Ryan who had no insights in death elemental laws previously suddenly found that his insights and understanding in death elemental laws exceeding his insights and understandings in poison elemental laws, which he had been cultivating for the past half a month since his breakthrough into the early mortal elite realm. He found this situation extremely incredulous. Ryan did not let this fact bother him and decided to take advantage of this fact and continued cultivating death elemental laws. Soon the death elemental energy was entirely consumed up by him. He was frustrated with the entire situation. He wished he had some more death elemental energy then his insights and understanding of death elemental energy would have exceeded the threshold requirement to advance his death attribute soul core to mid mortal elite realm.
As Ryan was about to curse his luck his entire body was enveloped in unholy black light. The moment Ryan was enveloped in this unholy black light he could feel his entire body getting reformed. His entire body was shrouded in baleful aura. The process was extremely painful. Ryan howled with pain but the black light kept on reforming his body. Ryan could feel his entire body being broken down and then being reformed again by the black light. Ryan was unable to withstand the pain and fainted before the black light could finish reforming his body.
Ryan woke after a few hours. He quickly checked his body for any anomalies but found none. Some information appeared in his mind soon after. This was similar to the time when he gained the emerald fog innate ability. A big smile appeared on Ryan’s face. According to the information that appeared in his mind that he had gained the physique of Asuras.
Just like innate abilities, physiques of the beings their martial spirits resembled could also be gained and the process of gaining it was exactly similar to that of innate abilities but it was many times more difficult to gain the physique of the being their martial spirit resembled then its innate abilities. Ryan had gained the physique due to some dog shit luck.
Ryan had yet to gain an innate ability of Asuras after stepping into the elite realm as he had yet to start gaining insights in death elemental laws. Ryan gained the physique of Asuras instead of the innate ability of Asuras. Something like this has never been heard of.
Asuras were known for their terrifying bodily strength and toughness. Even martial artist a few sub realms above them would have a hard time injuring them and even if they manage to injure them, the self-healing capability of their bodies would kick in and within a few minutes, they would recover from all the injuries. Since he now had an Asura Physique, which meant his human body would now possess all the abilities that an Asura’s body had like terrifying bodily strength and toughness, high-speed self-healing capabilities, etc.
Ryan could feel that his strength had gone up by leaps and bounds. Now, he was certain that he could easily kill the elementals beasts that he was having a lot of problems to kill with his bare hands. He could feel explosive strength in each and every part of his body.
Ryan’s eyes had gained the special vision of Asuras. Ryan decided to name this vision as Asuras eyes. All living beings would get highlighted whenever Ryan would activate his Asura eyes, no matter how good these living beings were at hiding themselves. They would always be visible in his vision irrespective of how high their cultivation level is. His other senses had also become many times more sensitive than before. This was good for him as now no one would be able to launch surprise attacks on him during fights or set up an ambush for him. He could also use his highly sensitive senses to find heavenly treasures in treasure lands.
“Your luck is quite good. I never thought that you could actually gain Asura physique in your entire lifetime.” Yama said with teasing smile. Ryan didn’t mind Yama’s teasing. He himself never thought of this day. The reason was the difficulty that was associated with gaining Asura physique. Since the Asura physique was so tyrannical, the difficulty associated with it in order to gain it also increased exponentially as compared to physiques of other beings. Ryan always dreamt of gaining the physique of emerald viper as it was many times easier to gain as compared to Asura physique.
“The Asura physique is terrifying. I would be able to fight with enemies with higher cultivation level.” Ryan said with a cheeky grin. He was imagining all sorts of fight scenarios where his enemies had a cultivation level higher than him.
“Well, it is the physique of Asuras. They are not nicked named god slayers for nothing.” Yama said proudly. Asuras were no normal beings. An Asura could destroy a higher world with ease. So, their terrifying might could be imagined.
Ryan knew that with him gaining Asura physique, people in the same sub realm as him would no longer be his opponents. He quickly ends his cultivation session as he had been inside the spatial cultivation chamber for a quite some time. He decided to quickly exit the spatial cultivation chamber. He had already gained a lot in this cultivation session.
Ryan got up from the matters and started to punch and kick in the air. Each punch of his would create a Whirl Wind. The power behind those punches and kicks of his could be imagined. This astonished Ryan because he didn’t use any spirit power while punching and kicking just now. It was purely his bodily strength. Ryan could tell the power behind his punches could easily lethally injure an early mortal lord.
“Just how powerful would my strikes be if I power them with my spirit power?” A thought flashed in Ryan’s mind.
