As Zio continued to train he grew stronger and the power and energy inside his body started to grow as well, his bones and muscles started to become dense and heavy while they maintained the same thickness.

First his bones, then his muscles, soon his skin also started to get affected by this training method, they became as strong as steel while still holding their flexibility.

After three years of training Zio finally reached the peak of the fundamental level.

When he reached this level the surrounding around him quivered as all the energy around Zio got sucked into his body as he reached his peak.

Zio slowly opened his eyes and look around, it is the same old cave he has been living in for three years now and in these three years, Zio has changed a lot.

He is much bigger now, standing 5 feet 7 inches in height, a little taller than average for a 16-year-old boy, his voice has also changed during this time as puberty hit him hard, his voice became a lot deeper and he sounds more adult now.

With all his muscles maturing a lot faster than they would have if he had not trained with Asura, he would have sounded a lot different.

"Looks like its time for both of us to get out of this damn place"

Asura's voice came out from the sword, Zio nodded his head and got on his feet, he has been waiting for this moment for three years, for three years he has been stuck inside this cave just to get to the level he is right now.

He has been separated from his family for three years as well, he wonders what his dad and mom are doing, how is his grandpa and how is his little cousin Gina, he misses everyone but the temptation of the sword was more to him and of course of fear of dying in the hands of the dragon.

"Let's get started then, drop your blood on the pommel of this sword"

Asura's voice instructed Zio, Zio nodded and looked at the sword once again, the pitch-black sword that emitted a chilling aura, this sword has killed more people than Zio has seen in his whole life, this sword was the thing that helped his ancestor conquer everything.

Now this sword will be his, he tightly gripped his hand and dug his own nails into his skin, only his own nails could puncture his skin right now as he has no knife that is capable of doing so, as his blood dripped down his hand into the pommel of the sword, the pommel is shaped like a head of a demon, as the blood flowed down, it went into the demon's eyes and then a thin line of blood started to flow down as if the demon head is crying with tears of blood, this thin line of blood then entered the mount of the demon.

As soon as the blood entered the mouth of the demon, the whole sword started to chance as lines appearing on it, these lines are glowing white but they then got covered by the blood that traveled down the demon's mouth.

The Sword then started to release a faint red outline along its edge, it was as if the edge on the sword is getting sharper.

"Now try to pull it out"

Hearing Asura, Zio wrapped his hand around the handle and tried to pull the sword out of the stone, as he tried to pull it out he could feel how hard the sword was really stuck, his arm muscles bulged up as thick nerves popped out, then his abs and core hardened along with his back muscles.

Zio put everything into pulling this sword out, after a few seconds he could feel the grip on the sword loosen up.

"Pull harder kid, use your energy"

Asura shouted.

Zio put all his power behind it and then channeled all his energy into his core, arms, and back to pull the sword out, and he did.

The sword came ripping out of the stone and Zio lost his balance and he fell straight on his back while still holding the sword in his hand.

The power behind his pull was so great that the sword released a shock wave that hit the top of the cave and put a deep cut on it.

Zio exclaimed as he saw the deep cut he left on the roof of the cave and looked at the sword in his hand.

"Impressive, isn't it?"

Asura's voice came out of the sword.

"Indeed, I didn't think, it would leave such a deep mark"

Zio said excitedly.

"This is nothing, there will come a time when you can split a whole planet but for that, it will take a lot of training and hard work"

"Don't worry, I will reach that level"

Zio said.

"Good, now let's form the contract and with this contract, I will pass down my ultimate technique to you"

Asura said with a serious tone, this is his ultimate technique, the one he used to become a god-like being in this universe, the technique that is feared by every other being at the peak.

"Is this technique the one Ancestor used to end the war?"

Zio asked excitedly.

"Indeed, its called the 12 Hands, I created this move after reaching the peak of my power, it was even before I met Valt and passed it down to him"

Asura said with a proud voice, it is indeed his ultimate technique, one that will help him and Zio reach the peak once again.

"Then let's get started"

Zio said excitedly, finally, he will have his own Religan and that too a God Religan, the most powerful one that can be obtained.

"Good, then let's get started, hahahahaha"

Asura laughed and started to speak a language that Zio couldn't understand, after a few seconds he started to speak normally.

"I Asura, the 12 hand demon, from this day onward, take this kid Zio as my partner and form the Religan contract"

As Asura took the oath, it was as if this statement became a law contract, the forces of the universe gathered together around Asura and Zio and bonded them together, as soon as this happened, Zio felt a sharp pain in his back.

He went on his knee and grunted in pain, while he was going through this pain, a round ark like tattoo started to form on his back, it is a black circle.

Once the circle was formed, the pain disappeared and Zio got back to his feet again, his whole body is covered with sweat as he looks at the sword in his hand.

"From now, we are partners"

Asura said.