2026-02-09 08:23:21Aina's eyes widened in astonishment.
"It took us 30 minutes to sense it… or is it because we're in the Ground of Awakening? Spirit energy is thickest here."
She glanced at Kaida, who nodded in agreement, still looking stunned.
Micheal shrugged, feeling a bit perplexed by their reaction.
"I just did what you told me to do. What's the big deal?"
Aina's expression turned serious, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
"The big deal is that you sensed the spirit energy immediately. That's unprecedented. Most people take days, even weeks, to sense it for the first time. And it's only when you sense the spirit qi that you can awaken your spirit weapon," Aina said, feeling agitated by Micheal's unconcerned reaction.
"And you guys sensed it within 30 minutes? Isn't that too short judging from your words?" Micheal asked, his brows raised.
"That's us. We are naturally special. But you?" Aina rolled her eyes at Micheal.
"But me? I'm badass," Micheal replied, smirking.
"Hmph," Kaida snorted. She felt like they were making Micheal feel too special.
"What about the ranking system?" Micheal asked, feeling that their reactions were not worth the hype.
"That? Umm…" Aina took a deep breath. "Well, my dad said the ranking system is more of a classification system and it's only used at the begining of the game."
Micheal leaned in, intrigued. "Go on."
Aina nodded.
"There are only two categories of spirit weapons — common and uncommon."
"The common types are simply normal weapons. Take a sword for example. When you awaken a common sword weapon, it allows you to convert spirit qi into sword qi."
Micheal nodded.
"The uncommon weapons are different," Aina continued. "They come with a hidden ability, something like a berserk skill."
Kaida added calmly, "But even if a weapon looks impressive, it still depends on the user. If I’m more skilled with a basic bow and you can't properly use your special ability, or your special ability needs sacrifices of some kind, I still win."
"Exactly," Aina said. "And besides, all of this can still be made up through arts or skill books. You can learn elemental techniques. You can learn special abilities. A weapon just gives you a head start, not everybody awakens a weapon after all."
She crossed her arms.
"It’s not anything truly special. It just makes you more powerful at the beginning of the game."
"Because weapons aren’t the end of everything in Elyria," she concluded.
"So how do we awaken our weapons?" Micheal asked.
"Just lead the spirit qi into your body and then guide it throughout your body. When it saturates your body, your weapon will naturally awaken," Aina replied.
"Okay, let's do this then," Micheal said, sitting cross-legged.
Micheal closed his eyes, taking a deep breath as he focused on the spirit qi surrounding him. He could feel its energy coursing through the air, a vibrant and pulsating force that seemed to reverberate with an otherworldly power.
Micheal reached out with his mind, attempting to guide the spirit qi into his body. He had just seen others do it.
However, as he tried to connect with the spirit qi, he realized that it wasn't responding to his attempts. It was as if the energy was ignoring him, refusing to be guided or controlled.
How could he explain this? It was as if his mind wasn't reaching out properly.
He tried again, focusing his mind and reaching outward.
But the spirit qi remained elusive. Micheal's brow furrowed in concentration.
Am I doing it right?
Was he doing something wrong? Was there a technique he was missing? Or was the spirit qi simply not responding to him?
Micheal kept on trying though and kept on failing.
Micheal's eyes snapped open, a hint of frustration creeping into his expression.
Damnit, what the hell am I doing wrong?
Micheal looked at the girls beside him and discovered that they were staring at him, their expressions perplexed.
"Am I doing it wrong?" Micheal asked, his brows creased.
"You are not, but we can't tell why it isn't responding to you," Aina replied, shrugging her shoulders.
They hadn't started practicing earlier. They wanted to see what made Micheal so special.
After all, his ability to sense the spirit qi in seconds was astonishing.
"Fuck this spirit qi. Is it discriminating against handsome guys?" Micheal cursed.
"Micheal, maybe you should try relaxing your mind," Aina suggested, her voice soft and encouraging. "Don't try to force it. Just let the spirit qi flow into you."
Micheal nodded and took a deep breath, trying to calm his mind. He closed his eyes once more, focusing on the sensation of the spirit qi surrounding him.
But even as he relaxed, the spirit qi remained stubbornly out of reach.
Micheal didn't find this funny in any way.
It should have been an hour since I started trying this.
Micheal was frustrated.
Just then, while he was deep in thought, he felt a chilling and burning sensation.
It was like his skin was freezing and burning at the same time, as if he had been thrown into the bottom of the ocean with burning coal.
He immediately opened his eyes and—
What the hell!?
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187.
