James watched as Kraven ran after Group 332. He then cast a look at Jason, who seemed to be in deep thought, which was out of character for him. Just as James was about to say something, Jason spoke up.

"I think you're right about Kraven having a Unique Physique or Bloodline," Jason explained seriously to James.

"What makes you so certain? You even pointed out that they are rare among disciples of the 12 Rulers."James questioned Jason on his sudden change of opinion regarding Kraven.

"He said that he felt like he was being burned alive during the test" Jason answered James

"What that's not right he shouldn't have felt anything except becoming heavier as the Qi saturated his body but no heat at all." James retorted

"Yeah I know, that's what made me think that he has a Unique Physique or Bloodline maybe it caused a Unique reaction," Jason said sighing

"But nothing we can do but wait to find out," Jason said returning to his normal carefree self.

Kraven stood in front of a wall with holes embedded in a 5x5 grid. Oddly enough, the exact number of slaves present matched the number of holes. In front of the wall, there was a bookshelf filled with books.

"This test will assess your speed of understanding martial arts and the concepts within, Each person will choose a foundational martial art and attempt to learn as many moves as possible, earning a star for each mastered move. Dwayne shouted to the slaves.

All of the slaves looked worried as none had come into contact with martial arts before and had no idea what area they were talented in.

"You have 60 minutes to choose the Martial art you need to learn," Dwayne said callously

"Time's already started" Dwayne reminded them noticing that Kraven was already reading through the books.

Kraven picked up a book with written on the cover after quickly reading it and attempting the first move he found Fist Arts wasn't his talent he moved on to and the result was the same. The results for were the same when he came to the section on weapon arts first he tried it felt better but without having a weapon he was unsure just as he was thinking Dwayne shouted.

"If you're going to try a weapon art, the weapons are over there," Dwayne said pointing to a different corner of the room that even Kraven didn't even notice.

Kraven swiftly moved to the weapon rack and picked up a sturdy wooden dagger he then tried the first move of the and it felt a lot better than the other Arts Kraven had tried but he hated how light the strike was, so he put the dagger back and returned to the books, this time he picked the and decided to give it a go but after a few attempts, he felt that while it is heavier and more comfortable for him it still wasn't 100% right for him.

"10 minutes left hurry up" Dwayne shouted

"What 10 minutes already, I still haven't found the right art yet," Kraven said annoyed about the abrupt warning, little did he know that Dwayne had given a warning at the 30-minute mark but Kraven had been so absorbed into practicing he hadn't heard him.

Seeing the young boy flustered made the slaves very happy.

Kraven not noticing their smiles quickly began reading through the rest of the Weapon arts as they are what fit him best that's when he found it reading through it he was quickly absorbed into the book forgetting the time-sensitive situation he was in but something told him this was the right art to learn.

"Time's up gather up" Dwayne shouted

Murmurs could be heard coming from the slaves seemingly some of them still didn't know what to choose.

"With the Arts you're going to learn and a weapon if you need it, stand in a line here," Dwayne said pointing to a spot with some form of formation on.

Despite the slaves not having found an Art they were talented at they still stood on the formation with a book in hand.

"This formation will send you into one of the caves in the wall you will have 12 hours to master as many moves as possible, Starting now," Dwayne said triggering the formation

Kraven was disoriented by the teleportation although not as much as the first time, Kraven took a moment and looked around the cave he would be in for the next 12 hours the area was about 13ft x 12ft dimly lit, stale air filled the cave.

"Compared to the times I would piss off the maids and would be crammed into a hole with no light or space that barely allowed me to breathe, this is pretty sweet but damn I'm hungry," Kraven said as he realized that there was what looked like a ball on a table at the back of the cave.

Kraven picked up the rough and uneven ball and there was a note next to it.

"This is a Grain Pill it will make you full as though you have just eaten a large meal" Kraven read aloud after finishing reading the note he ate the pill with no hesitation, it was awful it tasted like nothing, and the texture was like eating dirt but for Kraven who had been eating disgusting food since birth, it was nothing he couldn't handle.

"Wow, it does make you feel full that's awesome, right time to get to practice. Kraven said as he took a deep breath before he sat on the floor and began to read the

Kraven having taken an hour to fully remember the Manual jumped to his feet, steadied his breathing, and started practicing the 1st move of the the Saber Stance the most important move of the

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Kravens feet were a shoulder's length apart in a squat as deep as his nutrient-starved body could allow without causing major damage, his elbows to his side and his saber held in front of him, Kraven felt his Blood Qi becoming thicker and more powerful as it was described in the manual.

"I feel so much stronger despite the fact this isn't even a Low-Tier Body Tempering martial art I wonder how strong a High-Tier or even Peak-Tier martial art is, If I fought the me that had just entered the cave I could kill him without even using the saber, "Kraven said with a childish smile on his face as though he was talking about his favorite toy.

The next 11 hours were a blur as Kraven entered a trance while practicing the next nine moves, he was awoken from his trance by a bell signaling the end of the time limit.

"WHAT it's already been 12 hours already I swear it's been 3 hours at most," Kraven said confused as he suddenly felt himself being teleported.

Murmurs filled the room as everyone was teleported out of the room "I didn't even master 1 move" one slave said as his body fell to the floor completely losing all hope of escaping his fate of being a slave.

The group looked at him on the floor but didn't do anything many even followed the man in dropping to their knees feeling the same thing as the man. One person however didn't feel a single thing looking at the people on the floor as they wailed having lost all hope of living a free life ever again.

"God look at them completely useless the lot of them," Dwayne thought surveying the group about to explain the next portion of the test.

