2025-05-14 21:49:44Kirin lay flat on the ground, looked up at the sky seeing the clouds disperse, he felt the wind against his body and knew for a fact that he was entirely naked.
"Shit"
He had also found another eerie fact, he seemed to have total immunity to lightning. This was something he had never heard of nor had he expected it. Anyone could be attacked by any element, even the one that you were primarily trained up in as the base for your cultivation. He had never heard of a case where one had total and complete immunity to an element.
Yet here he was, completely unscathed by the attack that came from the heavens, he smiled at himself as he covered his eyes with his right arm, the tears swelled up but he pushed them down.
He had survived, he escaped death.
Kirin heard footsteps walking towards him and turned to see who it was. Tharros looked at Kirin, his jaw slack, eyes wide with surprise.
"By the gods, boy you actually survived that?" Tharros asked genuinely surprised.
He had never met a single human who had survived that attack of his unscathed, and yet here was an underaged pale-looking boy, lying naked at the core of his attack. The thought made him shiver.
"Why didn't you tell me you were going to attack like that, I would have done things differently," Kirin cursed while he did his best to hide his stark nakedness. He felt embarrassed, but more than that, he felt used. He felt abandoned and now he felt disdain towards Tharros.
Tharros sighed.
"I didn't know what to tell you boy. I doubt you would have understood, but I told you to protect me so I could cultivate and heal my leg injury," Tharros said, pointing at the place where a deep gash of flesh could be seen, it wasn't completely healed yet.
Kirin saw this and calmed down, he looked at Tharros, "Then how did you make that attack? It was... Powerful" he admitted, although he had near immunity, he could feel parts of his body being stiff from that attack.
Tharros smiled at himself proudly, "Of course it was, it's one of my ultimate techniques. Unfortunately, the thing that took Greg's body escaped, I've been looking around for that one" he said exhausted.
"Can you teach me?" Kirin asked, suddenly forgetting all of his frustrations.
Tharros smiled "Boy, everyone learns stuff like this at the academy, I'm sure you know why the lethality of attacks differs from person to person".
"Because of the soul energy and intent" Kirin answered.
' I can't believe I'm being lectured while I'm butt-baked', he sighed.
Tharros nodded, "Exactly, at the beginning of the fight I hadn't used much soul essence to begin with which was why I was able to put in just enough essence into that attack to kill them off," he said pointing at the ground where the melted rocks had begun to cool down slowly.
Tharros pulled off his coat and threw it at Kirin, "Come on kid, we've found what we were looking for, let's head out and go back to the clan " he said calmly.
"Wait, what about our fallen comrades, don't you think we should look for them?" Kirin asked hesitantly.
"Fallen?" Tharros asked, looking confused. Then he understood what Kirin had meant and began chuckling.
"No boy, it seems I forgot to tell you but on my missions, I prioritize the lives of my comrades over to mine so if the mission gets too dangerous, It's an order for them to pack up and run away, reporting back to the clan no matter what," he said before walking off.
Kirin quickly stood up and donned the cloak given to him, it was thick and furry and smelled of sweat, he began following Tharros, watching where he stepped, careful not to disturb any other sleeping creatures that may be around.
"So, they're headed back to the clan?" Kirin asked after he caught up with Tharros.
Tharros thought for a bit, "Well you see I'm not exactly sure, those men haven't ever been the type to run back when I said so" he said as he continued walking.
Unsure of what he should say and how he should say his best words, Kirin spoke, "I saw some of your men die today, I'm sorry I couldn't protect them, I was too scared to move or do anything back then... Until I had someone to protect," he said looking at Tharros.
Tharros scratched his head before looking at Kirin, "How do I say this Boy, when we go to missions, we do so knowing that one of us may never return, we have accepted that because we have seen death face to face too many times to doubt it, it's the code we live by" Tharros said.
"Before death, life reigns supreme," Tharros started.
"Beyond death, life is sought anew" Kirin finished.
"Now let's go find those brats that abandoned me while I bled to death," he said with a wide grin on his face, Kirin followed after him feeling somewhat comfortable around the burly man. The wind currents did wonders to him as he walked naked under the coat.
"Also, tell no one except The Grandmaster about your invulnerability to lightning, no one else must hear about this," Tharros said in a low tone, Kirin was about to ask why, when Seth and two other warriors jumped down from a tree in the distance.
Seth tackled Kirin into a tight hug, "I thought you were dead" Seth said holding Kirin as tightly as he could.
"I also did too, Captain saved me in the most disturbing way" Kirin replied, Seth pulled away and looked at Kirin, only then did he notice.
"Where are your clothes" Seth asked, Kirin wasn't sure how to respond, he remembered what Tharros had just told him and didn't know how else to tell Seth.
"I hugged a naked man... A naked man," Seth said shivering, Kirin smiled as he watched his friend fool about, he was still the same Seth, even after what they had just been through.
The rest of the warriors came out, Kirin did a silent head count and realized that there were three missing. Three brave warriors never to be seen again, yet the men seemed unfazed, they laughed as they reunited with their captain.
All except one, he squatted on the ground and kept mumbling words to himself, Tharros approached the man and asked "What's with him? Did he hit his head or something?"
"No Captain, he's been like that ever since we began to fight those things and he's been mumbling one single word over and over again" one of the warriors responded.
Kirin walked closer to the man, just close enough to hear what he had been saying over and over again.
"Fluxxara.”
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CHAPTER 278. The Pill.
