"So, who would like to spar with Ferox?" Ithania questioned.
"I will like to try, Lady Ithania."
Ithania glanced at the vampire who stepped up and smiled. She wasn't surprised; rather, she predicted he would be the one.
"Hahaha! You? You will fight me? You couldn't even defeat me before, how will you defeat me now?" Ferox mocked as he glanced at Valerian who stepped forward.
"Heh. Truly shameless. Who was the one who lost the last fight?" Valerian sneered.
"Hmph! That only happened before you used low blows! That's not fair!" Ferox snorted.
"As Lady Ithania said, everything is fair as long as you win. Only winners are recognized, what you are doing is just a loser making excuses." Valerian replied calmly, however, Ferox and others who knew him were able to tell that he was sneering inwardly.
Ferox's face twitched in frustration, however, soon, a smile appeared on his face and he laughed, "Good, good! Let's see who gets the last laugh!"
Saying that, he took his fighting stance, and Valerian did the same.
However, a moment later, Ferox threw away his fighting stance and rushed toward Valerian.
'A brute indeed.' Valerian thought inwardly, however, his eyes widened in surprise when Ferox appeared right in front of him.
'What speed!' He exclaimed in shock but the surprise hadn't ended yet.
Ferox didn't lose this amazing opportunity and punched Valerian's gut with all the strength he had.
Valerian's eyes widened in surprise and pain,
"*Cough*"
He coughed out loud, his eyes balls nearly popped out and he bent his back.
The power behind the punch was much more than he expected. It was too painful!
However, Ferox didn't stop.
He used his second hand to punch his face.
"Aghhh!"
Valerian groaned in pain, he could feel his vision turning blur but he then quickly bit his lips and forced himself to stay up.
He would not lose so easily.
Suddenly, Valerian crouched and lowered his head.
Ferox fist didn't connect.
Valerian dodged it.
A smile appeared on Valerian's face.
Even though he can't react to Ferox's new speed and strength, he knew his character, so he could predict his moves to some extent.
Valerian then grabbed Ferox's legs and pulled them closed to him.
Ferox lost his balance and fell.
Valerian was quick to jump and sat on top of Ferox.
Then without giving him any time to react, he punched his face with all his strength.
However, Valerian's eyes widened when he saw that rather than groaning in pain, this brute was laughing like crazy.
He punched his face again and Ferox laughed out loud.
"Is that all you got!? How weak! Hahahaha!"
Valerian tried to punch again but Ferox grabbed his fist, he punched with his other fist but Ferox grabbed it as well.
Then, a wide smile appeared on Ferox's face as he twisted Valerian's fist.
"AAghhhh!" Valerian screamed in pain.
Ferox took the opportunity to roll over and sit on top of him, then, with a wide smile on his face, Ferox's released Valerian's hand and punched his face.
"Ughhh!"
Valerian could feel his vision blurring; this brute was too damn powerful.
Ferox's punched again and Valerian couldn't do anything against him.
"Alright, that's enough."
Just as Valerian was about to lose his consciousness, Ithania ordered.
Ferox then stood up with a big smile on his face and laughed out loud.
"Hahaha! Does anyone else want to fight with me? I can still fight for a few more rounds!"
"I want to try." Tassia stepped forward.
"Heh. I hope you won't regret it. I won't go easy on you just because you are a girl"
"Don't worry, I already expected that from a brute like you." Tassia retorted.
Ithania didn't stop the two of them either.
She wanted to see how much Ferox has improved and she wanted others to see that as well.
The fight continued, after Tassia, a few more vampires stepped up but all of them lost without exception.
"Hahaha! C'mon! C'mon! Step forward and fight! Hahaha!" However, Ferox was still as energetic as before.
He didn't look tired at all.
"Increase in Speed, Strength, Defense and Stamina" Ithania muttered.
"Alright, let's stop this." She ordered and then turned towards the vampires.
"As you can see from the results, Ferox is a lot stronger than he was before and this is not the only benefit. This is just the beginning.
