Cultivation Through Artifacts

Outside Moon City, about fifteen miles away toward the west, two figures could be seen flashing and moving at a rapid pace while the surroundings around them turned chaotic.

Abyss black flames melted the grass and ground, making the air vibrate because of the immense heat, while wind blades sliced the surrounding earth into nothing more but debris that was smaller than an inch!

Khal did everything in his power to prevent Logan from landing a strike on him, even using his movement techniques and Devil Fang, but it was harder than doing.

Not only was he unable to avoid Logan's crazy frenzy, but as time went on his speed decreased drastically as his Body Essence was also consumed rapidly, thus the number of strikes that hit him increased too!

At the start, Logan was able to strike him only after every tenth attempt, but only after half an hour later this became almost every third strike!

CLANG!

[Your Body Essence has dropped below 15%!]

The moment Nova's voice appeared, Khal realized he must do something quickly or it won't be long before he falls unconscious or even worse... Die.

'Rubie is unable to approach Logan because of the flames and I can't open my Stellar Domain as Logan would always stop me before I had the chance. What should I do?'

Khal pondered deeply, trying to figure out what kind of solution could save him from this tight situation.

However, even after several minutes of deep pondering, Khal was unable to come up with any idea.

[Your Body Essence has dropped below 10%!]

[You should do something or you will die from Exhaustion...]

'...' Khal's eyebrow twitched upon hearing Nova's evident 'help' and resisted the urge to curse at her aloud.

'Then what do you say, what should I do? I hope you have something in mind and didn't just talk to say obvious bullshit, right?'

[Use your Bloodshed Touch again.]

'Eh? Why? It's only useful if I can get in contact with my enemy. However, currently, I can only retreat and struggle to avoid attacks much less going and grab his body?'

[Just do it.]

'...'

Khal remained silent and after thinking about it he nodded. He had no other choice, thus he can at least try and do as Nova told him, and hope something good will happen.

Hence, almost immediately he activated his Bloodshed Touch, and soon, everything in his eyes turned black and white while Logan's body became a shining crimson silhouette!

'And now what?' Khal asked from Nova as he avoided Logan's blazing sword by a hairsbreadth that targeted his shoulder.

[Now take away your armor.]

'Say that again?' Khal seemingly stupified by Nova's ridiculous request asked with shock, feeling almost as if he just misheard her or something.

[I said take your armor off. Should I say it word by word for you?]

Once Khal heard this he realized he didn't mishear what Nova said, thus his complexion turned rock-solid, and asked in a low voice, 'Why? You know I will die like that, right?'

[Because you possess greater protection than this armor can provide.]

Khal remained silent, but soon as he felt his Body Essence was on the verge of depleting completely nodded.

'Sure, I will. But then what? Let myself sliced up?'

[In truth, yes.]

'...'

Khal started to believe that Nova was really on his side or tried to kill him. And from her suggestions, Khal felt she was trying to get rid of him.

[You have no reason to fret. You will understand everything if you do exactly as I say. Just make sure to concentrate on the point where you will feel the pain.]

'Okay... I will...' answered Khal after another strike from Logan as it has pushed his amount of Body Essence right into the Danger Level!

Clang!

Once Logan's sword crashed into his armor and pulled it back, ready to strike once again, Khal unsummoned his armor.

"!?"

All the experts and Jas looked at this sight with confusion and shock, not understanding why Khal did something ridiculously crazy such as that.

However, even though Logan seemed startled by Khal's sudden choice, he still swung his sword, drawing a beautiful crescent arc in the air that targeted Khal's neck!

Khal seeing this immediately felt a tingling and numb sensation in his abdomen, thus subconsciously raised his arm, hoping he could at least defend against the assault to some degree.

"Is he a moron? He will die like this!" Scarlett exclaimed out loud, her complexion slightly pale as she didn't want to see Khal's head rolling onto the ground.

Even though it was a final test where killing was allowed, if it seemed that the disciple was about to lose, or worse die, it was Jas' responsibility to stop the fight.

Yet, Jas not only stayed still almost as if he didn't want to halt the battle, but he even crossed his arms, his gaze immensely indifferent!

"We should h-" Scarlett began to talk once again, but this time, even before she had the chance to finish her sentence, Logan's reached Khal, cutting into his arm and proceed on slicing toward his neck!

Logan's sword was like a hot knife, cutting through Khal's skin and flesh as if it was tofu!

However, just as the blade could have had the chance to reach the bone and slice through it too, a sight, that neither Logan nor any of the experts thought occurred.

The moment Khal's blood was spilled, many would think it would drop onto the ground, painting the ground with red, but this wasn't the case at all. Almost as though his blood had its own will, it moved, and like a serpent twisted around Logan's sword, holding it in one place extremely firmly!

"!?"

Logan struggled to move his sword and pull it away, but found it with surprise that no matter how much strength he applied into his arm, his sword was stuck in Khal's arms and blood! It felt like he has stabbed his weapon into mud that suddenly turned solid, trapping his sword's blade inside it without a chance to pull it out!

Meanwhile, Khal seemed startled as he could see way more than others thanks to his sight. Except for the massive pain in his arm that could have made him scream up, he watched as the blood inside him flowed perfectly fine, while he felt a kind of strange connection between him and the solid blood around Logan's weapon.

It felt like if he wished to he could move them, but no matter how hard he tried to control them, he failed every time.

[This is your chance...]

When Nova's voice appeared in his head, Khal realized this truly was his golden opportunity, thus didn't hesitate and swung his arm with his Bloodshed Touch still active, and grabbed Logan's arm!

And because Logan was completely taken by surprise by this sudden change of event, Khal succeeded to clench Logan's wrist!

'...' Logan seeing this shifted his gaze at Khal, not knowing what he tried to do with only one hand, but unfortunately, his question was answered really fast.

Like piercing several tubes into his veins, Logan suddenly felt as his blood was sucked away and accumulated around Khal's fingers, making his body feel weaker and weaker with each passing second!

'Not good!' Logan seemed to realize the threat and wanted to escape, but suddenly the amount of blood escaping his body doubled, rendering him immobile in a wink.

"Okay, that's enough."

Suddenly Jas' calm voice resounded from the side, halting Khal from doing anything else.

Khal nodded and with Logan's sword still stuck in his arm, took a few steps back and waited for Jas to continue talking.

However, the moment he did, Logan fell on his knees weakly, his skin and complexion paler than a sheet of paper.

"Are you okay?" Jas asked Logan, a bit perplexed by the amount of damage Khal did to him.

However, his shock deepened a level more when Logan tried to talk, but the only thing that came out of his mouth was dark red blood!

'...'

Seeing this, Jas stayed silent before taking out a pill from his spatial ring and throwing it to Logan.

"Eat this quick."

Logan grabbed the pill and threw it into his mouth without a second thought, and watched as his skin gradually obtained back its original color, while his weak complexion became healthier too.

Jas nodded his head mildly once Logan was able to stand onto his feet again and shifted his gaze at Khal after his eyes examined his bracelet on his wrist for a brief moment.

And soon, Jas sighed and took out a white token before throwing it toward Khal.

"Take this. You have deserved to acquire it, no question about it."

Khal caught the token with his healthy arm, and after examining the circular object that had a moon carved into its middle, raised his gaze and asked, "What is this?"

"This is your reward for passing your final test, a Moon Token."