71 Dark Jumble Fruit 1 (1/2)
— Dark Forest
After hunting fiends on the first level for a time, Aiken Moon was so bored and hungry. His stomach grumbled as he mumbled to himself, ”Luckily, I was ambushed by those two first level vicious beasts.”
Aiken had been inches away from death more than once in this time. The first time was perilous, and he had to use blackheart arrows to kill the beast off. This was a colossal waste! Mr. Jupiter had told him that these arrows could deliver 60 BP of damage! A first level vicious beast only had a natural defense of around 20 BP, this was indeed the world's greatest waste.
”However, I have to admit that insta-killing a usually terrifying vicious beast with a single arrow was exhilarating!” Aiken Moon was imagining having that much strength on his own.
After that, Aiken Moon retreated from the Dark Cave to roast the meat like he had seen Mr. Jupiter do before. Although the taste was quite as excellent, due to his remarkable memory, it was still savory and delicious.
”This Mr. Jupiter sure knows how to live,” Aiken marveled at the strangeness of this negus boy with great power. ”But who would believe that jerk is a five years old child? This is ridiculous at best. My poor sweet Dessa, she's brainwashed!”
Upon exiting and smelling the fresh air again, Aiken chose to shower himself in the stream first. However, unknown to the young boy who swam comfortably after eating like a glutton, the smell of the cooked meat attracted two more vicious beasts! Sensing the approaching beasts, the Shadowblitz Lion cub reacted first and forcefully grabbed Aiken out of the stream. Aiken was roughly tossed on the grass and was about to shout when the Shadowblitz Lion cub whimpered in fear.
Being that fear was Aiken's second language, he naturally understood this warning. His anger dissipated as he went on full guard.
”Luckily, the Shadowblitz Lion cub was around to warn me of the danger.” Though Aiken as he took the high ground. It was ironic that his former nemesis was today's savior. He spotted the approaching creatures and wasted two more arrows to kill those beasts off! Aiken finally realized he had been rash in exiting out alone to eat. Merely, whenever he saw Mr. Jupiter roast meat they had never once been attacked.
Of course, he wasn't aware that Jodye had a powerful soul force, capable of sensing the surroundings and suppressing the fumes.
Aiken Moon hid in a tree substantial ancient tree, refining the spiritual energy he absorbed from eating the vicious beast meat. He chanted the first verse of the Azure World Epoch up to halfway through the second stanza before starting over in a continuous cycle. He looked detached from the world like a Buddhist monk, as he sat in the lotus position and continued to cultivate. Azure colored true essence flowed into his body from the void.
”Force… my father once told me that force in it's purest form is the intent of a law. Could this mean laws are actually alive? The law of battle is the most fundamental of laws. When I use true essence to fire arrows that's a type of battle force, right?” Aiken was lost in his thoughts as he tried to ascend to the next realm.
His battle power had already reached a value of 6 and could no longer increase, no matter how many first level fiends he'd disposed of. He had to comprehend pure force so he could break through to the next rank! ”We refine spiritual purity from tainted fiend force to nurture our force geneses with the power of pure spiritual energies. This makes our strength and competence improve overall. The power of purity makes Saints capable of merging together powers easily. It is only the comprehension that remains a challenge. As long as we can comprehend the truth of laws, we can advance down any path.”
It was at this moment that Aiken felt enlightened, and managed to make it through the second stanza of the Azure World Epoch's first verse! As he continued to chant pure energy slowly radiated from his flesh as the fate of the Azure Legend life star gradually imprinted itself into his mind, enlightening his heavenly saint path! After another hour there was a was cracking sound like a dish being broken, and Aiken Moon's azure essence force aura shot up for an instant before settling back down.
”Revolving Force rank, it's truly the revolving force rank!” Aiken Moon jumped up and down on the thick branch of this ancient tree excitedly.
He had finally done it!
He comprehended a nascent purity force concept, formed a pure force genesis, and broke through all in one fell swoop. Aiken tightened his fist, and a yellow aura with small waves of azure essence surrounded his fist like colored steam. ”Strong! If I'm not wrong, this is probably at least 12 BP. So my strength truly doubled once I ranked up! If I use my basic nascent pure force than that's at least 27 BP!”
Looks like he no longer had to fear level 1 vicious beasts, he could finally defend himself! Climbing down from the towering ancient tree, Aiken noticed that the Shadowblitz Lion cub was sitting outside of the dark cave, peering inside anxiously. Curious as to what had happened, he was about to step in when he was grabbed from behind, his mouth covered before any panicked sound escaped.
”Great Gaea kid, where the hell have you been?” said a rough and manly voice. Aiken was familiar with this voice as he was inwardly terrified! This was the captain of the Crimson Rider Mercenaries. The Crimson Riders were a group of treasure hunters, merchants, and bandits all rolled up into one company. Their captain, Sirius Regal, was a two-star Killer Essence rank True Saint path expert, rumored to possess 275 BP! This was not even mentioning his force comprehension. ”Have you gotten stronger, brat? Anyway, don't be rash. White Serpent Cove has been up against our ass these last couple of weeks, now they literally want to steal the fruits of our labor!”