Hao Ren gave Akura the task, kill ten beasts on the eleventh floor, and he said, "You have one hour."
Akura was shocked, but then she recalled his strength from the battle outside, and realized that it wasn't a big thing for him to kill ten beasts from this floor. She clenched her fist and said, "Sir, I can kill five. But I cannot kill ten."
Hao Ren was surprised and then said, "Fine, kill five then, I want to see if you really know about yourself."
Akura nodded and then she turned to a different direction and began to look for a monster, while Hao Ren observed the surroundings and using the Eye of insight, he located the core of the region before moving over to the place where the boss was hidden.
To his surprise the boss was called Imp Monarch. This beast was a humanoid creature. It looked like a dwarf but it had mastery over two elements, one was fire and the other was metal. This was a rare beast that existed in the spirit siphon continent. Mostly because humans have made a lot of effort to exterminate its kind as much as they could.
Hao Ren looked through the barrier and sighed as he said, "What a pity. This one is probably the last one here."
Then he moved close to the barrier until it vanished. The blue skinned dwarf looked at Hao Ren with a strong killing intent flashing through its eyes. Hao Ren said, "Wait, I know you can hear me. I am not with the people who wanted to hold you prisoner in here, and I am not the one who wants to kill you either. I just wish to defeat you in the duel and then go out of here."
The Imp monarch chuckled, its voice was rather shrill and it seemed to grind against Hao Ren's mind, the latter said, "Do you think that I would be fooled so easily, human pig. Die."
That said, the imp raised its hand and cast a seal that sent a huge ball of fire toward Hao Ren, who sighed and decided that from now on, he would be killing every beast he saw, and cast a flame ball of his own.
The two flame balls cancelled each other and then Hao Ren vanished from his place and appeared next to the Imp Monarch, he grabbed the head of the little beast and then tore it apart.
The wave spread across the floor, and Hao Ren understood that it was now open. He walked around to find Akura, and after ten minutes, he found her wrestling an iron heed rhinoceros. This beast was two times bigger than a normal elephant and was very popular for its defense capabilities.
Hao Ren watched a few seconds and found that Akura exploited its weakness to have cross section movements and killed it with ease. He walked over and asked, "How many did you kill?"
Akura was surprised and then said, "Lord, I managed to kill three. I still have thirty minutes left."
Hao Ren waved his hands and said, "No need, you are good enough. Come along. We have a lot of work to do."
**Tch, you want to drive her around like a slave till you reach the thirty second floor.**
Hao Ren didn't respond this was his initial thought, after all, two people would be better than one. He needed Akura to be his proxy in this land and she could still deal with small things like killing people that were too weak, and if she is worthy of his trust that she can be sent to watch over his family in the Crescent Moon Empire as well.
**I ask you, do you never feel a tingle between your legs when you see these women?**
Hao Ren replied, "I am a committed and devout husband. Don't insult me motherfucker."
Hao Ren didn't bother replying to the system and just carried on through the gate. When they reached the gate, Hao Ren found that the floor guardian was active, and he asked, "Hey, I cleared the hidden trial." Googlᴇ search n0velfire.net
The floor guardian replied, "It is for her."
Hao Ren sighed and said, "Fine. Akura, fight this oaf and we will go down."
Akura nodded, she had done it earlier also. This time also she defeated the floor guard, but she noticed that it didn't get back together, and looked at Hao Ren. She wanted to know what caused this change, because usually the floor guards would put themselves together, however, she didn't want to ask until Hao Ren told her. She was smart like that.
Hao Ren noticed this but didn't make any immediate comment. They came to the twelfth floor, Hao Ren took her to locate the hidden boss, and when they came to the empty space, Akura looked around with confusion, however, the next moment she found out why this place was secluded, a big moose appeared before them.
The moose had a jade body and its horns seemed to be forged from flames and ice. She gulped and said, "Calamity grade, Fire Ice Moose."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "Yes, well, I will kill it, and then we can have some game tonight."
The moose looked at Hao Ren and launched a beam of concentrated ice and flame energy. The beam was so strong that it sent ripples through the void. Hao Ren took out chaos sword, he didn't dare to underestimate the attack, and deflected the attack before he took a step forward and appeared beside the moose. Before the other party could even react, it was beheaded cleanly.
Hao Ren stored the corpse and the head in his space ring and said, "Come along, we need to get going."
They continued this speed and charge till the twentieth floor. Akura was shocked, she saw so many strong beasts and the hardest Hao Ren had to fight was a rally that lasted ten moves. The young man led her outside the pavilion and said, "These beasts are getting stronger. Looks like we need to cultivate as well as fighting."
Since the day he became a sword saint, he had been trying to consolidate his Halo, but for that he had been unable to focus on his cultivation and thus he felt that he was lacking something now to reach the peak of a Dao Being Realm expert.
Akura followed behind him in a daze, she had no idea that this man was so strong and the fact that he could locate the hidden beasts inside the Pavilion it was obvious that he had some background that the people of the city could not imagine.
As they walked through the streets, Hao Ren asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Akura replied truthfully, "Lord, I am thinking if I should be thanking my stars or counting them."
Hao Ren was amused and asked, "Why do you think like that?"
The girl replied, "Lord, I have never seen a cultivator as strong as you to dish out things for the people like me. I am sure there must be a catch here."
Hao Ren chuckled and said, "Was it not you who said that you wish to serve me because of the matters concerning the stability of your Dao Heart?"
Akura nodded and said, "I did that, but I was ignorant about your strength."
Hao Ren chuckled and said, "At least you are honest. Well, there is a catch here, I need you to be my retainer and my sword. You are strong enough to hold your end against the cultivators in Dao Land realm. You are just starting to enter the new realm but your prowess to fight one level above you, are the proof of your potential.
I will be honest with you; I want you to act as my dagger. When there is someone below Dao World realm, I want you to deal with them for me. If I spend time to look at every tom dick and harry, then how will I comprehend the further path?"
Akura was surprised and said, "I will definitely be the fastest and the most lethal knife you have Lord."
Hao Ren nodded and said, "I don't doubt you."
Akura waited for a bit to calm down and asked, "Sir, can you really trust a stranger like me?"
Hao Ren came to a stall picked up some skewers and said, "If you employee someone trust them completely. If you doubt someone, don't employ them."
Akura nodded and thanked him before they came back to the Dragon Hall. The young man then took out some nice spirit beast meat and cooked a lot of it. Old Dog saw the situation and asked, "Are we holding a feast?"
Hao Ren didn't even glance at him and said, "Your portions are here, I am going out for a bit, the rest of the food is for someone else."
That said, he carried the huge vessel and vanished from the spot. He appeared in the basement and mumbled, "It has been so long since I have seen her."
A teleportation array appeared and Hao Ren used it to travel back home.