16 CHAPTER 15

'Where is this' Ariel looked around and found endless darkness around him. It looked like the world was made of black colored liquid with a fire burning in front of him.

'Where the hell is this, It looks like the world's power comes from the fire' he started walking toward the fire, It was a blue-colored fire.

Just as he was about to reach it, an extremely strong pressure assaulted him. He was thrown back, his orifices started bleeding from the pressure. 'What a strong aura' He thought, Except his Master he did not think anyone he ever met could've withstood the pressure with ease.

"Huh, what are you doing here"

Suddenly he heard a thundering voice, The pressure further intensified the fire started growing and a face emerged out of it with purple eyes. Ariel started slipping further. He used all of his power to firmly plant his feet on the black surface, still, he was slowly being pushed back by the power.

"I came here for the Inheritance of the Thunder King," he said carefully.

"Hmm, so you came here to inherit my powers."

"Are you the Thunder King"

The figure was looking at him like he was an insignificant ant. He repeated his question with more pressure "Answer me first, Boy."

Ariel thought for a second and replied: "Yes, I came here to inherit your powers".

The figure started laughing, his laughter was like thunder. His voice carried the intent of thunder and it was extremely pure, far more pure and powerful than the thunder intent he used to train himself.

'Awesome he's extremely powerful, and his power is extremely pure'

The figure stopped laughing and looked at Ariel and said coldly "Get out, you're not qualified to inherit my powers"

Ariel was stunned "Wha-" this has never happened to him, he never expected Thunder King to say no.

"Why do you say that I'm not qualified," He asked.

"Your mindset is not right, You're too soft. Now go, don't waste my time" after saying this the figure disappeared and the pressure also vanished along with him.

"..."

Ariel did not leave, He wanted the power and so he decided to remain In the tomb and train.

'Well that went downhill'

He remembered the Thunder King's intent, It was extremely powerful. He himself got some enlightenment just by experiencing it. So he sat down and started to gather all the thunder Qi in his body in his hands.

As it was concentrated between his hands, It formed a ball of pure thunder and sparks were generated from it. Ariel observed it and frowned 'No, Its entirely different. His thunder Qi smooth and mine's chaotic'.

He started trying different ways to increase the purity of his thunder Qi. He started using little strands of Qi to make more powerful strands and then repeated this process until he found it impossible to merge.

'Hmm, It looks better. But it still feels like something is missing'

......

Days passed and Ariel improved at a slow but steady pace. But he did not stop, He even started to increase the intensity of his training and was on the threshold of Saint realm.

Ariel was practicing his sword and was distracted by an extremely loud sound. He looked towards the center of the world and saw that the blue fire was reignited.

The figure rose again from the fire, this time it was bigger than the previous one. It looked down at him, but this time there was no oppressive force.

"Why are you still here boy"

"Well, I want to inherit your powers"

"Hmmm, although you're not qualified to inherit my powers, your dedication has impressed me. How about you take a test, If you can pass it. I will pass on all my powers to you"

"What kind of test" Ariel asked carefully.

"It's an extremely dangerous test and you're bound to lose tour life if you take it, So think carefully whether you want to take it or not"

Ariel was in deep thought, He was contemplating whether he should take the test or not. After thinking for a brief period of time he said in a determined voice "I will take the test"

"Well, It's your choice. Don't blame me if you die"

"I won't"

Thunder King pointed his finger toward Ariel and said "Good luck boy, I hope you succeed"

As he said that Ariel was enveloped by a strange power and he disappeared from there.

.......

Ariel appeared in a hall of some sort. He looked around and discovered that there was no exit from the hall there was just a stone in the center of the hall. The stone was impaled by a rusted sword of some sort.

"Don't look around boy and come to the center of the hall and try to pull the sword out, If you can do it consider half the test done"

Ariel did not say anything and walked towards the sword. As he was walking close to it he began to feel the atmosphere around him become heavier and heavier, Until he could only walk step by step slowly.

He arrived in front of the sword, It looked rusted and weak, but he felt that if he were to touch the blade he would lose his hands. Suddenly he felt the Blood Demon Sword tremble inside his soul space.

He felt like it wanted him to use its power to pull out the sword, At first, he didn't pay any attention to it and held the hilt of the sword.

*Boom*

He felt like his mind exploded and his hands and arms were bleeding, his sleeves were torn and it felt like his fingers would detach at any moment. He wanted to let go of it and Qui the test, He wanted to return to Rose

'Its too powerful, I want to give up. But if I give up so easily now then what's the use of cultivation. The Thunder King is right, My mentality is too soft', He held the Sword tighter and started to pull on it.

His mind was assaulted with unbearable pain, his hands felt like they would fall off any second. But Ariel still didn't give up, His blood started dripping from his hands onto the hilt and flowed down on the blade of the sword.

Suddenly Ariel saw something unbelievable. His blood disappeared and the sword slowly started to come out from the rock. soon the entire sword was out.

Ariel was ecstatic, he lifted it up to get a good look at it

*SNAP*

Ariel felt a thunderclap in his mind and he suddenly lost consciousness. His body fell on the ground but he didn't let go of the sword. The Blood Demon Sword Started to tremble more violently. Ariel's body suddenly was enveloped in a pure blood-red aura and started to hover in the air.

The sword in his hand suddenly attacked his hands and Ariel's right hand was detached from his arm. The hand still didn't let go of the sword. The sword flew back to the stone.

Ariel who was in the air started to come down, his eyes were closed and the Bloody aura didn't vanish, It further intensified. He landed on his feet and started walking towards the sword and unlike the previous attempt, this was like a walk in a park.

As he arrived in front of the sword he stopped and just stood there.

"How dare you hurt my master you puny sword, I'll show you your place", A feminine voice carrying absolutely horrifying power reverberated in the hall. It was so powerful that the floor around Ariel cracked.

Ariel opened his eyes and as soon as he opened his eyes, His hair turned red, His eyes were completely red. He slowly lifted his right arm toward the sword and placed it near the hilt which was held by his hand that was cut off previously.

His arm and the hand started reattaching at a visible speed and were one in merely seconds. Ariel opened and closed his hand a few time and the held the sword again.

*CRACK*