The masked ones and the appearance of fifth-grade martial techniques

Li Tian, Dragonhead and Little Shadow, moved toward the city. They bought some coats and masks and entered the centre of the market.

( Master, I would recommend unleashing your killing aura. I know your story and I know you killed millions. But differently from the martial spirit aura, killing aura is imprinted in memories. You have all the memories so unleash them. In this world, even the strongest creature will get scared from a masked man with a killing aura like that of yours.)

( Thank you for reminding me!)

Li Tian unleashed his killing aura, which looked like millions of people screaming as ghosts. From that moment everyone stood away from them. Looking like masked monsters. They walked toward an old merchant who had placed his things down in the road.

" Hey, old man!"

" Oh, Monster!"

" Don't worry! I will not hurt you. I just want to do business. Are you interested?"

" Yes. What does your greatness want to trade?"

" I would like you to buy any beast cores in this market and then I will give you this fourth-grade martial technique. You can then send it to auction and win whatever sum you like," said Li Tian down the mask.

" Fourth-grade martial technique? Are you sure?" said the old man with a smile. He probably thought he was going to win a lot of this because he knew the number of beast cores on the market to a certain amount. But a fourth-grade martial technique is something that rarely comes into a lowly world. And only certain big factions had something like that. The eyes of the old man fell into happiness. His niece would need something like that in a world where strength was the most important to shine.

" Great hero, shouldn't I take a glimpse of that technique first?!"

Li Tian showed that martial technique to the old merchant.

( This guy! Not only has killed so many but possess an attack martial technique with the fire attribute. Fire is the most offensive attribute but having a combination of attack martial technique with a fire attribute is crazy super rare. I'm blessed!)

well, Li Tian had many opportunities to create martial techniques and he had not a problem of that rare type.

In less than an hour, all the beast cores of the market were bought by the old merchant and then exchanged with the martial technique.

This event caught the attention of the city lord who was a dirty bastard. Or so he was considered.

*****

"So you are telling me that some monsters enter my city and then those monsters buy beast cores of the whole market. Right?!"

" Right my lord! How do you order to approach this situation?"

" Let them be. For the moment we can't afford to offend some monsters who are not just strong but also rich. If they are here I have a feeling we will meet them at the auction. This is a yearly auction of the city. It is known all over the world. Don't you think these guys are trying to buy a lot of beast cores that will not come to the auction looking for high-grade beast cores?"

" You have thought it well lord! Shall we send that tenth-grade beast core we have to our family bank?"

" That's a good idea. We will gain their attention with that. "

*****

Li Tian and the group went back to the hill where they stood last night.

It was not even midday when they got back.

Meanwhile, the two others started to cultivate.

Li Tian started to devour the beast cores he bought from the market. It was from the end that he felt like he was full of energy. He entered his spiritual sea and saw the second star taking a green aura.

" Master, get ready! The third brother is descending."

It took Li Tian a bit to understand what the first star was trying to say. And then he went out of his spiritual sea.

And another earth bigger than the first one was coming.

( Oh, so that's what it was. And this will enter my spiritual sea and turn into an old dude.)

This thing again became a turmoil all over that lower world. But the Li sect kept the job running for building their territory of incoming Li Academy. They knew that all those big meteors falling were related to Li Tian. Well, at least, the big heads of the Li outer sect knew. And they told everyone to stay calm because those meteors wouldn't hurt them.

Li Tian felt the hungry for qi energy and directly started cultivating. And again, there was created a whole "dead zone". This thing took Dragonhead and Little shadow out of their cultivation.

" Again?!" said Dragonhead. " You have out of humans cultivation speed."

" Again?!" said Little Shadow curious. But he was smart. " So, it was you?!"

" Yeah. I guess I need to breakthrough! Can you guys protect me?"

" Sure we will. That's why we follow you. At least me." said Little Shadow to Li Tian but looking at Dragonhead.

" Don't talk for me. I was protecting him in the times I didn't know him. And sure I will do it now that he considered a friend."

Li Tian started focusing his energy to face the tribulation.

The sky turned dark and big dragons started to rush towards him. There was lighting everywhere. And meanwhile, Li Tian was facing the dragons that came to test his martial heart again a big group of monsters came towards them. Although they were low-grade beasts they were a lot in numbers.

Both Dragonhead and Little Shadow started to confront them. It was a legendary battle.

Dragonhead as always with his brute power, but this time some time stronger, and Littleshadow with his fast movement speed of an assassin and precise killing hits.

But the horde was big so big that in a moment they couldn't hold them all back.

Some beast passed those two were directly trying to attack Li Tian who had his battle to face.

Littleshadow became furious and activated his " shadow army" martial technique. But he didn't think it clear. He had no full control over his shadows so they would hit Li Tian.

It took Dragonhead all his speed to cover Li Tian with his body. Although Dragonhead was physically a monster, it was overwhelming even for him with his cultivation to face that martial technique.

He turned his head behind and saw that Li Tian was good, then fell in a bloody lake of his own.

The beasts were cleared and only then did Littleshadow see his doing.

He started crying. He had hurt what he swore to protect. He then heard a voice.

" Master! We did this? Did we hurt you and your friend? I'm sorry master."

" Leave me alone."

A shadow who had taken his conscience to another level disappeared following the order of Littleshadow.

He rushed back to help Dragonhead but someone other was keeping him in his hand. Li Tian had won his war and gave a killing glance at Littleshadow. It was that glance that made Littleshadow scared but crazy too.

That look on Li Tian.

But was just for an instant. And Li Tian calmed himself.

( Next time: The third star, The shadow general and the return of the royal one)