"John reached the foot of the mountain and smiled at the mountain, I am your ruler from now on."

(There was a cold miasma all over the mountain where no human being would be able able to breathe and the density of the miasma increases as we go up the mountain.)

Do you think you can stop me with these vapours don't dream if I were my previous self then I would have been intimidated with that but you are facing the reborn version of me. (John smiles and goes into the miasma at the bottom of the mountain.

The pressure in the miasma at the bottom of the mountain was twice that from the outside. John thought that it would be good to increase his body because of its pressure.

John picked some pieces of equipment like weights from the mountain and started training.

On the first day when John thought to train he felt that when he tries to do some exercises he feels that it was 3 times hard than that of outside, he comes to a conclusion that whatever is on the top of the mountain is not from this world.

He thought that if he wanted to explore the mountain fully then he needs to grow strong than that thing on the top of the mountain.

(He then started to train his body from that day on)

(After 3 days of continues training he felt that his physical strength was increasing rapidly.)

What's going on with me my physical strength has increased so much in just 3 days, is it because of this place?

No, no, it must be because of the demon Emperor's legacy. He said my body will undergo rapid transformation. I need to increase my strength more to stabilize the rapid change in my body. (John)

This is just the foot of the mountain and the pressure is this much what will happen if I go to the next layer of the mountain. Let's just see what would happen if I go up. (John)

(John walks to the next layer of the mountain)

Haa it seems like I had reached the second layer.

Dak Dak! Dak! (Heartbeat increases and his body starts to bleed)

(John suddenly starts coughing blood)

What is this? What am I doing? Why am I coughing blood? (confused John)

John is completely confused he doesn't know what he is doing and what he should do. He was in a complete dilemma. He thought that if he had to get out f this situation then he needs to calm down.

(John sits down and calms his nerves)

After 10 minutes he calms down completely even if he is in pain. He observes his surroundings carefully. He finds that everything is normal as it should be in the mountain except for one thing. (John gets up and goes near a flower which was quite unusual)

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(He sees that the flower is alive even in this miasma.)

What is this flower? Let me check it closely.

(The flower suddenly start to move and grows big. The ground suddenly starts to become soft and after some time it completely turns into a sponge-like thing and swallows John)

After some time John wakes up only to see that he is completely trapped inside of a plant-like monster. The plant uses whip-like things to tie John and starts to consume John's energy.

Damn plant! what do you think you are doing to me ah! Do you think you can eat me, sorry to spoil your meal but I would never die like plant food.

(John tries to break the whips which entangled him after 10 min of struggle he finally breaks free with the help of his physical strength.)

Damn! That was painful I am not even able to handle 5 percent of the Emperor's physical strength I would have just broken my arms if I had used any more power. (John bleeding)

What is this sticky stuff down my feet? (John)

(John's shoes start to burn away)

What the heck! these are the digestive juices of this damn plant monster. It was a brand new pair of shoes too. Damn monster when I get out of here I would roast you alive.

(John then uses his wind ability to make a barrier surrounding his body to avoid himself from being burnt by the Juices.)

How should I get out of here?

(After some time he found the flower which he saw before entering the plant's mouth.)

Here you are, you damn flower because of you I am stuck in this mess in the first place. I am going to cut you into pieces.

(John takes out his low-quality dagger and tries to cut the flower.)

I will cut you into pieces and give them as a gift to my sister. Kat! Kat! Kat!..... Tak! What the heck is this flower made of even the dagger broke because I tried to cut it. Damn you flower because of you I had to part ways with my dagger which has been with me all this time. (frustrated John)

Wait a second why would there be a flower in here and a strong defence too?

( John thinks and then starts to laugh)

Hahahaha! So that's how it is. Damn bud you are the main part of this overgrown bud aren't you? Damn you! You tricked me using illusion at first and when you failed to succeed you used your huge body to trap me here. It was a nice plan but what will happen to the overgrown plant if I destroy you. Shall we try? (Dark smile on John's face)

(After a while of thinking John came to a conclusion to burn the bud from inside.)

You may have a tuff body or whatever but you are still a plant and plants burn with fire. I am not a fire ability user but I have few tricks up my sleeve to make a fire. (John)

(John searched his body and finally)

Aha! Found it. Do you know what it is body oil which I had bought for my exercises but it can also be used to set a fire. (Scheming John)

(John pours the oil all over the flower and around it.)

The stage is set now for the fire (looks around) Haha we have all fire we need all over the place.

(John takes a piece of cloth from his tracks and applies some oil to it and places it slightly above the digestive juices. Then after 1 min the track starts to burn.)

Ahha! We got our fire ready ( Puts it on the oil near the flower). Now, let's enjoy a firework show shall we!

(The flower slowly starts to burn and the overgrown bud also starts to feel pain and after some time the bud falls and the flower is burnt completely. John uses his strength to break out from the mouth of the bud.)

Damn it! The smell of this bud is so nasty I am about to puke. (Puking John)

See that, if you try to eat something you are not supposed to then you need to face the consequences too. (John)

John again sets to go to the second layer after crossing the boundary of the first layer.

......What adventures await our protagonist on the second layer stay tuned to see......