Chapter 37: The Demonic Devouring Arts
After a few sessions with Alice ended in the bathroom, Jayden brought her to the bedroom and continued their act of intimacy. Vampires' sexual desires were much stronger than humans, which made Jayden's plans get delayed.
He had planned to go to the martial academy early in the morning, but Alice just wouldn't stop until midnight the next day. When they finished, the bathroom and bedroom walls were broken, and the whole room was a mess.
Alice was lying on Jayden's chest with her eyes closed while he was praising the past himself for making the right life choices that brought him here.
To reach the academy from his kingdom, it would normally take seven to eight days, but with Jayden's speed, he could reach there in just two hours. So, despite getting delayed, he wasn't worried.
He looks at the peaceful expression of Alice and a naughty smile appears on his face. He tickles her lightly while saying:
" I'm not finished yet; let's continue. "
" Haha, wait, didn't you need to rest for your trip tomorrow? " Alice asked while laughing from Jayden's tickles.
He removes the blanket and pulls Alice under him; for a few moments, he just stares at her body which could only be described by the word perfect, even more so after becoming a vampire.
After Alice became a vampire, her beauty rose to the next level, even making Anna admit her as a rival. Jayden holds both of her breasts which seem to have grown even bigger, between his hands feeling their softness by sinking his fingers into her skin.
Then Jayden moves closer and takes her plump red lips into his mouth, and his tongue enters her mouth. While kissing passionately, he rubs the tip of his cock at the entrance of her vagina, which was a wet mess by now.
" Ahhhnnnn~ you're so big again. " Alice said in between her moans.
With a thrust, he pushes his dick into her and began yet another round of pleasure. Alice breaks the kiss and, with her fangs growing, bites Jayden's neck. She wraps her arms and legs tightly around him while he kept moving in and out of her.
Only when the sun rose into the sky did they stop their first sexual experience.
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The Martial Academy
In a big room that's filled with many books, two men were sitting facing each other. One was an old man who looked to be in his eighties, and the other one looked to be in his fifties.
The old man presented himself as wise and noble; he was the headmaster of the martial academy. While the man sitting in front of him was the king of the Kingdom Neptune, Albert.
" Why did you come alone? What happened to Stephen? " the headmaster asked while pouring tea in two cups.
" That kid is having some trouble sleeping lately. I heard it started after he met that waste. " Albert said as he took the cup.
*slurp*
" Is it just a coincidence, or could there be more to it? " the headmaster asked while taking a sip from his tea.
" I believe it's not just a coincidence, and I heard a few more things about him. But tell me first what was his cultivation realm. " Albert
" I think the second level of body refinement. " the headmaster replies
" But why are you so determined to kill him?
" the headmaster asks after pausing.
" He has something we need, and lord wants to take Alice. " Arthur answers without providing much information and continues after a moment.
" That fool killed one of his ministers with just a wave of his hand, and that minister was at the ninth stage of Qi refinement and was about to break through into the energy transformation realm. " Albert said with a frown on his face.
Headmaster Lincoln didn't say anything for a few moments and closed his eyes, thinking deeply about the matter.
" Lord will not like variables in the plan. " Lincoln said, looking at Arthur and placing his cup back on the table.
" Don't worry about that waste of land, as I have everything planned; just play your part correctly. " Arthur said as he stood up from his chair and moved towards the door.
" I know, you don't need to remind me. " Lincoln said as slight tremors of energy formed around him.
Seeing Lincoln getting angry, a smirk appears on Arthur's face. He shakes his head slightly and moves out of the room.
*crash*
" This bastard is not telling me everything; no matter what, I will kill that fool of a king and get more benefits from the lord. " Lincoln roars while smashing his cup on the wall.
" And why isn't that fat bastard here yet? Was it a mistake to ask him to bring everything here? " Lincoln said looking out of the window
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*Achoo*
The waste of land was currently moving towards the martial academy by turning into his mist form.
