"Aunt, why are you here?".Xiao, Rui smiled, feeling triumphant about her antics. Long before she realized this surprise, day and night, she forced her stiff fingers and eyes to turn bloodshot, facing a certain computer to have a small holiday she could spend with her Nephew and Niece.
"Well, let's just stop gawking at each other and hurry up and ride this plane. We're about to take off."
Urged by her, Soma and the other exchange glances with each other before climbing the stairs and giving each other a greeting to Xiao Rui in a warm embrace. Xiao Rui began to inform the pilot and guide the guest to the interior.
It has a pretty wide space, with a luxurious sofa and table arranged neatly on each side. Inside, they could feel their body tilted to the side, noticing that the plane was moving. Noticing that they began to decide on the seat arrangement and eventually decided to let the females gather around on the right side and Soma alone on the left side.
At first, Xiao Rui objected, feeling that she should separate herself, but the moment Soma said he wanted to do something, she reluctantly agreed.
Slowly, as the plane glided off from the lane, Soma felt his body lose a sense of weight as it floated, following the Jet's activity.
After regaining his senses, Soma closed his eyes and began to enter his deep consciousness. An endless sea of stars spread through the end, and right above him, in the center of it all, a bright crimson star forming a constellation shone ominously, showing his current progress in training.
Three stars are his current strength after he trained in the technique for a couple of months. Soma doesn't know if that progress was considered fast or not, without any predecessor, and in the manual itself, there is no actual example of it. This was purely a speculation from him.
As he focused more on the source of his power, within the fourth star, it was still faint but began to show a sign of awakening. All of it depends on Soma's talent and hard work in pursuing it.
"I shouldn't be too fixated on power, I need proper technique too". Soma muttered as he stood in the middle of the vastness of an empty land of darkness, but strangely, his vision was not obstructed at all.
Each time he moved his feet, a ripple formed as it spread far away toward the endless side. Soma began to practice his movement sets. Thanks to his days cleaning toilets, Soma received many pointers from Lin Fan, who willingly shared his teachings with him and sometimes taught Leo about the way of the sword.
Soma mindlessly trained his technique, trying to engrave it within his subconsciousness, and eventually practiced it in the real world. His sense sharpened, and unconsciously, his breathing was shallow and deep, inhaling a deep breath of natural energy as it spread through his veins.
He might not have noticed it, but inside the place, the flow of wind had changed, alerting the other females who sat beside him. They looked incredulously toward Soma, who sat straight, his face calm, but he was enclosed within a ragging invincible power that drove anything away on his side.
There is no telling how much time had flown inside his consciousness. Soma kept his training and followed the flow, and he began to cultivate it along the Martial Saint Second Technique, Fist Destroying Evil.
Black sky and land that filled his consciousness began to dye by crimson color, like flowing water, it got sucked into a single individual, which is Soma, who strangely felt exhilarated by the prospect of training here.
Three crimson stars above began to rotate, producing much internal power, flowing into Soma's image body. "Fuu, good. It should have been a while since I trained in this realm, but I didn't feel tired at all, or rather my mind feels refreshed as new". With each stroke of his fist, the aura that sucked into his body condensed into a solid layer of protection covering his skin. Soma continued as he submerged deeper into the pond that drowned him beneath, and the more he went deep, the more his concentration was sharpened.
A barrage of crimson veins of explosions keeps coming up as Soma unleashes his fist. Gradually, the blood in his body boiled as crimson energy that covered his skin resurfaced to the surface and stunned everyone else in the room. His ears start to buzz, denying every worry shout that comes to bring him back from the deep pond he was in.
In one breath, as crimson power accumulated into a single point, Soma thrust his fist forward, and he could see the space bend, which slightly brought his mind intact. "Hm? What happened?" As soon as he mumbled that, a crack appeared and traveled along a straight path upward before it shattered, sending myriad pieces of broken shards, and Soma could peek at what was inside.
