Age of Heroes

He arrived at the top with a thud. Arial look back at the bottom. 

He still can see many of the martial arts school in the bottom climbing the mountain by walking along the designated path. 

No doubt the junior disciples will be brought to this peak with their elders and teachers. After all, not all disciples know lightness technique. 

Mostly the junior disciple will need their senior help. Since Arial is alone, he doesn't need to care for others or help anyone to reach the second peak. 

And honestly his heart is still boiling after getting insulted like that. Since he lives his second life, he is rarely ever been insulted. 

So, such treatment is…. unusual for him.

The moment Arial reach the second peak he could see boulders of stones, hundreds maybe thousand round stone, and while some of them are round stone, some of them is rectangle stone all of these stone were undoubtedly carved with great precision, like an artisan craftwork

Some of these stones are stacked like towers while some of them are stuck in some cave entrance.

But Arial know why the round stone seem to be so beautiful. 

It is a sign someone use these stones as a practice to either increase precision in attack or using internal energy to sculpt these stones into such perfect shape. 

If Arial instinct is correct then mostly these are an expert in martial arts works. Though Arial didn't know which expert is capable to do this. 

Arial knows that while these stone seem to be cut from a chisel, Arial had a nagging suspicion that these stone is cut using the expert bare hand. 

Imagine the power he has to use, the accuracy, the patience and the concentration it took the expert to do this impossible task.

Arial could understand why it is called the Stone Peak. Arial sense a presence behind him and he turn his head to see the green silhouette behind him.

Batrisya is behind him. She is smiling and look a bit puzzled.

'It seems you have reached here first. Undoubtedly the rest of the school will follow in a while' 

Batrisya say as she looks at the bottom. 

She could see the rest of the sect is climbing to this peak, while some elders run upwards bringing their disciples. Then she looks back at Arial and gives him some advice.

'It is wise for you to choose one of the caves as your place to rest since the battle will be held tomorrow in that area. In a way, it is good you came here first since you can choose first.' 

She pointed to a bridge heading to some forest. 

'There is an arena there, suitable for battle, created by my teacher. It could hold all of the spectators. When your name is called please enter or you will be disqualified.'

Arial nodded and cupped his hand.

'Thanks for the guidance.' 

Arial may be angry at those people that underestimate his school but he has no offense against this person. Why make enemies?

'My pleasure. And do not worry if that Abbess will retaliate. After all, your safety is guaranteed. Of course outside the battle it is guaranteed. On the battle arena, either you die or live depends on the victor.'

Arial nodded.

'Easy, then I just have to win.' Batrisya smiles and said

'That is very confident of you. Experts that enter this tournament are not so weak for you to make such boastful statement.' 

'I just state the truth.' 

Batrisya stared at him and she sighed. 

'Fine. I just hope your ability will be able to prove that. And be careful not to offend too much people. From what I hear of your reputation you are very strong in will and strength, and you rarely surrender or give in to other people, but there is wisdom in backing down too.' 

Arial just grin.

'Is that so?' She just shakes her head, encountering such a stubborn person

Then she leapt again to one of the cliff and began once again climbing, running with incredible speed, jumping with incredible height by relying on the force of her feet, leaving a hole to the clean surface of the mountain hill, in which she makes her footholds. 

To anyone else she may look like she is flying.

She must have gone to Heaven Peak to report this to her teacher. Arial mused. 

So in a way she is the supervisor. Reporting everything to the Four Immortals. 

'Hubris' Arial said when he thinks of the Four Immortals. What do they think they are? Gods?

Arial pick one cave and then using one of his sword to carve his name onto the cave entrance. 

He then enters the cave and then he began to train. 

He stands resolutely, take a breath and clear his mind and his anger and he begins his training. Today he did not enter the Scape. 

He unsheathes his sword and begins practicing swordplay without imbuing the weapon internal energy. 

Slowly he distributes his internal energy into the weapon and his attack becomes faster, flurry like a flashing light in the dark caves. 

The cave wall becomes Arial victim. 

Stony surfaces become lean, scratched with Arial strike. One of the problems that Arial had is the distribution of internal energy. 

When he was a child he remembered, every sword he uses shatter. At first he thought that he is too strong, that only Enochian blade can withstand his internal energy. 

He is not wrong but neither he is right. 

After all, even the Four Immortals have massive internal energy but why did their weapon not shatter? 

Arial finally understand his problem. He does not understand the distribution of internal energy. 

He always put too much. 

You don't have to put too much internal energy into the weapon. 

Arial always put everything in his weapon like a broken dam, that always releasing water, without stopping. 

And because of that Arial has a misconception that only a legendary sword can contain his energy. 

If not for the pointers he received in Linzi, he might still live with that notion, believing himself unable to wield normal weapon.

Instead he only has to release the strongest power when it's necessary. 

Arial understand this when he learns the Channel in the body, one of the profound book of Linzi Temple. 

Arial realize he still have many to learn.

Equal distribution and then when necessary release the explosive power in the tip, or the edge of the sword to give the enemy a hard time and not to mention being one with the weapon. 

Of course with Enochian Blade Arial didn't have to hold back but he also knows that he uses it recklessly. 

How many or how long can he keep fighting if he does not conserve his internal energy? Cultivation he understands. 

Conservation? 

That is the part where he lacks in many aspects. It is fortunate that Arial has an amount of internal energy that enables him to do such incredible feats.

It is incredible enough that he has defeated many experts in his teenage years with such a broken understanding of internal energy. 

If not for his extraordinary amount of internal energy, he may have die a long time ago.