Chapter 10
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"Here it is! It's a nice place." After flying for a while, they finally reached their destination, 5th heaven.
The scene was very pretty, and it also had an abundance of natural energy flying around which can be used to strengthen the Lu sisters.
After eating the delicious burgers, they immediately went to buy some clothes for the Lu sisters. Alex didn't hold back and spend everything that he had earned(stole)
They may have gone a bit overboard, as they all had bags on their arms. But hey, it wasn't Alex's money anyway.
The Lu sisters changed their attire on one of the change rooms, they had the exact same clothing, which is a short black skirt, a simple white T-shirt, with black stockings and two ponytails on each side.
They looked precious, like two beautiful girls who are trying to impress the guy they like. And just as you might suspect, they dressed this way because they thought Alex would like it.
After getting to know him a little better, the sisters started to get more comfortable with their saviour. They knew that their saviour wasn't lustful towards them, as they only saw purity in his eyes.
They were worried that Alex only saved them for their bodies, but after inspecting him a little, they were relieved that it wasn't the case.
When he looked at them, he only saw them as two beautiful girls, and nothing more. That is why they started to become more familiar with him in this short amount of time.
After they left that shop, Alex gave them their proper names. It was mentioned in the light novel that the sisters were given new identities by the vice principal of the school, who *adopted* them. They were happy that their saviour gave them names.
Zhen Congming didn't bother buying anything, as he was very comfortable with his clothing.
After buying some clothes, they left for fifth heaven. Alex would have taken them to Ethereal summit, but it was destroyed when he summoned Steven from its egg shell.
They had to fly a little bit further away, but they found another spot that was just as good as the Ethereal summit. There were sects nearby, but those small fries wouldn't bother them with Alex who is a soul formation cultivator, Zhen Congming a level 10 beast, and the Lu sisters who are almost at Qian level.
"I shall call this place 'Ethereal summit 2'" Alex said.
"Your naming sense knows no bounds." The devil said with a blank face.
"What happened to the first one?" Zhen Congming asked.
"I destroyed it by accident." He said truthfully.
"..."
"Okay, Zhen Congming, can you build a huge array formation for us so nobody will be able to see what we're doing, and make sure that nobody is able to sense us as well." Alex turned to face Zhen Congming with a serious face.
"That might take a while. Just give me 30 minutes." Zhen Congming didn't question why he wanted an array built here, but that was part of his deal, and he must respect that.
"What do you want us to do, saviour?" Lu Linlin asked with a smile.
"I want you two to train me in close combat. I need to practice using my spear and my fists. I have a high level cultivation, but my combat level is very low." Alex explained.
"I see. Not a problem, we can teach you." Lu Linlin agreed without a thought. Lu Lili only nodded with a blush, because Alex still didn't have a shirt on.
"Good. But, there is something you three must know." Alex said to get the attention of the three of them.
"I am something terrifying, I am part human, part demon, and part fairy. I have killed people for my own needs, and also because someone else has sent me here to kill."
Everybody was shocked to hear this, but they thought that Alex had more to say.
"I also have a curse, which gives me demonic powers. I have something called a [Commandment] I am the commandment of [truth] anyone who lies within my presence shall be turned to stone, and even I will be turned to stone if I break my own commandment.
I am only telling you this because I don't want to inflict you with this curse." He finally said what he wanted to say to them.
"But saviour, you don't seem like a bad person, and I don't sense anything on you that feels like the demon ocean clan." Lu Lili said after thinking about it. She just couldn't believe it.
Alex activated his demonic powers for them to see. They all were terrified of this power, because it feels even more demonic than that of the demon ocean clan.
"Everything I just said is true. There are people out there, dragon cultivators, and human cultivators that are searching for me, because of my power, and because of my connection with the immortal being that I just released."
"You're the one who released that thing?!" Lu Lili yelled out in shock. She also felt the demonic power when she was at the dragon palace.
"Hm?" Lu Linlin was confused. She was still in that block of ice when all of this happened, so naturally she was unaware of some stuff.
"Yes. I didn't know what it was at first, but I didn't expect to cause such a phenomenon." Alex said.
"Question, you said that you cannot tell a lie, right?" Asked Zhen Congming.
"I can tell a lie, but my body will turn to stone, the same applies to anyone who lies in my presence."
"I see. Then tell me, will you kill us after we have served our purpose?" Zhen Congming asked.
The Lu sisters had their ears perked, waiting for his answer.
"No. You guys are great people, so I won't kill you." He said truthfully.
"Next question: you said that someone sent you here right? Why?" Zhen Congming asked again.
Alex hesitated to say. He isn't sure whether the demon king wants to be known.
"You can tell them about me, I don't care." The devil said to Alex as he ate some souls.
Alex breathed a sigh of relief, then said.
"He is the true demon king. He sent me her for one purpose, souls." Said Alex.
"Souls? What do you mean by that?" Lu Linlin spoke out this time.
"The true demon king can only eat a few souls, he got tired of waiting so he sent me to fetch him some souls, but there is one soul that he wants the most." Alex explained carefully.
"Which soul does he want?" Zhen Congming was on guard, because he thought the soul he wanted the most was one of theirs.
"Don't worry, he doesn't want your souls, it's another person."
"Thank god." Zhen Congming heaved a sigh of relief.
"I also have a question, why did you save me and my sister?" Lu Lili asked:
"It's like I said, I wanted you to train me to become stronger, and nothing else." He said truthfully.
Lu Lili doesn't know where to feel happy or sad from hearing his answer.
"Who is the soul he wants the most?" He was curious to which soul that the true demon king wanted the most.
