Awakening of the Ancient: Rise of the Fallen

" Why worry about those humans then? Don't worry about them, and just leave this place. You don't have to fight in this dogfight. This thing would be a lot easier if you just start caring for yourself," Valeria told Xu Ming as she looked at him in confusion.

" You won't understand it. It's just something that I can't do. If I leave the people that trusted me and betrayed them, What difference does it make me from War God Zhen that did the same to my father? There is one thing that I'm scared at the thought of, and it is becoming like War God Zhen. I can kill innocents that are in my path! I can kill anyone that stands before me, whether it be a beast or a human! But what I can't do is betray my family and friends for my own benefit," Xu Ming muttered as he sighed.

"As I said, you won't understand. There's also another thing. Think of it as an added bonus. We don't know where we are at the moment. All we know is that we are not where we used to be in the Mighty Demon Sect. This place can be a different world, as well. Without knowledge and power, it's impossible to get anywhere."

Xu Ming continued explaining.

" What we have before is a dangerous pit which can result in our death if we take a wrong turn, but the same ditch has a door at the bottom of it which leads to the throne that will give us Power and Knowledge. With that power, we can not only survive, but we can become stronger. It's one step forward in the right direction towards our destination," He said to Valeria.

"Ah, I didn't think it like that. It is indeed a good opportunity, but the problem remains. You will have to be alert. As you said, one single step and you'll be exposed. As long as you can escape after that, it's fine, but if you can't, then it's all over," Valeria reminded Xu Ming.

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing, and if worst comes to worst, I'll do everything I can to kill everyone that sees me using my powers even if I have to use the sword of my Father," Xu Ming said as he looked at the Ancient Ring of his father.

He looks at the necklace that was keeping the time freeze for his mother.

"Please give me blessing, mother," Xu Ming muttered as he looked at the necklace gently. "Your son will definitely succeed. I'll get you out of there."

****

The day passed away in preparation, and the second day passed too.

During the two days, not many people came to meet Xu Ming, and he spent most of his time inside his room. He kept trying to comprehend the skills of Li Mu since they were the skills he could use publically. 

Instead of just using Origin Energy as the replacement of Qi as a power source for his skills, he wanted to change the skills itself to make the Origin Energy be its core. The Skill would look the same, but the strength of the skill would increase multiple folds more than it would if he just used Origin Energy instead of Qi.

He wanted to use the rest of his time, enhancing the skills of Li Mu to prepare for the upcoming Battle. Normally, it would've been impossible for someone to understand skills like those at all, let alone to change them, but Xu Ming had realized that his comprehension was a little too powerful for this word's Knowledge. 

He thought that it was because of his bloodline that came from Heaven itself. He thought that it was because his Grandfather was the real Heavenly Emperor, but the reality was different. In his eyes, his father was just an average human that didn't have the bloodline of the Heaven, but he didn't know that the person he was thinking to have a lesser bloodline was actually...

Slowly, a week passed away, and except Yanli, who had agreed to help him, no one else came to his house. It was as if no one even wanted to be close to him in fear that Xu Ming would ask them to be in his team. People were avoiding Xu Ming like he was a plague. Whenever Xu Ming left his courtyard, people avoided him and went in different directions.

Not even his fiance Yu Yan came to meet him. Xu Ming had already expected that. It was clear that Yu Yan didn't want to help him for whatever reason, and he had stopped expecting her to come to his help.

Soon, the time of departure arrived. This time, a real Luxurious Royal carriage came to escort Xu Ming to the City of Ruins.

The butler was the same, though. It was the same guy that had come last time.

Xu Ming was already standing before his courtyard, waiting for his escort when he saw the butler come.

"It's you again. Did you bring the same creepy carriage?" Xu Ming asked sarcastically.

"The best carriage has arrived for the Prince. Since everyone knows that this will be a dangerous trial for the Prince, which might even result in him perishing, people at the palace decide to send the best carriage for the Prince," The butler said with a smile. He was already subtly hinting that it would be his last journey.

"Huh, So you already decided that I'm going to die. Interesting. I look forward to seeing your expressions later on," Xu Ming said as he smiled back.

The servant again used a Teleportation Talisman that formed a Transposition Formation below their feet and Teleported then outside the Sect.

****

Xu Ming appeared outside the palace with the servant and saw a beautiful carriage standing there. There were four horses tied to the carriage. All four of the horses were Demon Beast horses that looked multiple times faster than the horses that the previous carriage had used.