10 years...

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GUYS DONATE POWERSTONES ONLY TO MY ORIGINAL 'CREATION GOD' AND NOT THIS ONE IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT ME...

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"Your 10-year trial starts now" Wudao announced to the people accepting the trial and disappeared yet again making the entire place filled with darkness.

Ishaan felt his hands getting locked up by something followed by his legs.

The entire place was filled with darkness making the atmosphere eerier. There was no sound coming from anywhere.

Ishaan closed his eyes which anyways didn't have any light in that environment and clenched his fists as is prepared to endure whatever would come in his way.

Before he could think about the tortures that he could face…

"Argh!!"

A burning sensation came from the sole of his foot. He instinctively screamed even though he prepared to not scream.

Without giving any time to adjust, he felt a weird force pulling his right hand's ring finger nail. It was horrifying.

"Ghhhhh" He muffled a groan

Next came a small object trying to penetrate his closed eyes making his entire body.

Followed by a boiling substance on his head.

Cutting his skin simultaneously with all the tortures gave a terrifying and unbearable pain.

Just when Ishaan felt that he only had a few more breaths to live, a light flashed in front of him and a mysterious force instantly healed his entire body.

Under the radiance of light, Ishaan was finally able to see what was around him.

"…"

After seeing what was around him, Ishaan wasn't even able to make a sound.

He saw the appearance of people experiencing tortures. Their eyes gauged out, machines torturing them, somewhere animals eating their flesh with relish.

Torture methods that even the most sadist person will fear to use were blatantly used on normal human beings.

"Making the trial bearers suffer mentally as well as physically without giving them any hope of survival…"

"Quite a nice method Wudao, I shall accept your challenge" Ishaan spoke in the calmest voice he could make under the torture.

He was sure that no normal person could pass the trial. According to basic logic, the person making the most less noises in agony should be the one winning this trial.

Ishaan didn't want to go back to where he was after spending 10 years in agony. So, he decided to play seriously and think under torture.

He didn't know how much time he thought but he spent all his energy on thinking and taking his mind off the torture.

He thought about everything. Starting from education he had learnt until now to whether ass of better or boobs. He didn't leave anything he knew.

The most viable option he felt that could be used under this situation to win this trial was- to learn. To learn which point in his body hurts how much when tortured by which method.

It sounds like the most unrealistic idea one could ever think but Ishaan wanted to win and could go to any heights for that. He started feeling the pain and thinking about which place is better to hit with which instrument.

***

Time passed away without him noticing and he remained the calmest among the unknown amount of people appearing for the trial.

The criteria wasn't to remain calm though. It was judged based on the thoughts one would have while undergoing that torture. After all 10 years is a long time for an average human and anyone could figure out his personal way to overcome the pain. Some think revenge on Wudao, some think about women they will meet after getting the technique, and some think about the power they will achieve after getting that while some force them to think about how will they help Wudao after getting that technique.

Compared to them Ishaan was much more simple and fast, he thought nothing but pain. He didn't scream or yell but just felt the pain. He even commented in his mind that this torture was much easier than the earlier one and had that many faults.

***

Unexpectedly, Ishaan won the trial and without any notice, he was teleported in front of Wudao.

Wudao wore much simpler clothing right now while appearing much more transparent. It was visible that he was nearing the end of his time.

"Child… you have successfully passed this trial. I hereby bestow upon you Wudao cultivation technique. Use it carefully" Wudao sighed

"Wait a minute" Ishaan objected.

"Old man, do you really feel that it is interesting to occupy my body after torturing me for an entire 10 years. I know I can't beat you at all but don't forget that I am no longer the boy that you captured 10 years ago

I not have the guts to commit suicide without any second thoughts. Well this is also your gift but it has become your own bane." Ishaan said in a calm voice

"ohh, quite a sharp one. It will be a relish to absorb your soul." Wudao said with a sinister light flickering in his eyes.

He was no saint after all. Nobody would be willing to accept death without any last attempts to survive. All those speeches for equality were just a fake appearance for people to appear in the trial.

The trial wasn't actually a trial but he was actually preparing the body for his soul. After all his soul was the one of a world class powerhouse and not any weak body could host his soul and he couldn't capture a strong body due to being dead.

It was quite a nice plan but 10 years were too long for Ishaan to figure it all.

"I know you have means but in your current state, I guess that you will not have anything able to control my body in 3 seconds. And those 3 seconds are enough for me to suicide.

If my guess is wrong, then go ahead any occupy my body and I won't have any chance." Ishaan stated every possibility he thought of and laid down his cards open. He knew that he could only guess as he never experienced the power of that level but he also knew that he had no other way out.

He was also sure that Wudao wouldn't really have left all those souls go back to their own worlds.

"DO YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME?! A puny mortal?" Wudao angrily shouted

"You can try if you want to but the risk will be you dying without a burial body in the hands of a puny mortal" Ishaan knew that his guess was most probably true and provoked Wudao once more while raising his guard to suicide any moment.

He knew when to be decisive and when to be soft after 10 years of agony.

The situation remained in a stalemate for an unknown amount of time.

It seemed as if Wudao wanted Ishaan to let his guard down for just one instance before he could take over his body and complete his plan.

***

An unknown amount of time had passed by and Ishaan could see that Wudao's body had become more transparent.

"Seems like you have no more time left"

"I give you one more option, which is to give me the technique and I will spread your name to every corner of this world and even get revenge for you against those who plotted against you.

Don't you think that those plotting against you should die?

Can you kill them in your current state?

Don't you want them to experience the same torture I did?" Ishaan started tempting him

"Stop stop stop!

Why would I want revenge?

Who cares about revenge without life. Don't compare with those old bastards. I want to live and will take care of my revenge on my own" Wudao shook his hands and looked at Ishaan with a mocking gaze as if asking him to bring it on.

"Ohkay, no revenge is it?

Then seems like you don't want your family to stay happy as well.

I don't think you will have spread this technique to your family.

Don't you think something might've happened to your family in your absence?

Your lovely wife, cute child?

Are you becoming as selfish as Dao, Wudao?

Decide for yourself"

"If you don't like this option as well then I will suicide right away, I don't want to spend eternity with a man while staring at him and staying alert against him pouncing on me" Ishaan made the last offer. He really didn't want to spend any longer.

…

*sigh*

"Fine then, seems like I will die after trying so hard…" Ishaan mumbled with a reminiscing expression.

Just when he raised his wrist towards his mouth as he prepared to bite it off

"Wait!"

"I will give it to you smartass. Although this might seem wrong coming from my mouth but I really made this technique to go against Dao. It's just that…" Wudao stopped

Ishaan who was feeling extremely happy from the inside but showing an indifferent look on the outside suddenly felt that something was wrong.

"what?" He questioned

"Its just that I have never used it" Wudao scratched his head as if trying to hide his embarrassment.

"WHAAA…"

Before Ishaan could finish, Wudao directly summoned a light from his hand hitting him in his head.

Just before he fainted Wudao screamed at him

"I will send you to the world my family is hiding. You must protect them when your strength evolves."

"I have never used that technique but when I completed writing it, Dao itself manifested trying to oppose it so it definitely is special"

"Don't forget to fulfil your promise…"