Ryan’s right hand was covered in the aura of death as he infused his arm with death attribute spirit power. He punched again in the air. His punched tore through the air and a roar similar to an elemental beast resounded inside the Cultivation chamber. Ryan had an astonished expression. He knew the feat he just now performed could only be performed by mid mortal lord realm martial artists. He was certain now that he could easily exchange blows with a mid-mortal lord realm martial artist without being at a disadvantage and also his punches that were powered with his spirit power could easily lethally wound him if the latter didn’t dodge them in time. This fact made him giddy as a creepy smile flashed on his face. It was not just his bodily strength that got a massive boost. His bodily toughness had also increased by leaps and bounds. No mortal lord realm martial artist would be able to lethally injure him.
Once Ryan was done with testing his new physique he exited the spatial cultivation chamber. He found his grandfather sitting on his bed while patiently waiting for him. Oscar didn’t disturb Ryan as it was considered taboo to disturb a person while cultivating. Ryan was happy that his grandfather didn’t enter his spatial cultivation chamber. If he had done so then his secret would have been out and then he would have a difficult task at his hand.
“You have been inside the spatial cultivation chamber for over twenty hours. How was cultivation session?” Oscar asked with a concerned look.
“The closed door session was extremely fruitful. My insights in poison elemental laws increased by leaps and bounds. In a few days’ time, I am certain that I might attain a breakthrough into mid mortal elite realm.” Ryan replied to his grandfather with a smile. He could tell that his family was concerned about him.
“Good. You can consult me if you encounter any kind of problem in your cultivation. I will try to help you as much as I can. Now, quickly go to the dining room your mother has been waiting for you to finish your cultivation session quite some time.” Oscar said as he left his room.
Ryan immediately left for the dining room. As he approached the kitchen he could hear a few familiar voices. A smile crept on Ryan’s face, after hearing these voices. His brothers had already completed their respective closed door cultivation sessions.
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He entered the dining room with a big smile on his face. Blake and Cris understood that his first hunting expedition was extremely successful after seeing their brother enter with a triumphant smile.
“Brother!!” Both Blake and Cris said in unison with a smile on their faces. But this one word conveyed a lot of their feelings to Ryan. He was truly happy to have a family.
“How many beasts did you kill?” Cris asked with a lot of curiosity.
“Ten and all of them were killed by me without any major help from grandfather,” Ryan said with a proud expression.
“What was the cultivation level of those elemental beasts?” Both Blake and Cris asked in unison. They were in awe of their elder brother. It was not easy to kill the elemental beasts for any young martial artist on their own as they lack both martial skills and combat experience to deal with an elemental beast.
“You guys quickly take your seats.” Ryan’s mother voice came from the kitchen.
“Nine were in the early mortal beast elite realm and one was in mid mortal beast elite realm,” Ryan said as he took his seat. He took out the elemental cores of the Elemental beasts, he had hunted from his spatial pouch to show them to his brothers. Blake and Cris looked at the elemental cores with unblinking eyes. Seeing these elemental cores made the pressure go up by a notch on them. They had been trying to surpass their elder brother but their elder brother performance in his first hunt was quite splendid. It would be difficult for them to replicate such a feat. This fact made them tense but they didn’t show it on their face but their determination to surpass Ryan further emboldened.
“Ryan you are overrating yourself. Your performance was good but it had some major flaws.” Ryan’s grandfather said as entered the dining area and took his seat at the dining table. The three brothers perked their ears to listen to their grandfather.
“Ryan, you heavily rely on emerald fog. Your fighting style lacks versatility. Practice some martial skills to increase versatility. It is very easy to deal with a martial artist that fights like you.” Ryan’s grandfather said this in serious and grave tone. Ryan's triumphant smile vanished. The flaws his grandfather pointed out were his Achilles heels.
“Don’t worry. You possess Asura physique now. Your opponents would have a hard time killing you.” Yama said. Ryan calmed down a little.
“Try to learn some martial skills. I will pass you a martial skill. This martial skill is a neutral attribute martial skill. This martial skill can amplify your bodily strength for a few seconds but if you could time your attack properly then this martial skill could help you deal with a martial artist with higher cultivation level. With the help of this martial skill, you would be able to stab the likes of elemental beasts you failed to stab yesterday. This martial skill is called Tyrant martial skill. This martial skill has five stages and after mastering each stage the time limit for which it amplifies your bodily strength increases. This martial skill can be used by you as a trump card. If you rely on just emerald fog then you will pay a heavy price someday.” Oscar said as he put his finger on Ryan’s forehead. The martial skill appeared in his mind. This martial skill was known as Tyrant martial skill. Ryan knew what his grandfather said was absolutely true. He found little merit in learning this martial skill as now he possessed Asura physique.
“Yes, grandfather. I will concentrate on learning martial skills too.” Ryan said sincerely as he could sense concern in his grandfather’s voice. Ryan never found a need to practice martial skills. He could easily overpower his opponents by just using emerald fog. But this time his grandfather’s words struck where it hurts the most. He had already made up his mind to learn a bunch of martial skills.