The explosion swallowed the battlefield.For several seconds, nobody could see anything.Dust and shattered stone filled the valley, while the protective barriers around the arena flickered dangerously beneath the force of the collision.Then something changed.The darkness came first.It spread from the centre of the battlefield in complete silence, swallowing the dust, the broken ground and even the light around it.One of the older cultivators slowly stood."What is that?"Nobody answered.The darkness continued expanding until the entire valley seemed to have fallen into night.Even the sky above them appeared dim.Inside that darkness, Micheal stood alone.His golden sword had disappeared.His entire body was surrounded by black shadows that moved like living creatures, wrapping around his arms, legs and shoulders before slowly spreading across the battlefield.But there was something else.Something far more terrifying.The aura coming from Micheal had changed.It was no longer
186.
The dark aura surrounding Jack suddenly became heavier.It rolled across the battlefield like smoke, crawling over his arms and shoulders before gathering around his body in thick strands.Micheal watched carefully.Whatever Jack had been holding back was finally coming out.The spectators felt it too.The conversations around the arena gradually died until the entire valley became almost completely silent.Jack lowered his body slightly.Then he disappeared.Micheal's eyes sharpened.He swung his sword.CLANG!Jack's fist collided with the flat of the golden blade, and the force of the impact pushed Micheal several metres backward.Before Micheal could stabilize himself, Jack was already there again.A second punch came toward his chest.Micheal twisted aside.The fist missed him by a narrow margin, but the pressure behind it still tore through his clothes and left a shallow wound across his side.Micheal immediately retaliated.His golden sword swept horizontally toward Jack's neck.
185.
The decision to move the fight outside Central City had been made almost immediately.There was simply no arena inside the city capable of withstanding a battle between two high-tier Platinum cultivators.Even the largest stadiums in Central City had their limits, and nobody wanted to discover what would happen if Micheal and Jack decided to stop holding back in the middle of a populated area.So a special battlefield was prepared several hundred kilometres outside the city.It was an enormous artificial valley surrounded by mountains, with layers of reinforced barriers installed around the perimeter. The ground itself had been strengthened using materials capable of resisting attacks from Platinum-level cultivators, while several observation platforms had been constructed high above the battlefield for spectators.Even then, nobody could guarantee that the barriers would survive.Three days later, the valley was packed.People had travelled from different regions of Elyria just to wi
184. HIGH TIER.
A year was a long time.Long enough for people to forget how weak Green Winners had once been.The guild that had once struggled to survive against established organizations had become something entirely different.Its headquarters had expanded several times, new training grounds had been built around the original compound, and the guild's name had become familiar throughout the higher ranks of Elyria.Green Winners no longer needed to introduce themselves.Other guilds already knew who they were.They had fought and had won.And whenever another guild underestimated them, they usually regretted it.During that year, Green Winners had swallowed up several smaller guilds and even forced one of the established high-ranking guilds to retreat after a series of brutal clashes.Their numbers and resources had grown.Most importantly, their strongest members had grown.There were now several Gold-level cultivators within the guild, something that would have been almost impossible to imagine
183. ONE YEAR.
The Platinum demon took another step toward Micheal.The shattered street groaned beneath its weight as countless smaller demons continued pouring out of the cracks surrounding the city. Every passing second made the battlefield more chaotic. Missiles streaked across the night sky, helicopters circled overhead, and the sound of collapsing buildings mixed with the desperate cries of civilians still trapped beneath the rubble.Micheal tightened his grip on his sword.He had fought many difficult battles inside Elyria, but this was different.Every mistake here carried a real price.There was no resurrection.No second chance.The Platinum demon slowly raised its hand.Before it could move...A voice drifted calmly across the battlefield."That's enough." The voice wasn't loud.Yet somehow...Everyone heard it.The Platinum demon froze.Ryuu stopped in the middle of his swing.Even the roaring monsters instinctively turned toward the same direction.Nathan stood quietly on the roof of a d
182. BATTLE ON EARTH.
The smile on the demon's face had barely faded when the street beneath everyone's feet exploded.BOOM!Chunks of asphalt were hurled dozens of metres into the air as one crack became ten, then a hundred, spreading through the entire intersection like a spider's web.The earth shook violently.And then a series of explosions followed. Sewer covers shot into the sky, smashing through windows and crashing into nearby buildings.A deep growl echoed from below, it wasn't one voice.It was hundreds.The next moment, black claws burst through the fractured streets.One after another, creatures began climbing out of the darkness beneath the city.Some resembled enormous wolves covered in black scales, others walked on two legs with crimson skin and curved horns.Several had four arms, each ending in razor-sharp claws.Their eyes glowed with the same cold golden light.Nobody even dared to move. Even the soldiers who had arrived with heavy weapons could only stare.This wasn't an attack.It
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