Chapter 7: Awakening (3)

"Alright now, everyone should calm down… We have already spent way too much time on discussion… Let's begin the awakening process before most of the day runs out…" Miss lane stepped forward and broke the silence that threatened to linger for over a minute. Her gaze showed mixed emotions as she stared at the four colorful kids in the room, shrouded in their thin, yet thick colorful auras.

With this much drive and anger in their hearts, they are sure to reach great heights even if their potential was low. But that was not the case! Most people choose to develop their abilities and become guardians for various reasons.

Some think it's cool to have special abilities and play superhero…

Some do this just to acquire enough strength to protect themselves...

Some do this just to improve their standard of living, earn enough to live normal lives without much hardship…

But then there are some who do this for more personal reasons. These sets of people are the ones who reach the peak of their power and even with low potential, they push themselves to their very limits and even beyond to achieve outstanding results. Becoming guardians people admire and love or villains people fear and bow to.

In the case of Zero and his friends, they already have a powerful background. Natural born billionaires, one can say. They possess the resources, the looks, and the potential! To crown it all up, they now possess a vision and a goal. Miss Lane was aware of the fact that if these kids are allowed to grow unhindered, they will definitely become the peak existences in the liberation union and she was tempted to make a move at them.

The only problem now is that these kids are quite smart. With Zero who is always cautious and careful with every step he takes, it will be easy for him to understand her intentions and judging from the murderous aura which diffused from their bodies not too long ago, she could tell that they won't hesitate to have her killed if she got in their way.

A vicious smile appeared on Miss Lane's face as she considered this the ultimate challenge! If she could get hold of these four kids, she will never have to go through any form of hardship for life. Her eyes revealed her evil intentions as she gazed at Zero and the rest as if they were her prey and she was the predator here.

Even though the other three did not notice the woman's meaningful gaze, Zero has always had a unique perception, so he quickly picked it up and locked eyes with Miss Lane. His cold eyes effectively portrayed his thoughts. He was practically warning Miss Lane to take a step back and reconsider her intentions or she may suffer the same fate as the yellow belt assassin who the kid close to a month ago.

Under Zero's cold gaze, Miss lane was forced to retreat shamefully and hide behind numerous scientists in the room dressed in white lab coats. Who would have thought a day would come where an A rated guardian will shamelessly flee from a kid who is yet to even awaken his power.

"Bitch…." Zero cursed under his breath

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The students were led to another section of the underground chamber that had about fifty cold empty rooms. They were led through a narrow corridor with numerous iron doors leading to the various rooms present. Beside the huge doors were one-way windows through which the scientists would monitor their progress from time to time.

As Zero was been led into his room, he spotted a youth his age in a traditional Chinese kimono from the corner of his eyes. He had braided black long hair which easily reached his waist and strapped to his back was a sheathed saber. His eyes were snow white and he let out a graceful aura, one that meant this kid was bound to be something great in life.

"Zhao Li… What an interesting fellow…" Zero muttered under his breath as he walked into the room.

The kid seemed to have noticed Zero's eyes on him so he returned the glance and walked into the room without speaking.

The room was not really big. In fact, it was empty, no seats, no tables, nothing. Just a small empty room with a yellow light bulb. Zero didn't mind the condition of the place at all. He quickly walked to the center of the room and sat down with his legs crossed, assuming a meditating position as he waited for the bald man whom he spoke with earlier to bring over his own gas tank and mask.

"I wish you luck, little guardian…" The bald man seemed to have a good impression of Zero.

He quickly gave Zero the gas mask to put on and he turned the gas tank on. This happened in nineteen more rooms, where the other elite class A students were placed.

AND THE PROCESS BEGAN!

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The awakening process was quite simple, the body takes in the spirit enhancement pill, and in exchange, his special ability will gain the boost it needs. The more spirit enhancement pill taken, the greater the boost the ability gets letting it reach a higher tier ultimately. But not everyone could do this, some people could only consume a lesser amount, just enough to awaken their abilities while some are capable of absorbing even more.

The three-liter gas tank is filled with the gaseous form of the spirit enhancement pill, each tank is worth a hundred pills. It was already expected that the people from the elite class A can absorb more than those with less potential.

In less than 20 minutes, two members of the elite class A began gasping for air and they quickly took off the gas mask and pushed the tanks aside. Their abilities began to manifest in various forms and strange defensive formations set in the rooms were activated, successfully subduing them

This continued for another 30 minutes and by this time half of the members of the class A were done. They all wore frustrated expressions as they knew the implications of what happened. The longer a person could stay while inhaling the gas, the more powerful their power would become.

