"It's remaining two pairs, if you want to fight now's your chance" Rose said as she looked in a certain direction with intent.
"Let me go this time" As soon as young master Baxia saw her look. He felt suspicious that she kept looking at him but he didn't focus on that. His focus was on the emerald eyes. If he didn't step up before the others the emerald eyes may be gone just when he could."Come on out then" Rose answered In place of elder Jang with enthusiasm.Young master Baxia looked at Elder Jang for his approval and since elder Jang had nothing to be suspicious about he just let him go. It wouldn't even last up to a minute before Baxia would win and he'd resume his time with his students."Eh? Wasn't she knocked out before?" A student pointed at Amber who was now standing opposite young master Baxia. Of course they found it strange, it was unlike before when she was fed the pill and took some time to become conscious. Now immediately Young master Baxia stepped up she just surprisingly got up from the ground and looked very much energetic.Elder Jang frowned. He was having a bad feeling. The energy he sensed from the girl had suddenly changed. He contemplated on stopping Baxia but before he could Baxia had already announced himself."I am Baxia" Young master Baxia bowed and drew out his sword.For the first time amber smirked. One could see the joy on her face as she looked at Baxia, but the joy wasn't pure or positive no. It felt like a joy that a predator would felt after finally pouncing on its prey."I have heard so much about you, Baxia" Amber said with renewed vigor. "Please make this worth my time" It was like her demeanor had suddenly changed. Even the students started feeling scared as she spoke."What the hell is this feeling" Harith muttered as he clenched his emerald eyes. He was shocked to see that the girl he had knocked out cold was standing there just barely seconds after fighting him. Was it an act?"Heard of me?" Baxia scrunched his brows. He was the Raging flames sect master's son but he hadn't done anything worth recognizing or even fought anyone outside of his sect yet. Why then did it seem like his name was famous among them?"Tch" Amber gave elder Jang a knowing look and then spoke to Baxia "You don't know, do you" She laughed and vanished almost instantly. A dark smoke was left behind.Baxia immediately perked up his senses. He instantly turned around and swung his sword at the space behind him."Missed me" Amber's voice flowed with the wind as Baxia struggled to find her real position."Right here" A voice sounded next to Baxia's ears as a hand grabbed him by the neck and raised him high up.Young master Baxia Baxia struggled to breathe as he managed to swing his sword but Amber was quick and stopped his hand. She squeezed it so tightly that he was forced to let go of the sword."Tsk tsk tsk" So weak she muttered as she held the struggling Baxia by the neck.Dread and horror terrorized the hearts of the students. This girl...this girl was a demon from hell! She was making a fool young master Baxia, the strongest of all of them. But they had defeated her so easily before and she was weak but the amber they saw now was anything but weak.Young master Baxia's face was turning red in his struggle for respiration and he was quickly losing consciousness...but he refused to be defeated like this."Arrghh!" Baxia screamed as he swung his available left fist. Amber had relished in her brief advantage but had forgotten about completely immobilizing Baxia.Baxia's fist burned with bright fire that amazed those who gazed upon it. The heavy fist instantly punched the living daylights out of Amber. She let go of Baxia as the punch sent her staggering.*Cough cough* Young mastered Baxia struggled but knew the fight was far from over. His heart, his mind, his soul, his survival instinct were all telling him. If he loses this match then he would die.He grabbed his sword and got to his feet as fire gradually covered it's whole body."You hit like a girl" Amber said as she spat on the floor. As she saw the sword in Baxia's hand she waved her hand and her fan opened. It's sharpened blades rearing it's heads.She flung the fan and it spun in a horizontally circular motion.Baxia swung his sword downwards in a slanted form and a stream of flames was sent out. The flames acted like a solid object and knocked the fan off course. Baxia then waved again sending another stream of flames.Amber spun her arms around and water gathered in front of her, she then pushed it with great force.The strength of Amber's attack was unexpected and it easily destroyed Baxia's attacks. But Baxia forged on.He waved, this time horizontally. But it only got easily