The Martial Master - 56 Sleepy Man.

Inside a darkened room, where only a dim hazed screen of milky white shone, a figure laid on the floor. His eyes were closed, but from the light that gleamed on his face, a beautifying expression relaxed.

Rubbish was scattered around his room, and on the screen that shined with its dim blue light, a sudden beep sounded.

*BEEP* *THUD*

“Guh..?”

His eye trembled as he awoke, and with an aggravated yawn, he looked toward the screen. On the screen displayed a map, and in a certain part of this map, a town was located.

However, this town suddenly exploded with a red light. This light spread, and before the handsome man knew it, it had covered nearly 5 times the area of the town.

A warning blizted onto the floating screen, stating with pressuring words.

‘HEAVENLY ARRAY ACTIVATED’

‘MAJOR POWER UNLEASED IN THE HEAVENLY FLAME TOWN’

“Uh…”

The man rubbed his eyes a couple times, yet that bleeping message wouldn’t leave his sight. It took him a while, but he decided to actually look properly and see what the heck was bothering him.

His gaze widened, and with a sudden outcry, he spurted out some incoherent blabber.

“W-? Ho#!Fuck?”

He grasped the floor as he stood up in abrupt motion. His gaze lingered on the screen that bleeped and bleeped. He though for a while with a sleepy head, and eventually remembered something.

“Uh… Ah! I sent one of my disciples to capture a stray. But why is a town destroyed and how did a force capable of activating the heaven’s array show up?”

He mumbled for a while, and with a pause, his face turned as he spoke once more.

“Did he fight it in a fucking town? When did I raise such an incompetent mage? Fuck! I gotta fix this before the council gets on my ass!”

His eyes went jittery as he rushed to the side of his room and grabbed a dirty robe. He patted it a bit, and with a sigh of anger and annoyance, he draped it onto his heart throbbing body.

*woosh*

He raised his hand as he done this, propelling the door to the end of the room open. A bright daylight shone in, but he ignored this and walked straight out.

“Ah… Daylight, I thought I would part with you for at least a couple more years.”

He paused as the bright sunshine eclipsed the darkness he loved, but he could only grunt and gaze ahead of him.

What revealed itself was a rather modest hut behind him and a dull tree, one with strangely white leave fluttering on its couple branches. The peaceful serenity encompassed this location, where the only sound was the light bristle of leaves and the occasional whoosh of fresh air.

Though, he didn’t like any of it as he walked further and approached a ledge. He was, in fact, standing on top of a mountain! This mountain pierced the sky and his dainty hut stood in a section of it in the middle.

It was covered in green and white shrubbery, where numerous huts and caves paved with simple doors scattered around it. Although the lower sections of the mountain only had tiny huts whereas the upper sections had luxurious cultivation chambers.

Next to the peak this handsome man stood on were two others that reached about half its height. Nevertheless, they still surpassed where the man was.

“Uh… Heavenly Flame Town.”

His gaze paused as he looked around, eventually directing his gaze to the ground that supported the mountain. Nevertheless, this wasn’t actually ground but a large pavement of stone, because the mountains were submerged in a milky white sea!

This sea glistened in the light and into the horizon, covering any dry land.

“That bridge.”

However, the sea wasn’t the only thing that encompassed the three mountains! No, there were thirty-three bridges that developed out of the mountain the white-robed man stood on.

These bridges shined with a surreal majesty and by some inconceivable achievement, they somehow travelled right into the far, far distance. Each went in a different direction, each carried thick stone and each a strange flicker of white.

The handsome man leapt off the ledge on the mountain, where he quickly approached a specific bridge. It didn’t take him long to land on such a bridge, and as he done so, a sudden flash blinded the sky and he disappeared out of sight.

The only thing that replaced him was a tiny light that pierced into the distance and followed the bridge…

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“Fuck me…”

A black-robed man stuttered out as he stared ahead of him. A dense blue aura wafted out of his body, producing tiny icicles that glinted in the sunlight.

Yet, his usual expression of playfulness was gone as he studied a charred ground that sizzled with an unruly heat. There used to be a town here…

There was a faint white that shrouded such a massive spot of black, where it would sometimes flatten the ground and repair broken structures. It was as if a massive crater was once here, but had been somehow repaired by the strange array that encompassed the earth.

He held his breath as he thought.

“I would have trouble dealing with such a blast…”

His gaze lingered on a specific spot on the charred ground, where a bright red crater impacted the ground. It lingered even after the arrays relentless repairs and this alone told him that a terrifying attack had taken place not too long ago.

This red came from a sudden force, a force so indisputable and paramount that it heated the very dirt to a bright searing red. It wafted out a heat that even he was reluctant to go near.

However, as he was pondering, a sudden flash of light erupted out from the horizon. It was directed right towards him, and at a lightning speed, it appeared before the town.

A tremble shook the air as a sudden dense aura billowed out of this light, but it faded just as quickly as a white-robed man plodded onto the floor. His eyes were tired, but as he stared at the nonexistent town, they narrowed.

“I guess that beast done this?”

The black-robed man’s eyes flashed with rare fear, but he composed himself just after and spoke with a tense body.

“Yes… I hav-”

“That’s good. I wouldn’t want to know that another one of those slaves had somehow gotten in, right?”

He interrupted the black-robed man with an annoyed voice, then with glimmering white eyes, he stared right at the man. The black-robed man’s breath quickened as a droplet of sweat formed on his brow, but he just remained silent and stood there.

The white-robed man ignored this and took a small walk toward the charred ground. He breathed in a whiff of the seared air, and pausing, he sighed and spoke.

“The council won’t be impressed… Gah, Ok you go back and report this. I’ll find this beast.”

“Yes!”

The black-robed man’s expression erupted with relief as he nodded with thankful eyes. He then turned around, and pausing for a moment, leapt into the sky and disappeared.

Watching this, the white-robed man’s eyes shined an even brighter light as he stared into the distance.

“Maybe I can get some merits if I kill this beast and hand it to the high elder… Mhm… The upcoming position of Head disciple is enticing.”

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“Why am I here?”

Sitting on a rough patch of dirt Su Min grumbled as he scratched his golden hair. A red and white flower was next to him and a beautiful golden tree in front.

He was in fact sleeping, but by some unknown occurrence, he was transported into this space. It was aggravating to be honest, as even though he’s sleeping, he’s not really…

What was even more annoying was that he had nearly no space to get comfortable, and it was all due to that goddamn tree!

“No… I can’t moan at it as it is the reason I am powerful after all…”

He pushed that slight urge to rip it out into the corner of his mind as he yawned. He has no idea how long it has been, but it felt like an eternity for him.

The only thing that was somewhat entertaining was the flower to the side of him. It wasn’t due to its dazzling red, no, it was because a faint and constant stream of red wafted out of it and into him!

He guessed that this must be the bloodline he had somehow acquired out of pure luck. Although it was nothing compared to the Ancient One, he was stillinterested in its ability.

That is, to be gigantic!

However, he still found it boring to just sit here and wait for whatever the flower was actually doing to complete, so he felt compelled to find something to do.

“Surely… There must be something I can work on in here.”