Early in the morning, after a passionate kiss from Alice, Jayden leaves his castle and later turns into the mist to travel faster. Eleanor and the others were gone to their home, so he couldn't meet them.
Though Peter stayed in the castle, hoping he might get lucky at some point. And when he heard the news of Jayden's departure, he was ecstatic; he was already planning to sneak into Alice's room.
Jayden knew of it and used his Mind Manipulator skill to turn him into a diligent soldier for a few days.
Jayden instructed his personal guard, Will, to protect Alice and others while he was gone. He also received news about Stephen's misery and was quite satisfied with the use of his Genjutsu.
...
While he was travelling, he saw three men holding swords and surrounding a fat man. There were a lot of corpses around them, numbering more than a hundred, some of which looked like guards while others looked like the three bandits.
Jayden lands a few meters away from them and observes them. He had wrapped a black cloth around his purple robe previously.
" Oye fatty, hand over your dimensional ring, and we will leave your corpse intact. " one of the three men said.
" I...I can't; everything I have saved all my life is in it. A...And most of the things in it belong to the headmaster of the martial academy. " the fat man replies.
Jayden wondered whether the fatty was such a fool, telling his enemy all the information.
Ferocious expression appears on their faces as they looked at the ring on his hand. If they get their hands on it, not only could they live their whole lives with luxuries, but they could also leave a lot for their generations to come.
" Aaaaaaggghhhhhhhhh h...hurts, it hurts. " One man moves forward and slices at the fat man's back, making him cry in pain.
" Hahahaha "
" Hahahaha"
All three start laughing, thinking of their bright future, then they hears footsteps approaching from behind.
Jayden wearing a black robe was walking towards them with slow steps. The fat man's eyes glow with joy as he looks at Jayden, and then, pushing one of the bandits, he runs towards Jayden.
" Y...You peasant, save me from them. Use your worthless life to protect me; at least you could die with pride. " the fat man shouted with sweat all over his face as he pushed Jayden forward.
" Don't worry, my lord. I'll protect you with my life, and I won't let anyone touch you. " Jayden said, moving forward and cringing over his own words.
Saying that, he turns Andrea into a sword and kills all the bandits in an instant, stunning the fat man. After that, Jayden looks directly into the fat man's eyes, activating his skill mind Manipulator.
" You did great, and as a reward I will allow you to become my servant. You should be proud- " Without letting him continue, Jayden cuts his head off. The fat man died with wide eyes as he stared at Jayden, almost as if asking, 'WHY?'.
Jayden takes the dimensional ring from his body and speaks:
" Anna, how do I use this? "
" Oh, you still remember I'm here? " Anna said in a sarcastic tone.
" Uh... sorry for not paying you much attention; I promise to talk with you daily from now on. " Jayden said while putting one of his hands on his chest, trying to make her believe him.
" Yeah, I understand; after all, you have too many women to deal with, " Anna said in a grumpy tone.
" I will definitely follow my promise, and we're best friends, right? " Jayden replies, thinking, why did she sound jealous?
" Fine, just as you have seen in dramas, put a drop of your blood on it, and then you will be able to use it. " Anna said.
Without saying anything, Jayden pokes his finger with Andrea and drops a drop of blood on the ring. The ring glows slightly with a golden light, and then Jayden wears it.
Just when he sends his consciousness into the ring to check its contents, his eyes widen in shock. 'The fatty wasn't lying when he said it's all his life savings. ' Jayden thoughts.
In the ring, he found a large heap of gold, beast cores and diamonds, an amount that could rival his kingdom's total capital. A lot of martial arts books, and the most abundant things, were pills and potions.
" Hahahaha, he must be a really rich pills merchant. " Jayden shouted while laughing almost maniacally.
He first looks at the martial arts book, most of which doesn't catch his attention. He took out two books, and one was 'Yin-Yang Punch', and the other was 'Infernal Steps', which were both kept in special red boxes.
Both skills were the strongest among all others; even their rank wasn't known, nor were their origins. From the merchant's memories, Jayden found out that he was delivering most of the stuff to the martial academy.
