Chapter 799 - Releasing the Inner Demon!
Golden Bloodsea Cache was a combat simulation device that would create ferocious and evil enemies, as if an army of demons had been released. Xia Fei was supposed to slay these enemies and cultivate his Law of Space at the same time.
“Xia Fei, he’s trying to evoke your inner demon!” exclaimed the old demon lord after witnessing this scene.
Xia Fei did not have time to understand what Oro’s words meant as the tens of thousands of simulated enemies surged toward him!
He saw black blurry figures billow, each and everyone oddly shaped. It was as if the gatekeepers of hell had been mobilized against him.
Xia Fei roared as he dove right into their midst, trying to form his law pattern as he fought them.
“Tsk! What even is this?!”
Xia Fei was shocked. These enemies not only looked like demons but also acted extremely devilishly!
Xia Fei could be considered an unconventional person, and these demons were also the same!
They would use their teeth to bite, forming into a mass as they used their comrades’ corpses as cover. In any case, everything they did defied common sense or logic. They might look humanoid, but their style of battle was completely wild and beastly!
Xia Fei was flustered, but no one out here trumped him when it came to craziness!
Against these crazed demons, Xia Fei could only demonstrate even greater insanity and be even more ruthless!
Xia Tian smiled from the sidelines. The scene seemed to be unfolding exactly like what he had imagined. Killing every ten steps, the blood spilt formed into a river! Violent and merciless, this bloody massacre was ugly to behold!
Only the staunchest warriors could persist in this sea of blood. These bodies would gradually pile up into a mountain, slowly rotting away until the sight turned into an unbearable hellscape!
Slaying and cultivating against such a gruesomely shocking backdrop was extremely difficult, and Xia Fei needed to handle the attacks coming at him whenever and wherever, with broken limbs crunching following his every step.
If a warrior did not have a stalwart mind, they would be affected by this bloody massacre and might even feel nauseated from the sight. After all, this hellish brutality was a powerful assault to one’s mental state.
Unexpectedly, such a terrifying scene did not phase Xia Fei’s heart, and the corners of his mouth even retained that devious smirk.
“He’s definitely someone who climbed out from a pile of corpses. Xia Fei has a demon in him, and it’s an absolute evil!” Xia Tian said spiritedly.
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Xia Fei slowly understood why the Skywings’ method of cultivation had their warriors turn into crazed monsters in the midst of battle!
Only by being paranoid could someone survive in this world, and Skywings were considered to be the most paranoid people and the craziest existences in the Law Realm!
The reason why Xia Tian was chosen to be his instructor was exactly this; though the bespectacled Law Overlord Xia Tian may not be the strongest warrior in the clan, he was the one with the most strongest inner demon! He even needed to practice meditation in order to restrain his violent tendencies.
When the first day of training ended, the scene was so gruesome that people would have trouble laying their eyes on the place. It was terrifying to a degree that words failed to describe.
Xia Fei emerged from that sea of blood and approached Xia Tian. He lit a cigarette as he stood in place, all bloodied, and took a deep drag.
“You’ve performed well on your first day of training. Do you understand why we’re using this method to cultivate now?” Xia Tian asked in a solemn tone.
Xia Fei shrugged. “Humans have inner demons in them, and I believe that you’re trying to get me to unleash mine, thereby increasing my combat strength.”
Xia Tian nodded. “You’re only half correct. Indeed, humans are innately evil. A child who has just learned to walk can also kill an ant out of indifference; that’s the manifestation of their inner demon.”
“As mankind steadily develops, this inner demon gradually gets suppressed, making for more and more obedient people. Some end up losing their inner demons, and the side effect of this is the weakening of their combat strength. In times of danger, such people will lack the determination to fight with others to the death.”
“We of the Skywing Clan try to awaken the inner demons buried within our hearts and reinforce them so that we can comprehensively boost our warriors’ impulse, but that’s not all; our end goal is actually to master freely unleashing our inner demons whenever we want during battle, so as to achieve the most powerful combat prowess! We will kill any and all the foes that we face!
“After unleashing your inner demon, you still need to learn how to retract it, becoming no different from any ordinary living being. Being able to unleash and retract your inner demon as you will is the requirement of the Skywing Clan!”
After a pause, Xia Tian added, “I was truly surprised when I saw your inner demon just now. Not only does it exist in you, it is also massive! From here onward, I want you to try and lure out this massive demon of yours so that you can, in the end, learn to control it.
“Inner demons are strong and dangerous. Once your inner demon gains control of your very consciousness, you’ll end up losing yourself. Only by mastering it can you become even stronger while, at the same time, maintain the base humanity in you.”
This statement was very profound; Xia Fei seemed to understand what Xia Tian meant. The reason why the Skywings had always been coined as the Law Realm’s Demon-sealing Fiendish Blade, fiendishly sealing demons, the logic behind it, was that they were fighting demons with their demons—fighting fire with fire. He needed to use his inner demon in order to overwhelm the demon in his enemies!
Xia Fei had once tried unleashing his inner demon before, but that required a specific setting, like when his enemy had forced him into a corner. It was in such situations that Xia Fei was capable of turning into a reckless madman, and his combat power obviously increased exponentially!
Xia Tian hoped that Xia Fei would ultimately be able to unleash his inner demon like a caged beast whenever he liked and subsequently learn how to control it completely.
‘So this is the Skywing Clan!’ Oro thought to himself. ‘The first step to cultivation will actually be the release of their inner demon!’
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What the old demon lord had said was 100% correct. Xia Fei began his cultivation with the unleashing of his inner demon, though he was clueless on when or how he should stop.
Unleash his inner demon!
Let his inner demon run free to his limits!
Force it out!
