Absolute In/Existence

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Sighing at his loss, Long Tian looked at his chipped sword. After four days, the sword already gave out, he wasn't disappointed however.

Instead, Long Tian smiled proudly. Han Sen had told him that the sword he had was a special type of alloy sword that could only hurt the ordinary creatures of God's Sanctuary. That it would stand no chance against a primitive creature and be incapable of preserving its skin.

With that in mind, Long Tian was able to confirm that his swordsmanship had grown stronger. He was close to reaching the master realm, the realm where one can bring out the full potential of a weapon.

In that realm, the effectiveness of the weapon increases and the chances of the weapon breaking and wearing down lowers drastically.

A shame he can't quite reach it yet without a proper sword art.

He could create one himself, but why do it when there's new martial arts and hyper geno arts to be discovered and studied.

Keeping the sword in it's sheath, Long Tian grabbed the primitive creature. It's size was near that of an average dog.

Carrying the creature over his shoulder, Long Tian decided to camp out for a while. Chopping the copper-toothed beast down to smaller meat pieces, Long Tian turned it into jerky.

Since he's being watched, he didn't want the primitive creature to be taken away. Whether it was valuable or not, the people in the shelter already viewed him in a bad light.

Making a fire and spending the night outside, Long Tian pulled out the beast soul of the copper-toothed beast. Out from between his eyebrows, an illusory copper-toothed beast jumped out and transformed into a spear made of copper.

Waving the spear around, Long Tian nodded with a wide grin on his face. The primitive beast soul spear was tougher and had more lethality than his alloy sword.

Now that his Sword was scrapped, he needed another weapon. And the primitive beast soul spear is better than enough. Yet just like the sword, Long Tian needs to train in wielding the spear.

Whilst the copper-toothed beast's body was turned to jerky, Long Tian began a long night practice session with the spear.

***

Training like usual and heading out to solo hunt with Han Sen, the weekend arrived. Long Tian went home, but before he could exit the teleport station, a beautiful woman in uniform stopped him.

"Long Tian. I've been waiting for you," Qin Xuan said as she studied Long Tian's appearance.

The chest plate she had given Long Tian was still in good condition with only a single dent in it that came from a primitive creature. Aside from that, his clothes did seem a little worn out and torn in some spots

"Looks like it's been going well for you," Qin Xuan lightly praised. "Let me see the alloy sword."

She stretched out her fair hand, no calluses despite her strong and confident gait. Her eyes looked at him indifferently, but Long Tian could sense that she was evaluating him. She wondered whether he had really gone hunting or simply made it look like it.

Unholsting the sword from his waist, Long Tian passed it to Qin Xuan who unsheathed it the instant she had total hold of the sword. The corner of her lips tilted downward and the look she gave Long Tian was unfriendly.

"Were you horsing around or did someone take the sword from you before handing it back like this?"

Qin Xuan questioned Long Tian. Although she was already blaming Long Tian of horsing around, Qin Xuan decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Shaking his head, Long Tian responded truthfully.

"Neither, I practiced swordsmanship before heading out to hunt. The alloy sword chipped when I fought against a primitive creature."

Qin Xuan furrowed her eyebrows.

"Primitive creature?" She crossed her arms, her hand still holding the sword. "You've only been in God's Sanctuary for five days and you don't have the skills. You wouldn't be a match for the primitive creatures, much less an ordinary one."

Long Tian smiled wryly.

There was nothing he could do regarding what she thought. At best, she will just diss him and let him go.

However, Qin Xuan had other plans.

"Follow me."

Qin Xuan took Long Tian to a private training room. She threw him a combat suit and told him to wear it.

"Let's see if what you say is the truth," Qin Xuan said with a smirk, believing that he's a liar. She grabbed two training swords, wooden, and tossed one to Long Tian.

Grabbing the sword, Long Tian stood in front of Qin Xuan, only a couple of feet away. She looked at him in a relaxed manner and her stance was also relaxed. She simply pointed her sword at him and spoke.

"Come."

At her word, Long Tian took a step forward and stabbed at her neck suddenly. Qin Xuan was caught by surprise and luckily there was some distance between them, giving her ample time to defend. However, as she looked at him more, she raised her eyebrows, not expecting him to be so fast.

