Years Pass by

*10 Years later*

Kai who over the years had grown to become a beautiful little boy. He stood straight with his head bent down as his hands were covered in bruises and blood.

Sam looked at the child with anger and sighed. "How many times have I told you not to fight with the kids, Kai? Why don't you just ignore their words?"

Without even looking up the child replied "I can take the abuse they give me but who gave them the audacity to talk bad about my parents?" there was visible anger flowing through him

Sam and Mary who just entered the living room sighed again in pity. It was true that ever since they took Kai in the whole town started to look down on them.

It wasn't that they had done something bad but in the eyes of the townspeople picking up a child who wasn't theirs was as big of a sin as murdering your kin. They had made up all sorts of rumours.

The most prominent one that stuck was about them praying to the devil for a child and the devil himself gifted his son to them which is why his skin was brown and his eyes were crimson.

Sam understood what it meant. If the old mayor was still alive he would have debunked the rumour but sadly he passed away a few years ago leaving only his ignorant son as the mayor who believed in superstition rather than focusing on his cultivation.

The only reason the townspeople tolerated them was that Sam had broken through to level 8 of body refining. Making him the strongest person in this small town. A person like him would protect them from all sorts of magical beasts and other dangers. It was a blessing to have a strong warrior.

The father kept staring at the child who was clenching his fists hard even now. A surprised look came over him as he analysed his child deeply. "You've broken through again, Kai? Hasn't it only been less than 2 months before you broke through?"

This was another reason why the Townspeople considered Kai a devil. At a very young age of 9 Kai who saw the breathing technique his father used to do every day and tried to mimic it. A single look was enough for him to break through to body refining level 1. Following that, it took him only 1 year to enter body refining level 4 and now that child broke through level 5.

It must be noted that body refining was only the start of the cultivation. It was also the realm that was the hardest to break through especially for people from such a small town with no resources. Sam himself started cultivating at the age of 15 when he had a chance encounter from a cultivator and it took him 10 years to get to body refining level 8.

He could feel his progress slowing down with each level and he knew he could never break past the body refining realm but this child was different. Only those exceptional geniuses from the capital with Royal blood or the great families had a cultivating speed that could come close to his son.

Even from the stories that he had heard from the cultivator that was passing by he knew that geniuses from such families were given an immense amount of resources to help them through body refining stage and make their foundation strong and stable. Even the greatest of geniuses needed 2 years to break through the refining realm with large amount of resources.

He dreaded to find out what his son would be able to reach if he was given the same resources as the big families in the capital.

'At this rate, he will take over even me in a few months and he's done this all without any resources. Calling him a genius would be undermining him. I can see why they think he is a devil' thought Sam as he rubbed his temples

For this reason, both Sam and Mary had been slowly accumulating money so they could leave this backwards town and move to the capital. Their child was growing at an exceptional rate and this small place would only slow him down. Sam was only a few gold coins away from reaching his goal of 100 gold coins which would allow him to buy out a small little tavern.

"Little one come with me" Mary took hold of her son's hand and sat him down on a chair. His facial expression had calmed down now and he was much relaxed. His mother flicked his head to which he winced

"What was that for mum? It hurt" he mumbled which made her giggle. "You brat you can go beat up kids and even beat The mayor's guard who is at level 6 body refining and this is what hurts?"

Kai who had learned a standard fighting style from his father who had developed it, allowing him to throw punches and use his body effectively. This time when the kids were making fun of his parents he couldn't hold it in and beat them up.

Steven who was the mayor's son was the leader of this little gang and his father always sent his bodyguard to protect that wimp. Seeing his young master being beaten black and blue the guard quickly stepped in from the shadows.

None of the kids were capable of beating Kai at all since none of them were body refiners yet apart from Steven but even he was only a body refiner level 1 because of his dad using precious medicine on him.

It was worth knowing each level of body refining increased the user's strength by 1000kg and a level 4 body refiner packed quite a punch with 4000kg of strength.

Steven who had started cultivating using medicines had weak foundations and was barely even able to show a fraction of 500kg of strength at level 1.

Sadly for him, he was up against Kai who was a devil known throughout the village for his monstrous strength. This wasn't his first fight and nor would it be his last.

When the bodyguard saw his young master getting beaten up he rushed to him yelling Kai to stop. "You little devil how dare you to hit my young master near death. I was not going to intervene but to think a child like you doesn't know when to stop. Let me teach you a lesson on your parent's behalf"

The man roared as he threw a punch at Kai who just stood there in his combat stance with a straight face. Just as the first was about to reach Kai's face he whipped his left arm and his fist came roaring down to meet the man's fist.

Almost instantly the man was pushed back a step while Kai went flying across the field crashing into a wall. A Surprised look came over the man's eyes as he looked at his fist. He wasn't surprised at the child being flung back. That was completely normal considering he could display 6000kg of strength and he could only display 4000kg.

But the fact that be was pushed back and even bruised his skin meant this child carried strength more than 4000kg. It was worth noting that with each level of body refining as the name suggested it would refine the body and make it more durable. Yet he was still pushed back and even got injured from a simple exchange of fists.

He was both frightened and embarrassed. How could a child compare to me when I have hunted and honed my skills for years. He simply couldn't believe it

On the other hand, as the dust settled they saw a young kid getting back up slowly. His left hand was covered in blood but surprisingly not mutilated from the immense strength the older man displayed.

Kai stared down at his fist and for some reason smiled. Ever since he was little he had this little secret that he told no one. He loved fighting. Every time he found someone stronger he got excited. He sometimes felt guilty because most of the fights he started could potentially be ignored as his dad said but the urge inside his heart to fight took over. He also realised stronger opponents made him stronger as well.

Kai didn't know what the voice inside of him was or why it was there. All he knew was that he liked it. The feeling of fighting and crushing his opponents. The more closer to death it was the more thrilled he became. It was just like instincts to him.

Unbeknownst to the man who was still in his thoughts. Kai kept looking down with a massive grin in his face. 'More more more' he thought to himself