After an hour and thirty minutes in total, there were only six people left, they all sat down cross-legged with furrowed eyebrows and tightly shut eyelids. The scientists and guardians watched these six kids in anticipation, they were the ones with the highest potential in the class.

"AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!" Akila let out a terrifying roar and sand brown aura burst out of his body violently sending the gas tank flying.

The gas tank smashed into a nearby wall and quickly exploded, a pink gaseous substance leaked from it and soon filled the room. Since Akila's body has already reached its saturation point, he found it hard to breathe since his body kept rejecting the gas.

"Ha!" Akila roared and punched out towards the one-way window and a terrifying surge of compressed air shot forward, shattering the window in an instant while blowing away all those who observed the situation through the window.

A black figure flew out the shattered window and landed right in front of the scientists on the ground. His tan-colored skin was covered with a thick layer of sweat and his body released some sort of brown aura. His muscles were bulging and enlarging and his eyes released a brown flash.

"I advise you all to stay away from the other rooms where my friends are in… You may get hurt" Akila said with a hint of superiority in his eyes after which he walked away.

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Not long after another scream was heard, this time it was a chubby kid with fat cheeks and large eyes that screamed. His eyes yanked open and darkness spread across the room. Soon there was only darkness and those outside could not see what was going on inside. Not even sounds could escape the darkness this kid brought with him.

A few minutes later, the darkness returned to the kid's body and he fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The room was already filled with gray gas, most likely sleeping gas.

Knock!

Knock!!

Knock!!!

The scientists who were observing the chubby kid were shocked when they heard someone knocking at one of the doors. They quickly rushed over and opened it, only to see Kira waiting with a wide grin on his face.

"I'm done now… Can I leave?" Kira said with a casual smile on his face.

One of the scientists was stunned and quickly ran into the room to inspect but to their greatest surprise, there was no destruction. Everything was intact and Kira seemed to be perfectly the same. The only notable change was the glowing fiery red eyes that looked like it could melt anything he looked at. He quietly left the room and joined Akila.

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At this point, there were only three people left and these people stayed for another thirty minutes. These are the godlike grade potential students of the class. This was the main event that everyone was looking forward to. They wanted to know who would come out last.

Bam!

Bam!!

Bam!!!

Zhao Li let out a cry and white aura suddenly erupted from his body violently, making his hair and kimono flutter recklessly! His eyes released a white glow as he unsheathed his saber and swung it towards the one-way window!

An arc of white aura shot out from the tip of his blade and raced towards the window violently. At this point, those observing hastily jumped out of the way due to fear of been caught in the attack.

Booom!!!

The white arc did not stop thereafter it sliced through the window. It still flew towards the room directly in front of Zhao Li's room, and this room belonged to Zero!

"Bastard!" Akila roared

"Shit!" Kira screamed as well.

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In the lonely room, Zero sat alone with furrowed eyebrows and tightly shut eyes. His body trembled slightly as he felt something dangerous heading towards him. His eyelids slowly opened and a terrifying purple light shot out of his eyes and collided with the white energy, ultimately stopping it.

"This should not repeat itself again…" His emotionless eyes were fixed on Zhao Li who had walked out of his room.

Zhao Li was planning to speak but then everyone noticed the whole underground chamber was filled with gray mist. While they were focused on Zero and Li, they failed to notice the changes in Dan's room. A figure phased through the lucked door with a warm smile on his spooky face and his eyes let out a silver glow.

"You should be more careful… You almost hurt my friend…" Dan said to Zhao Li with his usually mysterious smile which made people feel uncomfortable.

At this time, Miss Lane arrived and heaved out a sigh of relief. There was no one hurt and it seemed the four friends did not bear a grudge against Li so it was safe to say everything went well.

"Since the awakening process is done… let's leave" She announced with a loud voice.

"Leave? But Zero is not yet done" Kira said with a charming smile on his face.

At this time, Miss Lane realized that Zero had not left the room. His eyes released brilliant purple lights and his purple aura spread like a plague, engulfing the whole hall. He remained seated in his cross-legged position while he slowly inhaled the purple gas with the gas mask.

"Give me an hour…" Zero shut his eyes after he spoke indifferently and remained silent afterward...

No one dared to make a sound!

NO ONE!