“Grandfather, I would like to buy a few martial skills of poison attribute,” Ryan said with a determined look on his face. Though his family was a martial arts family but the people that were born with poison attribute martial spirit were extremely rare among the human race. In his family, except for him no one else had poison attribute martial spirit. So, they lacked poison attribute martial skills.
“Take this and try to get some decent martial skills and a good soul weapon of your choice.” Ryan’s grandfather spoke as he handed Ryan a spatial pouch.
After checking its contents, a smile appeared on Ryan’s face. The pouch contained a few hundred high-grade water elemental stones. Since elemental stones could be used for cultivation, they were also used as hard currency. The higher grade elemental stones were equal to hundred low-grade elemental stones while mid-grade elemental stones were equal to fifty low-grade elemental stones.
The elemental stones of lower attributes like fire, water, metal, earth, wind, wood, etc., had a lower value as compared to elemental stones of higher attributes like death, life, darkness, light, thunder, etc. A higher attribute elemental stone was equal to two lower attribute elemental stones.
“Thank you, grandfather,” Ryan said sincerely.
“Remember only get something useful.” Ryan’s grandfather said in a serious tone. Ryan nodded again and again till his grandfather had a change in expression.
“Stop discussing and have dinner first,” Emilia said as she came in the dining room with four big bowls of food hovering around her. The bowls were wrapped in her water attribute spirit power. Ryan's mother was a water martial artist. Martial artists could use their spirit power to lift objects and control them with their thought. Previously, Oscar had used his spirit power to make Ryan fly alongside him.
Emilia served the food to her family before taking a seat herself. The entire family of Ryan had dinner in silence as it was forbidden to speak while eating food.
After dinner, Ryan returned to his room with his brothers.
“Brother, purchase some terrifying martial skills. They should be able to scare the shit out of your opponents.” Cris said with enthusiasm.
“No, don’t bother with Cris suggestion, Brother. “Blake said.
“Why???” Cris asked. He felt wronged. He didn’t find anything wrong with his suggestion.
“Poison attribute martial artists are known for their stealthy and deadly attacks. If the poison attacks don't possess stealth and deadliness, your opponent could easily avoid them.” Blake said. Ryan was not shocked hearing his words. He being a former contract killer and someone who specialized in using poisons knew about this fact. On the contrary, he was shocked by Blake’s knowledge. What Blake spoke of was the essence of poison arts. Cris was stunned for a second. He too felt that Blake words made sense.
“Where did you learn about this?” Ryan asked out of curiosity.
“I read about this in a book in our library. The book is named ‘Weakness and Strong point of different attributes’.” Blake said proudly. Ryan decided to read that book on a later date.
“How is your training going on?” Ryan asked Blake. It was a critical time for Blake since he was already in late Condensation realm.
“Nice. I think I will be able to breakthrough to mortal elite realm soon.” Blake said. Confidence could be felt emanating from him. Blake’s martial spirit resembled Black lightning tiger. Black lightning tiger was an ancient beast. It had a dual attribute elemental beast. One was darkness and other was thunder. The terrifying thing about this ancient beast was its variant thunder. All attributes had variations. Variant attributes were many times more tyrannical than their normal attribute counterparts. The Black lightning tiger possessed dark thunder. The lightning and electric currents produced by the black thunder tiger was pitch-black color. This pitch-black lightning and electirc currents was many times more destructive than normal lightning.
A martial artist with dual attribute martial spirit didn't have the same advantages as someone with dual martial spirits. Dual attribute martial spirit holder would only possess a single soul core. The only advantage they had above single attribute martial artist was their ability to transform the spirit power of one of their attribute into another and vice a versa. This allowed them to use the power of two attributes.
“Don’t slack off for some time. What about you Cris??”Ryan asked. Blake just nodded his head and turned his attention towards Cris.
“I am still at the mid-Condensation realm. In a few month times, I will be able to reach late condensation realm.” Cris said with confidence. Earlier, he had a nice chat with his aunt and Grandfather about his cultivation. So, he was confident in his ability.
Cris and Oscar both possessed a similar martial spirit. Their martial spirit resembled Calamity giant. It was darkness attribute humanoid martial spirit. Calamity giants were one most dangerous darkness attribute being in the Universe. They were only found in some Divine worlds. Death was your only option when facing them.
“Good for you. Just work hard and heed to Grandfather's advice. You also pay attention to grandfather, Blake. You also possess darkness attribute martial spirit.” Ryan said. Both Blake and Cris nodded their head in agreement. They could tell that their brother was speaking for their wellbeing.
The trio conversed for another half hour before Blake and Cris returned to their respective rooms.
Once Blake and Cris left Ryan’s room, he entered the spatial cultivation chamber to cultivate poison elemental laws as he lacked the resources to cultivate death elemental laws.