The night of the third day had arrived, and at this point, the three groups of women had already gone through a battle that would be considered suicide for any other cultivator at their level.
Almin took a deep breath, watching two women sleeping soundly with nasty wounds near the campfire. On the second attempt, after a stern scolding from leader Goku, he had significantly improved his command. During a confrontation with a flying demonic beast, he witnessed the power of the wind laws unleashed by the women, resulting in the breaking of one of the beast’s wings. This way, they achieved victory in less than an hour and returned happily. However, today, on the last day, Almin’s arrogance almost led to two deaths.
Reflecting with regret, he understood that being a leader involved many considerations. Remembering moments in prison, he realized he had never seen Goku excited or acting on emotions. With a sigh, he admitted that despite being younger, Goku had an overwhelming difference in skills.
At the end of the day, Almin also devoted himself to his alchemy, recalling everything he had learned from his grandfather in the past. Then, he produced some medicinal pills that the women used to heal themselves overnight after a good rest.
The whale spent all the other days intensely working inside his building, and on that morning, he came out looking tired. Loeus was summoned along with Langrum, and all the women, full of envy, watched a greenish outfit, seemingly made of metallic scales, being worn by him. Then he received a saber of the same color, almost as tall as him, but he lifted it easily, making it clear that it was much lighter than expected.
All the women saw the big smile on Loeus’s face using his equipment, and they were soon stunned to see the face of that green and muscular woman display a slight smile. She always remained cold or angry, but at that moment, her emotions seemed to overflow from within her.
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Then, to their surprise, the whale turned towards them, and, looking deeply at them, three spears flew, landing in the hands of three of them, who were left astonished.
"You three will be responsible for the main damage in the three groups. This spear is something you can’t repay even with your lives, so take good care of them. As you improve, I’ll distribute more." The whale spoke and turned to make preparations for them to leave the next day.
’I was sure we made a mistake carving the rune on the last spear.’ Alm commented, somewhat incredulous. They had just finished that last spear a few minutes ago, and it was now in the hands of one of the women.
Alm and Bruno had mixed feelings within them. They managed to forge and carve five different things in three days, which should be completely impossible. But... from the moment they received that stone from Langrum, the heavens seemed to bless them with unbelievable luck.
’When we finished everything, the mistake in the runic seal seemed to be incorporated into the whole and did not affect the final result. It was a minor mistake... but that stone is something that goes against the heavens.’ Bruno replied, also shaken.
Alm then sighed, saying, ’The divine QI within it was molded and transformed into something we don’t know, and it is directly influencing our destiny. This stone was a lucky charm, according to Langrum. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s as effective as it is unbelievable. We have to study this carefully.’
Before, after building the armor and saber for Loeus, still astonished by the success, they decided to use the fragments of the divine steel they managed to save before the explosion. So, they created four spearheads with it and used the greenish metal called Malachite, mined by Langrum, to make the body of the spear.
The use of two different metals required precision, temperature control, and much more technical and difficult adjustments. Yet, not only did they manage to forge all perfectly, but they also carved three runic seals, failing completely only once.
’If we had this stone before, maybe a miracle would have happened, and we would have succeeded with the immortal core.’ Alm grumbled, and Bruno sighed, thinking the same.
The next day, they set out in the morning. Then, they spent two days walking in the desert. Almin continued to be instructed by the whale and faced a demonic beast with a group. Despite the difficulties, they were keeping up the pace of one beast per day. Finally, they found a new place to mine and erected the entire previous structure.
The mineral they found now was the same earthly black iron they had encountered in the past. And while Langrum gathered the first batch, Ruri effortlessly convinced the whale to teach the women a bit.
It was supposed to be a day of rest, but before nightfall, they were all already passed out, sleeping. They were growing slowly each day in technique and experience. Their bodies were being firmly shaped by pure and dense Yin; in the future, with their teamwork, they could easily fight several levels above and become a presence capable of making any cultivator in the same realm fear them.
The days passed, and after leaving the third mining point, all the women had extremely powerful weapons that would make any cultivator on this planet jealous. Ten of them had spears with tips made of celestial steel. And five had short swords made of earthly black iron. All of them possessed the runic seal of ’Sharpening,’ and with a full attack, they could cut through the toughest defenses with the slightest opening.
