Chapter 20: Training

Soon after that Alu once again left Phoenix city.

However, since this time Alu didn't go on a mission, Alu's journey this time was accompanied by three elders from the Phoenix clan.

Actually Alu preferred to travel alone, but Zaden gave orders to the three elders to escort Alu and look after him while he cultivated in Dragon City later.

Even though Dragon City was in the Phoenix Kingdom, and even in the middle region of the Phoenix Kingdom, that didn't mean it was completely safe.

After all, even just the former Dragon Kingdom territory itself was still so vast that even a Nirvana King level expert like Zaden needed a lot of energy to keep an eye on the entire territory. Zaden of course couldn't keep an eye on all the time so even the weakest Nirvana stage expert could easily infiltrate.

After Alu humiliated the Holy Wind Kingdom by kidnapping their Crown Prince, it could be that the Holy Wind Kingdom who feels grudge against Alu sends an expert to kill Alu.

....

The distance between Phoenix city and Dragon city wasn't too far to begin with.

With a spiritual ship belonging to the Kingdom of the Phoenix, Alu who was accompanied by three elders only took about half an hour before they arrived at Dragon City.

(Of course, if Alu flew alone with his current strength, he might take a day to arrive at Dragon City.)

Since the beginning of the trip, Alu has lived on the deck of the ship. Hence, when the spiritual ship entered the area around Dragon City, the city that Alu had never seen since eight years ago immediately entered Alu's line of sight.

Even though eight years had changed Alu's entire personality, once again seeing the city that changed his life still made Alu's body tremble slightly.

"Tch, this is really annoying." Alu cursed before trying to calm himself down.

Despite that Alu hates his own father because of what he did eight years ago, Alu still prefers who he is today. Himself who has a Phoenix soul even though it is obtained by sacrificing those he loves

Alu didn't want the tragedy of the past to continue to haunt his life. He didn't want to feel remorse for what happened. Even if time could come back, Alu wanted the tragedy to keep happening so he could still have a Phoenix soul.

The three elders who followed behind Alu seemed to feel a change in Alu's mood. But they just looked at each other and didn't say anything.

When the ship landed in the palace grounds where the tragedy eight years ago happened, Alu chose not to look at the place and walked straight into the palace. The three elders also followed behind him.

"I will show you the way to the palace basement, young master." Said one of the elders.

Even though Alu's status was no longer a young master, the people from the Phoenix clan still called Alu the young master.

"Mn." Alu nodded in response.

The elder who spoke then walked forward to lead Alu.

Only a few moments later, they had arrived at a large door under the palace.

In front of that door are many chains and padlocks that lock the door.

"I will open it young master." Said the elder.

After saying that, the elder then jumped towards the door.

He flew in front of the door and took out many keys to open the padlocks on the front door.

The chains in front of the door immediately fell when the padlocks was opened.

The elder who opened the lock then pulled the doorknob.

Creak...

The door that looked tightly closed finally opened when the handle was pulled by the Phoenix clan elder.

Cold air instanly blew out as the door opened and revealed a vast dark room.

Alu slightly narrowed his eyes as he looked at the dark room. Even though he was outside, Alu could still feel the pressure from inside.

"Young master, this place has the power of gravity, fire, lightning, and other forces that can help to forge the body. And those powers are also different from the power used to attack. It is specially arranged for forging the body." Said the elder who was still beside Alu.

After saying that, the elder then took out what looked like a formation disc.

"With this disc you can control everything in the training ground. You can increase or decrease the weight of gravity." The elder then handed the formation disk he had just taken out to Alu.

"You can wait outside the palace. I'm fine here alone." Alu replied while taking the formation disc.

After that, Alu immediately walked into the training room.

The elders who were still standing outside looked at each other for a moment before they walked out of the place.

Inside the training room there was actually not just one room. On the contrary, there were many rooms in the place, and each room also had markings indicating the type of training as well as the 'cultivation stage' that was allowed into it.

Alu, who wanted to increase his strength as quickly as possible, chose to enter the room for the Life and Death stage.

The current Alu's strength was only slightly lacking compared to the Life and Death stage, hence, the training ground for the True Spiritual stage might not be of much use to him.

Even though Alu himself had not cultivated his body, his cultivation which had already reached the peak of the True Spiritual stage still made him very physically strong.

Apart from that, his spiritual source which was extremely powerful for the True Spiritual stage also made the power at the True Spiritual stage almost unable to suppress Alu's body anymore.

