Guild Wars
chapter-685

｢The Thirty-Fourth Floor - Divine Quest

Description: You are in the World of Martial Spirits! Here, children at the age of ten undergo an awakening ceremony to unlock their hidden Martial Spirits and embark upon the path of Martial Arts!

Because of your limitless talent and unique bloodlines, two of the most powerful beings in this world have chosen to make you their legacy disciples. Study under them for a minimum of 3 months or reach the first level of the Blood Pulsation realm.

Limitation 1: Magic does not exist in this world, only Qi and Martial Arts!

Limitation 2: You may retreat from the floor at any time, but upon re-entry, you would have to resume from the exact situation you were in at the time.

Limitation 3: You cannot use any class-based skills or abilities, as well as your equipment.

Limitation 4: This world is ruthless, dog eat dog in the truest sense. There will be no mercy or pity.

Provision 1: You retain your power from outside, but only in terms of stats and only after you awaken Martial Spirits.

Provision 2: You may freely use any healing items and consumables in your Inventory.

Provision 3: You can use any and all of your Tradeskills at will.

Rewards: Score Points, 1 Silver-Tier Reward Selection.｣

Draco checked the floor details once more. He now understood why each Tower session lasted a hundred years. Apparently, some missions had minimum time limits, and this would likely go higher and higher with each floor they climbed.

However, the Tower was arguably smart enough to ensure that there was a back route. Namely, it provided an alternate goal to clear the floor that had nothing to do with time, though that goal was most likely extremely difficult to achieved and required supreme talent.

To pass this floor the Evil Duo either had to study under these two for those three months or they had to reach the first level of the third realm through cultivation.

Currently, through awakening, Draco was at the 3rd level of the Muscle Tempering realm, whereas Eva was at the 5th level. However, awakening her Phoenix had harmed her foundations due to the energy requirement and dropped her down to the 4th level.

However, it didn't matter because of what the Dragon Ancestor said next.

"Xue'er, you and that jade-skinned girl are done? Good! Now let's move onto the next stage! Brats, quickly cripple your cultivation and prepare to restart."

Draco and Eva furrowed their brows, not minding restarting, but wondering if it might cause any trouble. The Phoenix Ancestor, who was more subdued, as she had been moved by Eva's talent, chose to explain.

"Do not worry, it is nothing harmful at your current level. Most would dissipate their Qi when they join sects anyway, because most above-average Cultivation Methods have specific steps for initiation."

Hearing this, the Evil Duo shared a look and nodded. What they said made sense, and it was not as if they had actually learned any Cultivation Methods. They had forcibly advanced through their current realm due to the influx of energy upon awakening their Martial Spirits.

Such a thing would certainly cause trouble in the future if not rectified. As such, there should be a way for newly awakened lads to restart their cultivation without harming themselves.

"Hmph, good to see you are taking this seriously. First, gather all the Qi in your body and dissipate it through your pores. It should feel like releasing a breath you've held for a long while." The Dragon Ancestor instructed with a cheeky smile.

The Evil Duo closed their eyes and felt the Qi that had been dormant in their bodies. After dealing with so many different forms of energy, dealing with an artificial one like this was a piece of cake.

Soon, a blueish wisp of gas exited the pores of the Evil Duo, like a fart being released from a bootyhole. It lingered around them for a bit before dissipating harmlessly into the air.

Draco and Eva felt a strange sense of weakness, as if they had lost some sort of strength. However, it was so small that it was inconsequential compared to the natural power they possessed.

"Good, now that we've gotten this done, it's time to learn your new Cultivation Methods." The Phoenix Ancestor spoke with a nod.

Both she and the Dragon Ancestor casually pointed a finger at their respective disciple's forehead and a white beam of light was fired right between the brows of the Evil Duo.

The two children froze as they unpacked and digested the information transferred to them. It took them mere seconds to achieve this, something which made the faces of their two mentors change.

They couldn't help but share a glance, marveling at the limitless talent of Draco and Eva. To be able to comprehend this pinnacle method in seconds… were they the reincarnations of Immortals?

