Armipotent

Tang Shaoyang spent his time with the two cubs. He saw what the Kirin tried to teach the cubs. The Kirin taught them to hunt their own food in the mountains. While the three strongest beasts in the mountain were under Kalliyan's pact, the remaining beasts were not. The cubs hunted the weak beast, and they had done it well. Those beasts were just helpless lambs to the cubs.

The hunting was to keep the cubs' instinct that they were not sheltered beasts. They were not a pet but the Mythical Beast with a depth of power. Raising them in the city might dull their sense, which he agreed with Kalliyan. However, he had not discarded the idea of having the two cubs grow together with Li Yue and Li Jiaying.

"Why don't you build a small house near my nest, Master?" Kalliyan proposed an idea, "The two young ladies can stay there from time to time to bond with the two cubs."

That was Kirin's proposal after telling her about his vision for the two cubs. That was not a bad idea, and he considered the proposal, "I will ask their mother and sister's permission first."

He stayed a bit longer there as he watched the three baby Kirin hunt their prey together. Kalliyan seemed to be a strict parent and did not care even though her babies were not even a year old. Of course, he knew that Kalliyan would step in when the circumstances needed her.

When the sky darkened, he left the mountain after bidding goodbye to the two cubs. The two cubs looked like they wanted to follow him, but they did not want to leave their new friends, the three babies. In the end, the cubs raised one of their paws, waving at him as he flew away.

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By the time he returned to the main base, he had come back to meet the demon swordsman. Zaneos was just resurrected; the demon still did not know what it wanted to do. The moment he met the demon on the throne, The Void Sword proposed something unexpected to him.

"Why don't we have a spar, Master? I am curious who is stronger between us," Zaneos smiled. The demon did not just recover his power, but he became stronger with the blessing and all the stuff from when he was still in a spirit.

Tang Shaoyang scratched his head, "If you want to try my limit or your limit, we don't have a space for that." His power could bring unimaginable destruction to the land and surroundings, so they needed a new space for that.

"That's true. I don't want your people to be harmed by my dark mana too. I am too careless to propose such an idea," The demon let out a sigh of regret upon realizing the idea was not viable to have a spar against his Master. It was exciting to test his limit against his Master. His Master might never used all his strength in the battle ever since the fight against Alton, and he wanted to be the one to try his Master's full might.

[For that regard, I have a location in my mind, Master. The first floor of the Dimensional Tower. There is a lot of space there with little habitants. Also, half of the habitants are demons too, so they should be fine being exposed to the dark mana. That's the perfect place to spar with Sir Zaneos.]

"Just call me Zaneos, Origin. We are serving the same Master, so we are fellow followers." Zaneos smiled when the AI addressed him formally before looking at Tang Shaoyang again. His red eyes glowed in excitement as he got the chance to fight Tang Shaoyang.

Tang Shaoyang shrugged, "If that's what you want."

The demon and The Emperor went to the Dimensional Tower on the first floor. They followed Origin's direction to the place where Lu An and the first-floor boss fought. When they arrived at the place, Zaneos tried to draw his sword, but the demon quickly realized that he was not resurrected with a sword, "I don't know why, but I feel like I am holding my sword all this time. Maybe it's a habit of mine after being a spirit."

"I don't know how I should feel about you, Zaneos," Tang Shaoyang shook his head. He was not expecting the demon would turn careless like this, "This is not the demon I know." He then took a Tier B sword from his inventory, one of the weapons he got from the treasure chest. It was just a common Tier B weapon with no additional effect.

The demon caught the sword in the air, swinging in the air a few times to get the feel of the sword. The demon frowned as the sword was subpar compared to his original sword, "What about if we fight with no weapon?" the demon requested.

Tang Shaoyang shook his head, "Fighting a swordsman in a fist fight? I don't want you to make an excuse later."

"Alright then," Zaneos nodded and went on his stance, indicating he was ready to fight.

At the same time, Tang Shaoyang also activated the dragon transformation. The moment he finished transformation, he turned around and swung the battle-ax. Zaneos was already right behind him, in motion to slash the sword toward his back.

Clank!

The sword and the battle-ax clashed, pushing the demon backward. Zaneos landed on his feet and looked at his right hand, shaking from the impact, 'I expected the gap between our strength, but did not expect the gap would be this big.'

"It's kinda unfair that you have transformation while I don't," Zaneos quibbled for his defeat in the raw strength clash.

"I get to know that you are good at making excuses, too," Tang Shaoyang smiled, "In that case, it's unfair too because demons are born stronger than humans."

Zaneos clicked his tongue. He did not know why, but somehow, he liked the banter with his Master. That was one thing that changed him. He realized the change, accepted it, and enjoyed the change in him.

The fight continued. Zaneos relied on his speed to overcome the gap in their strength, but Tang Shaoyang could match the demon's speed. The fight continued as the demon tried to find an opening on his Master while Tang Shaoyang was on defense. He did not try to win the fight but enjoyed it. It was a learning experience for him to observe Zaneos' movement.

They did not know how long the fight lasted. The fight was over when Zaneos slumped on the ground, looking at the bright sky. He gave up on trying to win because he could not even land a single attack. He was utterly overpowered by Tang Shaoyang.

"I think it's an attribute gap. What level are you? And what's your rank?" Tang Shaoyang forgot to ask this when he resurrected the demon. He now remembered after the one-sided fight and asked the demon.

Zaneos' eyes wide open, seemingly just remembered something important, "I actually forgot to check my status. I gave a lot of advice to you, yet I made a stupid mistake myself. Now I understand why you sometimes overlook something so obvious."

The demon furrowed his brow when he opened his window status, "I am level 2100, and I am Ancient Rank."