Martial King In An Instant

I was born on a mountain. Well, my parents found me on a mountain. Though they weren't my blood parents, they were more of my parents than my actual parents.

We lived in a village somewhere in the Demonic Continent. It was peaceful, was my childhood, and I enjoyed it very much. But, this all changed around my tenth year in this world.

At that time, Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators appeared. They slaughtered my village and took all the children back to the Heavenly Demon Sect to become cultivators.

They gave us pills, our memories were erased, and we became disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect, the sole reason my family and friends were killed.

But, even after my memories were erased, a trace of hatred still bloomed in my heart. I spent years in anger, I didn't know what for, and I refused to cultivate.

Soon though, I saw an injustice, and it was then that I promised, I'll grow strong, strong enough to protect all the weak in this world.

My cultivation speed was considered fast. I was a natural genius, but it was when a new disciple made his appearance in the Sect during the Inner Sect qualification exams, it was then that everything I knew changed.

I passed the exam with ease, fell in love with this new disciple, went on a mission with him, died due to my desire to protect the weak, revived unknowingly, and when I was reborn, my memories came flooding back.

Suddenly, my view changed. Though they weren't my parents, I still should've at least gotten revenge but, I instead decided to protect the weak! They, my parents, were probably twisting and turning in their graves due to anger and embarrassment.

This was when I decided that, instead of protecting the weak, I'll kill all the strong and influential people who didn't properly protect the people. I was planning to do all this, even protect that new disciple of mine when I found him...

Who'd have thought, when I found him, I turned into a little pet for him? I'll listen to his orders and I even willingly risked my life to protect not him, but his corpse. He was already dead... Luckily, just like me, he could revive from even death.

This confirmed everything. We are a perfect match. We have already gotten Heaven's blessing.

No one should... No, no one can come between us.

Opening my eyes, what greeted me was a pair of pupils that were of different colors. Blade stood in front of me, with his hands on his knees, and his face oh so close to mine.

"Are you thinking of me?" He said, licking his lips. I could feel his hot breath making my heart thump faster and faster inside my chest.

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Gazing at the violently shaking compass, he smirked. "But, before I go look for it, system, let me see my status, I want to see the new system perks."

After understanding how useful the System Shop was, Blade's excitement for the System Perks rose a great many times. His eyes lit up as a holographic screen appeared in his line of sight.

[Host: Blade Pure-Heart]

[System: Level 7]

[System Perk: Interdimensional Space]

[System Perk: Appraisal]

[System Perk: System Shop]

[System Points: 10,005]

[System Perk: Broken Time Dimension]

[System Perk: Space of Smithing]

[Experience points: 79,000/625,000]

[Title: Monstrous Genius, Young Holy Child]

[Race: V********]

[Bloodline- R**** V******** 10%]

[Lifespan: 18/400,000]

[Gender: Male]

[Body Cultivation: Pinnacle Martial Lord]-: [Congratulations for breaking through]

[Soul Cultivation: Null]

Broken Time Dimension... Space of Smithing! Blade didn't understand the former, the latter was self-explanatory from its name.

"I'll deal with this after. First, let's wake this girl up and then go get whatever treasure there's located in this place. I'm already growing annoyed with this place!"

This chasm and the surroundings of the chasm, Blade had long found distasteful. After a whole night, the flesh and blood of the group of bandits that ranged in the ten thousand had rotted to the point that it released a disgusting smell.

Standing in front of Athena, with his Martial Lord cultivation which was much more profound than normal Martial Lords, Blade was easily able to hear Athena's thumping heart. Smirking slightly, he brought his face closer...

"Are you thinking of me?" He said. At the same time, he licked his lips, sending bolts of a shock to course through Athena's body. His goal was achieved when Athena's cheeks turned red.

Now that both masks were destroyed, nothing could stop Blade from teasing her. She was utterly unprotected from his treacherous ways.

Xiu!

Athena's space ring flashed with light. In an instant, she placed the newly appeared black mask on her face. Seeing her antics, Blade was momentarily surprised... This girl. Hehe, he couldn't help but laugh.

Stretching out his hand, Athena understood and gave him a mask. It was white this time. She gazed into his eyes and said.

"This is the last of it... So, don't destroy it like last time..!" Her words, Blade understood what she meant. Basically, she didn't forget it was he who didn't place the Pseudo Beast Emperor in his eyes, almost killing them both.

"Okay, let's go." Turning into a blur, Blade flew toward the chasm, followed by Athena. He then made his way to the bottom, landing on the true surface, before approaching one of the ends. This place was where the serpentine creature's head would be facing.

There was a cave, a small cave where Blade and Athena needed to bend, twist and turn, and even crawl to enter. Of course, Blade was a true gentleman.

Seeing the small cave and understanding what was slowly about to take place, as someone experienced in these matters from his home world, he gazed at Athena.

"Ladies first!" He kindly made way. Unknowing and completely ignorant of his goal, Athena blushed and accepted. The mask covered his face but he was grinning as Athena past him, bent over, and entered the cave.

He followed suit while thinking, 'There isn't any reason not to view this Heavenly sight. Her body is even more voluptuous than my Andra...'

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Following a tight path, the duo exited a small crack in the walls and entered a new location. It was an open space with a glistening pond out in the open. The pond was fairly wide and deep but the water in it only filled less than half of it.

"This..." Athena's pupils shrank to the size of needles upon laying eyes on the water. It seemed like she had recognized what exactly it was and felt true shock when her brain processed the information.

"What is it?" Staring at Athena, Blade asked. She carried a lot of information about the treasures in this world, unlike his master, her master seemed to have thought her and played the role of master very well.

"That thing is called an Enlightenment Pond." Pointing at the almost drained pond, she said. "For you, it'll be very useful. Once you cultivate while submerged in it, your cultivation speed should skyrocket."

"Before it's finished, I'm sure you'll be able to break through from a Low-Level Martial Lord to at least, a High-Level Martial King." Saying this, Athena sighed and took a seat close to the pond.

"It seems like the Pseudo Beast Emperor used this pond to reach its current cultivation, otherwise, not only would that Beast never have reached the level of an Emperor, but this pond would have been unused, maybe I'd also be able to use it to break through."

Shaking her head in disappointment, she closed her eyes, ready to cultivate. Since she was at the Pinnacle of the Martial Lord realm after recovering from her injuries, she knew that if she was to cultivate for a moment in the pond, she'd be able to break through.

But, the downside was, if she cultivated in it, the already little water would lessen even more and Blade may be unable to break through from Low-Leve Martial Lord, to High-Level, Pinnacle, and then a major realm and enter the Martial King realm.

She couldn't bare to harm Blade's cultivation speed just for her own. Frowning, she re-opened her eyes, meeting the gaze of Blade who hadn't entered the pond yet. He was gazing toward Athena for a while before uttering.

"What are you thinking? Just like you, I'll become a Martial King in an instant upon cultivating in that pond, after all... I to am a Pinnacle Martial Lord..!"

Thrum!

"W-What?! Since when...?" Athena lost her composure as excitement grew. Though she wouldn't place it aside that Blade was playing with her emotions, but she still showed hope that she could truly use the Enlightenment Pond.

"I'm telling you to come with me because if you don't, you'll be the one to lose out." Blade then jumped into the pond without waiting for her reply. She followed suit as the duo closed their eyes and began meditating, submerged in the Enlightenment Pond.

Inside Blade's dantian, he could feel an illusionary barrier... Cracks slowly began accumulating as a few breaths of time later, the barrier broke like glass.

Instantly after entering the Enlightenment Pond, Blade had become a Martial King...!