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"Ting~

"

nIfrit made a sound as if the sword was excited after hearing its new name.

nZhao Luo was still barely holding ifrit in his hand when ifrit started glowing.

nThere was a red glow over the fiery blade in Zhao Luo's hand.

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"What?

"

nZhao Luo was shocked as ifrit was heating up rapidly.

n'Is ifrit going to explode?'

nZhao Luo named his sword ifrit following the demon of fire from hell because of the fiery temperament of the sword.

nBut that didn't mean that his sword could start cooking up his hand.

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"Don't worry. It's just getting ready to customize itself for you.

"

nBellum interrupted before Zhao Luo could drop ifrit in confusion.

n'Hmm.'

nZhao Luo wondered about the change that will appear in his sword.

nAfter a moment ifrit started cooling down while also reducing its size following the best proportion which would help Zhao Luo in handling it.

nIfrit was now just a little shorter than half of Zhao Luo's height.

nThe blade had also shortened which looked even sharper than before.

nThe color of the sword was even brighter as it had changed to crimson red from fiery color.

nWhile Zhao Luo held ifrit in his hand, he looked like a King.

nZhao Luo's handsome face and unparalleled persona equipped with the crimson sword 'ifrit' looked like General of some Heavenly army.

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"Good match.

"

nBellum said as he looked at the pair.

nHis sword ended up in a very well place.

nThe sword was the sword of Bellum that had accompanied Bellum in almost all of his battles.

nBut his reign over it was now over so how could he not tell Zhao Luo to give it a new name?

nBellum was very satisfied with Zhao Luo who had completed his challenge.

nThe others from the Xin Sect who had completed this challenge were only rewarded with the Technique of the Sovereign. Yet Zhao Luo was given a weapon too.

n'Slash.'

n'Slash.'

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"Zhao Luo.

"

nBellum said as Zhao Luo was swinging Ifrit around in the weirdest poses possible.

nZhao Luo's swordplay was so hideous that even Bellum had never seen such bad slashes before.

nIt was because Zhao Luo was copying the moves of the best swordsman that he knew of, even though that swordsman wasn't real. Zhao Luo was biting Ifrit between his teeth and jumping around.

nBellum couldn't stand watching his precious sword be abused in such a way thus Bellum decided to stop him by calling out his name.

nZhao Luo took 'Ifrit' in his hand again as he glanced at Bellum.

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"Senior this is the first time you called me by my name.

"

nZhao Luo said as such an amazing senior knew of his name. He thought that 'young man' would be his name from now on but his thought process was wrong.

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"Yes, after watching your 'sword play' i want to help you.

"

nBellum told Zhao Luo with an awkward smile.

nBellum had it hard to call that abomination of sword style displayed by Zhao Luo, a swordplay.

nIn the world of cultivation, if you learn something from a master then that master can be considered as your teacher.

nBellum, as a partial teacher to Zhao Luo, couldn't let Zhao Luo go just yet. That is why he decided to give another reward to Zhao Luo that would help him improve his swordplay.

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"This scroll contains a Master Class sword style. 'The Random Sword' is the name. It was used by one of the top sword masters of my era. But open the scroll only after you learn to use your internal energy.

"

nBellum gave Zhao Luo the scroll and also advised him.

nZhao Luo nodded as he stored the two scrolls and Ifrit in the storage space of his robe.

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"Thank you, Senior.

"

nZhao Luo bowed his head in front of Bellum while clasping his hands.

nAs much as Zhao Luo had endured for the 'Drums of Bellum', he got way more rewards than he was hoping for.

n'A super sound technique.'

n'A peerless sword.'

n'And now even a sword manual.'

nZhao Luo thought.

nAfter comparing his rewards with the training he had to do for clearing the challenge, the balance was already too much on the side of rewards thus he wanted to give his utmost gratitude to Bellum.

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"It's not a big deal, young man. Don't forget to work hard and one day you will be even stronger than me.

"

nBellum said some encouraging words to Zhao Luo as he looked a little sad.

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"I's time to send you back.

"

nBellum said these words as he approached Zhao Luo and touched Zhao Luo's chest with his palm.

nZhao Luo could feel a burning pain as something entered his body from his chest through Bellum's hand. But Zhao Luo didn't try to fight back as he let Bellum do what he was doing.

