The power of the sword was still rising. The thunderbolts that shot out of it left a clear trace on the ground. Arfi's bragging that the battle was over made sense after he activated the sword Lightning Law.

However, Jin had a completely different opinion as he stared at the lightning surging from the sword and started to think.

'It seems that a new life has been written for him, now I'm going to kick his ass without having to kill him, but first I have to piss him off.'

“Stupid, you are just an idiot who is happy now because of your stupid lightning sword. I’ve seen you fighting along with your friend. You two were really amazing, especially you. Your barrier was a miraculous thing to envy, but you want to give it up. You want to give up on your spirit form, how stupid you are.”

Jin's words touched a nerve. Arfi's decision to change his spirit form was a crucial thing, and now a child is questioning his decision. This only ignited his anger.

"what does a kid like you know to judge me?” screamed Arfi in anger, as he waved his sword like a madman, and terrifying lightning bolts shot out of the sword.

*Slash*

The moment the thunderbolt appeared, Jin threw the water he had been hiding in his storage ring at Arfi's face, so Arfi's got to taste his own medicine.

Because Arfi's body became filled with water, the lightning that came out of the sword started to flow into his body and injure his entire body. The most damage was done to his hand that has burned. Since Arfi hadn't activated his Elemental Law yet, he couldn't stand his lightning sword attacks.

"Ahh!" Arfi shouted in pain, dropping the sword from his hand.

Jin, who had been waiting for this opportunity, quickly ran towards the sword and picked it up, and then attacked Arfi to stab him with it.

The young man raised his hands, forming his shield in front of him, preventing the sword from killing him.

*boom*

The sword clashed with the shield made a booming sound. When Jin saw the shield, he shouted, and his eyes were sparkling with excitement.

"What a great shield."

Jin threw the Imperial sword as if he was throwing a trash piece of iron and began to feel his opponent's spirit shield with his hand amidst his opponent's stunning looks.

“How is it possible that you cannot see the potential of your spirit form? I have a suggestion, forget about that stupid sword, and let's make this beautiful barrier shine even more.”

Jin bit his thumb until it bled and quickly drew a magic circle on the surface of the barrier.

When Arfi saw this, he quickly tried to cancel his spirit shield. However, because the imperial sword had previously hit his spirit shield, he couldn't do it in time. He couldn't help but grind his teeth as he saw the magic circle shining in ruby red on his spirit shield.

*boom*

A powerful explosion smashed the shield into pieces and threw Arfi several meters back, falling harshly to the ground. Due to the power of the impact, he felt his bones crushed as he coughed up blood, but there was no time to take his breath, how could he do that while he was hearing the sound of lightning coming from the imperial sword.

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As he felt the killing aura coming from Jin, which was frightening him more than his body pain, he looked up to see Jin, who was walking toward him with the imperial sword in his hand, staring at him with a fearsome smile on his face.

'I will die.....if I don't do something, I will die.'

At this moment, Arfi was so desperate and weak. He could barely raise his right hand because of the burns from the lightning that bounced on him, and after his injury, he didn't have enough energy to make a new barrier.

But as the saying goes, the wounded tiger is more dangerous. So Arfi raised his left hand and began to gather all his remaining strength, forming a shield at the size of his fist.

Shouting at the top of his voice, Arfi punched the air.

*bam*

Arfi's vision became blurry after he had used up all his energy. All he could see before he passed out was a deep hole-shaped fist where his shield attacked, and in the end, he collapsed on the ground.

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“Arfi, Arfi….are you okay? Can you stand up?”

Arfi barely opened his eyes to see the worried Artesia's face. He gathered himself, faked a smile, and said, "Artesia, I am glad to see that you are fine.

"What are you saying? and where is that bastard? I'll kill him if I see him again," said Artesia angrily as she tried to help her friend.

Arfi, who lost all his treasures and got beaten by a fourteen-year-old kid who didn't have a soul form yet, was not angry, not even annoyed, but was smiling as he tightened the hand of Artesia, who was trying to help him, remembering the last thing that the white-haired boy said.

"A creature is always at his strongest in moments of despair. Congratulations on your new move."

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Elsewhere in the forest, Du Bai was still fighting over the Hermit herb. Although he had several wounds on his body, he still had the upper hand. Even Du Bai himself was amazed by the result. All he did was carry out Jin's instructions.

“Du Bai, you know what your weakness is? you just throw punches without thinking, you have to do dodge more, and don’t forget to make some fake attacks.”

Du Bai dodged his huge opponent's kick and threw a powerful punch at his opponent, who crossed his arms in defense, but Du Bai stopped in the middle of the attack and turned around to kick his opponent's stomach hard and throw him away.

Du Bai stood proudly at a high place, a crimson aura surrounded him, and his brown skin made him look majestic. He raised his head slightly up and shouted, challenging everyone.

“The herb is for my brother and whoever wants it. He must pass me first.”

Jin, who had just arrived and heard what his friend said, couldn't hold back his smile, then he took out the Imperial Sword, letting the lightning bolts make holes on the ground.

Seeing the weapon's power in Jin's hand, the newbies couldn't help but raise their hands and surrender. Neither the hermit herb nor the dragon wing herb is worth dying for.

It was easy for Jin to use the Imperial Sword since he was in the middle of the evolution realm. Using the weapon would not affect his spirit form since he doesn't have one yet.

"Du Bai, it's time for us to go home. I'm starving. I haven't finished my breakfast in the morning," Jin said, stretching his neck lazily.

Du Bai jumped up, his eyes almost popping out, focusing on the sword.

“This is a holy weapon. How did you get it? What about the warriors in the soul realm? No way did you defeat them? Did you steal it from them? Are they chasing after you? We have to run away quickly. If they catch us, we will die... What if they have a strong family? We have to leave the village and hide for a while. Then, we can go to…….”

“Man, can you shut up for a second? No one is chasing me.” Jin interrupted Du Bai.

Then he activated his storage ring, took out a book called (Monster Rampage), and gave it to Du Bai.

“It’s an advanced warrior skill, inspired by Semi-beast arts, it will boost your strength in the future. It suits you.”

After warriors broke through the soul realm and discovered what kind of spirit form they owned, they chose the appropriate skills for their spirit form. These skills are classified into low, medium, and advanced.

An advanced rank skill book is considered a treasure in this world, and in academies, only the nobles can learn these skills.

Du Bai's eyes filled with tears as he held the book in disbelief, not believing how his life had turned around. Two days ago, he thought that he would be satisfied with being a student of a second-rate academy, and now he holds a book in his hands that he never dreamed of getting. However, Du Bai's joy didn't last long. He immediately thought of something and said

"You want to sell it to me, right?"