Walker Of The Blue Sky

Chapter 156: Ch 156: A Strange Rule

Emrys killed all the bugs in a short period of time. Not a single one was spared. Even Emrys could not help but marvel at the astonishing feat he was able to achieve with his Aura of Brilliance.

No wonder, to all the Soul Masters above Gold Soul Masters, Aura of Brilliance is one of the strongest in their sleeves.

Most importantly, he was now an Eighth Step Warrior. He could feel overwhelming strength surging within his body. The sensation this overwhelming strength gave him was unfathomable.

Taking a deep breath, Emrys withdrew his Aura of Brilliance.

In a short period, he had killed hundreds of thousands of Blood Demon Bugs, but not even a single corpse was left for others to see. All the corpses became a source of energy for Emrys’s strength.

Rufi looked at him with her eyes wide open.

"Eighth... Eighth Step Warrior!"

She was amazed at the speed at which Emrys broke through. She was standing right beside him, protected by the Golden Light Barrier. She clearly felt the terrifying aura when Emrys broke through and took two steps forward in succession.

What a young Eighth Step Warrior!

Rufi felt that her perspective had widened.

"It’s just the Eighth Step, nothing much," Emrys was overjoyed inside but pretended to be cool. He acted as if becoming an Eighth Step Warrior was a small matter and not worth mentioning.

"Show off!" Rufi rolled her eyes at him, the corner of her mouth twitching. In her eyes, Emrys was trying to show off.

Emrys did not retort her, the smile on his face widened even more. He chuckled and teased Rufi, "At least, I have the right to show off. Do you?"

"Humph!" Rufi was annoyed and no longer spoke. She felt that if she spoke anymore, it would not be Emrys but her to suffer losses.

Emrys was in a very good mood. The rise in his strength also gave him more confidence to enter the Border and look for the Sunfire Heartseed. Although he was making this trip for Mu Bailing, he could not help but feel that it was worth it. If not for this trip, he would not have encountered an entire colony of Blood Demon Bugs and broke through two times successively.

"By the way, you outsiders truly have it easy. Climbing the twelve steps of Foundation Building comes to you all as easy as eating and drinking. Isn’t it?" Rufi spoke with emotions in her eyes. She observed Emrys and continued, "It is different for us, the natives of this world. All of us are cursed. It is extremely difficult for us to raise our cultivation even after consuming a lot of resources."

Emrys was stunned when he heard Rufi’s words. It was the first time he learned that cultivation was extremely difficult for the natives of this world.

What surprised him even more was that Rufi was not surprised even after witnessing how Emrys’s cultivation was increased. It has to be known that both Mu Bailing and Xu Ling were astonished.

"You know about us?" Emrys could not help but ask. He wanted to know more about outsider’s conditions and why they could quickly build the foundation. Although not as easy and simple as Emrys, the outsiders could still climb the twelve steps of foundation building much faster than cultivating in their own cultivation system. Of course, they could never cultivate in the Cosmic Cultivation System if they didn’t obtain an inheritance.

Other than obtaining the inheritance, there is not a single different method that can help them become a Cosmic Cultivator. In the end, they’ll have to give up and resume cultivating in their own cultivation system.

If someone were to think that they could keep the foundation they’ve built in this world, then they are wrong. If they cannot obtain the inheritance and start walking and cultivating in the Cosmic Cultivation System, the foundation they built will disappear the moment they leave this world.

This is also the reason why more than 90% of the people who enter this world fail. They either die midway or leave without gaining anything.

Only less than 10% succeeded in obtaining the inheritance and officially starting cultivating in the Cosmic Cultivation System.

Even for outsiders, although more difficult than Emrys, building the foundation was still very easy. Emrys wanted to know the main reason, so he could not help but ask Rufi.

"Of course, I know about it," Rufi spoke as if it was a matter of fact. She continued, "It is not just me, everyone knows that you outsiders all have strange methods to quickly improve your cultivation. As for us, those methods don’t work for us. I remember a story my father told me before. He said that as long as you outsiders kill a hundred ordinary beasts or ten First Step Beasts, you can become a First Step Warrior. To become a Second Step Warrior, all you need to do is kill a hundred beasts First Step Beasts or ten Second Step Beasts. To become a Third Step Warrior, you outsiders just have to kill a hundred Second Step Beasts or ten Third Step Beasts, and so on."

"Most importantly, this is just one of the methods. You outsiders have many different methods to become stronger as well. Isn’t it too easy for you all?" Rufi spoke full of emotions. Emrys even felt envy and jealousy in her voice.

Truth be told, this was the first time Emrys learned that killing beasts in order could increase outsiders’ cultivation.

He remembered what Ye Yun told him. Ye Yun told him that there were too many ways to climb the twelve steps of the foundation building. Spirit Fruits and Herbs are only one of the ways.

Emrys found the method told by Rufi very simple and easy, but when he thought about it again, this was far from true.

Yes, it was a direct and simple method to become stronger in this world, but thinking that it is very easy will be underestimating the difficulties.

More than 50% of people fall when trying to hunt for the creatures of this world. Killing creatures of similar levels is still alright, but very few, maybe only one in a thousand could kill a creature above their levels.

In the end, this simple and direct method forced many people to kill a hundred creatures of similar levels. Killing a hundred creatures is not an easy task. Most importantly, some creatures roam in groups. If the outsiders were unlucky, they would die before they could even become a First Step Warrior.

As for Emrys, he didn’t have to go through the usual struggles. He recalled becoming a First Step Warrior after killing just a single creature, which was probably an ordinary one or maybe a First Step Creature. He couldn’t quite remember.

Unlike the other outsiders, Emrys’s Soul Cultivation wasn’t sealed. Not only could he use his Soul Cultivation in this world, but he could also increase it.

Emrys knew it was too easy for him. All he needed to do was kill a few creatures and his cultivation would increase.

As for why it took him hundreds of thousands of Blood Demon Bugs to rise from Sixth Step to Eighth Step, it is because the gap between the two is simply too big and could not be filled even after putting millions of Second Step Beasts, let alone only hundreds of thousands.

Think about it: killing a hundred creatures of a similar level and killing ten creatures of a level above is a difference of multiplication by ten. This means a Sixth Step Outsider would have to kill 1,000 Fifth Step Beasts, 10,000 Fourth Step Beasts, 100,000 Third Step Beasts, or a million Second Step Beasts just to become a Seventh Step Warrior.

What about a Seventh Step Warrior? They would have to kill ten million Second Step Beasts to become an Eighth Step Warrior.

And that’s only assuming the difference is a multiplication of ten. Is it truly as simple as multiplication by ten?

The answer is no. There is no way a Sixth Step Outsider’s strength will increase to Seventh Step even after killing billions of Fifth Step Beasts. This is the rule, and this rule is very stringent. They either have to kill a hundred beasts of a similar level or ten beasts of a level above. Killing beasts of other levels will not benefit them in any way.

All Emrys needed to was kill a creature and that creature would become his source of strength in a most straightforward way.

"Do you know why killing a hundred creatures of a similar level or ten creatures of a level above can increase an outsider’s cultivation?" Emrys asked, taking a deep breath.

Rufi shook her head. "I asked my father the same question. He laughed and said the reason is unknown. No one knows why this is the case. It’s as if this has become a rule engraved in the essence of our world, and the world follows this rule to gift outsiders their cultivation. As for who made this rule, no one knows."