"You don't know him, but he will become an important figure in the future. He wants his soul because his soul is very *tasty*"
The others had no more questions to ask. They were just processing this information on their heads.
"But now I want to know what do you three think of me? What do you think now that you know about my powers?" Alex said.
They didn't know what to say, they just can't find the right words right now.
"You saved me and my sister, whether you are a human, fairy, dragon, we still owe you." Lu Linlin was the first one to respond.
"But, I wish you told us about this a bit earlier." She added.
"As long as you don't kill me and let me examine that spear, then I don't care." Zhen Congming said casually. He was worried at first, but after getting some answers from him, he didn't feel so worried anymore
"What about you, Lili? What do you think about me?" He asked the youngest sister.
"Well… as long as it's saviour then we have nothing to worry about. Even though you have those powers, that doesn't mean you're evil." Lu Lili said with a mild blush on her cheeks.
"What about the fact that I eat souls to gain power? I have killed innocents before to gain power." Alex said truthfully.
"I don't know what to think about that. But I am sure saviour did it for a good reason. As long as you don't hurt me or my sister, then I don't mind being with you." Lu Lili said truthfully from the bottom of her heart.
"Yeah right, you just want to keep fondling his wings, don't you?" Lu Linlin snickered as she knew what she was thinking.
"SIS!!!" She couldn't believe her sister exposed her like that, touching his wings was also a small reason she wanted to stay with him, but she also wanted to stay by her saviour because she wanted to.
The Lu sisters knew that Alex was into something out of their reach, because of the things he has shown them, like the spear and his wings.
They had nowhere else to go, this is why they wanted to stay with their saviour. Even if he makes it sound like he's the devil himself, they don't mind being with him. Something about him attracted them both, they don't know what it was, but they liked it.
"Okay. So let's get started." Alex was happy with their responses. He half expected them to be fearful of him, but on the contrary, they still wanted to be with him.
"Yeah!" The Lu sisters raised up their arms and said cutely.
Zhen Congming shrugged then continued planting that giant array formation. He doesn't know how big Alex wants this array formation, but he is still gonna do it.
"Saviour, I can teach you how to protect yourself with just your bare hands. My sister can fight with your spear." Lu Linlin said as if this was a good idea from the start.
"How exactly?" He wanted to know what her plan was.
"Well senior can't always depend on your weapon, so you must learn to protect yourself at all times. But since you don't know how to fully use your spear, my sister can teach you how."
"Lu Lili knows how to handle a spear?" He looked at Lu Lili, who still had a small blush on her face.
"No, but you can use her to practice." Lu Linlin said.
"I am not using Lu Lili as a training dummy." He said it in a serious tone. He doesn't want to injure Lu Lili like that.
Lu Lili felt warm that her saviour didn't want to hurt her or use her like that.
"It's okay. I used to fight people with spears, so I am knowledgeable in using that weapon." With a huge blush on her face, she said this because she wants to be useful to Alex.
"Yes, you can use her body any way you want OW!!!" Lu Linlin said it as a joke, but Alex pulled her cheek.
"Don't make it sound like I'm taking advantage of her body." Alex said as he kept pulling her cheek.
Lu Linlin could only swing her arms as she tried to break from his pinching, but her cultivation was low to fight him.
Lu Lili was about to do the same thing, but Alex beat her to it.
"Okay, that's enough." Alex let go of her cheek, there was a visible red mark imprinted on her right cheek
Lu Linlin only pouted at him, as she rubbed the place where he pinched her.
"So… what do I do?" Asked Alex with a smile.
********** Time Skip 2 weeks.
This is what happened in the last two weeks in a short explanation.
Alex practiced hard with Lu Linlin by fighting in close combat. Apparently, her living above 8th heaven (not too sure about their origins yet.)
She had trained from a little girl to become very strong and independent. Lu Linlin has learned to fight from a young age, especially in close combat.
Lu Lili did not rely on her close combat techniques like her sister, instead she relied on her whip that she loved using.
By the first day, Alex had problems accurately using his spear like he wanted to. The only reason why he easily killed those guards at the dragon palace, is because they stood their in one spot.
Enemies don't usually stay in one spot and wait for their enemies to launch an attack, they tend to avoid those attacks like smart people.
And by the first day, he also could not match his combat skills with Lu Linlin, even if he is a soul formation cultivator.
By night, Zhen Congming would experiment on the spirit spear, he treated it as if this was a priceless treasure. He also got some insight when Alex used his spear to fight Lu Lili.
But by the first week, Alex had shown tremendous amounts of improvement in everything. He even had to lower his level to low-Qian level because it was getting too unfair for Lu Linlin and Lu Lili to fight him.
His progress speed is amazing, it even stumped the Lu sisters. They took years to develop these skills, but Alex for ahold of it in a week.
Alex didn't use the powers of the system to cheat his way into this, all of this amazing progress was thanks to him, and him alone.
However, when night fell on the first week, he requested something weird from Zhen Congming.
Night fell and the Lu sisters were soundly asleep inside a tent. Alex stole a few things from the first heaven and brought it up to fifth heaven, so they can all sleep more comfortably.
He walked up to Zhen Congming, who is sitting on dry grass, as he kept studying Alex's spirit spear.
"Little Zhen?" Said Alex. After spending a whole week together, he has become more familiar with Zhen Congming, that he now calls him by 'Little Zhen'
"Yes?" He asked.
"I need you to do me a favour,"
"What do you need?" He responded casually.
"I want you to craft me two small knives." Alex said casually.
"Knives? Why?" Zhen Congming asked confused. Alex already has his spirit spear, which is without a doubt the strongest weapon that even Zhen Congming has ever seen, so why does he need knives?