destroyed by amber.Baxia continued swinging in specific ways and soon Elder Jang's eyes glinted."Ah!" Baxia shouted as he did his final swing. "Kill!" He screamed.Just then a huge flaming symbol resembling the character 杀 appeared in the air behind amber. Amber was oblivious to it but the the others could see it very clearly.Baxia quickly punched the body of his sword with his flaming fist and a huge shockwaves was produced that sent amber flying back.As amber flew back, she landed on the symbol in the air and it locked her in like a magnet. Amber's whole body was kept in place as she struggled to set herself free."Kill!" Young master Baxia screamed as he threw his sword at Amber who was basically like a sheep waiting to be slaughtered.Luckily, amber had the strength to move just a few inches before the sword landed.*Slice* The sword grazed by her sides but still drew a significant amount of blood.But Baxia wasn't done. He joined his hands together and drew them apart. As he drew them apart, the flames between his palms seemed to be taking shape. And soon they formed a long flaming spear."Kill!" Baxia's eyes were ruthless as he threw the spear.Amber genuinely feared for her life now and summoned all the strength in her being to break free. And break free she did, but as she fell the spear caught her midway piercing through her shoulders."Aaahhh" She screamed in agony as she fell to the floor.Baxia drew his hands apart again and soon another flaming spear formed. The girl dared call him weak, choke him almost to the point of death. This was his repayment!As Baxia readied the spell Rose's began to get concerned. Her eyes glowed blue as she spoke under her breath. "Have you forgotten what we came here for?" She spoke seemingly to herself.Amber heard a whisper in the wind and she looked at Baxia m, still in agony from the spear's attack. But the mission was too important to be ignored.She took out a tiny needle from under her tongue and immediately rushed towards Baxia with her fan in her other hand.Baxia wasn't expecting her sudden strength gain and he immediately dismissed the spear he had been preparing. By the time he was done, Amber had already come close and he felt a sting in his upper arm but it was quickly overtaken by the sharp pain from a cut on his stomach.Baxia's instinct kicked and his strength limit was pushed. He swung he fist at Amber and sent her flying several metres into the air till she landed on the destroyed gate and stopped moving."That is enough!" Elder Jang got up and immediately rushed towards Baxia who was now bleeding from his belly."Get help immediately" Elder Jang ordered as he struggled to bkeep Baxia awake."You win, that will be all for today. Till we meet again" Rose said and tossed two emerald eyes at Elder Jang before disappearing with thee other two in the blink of an eye."What are you waiting for? Go after her" Elder Jang screamed in all his fury."Y...yes Elder Jang" The guard was wan remaining ran out of the place. There was nothing he could do even if he found the woman again, but staying here and doing nothing with elder Jang as infuriated as this was probably worse. He would just get sone help and report the incident.Harith's mouth hung open as he stared into space. He had witnessed a spectacle just now. These two...he had never seen people battle like that. Those powers, the swords, the spells, they a fascinated Harith."Hmm" He looked as a bright green stone rolled to his feet admidst all the ruckus. "an emerald eye?" Harith muttered and immediately looked around. No one was looking at him, they were all concentrating on the injured Baxia who, for some reason, he didn't give a single fuck about."Don't mind if I do" He smiled cunningly as he sneakily picked up the emerald eye and tucked it into his robe.....The sect leader's quarters.Inside a secluded room filled with all sorts of strange tool and drawings, the sect master sat with his eyes looking to the ceiling. The ceiling above looked just like the night sky on a starry night. The stars danced about and moved in strange patterns. But then they suddenly stopped and started dying out one after the other until the last remaining star was gone and the night sky felt lonely.The sect master's eyes immediately opened up and his breath was rugged. "The signs are ominous" He said with great fear in his voice."Sect master!" At that moment a voice called out to him from outside."Come in" The sect master shook off his thoughts and answered. The voice of the guard sounded like he carried an urgent message so he didn't want to waste time.The head guard entered the room and looked around for a bit. This was the first time he was entering this