"Can I go first?" Kraven said before Dwayne even had a chance to open his mouth.

"Yes, but let me explain what's going to happen first, one by one you're going to stand in front of me and attack me using the moves you've all spent half a day learning and I will Judge you after you've used all ten moves," Dwayne said regaining his composure after being taken aback by Kraven yet again.

Dwayne's words made even more people drop as they thought for some baffling reason that they could lie and not display their moves.

"So I've just got to attack you using all 10 moves right," Kraven said excitedly

"Yes, now start," Dwayne said waiting for Kraven to attack.

"Despite him just standing there I feel like no matter where I attack he will be able to defend, block, or just kill me before I can even tense a muscle, that's the difference between me and a cultivator, how fun." Kraven thought with a smile that made everyone who saw it uncomfortable.

Kraven ran forward keeping his body low to the ground and as soon as he was within striking distance he jumped and twisted his body using the momentum to use the 2nd move of the the Rotating Slash utilizing the rotation of his body he slashed at Dwayne's head but he slightly leaned back making the move miss entirely, Kraven fell 15 foot away landing on his front but quickly got back up, "You didn't have to dodge so easily" Kraven said as he rushed Dwayne once again not deterred by missing the first time coming from the right of Dwayne who didn't even look in his direction, 3rd move Diagonal Slash Kraven slashed at Dwayne's arm and chest with full force only for Dwayne to once again slightly move to dodge and send Kraven flying with a flick of his finger causing Kraven to land heavily on his side.

"So that's how I was sent flying I didn't see you flick me the first time," Kraven said enjoying the test despite the fact he keeps getting beaten up.

"He saw me! I was sure I was fast enough for him not to see" Dwayne thought but kept a neutral expression.

Kraven quickly reentered the test but no matter what he tried nothing mattered 4th move Downward Slash, 5th move Quick Stab, 6th move Heavy Slash, 7th move Feint-Stab, 8th move Backward Slash, 9th move Crescent Slash.

"DAMN IT" Kraven screamed in frustration nothing was working he had tried everything and nothing was working every attack Dwayne would move slightly to dodge and then flick him away.

"All or nothing," Kraven said as he prepared to use the 10th move.

"This is the last move," Dwayne thought

Kraven lunged at Dwayne one last time using quick slashes that interlined with each other with such speed it caused the wind to move this was the 10th move whirlwind as Kraven slashed he entered a trance as he poured everything into this final attack sparks of energy began to form in the strikes that had previously had not been there, as the energy began to become more solid Kraven's saber speed up and his strikes became heavier.

"This... this is Saber Intent how can this kid have produced Saber Intent," Dwayne thought unable to hide the shock on his face he looked at Kraven who was in a trance, "He's reaching the intent level right now what a fucking monster".

Just as Dwayne thought that Kraven fell to the floor having used all of his energy to reach the intent level and producing Saber intent he had completely drained all the energy in his body.

Dwayne reacted quickly and injected Qi into Kraven's body to Quickly restore his consciousness. "*Gasp*What happened," Kraven said quickly trying to figure out what happened.

"Calm down your body is still weakened after what happened, "Dwayne said helping Kraven up despite Dwayne's Qi helping him to his feet as his body was still healing and thus very weak.

Kraven stood still his lungs heaving his body feeling like he was 10x his weight he was clearly on his last legs stamina-wise but what annoyed him more was the snickers he heard from the slaves watching thinking him a weakling, some of the slaves that had given up on life were laughing at him thinking that the high and mighty Kraven that looked down on them since his arrival was going to get 0 stars despite being so confident.

Kraven didn't even have the energy to look at them, to be honest even he didn't know how well he did, as feelings of self-doubt filled him he heard Dwayne start to speak.

"Kraven none of you're moves were at the master level," Dwayne said

As his words spread through the room, a roar of laughter could be heard coming from the slaves as they thought the ever arrogant Kraven had completely failed gaining no stars.

"I guess you're no better than us you arrogant bastard" As the man said this the laughter resounded within the room. Kraven who had fallen into himself didn't even respond but the next thing Dwayne said flipped the situation.

"They were all at the Perfection Level," Dwayne said

The laughter and happy mood had completely dropped "What no that can't be true," said the man who had just called him a bastard.

"It is true and furthermore he reached the Intent level with his last attack Kraven you receive 10 stars if I could I would give you more, congratulations junior brother," Dwayne said

"Junior brother?" Kraven questioned as the last time Kraven called Dwayne brother he told him they weren't sect brothers yet then it clicked.

"I have 17 stars I've already passed the 15 needed," Kraven said as relief filled his body.

"Indeed you have young Kraven to enter the sect after only two tests is the mark of a genius," Dwayne said

"Do I still need to take the third test considering I've already passed the 15 stars," Kraven asked as fatigue flooded his body hoping he could rest instead of taking the third test.

"Technically you don't have to but the more stars you have when you enter the sect the better resources you'll be given so it's far better to take the test, are you worried because you're tired don't worry about that," Dwayne said as a pill bottle appeared in his hand he then handed it to Kraven

"Inside is an energy-recovering pill it's only a Low Tier 1 pill so it'll work on you fine and will bring you to peak condition by the time of the next test you can go over there and rest," Dwayne said pointing to a sealed door that no doubt led to the next test site.

Kraven nodded and walked over to the door and sat down before his legs gave out, he pulled the top off the pill bottle and the fragrance that came out of the bottle made his mouth water and made his body feel better already he quickly swallowed the pill and watched a few slaves' tests but got bored and fell asleep.