Humph, for a high and mighty aura master to request aid from everywhere like some pauper, that just shows your capabilities as a warrior" an arrogant and irritating voice sounded out….
The moment the voice rang out, the whole clearing stilled, people were stunned, after all, that was an official warrior they were disrespecting like that…
Reflexively, everyone turned towards the sound of the voice, but the moment they saw the attire of the group, their retorts died in their throats..
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Standing within the same field, at the center of everyone's gazes, stood 5 youths of extraordinary bearing, they stood tall, their bearing confident, but what stood out to others the most was their uniform, A golden mountain with it's peak piercing into the starry sky, surrounded by glittering stars… IMPERIUM..
They were students of the NO_1 recognized institution in all of Althea..
Their white robes clearly showed they were merely outer sector disciples, but even then, the status of students of imperium wasn't something anyone there was willing to take lightly…
"Wait, isn't that young master wu? Young master shen wu? From the immortal dynasty's ancient shen clan?" Someone recognized the tall fair skinned youth standing in the middle of the group, the one who had spoken up just now..
No wonder they were so arrogant, humph, those eastern domain hypocrites, always thinking they're better than everyone else..
The thought couldn't help but pass through the minds of the gathered youths..
But did they dare say it out loud? Of course not..
After all, you're free to think what you want, but are you ready to pay the price for whatever comes out of your mouth? Clearly these kids weren't….
Seeing someone recognize him, the youth, shen wu, became even more pompous..
"Humph, what else do I expect from a backwater place like Aeldris, in my immortal dynasty, you'll never find a weakling of a warrior like this" he directly ridiculed the city lord, bartholomew, in his face..
Naturally, the city lord's face turned ugly, but what could he do? In front of the Shen clan, he was nothing, not to mention, the young man was also a student of imperium..
"Young master Shen shouldn't bother with the plebeians of these backwater regions" a lackey spoke up..
"Yes yes, young master, we should just focus on the academy's mission and see if we can get that item for his imperial highness" another one added, clearly currying favor..
"Humph, you should be grateful to this young master, if not for the fact that this quest was the easiest to accomplish my goals, I wouldn't step foot in this backwater place" young master Shen Wu, said disdainfully..
After saying his piece, his withdrew a sword from his spatial ring, stepped on it, and then woooooshh..
He and his cohort took off, not bothering with the black faces they'd left behind, their destination? Misty mountain..
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After tearing through a good part of Mother Nature, the trio of destruction had finally arrived at their destination
Misty Mountain..
The journey, as expected, hadn't been free sailing, as along the way, they encountered multiple goat headed demons…
The closer they got to misty mountain, the more concentrated the number of demons, in fact they were so much so, that Raiden had broken through 2 more levels on the way here..
He currently stood as a Level 4 aura apprentice, or a Mid stage apprentice…
Currently the trio were staring up at a massive mountain that was surrounded on three sides by three mini mountains…
Calling the place "a mountain" was misleading, it looked more like a "mountain range" than anything else, looking at all the jagged hills surrounding that one massive entity like stars around the moon..
One didn't need to think much to know where the demon's main base was, where the portal had spawned connected to the nest…
The middle mountain, with all the demonic energy it was emitting made that clear enough..
"So how do we do this" Raiden, now back to normal(passive Solar empowerment state) asked, looking at the three mini mountains surrounding the massive one…
"It's obvious isn't it" Leon, spear still in hand, yet now glowing less like a mini nova, answered, "three mountains, three of us, we each pick one, and since we all arrived at the same time, the competition continues, last one to clear out his mountain, is a wuss" he finished.
Indeed, they had all arrived at the exact same time, whether it was planned or not remains to be known, but as for now, the competition is still on…
Hearing what Leon said, Damien, still in his beserk form, didn't waste anymore time, with a massive leap, he bolted towards the mini mountain to their left…
Seeing Damien's quick approach, Raiden and Leon stood still no more, with one taking the right mini mountain, and the other, the central mountain,
The race began…
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The moment Raiden burst through the thick trees of the central mini mountain, he ran into what he'd been running into since he started his surge toward misty mountain..
More livestock, I'm feeling more and more like a farmer, hahahahahaha
Buzzzzz(let's get 'em)
He laughed manically…
Unnamed Sword Art: Second stance- Horizontal Sweep….
Holding his sword with both hands, his stance changed, planting his left foot back, his right foot marginally forward, he swung his blade horizontally, unleashing a dark golden wave of searing energy..
Woooooshhhhh!!!!!
Solar energy combined with death essence, surged towards the currently charging demons, 20 of them, with 5 already at the peak of tier 2…
The sword wave didn't care, it carved through them with scary precision, they didn't even get a chance to understand how they died before {Life Drain} kicked in…
The technique having been left active since his surge towards misty mountain locking into the dispersing life essence, {Death Origin Sutra} working seamlessly to convert it into death essence, which In turn was effortlessly absorbed into his body..
The process was seamless, from the slash, to their deaths, to his absorption of the essence, not more than 5 seconds had elapsed…
By the time the essence was within his system, Raiden was already on his next prey….
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