"It's actually very important to me in a fight against a soul cultivator. I need those two knives to be hidden under my wrists at all times, unless if I summon them out. I don't want them to be top tier dharma treasures, just simple hidden knives and that's it." Alex finished talking.
"Hidden knives? Like that game from Assassin's Creed?" The devil said. He just finished eating his 600 souls, so he is kinda bored today.
"I guess I can do that." Zhen Congming said after thinking about it. As long as Alex doesn't request dharma treasures, then it should be easy for him to build hidden knives.
"Thank you, Little Zhen. What would it cost me?" Alex knew that he won't do it for free, so there must be a good reason why Zhen Congming said yes to his request.
"Nothing. If these weapons are important fighting against souls cultivators, then I will do this one for free." He said truthfully.
Alex already have him a tent, food, entertainment, and other stuff. He doesn't know much about first heaven, but he thought that the stuff that Alex bought him was very expensive, so he considered himself even if he were to build these hidden knives for Alex.
"Oh…? Well thank you." Alex left with a confused look on his face. It is not like him to do stuff for free.
About two days later, Alex received two hidden knives from Zhen Congming.
The machines were small, which fitted perfectly into Alex's wrists. The knives come out with a simple command from the mind.
The knives are not too small or too big, they are perfect for Alex. They are as strong as diamond, and had different engravings on the side of each knife.
The engravings read as follows: Killer and soul.
"I thought that these words fitted you perfectly, you steal the souls of people, and you kill. I do not mean that as an insult, but I just thought that it fits you perfectly." Zhen Congming said from the side.
"I actually like them. Thank you, little Zhen." Alex smiled from seeing these knives. He can't believe that Zhen Congming made these knives so cool, that they fit someone like Alex.
He has a special reason for these knives, and they're gonna be very useful in future fights.
"Nice weapons, saviour." The Lu sisters were actually mesmerized by the knives, because they actually looked so badass.
"It's thanks to little Zhen." Alex smiled happily at Zhen Congming.
"System, buy me full counter." Alex said in his mind.
[Which one?]
"Both of them."
[That will cost you 100,000 SP. are you sure you want to spend that amount?]
"Positive!" Alex said.
[You have bought [Full counter] from Meliodas and Estarossa.] your currency is 526,000 SP
[Two skills are perfect for synchronization. Would you like to combine the two [Full counters] and upgrade it to [Perfect counter] for 20.000 SP?]
[Yes] [No]
"What is this?" Alex asked the devil.
"Synchronization of skills will allow you to make two compatible skills better. If you combine the two skills, the full counter will be better than before." The devil responded lazily.
"How much better?" Alex asked.
"Instead of returning twice the power back to the enemy, it will be three times the power if you upgrade it to [perfect counter] it's a pretty good deal if you ask me."
"I'll take it! Synchronize the two skills!" Alex said without hesitating.
[Upgrade complete. [Full counter (Physical)] and [Full counter (magic)] have merged to become [Perfect counter] you can now counter any physical and magic attacks from the enemy, and return three times the power to them.] current SP 506,000 SP
"Sweet!" Alex was satisfied with this. With the help of his hidden knives, he can counter any soul attack and redirect it back to them. This is why he bought that skill in the first place.
But to think that buying both Full counters would result in them getting an upgrade. That's a really good deal!
"Hehehehehe! After Hao Ren becomes a dragon cultivator, I'll find that granny and take her soul." Alex said to himself. He can hold a grudge against anybody for the longest time. And now, he is ready to take her on.
"One more week left of training with the Lu sisters. But, after that, will they plan to follow me everywhere, or live their lifes here?"
Alex turned to see the playful sisters playing tag or something. They haven't seen each other in centuries, which is why they are so playful these days.
Alex doesn't know whether the right thing is to leave them, or to bring them with him. Both choices are hard to make, but sooner or later he has to confront them with this.
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"Here it is! It's a nice place." After flying for a while, they finally reached their destination, 5th heaven.
The scene was very pretty, and it also had an abundance of natural energy flying around which can be used to strengthen the Lu sisters.
After eating the delicious burgers, they immediately went to buy some clothes for the Lu sisters. Alex didn't hold back and spend everything that he had earned(stole)
They may have gone a bit overboard, as they all had bags on their arms. But hey, it wasn't Alex's money anyway.
The Lu sisters changed their attire on one of the change rooms, they had the exact same clothing, which is a short black skirt, a simple white T-shirt, with black stockings and two ponytails on each side.
They looked precious, like two beautiful girls who are trying to impress the guy they like. And just as you might suspect, they dressed this way because they thought Alex would like it.
After getting to know him a little better, the sisters started to get more comfortable with their saviour. They knew that their saviour wasn't lustful towards them, as they only saw purity in his eyes.
They were worried that Alex only saved them for their bodies, but after inspecting him a little, they were relieved that it wasn't the case.
When he looked at them, he only saw them as two beautiful girls, and nothing more. That is why they started to become more familiar with him in this short amount of time.
After they left that shop, Alex gave them their proper names. It was mentioned in the light novel that the sisters were given new identities by the vice principal of the school, who *adopted* them. They were happy that their saviour gave them names.
Zhen Congming didn't bother buying anything, as he was very comfortable with his clothing.
After buying some clothes, they left for fifth heaven. Alex would have taken them to Ethereal summit, but it was destroyed when he summoned Steven from its egg shell.
They had to fly a little bit further away, but they found another spot that was just as good as the Ethereal summit. There were sects nearby, but those small fries wouldn't bother them with Alex who is a soul formation cultivator, Zhen Congming a level 10 beast, and the Lu sisters who are almost at Qian level.
