A large sect stood in a clearing located near the middle of the forest, the sect was surrounded by thick and tall walls, which were a dark grey in colour. There were extended pillars located where the walls met, the pillars had a sloped roof and a watch room below it, in each of which, sat a man, with a horn and a sword. Inside the sect were many buildings, some taller than the others, but all of them had the same, black, sloped roof.

Inside the sect, at least 50 people were swinging swords, another seemingly 50 people seemed to be practising spearing. However, training all those people were being trained not by many trainers, but one singular trainer instead. The trainer did nothing but recite a book he held in his hand.

A few hundred meters away from the sect, a boy was running, at an astonishing speed, he reached the gate of the sect in no time, a board at the top of the gate read, "BLACK FACTION: HENAN BRANCH"

The boy saw two men, gazing at him from the two pillars located near the gate, he ran into the forest, a loud slap-like sound was heard as soon as he started running.

The two men who saw the man blowed their horns, everyone inside the sect, who were training, were now made aware of presence of a foreign person, who didn't belong to the black faction, was now close to the sect.

Even after hearing the horn, they didn't scatter to try and find the person attempting to infiltrate the Black faction, but instead went inside the largest building inside the sect, this building was large enough to fit the more than 100 people training, however still had enough space for another hundred left.

A person came out the largest building, presumably, the leader.

A loud, eerie chant was heard from insides of the building. The leader jumped, what seemed to be at least a hundred meter, from the front of the building to the top of the wall.

"There you are, sacrifice.", the leader spoke softly, jumping off the wall, on to the ground. He started running in the direction the boy ran.

A few hundred meters away...

"Hooo, that was close." the boy spoke, panting. The boy had a sword attached to his waist and a staff to his back.

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'What's that getting clos-' the boy thought to himself, being interrupted by a man appearing before him. He assumed this man to be a scout, who was sent by the Black Faction to eliminate him.

"Liste-

The boy tried to speak, but was interrupted by the leader sheathing his sword and trying to stab him.

"That's how it is then. Alright." The boy spoke, creating distance between him and the man and sheathing his sword.

"Offering should remain quiet." The leader spoke, this time, he closed the distance and tried to cut the boy's head off. The boy blocked the attack with his left hand, holding his sword in the other. Small mists of extremely light yellow light emanated from his left hand.

"What do you mean offering?! Were you aware of me coming?!" Zen spoke, flabbergasted.

The leader stayed quiet, however, his Qi did not. The boy sensed his Qi output to be rising.

"Heavenly Qi Release: First movement- Crescent Qi Blade!" The boy yelled out, a yellow jet of light followed his Sword, as he tried to slash the leader, who narrowly avoided the attack. The boy followed the attack with another slash to the leader's face, who did not manage to avoid the attack this time around, the front of his face was slashed in a straight, horizontal line. Even though he started bleeding, he did not so much as let out a shriek.

The leader's sword was followed by black and red jets of light, he tried to slash the boy's neck, yet again. And was yet again blocked with his left hand. This time however, his hand didn't go unfazed, he started bleeding profusely from the slashed area, the boy swiftly created distance between him and the leader.

(Casting a technique without yelling out its name? Not cool, Black Faction leader. ---Author)

"Sacrificial feet of Hemaliforce!" the boy yelled out, his calves started bleeding even more profusely. He quickly jumped up into the trees, hiding from the man.

"A blood cult survivor?! Oh lord Lucifer you truly have blessed us with such an important offering!" the man spoke, jumping into a tree to find the boy.

"Lucifer??! Like the Fallen archangel Lucifer?!" the boy spoke out loud, genuinely asking the question.

"Oh how far the Black Faction has fallen, making pacts with the devil." the boy spoke, jumping out of the tree and onto the ground, followed by him lifting his sword up in preparation to slash.

"Empowered Blood Qi Moon." the boy spoke, bringing his sword down in a rapid motion. The trees surrounding the area fell, revealing the leader's position.

"Keep the lord's name out of your mouth, offering." The leader spoke, lunging towards the boy with his sword, this time ready to slash him once and for all.

"Hellish Remnants of the Devil." The leader spoke, huge jets of black and red Qi followed his sword.

The man however, seemed to slash nothing, as his target was now behind him.

"I'm here, dumbass. Crescent Qi Blade." The boy slashed the man, forming a yellow crescent moon.