Fifteen days later, light armors with the runic seal of ’Storage’ and earth laws, ready to block even the most fatal damage, were distributed to all fifteen. When they all broke through and were between the sixth and seventh level of Qi Gathering, Almin just watched as a group of them easily dealt with a beast at the elementary level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Their cultivation was fast because they didn’t need to waste time accumulating Qi in their bodies. The whale put everything directly into their meridians to the limit and, of course, didn’t forget to add more and more Yin. They could only break through if they mastered Qi along with Yin, and thus, they would be forced to achieve a minimum level of understanding that wouldn’t harm them much in the future.
Then, the whale began sending them to kill the most powerful beasts. The pressure on them increased day by day, and even Langrum was sent to fight alongside them a few times, and in others, all three groups fought together under Almin’s command.
When the first month passed, the last demonic beast from the missions requested by the sect was killed. All the women had sharp looks, and although it hadn’t been much time, it was a month that completely changed their lives. They went from being cared-for women to fierce fighters.
All fifteen women were at the ninth level of the Qi Gathering Realm, and the whale, after placing the last of the five thousand parts of a drop of demonic Yin blood, said that from now on, they would have to cultivate on their own. If he interfered more, they wouldn’t be able to progress independently in the future. Not only that, but this forced method of pouring Yin and Qi directly into their meridians would cause a backlash, too. If not, because they needed to gain strength fast, Bruno wouldn’t even have chosen this method.
On that day, Almin fully comprehended the Lower-Level Spatial Technique, and a high-level spatial inventory for an ascending planet was created. Lyra was then passed to Almin, and every day, he spent some time alone with her, along with the other ten women. Little did he notice that the other women were actually jealous, knowing that they didn’t have the same place in his heart. Yet, there was nothing they could do.
On the last night before heading towards the village where an unknown danger awaited them, the whale called Almin for a private conversation. Finally, the Array that was blocked on Almin’s part was fully released.
Almin was completely astonished when, with a thought, he managed to use some of the laws of the earth, and the doors of mental power, which were completely unknown to him, were opened along with it.
"I don’t need to tell you that you should never comment or give any hints to anyone about this. Study these new laws carefully; from today, I recognize you as a worthy cultivator. Your title as a pet dies here," the whale spoke slowly to Almin.
Almin’s eyes trembled, but he took a deep breath and nodded. All the women who saw that scene from a distance, without hearing, smiled greatly, seeming to understand what was happening.
"You’ve learned to think and command reasonably. If you were at this level when you fought the old man under the same conditions, he wouldn’t last a few exchanges with you. Well, now you can focus more on alchemy and look for a cure for Lyra; these women can handle themselves," the whale concluded and walked towards the women before Almin could collapse in tears.
"He still remains too emotional; that’s a problem. We should discipline him better," Alm commented with a snort.
"It’s not a problem for a man to be like that; the important thing is, at the right time, he knows how to stay firm. When he’s with people he trusts, he can cry and laugh freely," Bruno replied and then ignored Alm’s grumbling.
When the whale stood in front of the women, he looked sternly at the ten who were together and nodded in satisfaction, then spoke seriously. "Almin is very emotional and will need your support whenever he comes home. Strive even more for him not to have unnecessary worries; this was just the beginning of everything."
They all trembled, seeming to understand the meaning of those words. They were approved by the leader, and now he seemed to ask them to be his safe haven. So, at that moment, they all clenched their fists firmly.
"Almin is very shy... we’ll do our best," one of them said, and they all nodded together.
Alm and Bruno didn’t quite understand why they said that, but they decided to ignore it and focus on preparations to leave. In the following nights after that day, Almin had serious problems at night with these women heavily investing in him. Finally, he called them all together and had a serious conversation, telling them that what they wanted would never come to be. He would stay with them as long as they wanted, but their relationship would stay as close friends at most. In the end, the old and sincere Almin, the same one from the previous Universe, was still there. He couldn’t see himself betraying the one he loved. As for the women, they reluctantly accepted.