Sky Fall Legend 71 Dark Jumble Fruit 1

After hunting fiends on the first level for a time, Aiken Moon was so bored and hungry. His stomach grumbled as he mumbled to himself, "Luckily, I was ambushed by those two first level vicious beasts."

Aiken had been inches away from death more than once in this time. The first time was perilous, and he had to use blackheart arrows to kill the beast off. This was a colossal waste! Mr. Jupiter had told him that these arrows could deliver 60 BP of damage! A first level vicious beast only had a natural defense of around 20 BP, this was indeed the world's greatest waste.

"However, I have to admit that instkilling a usually terrifying vicious beast with a single arrow was exhilarating!" Aiken Moon was imagining having that much strength on his own.

After that, Aiken Moon retreated from the Dark Cave to roast the meat like he had seen Mr. Jupiter do before. Although the taste was quite as excellent, due to his remarkable memory, it was still savory and delicious.

"This Mr. Jupiter sure knows how to live," Aiken marveled at the strangeness of this negus boy with great power. "But who would believe that jerk is a five years old child? This is ridiculous at best. My poor sweet Dessa, she's brainwashed!"

Upon exiting and smelling the fresh air again, Aiken chose to shower himself in the stream first. However, unknown to the young boy who swam comfortably after eating like a glutton, the smell of the cooked meat attracted two more vicious beasts! Sensing the approaching beasts, the Shadowblitz Lion cub reacted first and forcefully grabbed Aiken out of the stream. Aiken was roughly tossed on the gra.s.s and was about to shout when the Shadowblitz Lion cub whimpered in fear.

Being that fear was Aiken's second language, he naturally understood this warning. His anger dissipated as he went on full guard.

"Luckily, the Shadowblitz Lion cub was around to warn me of the danger." Though Aiken as he took the high ground. It was ironic that his former nemesis was today's savior. He spotted the approaching creatures and wasted two more arrows to kill those beasts off! Aiken finally realized he had been rash in exiting out alone to eat. Merely, whenever he saw Mr. Jupiter roast meat they had never once been attacked.

Of course, he wasn't aware that Jodye had a powerful soul force, capable of sensing the surroundings and suppressing the fumes.

Aiken Moon hid in a tree substantial ancient tree, refining the spiritual energy he absorbed from eating the vicious beast meat. He chanted the first verse of the Azure World Epoch up to halfway through the second stanza before starting over in a continuous cycle. He looked detached from the world like a Buddhist monk, as he sat in the lotus position and continued to cultivate. Azure colored true essence flowed into his body from the void.

"Force… my father once told me that force in it's purest form is the intent of a law. Could this mean laws are actually alive? The law of battle is the most fundamental of laws. When I use true essence to fire arrows that's a type of battle force, right?" Aiken was lost in his thoughts as he tried to ascend to the next realm.

His battle power had already reached a value of 6 and could no longer increase, no matter how many first level fiends he'd disposed of. He had to comprehend pure force so he could break through to the next rank! "We refine spiritual purity from tainted fiend force to nurture our force geneses with the power of pure spiritual energies. This makes our strength and competence improve overall. The power of purity makes Saints capable of merging together powers easily. It is only the comprehension that remains a challenge. As long as we can comprehend the truth of laws, we can advance down any path."

It was at this moment that Aiken felt enlightened, and managed to make it through the second stanza of the Azure World Epoch's first verse! As he continued to chant pure energy slowly radiated from his flesh as the fate of the Azure Legend life star gradually imprinted itself into his mind, enlightening his heavenly saint path! After another hour there was a was cracking sound like a dish being broken, and Aiken Moon's azure essence force aura shot up for an instant before settling back down.

"Revolving Force rank, it's truly the revolving force rank!" Aiken Moon jumped up and down on the thick branch of this ancient tree excitedly.

He had finally done it!

He comprehended a nascent purity force concept, formed a pure force genesis, and broke through all in one fell swoop. Aiken tightened his fist, and a yellow aura with small waves of azure essence surrounded his fist like colored steam. "Strong! If I'm not wrong, this is probably at least 12 BP. So my strength truly doubled once I ranked up! If I use my basic nascent pure force than that's at least 27 BP!"

Looks like he no longer had to fear level 1 vicious beasts, he could finally defend himself! Climbing down from the towering ancient tree, Aiken noticed that the Shadowblitz Lion cub was sitting outside of the dark cave, peering inside anxiously. Curious as to what had happened, he was about to step in when he was grabbed from behind, his mouth covered before any panicked sound escaped.

"Great Gaea kid, where the h.e.l.l have you been?" said a rough and manly voice. Aiken was familiar with this voice as he was inwardly terrified! This was the captain of the Crimson Rider Mercenaries. The Crimson Riders were a group of treasure hunters, merchants, and bandits all rolled up into one company. Their captain, Sirius Regal, was a two-star Killer Essence rank True Saint path expert, rumored to possess 275 BP! This was not even mentioning his force comprehension. "Have you gotten stronger, brat? Anyway, don't be rash. White Serpent Cove has been up against our a.s.s these last couple of weeks, now they literally want to steal the fruits of our labor!"

"Mmm?" Aiken Moon mumbled out an unintelligible response. However, Sirius Regal responded as if he had heard the kid loud and clear.

