The Card Cultivation System
CCS-301

BRUK!

Xika instantly fell to her knees because of that sudden overwhelming aura. Huo Bing and Heiliao, even if they did not look down, but they also could not stand up straight as usual.

The gazes of all eyes were now fixed on the tree that Huo Bing had previously pointed at. More precisely to the light that appeared in front of the tree that was slowly gathering together formed a figure of a man who was quite tall.

OHHHH!!!

"What'sthis? How did you get in here? I'm sure I made the barrier right......"

The voice came from the figure of the man who was previously a collection of light. The man was also the source of the frightening aura that made all the creatures in this place feel depressed. The man looked at Xika confusedly and frowned. Then his gaze turned to the other set of Spirit Beasts and only realized that he was also making those Spirit Beasts depressed.

"Ah. I'm sorry, guys." The man immediately withdrew his aura and left it only to Xika who felt the aura suppressing her was now getting heavier. The ground below his knees was cracking to withstand the pressure of the aura.

"So? Whoareyou? And how did you get in here?" asked the man while looking at Xika fixedly, trying to find Xika's secret.

Xika gritted her teeth, to withstand the pressure, then replied,

"How do I know! I just ran into that space crack then a moment later I was in this place!"

The man looked at Xika curiously and seemed to doubt her answer, but before he asked another question, a ball containing elements of fire and ice floated towards his head.

A SHOCK!

A BLAR!

The man brushed off Huo Bing's attack with just a wave of his hand. He didn't even look at it at all. Heiliao began to realize something was wrong but Huo Bing still stared at the man belligerently. He won't let Xika get hurt.

Then the man looked up,

"Hm? Apparently there are new arrivals. Welcome then. I'm sorry I didn't realize you were there before. But why are you attacking me all of a sudden?"

"Down him!" shouted Huo Bing.

SHUSUH!

Grep's!

Heiliao immediately turned back into a human then held the shoulder of Huo Bing who had returned to being human since attacking. The wolf tried to remind Huo Bing not to act rashly. He realized two things were wrong.

First, he could not detect the man's cultivation level. Second, he could not use the space element in this place. When he told Huo Bing things just now, the bird looked surprised. Even so, they still could not let the man hurt Xika just like that.

"Oh? Apparently you have a relationship with this human. Did you help her get into this place? Nope, no. Even if assisted by a Spirit Beast, a human would still not be able to enter this place."

"Are you a Spirit Beast?" xika asked who heard the man speak as if he was not human.

"I'm human." replied the man calmly.

"Then why are you staring at the other humans hostilely and the opposite while staring at the Spirit Beast?"

"Because I don't believe in humans. I was betrayed by humans. At that moment, what lifted me from the abyss of despair was not a human but a Spirit Beast. From then on I became friends with Spirit Beasts and hated humans."

Xika tried to raise her head and looked at the man even though the aura he was giving off made her want to lower her head.

"So, after you've betrayed a human you hate a human? That's stupid thinking."

"Oh? You got a better view?" said the man calmly, but he strengthened the aura released so that this time Xika looked down again and could not lift her head despite trying her hardest.

"Heh. Just because you're betrayed by humans doesn't mean all humans are evil. Tell me, have you never bitten a Spirit Beast even once? Just because you were bitten by a Spirit Beast once, doesn't mean that the entire Spirit Beast is evil.

I myself have already felt how bitter and rotten a human being is. I even felt the tremendous suffering of humans. But from humans I also feel beautiful things like love and family. What you should hate isn't all humans, but people who betray you."

"You can talk like that because you don't understand what I'm feeling."

"Heh. When I was five years old, my entire village was slaughtered by humans. My parents left me. I was beaten up and my dantiann broke. Then I was left dying without anyone to help. So why?"

Suddenly the man's view changed. Even Xika felt the aura suppressing her decrease although not significantly.

"You..............also feel it? When the whole world leaves you, when there's no place to lean, when you realize that you're really alone in this world...........even after all that you didn't lose faith in humans?"

Xika was silent for a moment before she replied,

"Lied if I said I didn't lose faith. But you feel alone because you're just quiet. Try to stand up and look around you. There are still people you can trust."

