The Battles Just Keep On Coming

"He is dead as well..." Looking at a soul lamp, the emperor of the Divine Phoenix Empire had a deep frown. How would Blue Wind Empire have someone so powerful? there was a high likelihood this had something to do with the sea race.

The Sea race was the name given to the race that lived in the sea. there was only 40% land, and 60% sea, not much was known about what was under the sea. But what was known as that the Sea race was the largest power in the lower realm,

"Have the empire enter high alert, have everyone in the other continent be on alert as well. we need to be in contact with each other," he said while walking off, his emotions causing the world around him to burn with powerful heat. His man flash, going to follow his orders.

A few days later.

As I returned to the sect, everyone was shocked. that was even more so as they saw my right arm in a cast. I ignored them and went to go see my old man. The old man sighed seeing as I wasn't dead, although he couldn't help but worry seeing as I wasn't in a good mood right now.

Why wasn't I in a good mood? Well, the old woman had cut all connection to me. She was angry with my lack of control and recklessness, and she had a lot of words to say which hurt my ego. I went to my house, where I went to just lay in my bed.

"Strong? What does a mortal know about being strong? Sure you have some power, but take that away, you only have a fool with an addiction. is that strong? A mortal has such an ego, what have you seen? what hardship, and what great deeds have you done? Do you enjoy battles so much? Why don't you fight the heavens? of course you will not, you're a coward. After you heal, be gone. I don't want to ever see you again." Her cold disdainful enraged voice filled my head. It hurt... as her words were true.

What did a mortal from Earth know about being strong? What did it even mean to be the strongest? I didn't know. Everyone has their meaning of being strong.

The Strongest man in One Piece saw his strength as something to be used to protect his family. Many of the strongest men in anime had similar goals, but there were some like Gilgamesh from Fate Stay Night, who were different.

I sat there, just looking at the ceiling... what did it mean to be the strongest?

'... Control.' I thought while closing my eyes. Thats what I thought it meant to be the strongest, having absolute control over oneself, and not letting the outside world change you... but who was me? Was it a bad thing for the outside world to change me?

Of course, if it was to change me for the better, then that's good. but if it was to change me for the worse, then I had to stand tall. Even if I lose everything, so long as I am myself... then I win, there for I'm the strongest.

I closed my eyes, in deep thought about everything. In the end, I sighed while getting up... I needed to go find Yun Che. I have noticed that guy had god-tier medical skills, above even the old woman. So, I went to find him wanting him to give me that knowledge for a trade...

a month later, Yun Che could be seen walking out of a cave. the air about him had changed, how couldn't he as he had come across the primordial Azure dragon inheritance, in that inheritance ground, he had to pass many trials, among which was fighting countless enemies. It was in those battles he refined his martial arts capability, although still far from me, he was far stronger now, even able to defeat those stronger than himself.

"You're a hard man to find. Don't you find it weird that such a trash realm has such powerful inheritance grounds?" Yun Che who was lost in his improvement of power froze upon hearing my voice, he looked up, just to see me looking at him from the sky, my cast still on.

"You look like you had a lot of fun." Yun Che said with a smile, I looked at Yun Che for a moment, before speaking.

"I want knowledge on the body and soul. Name your price," I said calmly, making Yun Che frown slightly as he didn't expect this. He felt like I had changed as I wasn't as playful as in the past.

"I can name anything?" he asked to which I shook my head,

"of course not, but if I see it worth it, then sure. This can range from future help to me killing someone for you." I said to which he thought for a moment before Yun Che held out 5 fingers.

"5 favors." Yun Che said seriously.

"No, I can do my research on the body to catch up to your skills in a few years or so. 5 is too long, 3 is the most. And I'm able to refuse if the favor is something like taking my own life or something." I said making Yun Che frown lightly. but after some thought he nodded in agreement. He although understood my arrogance, he still wanted to seal this with an oath, which we did before he went on to give me the knowledge I wanted...

As time passed, I began my research into improving my recovery technique, while Yun Che went on to improve his strength as fast as he could before running away from the continent after doing a few things to help his family here.

For a few months, everything was peaceful, but it didn't take long for the other continents to realize there was no sea race attacking them. the wild beast even calmed down, giving them time to secretly look into the matter where they found news of the blue-eyed Emperor. 

To say the least, such a powerful genius scared the Divine Phoenix emperor. The ancestor of the Divine Phoenix empire made his move, appearing above the White Cloud Sect. Seeing the arrival of a level 9 Soul transformation realm expert, I flew into the sky to meet him.

The ancestor of The Divine Phoenix Empire was truly a powerful expert, and he quickly saw through me and was shocked sensing my powerful body. with my body alone, he realized I should be as strong as someone at half step Soul Transformation realm. He didn't miss how my cells were rich with power, which made him curious 

"What an interesting boy." He said with greed burning bright in his eyes, seeing this I sighed while disappearing, shooting far away. instantly, I used Qi to boost my speed to rival someone at level 4 Soul transformation... of course, the old man easily caught up.

