"Is there any other inner core that I don't know about? All I know is that in the deeper part of the Outside."
"That's it! The inner core! How can you go to such a place on your own!?" The old man admonishes him causing Fabuki to laugh out.
"Old man, you might not know this but this fellow is fearless, he treats the inner core as his own backyard, you should know about the Gold Family's recent discovery, right?" She asks.
The old man glares at Sean and nods his head at Fabuki. "Yes, to think that they're so lucky to find Golden Paradise, the Federation has hidden it too well for others to find such a place and yet the family that's deeply tied to metal element found it."
This was no longer a secret in their city, the Gold Family has been acting sneakily but still, their actions were found out and this sent shock throughout the entire city.
"Hahaha! This fellow was once a member of the Gold Family and he's the person responsible for finding that place, do you know what rank he is when he enters the inner core and then subsequently stayed there after his entire team was injured by a excellent grade mystique creature?"
"I can even predict that, looking at his current rank, he should be mid tier bronze rank when he first step foot at the inner core." The old man was confident in his answer.
"Hahaha! You're severely wrong! He wasn't even bronze rank at that, in fact, he fought against a silver rank at iron rank, together with that monkey and he breaks through because of the pressure."
Sean was a bit embarrassed having his past being told as a joke, he can't deny that he was a reckless person.
Everyone immediately turns to him, their expressions are strange, they can't believe that he actually dare do this.
"What's more, because of his conflict against a powerhouse from the Genetic Upgrade, he fought against a gold rank, he was defeated of course but before he did, he managed to injure that bxstard."
The more they listen the more unbelievable his feats are.
"Reckless! Utterly foolish! Why risk your life in such manners!? Your knowledge is too important for the future of mankind!" The old man wants to slap him.
"I agree with you old man, he's too valuable to let loose, all of the people he trained all successfully became martial artists, there are about twenty or so of them." Fabuki added.
She didn't even tell them about his family or the techniques he created.
"You- *Sigh* I can't really understand what you're thinking but seeing how nonchalant you look right now, you don't seem to care at all." The old man waves his hand.
He then orders his youngest student to call someone to his room which is clearly much bigger than his own home.
"Here is my promise to you, a hundred Transformation Grass, I want to see what you will do in the future." The old man casually gave him such resource, shocking him.
"Tch! I know that Transformation Grass isn't common but in this place, it's not really rare either, you guys has a partnership with the Evergreen Family and you also have evolution planners that are focused in such tasks." Fabuki clicks her tongue and immediately berates the old man.
Sean doesn't know why Fabuki acts like this, in fact, in his own understanding, she's clearly the mature one between her and her sister.
"Hahaha! She's right you know, if you want to gain rare resources, you can join this institute, I'll vouch for you." The old man pats his chest.
"Are you trying to steal our man, old man?" Fabuki glares at the old man before pulling Sean into her embrace.
Sean is too important for them, in fact, this is the main reason why she came with them, to guard against any poachers from the institute.
She didn't expect that old man Johnson would be the number one person they had to look after to.
"Teacher, I brought Dhick." Steffany returns with a gold ranker, seeing the familiar face, Sean feels his eyebrow twitching.
It's the guard responsible for capturing BunnyLover69, he can't believe that the two of them would meet each other like this.
"This is captain Dhick, one of the gold ranker in the Federation, you don't see him in public because his main duty is to protect the Federation building." Johnson introduces.
Sean shakes his hand but inwardly, he orders Wuk to not hold back later.
"I brought you here to test the strength of this young fellow's pet beast."
Dhick looks at Wuk in confusion, from his senses, he determines that Wuk is only at silver rank, if this is the case, they shouldn't need him, they can just call any other silver rankers.
"Don't underestimate that thing, it's strong enough to even threaten my Wind Dragon, much less yours." Fabuki warns.
Dhick was shocked but it wasn't the end, Sean takes a step forward and asks. "Can you summon two more mystique creatures for me and my other partner to fight? They should be at least silver rank but if you want, you can summon your main pet beast and the two of you can fight together, I'm not good at fighting mystique creatures but I'm confident at fighting humans."
"Don't worry, I'll be watching from the side to keep things under control." Fabuki added, also wanted to know the skill Sean used against the gold ranker from the
Sean rubs his fists clearly excited to punch the guy that stops him from continuing hunting for criminals.
They arrive at a wide arena, Sean clicks his tongue when he saw the white arena, it's clearly built for fights at gold rank.
The arena comes alive and they are now covered with blue dome of energy, Sean was mesmerized by this but the others are quite calm.
Only he, his partners and his sister were marveling at the power of technology that appears in front of them.
Dhick summons his pet beasts, it was two beasts Sean is unaware of.
"Hahaha! You might be confused as to what mystique creatures they are, both of them are called Yaksha, each rank, the number of heads and arms they have increases." Old man Johnson explains.
"They are born as rare grades in iron rank, they rank up by killing and devouring souls but ranking up to gold rank is difficult for them." The old man explains.