"Well, seeing as you have comprehended the techniques, you may now perform the initiation rite." The Phoenix Ancestor prompted with a twitch of her lips.

Draco and Eva did as they've been told. The two of them activated their Martial Spirits of the Dragon and Phoenix Lineage, then sat cross-legged as they closed their eyes.

Following the guidance of the Cultivation Method, they made their Martial Spirits spit out a black and white orb respectively from their mouths.

These orbs collided with the Evil Duo's back then entered their bodies. Right as they did so, the two began to shiver greatly, before settling down as their bodies started to warp slightly.

Draco manifested dragon claws and scales over most of his body, his eyes shifting to serpentine slits. Eva manifested golden feathers all over her body, her hands turning into talons as her eyes shifted into a hawk-like gaze.

The two gritted their teeth in pain as they remained like this. The Old Ancestor couple held their breath, as this initiation ceremony was important, deathly so!

What the two Martial Spirits had spat out was a part of their Origin Essence, something that was part of their very being. It would naturally weaken the Martial Spirits for a while, but it was recoverable over time.

Not to mention, this happened when breaking through every major realm. As such, when the person reached Integration Realm, they would be able to fuse with their Martial Spirit and have double the amount of Origin Essence as initially!

At that point, their foundation would be doubly sturdy, and crossing over to the Immortal stage that came after would not be hard at all!

It was basically borrowing from your past to pave the way for your future. Or, suffer now, party later.

This Origin Essence was not easy for mere 10-year-olds to take in, so for generations, there had only ever been one pair of Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors. It was impossible for there to be more due to the stringent requirements.

Not to mention, the Evil Duo's mentors were the most talented and craziest since the sect's inception. It should be known that the Dragon Ancestor only had the Martial Spirit of a Demonic Dragon, while the Phoenix Ancestor had the Martial Spirit of a common Light Phoenix.

It was nowhere near as intense as what Draco and Eva had, one pinnacle Destruction Dragon with full control over darkness while the other had a pinnacle Light Phoenix with full control over light and creation.

When they had first started out, they had been able to endure the first infusion for 3 hours each by sticking together. It was what had kindled the love between those two old fogies, having made them inseparable.

Now, they anxiously watched their disciples and wondered how long they would last. The weakest was 1 hour and the longest in history had been 6 hours. In later infusions, the time would naturally go up because the body would have become stronger with cultivation and also got used to the process.

The first time, though, was utterly raw and brutal. They wondered how long the duo would be able to endure with such facts stacked up.

However, the faces of the two softened once the first hour passed, then the second, and finally they turned joyous as the third was over. Their disciples had better talent and prospects than them!

Obviously, with the first time being raw and brutal, its benefits were proportionate. The longer you held out, the studier your foundation and the higher you could climb in the future.

As for perfect assimilation of the Origin Essence, haha. It was not possible. No one could perfectly assimilate the essence of two Divine Beasts!

Rather than Martial Spirits, one would need to have the actual bloodline and the Divine Beast to do such a thing, but that was impossible, hahaha!

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The two Old Ancestor's joyous expressions slowly startled to crumble once12 hours had passed, then 24. After a full day cycle, Draco and Eva no longer showed expressions of pain, but of extreme comfort and pleasure.

Their mentors shared a look of uncertainty, not sure of what exactly was happening.

… were they hallucinating?

What made them even more speechless was the fact that after the 24 hours were over Draco and Eva turned to look at their Martial Spirits expectantly, seemingly asking those fellows to spit out another batch.

This made the Old Ancestors couple aware that they had greatly misunderstood and underestimated the two brats they had accepted as disciples.

Even the reincarnation of an Immortal should not be able to handle it...

It felt less like they were manifestations of Divine Beasts like the rest of the people in this world, and were rather actual Divine Beasts in human form.

What even made the two go crazy and almost pull out their hair was that their Martial Spirits casually spat out another gob of Origin Essence as if it was nothing to them.

Most Martial Spirits would have been greatly weakened and tapped out after firing one, but even after firing two, the brats' Martial Spirits looked bored, as if they would be able to fire those out like a machine gun if prompted.