"I shall call this place 'Ethereal summit 2'" Alex said.
"Your naming sense knows no bounds." The devil said with a blank face.
"What happened to the first one?" Zhen Congming asked.
"I destroyed it by accident." He said truthfully.
"..."
"Okay, Zhen Congming, can you build a huge array formation for us so nobody will be able to see what we're doing, and make sure that nobody is able to sense us as well." Alex turned to face Zhen Congming with a serious face.
"That might take a while. Just give me 30 minutes." Zhen Congming didn't question why he wanted an array built here, but that was part of his deal, and he must respect that.
"What do you want us to do, saviour?" Lu Linlin asked with a smile.
"I want you two to train me in close combat. I need to practice using my spear and my fists. I have a high level cultivation, but my combat level is very low." Alex explained.
"I see. Not a problem, we can teach you." Lu Linlin agreed without a thought. Lu Lili only nodded with a blush, because Alex still didn't have a shirt on.
"Good. But, there is something you three must know." Alex said to get the attention of the three of them.
"I am something terrifying, I am part human, part demon, and part fairy. I have killed people for my own needs, and also because someone else has sent me here to kill."
Everybody was shocked to hear this, but they thought that Alex had more to say.
"I also have a curse, which gives me demonic powers. I have something called a [Commandment] I am the commandment of [truth] anyone who lies within my presence shall be turned to stone, and even I will be turned to stone if I break my own commandment.
I am only telling you this because I don't want to inflict you with this curse." He finally said what he wanted to say to them.
"But saviour, you don't seem like a bad person, and I don't sense anything on you that feels like the demon ocean clan." Lu Lili said after thinking about it. She just couldn't believe it.
Alex activated his demonic powers for them to see. They all were terrified of this power, because it feels even more demonic than that of the demon ocean clan.
"Everything I just said is true. There are people out there, dragon cultivators, and human cultivators that are searching for me, because of my power, and because of my connection with the immortal being that I just released."
"You're the one who released that thing?!" Lu Lili yelled out in shock. She also felt the demonic power when she was at the dragon palace.
"Hm?" Lu Linlin was confused. She was still in that block of ice when all of this happened, so naturally she was unaware of some stuff.
"Yes. I didn't know what it was at first, but I didn't expect to cause such a phenomenon." Alex said.
"Question, you said that you cannot tell a lie, right?" Asked Zhen Congming.
"I can tell a lie, but my body will turn to stone, the same applies to anyone who lies in my presence."
"I see. Then tell me, will you kill us after we have served our purpose?" Zhen Congming asked.
The Lu sisters had their ears perked, waiting for his answer.
"No. You guys are great people, so I won't kill you." He said truthfully.
"Next question: you said that someone sent you here right? Why?" Zhen Congming asked again.
Alex hesitated to say. He isn't sure whether the demon king wants to be known.
"You can tell them about me, I don't care." The devil said to Alex as he ate some souls.
Alex breathed a sigh of relief, then said.
"He is the true demon king. He sent me her for one purpose, souls." Said Alex.
"Souls? What do you mean by that?" Lu Linlin spoke out this time.
"The true demon king can only eat a few souls, he got tired of waiting so he sent me to fetch him some souls, but there is one soul that he wants the most." Alex explained carefully.
"Which soul does he want?" Zhen Congming was on guard, because he thought the soul he wanted the most was one of theirs.
"Don't worry, he doesn't want your souls, it's another person."
"Thank god." Zhen Congming heaved a sigh of relief.
"I also have a question, why did you save me and my sister?" Lu Lili asked:
"It's like I said, I wanted you to train me to become stronger, and nothing else." He said truthfully.
Lu Lili doesn't know where to feel happy or sad from hearing his answer.
"Who is the soul he wants the most?" He was curious to which soul that the true demon king wanted the most.
"You don't know him, but he will become an important figure in the future. He wants his soul because his soul is very *tasty*"
The others had no more questions to ask. They were just processing this information on their heads.
"But now I want to know what do you three think of me? What do you think now that you know about my powers?" Alex said.
They didn't know what to say, they just can't find the right words right now.
"You saved me and my sister, whether you are a human, fairy, dragon, we still owe you." Lu Linlin was the first one to respond.
"But, I wish you told us about this a bit earlier." She added.
"As long as you don't kill me and let me examine that spear, then I don't care." Zhen Congming said casually. He was worried at first, but after getting some answers from him, he didn't feel so worried anymore
"What about you, Lili? What do you think about me?" He asked the youngest sister.
"Well… as long as it's saviour then we have nothing to worry about. Even though you have those powers, that doesn't mean you're evil." Lu Lili said with a mild blush on her cheeks.
"What about the fact that I eat souls to gain power? I have killed innocents before to gain power." Alex said truthfully.
"I don't know what to think about that. But I am sure saviour did it for a good reason. As long as you don't hurt me or my sister, then I don't mind being with you." Lu Lili said truthfully from the bottom of her heart.
"Yeah right, you just want to keep fondling his wings, don't you?" Lu Linlin snickered as she knew what she was thinking.
"SIS!!!" She couldn't believe her sister exposed her like that, touching his wings was also a small reason she wanted to stay with him, but she also wanted to stay by her saviour because she wanted to.
The Lu sisters knew that Alex was into something out of their reach, because of the things he has shown them, like the spear and his wings.
They had nowhere else to go, this is why they wanted to stay with their saviour. Even if he makes it sound like he's the devil himself, they don't mind being with him. Something about him attracted them both, they don't know what it was, but they liked it.