"Then? What's your relationship with those two?" he asked as he signaled Huo Bing and Heiliao.

"They're my brothers." replied Xika with complete confidence.

"Huh. I told you, Spirit Beasts are indeed better than humans. You admit it."

"In some ways, it is. But that doesn't make all humans evil."

''Surrender. Tell me how you got into this place that only Spirit Beasts enter. If your answer makes me dissatisfied, say goodbye to the world. Oh, and even if you give a good answer, don't expect to get a bite from the fruits on this tree" he said, pointing at the large tree in the middle.

Xika thought for a while then decided to answer honestly.

"I got the blood of a Spirit Beast. Maybe that's what made me enter this place."

"YOU DRINK SPIRIT BEAST BLOOD? EVEN IF YOU CALL THE SPIRIT BEAST YOUR BROTHER?"

The aura that had previously been reduced now reappeared. But this time with a different intensity. The aura was not directed just to suppress Xika like before, but this time gathered around her and actually intended to kill her.

"I don't drink it. He dripped his own blood onto my wound. And it looks like my body is absorbing its blood."

Xika can actually give another reason in the form of wings. The wings are also part of the Spirit Beast you know. But he decided to keep it a secret because it was difficult to tell the tall man.

Hearing Xika's words, the man stopped his aura for a moment but still seemed to be in disbelief.

"That's the blood of my people. And I dare testify that he did not lie" Heiliao said.

"So is I." Huo Bing also stepped forward. Even if he knew the man before him was incredibly strong, but he would not let the man hurt Xika.

The man looked at Xika, Huo Bing, and Heiliao sharply one by one trying to look for lies in their eyes, but in the end did not find them. Then he pulled back his aura.

"You're lucky because of your Spirit Beast friends. I won't kill you today, but don't expect you to taste the Fruit of Life."

Xika widened her eyes. Suddenly the conversation some time ago regarding the Academy treasures related to the Secret of Life reappeared in Xika's head. So what is meant by the Secret of Life is the Fruit of Life.

And at once he was reminded of Han Li and the other sect leaders still waiting outside.

"Senior! It doesn't matter if you don't allow me to get that Fruit of Life, but please allow my two brothers to get it. I won't taste it one bit. Outside of the space gap you created, many humans gathered together and tried to enter this place. Each of them has a strong cultivation and my two brothers cannot beat them all" Xika said as she put her hands together and bowed her body.

"So, you intend to use the Fruit of Life so that your two friends can break through to the next level and defeat other humans?"

"Truly senior."

"I can't do that."

The light in Xika's eyes dimmed. Without that Life Fruit, it was unlikely that Huo Bing and Heiliao would defeat the other sect leaders. And again, his presence in this place is of no help at all.

"I built this place to express my gratitude to the Spirit Beast. Every Spirit Beast present in this place had the same right to obtain that Life Fruit.

But there's no need to worry. Those humans you mentioned won't be able to get into this place no matter how hard and long they try. You can train in this place until it's strong enough then come out to kill them all.

After all, even if there is a human other than you who can enter this place, he is my descendant. He'll definitely come with reinforcements."

Xika raised her head and looked at the tall man. The light returned to his eyes though not as bright as before. At least, the man allowed him to train in this place even though he was still not allowed to try the Fruit of Life. Doesn't matter. This place was filled with pure life energy and qi. Practicing in this place would also give him benefits.

CRUST! CRUST!

Suddenly the sound of something breaking, Xika turned to and fro before realizing what was breaking was space. The space that bounded this place with the basement earlier.

"Not to be afraid. That's my descendant."

For some reason, even though the tall man said there was no need to be afraid, but Xika felt a bad feeling. He immediately swallowed a few pills and prepared for the worst.

CRUST!

PRANGS!!

The space in front of Xika broke and there was a familiar face. The owner of the face had once damaged his wings and Xika had already defeated him.

Disciple In number one in the Academy, Hua Zhantian.

However, he is not alone. Behind Hua Zhantian, stood regularly the leaders of the other sects, accompanied by their several hundred disciples who had previously failed to enter the space crack.