"Kid, you changed."
"What do you experience?"
Master Aaron looked at Apollo and couldn’t help but say that the change this time was quite unusual and enigmatic.
To this end, Apollo smiled as he seemed to show melancholy, remembering the things he experienced in the runic array.
"Nothing, just some loneliness."
He replied without saying anything more, and Master Aaron understood and didn’t ask.
"Then are you going to leave or still want to try the ’Spirit Hall’?"
"No, master, it is enough for today; I am a bit worn out."
The hours of experience within the array made him tired, not physically but mentally.
He not only broke out of the constraints of his mind and felt nirvana, but after twelve years of experience in this world, this experience let him see the truth and let him finally accept who he really is.
Before today, he still believed he was still the Apollo from the earth, but now he knows he had to let go of his past. He is not the Apollo from the earth, but he is the ’Apollo Fletcher’ from the Baron Fletcher family.
His mind seemed to have broken some kind of state; now he felt more comfortable, and he even felt his movement, use of life force, or skills seemed to have become better, like natural.
It’s like the world finally accepted him as its person, not an outsider.
He felt good, but he didn’t want to experience them again. It was a few hours outside, but within his mind, it was like a month, so he was not going to try the psychic hall for a few days. More importantly, even after the improvement in his mind and realization, he still didn’t think he could clear all those ninety-nine runic arrays.
He had to say that those hundreds or so guys who cleared all ninety-nine arrays were monsters. Were they some enlightened Buddhas or what, as he couldn’t understand how strong their mind and spirit were to do that?
He quickly left the runic tower, followed by his master, who didn’t say anything and quietly left with him.
They quickly returned to the Old Man Aragon’s store, and Apollo found a room and went directly to sleep, as he needed that.
The next morning, when he woke up feeling great, Master Aaron was waiting for him, as today he was going to teach him some basics and skills.
"But where are we going to train? We cannot do that in the shop, right."
"Old man, show the kid your place."
Master Aaron smiled as he knew his disciple would ask.
"What are you proud of? It is my place."
"Come on, kid, follow me."
And then old man Aragon led them to the basement, which was quite a deep underground.
That seems to be filled with a pile of trash without a space for training.
But just as he thought the two old guys were messing with him, the Old Man touched a brick with a small hammer symbol.
Baam! Crack... Crack!
A cracked wall opened with a path leading to a large, spectacular training hall with crimson rock and a powerful fighting aura.
"This place is made of special stones, known as blood dragon stones, that were formed over thousands of years when a large quantity of dragon blood spilt on earth, and those stones absorbed it over time."
Old Man Aragon introduced this as they slowly walked towards the area.
"Hmm, my life force seemed to be suppressed." Apollo felt surprised as he felt a fierce force on himself like he was in the jaws of some powerful beast.
"Oh, that’s because of the blood dragon stones, as they are not only harder than most metals, but they also have a special ability to suppress life force or any other kinds of energy."
"Because of the dragon’s blood absorbed by the stones, it creates a unique force similar to the dragon’s powerful domain that can suppress other beings."
"So this place not only is sturdy, but its unique environment makes your life force more condensed and powerful."
Old Man Aragon proudly said that this place was a masterpiece that needed a lot of time and money to build.
"Kid, let’s now start our training."
Master Aaron interrupted the talk as he quickly wanted to start Apollo’s training.
"Yes."
"First, I am going to teach you some skills, as you don’t have many."
"Hmm." Apollo nodded, as he had been waiting for this moment for quite some time and almost used creation points to buy skills.
"For your current strength, the best you can use is middle-grade skills; as high-grade or superior-grade skills, the minimum requirements of strength are first-rank limit breakers."
"So now, I am going to teach you two middle-grade skills today." With that, Master Aaron started teaching Apollo.
"Both of the skills are the best among the middle-grade skills."
"The first one is called ’Razor Storm’. Using this skill, you can create dozens of razor-sharp ice blades that will butcher your enemies."
"The second one is called ’Sword Ray’. Using this can not only increase your sword’s melee attack power, but you can also launch a powerful sword ray up to thirty meters ahead."
Hearing this, Apollo’s eyes glowed with bright light, as those two skills were what he needed. A group aoe attack and a powerful single-point attack combined with his control skill, ’ice nova’, covered most of his weaknesses.
"So, are you ready?"
"Yes."
"Then first, let’s start with ’Razor Storm’. No matter what kind of mutated life force you have, this skill will show powerful strength."
"So learn carefully."
"For you to use this skill, you needed to utilize a total of six prana circuits in your body, and you need to be careful as it will take many times more life force than a low-grade skill, so be careful before using this skill."
"Now look carefully, as I am going to show you ’Razor Storm’ Skill."