"Okay. So let's get started." Alex was happy with their responses. He half expected them to be fearful of him, but on the contrary, they still wanted to be with him.
"Yeah!" The Lu sisters raised up their arms and said cutely.
Zhen Congming shrugged then continued planting that giant array formation. He doesn't know how big Alex wants this array formation, but he is still gonna do it.
"Saviour, I can teach you how to protect yourself with just your bare hands. My sister can fight with your spear." Lu Linlin said as if this was a good idea from the start.
"How exactly?" He wanted to know what her plan was.
"Well senior can't always depend on your weapon, so you must learn to protect yourself at all times. But since you don't know how to fully use your spear, my sister can teach you how."
"Lu Lili knows how to handle a spear?" He looked at Lu Lili, who still had a small blush on her face.
"No, but you can use her to practice." Lu Linlin said.
"I am not using Lu Lili as a training dummy." He said it in a serious tone. He doesn't want to injure Lu Lili like that.
Lu Lili felt warm that her saviour didn't want to hurt her or use her like that.
"It's okay. I used to fight people with spears, so I am knowledgeable in using that weapon." With a huge blush on her face, she said this because she wants to be useful to Alex.
"Yes, you can use her body any way you want OW!!!" Lu Linlin said it as a joke, but Alex pulled her cheek.
"Don't make it sound like I'm taking advantage of her body." Alex said as he kept pulling her cheek.
Lu Linlin could only swing her arms as she tried to break from his pinching, but her cultivation was low to fight him.
Lu Lili was about to do the same thing, but Alex beat her to it.
"Okay, that's enough." Alex let go of her cheek, there was a visible red mark imprinted on her right cheek
Lu Linlin only pouted at him, as she rubbed the place where he pinched her.
"So… what do I do?" Asked Alex with a smile.
********** Time Skip 2 weeks.
This is what happened in the last two weeks in a short explanation.
Alex practiced hard with Lu Linlin by fighting in close combat. Apparently, her living above 8th heaven (not too sure about their origins yet.)
She had trained from a little girl to become very strong and independent. Lu Linlin has learned to fight from a young age, especially in close combat.
Lu Lili did not rely on her close combat techniques like her sister, instead she relied on her whip that she loved using.
By the first day, Alex had problems accurately using his spear like he wanted to. The only reason why he easily killed those guards at the dragon palace, is because they stood their in one spot.
Enemies don't usually stay in one spot and wait for their enemies to launch an attack, they tend to avoid those attacks like smart people.
And by the first day, he also could not match his combat skills with Lu Linlin, even if he is a soul formation cultivator.
By night, Zhen Congming would experiment on the spirit spear, he treated it as if this was a priceless treasure. He also got some insight when Alex used his spear to fight Lu Lili.
But by the first week, Alex had shown tremendous amounts of improvement in everything. He even had to lower his level to low-Qian level because it was getting too unfair for Lu Linlin and Lu Lili to fight him.
His progress speed is amazing, it even stumped the Lu sisters. They took years to develop these skills, but Alex for ahold of it in a week.
Alex didn't use the powers of the system to cheat his way into this, all of this amazing progress was thanks to him, and him alone.
However, when night fell on the first week, he requested something weird from Zhen Congming.
Night fell and the Lu sisters were soundly asleep inside a tent. Alex stole a few things from the first heaven and brought it up to fifth heaven, so they can all sleep more comfortably.
He walked up to Zhen Congming, who is sitting on dry grass, as he kept studying Alex's spirit spear.
"Little Zhen?" Said Alex. After spending a whole week together, he has become more familiar with Zhen Congming, that he now calls him by 'Little Zhen'
"Yes?" He asked.
"I need you to do me a favour,"
"What do you need?" He responded casually.
"I want you to craft me two small knives." Alex said casually.
"Knives? Why?" Zhen Congming asked confused. Alex already has his spirit spear, which is without a doubt the strongest weapon that even Zhen Congming has ever seen, so why does he need knives?
"It's actually very important to me in a fight against a soul cultivator. I need those two knives to be hidden under my wrists at all times, unless if I summon them out. I don't want them to be top tier dharma treasures, just simple hidden knives and that's it." Alex finished talking.
"Hidden knives? Like that game from Assassin's Creed?" The devil said. He just finished eating his 600 souls, so he is kinda bored today.
"I guess I can do that." Zhen Congming said after thinking about it. As long as Alex doesn't request dharma treasures, then it should be easy for him to build hidden knives.
"Thank you, Little Zhen. What would it cost me?" Alex knew that he won't do it for free, so there must be a good reason why Zhen Congming said yes to his request.
"Nothing. If these weapons are important fighting against souls cultivators, then I will do this one for free." He said truthfully.
Alex already have him a tent, food, entertainment, and other stuff. He doesn't know much about first heaven, but he thought that the stuff that Alex bought him was very expensive, so he considered himself even if he were to build these hidden knives for Alex.
"Oh…? Well thank you." Alex left with a confused look on his face. It is not like him to do stuff for free.
About two days later, Alex received two hidden knives from Zhen Congming.
The machines were small, which fitted perfectly into Alex's wrists. The knives come out with a simple command from the mind.
The knives are not too small or too big, they are perfect for Alex. They are as strong as diamond, and had different engravings on the side of each knife.
The engravings read as follows: Killer and soul.
"I thought that these words fitted you perfectly, you steal the souls of people, and you kill. I do not mean that as an insult, but I just thought that it fits you perfectly." Zhen Congming said from the side.
"I actually like them. Thank you, little Zhen." Alex smiled from seeing these knives. He can't believe that Zhen Congming made these knives so cool, that they fit someone like Alex.
