Hao Ren spent a few days cultivating and comprehending the battle tactics and moves. Then he stood up inside the room, which was called the 'house' and began to practice his various fighting skills. He tried to master the movent of the baleful energy inside his body and integrate it in his skills. This was the only way to get stronger in this city, the spiritual energy seed to be weakening the closer he got to the centre of the city.
The young man used his fists first, because this way his body would adapt to the nature of the baleful energy. Then he followed with his sword, and spent two more days in mastering the usage of the energy.
After that, he took a step out of the house, and suddenly found soone rushing up to him with unconcealed intention to kill. Hao Ren took a step to the side, and then turned around with his right hand ford as a blade. The sword intent from his body directly slashed the void, and bisected the assailant in one quick move.
He didn't bend down to pick up the head or the spoils from this guy, because he set his eyes to the sixth lane. The charge began once again. There was an unspoken rule in action, once you step into a new lane, you fight until you win all ten battles, or the occupants will keep coming to kill you, and the battles will follow the one-on-one format. In this barbaric place, trust was the most effective way of committing suicide.
After a couple of hours of fighting, Hao Ren managed to kill ten people and then took up a house to rest and comprehend. He wasn't in hurry; he would send ssage to Han Lingshi using the spirit communication talisman. They have been chatting like this since he stepped out of the palace.
After chatting, the young man began to comprehend the new things that he learned during the fights just now. His speed and comprehension were all top notch thanks to the old system.
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Hao Ren imrsed himself in perceiving the secrets of this baleful energy and only stopped when he sensed that the nature of this energy was causing his state of mind to beco a little too violent for his taste. The young man mumbled, "Hmm, now I understand why are the people so full of killing intent in this city. The baleful aura is corrupting their minds and they are abandoning their humane emotions."
Then he began to think about the ways that could be used to counter the baleful aura. However, he knew a bit too little about the properties of the energy and thus it was not plausible for him to take an action. All he could do was to either stop absorbing the energy into his body or he could push it all out. But then he would be relying on his physique to support him to reach the tenth house lane.
It was not going to be easy but he wasn't left with many options at his disposal. Thinking about it, Hao Ren clicked his tongue and said, "Fuck it, let's see how it goes."
He spat on the ground, and began to push out all the baleful energy out of his body. The process didn't take long, but the change in his emotions was very noticeable. His thoughts cald down and he wasn't feeling as enraged as before. After this, he took out a couple of gauntlets from his space ring and then put them on.
After that was done, he took a deep breath and left the room, mumbling, "This is going to be painful."
He moved through the lane, and fought the people in the sixth lane for a few more tis to get used to the feeling, and he found that now, he could move even more freely. Thinking about it, looking at his bloodstained hands, the young man said, "I have never really used my physique to the limits till now, no wonder, it feels so stiff all the ti."
He stepped through the seventh lane, and the battle comnced. Surprisingly, he could deal with his enemies in a much easy manner than he could with the baleful energy. His speed was faster by one fourth of his original, and the damage that he dealt was also slightly higher.
While fighting with the people, he realized that the occupants of the seventh lane were fewer than that of the sixth by one tenth. After finishing his battles, he looked back at the street and found that the first layer had hundred houses, and then every lane had ten less.
The battles took place in the alleys and the main street. Sotis they escalated to the roofs of the houses, however, no matter how intense the battles grew, the houses remained undamaged.
Hao Ren couldn't understand how this was possible, but he wasn't an architect to look into such things. He took a deep breath and settled in one of the houses to rest. He had received a ssage from Han Lingshi, she was asking about his wellbeing and all. Another ssage ca from Ye Yue, Alka, Ramji and Deepa had reached their family safe and sound. As a thanks the Gurung family had invited him over to dine with them whenever he finds his way over to them.
Hao Ren sighed and then he began to practice again. Since he could not absorb the spiritual energy in this city, he could only circulate it to rejuvenate himself a little. Then he took out so beast at from his space ring and began to cook himself so food. His cooking skills were top notch and he treated himself to a spread before downing so wine and falling asleep.
Yes, he fell asleep, because one more thing that he learned about these houses was that unless he wanted to go out, they would stay locked and safe, and there was only one way to enter. After a day, he stepped out of the house and looked at the sky. Today was the first ti when he had co out of the house in the morning. The sun reflected on the dark red color sared all over the walls, and the road.
Hao Ren sighed and then he cheered himself, as he sang, "OH, aah, take the world and paint it redd!!!"
While he was singing, he ca to the eighth lane and found that the alleys and the main street was almost empty. He looked around and clicked his tongue as he said loudly, "Hello, people of the eighth lane, is anyone going to step out of the house and pick up the gauntlet I am throwing down?"
His voice echoed through the entire city, many people gathered outside the ten-lane circle, to look at his figure standing in the main street and yelling so loud. After a few minutes, none of the people ca out of the houses, and Hao Ren said, "Oh well, such cowards, must be scared of death."
Suddenly, as soon as his voice dropped, an ax ca flying at him. The speed of the attack was fast, but Hao Ren leaned to the side, reached out in the void, and accurately grabbed the handle of the ax. He looked at the side, and there was a young man who chuckled and said, "Dare you to step into the ninth lane."
Hao Ren sighed and with a quick spin of his weight, and an additional push to the ax he flung it back at the speaker. The speed and the intensity were increased by two folds. The young man was still laughing when the ax dug in his chest, and before he could react, Hao Ren had ferociously followed up and grabbed his neck, and tore it apart with his hands using brute strength.
Then he stomped the ground and yelled, "Motherfucker! Now I will have to kill twenty people in the ninth lane. UGH! Losers always ruin the gas, bastard."
The he looked at the houses on the ninth lane, and asked, "So, who is first, co and fight , you losers."
The people didn't answer and Hao Ren chuckled as he asked, "Do you all really think that you would be able to delay deaths if you stay hidden in your holes?"
At this mont, a calm voice sounded in the surroundings, "Kid, you are just reaching out a bit too much than what you can handle. We are giving you a chance to live longer.."
His words had yet to be completed when Hao Ren appeared before him, and a fist was rushing at his face with a strong montum. Before he could raise his hand to defend, the fist made contact with his head and his figure was thrown over a great distance before crashing loudly in a wall.
DHUM!
The city felt the ripples generated from this attack. Hao Ren said, "Co, let's fight, don't just bark, bite !"
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