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"Goodbye, Zhao Luo.

"

nBellum said as he waved his hand which caused a blue whirlpool to appear behind Zhao Luo which sucked his consciousness.

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"Goodbye Senior~

"

nZhao Luo's last words were left inside the World of Bellum as his consciousness disappeared after being sucked into the whirlpool.

nBellum smiled as he ascended back to the azure sky.

nOn the Ring Platform with the Drums of Bellum.

nZhao Luo had been standing straight without moving an inch for the last five minutes.

nThe last drum was still glowing.

nNobody among the spectators could guess that only Zhao Luo's body was there without a hint of his senses as his consciousness was inside the glowing Drum of Bellum.

n'Fwoosh.'

nThe glow dimmed and soon vanished as Zhao Luo blinked his eyes.

nZhao Luo hurriedly looked around and realized that he back in his body. He couldn't understand what had happened to him but he did know that the three rewards in his storage space were still there.

nThe burning sensation was still present in his chest but it wasn't an unpleasant feeling. Instead, it was making his body warm.

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"I am back.

"

nZhao Luo said as he jumped down from the ring.

nZhao Luo had cleared an impossible challenge for almost all the disciples in the trainee hall.

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"Zhao Luo~

"

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"Zhao Luo~

"

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"Zhao Luo~

"

nWaves after waves of chants were now resounding around the training area as the disciples started their cheering.

nZhao Luo raised his arms as he closed both of his hands tightly to make a fist which were directed towards the skies of the Xin Sect.

n'I did it.'

nZhao Luo thought.

nEveryone was enjoying the moment.

nExcept for Mite.

nMite looked as someone had thrown a dump on him and he couldn't even fight back.

nUnder the thundering 'Zhao Luo' chants by the disciples, Mite felt suffocation and embarrassment that he had never felt before.

nEven the treatment by Zi Fei couldn't come close to this.

nZhao Luo who was feeling happy right now was walking towards Feng Mei and Yan.

nBefore he could reach them, Feng Mei rushed towards him and hugged Zhao Luo.

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"What's wrong little sister?

"

nZhao Luo asked nicely with a smile on his face.

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"Brother I was scared for you.

"

nFeng Mei answered as she started crying.

n'Sniff, Sniff.'

nZhao Luo's smile grew even bigger because now he had people who cared so much for him.

nZhao Luo saw the cute Feng Mei crying like a silly girl. He patted Feng Mei.

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"Aren't I fine now? Let's go, I have so many things to tell you guys about.

"

nZhao Luo told Feng Mei as he glanced between her and Yan.

nBut as someone famous once said,

n'There are no joyous moments without someone trying to ruin them.'

nMite approached Zhao Luo with his twisted face which under all the anger riding on his nose.

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"Zhao Luo.

"

nMite shouted which caused all the disciples to go silent.

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"What do you want Mite?

"

nZhao Luo said to Mite without giving any face to Mite.

nWhy should he even respect a person who wanted to see him fail?

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"You...

"

nMite got even angrier.

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"Ah, I meant to say Thank you, Senior Brother.

"

nZhao Luo interrupted Mite before Mite could even say anything.

nZhao Luo clasped his fist and thanked Mite which was Zhao Luo taunting Mite.

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"Thanks to you I got some amazing 'things' as the reward for clearing the Drums of Bellum.

"

nZhao Luo said as his smile grew bigger while looking at the devastated face of Mite.

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"You...you wanted to fight me right. Let's fight now.

"

nMite aggressively said to Zhao Luo.

nMite then jumped up on one of the empty training platforms.

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"Are you SCARED? Just tell me if you are SCARED.

"

nMite said to Zhao Luo while emphasizing the word 'scared' just to get everyone's attention on him and Zhao Luo's answer.

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"HAHAHAHA.

"

nZhao Luo started laughing evilly even though he wasn't such a person.

n'He wants to fight then I will give him a fight.'

nZhao Luo thought while laughing as everything was going even better than how he had planned.

nZhao Luo jumped on the ring standing right in front of Mite.

nBeating Mite was already on his To-Do List.

nThis was one of the challenges that Zhao Luo would have aimed for even if Mite didn't challenge him first.

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"Don't regret it.

"

nZhao Luo smiled while standing with his back straight looking directly at Mite.

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