He has a special reason for these knives, and they're gonna be very useful in future fights.
"Nice weapons, saviour." The Lu sisters were actually mesmerized by the knives, because they actually looked so badass.
"It's thanks to little Zhen." Alex smiled happily at Zhen Congming.
"System, buy me full counter." Alex said in his mind.
[Which one?]
"Both of them."
[That will cost you 100,000 SP. are you sure you want to spend that amount?]
"Positive!" Alex said.
[You have bought [Full counter] from Meliodas and Estarossa.] your currency is 526,000 SP
[Two skills are perfect for synchronization. Would you like to combine the two [Full counters] and upgrade it to [Perfect counter] for 20.000 SP?]
[Yes] [No]
"What is this?" Alex asked the devil.
"Synchronization of skills will allow you to make two compatible skills better. If you combine the two skills, the full counter will be better than before." The devil responded lazily.
"How much better?" Alex asked.
"Instead of returning twice the power back to the enemy, it will be three times the power if you upgrade it to [perfect counter] it's a pretty good deal if you ask me."
"I'll take it! Synchronize the two skills!" Alex said without hesitating.
[Upgrade complete. [Full counter (Physical)] and [Full counter (magic)] have merged to become [Perfect counter] you can now counter any physical and magic attacks from the enemy, and return three times the power to them.] current SP 506,000 SP
"Sweet!" Alex was satisfied with this. With the help of his hidden knives, he can counter any soul attack and redirect it back to them. This is why he bought that skill in the first place.
But to think that buying both Full counters would result in them getting an upgrade. That's a really good deal!
"Hehehehehe! After Hao Ren becomes a dragon cultivator, I'll find that granny and take her soul." Alex said to himself. He can hold a grudge against anybody for the longest time. And now, he is ready to take her on.
"One more week left of training with the Lu sisters. But, after that, will they plan to follow me everywhere, or live their lifes here?"
Alex turned to see the playful sisters playing tag or something. They haven't seen each other in centuries, which is why they are so playful these days.
Alex doesn't know whether the right thing is to leave them, or to bring them with him. Both choices are hard to make, but sooner or later he has to confront them with this.
"Here it is! It's a nice place." After flying for a while, they finally reached their destination, 5th heaven. The scene was very pretty, and it also had an abundance of natural energy flying around which can be used to strengthen the Lu sisters. After eating the delicious burgers, they immediately went to buy some clothes for the Lu sisters. Alex didn't hold back and spend everything that he had earnedstole They may have gone a bit overboard, as they all had bags on their arms. But hey, it wasn't Alex's money anyway. The Lu sisters changed their attire on one of the change rooms, they had the exact same clothing, which is a short black skirt, a simple white T-shirt, with black stockings and two ponytails on each side. They looked precious, like two beautiful girls who are trying to impress the guy they like. And just as you might suspect, they dressed this way because they thought Alex would like it. After getting to know him a little better, the sisters started to get more comfortable with their saviour. They knew that their saviour wasn't lustful towards them, as they only saw purity in his eyes. They were worried that Alex only saved them for their bodies, but after inspecting him a little, they were relieved that it wasn't the case. When he looked at them, he only saw them as two beautiful girls, and nothing more. That is why they started to become more familiar with him in this short amount of time. After they left that shop, Alex gave them their proper names. It was mentioned in the light novel that the sisters were given new identities by the vice principal of the school, who *adopted* them. They were happy that their saviour gave them names. Zhen Congming didn't bother buying anything, as he was very comfortable with his clothing. After buying some clothes, they left for fifth heaven. Alex would have taken them to Ethereal summit, but it was destroyed when he summoned Steven from its egg shell. They had to fly a little bit further away, but they found another spot that was just as good as the Ethereal summit. There were sects nearby, but those small fries wouldn't bother them with Alex who is a soul formation cultivator, Zhen Congming a level 10 beast, and the Lu sisters who are almost at Qian level. "I shall call this place 'Ethereal summit 2'" Alex said. "Your naming sense knows no bounds." The devil said with a blank face. "What happened to the first one?" Zhen Congming asked. "I destroyed it by accident." He said truthfully. "..." "Okay, Zhen Congming, can you build a huge array formation for us so nobody will be able to see what we're doing, and make sure that nobody is able to sense us as well." Alex turned to face Zhen Congming with a serious face. "That might take a while. Just give me 30 minutes." Zhen Congming didn't question why he wanted an array built here, but that was part of his deal, and he must respect that. "What do you want us to do, saviour?" Lu Linlin asked with a smile. "I want you two to train me in close combat. I need to practice using my spear and my fists. I have a high level cultivation, but my combat level is very low." Alex explained. "I see. Not a problem, we can teach you." Lu Linlin agreed without a thought. Lu Lili only nodded with a blush, because Alex still didn't have a shirt on. "Good. But, there is something you three must know." Alex said to get the attention of the three of them. "I am something terrifying, I am part human, part demon, and part fairy. I have killed people for my own needs, and also because someone else has sent me here to kill." Everybody was shocked to hear this, but they thought that Alex had more to say. "I also have a curse, which gives me demonic powers. I have something called a Commandment I am the commandment of truth anyone who lies within my presence shall be turned to stone, and even I will be turned to stone if I break my own commandment. I am only telling you this because I don't want to inflict you with this curse." He finally said what he wanted to say to them. "But saviour, you don't seem like a bad person, and I don't sense anything on you that feels like the demon ocean clan." Lu Lili said after thinking about it. She just couldn't believe it. Alex activated his demonic powers for them to see. They all were