The fatty was a very famous merchant who dealt between kingdoms; he was involved in various shady deals. To protect his life, he made a deal with the headmaster of the martial academy.
In return for protection, he would deliver all those treasures to the headmaster safely. He had planned to live inside the academy. Most of the stuff in the ring belonged to the headmaster Lincoln.
Jayden found out that Lincoln had some sort of relationship with the demons. The book he took out were one of the highest-grade treasures for demons, which only the demon lord could access.
Jayden didn't know how Lincoln could get his hand on such things, but he didn't think too much about it and started inspecting his spoils of war.
He looks at the 'Yin-Yang punch'; it had two types of attacks, yang attacks externally, while yin attacks internally. Both would increase his normal attack by at least two times.
He liked the yang punch too, but he was more curious about the yin punch, as most creatures are vulnerable from the inside, even if they have the hardest skin. Their organs could easily be destroyed, and the yin punch could do exactly that, that is, releasing energy into the enemy's body.
After reading it a bit, he moves his attention to the 'Infernal Steps', which sounded a bit demonic. It was a movement technique that could allow him to travel even faster than when he was in his mist form.
At the perfection stage, Infernal steps will allow him to turn into black light, travelling almost at light's speed.
Both martial arts have four stages beginner, completion, peak and perfection stage. At the beginner stage, the Yin-Yang punch will increase his strength by two times, at completion by four times, at peak by eight times and at perfection by more than 20 times.
The Infernal steps technique could increase his speed by many folds too. Without thinking too much, he sits down under a tree and, using his skill Mind Manipulator makes his brain work a hundred times faster and better.
He starts with the Yin-Yang technique and starts to learn all the contents of the book. Within a couple of minutes, he had the whole technique memorized.
It was his first time learning any martial technique; after learning everything, he closed his eyes and tried to understand the essence of the skill.
" Infinity gave birth to primal chaos, and primal chaos gave birth to the twins, named yin yang energy. The yin-yang energy was the basis of the world.
Yin is dark, internal, receptive, hidden, in shadow, soft, heavy, cool, wet, in closer proximity to the Earth.
Yang is bright, external, active, exposed, hard, light-weight, warm, dry, in closer proximity to Heaven... " Jayden kept reciting the lines from the book, understanding it gradually.
Three hours passed, and finally he achieved the beginner level in the Yin-Yang punch technique, but he didn't stop cultivation and kept cultivating the technique.
After more than 10 hours, he opens his eyes, in an excited tone, as he shouts:
" Finally, I have reached the completion stage of the Yin-Yang punch. " saying so he tries to gather yin energy in his palm only to realise he hasn't started cultivating yet.
Jayden was confused. Even though he hadn't started cultivation yet, he was able to learn the martial techniques. Anna observed all this with wide eyes and her mouth agape.
He learned and reached the completion stage of the yin-yang technique in less than fifteen hours; if the current demon lord were to listen to this news, he would die of shame. Even after being a genius, it took him almost a year to achieve such a feat.
He puts the book back into the ring and starts learning the Infernal step technique. With his brain working hundred times faster, he was able to learn all the content of the book within a couple of minutes.
Putting the book back inside his ring, he begins to recite the technique. The Infernal step technique was a bit more complex than the first one.
" Darkness and light follow the same path; light is darkness, darkness is light. When darkness devours light, there is nothing left; if light consumes darkness, everything gets shapes... "
Jayden recites the lines, trying to break the essence of the skill in his mind. After five hours, he finally reached the beginner level of infernal steps.
He continued for a whole day; only after reaching the completion level did he stop, and then, with a glint in his eyes, he again tried to use his martial arts, only to fail miserably.
" Damn, how could I only learn it and can't use it? " he muttered under his breath.
Then he puts his attention back to the ring; in it, he sees a black box hidden in one of the corners. With a command from his mind, the box was teleported out of the ring.
In a hurry, he opens the box and found a single book inside it. It was completely black and worn out, and on its cover was written:
={ Demonic Devouring Arts }=
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