Chapter 3: Double demon dunch
Feng Tao walked out of his room. He immediately had to breathe in the fresh air. The smell of blood reached his nose, and without puking, he continued taking in a deep breath.
"The smell of blood here is strong, but not as strong as the countless human bodies decaying back home."
He looked up at the sky and found nothing strange. The sky was red. So what? He was in hell, and there was nothing that could change that fact.
Looking in front of him, he saw a courtyard. And in the courtyard, he saw logs placed around acting as training dummies for practice.
Upon arriving in front of one of the logs, Feng Tao used his martial technique, "Double Demon Punch".
The wind started heading towards his fist. And with a loud yet murderous feeling surrounding the courtyard, a black and red spark started to appear on his hand.
Ready to try his punch, Feng Tao positioned himself. From his toes to his head, he placed his strength in his arms and released it.
*BOOM!*
With the dust around him slowly vanishing from his vision, in disbelief, Feng Tao thought the technique would only leave a mark. But instead, the log shattered with a loud explosion, leaving it only on the ground, scattered into many tiny pieces.
"That punch is compared with the strength of a Diablo. No, maybe even more."
As Feng Tao recalled doing his technique, with one hand, it released two punches. At the speed of light, he saw the first punch leaving a silhouette, as it was ready to take the second. From the old Feng Tao's memories, he wasn't able to accomplish two punches and could only do one punch.
But now, satisfied with his strength, Feng Tao had nothing else to complain about but his cultivation level. Though his body isn't completely healed, that amount of strength was enough to make him approve of this body.
As a person still stuck in the 3rd Qi condensation stage for countless years, Feng Tao had to strengthen himself. If he didn't want to die, "Be strong or you will die," had to be his motto for now.
Someone at his age would have already reached the sixth Qi condensation layer or higher. Yet, amongst his peers, he was the only one with the slowest comprehension of the dao. Being able to fight against a 10-year-old was all he could achieve, with the chances of winning 50:50.
But now, the new Feng Tao will change his fate. And that would be first completing his quest.
Standing in the courtyard, Feng Tao had to ask, "What's the punishment for not finishing the quest?"
"Holy One, there's no punishment."
"Ah, that's good to hea--"
"It's only TORTURE! Torture by having your feet boiled in hot water, [...]"
"Stop, stop. I get it now. Just by thinking about it wouldn't even make me dare skip the quest!"
"Glad to hear that, Holy One. Now you have..."
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"Huh?!" Feng Tao rushed out of his courtyard. Lucky enough, he saw a demon getting bullied.
"Is bullying, abusing?"
"Hmm...? What do you think? That girl is being hit by other demons?"
"Well, I can differentiate between what's good and bad. But if they're using their strength to abuse the weak, isn't that 'abuse'."
"Holy One, your intelligence is really unfathomable."
As Feng Tao headed to the girl being held by 2 male demons, he shouted, "What are you guys doing to her?!"
The girl immediately looked at Feng Tao and so did the other 2. The girl then shouted, "Fourth young master, don't come here!"
'Huh? She's telling me not to go?'
"Shut your piece of trap." One of the male demons took a cloth and placed it in her mouth. The other one tied her hands behind her with a rope.
Nearly arriving at both of them, one demon asked the other, "Does he want to get beaten up again?"
He laughed at what he said and replied, "Let's make it quick. I really want to have a taste of this girl in bed."
"How vulgar!" Feng Tao shouted. As he stopped a few meters from them, Feng Tao said, "Give her to me!"
"Ah! Now you're talking back to me?"
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"If you don't want to die, give her to me NOW!" Saying the last few words, both of the demons could feel immense pressure coming from Feng Tao.
Sweat trickled from their foreheads. They hesitated, but they still refused. "Tch. How can the trash son--"
Feng Tao executed his move as he rushed towards the demon who called him trash. Slowly, the guy looked down at his chest, only to see a hole the size of a fist punched open.
"Y-You..." The person's voice lessened little by little until he fell to the ground.
The girl who kept wailing, who thought her fourth young master was about to die, stopped crying and looked at him with her eyes wide open. Not to mention the other demon who kept laughing at him. He stopped.
"Murder!"
The other demon couldn't help but express his thoughts. He never believed that the person they beat up today would give them a surprising gift like this.
One died and one silently stood, not moving an inch. The pressure he felt made him stop any movements. The pressure weighed on the size of a giant rock. But even if he saw his fellow demon die, he didn't shed any tears, but now fell to his knees.
He trembled as he slowly gazed his eyes at Feng Tao. His hand was covered in blood, so he flicked it to the side, hoping to let off some of the disgusting demon blood.
Feng Tao then icily glared at the demon on his knees.
"YOU!--" Feng Tao first cleared his throat. He then spat, "Your friend's blood is disgusting. It accidentally went into my mouth!"
The girl by the side looked at Feng Tao in disbelief. Feng Tao ignored her and continued, "Uh. About that. I couldn't control my strength." He bowed to the demon and slowly raised it back up. "So, I'm sorry?"
'What do you mean you couldn't control your strength!' The demon's mind went into turmoil. He definitely saw Feng Tao's eyes filled with bloodthirsty intent from earlier.
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"So... We're good?" Feng Tao headed to the girl and carried her to his shoulder. "I'm just gonna go back. Just forget we met."
Dumbfounded, the demon slowly got back to his feet. He then looked at his friend, who was dead on the ground, and said, "That Feng Shui lied to us. Brother, I shall avenge your death!"
As the demon watched Feng Tao go back to his courtyard, he carried his brother and moved out.
"He just lives here! I need to run!"
Inside the room, Feng Tao sat on the bed with the girl. He removed the cloth from her mouth and untied the rope. And as soon as he finished doing that, the girl immediately turned around. Then she hugged him.
Tears suddenly started coming out of her eyes as she said, "Fourth young master. Fourth young master, [...]."
Looking at the sight in front of him, seeing a girl crying for him, made his heart feel something he had never felt before. A heartfelt smile rose on his face as he wondered.
'When was the last time someone cried for me...?"
He didn't get mad that her tears were making his robe wet. Instead, Feng Tao slowly caressed her hair, going up and down.
Feng Tao then spoke, "Did I make you worry?"
The girl then looked up at him. Her eyes were red, and she kept sniffling as she tried to answer.
"Fo... Fourth young master. I-I'm sorry. I'm so useless, I couldn't even help you."
Feng Tao pulled both her cheeks and said, "Who said you're useless?" He shook his head and continued, "You are the best attendant I could have."
He placed her hair that was covering her face on the side of her ear. "You'll be ugly if you keep on crying. So, cheer up."
The girl stopped crying and tightly hugged Feng Tao. "Fourth young master, you've always been so kind to me even though I'm just a lowly attendant."