"That is!?".
His eyes widened, and he held himself back to prevent his jaw from dropping. What had appeared in front of him was a familiar space where his devil self resided.
It was a bleak world where miasma leaked, corrupting every living being inside. It was a withered land with cracks spread all over. A wail from a suffering dry wind brushed past his skin, making his eyes frown.
"Hm? You break through the barrier I put forth, wow, fascinating".
As usual, his devil self languidly sprawled on top of a branch of a tall tree in this desolate land; he turned his gaze briefly before losing interest and closed his eyes, enjoying his time.
Soma, on the other hand, reluctantly stepped forward and entered the world. He kept straight as he arrived in front of a majestic demonic tree with black veins enveloping its thick trunk. The black leaves above kept stubbornly attached to its tips, refusing to give up even in this kind of situation.
"What do you want, Soma?".
The Devil opened one of his eyes and asked the boy who had observed the tree in minuscule detail. The Devil was too lazy to move, so he kept his act together.
"Hmph, ignoring me, huh. Well whatever, I too feel burdensome dealing with you".
"Then, don't speak in the first place!".
The two of them fell into a deep silence, ignoring each other's presence. Time flowed shortly, and Soma sighed in resignation, then turned his body around, approaching the crack. As he passed between the realms, the crack began to tremble, and the shattered shards started to move by themselves, creating a new barrier that separated them.
"So, he was sealed within his own cage, huh. But, why bother sealing himself?".
Soma mumbled before his consciousness faded, and he was woken up in his real world. Meanwhile, on the other side of the barrier, the Devil sighed and grumbled, "Why bother coming to this place if he didn't have anything to say? What a weird person he is."
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A distressed voice rang in his ears as the fog in his mind slowly drifted away, awakening his consciousness. Soma opened his heavy eyelids, and soon, light began to filter in, giving him a clear picture of the situation he was in. In front of him, a teary-eyed Xiao Rui was embracing him in her arms. A soft and warm caress on his cheek carried his senses back wholly.
"Xiao Ma, you awake!?".
"Soma!?".
"You woke up!?".
"...Soma…".
Xiao Rui, Hina, Serafina, and Xiao Lian, who found Soma had awoken, called him once more.
"Are you alright? Are you tired? What happened?".
Finding himself with a barrage of questions from his Aunt, Soma tensed his muscles and slowly sat up. Xiao Rui began to help him as they began to sit on the floor, surrounded by teary eyes.
"I'm okay Aunt. By the way, how long have I been unconscious?".
"We don't know how long to be precise because you are just sitting calmly on your sofa, but a dozen minutes ago after the plane landed your body dropped on the floor. Then, when I try to wake you up, but you didn't wake up no matter what I do".
"I see".
Soma nodded his head as he listened to Xiao Rui's explanation. He never expected it would be like this. Looking up, he saw the females in the group with sorrowful eyes on the brink of breaking. He shook his head and opened his mouth.
"I am sorry everyone".
He didn't have any excuse; it was his own fault for not giving them a clear image of what he did, so he bowed his head deeply.
"Boss, is everything alright?".
Another female voice broke off the awkward situation they were in, and Xiao Rui, the elder in the group, exhaled and switched her mind, acting composed.
"Nothing, everything's fine. have you brought the car?".
"Yeah they are ready outside".
"Good, let's go everyone".
Without a word, Soma and the girls followed behind. Then they entered the black limousine outside and rode over the street calmly. Sёarᴄh the nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Silence loomed; Soma sat between Serafina and Xiao Lian, who had a worse complexion on their face. Hina is not as good as them, but she keeps her worries inside. Xiao Rui patted her chest, sighing in relief, "Thank god nothing happened".
The limousine drove silently under the bright light of the sun. It passed several highways, and after thirty minutes had passed, the limousine finally stopped. The door opened by itself as Xiao Rui urged the other to come out. And once they are outside.
"We welcome you, young lady and her friends!".