place, he was certainly beyond marveled. But he had no time for that now. He had to deliver this news as soon as possible. "My Lord, the young master has been injured in a fight" The head guard said with a worried expression. "Injured?!" It was like someone had pressed the high pitch button on the sect master's voice. A sense of dread filled him as soon as he heard the news. "He's being attended to right now" The head guard continued. "is it fatal?" The sect master was shaking. Anything could happen to anyone...but for his son, the son he had suffered for, to be injured...he couldn't stand it. The signs...the ominous signs, it couldn't be. "Rest assured it isn't a fatal one" The head guard sensed his worry and tried his best to relieve him of that. "..." The sect master breathed a sigh of relief but then frowned after. "Who did it?" He asked. "I have no idea my lord, but Elder Jang seemed to be there during the whole event as it had apparently taken place in the youth practitioners house" The head guard replied. "Elder Jang....where are they now?" The sect master asked. "At the sect's hospital my Lord" "You may leave now" The sect master dismissed him and sat down on the floor. He looked up to the ceiling that was plan, devoid of the sky from earlier. "You said he would be the one would would set the stone rolling for the commencement of a new age in the sects' history, please do not kill him now" The sect master muttered as his head hung low.The next dayHarith had woken up very early and started with the stance right away. It was about five in the morning so everywhere was dark and silent, but this was what Harith preferred. The undisturbed silence gave him the leisure to focus more on the state he attained."Now let's see your magic" Harith muttered as he brought out the three emerald eyes he had earned...well he stole one but still most of it was earned. He placed two in his palms and one in front of him and sat on his bed cross legged. He placed his hands on his thighs and joined his fingers together. He then closed his eyes and breathe rhythmically.Sure this wasn't the position Elder Jang had taught him to stay in. But he had found out that one didn't necessarily have to adopt a particular stance before they could gather energy. So he stayed in a way that he was more comfortable with.The book he bought earlier had shown him in detail how the emerald eyes could be used for training. Now to understand that one must f
"Come here, sit down." Cho cheong guided Harith to her chair as he held his nose. She brought out a handkerchief from her pocket and offered it to him."Thanks" Harith took the handkerchief and pressed it on his nose. There was still much blood on it so the handkerchief was soaked in a few seconds.Cho cheong offered him another and finally the blood rush was stable."You shouldn't be getting into fights now, you know you're still not strong enough. How would you have defended yourself if Dang ju really wanted to attack you?" Cho cheong nagged him with a worried look."A fight? He was the one who attacked me when I did nothing to him!" Harith was perplexed at her words. The fuck did she mean he got into a fight, getting into a fight involved two or more parties mutually attacking each other. That was not the case earlier."Did you by any chance insult his looks or say anything about his body?" Cho cheong asked."...." Harith was speechless. He had a guilty look. He had clearly called
A week after.The Trials for Elder jang's emerald eyes had become fiercer. The students were improving at a solid rate. Now the vast of them were able to take out the Fiery bodies without any sweat. A good chunk of them were able to evade the air bursts. But they all stopped when it came time to enduring the water dragon's attack.Baxia had become the only one to successfully take an emerald eye. After leaving the medicine house, he didn't waste time in challenging the hole and after many trials he took just one of the emerald eyes. Overall, Elder Jang was very satisfied with what his students showed. They hadn't become strong enough to move mountains and stuff but they were much better than they were before. Now they didn't just rely on their elemental powers but they could also rely on their martial prowess. Something that would be very useful In an unforeseen battle.On the other hand, Harith was making progress too. Every day he would wake up very early in the morning and try to