terrified of this power, because it feels even more demonic than that of the demon ocean clan. "Everything I just said is true. There are people out there, dragon cultivators, and human cultivators that are searching for me, because of my power, and because of my connection with the immortal being that I just released." "You're the one who released that thing?!" Lu Lili yelled out in shock. She also felt the demonic power when she was at the dragon palace. "Hm?" Lu Linlin was confused. She was still in that block of ice when all of this happened, so naturally she was unaware of some stuff. "Yes. I didn't know what it was at first, but I didn't expect to cause such a phenomenon." Alex said. "Question, you said that you cannot tell a lie, right?" Asked Zhen Congming. "I can tell a lie, but my body will turn to stone, the same applies to anyone who lies in my presence." "I see. Then tell me, will you kill us after we have served our purpose?" Zhen Congming asked. The Lu sisters had their ears perked, waiting for his answer. "No. You guys are great people, so I won't kill you." He said truthfully. "Next question: you said that someone sent you here right? Why?" Zhen Congming asked again. Alex hesitated to say. He isn't sure whether the demon king wants to be known. "You can tell them about me, I don't care." The devil said to Alex as he ate some souls. Alex breathed a sigh of relief, then said. "He is the true demon king. He sent me her for one purpose, souls." Said Alex. "Souls? What do you mean by that?" Lu Linlin spoke out this time. "The true demon king can only eat a few souls, he got tired of waiting so he sent me to fetch him some souls, but there is one soul that he wants the most." Alex explained carefully. "Which soul does he want?" Zhen Congming was on guard, because he thought the soul he wanted the most was one of theirs. "Don't worry, he doesn't want your souls, it's another person." "Thank god." Zhen Congming heaved a sigh of relief. "I also have a question, why did you save me and my sister?" Lu Lili asked: "It's like I said, I wanted you to train me to become stronger, and nothing else." He said truthfully. Lu Lili doesn't know where to feel happy or sad from hearing his answer. "Who is the soul he wants the most?" He was curious to which soul that the true demon king wanted the most. "You don't know him, but he will become an important figure in the future. He wants his soul because his soul is very *tasty*" The others had no more questions to ask. They were just processing this information on their heads. "But now I want to know what do you three think of me? What do you think now that you know about my powers?" Alex said. They didn't know what to say, they just can't find the right words right now. "You saved me and my sister, whether you are a human, fairy, dragon, we still owe you." Lu Linlin was the first one to respond. "But, I wish you told us about this a bit earlier." She added. "As long as you don't kill me and let me examine that spear, then I don't care." Zhen Congming said casually. He was worried at first, but after getting some answers from him, he didn't feel so worried anymore "What about you, Lili? What do you think about me?" He asked the youngest sister. "Well as long as it's saviour then we have nothing to worry about. Even though you have those powers, that doesn't mean you're evil." Lu Lili said with a mild blush on her cheeks. "What about the fact that I eat souls to gain power? I have killed innocents before to gain power." Alex said truthfully. "I don't know what to think about that. But I am sure saviour did it for a good reason. As long as you don't hurt me or my sister, then I don't mind being with you." Lu Lili said truthfully from the bottom of her heart. "Yeah right, you just want to keep fondling his wings, don't you?" Lu Linlin snickered as she knew what she was thinking. "SIS!!!" She couldn't believe her sister exposed her like that, touching his wings was also a small reason she wanted to stay with him, but she also wanted to stay by her saviour because she wanted to. The Lu sisters knew that Alex was into something out of their reach, because of the things he has shown them, like the spear and his wings. They had nowhere else to go, this is why they wanted to stay with their saviour. Even if he makes it sound like he's the devil himself, they don't mind being with him. Something about him attracted them both, they don't know what it was, but they liked it. "Okay. So let's get started." Alex was happy with their responses. He half expected them to be fearful of him, but on the contrary, they still wanted to be with him. "Yeah!" The Lu sisters raised up their arms and said cutely. Zhen Congming shrugged then continued planting that giant array formation. He doesn't know how big Alex wants this array formation, but he is still gonna do it. "Saviour, I can teach you how to protect yourself with just your bare hands. My sister can fight with your spear." Lu Linlin said as if this was a good idea from the start. "How exactly?" He wanted to know what her plan was. "Well senior can't always depend on your weapon, so you must learn to protect yourself at all times. But since you don't know how to fully use your spear, my sister can teach you how." "Lu Lili knows how to handle a spear?" He looked at Lu Lili, who still had a small blush on her face. "No, but you can use her to practice." Lu Linlin said. "I am not using Lu Lili as a training dummy." He said it in a serious tone. He doesn't want to injure Lu Lili like that. Lu Lili felt warm that her saviour didn't want to hurt her or use her like that. "It's okay. I used to fight people with spears, so I am knowledgeable in using that weapon." With a huge blush on her face, she said this because she wants to be useful to Alex. "Yes, you can use her body any way you want OW!!!" Lu Linlin said it as a joke, but Alex pulled her cheek. "Don't make it sound like I'm taking advantage of her body." Alex said as he kept pulling her cheek. Lu Linlin could only swing her arms as she tried to break from his pinching, but her cultivation was low to fight him. Lu Lili was about to do the same thing, but Alex beat her to it. "Okay, that's enough." Alex let go of her cheek, there was a visible red mark imprinted on her right cheek Lu Linlin only pouted at him, as she rubbed the place where he pinched her. "So what do I do?" Asked Alex with a smile. ********** Time Skip 2 weeks. This is what happened in the last two weeks in a short explanation. Alex practiced hard with Lu Linlin by fighting in close combat. Apparently, her living above 8th heaven not too sure about their origins yet. She had trained from a