Register For The Test

Entering the building he saw a tavern-like arrangement with a registration table at the very back.

To the right side, there was a stair that leads to the second floor. The chair and table were sparsely filled with people, probably waiting for their companion.

One or two cultivators were moving to and from the second floor.

The registration table was long and extended from the left to the right side.

A woman in her twenties sat upright behind the table, a professional smile hung on her lips.

When Zaka and Zaki approached the woman, she smiled and said, "Is there anything I can help with?"

"Yes, we want to become a Daemon Guard," Zaka said.

"Okay, first, let me remind you that the minimum combat power to become a Daemon guard was the middle stage of the divine sea realm.

And, even then, there is a test before you can enter the guard. This test is very dangerous with a fifty percent casualties rate.

The test will test your survival skill, judgment, and other aspects important to become a Daemon guard.

Do you still want to continue?" The woman patiently explained. The woman only did this out of formalities, though.

She could sense the level of the men's cultivation in front of her was at the peak divine sea realm.

That level of cultivation was enough for them to survive the test if they were a bit more careful at undergoing the test.

"We would like to proceed please," Zaka said while maintaining the polite tone in his speech.

He had known about the test and had prepared for that. This test was well known in the entire Marcus Empire because of its bloodiness.

There were a lot of benefits one could get by becoming a Daemon Guard. As a result, many people wanted to try their luck and joined the guard.

The entry test was made to separate the real experts from the mass and to deter people who didn't have sufficient combat power.

Although it was known that the minimum cultivation level was the middle stage of the divine sea realm, it was a public secret that only those who had the combat power of a late divine sea realm and above could pass the test.

There was still a lot of fearless people who tried the test at the middle divine sea realm, though. Fifty percent rate of casualties mostly came from these people.

Still, those who had the combat power at or above the late divine sea realm had to be cautious. There was a lot of thing inside the test that could threaten their lives.

There wasn't anyone who dared to make light of the test. Those who did that had long turned into dirt and bones under the testing ground.

"Okay, ten thousand gold pieces for a person"

Zaka took a bag of gold from his storage ring and handed it to the lady.

"Wait a moment please," The woman paused and took out a communication talisman. She thought for a moment and then activated the talisman.

A few moments later, a sloppily dressed young woman wearing the same black uniform as the first woman appeared from the left door.

"Big sis, why it has to be me? Why didn't you call Risca?" The young woman, Wendi, grumbled.

"Stop complaining, you have rested for a longer time than Risca," The woman called 'Big Sis' cut off Wendi's complaint, "there are two who wanted to take the test."

Wendi glanced at the masked Zaka and Zaki disinterestedly and said, "Follow me."

Wendi went to another door on the left side of the hall in which a small simple room was located.

In the middle, there was a table and two chairs. The chair faced each other.

On the table, there was a head-sized transparent crystal ball.

"One at a time." Wendi sat on one of the chairs and released a strand of qi into the crystal ball.

The ball glowed with soft white light and floated ten cm above the table.

"You first." Wendi pointed at Zaki.

Wendi asked Zaki's name, age, cultivation, and hometown.

Zaka had discussed this with Zaki. They would reveal their true cultivation realm, peak divine sea realm. It wasn't much anyway to have this level of strength.

Although the peak divine sea realm looked rare within the prefecture as a whole, the Daemon Guard had numerous cultivators at this level.

The crucial part was their age. Zaka spent only twelve years to reach the peak divine sea realm! And he had reached that realm at both fiend-body cultivation and qi refiner!

If the first day he arrived in this world was considered the day he was born, Zaka was twelve years old now.

Twelve years old peak divine sea realm?! With this speed of advancement, Zaka could no longer be described as a genius but monstrous!

Even with added age from before he died, which was twenty years old, 32 years old peak divine sea realm on both fiend-body cultivation and qi refiner was still a monstrous genius.

It would be too high profile if Zaka told his real age, so he decided to fake his and Zaki's age to be one hundred years old.

Of course, he would adjust his bone age using [Thousan Mask] divine ability to match his statement. While Zaki could change his body composition at will.

This would make Zaka and Zaki appeared to have 'average' talent and avoid unnecessary attention.

Regarding hometown, they would admit to being a cultivator from a random destroyed small clan in the wilderness. He acquired the information of this clan from Edgar of The Ghost Refining Sect.

Zaka was confident that for a cultivator at his and Zaki's realm, the Daemon Guard wouldn't investigate his origin too strictly.

At the very most, the Daemon Guard would only check whether Zaka and Zaki were one of the wanted cultivators or not.

"Next, I will be recording your face and soul aura, this is required for identification purposes. Don't worry, we will keep your identity secret.

Your soul aura will be used as identification when accepting and completing a mission." Wendi explained habitually.

Based on her experience, those who came wearing a mask would felt offended when asked to record their face and soul aura. Some would even outright leave.

However, no matter how angry they were, they wouldn't dare to attack her.

What a joke! They would only be throwing their life away if they attacked a Daemon Guard right in their headquarter!

Not to mention, she was a late-stage golden core realm, which was enough to take care of these newbies.

