My heartbeat throbbed

Inside the small brick house, there were two people, one is lying on the bed and the other one was grinding a herb.

'This kid... If I didn't arrive on time then he would definitely die from that last kick.'

"Seems like you don't treasure your life huh... You could have given the demonic core to the. What a stubborn kid."

After Ciro finished grinding the herb he carefully put it in Xiao Pang's injuries. Ciro wondered how this kid survived with this thin body of his.

"Maybe a constitution with his physique?" Ciro thought for a long time but couldn't make heads or tail.

Suddenly, the rugged breathing of Xiao Pang elevated what's more surprising is that his body was surrounded by floating dust similar to a Tinkerbell's dust healing the injuries of Xiao Pang's body. That's not all Xiao Pang's aura suddenly increases.

"Mortal Stage 2... Peak of the Mortal Stage 2... Mortal Stage 3... Still, increasing? Mortal Stage 4?"

Ciro was shocked by Xiao Pang's increase in strength. 'Is this because of the demonic core? But how come those three still wanted to snatch the demonic core from him if he did not absorb it?... Wait that's it... It was not fully absorbed.'

"That's not all this shadow that was forming..."

Ciro looked at the shadow being formed behind Xiao Pang's head. It is the sign of the awakening. Ciro was confused thinking 'did this kid didn't attend the awakening ceremony?' How come his spiritual beast only awakened now.

Without the awakening altar, the probability of Xiao Pang awakens a spiritual beast is close to forty percent only. Feeling agitated, Ciro didn't know what to do while looking at the shadow that was still forming. Normal awakening was really dangerous not to mention if you cannot form or open the spiritual gate inside the energy cube for the first time, then your second time would closely become impossible due to unknown reasons.

Many people in the strongest clans and races tried to find if there was still a way to open and form a spiritual beast for a second time if his/her first try did not succeed. But unfortunately, no one succeeds. And this was Ciro's circumstances right now... He failed not just once but twice already his first try was when he was ten years old and the second time was when he was fifteen years old.

Think about this Ciro couldn't help but twitch his upper lips. Although Ciro didn't worry about such it but when he thought about how Xiao Pang tried to open his energy cube using normal mean made his mood sour. If Xiao Pang really succeeds in opening his energy cube then he wouldn't know what to say. But as time goes by the shadow still not materializes what's more alarming was that Xiao Pang's aura gradually decreases.

"S**t! This could be troublesome if only I have a life essence compatible for him then this would never be a problem. If he failed at this point onwards then his path for cultivation would stop at this point."

"This..." In the midst of the situation, Ciro suddenly clutches his chest in pain. He frowned and puzzles why his heartbeat throbs for no reason and then suddenly the blood which is lying silently at Ciro's heart produces a heatwave Ciro's chest glowed as a trace of essence flew over the shadow that was going to extinguish any time. Soon the shadow releases a bright light which made Ciro worry because he knows that if someone opened his gate there would be a phenomenal change in the surroundings and could alert the expert of the clan. Normal awakening is very rare no one in the clan and another clan would try and bet their chances.

"F**k! My peaceful life would be ruined because of this kid crap!" Ciro spoke while gritting his teeth.

Schree!!

A high screeching sound echoed throughout the house which made Ciro displeased because that kind of sound sounds like the creature want's to declare his supremacy. At the same time once again Ciro's heart throbbed again but this time it was much more powerful throb.

Swish!

A powerful energy wave covered the house. And then a humanoid figure materializes beside Ciro looking at the creature that materializes. Ciro with all the happenings didn't realize the creature that formed beside him his attention focused on the creature in front of him.

"A... Garuda... Purple rank aura. What a lucky fellow."

Schree!!

The garuda once again screeches in a high pitch but was caught by a small tread of chains that came from his chest. It was a chain full of essence that the blood releases it was so powerful that it traped the garuda in the spot.

Schree! Schree!!

The garuda screech again when he realized that a chain was formed around him trying to release itself but couldn't.

"What happened? Why did the blood trap the spiritual beast?" Ciro puzzled trying to find a reason why the blood put a chain into it. But he couldn't find a reason why.

"Is it trying to tame this guy? Why? The blood was not a spiritual beast though." Usually, when two powerful spiritual beast meets each other they tried to intimidate each other trying to declare who was the king much like a pack of a wolf wanted to become the leader of the pack thing subduing the other creature. And what was happening now was the same which made him wonder why.

Suddenly one of the chains that connect Ciro's chest which is connected to the garuda suddenly moved upward heading to his side. The shocked Ciro followed the floating chain with his eyes heading to the left and finally, the chain stopped one meter away from him. But what was more shocking is a humanoid creature grabbing the chain and forcefully drag the garuda towards him.

Ciro was dumbfounded and unconsciously moved backward in fear. The creature was so familiar it was the same creature he saw at that space swallowing a big star.

"How come it was real? What is this!"

Looking at the two creature he couldn't help but make a reason that the creature he saw the other day was his spiritual beast. But then Ciro thought 'Why didn't I see that creature inside my energy cube?' Ciro was last in his thought.

Bang!

A banging sound echoed in the space as the humanoid creature made an array towards Xiao Pang's body and then shove the garuda inside. After doing that the creature looked at Ciro for a second before he also made a mysterious array heading towards Ciro. It happened so fast that Ciro couldn't react then after that the creature vanished.

"What is this?" Ciro said looking at the garuda symbol at the side of his chest. Suddenly a piece of information flowed about the symbol and what is it about which Ciro finally understood.

"Truly savage array... Slave? His mine now? Which means his life is now mine huh... But why? Is it because it read my feelings or something? Or is it because a garuda was a special spiritual beast? Tsk... Aside from me, there is another one that I need to look after? Crap!"