Volume 1 Chapter 9 — Mu Zen

What on the earth happened?

The young spirit fox and shadow wolf were rendered speechless. They only saw this thin, bare-chested human thrust his sword and Jin Flamestar was thrown in the trees.

That sword stroke was certainly not light. After all, it knocked a royal-blood diremonster down.

Old Bull furrowed his eyebrows. That technique seemed familiar. Only that it was far weaker compared to that monstrous genius of Sword Star Sect. He looked at Xin An. "En? Wasn't that person also wielded Light and Fire Essence?

Old Bull re-examined Xin An. This human had blue eyes. His muscles brimming with vigor because of the flame essences that were dispersing. He was roughly gripping his ordinary weapon, steadily adjusting his breath.

Old Bull murmured, "Is this guy Xin An? However, I heard he's disabled.

"Maybe I'm overthinking. There are no medicines that can heal a broken foundation. There are simply billions of people around the world, encountering someone similar to Xin An isn't absurd."

Xin An sighed and trod towards Old Bull, disregarding their gazes.

In reality, Xin An was expecting a lot from this battle because Old Bull said he was facing the son of the undisputed number one of Diremonster Race, Jin Brightmoon.

However, Jin Flamestar looked like a toddler who still learning how to walk. His every strike was supported by a bundle of fire essence and it was indeed terrifying. His Scorching Sun Skill could inflict serious injuries to someone around the 6th layer and the Infinity Flame Ball similarly could confront someone at the 8th layer, however, it was loaded with openings. In the eyes of Essence Foundation and Essence Core, Jin Flamestar's swift sabers were full of holes.

On that fight, Xin An only used one hundred plus of his stored essence and the agility type of his Secret Skill, Luminous Sun. The battle was not intense and exciting in Xin An's opinion, but the rich rewards were worth the chore.

When Xin An arrived in front of Old Bull, the humanoid bull genuinely praised. "Human, I was mistaken, you are powerful. Defeating someone in the same level as you is not an impressive feat, but you manage to defeat a royal blood diremonster. Admirable. Here are the promised rewards."

Old Bull threw a small pouch to Xin An.

Xin An catch and opened it. It contained 100 yellow sun jades, 100 gold sun jades, and 600 violet sun jades. Xin An counted and it was indeed not missing a single piece. 'This should be enough for me to cultivate the Essence Segment. However, I have to resolve the issue of the scar first or else there's no hope on using it.'

Having these thoughts, Xin An cupped his fists to the humanoid bull and bid farewell.

However, Old Bull suddenly said. "Human, someone of your caliber is rare, are you willing to state your name?"

Xin An stopped and turned around. "Na Nix"

Leaving that name, Xin An continued walking. Soon his figure disappeared and only then the young shadow wolf and the spirit fox regained composure.

The young spirit fox said, "Senior, that Na Nix guy is indeed powerful. However, Brother Jin had been suppressing his breakthrough all this while. In no time, he will soon reach Essence Foundation while that human would be stuck in the profound realm. Brother Jin might not beat that human at the moment, but once he steps to the next realm, that human is bound to suffer defeat!"

"That's right! Brother Jin will not lose next time!" The shadow wolf added. [1]

Old Bull looked at where Xin An disappeared and murmured... "A very odd name."

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After Xin An traveled two miles, he went to hide inside a hollowed hole in a tree and replenished his stored essence. On his journey, he found many 1st rank diremonsters, and they were mostly peak level, but he decided not to fight with them yet. He wanted to be in his peak condition before fighting so that if a problem arises, he could easily escape using his Luminous Secret Skill, movement type, Inferno Light.

After replenishing his stored essence, Xin An stood up and frowned. He could hear a boisterous sound and occasional bestial roars near his location.

Xin An went outside the hollowed hole and looked at the canopy of trees on the right. He murmured, "This seemed to be a youth's cry of despair. Did he encounter some trouble on Beast Bright Mountain Range? But that's impossible...Unless he encountered a frenzied beast?"

Frenzied beasts are kind of beats with muddled consciousness. They will attack anyone and they cannot perceive if someone is strong or not. Last time, Old Bull killed the Frenzied wild beast because it suddenly attacked them.

This kind of beast on another hand could feel fear to the diremonsters with royal bloodline, so Jin Brightmoon didn't exterminate them since they will not hurt the diremonster with a royal bloodline. At the same time, it was a form of training for beginner martial artists and common blood diremonsters.

Lastly, they aren't capable of stepping into the essence foundation. Essence Foundation is a realm where one needs to understand one's essence. Since frenzied beasts have muddled consciousness, naturally this hindered them to become abnormally powerful.

Xin An pondered. "Should I go save that guy or not? That frenzied beast should be someone with cultivation. Furthermore, this beast is strong! I need a powerful opponent to test my strength!"

With that, Xin An dashed towards the location of the noise, hopping into trees like an agile monkey.

Half the incense time, Xin An transversed the canopy of trees and arrived in a large space.

Tall trees surrounding the field like a garden of flowers. Greenish leaves were swaying around as they fell into the ground due to the bestial roars.

In that area, a youth wearing a purple robe with a sword around his belt was kneeling in the ground. In front of him was a frenzied wild boar.

Face pale, forehead sweating, the purple-clothed youth looked at the beast in front of him, shivering. "Forty sharp teeth, a wild tail, and a big stomach. Oh heavens! How did little Mu Zen end up meeting this fat lord? Is there where I die?"

"I'm unwilling!"

The purple-clothed youth stood up. He mustered up the courage to confront the beast and his trembling hands gripped the frigid sword. "My father once said I'm a genius with unimaginable potential. Dear friend, you, you better run now before little Mu Zen gets angry."

The beast responded with a growl. Instead of listening to the purple-clothed youth, it charges forward with wet saliva on its mouth.

Mu Zen furrowed his eyebrows and loosened his grip on the sword. He straightened his back and his entire body emitted boundless radiances.

Xin An's eyes shrunk seeing this. He said, "This Mu Zen is not simple."

However, the purple-clothed youth's next word made him speechless.

"Oh heavens! Run!"

The purple-clothed run around like a frightened wolf. The wild pig let out a cry and chased him. They circle like two little idiots.

"I don't want to be meat. I'm not tasty, go away!" Mu Zen said as he looked at the beast that was chasing him and it responded a growl. "We can be friends. Just don't eat me!"

Xin An looked silently and shakes his head. He thought that this beast had cultivation but it was yet another wild beast. Thus, he was kinda disappointed.

All this moment, the purple-clothed youth was screaming for help as he ran. If this continues, it will bound to pissed high levels diremonsters. If that happens, the 1st level diremonsters would flee and Xin An will not able to hunt them.

Aware of this, Xin An jumped down the tree and gracefully twisting the wooden stick. It produced a small whirlpool of light essence heading towards the purple-clothed youth and it pushed him away from the beast.

After that done, Xin An looked at the beast and thrust his sword.

Sunstroke, Activate!

A light flickered, then a thump followed, the wild boar's body collapsed with a missing head.