Ancient Tears BloodLine

United City (Tier-3 Sub-Post)

After watching the news on the big screen for some time, I turned off the screen. Next, I stood up and changed my clothes.

I donned my training attire and entered the essence chamber. I shut the door and walked over to the switch console.

I turned on the switch. The energy began to fill the room. It didn’t take long for the white, mist-like energy to fill the room.

Seeing that, I went to the middle of the room. Then I sat cross-legged on the ground. I closed my eyes and began to check the condition of my dantian.

The purple lightning force and the blood energy force had completely dried up. I closed my eyes and decided to recover the purple lightning force first.

I started running the purple lightning method. The lightning bolt rune in my mind began to throb. Slowly, the purple lightning force drifted toward my body.

It carried a mix of the special energy. The purple lightning force entered my body, and I began to circulate it through my pathways.

The circulating force traveled along its route. I could feel the cold power of the special energy. After circulating, the purple lightning force settled down inside my dantian.

As time passed, I continued to repeat the process.

I forgot about the outside noise and became completely absorbed in the process. Slowly, more purple lightning force gathered.

A few hours later,

The purple lightning force was completely recovered.

Then I shifted to the blood energy method to recover. I started running the blood energy method.

Some of the blood force energy settled down inside my dantian,while some of the power drilled into my bones. I was going through another tempering. It took another few hours to recover the lost inheritance force.

When morning came,

I walked out of the essence chamber. I had completely recovered, but I had spent the whole night doing so. Next, I went to the bathroom to take a shower.

20 minutes later,

I was ready to go to the puppet hall.

"Are you going to do hard mode?" the ancient spirit’s voice asked.

"Yes. I’m not looking to clear the mode fast; I’m going to use the puppets for target practice," I replied in my mind.

If I wasn’t mistaken, there would be 40 puppets to fight. Next, I left the room and took the elevator down to the ground floor.

I started walking toward the main street. I found no other warriors on the floor. It was as if no one was here, but I knew that wasn’t the truth.

Either they had gone to the training camp or they were in the hospital. Many air cabs were flying past.

One of them stopped before me. I opened the back door and sat down. After closing the door, I told the driver to head to Training Camp No. 1.

The driver was an old man. He was ready to drive. He didn’t even look toward me properly.

Swoosh!

The car departed. Seeing that the driver didn’t recognize me, I was surprised. Then I began to watch the passing scenery through the window.

10 minutes later,

He brought me to the place. I stepped out of the car and paid the fare to the driver. Only then did he get a good look at his customer.

Right then and there, he recognized my face.

"Zack Lockwood," he uttered.

"Yeah, it’s me. Thanks for the ride." After saying that, I started walking toward the camp.

I walked inside the building and entered the hallway. I followed the familiar route and reached the puppet hall.

There were not many people here. Surprisingly, no one was using the puppet hall right now. I used my card. The card was scanned, and my name appeared on the display.

Then I set the difficulty to hard mode.

Creak!

The next second, the main gate opened.

I walked inside into the puppet hall. The main gate shut automatically. I walked further and saw the platform ahead.

Seeing that, I immediately started circulating the shock force through my body. I was going to use only shock force to defeat them.

It was going to be good prep for the next battle.

Boom!

A Red Mark Humanoid Puppet appeared above the platform. Upon seeing me, the humanoid puppet came charging straight at me.

I covered both of my arms in shock force power. Both hands were especially filled with it. It looked as if my hands were covered in white-silver energy with a tinge of gold.

Boom!

The Red Mark Puppet appeared in a flash. Its punch came slamming at me. My perception was active, and I caught every detail.

My fist snapped out fast to counter the punch.

Boom!

Both of our fists came into contact. Upon contact, the shock force power blew off its right hand.

The rest of my strike slammed into its chest.

Boom!

A deafening noise occurred as the puppet was blasted off the spot. It flew through mid-air before crashing onto the ground.

Next, I saw a huge hole in the chest of the puppet. The puppet tried to get up, but it lost power quickly. It fell back to the ground, defeated.

A hint of relief appeared in my eyes.

The shock force inheritance power was strong. Without the help of an element, the shock force power alone could destroy enemies.

Then I withdrew most of the shock force power. Next, I decided to use less shock force power to fight.

Creak!

One was gone, and the second one appeared above the platform.

Boom!

In a similar fashion, the Red Mark Puppet charged at me. It closed in quickly. This time, only a small amount of shock force covered both of my hands.

Boom!

The Red Mark Puppet started throwing punches. I counter-blocked. The small amount of shock force power shook the Red Mark Puppet.

It was forced to step backward, but there was no destruction. The Red Mark Puppet then stabilized its footing and came at me.

"I think you should stop using perception and try to take risks," the ancient spirit’s voice advised.

Hearing that, I gave it some thought and agreed.