Chapter 138: Desire to Test Strength

John narrowed his eyes as he listened to the words the boy spoke to him. His breathing was heavier than normal , having just unleashed the Divine Reaping Scythe. The attack had required far more essence Qi than he had expected.

"That attack was clearly not intended for you, so why are you making such a fuss about it?" John responded in a curt tone.

Clearly, this boy had not approached with good intentions from the start, and was using this opportunity to make things difficult for John. He could tell that this boy was around his age, but had a cultivation at the late Qi Condensation Realm.

However, John was not too concerned about this. In fact, if the boy really wanted to fight, John would fully welcome it. He had recently increased his strength massively by both advancing in cultivation and battle art prowess. Although he had never fought two minors realms above his own, he was willing to put it to the test.

John had also not had a battle for quite some time, and was itching to test out his new strength. He had always been a battle fiend, and he could tell that his desire for battle had increased even further once he successfully cultivated the Immortal Asura Transformation Art. In fact, there seemed to be a lingering hotbloodedness that came from his previous transformation, making him hope for a battle.

Roy looked at John as if he was a fish on the chopping block. He had wanted to take him down a notch earlier, but John's complete lack of fear irked him even further.

"You aren't even wearing disciple robes, so you're clearly just a worker. And yet you have the gall to speak to me like this?"

Roy laughed slightly before his tone became even colder.

"If you beg for forgiveness, I'll let you off. Otherwise, don't blame me for being heavy handed."

John stared at Roy directly with indifference. He had done nothing to provoke this boy, and his attack towards him had been an accident, but he still acted like this. Many of the disciples that had been walking about stopped to watch the event, with some looking on in amusement while others had looks of concern on their face.

'Clearly there are bad apples in this sect as well. It may not be as harmonious of a sect as I imagined, but I'll only find out after I join it. In regards to this fellow however, it seems words won't solve anything.'

John didn't want to start a fight before he even became a disciple, but he wasn't about to let himself be trampled over either.

"If you want a fight, then let's fight!"

Boom!

A powerful aura suddenly exploded outwards from John, stunning Roy and the nearby group of disciples that had stopped to watch the show to come. Many had expected him to sheepishly back down and apologize, due the power and status difference. John pressed off the ground to lunge forward, when suddenly a hand pressed down on his shoulder.

The hand felt as heavy as a mountain to John, and he was unable to move at all, even with his powerful body. John turned his head to look at the new intruder on his battle, and his aura quickly faded.

"I leave you alone for less than a day and you're already getting into fights?" Elder Ragur stated while shaking his head, although his amused expression revealed that he wasn't mad.

"He wanted to fight, so I was going to fight, it's as simple as that," John responded nonchalantly. He would not take blame for this incident.

Elder Ragur struggled to keep a straight face, but eventually managed to do so. He had no idea just how daring John was, but the fact that he was willing to fight someone two minor realms higher than him revealed his guts.

Elder Ragur nodded his head in approval. "You've got the right attitude for a cultivator, but unfortunately I can't allow this fight to happen on Enforcement Hall grounds."

Elder Ragur turned to Roy, who was standing there in silenced fear. He had not expected an Elder to come to the defense of this boy , and knew he was about to land into a world of trouble.

"Roy, I just so happened to witness this whole ordeal. You should be setting a better example as a disciple of the sect. Go to the Enforcement Wall and stare at it for three days."

Roy blanched at Elder Ragur's words, and wanted to argue, but the Elder's expression made him realize there was no getting out of this. His eyes locked to the nearby John, and John could feel great hostility from Roy.

'Clearly this isn't over yet, but I don't care. I'll welcome his battle any time he wants.'

Roy turned without a word and headed off towards a certain building. John had noticed his expression at the mention of the wall, and was curious about it.

"Elder, what is this Enforcement Wall you mentioned?"

Elder Ragur turned to John and inspected him for a bit before responding. He had appeared earlier in the day, but had noticed John attempting to unleash a battle art, and so had waited in the shadows. The attack John unleashed shocked even Elder Ragur, and he was unfamiliar with such a powerful scythe battle art.

"This boy has many many secrets," Elder Ragur thought before responding to John's question.

"The Enforcement Wall is a wall that disciples are made to sit in front of when they do wrong. The wall emanates a certain pressure, making it quite painful to sit in front of. However, enduring in front of the wall tempers ones will, so its training and punishment at the same time, although most disciples just see it as painful punishment."

John nodded his head in understanding why Roy was unwilling to go there.

'These sect disciples have probably lived a pampered life here in the holy lands, so pain for them is unacceptable even in the pursuit of strength. So naive.'

'Now, the Sect Leader allowed you to stay as a worker, but to be honest, we don't need any help in the Enforcement Halls right now, as we are very well staffed. Also, as a worker, I cannot allow you to wander about freely either, or take part in the lessons and training the disciples here do...So what should we do with you for the next three months until the entrance exam?"

The truth of the matter was that Elder Ragur did not want to force John to do mundane work, which was the only thing he could assign to workers.

John thought about it for a moment before responding.

"Elder, I've advanced greatly in both cultivation and battle arts, and I need to test out my new strength and hone my battle skills. Is there any place that I could do this?"

John wanted to see the full extent of his power right now, as even he himself didn't know where it landed.

Elder Ragur thought about it for a moment.

"That is indeed a good request. Building your strength as much as possible before the entrance exams will definitely raise your chance to get in. Since you are not allowed to train on sect grounds as of right now..."

Elder Ragur wracked his brain for a moment before he thought of a fitting place for John to train.

"There is a forest covering a stretch of mountain's just on the outside of the official sect grounds that we use for disciple training occasionally. But since it's technically outside of the sect grounds, you are able to train there. There are many Qi Condensation beasts in the forest, making it a perfect battle ground to test your strength."

John's eyes lit up at the suggestion.

'This is perfect. I get to train my battle arts, as well as collect more beast blood essence.'

"That works perfectly for me," John responded, eager to set out immediately.