he was tired.

on top of that, his body had reached its limits long ago, burnt marks, scars, and all types of injuries filled his body. yet he kept standing, his 3 heads and 6 arms couldn't even heal these injuries as the power behind the attack suppressed its power to heal him to a level beyond even the likes of those from the heavenly law palace,

Sora thought of using the senzu bean, but he couldn't even draw upon the system within this place, so how could he recover? he was going to die...

"... since I will die, let's have a nice dance." Sora roared while shooting at the monsters, Sora slaughtered countless more consider, but in the end, he was overwhelmed by their numbers and killed...

or so he thought as he found himself waking up in a room, where Giga Chad, Fang Mei, Hong Ying, Yu Rou, and Nu Chad were, also waking up at the same time as him. all not even having a stretch on them,

"you all passed the trail, congratulations. the trial was a test of willpower, how strong is your will, and how far are you willing to push yourself even when everything is against you. everything in that trail was simply an illusion, which played in your mind." flames gathered taking the form of a phoenix which went on to speak to them

"phoenixes are capable of raising through the ashes. but not all of them are the same, one is reborn without any memories of their past self, and is completely reborn. pretty much reincarnations. some can only raise through the ashes a limited number of times before they truly die and others who don't do it at all. some get stronger after being reborn, while others get more talented but have to start cultivation all over." the phoenix said while everyone paid close attention,

"My reward for passing the trail is a cultivation art which could get you hunted down by the phoenix clan... do you accept it?" the phoenix asked to which Sora nodded without a care, causing Fang Mei to be helpless with him, but everyone nodded in the end, some taking longer than others.

"I have 12 drops of Vermilion Bird blood, the first person to reach the first level in this art shall get 4 drops, the second person shall get 3, the 3rd person shall get 2, and the rest shall get 1." the phoenix said causing Fang Mei eyes to widen, a drop of blood like that could greatly strength her physique,

everyone else desires was picked, a drop of blood like that could greatly help them in their cultivation, increase their lifeforce, and help them in the cultivation of this new cultivation art.

information of the cultivation art was given to all of them, and they all began to try and comprehend it. with Sora having the strongest strength, his thinking speed was light years above the others, allowing him to comprehend the first level in 4 minutes, while Giga Chad did it in 5 minutes and 39 seconds,

Sora got his reward, and left, only to be shocked that Giga Chad followed behind him. the two looked at each other. of course, Giga Chad's comprehension capability was off the charts, he could instantly comprehend most techniques and improve them to be far stronger without trying much, the only reason he took so long was that this would be different from his old world. it was like learning a new language for him,

Sora didn't say anything and simply pulled out a drop of golden blood, he was in deep thought about this thing. form his comprehension of the Vermilion Bird cultivation art, he would one day gain this bloodline, this drop of blood was to only speed up the process of gaining said bloodline. he didn't need it.

the reason the trial was so hard was that the cultivation art they were getting was based on a person's will. the stronger one refuses to die, then they could reject their death and be reborn. this was the highest level of raising through the ashes from the phoenix race, it even came with the benefit of one getting stronger.

It cultivated both the soul and one's Qi, don't think the firepower behind such cultivation art would be weak. so long as Sora absorbs this drop of blood, he shall gain the power to form the Vermilion Bird, the truest of all the flames from the phoenix race.

immortal flames which would not stop burning until their target is turned to ashes, and capable of burning away all things physical and spiritual. But then again, Sora was not the fire type. he was the I will punch you in the face type, or the destruction type

Sora hugged before he went on to comprehend the remaining levels of the Vermilion Bird Cultivation art, once he gets injured this would almost instantly catch up depending on how injured he was.

"Big brother." Sora snapped out of his state of comprehending the cultivation art and looked at the brother and sister who failed the trail. Sora threw a look at these two, they couldn't do something as simple as fighting to the death?

But it was reasonable, they were only kids how could they go through such things? in the end, they gave up. Sora had them sit down and cultivate, while he returned to comprehending the cultivation art,

hours passed and one by one, the others appeared with their rewards. Fang Mei took second place, she had an easier time comprehending the cultivation art as it was her field. once the group was here, they left and went on to appear outside the tree, which began turning into Ashes

"you guys want to explore the south region or move on to the east?" Sora asked calmly, to which everyone chose to explore the southern region, who knows if there was something in this region that could be of use?