With Alu's current strength, only Life and Death stage power could suppress Alu's body.

After entering one of the rooms, Alu then stared at the formation disk in his hand. There was a spiritual screen in the center of the formation disk, and on that spiritual screen displayed the various training options that could be activated at the training ground.

Actually, each room has provided a formation that can control the room. But since the control of that place had already been taken over by the Phoenix clan, that formation was no longer functioning either. As for the formation disc in Alu's hand, it could control the entire training ground.

"You can practice with gravity first." Charlie's voice came from inside the egg that Alu always carried in his robe pocket.

Since Charlie and Elly wouldn't be able to see the outside world if they were put in a storage ring, Alu always put their eggs in his pocket so he could continue to communicate with them.

Luckily their egg was indeed such an extraordinary treasure that it looked completely ordinary to the eyes of the people. Even experts like Zaden couldn't sense anything special from the egg.

"Okay, let's start with a gravity equivalent to the power of the first layer of Life and Death stages first." Said Alu in a light voice.

Sssss...

Right after Alu made his choice, a hissing sound rang in the room as an intense force of gravity suddenly filled the entire room.

Even though Alu had prepared himself, Alu still almost fell as the force of gravity enveloped his entire body.

But Alu is still able to stabilize his body pretty fast. It's just that, under that gravitational pull, Alu had enough difficulty moving his body.

"It's still lacking, raise it a little more until your bones make a sound." Charlie's voice was heard once again.

ALU followed Charlie's words. With just a thought, Alu can increase the power of gravity.

3100

3200

3400

3500

The pestle instantly raised the strength of gravity so that it was equivalent to expert strength with three thousand five hundred spiritual sources.

The increase in five hundred spiritual sources might sound a little bit, but it made the strength of gravity increase by almost three times.

When pulled by such strong gravity, Alu could no longer even stand up. Alu's body immediately fell so that he had to kneel.

The impact of gravity was immediately felt on Alu's body. His bones let out a creaking sound while the flesh all over his body began to solidify.

ALU feels like he is a lump of compacted clay.

Alu maintained a kneeling position and he began to close his eyes while trying to comprehend the Primordial God Body technique.

....

A day later, Alu was still using the power of gravity to train his body.

However, unlike before where Alu could only kneel, Alu was now able to get back on his feet.

Not only was he standing, he could even walk a few steps.

Although Alu hadn't actually formed a Primordial God Body, only his comprehension of the technique, had caused his physical strength to increase drastically.

"Well, I think it's time to add training. You don't need to increase the power of gravity, but add other attacks as well like lightning and fire. Oh, fire won't have much effect on you. You can replace it with stones." Charlie said from inside the egg.

Within a day at this training site, Charlie had provided Alu with a great deal of guidance.

As long as it was truly beneficial for him, Alu didn't mind receiving guidance from someone he considered his own.

"Mn."

Alu nodded slightly in response to Charlie's words. He then used his mind to activate the power of lightning and stone.

Of course, Alu didn't activate the power of lightning and stone to be as strong as the force of gravity. He arranged it so that it was only on par with the strength of the weakest Life and Death stage.

Even though this place was specialized for body training and the attacks released were set to strengthen the body, the power of lightning and stone, however, was different from the power of gravity.

The power of gravity was only for suppressing a person, but lightning and rock were really forces that could injure a person. Even when it is released without the intention of hurting someone, it still causes pain to the person receiving it.

Rumble...

Bruak...

Only a second later, a sea of ​​lightning suddenly appeared in the room, and that sea of ​​lightning instantly drowned Alu's entire body.

It instantly scorched Alu's entire outfit that was unprotected by spiritual energy, and it also caused Alu's white skin to redden red when it received multiple strikes of lightning.

There was an Elly scream from inside the egg that fell to the floor as Alu's body lost its cover.

But Alu didn't have the strength to pay attention to that because before Alu could even adapt to the lightning strike, countless stones suddenly shot out from the walls of the room, and they rushed straight at Alu at a speed even faster than Alu's own speed.

"Ahhhh..."

When the stones hit Alu's body, Alu could no longer close his mouth. He immediately screamed in pain.

Physical training especially in the early days when the body is still not cultivated is always the most difficult and painful period. But compared to Alu, people who are just starting to cultivate their body will usually do it in a more relaxed way.

When the third day arrived, and when one of the elders visited Alu to hand over cultivation resources, Alu was already sprawling with a body covered in wounds.