Time passed and it was already 10:00 pm.
'I should focus on my cultivation!', Leo promised to himself. He continued 'If not how will I ride a mech in the future, if I can't even last long...'.
Leo entered his spatial ring, but unknown by him Fred noticed him. Fred became baffled as he saw how Leo vanished, 'Just how does he do it? I don't think he teleported as there were no space distortion when he vanished. It's just like he turned invisible, but if he did I should still be able to hear his footsteps. It also can't be a spatial dimension, you'd need a box that is big enough for a person to fit in'. In the end Fred decided to think about it later, and he just slept.
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Leo went to the Rewards Hall to greet the old demon.
"What brings you here?", asked the old demon.
"I just wanted to say Hi", explained Leo.
"You don't need to hide anything from me you know, and I know that you only meet me when you need something".
"You said it yourself, I just wanted to ask if it was safe to do breakthroughs once every two days?", asked Leo.
The old demon was silent for a second, before answering "I don't think it's a good idea to do that, you'll at least need to do it every week or month. But there is a way to do it safely".
Leo cut him and asked, "What is it? please tell me" Leo even proceeded to bow.
For some odd reason the old demon's eyebrows twitched, "young master Leo, you should know that you should not carelessly bow to anyone. Remember your status, as for the way to do it. It's quite easy, all you have to do is stabilize your cultivation by doing life and death battles".
Leo apologized and continued asked him, "Where can I do something like that?".
The old demon laughed when he heard his question, "Think of a place where you can gain a lot of battle experience".
Leo was stuck in his thoughts for a minute, before he smacked his palm onto his face.
"Why did I not think of it before, it was literally just the virtual world".
"That young master is what happens when you rely on someone too much, but don't get me wrong it's fine to rely on people, but too much of anything can lead to bad things", said the old demon as he let out a laugh once more.
The old demon continued, "You should first reach the second realm if you want to know if the method actually works, if not then that virtual world thingy is just a waste of money".
Leo said his goodbye and left the Rewards Hall, and he headed for the cultivation building.
Leo sat and started to cultivate, he remembered that he was already half way through the next level and all he needed to do was compress the ball of energy. Last time he took an hour to finish, but now it only took him fifty minutes.
Leo didn't feel any pain as he increased his level, 'Does this mean the pain would only come when I create a ball of energy?'.
Leo did as what the old demon said and entered the virtual world. When he got in a lot of battle request appeared in front of him, he remembered that whenever he logged in this would happen and it would also give him a headache.
He pressed the battle arena icon and this time he pressed the automatch, he got sent to the battle arena once again. Leo looked at the spectator seats and almost instantly it was filled to the brim. He looked at his opponent and saw his cultivation level which was also two, 'It seems I got unlucky this time, if it was at least two levels higher I would've felt like I was on a life and death situation'.
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A few minutes earlier
'My friends told me that this was the best way to hone my skills, with this I also don't need to put my life in danger just to get stronger', is what Mike had thought. Never in his wildest dreams did he think that he'd get a chance to fight against someone famous.
He glanced at the spectators and was getting excited, 'If I beat this Red Fox guy I might become as famous him or maybe even better. He's on the same level as me so I have a fifty-fifty chance at winning'. He was so excited to get all the fame Leo had, in his mind he was already really famous.
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Leo glanced at his opponent weirdly, his opponent had a weird name which was [ILoveLolis]. The spectators also saw his name and started to feel disgusted.
ILoveLolis smiled as the countdown started.
10
9
8...
Leo changed into his battle stance as he was prepared to draw his katana, 'I should finish this quickly so I can have an even better match'.
1
Boom!
With a thunderclap Leo was already behind ILoveLolis, with his katana out of it's sheathe.
"Well that was easy"
Leo turned to look at ILoveLolis' body which was missing something, while the spectators looked up in the air.
There was a head flying in mid-air. Some of the spectators breathed cold air and went silent, it was only after a second did everyone cheer.
Leo himself was surprised when he defeated his opponent in no more than a single moment. With all of his battle experience he knew that at least most of his opponents noticed his opening attack, some even blocked or dodge his attack. Leo checked his opponent's profile and found out that it was his first battle in the Virtual World.
He blurted out, "Oh that's why..." and with a dumbfounded expression he pressed the match making button once again.
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Mike was back standing somewhere in the Virtual World, it was so silent he could hear the air.
"What the hell!"