So, they headed to the nearest city, Firestone City. there Hong Ying took the lead to show them everything they should buy. out of everyone here, she had the deepest knowledge of the other regions,

Sora was not interested much, instead, he walked off to go listen to a teacher who was going over the law. he knew nothing much about the laws and their principles, so listening to someone teach about it would be helpful to him.

So, for the few days they remained within the south region, Sora spent his time researching laws, and how to best use them. and the finding was shocking.

as everyone knows, there are 3 main cultivation systems, QI cultivation, body cultivation, and soul cultivation. beyond that was the laws, they can be considered their systems, once a person's comprehension of the laws reaches mid-success, they would gain a new form of energy.

for example, once Sora reaches that level, he would gain destruction Qi. but this energy couldn't be used the same way as Qi, Physical energy, or even spiritual energy. there were no energy controls for the power laws, how you understand them is how you use them

but there was a merging capability for it, but it didn't merge the same way Qi, physical energy, and spiritual energy merge. instead, it's more as it infuses into them, making them far stronger, this could give a person a power-up from 1.1 to 25 times.

one should know that the higher the understanding of the laws, the harder it use to get a greater boost. so it was possible for someone without any bloodlines, transformations, and so on to be more than 15 thousand times stronger than those of the same level,

but this can be increased even more, the more laws one comprehension, the more you can merge, meaning even before fusing with your main 3 cultivation systems, the laws are already 1.1 to... well, the limits were unknown, but the highest known was 50,000 times

Anyways, with this Sora got to know the power the of heavenly law palace even more. what he most likely faced were the youngsters of that focus, the fact the Seeker can use his law to suppress him without him even knowing it was something he shouldn't ignore.

Sora knew the peak of cultivation within this world, but he didn't know the power level of this world.

"... so, when did you and Sora meet." Fang Mei asked seeing how she was stoke with Hong Ying, she couldn't take the silence so she was trying to make small talk.

"its better you don't know." Hong Ying said calmly before walking off, this caused Fang Mei to frown as her intreast was now caught.

"what do you mean by that," She asked with a frown, Hong Ying rubbed her forhead, trying to find the most peaceful way to get out of this.

"they met at the brothel. Lady Hong Ying is well known for her face, which caught masters attention, so he came to see her form time to time." Yu Rou said as she walked over while holding cummincation tablet, which she was using to search for some information,

"w-what?" Fang Mei froze at her words, while Hong Ying threw a glare of Yu Rou who showed a confused look, not knowing what she did wrong.

"Lady Fang Mei, you need not worry. master Sora is not the type to go seeking such things," Yu Rou explained quickly, regretting get into this. she was not thinking when she spoke, she was only walking by and through she could clear the air.

Fang Mei ignored her as she looked at Hong Ying, waiting for her to explain herself. but Hong Ying didn't want to, but she had no choice as this could cause unwanted trouble if ignored.

"Sora wanted to learn how i can control emotions with my voice, so he was listening to my singing to try and learn through it." Hong Ying said while avoiding eye contact, which made Fang Mei heart drop as she felt she was hiding something.

She looked towards Yu Rou, wanting her to say something. but Yu Rou walked away, not wanting to get dragged into whatever was happening here.

"wow, its like the world drama is written over here." Sora said lazily while walking over with an apple in hands, looking at the two with raised eye brow.

"what are you hidding." Fang Mei said instantly, to which Sora shrugged slightly,

"I'm hiding many things, you want me to remove my clothing to reveal all my secerts?" Sora asked with a raised eye brow, causing Fang Mei to freeze for a moment, and before her face turned red, which she hide with an enraged look

"between you and Hong Ying." she said angrily, Sora sighed for a moment before explaining

"we are dating." Sora said calmly, causing Fang Mei to freeze. it was like someone got a cold bucket of water and splashed it at her.

"w-what." She asked in a soft and weak voice, which made Hong Ying on able to look at her, as she felt bad. Fang Mei had a thing for Sora for years, yet Sora was engaged to her sister, so she turned these feelings into something else, but in the end of the day she loved Sora. Hong Ying knew this, and she was able to tell why the two had not become more than friends, so she made a move

"t-thats good, i wish the two of you the best." Fang Mei said with a forced smile before walking off, she had to get away as she didn't want to show anyone what she felt at the moment.