Chapter 94: Consequences
"It’s time to end this."
Tyler’s eyes fell on the last person who was no longer fighting Sher King. Instead, he was trying his best to run away.
"I’ve never tried this before."
He took a deep breath.
"Killing someone from thousands of meters away."
He gripped the handle of his sword with both of his hands, pulling it above his hands.
"Releasing all of my strength with a single swing. The power comes from my muscles; the Sword Energy travels a thousand miles."
He took a deep breath; his mana exploded, releasing nearly half of his remaining mana from the Mana Space.
In an instant, all that mana transformed into Sword Energy. It was invisible, but as it latched into his sword, a crystallized mana formed.
[Eternal Spring Sword Scripture- Silent Ice]
The coating of the crystallized mana formed around the sword as he pulled it down with all of his strength.
[One Sword Style]
At this moment, everything seemed frozen.
Of course, that wasn’t the case, but the sword energy came out so fast that everything slowed down for a moment.
Capturing the beauty of this moment, a massive twenty-foot-tall sword energy crossed a thousand meters in three seconds.
[Eternal Equinox]
Splash!
Before the man could even react, his back was torn apart. The spine got split in half vertically as the sword energy continued moving forward.
Soon, his entire body split in two, but the sword energy kept moving forward.
The moment it crossed nearly half a kilometer, it suddenly vanished.
"Two seconds more! It seems like my control over Sword Energy isn’t enough."
At this moment, his teacher’s voice rang in his head.
"You should be grateful for what you’ve achieved today. Burning Heaven and Earth Sword Technique is a unique technique that merges swordsmanship and flame."
"Of course, it’s not that other people have not tried, but the way you did it and achieved the result with your strength is unique."
"Haa!"
Tyler released a deep breath and fell on his butt.
"It was too tiring. Teacher, can you tell me why my head hurts so much?"
At this moment, he was feeling a splitting headache, but his previous experience had given him quite a resistance towards pain.
"It’s a lack of soul energy and spiritual sense. When you used Sun Dragon Sword Slash, you were able to control the movement of that dragon."
"But with just Treasured Body Realm, you shouldn’t be able to do that. So, your technique bypassed that requirement by forcefully using your soul power."
"In fact, if your soul wasn’t connected to the tower, you wouldn’t even be able to use this move."
Hearing that, Tyler muttered.
"So, you are saying without reaching the Soul Sublimation Realm, I can’t even use the move I created."
"That’s probably right. But your last attack was quite interesting. I haven’t seen you practice this technique before."
Xue asked.
"Indeed! I was trying to get it right on my first try. I never expected it to work. It’s similar to Sword Drawing Technique, but it’s a vertical slash."
Tyler explained.
Eternal Equinox was a move that was supposed to be just as fast as Sword Drawing Technique but as a vertical slash.
That’s why he needed to hold the hilt with both of his hands. It was a move to generate enough power.
That’s also why he used the third stage of Eternal Spring Sword Scripture and why that move has Eternal in its name.
After that, Xue went silent, and Tyler realized others had approached him.
Sher King and his family were staring at Tyler as if he was some kind of monster.
"You— are you really just a Treasured Body Realm cultivator?"
Sher King hesitated for a moment and asked.
"If I wasn’t, my head wouldn’t hurt after using that move. By the way, you are quite weaker than I expected."
Tyler clicked his tongue and replied.
He was initially surprised that Sher King was able to hold his own against the enemy. But then he realized Sher King’s cultivation was higher.
His opponent was at an early stage of the Soul Sublimation Realm while he was at the middle stage.
With such a difference, he should’ve been able to defeat his opponent pretty quickly.
"I’m sorry for being weak."
Sher King couldn’t help but feel speechless.
"I am a blacksmith, not a fighter."
"I understand. Even so, you have a Beast Flame. You should try to match the combat strength of your realm."
Tyler answered as he slowly got off his feet.
"Can I be as strong as you?"
Sher Khan asked. His voice sounded a bit defeated, but there was a fire in his eyes.
"No!"
Tyler’s one word extinguished that fire.
"My mana quality is at least fifteen times higher than yours. No matter what you do, you can never be as strong as me."
"But if you train hard, you can become stronger than other people at the same realm. You too can become a genius."
Sher Khan’s eyes blazed with determination once more.
Sher Ming wanted to say something, but saying something to dampen his son’s spirit, especially after everything they went through, didn’t seem right.
Soon, they continued their journey towards the Coastal City.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to rest. Tyler needed rest, but he couldn’t afford to stay there for long.
The Astral City was too close. The Silva Family could send reinforcement at any moment.
Right now, he only had fifteen percent of his total mana left. With his mind aching like hell, he didn’t want to pick another fight.
As they sped up their pace, they reached the Coastal City by the evening.
"Is this your place? Wait, isn’t Coastal City under the rule of the Grant Family?"
Sher King looked at Tyler with a stunned expression and asked.
"Welcome to the Coastal City, Sher Family! My name is Tyler Grant."
Tyler finally removed the mask, showing his youthful face. His black eyes were like obsidian, while his hair was jet black.
With his pale skin and symmetrical face, he could be considered one of the most handsome men in the world.
His face wasn’t this perfect, but after going through an evolution, it had evolved.
"Wait, I remember you. Tyler Grant! You are the only young master of the Grant Family who isn’t seen in public that much."
"Wait, I remember your technique. Unlike most of the Young Masters who either awakened B or A-Grade Technique, you only awakened D-Grade."
Unlike Sher King and Sher Ming, Sher Khan took some time but recognized him immediately.
"I am surprised you remember. I guess awakening D-Grade technique has left quite an impression on most people."
"But forget about the grade of my technique. It will not be useful. Anyway, while I am associated with the Grant Family, my ambitions are much higher."
Sher King sighed.
"Even if you don’t say that, we can’t go back or anywhere else, can we? We are already on the Silva Family’s watchlist."
"Unless we leave this country, we won’t be safe."
Tyler nodded.
"I’m glad you recognize that."
Soon, he took them inside the city. It was already evening, so he took them to the mansion directly.
"Young Master!"
The maids and butlers working around the mansion greeted him upon his arrival.
Boom!
Just when he entered the mansion, he heard a loud explosion.
This stunned him. He quickly rushed towards the room where the explosion went off.
Sher Family panicked as well, but before they could do anything, Mary walked out of the kitchen and greeted them.
"You must be from the Sher Family. Welcome to the Coastal City!"
"That explosion..... shouldn’t we do something?"
Sher King looked upstairs and asked.
Mary shook her head.
"No need! Young Lady Elena has been working on her invention. This is normal."
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Inside Elena’s room,
"Elena, what happened?"
Tyler rushed in and asked.
There was a lot of black smoke, but the fan on the side was pushing the smoke out through the windows.
"Tyler, you’re back?"
Elena rose from the ground and excitedly rushed to hug him.
Tyler caught her in his embrace and asked.
"What happened? Why was there an explosion?"
Elena shyly lowered her head and said.
"You said I need to make an array that can absorb and store mana automatically, right?"
"Although there are arrays that can manually do that, you needed an automatic one. So, I have been trying to create my own array with a similar function."
"It hasn’t exactly been going right."
Tyler rolled his eyes upon hearing her words.
"Of course, it wouldn’t work. You have been learning arrays for less than three months. How can you expect it to work?"
He patted her shoulder and said.
"Your intentions are good, but you shouldn’t try to take shortcuts unless you are an absolute genius."
"I am not trying to downplay your talent and hard work, but you are not an absolute genius at this."
"So, take your time and finish your basics first!"
