Ch 11-Diablo's Qi Training Challenge

Soon, three days passed by.

During this time, Diablo trained diligently in the "Abyss Soul and Hell Body Technique," strengthening his body. 

Of course, it was incredibly difficult to gain significant benefits from the technique, but with Diablo's continuous persistence, he was slowly reaching his ultimate goal.

Today, Diablo woke up after hearing the gong in a cave.

Soon, every child reached the hall. 

Diablo's eyes wandered and landed on No. 25, who also came. She looked at Diablo and smiled. Diablo abruptly averted his gaze.

"Silence," a voice echoed inside the cave.

Every child who was murmuring or talking looked toward the place from where the voice echoed.

The instructor said, "Today, we are going to learn how to sense qi in our surroundings. Those who have already learned it, come to the side, and those who have not, stay here."

Soon, a small group of students separated from the children. Among them were Diablo and Lilith.

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Looking around, Diablo was surprised. Although he had expected that some would have already learned how to use qi before coming to the cave, he thought they would only be a handful.

But there were 30 children who had learned how to use qi among the 130 young demon children.

Diablo felt like eating dirt.

He had practiced extremely hard, which was why he could sense qi, but here were children of his age and below who had gained the same result.

He felt all his efforts were for nothing. But as soon as this thought came, he immediately removed it. His extreme will was one of the reasons he could control his own thoughts.

His logical brain, which was continuously working 24/7, never let anything distract Diablo.

"Listen," the instructor spoke to the 30 students on the side. "Since you have already learned how to use qi, your next step will be training. The weight of the iron rings on your arms and legs will be increased by half."

"As for No. 24, you don't have to increase your iron ring weight," the instructor said in a smug tone.

The instructor who spoke was the same one whose hand was cut due to diablo.

Although his hand was reattached, he had developed a grudge against Diablo.

Every child who heard this looked at Diablo with strange gazes. Nobody dared to question the instructor, as they were the ones who decided life and death in the cave.

But every child present felt annoyed. Why was No. 24 (Diablo) different from them? Why were they given additional weight, whereas Diablo avoided it?

It was clear from the instructor's words that he wanted to take revenge on Diablo. Although he couldn't actively hurt Diablo as that would make Chief Instructor Asmodeus suspicious, he could plant hatred in the young demon children's minds for Diablo.

The children didn't know that Diablo had already increased his weight twice their amount.

The instructor's goal was clear: to make Diablo an outcast so every child would bully him.

But Diablo only laughed in his mind at this small play of children. Nobody except No. 25 was a match for him among all the young children.

Even if ten children tried to attack him, he had enough strength to escape from them.

After this, time continued to pass. There were some foolish children who came to Diablo to challenge him, but they all were sent away on stretchers.

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Soon, time passed, and another change occurred in the cave. Small balls were given to the children during their morning mountain and terrain climbing. The instructor announced:

"Don't let go of the ball and don't let it get taken away by others. If the ball is taken away, there will be no breakfast, even if the children successfully bring down a flag. On the other hand, even if you couldn't bring down a flag, you would be given breakfast if you somehow collected three balls."

This created a constant scramble among the children to take the flags and balls from each other.

As this change started to get fully implemented, the children naturally learned how to use their bodies properly through several scuffles and fights from the cutthroat addition to the morning training.

Diablo clicked his tongue when he saw the other kids starting to fight with each other. 

"I can't believe they are using a simple capture-the-flag type of training like this." 

It was an indirect way of training the children to know what desperation was and what fighting for your life meant.

"It doesn't matter to me, though, because I will not bow to anyone if it comes to meeting my goals."

Of course, Diablo never lost his flag or ball. He clearly distinguished himself among the other kids by knocking them down mercilessly. 

"It wouldn't be bad to show some of my skills if it means shaking off these annoying bastards."

And just like this, another year passed in the Cave of Latent Demons. 

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During the year, many children came to Diablo to disturb and bully him, but none were successful.

Soon, he established his position among the children. Though he was an outcast and nobody dared to talk to him other than No. 25,

but, you could see clear fear in the eyes of the children, whenever Diablo passed in front of them.

Children instinctively made way for Diablo wherever he went. It was not wrong to say that Diablo was clearly a lion among a flock of sheep.

During the year, noticeable changes occurred in Diablo's body by constant training and technique practice.

His height increased, and he was the tallest among all the children in the cave.

His body had become stronger than stone by continuously practicing the "Abyss Soul and Hell Body." He could punch holes in walls with his bare hands without utilizing any qi.

And with the help of qi, his strength increased five times his original strength. 

He could now match some of the weakest instructors in the cave. Although he couldn't defeat any instructor, he could still hold his ground in a fight with instructor