little girl to become very strong and independent. Lu Linlin has learned to fight from a young age, especially in close combat. Lu Lili did not rely on her close combat techniques like her sister, instead she relied on her whip that she loved using. By the first day, Alex had problems accurately using his spear like he wanted to. The only reason why he easily killed those guards at the dragon palace, is because they stood their in one spot. Enemies don't usually stay in one spot and wait for their enemies to launch an attack, they tend to avoid those attacks like smart people. And by the first day, he also could not match his combat skills with Lu Linlin, even if he is a soul formation cultivator. By night, Zhen Congming would experiment on the spirit spear, he treated it as if this was a priceless treasure. He also got some insight when Alex used his spear to fight Lu Lili. But by the first week, Alex had shown tremendous amounts of improvement in everything. He even had to lower his level to low-Qian level because it was getting too unfair for Lu Linlin and Lu Lili to fight him. His progress speed is amazing, it even stumped the Lu sisters. They took years to develop these skills, but Alex for ahold of it in a week. Alex didn't use the powers of the system to cheat his way into this, all of this amazing progress was thanks to him, and him alone. However, when night fell on the first week, he requested something weird from Zhen Congming. Night fell and the Lu sisters were soundly asleep inside a tent. Alex stole a few things from the first heaven and brought it up to fifth heaven, so they can all sleep more comfortably. He walked up to Zhen Congming, who is sitting on dry grass, as he kept studying Alex's spirit spear. "Little Zhen?" Said Alex. After spending a whole week together, he has become more familiar with Zhen Congming, that he now calls him by 'Little Zhen' "Yes?" He asked. "I need you to do me a favour," "What do you need?" He responded casually. "I want you to craft me two small knives." Alex said casually. "Knives? Why?" Zhen Congming asked confused. Alex already has his spirit spear, which is without a doubt the strongest weapon that even Zhen Congming has ever seen, so why does he need knives? "It's actually very important to me in a fight against a soul cultivator. I need those two knives to be hidden under my wrists at all times, unless if I summon them out. I don't want them to be top tier dharma treasures, just simple hidden knives and that's it." Alex finished talking. "Hidden knives? Like that game from Assassin's Creed?" The devil said. He just finished eating his 600 souls, so he is kinda bored today. "I guess I can do that." Zhen Congming said after thinking about it. As long as Alex doesn't request dharma treasures, then it should be easy for him to build hidden knives. "Thank you, Little Zhen. What would it cost me?" Alex knew that he won't do it for free, so there must be a good reason why Zhen Congming said yes to his request. "Nothing. If these weapons are important fighting against souls cultivators, then I will do this one for free." He said truthfully. Alex already have him a tent, food, entertainment, and other stuff. He doesn't know much about first heaven, but he thought that the stuff that Alex bought him was very expensive, so he considered himself even if he were to build these hidden knives for Alex. "Oh? Well thank you." Alex left with a confused look on his face. It is not like him to do stuff for free. About two days later, Alex received two hidden knives from Zhen Congming. The machines were small, which fitted perfectly into Alex's wrists. The knives come out with a simple command from the mind. The knives are not too small or too big, they are perfect for Alex. They are as strong as diamond, and had different engravings on the side of each knife. The engravings read as follows: Killer and soul. "I thought that these words fitted you perfectly, you steal the souls of people, and you kill. I do not mean that as an insult, but I just thought that it fits you perfectly." Zhen Congming said from the side. "I actually like them. Thank you, little Zhen." Alex smiled from seeing these knives. He can't believe that Zhen Congming made these knives so cool, that they fit someone like Alex. He has a special reason for these knives, and they're gonna be very useful in future fights. "Nice weapons, saviour." The Lu sisters were actually mesmerized by the knives, because they actually looked so badass. "It's thanks to little Zhen." Alex smiled happily at Zhen Congming. "System, buy me full counter." Alex said in his mind. Which one? "Both of them." That will cost you 100,000 SP. are you sure you want to spend that amount? "Positive!" Alex said. You have bought Full counter from Meliodas and Estarossa. your currency is 526,000 SP Two skills are perfect for synchronization. Would you like to combine the two Full counters and upgrade it to Perfect counter for 20.000 SP? Yes No "What is this?" Alex asked the devil. "Synchronization of skills will allow you to make two compatible skills better. If you combine the two skills, the full counter will be better than before." The devil responded lazily. "How much better?" Alex asked. "Instead of returning twice the power back to the enemy, it will be three times the power if you upgrade it to perfect counter it's a pretty good deal if you ask me." "I'll take it! Synchronize the two skills!" Alex said without hesitating. Upgrade complete. Full counter Physical and Full counter magic have merged to become Perfect counter you can now counter any physical and magic attacks from the enemy, and return three times the power to them. current SP 506,000 SP "Sweet!" Alex was satisfied with this. With the help of his hidden knives, he can counter any soul attack and redirect it back to them. This is why he bought that skill in the first place. But to think that buying both Full counters would result in them getting an upgrade. That's a really good deal! "Hehehehehe! After Hao Ren becomes a dragon cultivator, I'll find that granny and take her soul." Alex said to himself. He can hold a grudge against anybody for the longest time. And now, he is ready to take her on. "One more week left of training with the Lu sisters. But, after that, will they plan to follow me everywhere, or live their lifes here?" Alex turned to see the playful sisters playing tag or something. They haven't seen each other in centuries, which is why they are so playful these days. Alex doesn't know whether the right thing is to leave them, or to bring them with him. Both choices are hard to make, but sooner or later he has to confront them with this.