Let loose without holding anything back!
The sound of Xia Fei’s roar could be heard time and again in the cultivation chamber. His yells were getting more and more ferocious, more and more sinister! It was as if he were being kept in the deepest depths of hell!
“NOT ENOUGH!” Xia Tian shouted to stop Xia Fei in his training before taking off his spectacles.
Xia Fei was stumped. He had seen Xia Tian without his spectacles before, and it was a sight he would never forget his whole life!
That was because what he saw was simply too frightening!
“Demonic aura is strength, the descent of the god of terror! No mortal being can resist it!” Xia Tian’s expression became twisted as he continued to shout in an increasingly fierce voice!
Xia Fei gulped, quietly taking in this scene.
Xia Tian was not the strongest Law Overlord Xia Fei had seen, but his imposing aura was definitely the most impressive!
When this powerful and demon slaying aura got unleashed, even the entire universe would tremble!
“This is the true demonic aura! The true battle state of a Skywing!” Xia Tian’s two eyes were completely red as he shouted. “There’s an even more powerful demon inside you! You need to try and force it out! Completely unleash it!”
His voice traveled, such that even Xia Wuye and Xia Zonghai, who were standing guard beyond the cultivation chamber, broke into cold sweats.
Xia Zonghai sighed. “Why was Xia Tian picked to instruct Xia Fei? Everyone knows that his inner demon is the strongest the clan has seen in years! I can still recall the incident that happened back then.”
This incident that Xia Zonghai was referring to happened approximately twenty years ago. Xia Tian did not have the cultivation he had today back then, but his inner demon was already enough to make every Skywing break out in cold sweat.
Once, when he was training how to unleash his inner demon, Xia Tian completely lost himself and turned crazy, nearly killing his fellow clansmen. Fortunately, the patriarch had been mobilized and was able to prevent a tragedy from occurring.
Xia Tian began meditating after that day, and it had been a twenty-year stint since.
Xia Fei was unaware that this training to unleash one’s Inner demon would be so dangerous, that a single misstep would be all it took for him to lose his sense of self and go mad! It could very well be irreversible, too!
Xia Wuye very calmly said, “Don’t you worry. Our grand ancestor naturally has his own plans in place. That’s why I’m here, right? It’s to prevent something like that from happening again.”
Everyone knew that the strongest individual in the Skywing Clan right now was not Xia Buyun but the old man who spent his days tidying the Wind Garden, Super Law Overlord Guli!
As someone who was originally an outsider, Xia Wuye had been given the utmost trust, and the loyalty he had to the Skywing Clan was unshakable!
Every time Xia Fei began his cultivation training, Wuye would always silently come by and guard the entryway.
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“There’s just something I don’t understand,” Xia Zonghai shook his head and said. “Just how far does the grand ancestor want Xia Fei to unleash his inner demon? The demonic aura Xia Fei has been giving off is getting stronger with each passing day. I’m really clueless on the end product he’s expecting.”
Xia Wuye nodded. “I’ve noticed that, too. I have no clue what degree he can reach, but I dare to say that XIa Fei’s inner demon is stronger than Xia Tian’s.”
“WHAT?!” Xia Zonghai froze, his two eyes bulging in his bewilderment. “You think that Xia Fei’s inner demon is greater than Xia Tian’s? How’s that possible! Xia Tian is already the fiercest fiend the clan has ever birthed to for the last thousand years! He’s practically an unstoppable demon, yet you’re saying that Xia Fei is possibly stronger than him?!”
Xia Wuye answered without missing a beat, “It’s not a possibility but a certainty, instead!”
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Skywing Clan, the fifth day of training on how to unleash Xia Fei’s inner demon.
The sound coming from inside the cultivation chamber had already reached a pitch where people could feel their hair stand on end. Even the usually calm Xia Wuye was getting restless. He ended up pacing back and forth before the entrance, rubbing his fists as he sighed repeatedly.
As for Xia Zonghai, he no longer said another word after last night. His expression had already turned somewhat green. In his eyes, having Xia Tian, someone with the strongest inner demon instructing Xia Fei was already somewhat insane.
“*Roar*!”
It was as shocking as a sudden clap of thunder! It was an unheard of roar, which pierced the hearts of all who heard it. Hearing that roar, which would even stir demons, nearly caused Xia Wuye and Xia Zonghai’s heads to explode!
This was not a sound a human could produce. In fact, it did not even sound like a demon, for there was no way a demon could achieve a roar at such a terrifying degree!
*Whoosh*
Xia Wuye and Xia Zonghai did not care about the rules and went running into the cultivation chamber.
What they saw next was simply too shocking to be believable!
They refused to believe that the savage face in front of them was Xia Fei’s! That usually smiling and sometimes a little crafty yet also arrogant Xia Fei could actually look more fiendish than a fiend, more demon than the devil himself!
Xia Zonghai staggered. Huge beads of sweat poured from his forehead, and he started to feel light-headed!
The inner demon being unleashed was nothing like killing intent but the most furious and frightening demonic aura, instead!
There was no words that could describe how terrifying this aura was. It was almost as if Xia Fei could tear the universe apart with this very aura!
With one hand tightly clutching onto Xia Tian, Xia Zonghai asked with wide eyes, “You succeeded in forcing the entirety of Xia Fei’s inner demon out! Oh, my god! Is he even human?”
Xia Tian looked very surprised as well. Xia Fei’s inner demon was so powerful that even he felt uneasy.
“I’m afraid.. that this isn’t Xia Fei’s all,” the bespectacled Law Overlord Xia Tian said with a grim expression on his face.
After which, Xia Tian, Xia Zonghai, and Xia Wuye all looked at one another, their mouths hanging agape.