Ancient Tears BloodLine

Puppet Hall

The second puppet came at me after stabilizing. I didn’t use perception, but relied on my eyes to predict the attack.

It was difficult; the puppet’s punch closed in quickly. My fists snapped out again. Both fists came into contact with each other.

Boom!

The impact force was absorbed by the puppet. The Red Mark puppet stepped back again. There was only a little consumption of the shock force power.

Time passed.

I continued to exchange blows with the Red Mark Puppet. I was figuring out how much shock force power was needed to fight against the Red Mark Puppets.

As time passed, my understanding got better. I continued to make this Red Mark Puppet retreat.

From receiving continuous hits from the shock force power, dents started appearing on the puppet’s body.

The puppet was slowly losing out. It was not active anymore. As I landed the 40th strike, the Red Mark Puppet fell to the ground.

Buzz!

The Red Mark Puppet was defeated. It was time for the 3rd Red Mark Puppet to appear.

"Looks like you are getting better," the ancient spirit’s voice said.

"I’m just getting started. Still, there is more I need to find out," I replied.

Creak!

The 3rd Red Mark Puppet appeared above the platform.

Time passed.

The practice continued inside the puppet hall.

...

Outside,

The Red Mark Warriors who were doing fine entered the training camps. The injured ones were getting treatment inside the medical center.

The staff in the administration office were paying attention to the training. They saw that the survivors had entered the battlefield.

No one was missing practice. At the same time, they were checking on Zack Lockwood. They noticed that he had entered the puppet hall.

They learned that Zack Lockwood used hard mode this time. Hard mode was more difficult than medium mode.

Previously, Zack Lockwood had cleared medium mode in 20 minutes. They were wondering what would happen now.

Similarly,

Reece and his friends were paying attention to the news as well. The media house somehow got an update on Zack Lockwood.

They found out that Zack Lockwood had entered the puppet hall to train, but this time he had used hard mode. It was shown on the news.

Those who watched the news were curious, but they still prioritized their own training.

...

Dark Planet

A day ago,

The weird-shaped foreign creature, the oval-headed foreign creature, and the wing-shaped foreign creature were in the meeting again.

This time, it was the briefing for another battle, so other high commanders had arrived at the place. These foreign creatures came in different shapes and sizes as well.

It didn’t take long for them to fill the table. They were all looking toward the three main high commanders.

"Let’s get the reports first. I’m sure we did better this time," the oval-shaped foreign creature said.

After hearing that, someone went to get the reports. It didn’t take long for them to return, but their expression was the same.

They had claimed victory in all the secret land battlefields except the first secret land battlefield.

Upon seeing that creature, the other creatures understood that something had gone wrong.

"Not again," the weird-shaped creature commented.

The wing-shaped creature had a bad feeling. They had already lied to their higher-ups; they didn’t want to do the same thing again.

The oval-shaped creature was quiet. It didn’t expect to receive bad news. It asked the member to speak.

"The First Secret Land was cleared by the same warrior. He eliminated our members, and they won the battle. We got our win in the other nine secret land battlefields," the member said.

Uproar!

Hearing that, a huge uproar broke out in the meeting room. They couldn’t believe they were hearing the same news again.

They didn’t know that the three high command members had hidden the news from the powerhouses above.

The oval-shaped creature faced the gazes of the other high commanders. It could not believe they were hearing the same news again.

The weird-shaped creature and the wing-shaped creature were there as well. They were digesting the hard news; it was hard for them to believe as well.

They were hoping to set things right in this meeting, but they couldn’t believe the battle results were the same.

They couldn’t be happy about the other nine results. They had lost in one of them, and the powerhouses above them would definitely raise questions.

The oval-shaped creature had to make a decision. The others were looking at it. It could not hide the truth.

Still, it wanted to make sure to get the information from the members who had watched the battle.

"Call the members who watched the battle of the First Secret Land," the oval-shaped creature said.

Hearing that, the member left the room. The high commanders in the meeting were worried.

If the powerhouses above were angered, they would take out their anger on everyone.

Who knows? The whole high command could be replaced. They were all waiting for the members to come.

Once they heard their reports, everyone would question the three main members.

One hour later,

The members from the First Secret Land arrived. They were the ones who had opened the barrier to the First Secret Land.

Before others could ask anything, he started telling what happened.

"It’s the same young man again. None of the members could beat him. He killed everyone in the end. We should send powerful members who can use our powers," the member said.

"The current members have Red Mark strength, but they were unable to use the dark powers. They were getting slaughtered instead," the member added.

Hearing that, the faces of the others changed. Things had happened just as they had expected. They started questioning the three main members one by one.

The oval-shaped creature, weird-shaped creature, and wing-shaped creature decided to tell them the truth.

"We hid the previous report. We thought we would win the battle this time, but we got the same result again," the oval-shaped creature admitted.