Rain poured relentlessly over the Indra Institute that night, painting streaks of light across the glass panes of Kirin’s dorm room. The thunder outside rolled like a beast pacing beyond the clouds, and every so often, lightning flickered white, blue, and faintly black, almost mirroring the chaos pulsing within him.Kirin sat cross legged in the dim glow of a single lantern. On the table before him lay the golden pill, still gleaming faintly even after hours. It hummed softly, a sound too delicate for human ears yet one that every cultivator could feel. It was alive in its own strange way, like a captured storm waiting for release.Rem leaned against the wall, chewing on a dry biscuit that crumbled like gravel between his teeth. His usual sarcasm was subdued tonight. The air itself demanded silence.“You’re actually thinking of swallowing that thing,” he said finally, nodding toward the pill. “You know that’s not some candy, right? That’s a Celestial Refraction Pill. It’s said to bend
CHAPTER 277. The Rankings Revealed.
“The results,” the headmaster finally announced, “will now be revealed.”A hush fell over the hall.The banners overhead began to shift, glowing names appearing in radiant light. Each name pulsed with faint energy as if reacting to the bearer’s cultivation essence.“Starting from the Rank 3 Division!” the announcer’s voice echoed.Dozens of students leaned forward, breath held.Fiftieth, forty-ninth, thirty fifth, names were called, cheers rising here and there, others groaning when theirs weren’t heard.Then“Fifth place... Kirin Arcanus.”Silence. It spread like frost through the room. Heads turned. A thousand eyes found him instantly.Kirin didn’t flinch. He just stood there, staring ahead, emotionless. A few students whispered loudly.“Fifth?! That’s impossible.”“He’s a Rank 3! He’s barely been here for a month!”“Didn’t he almost fail his Qi control exam?”“He killed the Leviathan, didn’t he? That was him!”The headmaster’s gaze found Kirin briefly. A small smile flickered on hi
CHAPTER 276. Feast of Victory.
The grand hall of the Indra Institute had never looked so alive.Lightning chandeliers pulsed like beating hearts, shimmering arcs of gold and silver light snaking through the air. Music rolled through the marble corridors, the deep hum of storm drums mixed with the clear notes of flutes. Tables stretched endlessly across the hall, packed with food that steamed and crackled with faint sparks of energy.It was the Feast of Victory, a celebration of survival.And yet, as laughter and cheers filled the space, one person sat silent.Kirin.He was seated near the end of the hall, close enough to watch the crowd but far enough to be forgotten by it. He poked at his plate absentmindedly, roasted lightning boar, fruit wine, storm eel soup, delicacies that only appeared during this festival. He tasted none of it.Around him, the surviving students had shed their grief like a wet cloak. They laughed too loud, drank too much, and told stories about how they almost died but didn’t.A red haired g
CHAPTER 275. End of the Hunt.
The storm had finally begun to thin.For days, thunder had roared like an endless drumbeat over the forests and valleys of Indra’s domain, but now the skies merely grumbled, quieter, almost tired. What had once been a carnival of blood and lightning now looked like the aftermath of a forgotten war.Bodies... both human and beast... lay scattered across the soaked terrain. The ground itself steamed from the countless lightning strikes that had turned soil into glass. The scent of ozone, smoke, and decay clung to the air like a curse.Kirin walked among it all, silent. His boots sank into mud streaked with blood, but he didn’t seem to notice. His lightning hummed faintly beneath his skin, still unstable but more obedient than before. Every few minutes, his fingers twitched, small arcs crackling between them.Rem followed close behind, spear strapped across his back, her usual calm expression replaced with something somber. She had tied a black cloth around her arm, a small gesture of re
CHAPTER 274. Lessons in Control.
The forest was quieter than usual.No thunder, no screams, no clash of Qi against Qi, just the heavy silence that came after too much death.Kirin sat cross legged at the edge of a cliff overlooking the misty expanse of the outskirts. His body ached from exhaustion, his mind still haunted by the echo of the student’s dying breath. He hadn’t spoken to anyone since that moment, not even Rem. He just walked until his feet stopped and the horizon felt far enough away from the blood-soaked clearing he left behind.Now, lightning flickered softly between his fingers, faint as candlelight.He had spent nearly an entire day trying to control it.Ever since the Leviathan fight, his Chaos Lightning had become too volatile, an untamed storm burning through his veins, threatening to devour him from the inside. Every attempt to use it felt like gambling with his life. But he couldn’t stay weak. He refused to.Rem had told him to rest. Kirin didn’t listen.He inhaled deeply, focusing on the faint b
CHAPTER 273. Blood Between Students.
The air in the outskirts had changed.It wasn’t the same stormy wilderness Kirin had stepped into days ago. No, now it smelled different, thicker, heavier. The kind of air that clung to your throat and made you swallow twice before breathing again. Blood had a scent of its own, metallic and sharp, and it mixed disturbingly well with the ozone from lightning strikes.Kirin walked through the fog drenched trees, his boots sinking into wet soil. Rain dripped through the canopy, masking distant screams and clashes of Qi. The forest had become a battleground, not between man and beast, but man against man.The Festival of Indra had turned into open warfare.At first, the competition had been friendly, small duels, quiet rivalries, harmless sabotage. But after the Leviathan’s death and Kirin’s name shooting up the contributor list, envy had sunk its claws deep into people’s hearts. Students started whispering, forming alliances, and then those alliances turned into factions.Now they hunted
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