Cultivation Through Artifacts

The very instant the Khal placed his palm atop the man's chest, the blue flames around his palm began to rotate like a crazy vortex before bursting forward, crashing into the man's body like a cannonball!

KA-BOOM!

The entire place shook as though it was shaken by a sudden earthquake while the entire hallway together with the man was torn, destroyed, and erased out of existence itself!

The more than 9000 units of Body Essence this time showed its terrifying might, eradicating even Cultivators at the Seventh Stage as if they were nothing but mere ants before a frenzied storm!

However, Khal knew clearly that the main reason he was able to win this fight was not that he solely used his Secret Art's Second Form, the Azure Snake Dance, but because of other aspects that seemed useless, but played a huge role too!

First of all, his Heaven's Eyes. Without that ability, that let him not only see every movement around him but also made him see actions as if he watched a film in slow motion, he wouldn't have been able to dodge the assault and would be lying on the floor as sliced meat right now!

Nonetheless, the most important fact that led him to victory was something he never did in the past ever, using The Dance of the Celestial Serpent's Fourth Form, the Sapphire Snake Dance!

While the first three forms focused purely on the element of evading and dodging by accelerating both of his legs' momentum, until then the fourth form hastened the velocity of his... Arms!

By moving his Essence inside his whole arms, he could boost his arms' speed by several levels for a split second, almost like Janna's weapon-associated Secret Art.

And jointly with his Azure Snake Dance, which can erupt his Body Essence at contact, causing an effect similar to a powerful shockwave, this became such a lethal assault that not even a Cultivator at the Seventh Stage stood a chance against!

But obviously, this power didn't come without consequences as Khal had to deplete almost all of his units of Body Essence while he also had to concentrate without lowering his guard even for a split second.

Just this fight, which didn't last more than 2 seconds, diminished him mentally that it was frightening! And it all occurred while his Mental Strength was already 4, meaning it was three if not four times stronger mentally than before!

Though, he was no fool to think he would be able to win against all Seventh Stage Cultivators like this, as the man he just killed was a specialist in the field of speed and not in strength or defense while also he also underestimated his strength which basically sealed his fate eternally!

All in all, Khal had the perfect advantage to achive victory while he had the power of surprise too!

After taking a moment to calm himself down and also get used to the numb feeling in his arm after using the Sapphire Snake Dance with so much Body Essence, Khal glanced in a specific direction where Alde was still sitting calmly in one place.

"Hmm?" Khal walked in the maze-like corridors before arriving before the door that will lead him to Alde.

However, he couldn't help but lower his brow into a deep frown, confused why Alde was still inside motionless instead of running away, saving his life until he could have.

'Maybe he thinks he will be okay and was confident in his men and that man's ability to protect him?' Khal guesses in his heart silently, but in truth, he didn't know the answer.

Though, the real reason why Alde didn't run away was not that he was confident in his men or because he was stupid, but because he didn't hear nor feel anything inside there.

Because of the numerous arrays that blocked any sound and any tremor from outside to boost his concentration on his cultivation, it was sheer impossible for him to know what was happening outside his room until he wished to know.

Alas, because he didn't think there was someone who would find this hideout much less attack them and succeed in killing five Sixth Stage and one Seventh Stage Cultivator, he was as oblivious as a sheep before a newly built gate!

'Well, not like I care if he runs or stays as the end result will be the same...' thought Khal and without hesitation knocked on the door.

Knock~knock!

'Who the fu-"

BAM!

Without waiting for Alde to finish his cursing, Khal kicked the door wide open, sending the huge frame flying across the room with insane momentum, crashing into the wall on the opposite side with great power.

"Huh?!"

Alde watched this sight with a dumbfounded expression, his eyes as round and big as saucers.

"The hell happened? Dan! The fuck is happening here?" Alde asked once he came back to his senses, his guard raised as he knew things became serious this time.

"They won't come, so you can quit yelling." Khal's voice that was lowered on purpose sounded in the room, stunning Alde.

"Who?" Alde stood up from the floor when he heard the deep and unfamiliar voice from the darkness where the door once was, and watched in silence as a figure clad in a complete set of armor walked inside his room almost as though he just walked inside not a foreign room but his own!

After walking inside the room and standing exactly five meters away from Alde, Khal stood motionlessly, his thoughts currently unknown.

A heavy silence filled the air and surroundings around Khal and Alde, staring at each other with hostile gazes!

This seemingly deep silence went on for a while, but it was soon broken by Alde, who suddenly summoned a sword out of his spatial ring and held it firmly into his grasp with an ice-cold firmness while his body began to leak his Cultivation Base which was on the Fifth Cultivation Stage!

"I see... So you want to play like this, huh? Then I won't be polite either!" said Alde to Khal with a snort and with lightning speed closed the distance between him and Khal.

"DIE!"