"There's a s.h.i.+t load of fiends in this cave, so I started to think there must be some kind of reclusive voodoo expert or priceless voodoo treasure. Turns out I was right, and big time! However, I quickly was made to realize I needed more supplies if I wish to battle those powerful creatures for the treasure," sighed Sirius Regal, dragging Aiken away from the cave entrance before releasing him and continuing, "Who knew that right after we returned to camp to prepare that the White Serpent Cove would come knocking at our doors. They offered to sell us monthly supplies of Cursed Lover potions, as long as we gave them reliable information. Those cursed lover potions have been selling like hotcakes in the underground markets, how could we possibly reject? By the way where's Franklin?"

Aiken Moon felt his heart drop to the floor once this question was asked. Young and naive as he was, he decided to tell the truth as if he wasn't responsible for it in the least, "Franklin is… dead. This awesome guy came out of nowhere and saved me from a vicious beast. Franklin arrived after, and then I guess Franklin thought something was fishy so he attacked the awesome guy! However, he also fell under this guy's blade."

Sirius Regal was silent as killing intent flashed across his eyes. He had told these idiots that they still needed to figure out how to remove the cursed fate seal from this brat so they could exhort his family for a ransom fee! Yet, these fools deliberately disobeyed him and wound up dead. Even though he had never been fond of Franklin, they were still related by blood. Jacking Aiken up in the air by his collar, Sirius Regal spoke again, but his face and tone were grim, "Where is he now? That guy who's so bold as to kill my cousin."

"In there?" Aiken didn't speak out loud but had subconsciously glanced at the mouth of the dark cave. Sirius noticed this, and following the boy's line of sight, he frowned, "That madman also went in there just now. His favorite things to eat seemed to be young boys and teenage girls. From your description, that boy shouldn't fare too well… in fact…"

Sirius looked like he had just figured out a mystery, "Ah! Mr. Mercy claimed to be looking for a young negus boy. Tell me, did this fella you mention have brown skin?"

Aiken Moon, on the other hand, became excessively anxious when he heard the words 'eats teenage girls.' Dessa was still down there! Not only that but unlike himself, she hadn't eaten anything in a few days! Although saints could sustain their physical forces with true essence, the effectiveness of this was dependent on one's cultivation level. Dessa Chimes was definitely running low on energy at this point. Due to his anxiety, Aiken didn't even notice himself nodding at Siris Regal's question.

"Hahaha, good, good, good! This can be counted as our merit then," laughed Sirius Regal in a hushed voice, before grabbing Aiken's collar again and running into the dark cave's mouth, "Listen punk, the story is that you lured the brat into this cave under my orders. Act this out well, and I'll consider letting you join the Crimson Riders. Fail, and I'll turn you into the corpse we bury in honor of my cousin!"

...

Dessa Chimes was oblivious to the potentially approaching crisis. She sat in cultivation as the treasure sword Autumn Saver hovered behind her, covering her delicate frame in its divine light. The magic crystals in the walls of the cave begin to resonate and release pure white aura light. The ambiance made Dessa look like a fairy princess in this damp and dark cave. Whenever fiends approached the area shrouded in this divine light, they would cower and take another route. It was as if this light was made up of the most terrifying laws in the world to these dark creatures. They avoided this area like it was quarantined.

Meanwhile, Dessa's body was releasing yellow and azure trails of energy steam invisible to the naked eye. Her eyes suddenly burst open, swimming with bright light!

Breakthrough!

"One-star Revolving Force rank!" Dessa Chimes was pleased with herself, pus.h.i.+ng her long crimson hair behind her ears as she smiled sweetly. If any man was around to see such a beautiful smile his heart would instantly melt into putty. Advancement in the Revolving Force rank was separated into 5 stars. To enter the one-star rank, the lungs needed to be refined with true essence so that they could store Qi. The reason she was so happy was that Mr. Jupiter forbade her from advancing until she reached the one-star Revolving Force rank as a minimum! Now she had done so, "My BP has reached around 15, I think. My pure force concept has reached the basic nascent level! That's enough to fight second level fiends! I can go find Mr. Jupiter on the lower level now!"

"You must be careful… Dessa. The fiend force below is… very dense." Autumn Saver's voice had become clearer, but he still needed to be fed true essence to speak well. Dessa didn't choose to be stingy. "Once you go down below, if you cannot quickly locate your master you must promise me that you will retreat."

"Okay," Dessa Chimes nodded her head resolutely. She knew her limits, and without Mr. Jupiter around to help her, she could only survive on the deeper level if it was one or two fiends. If she had to face them in waves like she had with the level one fiends, then she would likely not have a great ending.

"In that case, sheath me until you leave… this floor. Let us see how well you fight… on you're own. Wait... WAIT! Do not..."

However, Dessa finished dusting herself off and left the screen of light, which disappeared as Autumn Saver turned back into a sword glyph on her hand. Yet, she had walked no more than three steps when she instinctively felt scared, the hairs on her skin standing up. This was the body's way of alerting oneself of danger! What danger was there though, and where? She immediately raised her hand in the air and tried to summon Autumn Saver, to no avail. To her dismay, even the sword glyph on her hand had vanished.

"I wonder what such a tasty looking chicky it doing here all alone. Has no one told you that it's bird hunting season? Hehe," laughed a cold, dark, and sinister voice that Dessa Chimes felt should belong to a ghost out of h.e.l.l. Startled she jumped backward and reversed herself in the air before landing to see a stout middle-aged man with a face full disgusting pustules and pimples. He had gray skin that writhed and squirmed like it was made of millions of tiny insects, living and nesting within. This man was horrendous to the max, with his beady purple eyes. Behind him were dozens of Goons, 10 of which were Maniacs!