An explosion that came from inside him echoed throughout the room as he spat out a mouthful of black liquid unconsciously. From his pores, black liquid oozed out and added even more stains to his Inner Sect clothing.

Thankfully, the clothing of the Inner Sect consisted of a turtle neck black t-shirt and black pants with black shoes. But, the smell that it now reeked was something that almost made Blade faint as his expression twisted from disgust.

It was soo disgusting that even he completely forgot about the massive power boost he had just received.

...

Two hours had passed. In these two hours, Blade had spent them cleaning his room until it looked somewhat satisfactory. It wasn't easy for him. He was someone who had never experienced what cleaning was because of his previous life in his first world. His servants would do such actions for him...

Anyway, exiting his room and now adorned in a clean black long-sleeved combat shirt, and long black pants, Blade was slightly surprised as his eyes failed to perceive any sign of Dolion. It seemed this Dolion had left the cabin, his location was unknown to Blade who didn't bother thinking about it again as he exited the cabin.

After all, there were only a few days before he is to pay for his accommodation. If he doesn't pay, he wouldn't have anywhere in the Inner Sect to live, and that was the last thing he wanted to do.

In the first place, the reason he entered this Heavenly Demon Sect wasn't mainly because of Adrian, but more importantly, it was because Blade needed some place where he could silently and peacefully raise his strength.

Exiting the cabin, he appeared on the porch that lead to the open dirt walkway which was filled with many figures who either walked alone or in groups. These figures all had weapons strapped onto their bodies as they walked with intent toward their destination.

With his honed instincts and being able to perceive small details after only a few life and death battles, Blade was able to notice something that caused him confusion. It was something that was present with all these figures... Unlike Blade, these figures all had a black ring that resided on their index finger.

But, seeing as he was still technically a newbie to the Inner Sect, he decided to quarry about this another time, since he had much more important things to attend to.

...

As previously mentioned by Lucas, the warden of the Inner Sect, the only tower-like structure that was present in the Inner Sect was home to many things. One is the Mission Hall on the third floor as Blade walked up the stairs that lead to the Weaponry Hall.

Reaching it, he walked to the stairs of the Mission Hall without even batting an eye at the weapons on this floor. Unlike the others, Blade was the only person to not take a weapon for himself.

The reason?

Well, let's not even talk about the fact that he is completely clueless when it comes to any type of weapon. The fact that Body Cultivation focuses on his body, makes Blade think that those who use weapons are persons who aren't confident in their cultivation technique.

And, unlike them, he was the complete opposite. Unlike most, Blade knew that his Body Cultivation Technique was multiple times more Supreme than many as it had the word "Universe Level" in its description.

Walking up the stairs to the third floor, what revealed itself to his eyes after reaching was a lobby-like area with many figures either standing in front of the receptionist-like desks talking to the figure across the table, or figures sitting in the back with noticeably disheveled appearances and bloody clothing!

Obviously, these figures were those who had just come back from a mission... and a bloody one at that.

Taking in this scene, and assessing his situation, Blade was about to go to the receptionist's desk that was situated furthest from him, but his movements came to an abrupt hall when his eyes caught sight of a certain group of individuals who were also approaching the desk he was just about to appear in front of.

"Huh?!"

"Saber?" Dolion uttered in disbelief when he, along with Athena and the others went closer to the only free desk that was to take up missions. Athena, who quietly observed while present next to Dolion, suddenly beamed with joy as her previous cold expression instantaneously disappeared as Saber's figure appeared in her vision.

'Finally!'

She thought in excitement. After spending a month's worth of time with Dolion, she realized a disturbing fact about the true reasons for Dolion's interest in Blade. What she realized was something that would shock most, and while thinking this...

"Saber!" Dolion excitedly shouted with a bright smile on his face as he jumped into an unsuspecting Saber's embrace, causing a frown to appear on Saber's face.

Akin to a little obedient puppy begging for a pat on the head, Dolion's big round eyes stared into Saber's cold eyes while he constantly blinked. His long blue eyelashes made him out to be even more feminine and attractive.

'This...' Athena coldly watched on as a weird feeling gripped her chest when seeing the duo. And this feeling intensified when thinking back to what she had observed over the past month from Dolion.

It was the shocking fact that Dolion seemingly held a deep affection for Blade. Athena didn't know whether it was a facade or not, but she didn't even bother to think about that as she was blinded by anger that she had yet to know even existed in her heart.

Anyway, parting from Dolion's arms, Saber then analyzed the group and noticed that Brittany was staring at him angrily as if he had done something to upset her. Confusion overtook momentarily as before he thought too deeply into it...

He simply gave up.

He had no time to care for women or men. He only wanted to get stronger, everything else was secondary. Plus, relationships were concepts that only brought along one's demise. Females were creatures that were more intellectually inclined than men, and they were able to sometimes control stupid men who had fallen into that trap they set for them named love.

Saber didn't have any pent-up lust since he had already penetrated the holes of many females from his old world. In this new world where him dying wouldn't be all that surprising, he knew that he needed to place his goals over any holes...

While in these thoughts, he suddenly felt an extreme level of uncomfortableness when the eyes of a stone-cold female by the name of Alexandria landed on Saber.

He didn't get any threat when he gazed back at this figure, and he knew he could easily overpower her, especially with his recent breakthrough, yet at the moment, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable with this woman.

Act mysterious, you'll gain the attention of the one you have a crush on. He, Blade Pure-Heart had seen this tactic used on himself many times in his old world, and it all failed. He wasn't going to fall for it in this one.

Ignoring these two females who he thought were the average love-struck girls, Blade then focused on the figure who he perceived as the leader, as he asked Athena.

"So, what are you people doing here?"

His casually spoken words resonated with his near surroundings as, even though Blade was in fact, the same height as Athena who was taller than most other females, in the eyes of Athena, Blade seemed to be an 8-foot-tall Titan staring down on her, the mere human ant.

Sigh!

Athena breathed in and out as she then uttered with a calm tone...

"We came to take up a mission, the last for the month since Dolion and I wanted to get enough Life Stones just in case you hadn't come out of seclusion in time. But, seeing as you're here already, it seems that you have finished your cultivation, and with to join us on our mission!?"

Silence...

Blade was left speechless, not by her sweet intentions, but by her last few words that made it seem that he, Blade Pure-Heart, wanted to join someone else's cause.

He, Blade Pure-Heart had never followed someone before as even though he didn't realize it, Blade held great pride and narcissism.

When asked whether he would choose the world of Soul Cultivation or the much more dangerous world of Body Cultivation, this prideful human chose the world of Body Cultivation why?

Because he wanted to prove to this system of his that he could do whatever he wanted and be successful in it. This pride was comparable to some geniuses in the cultivation path and now hearing he wanted to follow someone else, Blade was triggered.

But, before Blade could lash out at Athena, "Seriously! Blade, you want to come with us!?" Dolion excitedly said while once more jumping toward Blade's embrace. This time though, Blade was able to dodge as he quickly said...

"Yes, Yes, fine, I will join but stop these actions at once!!" He shouted toward Dolion in shock and disbelief.