As I said before, Ferox's 'potential' has been increased. So his cultivation speed will be faster than you all. From here on, Ferox will only get stronger and stronger.
The only way for you to catch up to him is by going through the 'process', I will name it Purification from now on.
So? Is anyone of you willing to go through the agonizing pain of the Purification and increase his strength by another level?"
Ithania questioned.
"I am." As soon as she questioned, Valerian stepped forward.
He was unsatisfied.
He had fought with Ferox before, and although he was a little stronger than him, Valerian was faster than him and has defeated him before.
He never lost so overwhelmingly before.
He needs his revenge.
A small smile appeared on Ithania's face.
She knew Valerian would step up after his defeat.
"Good."
"I am willing as well" After Valerian, Tassia stepped up as well.
She wouldn't let these two bastards get ahead of her.
She wanted to serve Lady Ithania as well.
Seeing two vampires stepping up, a few more vampires stepped up as well, seeing them, more and more followed.
In the end, out of the initial 254 vampires, 76 vampires stepped forward.
A surprising result.
Ithania didn't expect so many would step up.
A small, satisfied smile appeared on her face.
This was good, good indeed.
'And this is just the first batch; more would come forward after they feel how quickly they are left behind.'
Ithania thought inwardly and smiled even more.
She then turned towards Lilia and nodded.
Lilia nodded back and 532 drops of blood rose in the air before they divided themselves and moved towards the 76 vampires who stepped up.
"Drink"
Ithania ordered and the vampires drank.
"AAGHHHHHHH!!"
…
On the other side, In Luminia's Library, Azriel was sitting on a chair with a bored look on his face.
In front of him, was a book, 'The History of the Vampires'.
Yes, he was reading.
And Azriel was very quick to realize that he hated studying.
He knew its importance and could notice that he had become calmer after reading but he still hated it nonetheless.
'Ughh… why do I have to go through this…'
He groaned inwardly but then he continued reading.
He had to do whatever his teacher told him.
No matter how boring it was.
A few minutes later, he turned the page and,
*Bam*
Luminia, who was sitting beside him, slapped his head.
"W-What did I do? Why did you hit me?" Azriel questioned with a wronged look on his face.
"You took 10 minutes to turn the page, generally, you only need 6 minutes to do it. Concentrate."
Luminia replied with a strict look on her face.
"Ughh… teacher… I am such a good student… can't you just tell me whatever is written in the book in your sweet voice? I feel like I will learn much faster that way."
"You think you can get away by praising me?" Luminia questioned.
"Ughh…" Azriel knew nothing could be done, so he just groaned and turned his gaze back to his book.
"Azriel, I know you don't like reading, however, you know the advantages of reading as well. You need the knowledge to broaden your horizons.
As for me teaching you everything, that won't work.
What every person grabs from a book is different.
Generally, people only grab around 30% of knowledge that is the book they are reading, if they are genius, the number can shoot up to 70, but that's it.
Therefore, if you have someone 'explain' the book to you, you will only grab some percentage of what they have grabbed.
So read on your own, understand and improve yourself, you got that?"
Luminia explained and then questioned.
"Okay, teacher" Azriel nodded.
He then started reading the book more seriously.
He then turned the page,
"Yes, that's good, 6 minutes."
Luminia nodded.
Azriel continued reading however, just as he was about to turn the page again,
"AAAGGHHHH!!"
He heard people screaming.
He turned to Luminia and saw a small smile on her face.
"That girl convinced 77 vampires to go through 'Purification'" Luminia informed.
"That is less than I expected…" Azriel muttered.
Luminia wanted to face palm…
"Hahhh… I think I need to increase your reading time…" She sighed.
"Eh? What? Why?"
"Nothing." Just continued reading.
"No I won't, just continue reading," Luminia replied.
'He really hates reading huh…'
Luminia thought inwardly and a small smile appeared on her face.
'Heh. He is just like me.'
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