"Why does it seems to be quite excited looking at me?" Sean asks seeing it's expression, causing Wuk to frown and bares his fangs at it.
"One of my colleagues found the method for evolving it, so that they at least reach gold rank."
Suddenly, a blood red aura appears out of the Six-Armed Yaksha's body, there's also an eerie but familiar energy radiating from its body.
"To kill humans! The fastest way for a Yaksha to evolve and rank up to gold rank was to kill human beings but there's a catch, if they use this method without caring for the drawbacks, they'll easily become monsters."
'Demonic energy!' Sean realizes what's the familiar energy from the two Yaksha's bodies.
"They are the rare demon-type mystique creatures! Born to kill humans but at the same time has to rely on us to keep their sanity in check!"
ROAR! The Six-Armed Yaksha and the Four-Armed Yaksha didn't even wait for Dhick to command, they both charges at Sean.
ROAR! Wuk let's out a battle cry and summons his weapon before swinging it to the Six-Armed Yaksha.
Meanwhile, Jasmine enlarges and slashes at the Four-Armed Yaksha.
Jade Skin activate!
Titan Body activate!
Berserk!
After activating all his power ups, Sean charges at Dhick.
Dash
Killing Intent
Impenetrable Fortress
Durability Aura
Metal Coating
Spearhand strike
Cavalry Thrust!
Sean's expression changes, his attack actually fails to pierce through the skin of his opponent.
Dhick's expression changes, he actually felt that strike, if it weren't for the fact that his body is much tougher compared to those of the same rank, that attack would have pierced through his skin.
He spreads his fingers then hardens them before slashing at Sean.
'His fingers are actually covered with more than just vital force!?' Sean was shocked but this doesn't mean that he'll let him hit.
Dodging the attack, he punches his face, Dhick reacts and attacks once again, only to be hit by another counter.
A diagram seems to appear below Sean and multiple auras were exuding out of his body.
The illusionary diagram seems to lock on Dhick's position.
He attacks, Sean dodges and counters, he tries to change his attack pattern, only to fail to hit Sean.
Domain of Invincibility!
A area covered with his Killing Intent, confusing the instinct and senses of the target.
Metal Coating, for elemental attack and defense.
Charm for spiritual energy absorption and to beguiles the target's mind and eyesight.
Impenetrable Fortress for a structured stability of combined techniques and skills.
Aura of Durability for the body to endure the stacked skills and techniques used.
The center of it all, the most important trait of this combination, Flow State, to enter a state of extreme focus and to predict, control and restrict the target's movements and actions.
Uppercut! Right Hook! Sword Peak! Low Kick! Hammer Punch! Straight! Slash! Elbows! Backhand Punch! Gut Punch! Solar Plexus Strike! Body Blow! Liver Blow!
He wails on him but he can't use anymore skills than those that are active, as a bronze ranker, his body creaks when he strikes at such precision, power and speed.
He can only rely on his own passive regeneration to recover from the damage because he can't use Instant Regeneration in his current state.
He can't even use King Kong Punch, much less a more demanding skill.
Everyone was stunned, Sean was actually overwhelming Dhick.
While everyone was focused on him, old man Johnson was totally focused on Jasmine and Wuk.
At the start of the battle, Wuk and Jasmine prevents the two pet beasts from reaching Sean.
Vajra Fist!
When the Six-Armed Yaksha managed to get close to Wuk, he fires with a powerful punch.
It smiles at him and tries to capture his fist but only felt it's hand numbing.
BAM! Wuk twists his staff and slaps his opponent away, he then raises it as it enlarges in size before smashing it to the Six-Armed Yaksha.
He thrusts his staff and a fist actually appears in front of the staff, punching the face of the Six-Armed Yaksha.
Vajra Fist!
The Myriad Transformation Rod can harness Wuk's powers, that includes his skill.
Continuous Thrusts!
Vajra Fists!
BAM! BAM! BAM! The Six-Armed Yaksha was unable to fight back.
Sean is unaware of it but most demon-type mystique creatures are of dark, yin, death, demonic and curse types.
Wuk's extreme yang energy is the bane of their existence.
Each hit causes the Six-Armed Yaksha extreme pain, suddenly it enlarges and thick aura appears on its body.
Meanwhile, the battle between Jasmine and the Four-Armed Yaksha is actually even.
The former is too tricky for it to successfully hit, with Illusion and Moonlight Dance, she runs around her opponent.
Jasmine's also facing a predicament against her opponent, it's too tough fur her to be able to hurt deeply.
Back to Sean, after wailing on Dhick, he senses an extreme threat emitting from his body.
BANG! He was thrown back by a powerful force, it looks like all elemental energy.
Dhick's appearance starts to change, his hair turns white, his eyes turns blood red and fangs enlarges from his mouth.
'A person that can change through the connection with his pet beasts! He's also like me!' Sean quickly realizes this.
SWOOSH! Dhick disappears from his view, causing his expression to change greatly.
'Fast!' He dodges in the last second but his clothes were ripped off by the slash.
Dhick starts slashing at the air, sending slash blades flying towards him, he can only retreat with each slash.