Alexander woke up from sleeping. He tried to cultivate but couldn't escape the dreams he had scene.

Alexander had bad premonitions all morning. He was fidgety in his nest so he tried to calm down by cultivating.

He used the Grand Astral technique to absorb energy focusing on refining his body ,soul and core in that order.

Having the energy go through his flesh in such a rough manner toughened up his flesh making it sturdier and flexible.

For his soul it added mass and it purified the imperfections away if it was boiling water it was painful but effective.

For his core it gathered energy into it , compressed it and purified it all at once to say it wasn't painful would be lying but Alexander had already built up a tolerance he swore in his heart that he would be the next Song Shuhuang.

His yang energy which circulated throughout his body healed his body. His yang energy also had astral properties which enhanced his body and made it purer and tougher which increased his tolerance to pain.

Underneath his feathers if one would look deep on his flesh they would notice that some spots would twinkle every now and then.

His mind would often wander and he would think about Frindle and how she lived. He sighed her life. The suffering she endured would he be capable of such.

Suddenly his skin started to crawl, His attention suddenly spiked through the roof he became hypersensitive to his surroundings.

He had noticed something coming and he wanted to proactively attack before he was attacked.

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He gathered his energy from his core and launched a surprise attack hoping it would kill or scare his enemy away but his attack disappeared. Alexander panicked and try to fly away but he was pulled backwards and now matter how hard he flapped his wings he couldn't escape.

He had found himself grabbed by a hand but he refused to give up. He focused all his qi into his beak reinforcing it then he tightened the muscles in his neck and swung down with all the force he could muster.

Repeated clanging noises was what Alexander heard as if he was a hammer hitting an anvil.

He then tried to use his Innate flames to try and burn his way out.

"No one can escape the grasp of the Almighty Ping."

Alexander looked at Ping and noticed a little sapling in her other hand and felt a connection to it.

It was for a brief moment but he was positive he had felt Frindle the Grand Astral technique was the bridge that connected them.

He couldn't help but remember her past and it made his eyes red.

The Born for battle technique circulated passively almost instinctual along with his erratic emotions.

His other abilities started to flow The Solar Wood Embracing technique circulated harmoniously with Born for battle.

Even the Grand Astral technique was circulating in full force absorbing qi and different types of energy including Solar yang and Astral energy. His core started to swell but the Grand Astral technique also purified the multiple energies in his core and compressed it at the same time.

He was pecking wildly and spitting fire and lightning he was definitely mad.Then his core started to spin and the primordial symbol for Thunder and fire imprinted on his core.

The crow of thunder and lightning race was strong but it was Frindle's involvement with Alexander and all the favors she had collected and some she owed that created this change in his core.

"Ping notice the change in his eyes and she clicked her tongue in annoyance. This Born for battle seems to annoy me every time I see it." she mumbled to herself.

While she was preoccupied with Alexander she didn't notice a very furious mother bird approaching her and got hit with a much more potent Crow fire of thunder and lightning. While it did not damage her it was still very annoying to get distracted and get hit by an attack from a creature much weaker than her self.

Pings great abilities were working against her at the moment since Alexander and his mother were so weak her battle perception never triggered and she kept getting caught off guard.

Ping was very annoyed all she heard was Caws all around her from Alexander and his mother and from other crows in the area.

When mother crow saw her idiot son captured by a human she became furious. It was as if she also had Born for battle.

She had gone berserk and she also broke through to the third core level and received some ancient memories.

Knowing she was too weak to use it without getting hurt she still did it for her child. Her core swole and started to crack all five eyes flew bright before dimming then in one last flash her center eye flashed out. She released a Cawing sound so loud that it echoed throughout space time. The mothers eye's dimming and mother bird fell to the ground.

Ping surprised on what just happened only said one word. "Fuck".

Ping nonchalantly ignoring mother's attack had forgotten one golden rule until she saw the flash of light.

Never bully a crow or else get murdered. She was surprised to see this bloodline technique from a low level creature but she knew trouble was on the way.