"Trying to draw me away? What is the point when..." The Old man wanted to speak, but with a flash, I removed my limiters. My mind stopped limiting itself and my body before I disappeared, I teleported above the old man, my leg shooting down at such shocking speed, only to be boosted to the extreme for a short moment, allowing my speed and power to reach level 7 Soul transformation realm, this was my limit. I refused to boost my speed to a level where I would damage myself again as I saw that as a weakness.

Boom

The old man held out his palm, and with the usage of phoenix flames infused with the power of the law of fire, he easily blocked my blow. even with the Black Flash taking effect, it was pointless.

'Such deep understanding in the law of fire.' I thought realizing that this old man was too powerful for the current me to handle. this was a level 9 Soul Transformation realm expert if he was at level 7 Soul Transformation realm, he would still give me a hard-fought battle, but I would still win. At Level 8 Soul transformation, I will have to push myself to the extreme, and improve during battle to win... but this?

This old man wasn't any normal Soul Transformation realm expert as he had a high understanding of the law of fire, and adding his pure bloodline... his strength might even be able to somewhat withstand attacks from a level 10 Soul Transformation realm expert.

'... Am I scared?' I thought while looking at the incoming palm. Infinity was melted, and I was sure he was going to reach me. I didn't know... what did I fight for? My addiction? Is it an addiction?

I loved fighting, I loved the feeling of going past my limits. And of late, I have loved the feeling of my body growing stronger alongside my spirit. Was that A bad thing? I didn't think so... what made an addiction an addiction? it's only an addiction if I can't control it. So all I needed to do was control it. There was nothing wrong in doing what you loved, it's only when you can't stop, that it has become a bad thing.

"CONTROL!" I roared while let go... No, I didn't let go. I worked together with my instinct. I teleported away in the nick of time, dodging the hand which was sure to kill me. 

'He sent so much energy into his mind to speed up his thinking speed... this kid is mad. Burning his mind for the chance to gain enlightenment?' The old man thought while looking towards where I appeared,

"You know... what would happen if I poked a hole in space, and used that hole with Blue? but that move sounds too dangerous." I said thinking of the new move I could try out right now, but I didn't.

"This is going to push my mind... but it might be the only thing I can do to win right now." I went on to wrap my middle finger around my pointer finger. 

"Domain Expansion: Endless Blue!" and an Endless number of Blue Appeared, so much so that my energy dropped. So many blues appeared, each Blue using Infinity to be close yet far from each other, allowing there to be pretty much an endless amount of Blue.

"Pull!" I said as all of the Blue took effect. an endless number of Blue working on one task, and that was to pull. I grinned as my eyes cried a river of blood. the old man's face twisted in pain feeling as if he would be ripped apart. He let out a cry before he shot forward at extreme speed, using everything to quickly try and kill me.

But on instinct, I control blues to pull me, moving me out of the way in the blink of time, while also controlling the domain to pull my fist in. At extreme speed, My fist slammed into the old man, and the old man was sent stumbling away, and quickly moved appearing before me with A sea of flames that burned my body. but I shot backwards lessening the damage thanks to Blue while at the same time, Blue pulled on the flames and him.

Like this, we traded countless blows, and more and more tears of blood fell down my eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Again, I was pushing my mind too far... but the burden on my mind was lessening as I was adapting. I was trying to listen to my instincts, this was the best opportunity for such a thing.

"YOU!" The old man said in rage, he didn't even come here to seek trouble, he only wanted to see the strength of the so-called Blue Emperor and go from there. Did he throw the first blow? Now the brat had a chance of winning and was refining his skills.

The pulls on him were acting on him with perfect timing, ensuring that every move he made led to huge openings which I was taking. for example, pulling his fist back would lead to the pull on his fist suddenly growing stronger out of nowhere, pulling his fist so far back that I can move in for a blow. Even if he tried to do this with more force, he would find that there was no pull which would catch him off guard giving me the window to attack.

He gritted his teeth as we traded blow for blows, I had a smile while his teeth were gritted in rage... but luckily for him, the domain was too much for me to hold up, using infinity of such a large degree needed me to split my mind and adding Blue... well, my mind was being pushed. this is why I left instincts to try and drive my body, with me taking control from time to time.

I also couldn't control all of the Blue and the Infinity around the blue was not perfect, it was just the bare minimum to pull off this domain. As for how I was able to use infinity on something other than myself, It's something I have been wanting to do as I wanted to create more than one Infinity. I was able to do this thanks to how high my control had reached and my removing the limiter on my mind.

Boom

As soon as the domain began falling apart, I found myself getting hit by flames in the shape of a bird shooting through my body. I was sent falling towards the ground, my pupils slowly rolling backward, but I clenched my fist and gritted my teeth, using my willpower to keep myself awake.

I landed on my feet while looking at the Old man who was removing his blood from the side of his lips, he looked at me with slight amazement as I was alive. He wanted to end this quickly, so he shot down toward me.

