Chapter: 10 strange behavior

Chapter 10: Strange behavior

3rd person POV

The boy's progression didn't last long though, a red orb barreled towards his blind spot—the impact blew the boy away, out of the course's bounds.

Sam approached the downed boy to help him, he was about to check on the boy's injury, but the boy gestured for him to stop.

He stood back up and took a deep breath and let it all out.

''Again.'' That was all he said before heading back to the obstacle course.

''Took the words right out of my mouth boy.'' Sam said, he was a little surprised by the boy's endurance. The impact should have injured him significantly since even a cultivator in the first stage of the body tempering realm wouldn't walk out unscratched.

Sam didn't realize that the boy used the energy within him to increase his endurance, that's what allowed him to tank the hit from attacks that would otherwise be critical.

The boy continued training, changing tactics after every knock-out and adapting to the changing conditions of the course, he was harassed by the homing orbs and traps, it also didn't help that after progressing a certain distance—the earth under him would turn muddy making it harder to move.

This didn't stop the boy from pushing on, his reaction barely keeping up with the relentless attacks from the orbs.

The boy could block 10 of the orbs at most, but there were more than ten orbs and eventually a few would break-through. The boy substituted himself with nearby logs or dodged using the boy flicker.

Sadly, the orbs would also increase in velocity and give chase almost immediately after.

Sam watched as the boy continued to be knocked-out but would return immediately after to retry again.

.....3 hrs later

Sam lost count of how many times the boy had challenged the course only to fail, repeatedly. Not that he didn't enjoy the show, every failure would piss the boy off more than the last, the boy also seemed to be losing his stamina.

The sweaty and panting mess was about to try again when Sam decided to stop him.

''Stop it boy, we're moving on to other things.'' Sam spoke, his tone was still cross at the boy.

The boy let out a sigh and nodded. They took some distance away from the training course.

Sam took out a ring from his pocket, he wore it on his pointing finger and channeled some Qi into it.

A weapon rack suddenly appeared in front of him. It had all kinds of dull training weapons placed on it, swords, scythes, daggers, spears, halberds and bows of all shapes and sizes.

''Choose a suitable weapon, here's a manual on all of the weapons here.'' Sam handed the boy a thick book and left him to make his choice.

......…..Mc's POV

After giving the book, the old man left and sat down under a nearby tree, it only took a few seconds before his breathing steadied signifying that he was asleep. It was amazing how quick he could fall asleep.

I didn't dwell on it any longer and refocused my attention the myriads of weapons before me, I could already tell that picking a weapon was going to be a hard decision; I didn't exactly have a favorite.

I picked up a longsword from the rack, it was surprisingly lighter than I imagined or maybe my increased strength was the cause of this.

It also helped that it had a longer reach and better thrusting capability and its two sharp edges offer great cutting power.

I shook my head and put down the sword; it wasn't a match for my fighting style, after deliberating I realized I was more suited for swift swings, I also needed at least one free hand to perform jutsu and using one hand would reduce the cutting power of my swings on the longsword.

What I needed was a curved blade and preferably shorter than 1 meter, I went towards a short, curved sword and picked it up, its curved blade was approximately 60 cm long and. I picked up the sword and did a few practice swings.

The air whistled as I swung the sword, it fit perfectly in my hand. It was maneuverable and light.

I opened the book and started skimming it until I found an image of the sword similar to the one I was holding.

After reading I found out that the sword was called a wakizashi, it originated from an ancient sect which occupies the eastern islands. The sect was very secretive and didn't interact with outsiders unless necessary.

Techniques of using this sword were very rare so swordsmen using these swords were very hard to come by.

'Maybe the old man has one.' I mused, I soon put the thought at the back of my mind and focused on finding other potential candidate weapons.

After another hour of searching for a suitable weapon, I finally decided on the tanto, I particularly liked its similarity to the longsword while being lighter, the only disadvantage was its short reach as opposed to the longsword.

After picking up the practice sword, I went towards the old man, his chest heaved up and down rhythmically, showing he was still asleep or pretending to be.

I approached him and gave him a light kick, he grumbled and just changed his sleeping position. In a fit of annoyance, I put more force in my kick, the kick connected, the kick must've been stronger than I thought since he suddenly jolted up, with monstrous agility—the man stabbed towards my eye aiming to kill me immediately.

''Wha-'' I exclaimed.

My reflexes kicked in, jumped backwards dodging the lethal blow, I was about to shout at him but a sudden kick came from my left side, I put up my arms to block, the momentum behind the kick caused me to ricochet into a nearby tree 10 meters from me. Looking at the looming shadow, I saw his hollow eyes and prickling killing intent that this was serious.

My arms were numb from his kick, but the onslaught from the half-awake man hadn't ended, he closed in almost instantly and threw a mean right hook. Without wasting time, I ducked and stabbed at his heart. I could feel my heart thumping and my adrenaline rushing; telling me to aim to kill or else I'll be the one dying.

He easily parried my attack with the dagger on his left hand, his left foot flew at me with enough force to decapitate me. I didn't wait for it to connect and used the replacement technique he easily smashed the log into a thousand pieces. I immediately flickered behind him and swung my blade at his exposed neck.

The blade was about to hit him when suddenly, he disappeared and appeared by my side. He threw a punch and hit me in the face, I flew like a ragdoll and smashed into a tree.

''Cough!!…..ugh.'' I coughed a mouthful of blood and grunted in pain, everything seemed to be spinning.

''OLD MAN!!....cough….WAKE UP!!'' I screamed in between my coughs, hoping to pull him out of his trance but it was all for naught. He summoned a sword of light and rushed at me.

His speed was too fast for my eyes, suddenly my instincts kicked, I jumped left and managed to dodge a wide swing from the blade. I watched as an arc of light left the blade and cute every tree within a 10-meter range.

I gulped, if that hit landed, I was going to die. I gulped, my head was racing, ideas on how to subdue him formed in my head.

I discarded my weapon and summoned the kiba swords form the system, after throwing the other one away. I gripped the remaining sword tightly and watched as the entranced war-machine before me attacked again.

I also didn't waste time and jumped back, avoiding his stab. The situation was getting worse—I had no way to defeat him and if the fight went on any longer he was surely going to end me.

My hands were shacky as it dawned on me, I was about to die at the hands of my mentor a father figure. It was scary, I wanted to cry out at the unfairness of this whole situation, but no one was here to listen or help.

NO!! I couldn't give up, I REFUSE TO DIE!!

I took a deep breath and reigned in my panic, I held my sword steadily.

'' Please stop this madness. 'I begged in a low voice, but it fell on deaf ears.

The old man rushed again and stabbed at my heart, his blade of light became thinner and rounder, like a needle.

I took a risk and parried the blow, it paid off. The old man lost balance and stumbled past me. I didn't wait for him to regain himself, using every ounce of chakra I could muster, I infused it in the blade and stabbed at his leg. I was hopping the pain would jolt him awake.

My stab connected, and he let out a muffled scream before falling on the flow, he passed out.

''Hahahaha.'' I laughed while panting, glad I survived, but I fell to the ground and lost conscious soon after.

......To be continued.

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