Harith had a smile as he walked back to the marketplace. He was feeling especially happy as he looked at the red bead on his hand. Sure, an emerald eye was probably worth more than this bead but he had a plan in place. A plan that would grant him both the bead and the emerald eye. For now, he was satisfied with just this."Harith! I'm happy I met you here" As Harith reached the marketplace cho cheong called him from afar. She seemed like she was in search of something."What are you doing out here on this hot afternoon?" Harith asked with a smile."Tch" Cho cheong hissed and tapped him on the head. "So should I just stay home all day?" "ow!" Harith held his forehead "aren't you the one always concerned about your skin?!" Harith puffed earning another knock from Cho cheong."Shut it and help me" Cho cheong rolled her eyes.Harith rubbed the his forehead. He was certain it had gotten red...that little devil. "What do you want?" Harith asked. Cho cheong wasn't one to be out in a public
As the two finally left the confines of the sect, Harith was surprised to see the outer world. There was a barrier surrounding the whole sect, it seemed to be as a result of the earlier incident with the young master. But as they stepped out of the barrier Harith wasn't expecting what he saw."R...rocks?" Harith looked around. The gate of the sect was just behind them, but apart from that everything around him was full of nothing but rocks. Red rocks that looked like they had been endlessly hammered by the scorching sun that showed no mercy to man and earth alike."It's not just all rocks" Cho cheong rolled her eyes and picked up the pace. It was almost night time so they had to atleast get to the nearest transport station before that."Where do we go from here?" Harith asked. From what he could see, the rocks stretched endlessly never having an ending. "There's a transport station nearby. It's just about five kilometers from here" She said as she kicked a nearby stone."Huh?!" Harit
This was Harith's first time of seeing one(obviously). It had the head of a lion but the body of a horse. Very strange and fear inspiring."phew" Cho cheong exhaled a breath of relief. She was glad to see they had really arrived. No matter how much she travelled she still couldn't get used to the dangers and liabilities. That was part of the reason why she had Harith come with her. But seeing as they had arrived safely she could now relax."uh...u have something on your cheek" Harith shakily pointed to cho cheong's mouth."hmm?" Cho cheong said as she touched her lips. She felt a bumb on it, a bumb that had a very tough texture and felt like it was segmented.She immediately panicked and smacked her cheeks not caring for the damage it could possibly do to her face.The thing she had smacked away jumped and landed on Harith's arm. Harith in turn panicked. The shii felt like a huge fucking cockroach crawling on his arms. She waved his hand around violently, even going to the point of se
"Phew" Harith let out a sigh of relief. as he surveyed Central city. The cool breeze that came by every once in a while and the fesh air in the atmosphere was something he really appreciated.He had decided to leave before an awkward situation would develop in the room and have a feel of central city for himself. From what Cho cheong said it seemed like they would be leaving for the sect tomorrow so he had to take time really explore the area while he still had the chance.Harith patted his pocket. He could hear the coins jiggle. He had take a part of the money he came with. He was planning to buy somethings...anything."Did you hear? The arena has been opened again. A fierce fight is currently happening""Let's go check it out then, I have nothing better to do anyway" Two men were having a conversation as they walked which Harith picked up on."Arena?" He muttered and followed them. It seemed like they were talking about a fighting arena. As he followed them more the sound of a chee
"Yess I have it!" A man screamed as he ran towards the stage with a crazy look on his face. It was like a fast and furious movie but instead of racing cars they were running very fast. The man had the whole crowd chasing him but he made it just in time to reach the announcer and hand him the ball in his hand.The man was breathing very heavily. He had overcome the odds and sneakily take the bead that that boy had thrown. Since he was an air elementalists he had speeds much faster than the average human so he was able to just be ahead of the crowd enough to reach the announcer."I'm sorry we already have our two winners" The announcer shook his head."W...what?" The man's smile wavered. "W...what do you mean? Didn't I bring back the ball as you asked?!!" He said."Take a look at what you brought me" The announcer said and handed him the object.The man was confused but still took the object and took a deep look at it. "H...ho...how?" As soon as he realized what it was that he held the