That's right, every staff inside the headquarter of Daemon Guard had a minimum cultivation level of golden core realm!

These masked people were suspicious, but due to the confidentiality agreement, she could neither report nor attack them if they decided to cancel the registration.

Now, she observed the person in front of her while silently preparing her qi. Who knows whether the person in front of her would crazy enough to attack.

Many years being a guard taught her to be cautious at all times. Zaka nodded inwardly when seeing this. 'Daemon Guard reputation is not mere talk after all'

Zaki calmly toom off his mask, revealing a young, handsome face behind.

Wendi was stunned for a split second before she operated the crystal ball to record Zaki's appearance.

A hand made out of light flew from the crystal ball and plucked a strand of Zaki's soul aura and returned to the ball.

A moment later, Wendi took out a wooden badge and touched it to the ball. The crystal ball shot out a light which then fell to the badge.

After that, Wendi tossed the badge to Zaki.

"Take it, about ten days later we will contact you through the badge. We will also tell you the gathering point for the test from the badge.

Don't lose it, you have to pay another ten thousand gold pieces otherwise. Okay, next."

**

Zaka, along with Zaki, walked out from the Daemon Guard's headquarter. They went to one of the restaurants in the entertainment district and then went out of the city to turn back their appearance before coming back to their lodging.

Zaka had checked the badge from the Daemon Guard just in case they put a tracker inside. He was confident that unless a formation grandmaster with attainment in the formation dao far exceed his, he could detect any tracking formation.

And even after checking thoroughly, he put the badges inside an isolating formation. Only then he satisfied and came back to the city.

Inside Zaka's room…

Zaka took out a green flame with a golden hue in its center from his storage ring. The flame was shackled by numerous moving formation rune chains.

Even while sealed, the flame emitted an intense cold aura that could freeze an ordinary person's hand in an instant.

'I think ten days is enough for me to finish refining this Yin-Ghost earth-fire,' He got this top-grade earth-fire from Edgar of the Ghost Refining Sect.

Fortunately, Edgar was still at the peak divine sea realm. Only a golden core realm cultivator could refine a top-grade earth-fire.

Zaka, however, was different. Although he also in the divine sea realm, he also reached the peak divine sea realm in the fiend-body cultivation.

Peak divine sea fiend-body cultivator's body was so tyrannical that it could rival an early golden core qi refiner's body.

Moreover, Zaka had the bloodline of [Gatotkaca], a Heavenly Giant renowned for his indestructible body.

Zaka could easily refine a top-grade earth-fire.

'To think I was so lucky to acquire Yin-Ghost earth-fire from numerous other earth-fire,' each earth-fire was unique.

There was an earth-fire specialized in an explosion, wide area damage, single point damage, purify, extreme heat, extreme cold, and a lot of others.

This Yin-Ghost earth-fire could emit an extreme yin fire that could freeze anything it burns. However, no matter how cold it was, it still had the character 'fire'.

Using a correct method, Yin-Ghost earth-fire could emit intense heat too. Although it wouldn't have the same temperature as other flames.

But, to Zaka, this was enough. He could use Yin-Ghost earth-fire to refine his body using its cold and hot property alternately.

His body would become even more tyrannical. He estimated after he fully utilizes the earth-fire, his body could rival a peak nascent core qi cultivator in his normal form.

And when he activated [Gigantification] divine ability, he could contend against an early immortal using his body alone!

Of course, to reach that level, a long period of refining was required.

Moreover, he could imbue the earth-fire into his attacks, especially the dao of fire, making them far stronger.

Although now he could rival a nascent core cultivator if he used all of his cards, he still didn't feel safe in participating in the Daemon Guard test.

Who knew if an immortal level demon beast would suddenly appear?

Zaki who understood his boss the most would roll his eyes if he heard about this.

After daydreaming about that for a moment, Zaka turned back his attention to the earth-fire floating in front of him.

He closed his eyes and recalled the method of refining an earth-fire from the [Five Element Art].

His hand rapidly formed seal after seal which floated in front of him and merge to form a complex formation rune.

"Open!" He pushed the formation rune to the sealing formation of the earth-fire. It merged seamlessly with the formation and then a tiny hole opened on the surface of the formation.

Zaka used his divine will carefully to pull a strand of the earth-fire and opened his mouth to swallow it.

Above his divine sea, inside his dantian, a complex three-dimensional rune had been formed from his divine will. There was a space inside the rune.

He guided the strand of earth-fire to enter the rune. The strand started to move about inside the rune-like a lively spirit.

A top-grade earth-fire that had a spirituality had the potential to become a sky-fire. The spirituality had to be nourished for a long time to become a true spirit which meant it would become a sky-fire.

This Yin-Ghosts Earth-Fire had the potential to become a sky-fire, but it needed approximately a hundred years to become one if Zaka nourished it using his qi alone.

He would need a natural treasure to speed up the transformation or reach a higher cultivation realm to have a better qi quality to nourish it faster.

'One strand had been refined, a lot more to come.' Zaka stared at the earth-fire in front of him with a fiery gaze.