'It looks like I lost... should I run? surviving this battle would also count as a win. No, One more clash!' I thought while gathering Blue into my fist, gathering everything into this fist, I let out a roar while stepping forward. Pulling the fist backward, Blue Exploded in size around my fist, light and everything else found itself being sucked towards it before I punched forward,

Boom

Black Lightning filled the world, the whole continent shook and many people found themselves just fainting before this clash. the land around us for km was destroyed, with many people losing their lives,

The Old man was sent rocketing away, coughing up a mouthful of blood. But he caught himself in mid-air, he looked towards where I was. I was within a crater, slowly pulling myself out.

'He improved so much within such a short amount of time?' He thought in shock while looking at me as I breathed heavily.

'... that was pure luck.' I thought, that black flash was pure luck. It allowed my attack power to skip a gap and reach a level rivaling level 8 Soul Transformation realm experts' strongest attacks, adding force control... well, he was injured.

But I was out of energy. I know, I should have an endless amount of energy thanks to my high energy control. but that domain sucked me dry. That was the last bit of energy I had left,

'I should improve the soul pull of Blue, it could be useful fighting against those who don't focus on souls.' I thought while pulling Qi into my body. that small amount I just absorbed was nothing to others... but for me, It was pretty much an endless amount of energy.

'After all that... I should also try and bring all levels of infinities into reality.' I thought while Blue gathered into my fist once more. I stepped forward, ready for battle... the old man not wanting to give me a chance shot forward and attacked, but he pulled back his attack at the last moment seeing something.

"He fainted... it looks like he was standing on pure willpower alone." He said while landing, and looked at my pure white eyes. he breathed softly. To think that one day he would almost lose to someone with such low cultivation 

"You're a true genius. you sense, adapt, and grow in battle... it's like nothing I have ever seen... but you have to die." He said while reaching out to take my eyeball.

BANG

A fist slammed into his chin. A black flash was set off, while he was sent flying into the sky. The old man quickly took control of himself while destroying Blue which was rampaging in his body, growing stronger by the second.

"You!" He screamed while spitting out a tooth, he glared at me, just to see me knocked out, not responding to anything.

'... this brat. his body is reacting on instinct. His attacks are even stronger in this state.' He thought, knowing full well a few dozen of those attacks may put him to sleep. He gritted his teeth before getting ready to shoot forward. but the second he was about to move, he saw that I had disappeared.

Without a hint of pupils anywhere, I appeared at his side, my fist shooting toward his chin. he quickly dodged by pulling back his head, but he was soon answered with an elbow to the jaw.

He was sent rocketing away, his teeth raining from his mouth along with his blood. He quickly landed and was about to launch an attack, but I had already disappeared, leaving behind an afterimage.

'How is he tricking my spiritual sense.' He thought as even his spiritual sense only sensed the afterimage. he quickly moved to dodge me, he was quick as all I managed to do was poke his stomach.

he shot away and got ready for another attack. this time my body remained still... as it didn't need to move. The old man was about to shoot forward just to pause while looking at the thing sticking through his chest. He looked at the sword in shock before coughing up a mouthful of blood, he slowly turned around to see who stabbed him, and there he saw another old man. 

"Wentian!" He said in shock seeing the sect master of Mighty Heavenly Sword Region, the old man known as Xuanyuan Wentian smiling at him, before destroying his nascent soul, and killing him. Putting the sword away, he walked towards me, closely sizing me up.

He reached out to touch me, and as expected, I didn't move. He had guessed I would act upon ill intent, so he erased his ill intent. 

"Interesting, once I search your soul..." he said with an evil smile. he was about to hold me with his spiritual sense but froze as he quickly turned around. A strong force slammed into his chest, sending him flying away. He quickly looked at the old woman who had a look of pure annoyance, while catching himself in the sky.

"He is mane!" He said, like hell he would let anyone steal his treasure, summoning his sword, his devil power exploded outwards, infusing into his sword. He shot forward, exploding with strength above even the ancestor he had just killed... but as he shot forward, his speed dropped while he looked at the sky in shock and horror.

How couldn't he when from the heavens, a huge palm was falling, moving so fast that the friction with the air caused flames to cover this palm? He was slammed into the ground, and the palm crushed him like a bug... but it didn't kill him. before it could kill him, the old woman suddenly lifted her palm and covered her stomach, which began bleeding.

She almost fell, she should have died years ago, she was pretty much a walking undead right now. She grabbed me, before she disappeared, leaving Xuanyuan Wentian in the hole which was in the shape of a palm print, horror filling his eyes. he almost died... but he lived.

'W-who was that... she has one foot in the grave....' He thought with his eyes turning sharp with a scheming glare.

meanwhile, the old woman returned to her small hunt. She threw me to the ground, while she went to lie on the bed, not daring to do anything else to worsen her injuries.

".... why did I save him? So stupid." She said softly. Her words were to point the brat onto the right path, not send him on whatever path he was on right now. Now she was going to die sooner than expected, she didn't know if she would live long enough to see her nephew start his cultivation journey. 

She felt stupid for falling in love with a brat, but she felt even more stupid that she saved him knowing her condition. Now how would She watch her nephew?