She raised her sword and blocked it with the blade and was met with a strong force. She could feel her own hand tingling from the sensation and was now even more surprised. She was pushed back half a step and that was saying something.

Qin Xuan had been in God's Sanctuary for almost four years already and had long since maxed out on her Ordinary, primitive, and Mutant geno points. Her fitness is multiple times higher than Long Tian's fitness.

Waving her sword, she pushed Long Tian's sword to a side before swinging down at him. Unexpectedly, Long Tian used the force of the push to spin and launched another stab at her.

It was faster this time around as he borrowed her strength and turned it against her. Surprise filled her eyes and she quickly concealed it as she blocked Long Tian again after pulling back from her attack.

The loud sound of wood colliding against each other resounded within the private training room. Long Tian pulled back, but after Qin Xuan saw what he was capable of, she pressed on forward.

With another swing of her wooden sword, Qin Xuan aimed to hit Long Tian in the shoulder. Her speed and strength was vastly stronger than Long Tian's and her sword arrived right before him in an instant.

Unexpectedly, Long Tian didn't block her sword but instead attacked it. He struck it with the tip of the sword on the blade and pushed it out of course. Her sword went off trajectory and standing in such close proximity, Long Tian could still attack her.

Without thinking, Qin Xuan summoned a beast soul shield and stopped Long Tian's attack before swinging down and hitting him hard on the shoulder.

Pa!

Long Tian winced and pulled back the sword as he looked at Qin Xuan weirdly. Similarly, Qin Xuan shifted her gaze away as she made the shield disappear.

"Ahem… your skills are amazing…" Qin Xuan praised him. Her cheeks turned red from embarrassment and she continued to shift the topic. "Didn't you say that you don't know how to wield a sword."

Nodding, Long Tian tried explaining, but not even a child could possibly believe what he says, right?

Indeed, Qin Xuan frowned, believing that Long Tian was lying to her. She scoffed and looked at him again. Even if he were lying, his sword skills are impressive and if he was as strong as her, she might have lost miserably.

'What a talent!'

Qin Xian's eyes lit up and she smiled softly as she looked at Long Tian.

Inside of God's Sanctuary, Qin Xuan is in charge of a military gang of the Alliance. As a military gang, it is their job to maintain order inside the shelters. As a leader of one of these gangs, Qin Xuan scouted talented and strong people to be part of the gang.

Although most come from the military and are veterans who had already served their 5 year service. All legitimate residents have to eventually serve at least five years in the military after they turn 20.

Looking at Long Tian, Qin Xuan was planning to invite him to her gang. Or at least she planned to until she remembered that the possibility of Long Tian appearing in her shelter was close to zero.

"Which shelter are you in?" She asked.

If Long Tian is in one of the shelters neighboring her shelter, then she can take a risk and go get him. She will be snatching such a talent!

The more she thought, the more her eyes shone brightly!

"Steel Armor Shelter."

Hearing Long Tian's answer, Qin Xuan was left stunned. After all, Steel Armor Shelter is also where she is at. The pure luck she had for Long Tian to be there as well is astronomical!

It's fate!

She couldn't help but think as she looked at him.

Looking at her hungry eyes, Long Tian chuckled inwardly. From her gaze, Long Tian could more or less guess what she was thinking. If he could be close to such a beauty, it wouldn't be too bad to join her.

"I need to go now, there's an important dinner I need to attend to," Long Tian said, hurriedly waving his hands and exiting the place.

"Halt! I didn't excuse you," Qin Xuan said, only to purse her lips afterward as she watched Long Tian leave.

His laugh was short but energetic as his voice reached her ears.

"I don't do that stuff! But I will make it up to you another day!"

Qin Xuan furrowed her pretty eyebrows and pouted her lips, looking quite adorable. She shook her head and moved her and Long Tian's practice swords to their area.

Clack!

Whilst moving them to their stands, Qin Xuan heard something fall to the floor. Curiously, she lowered her head and looked at a small wooden piece on the floor. She bent down and grabbed the wooden piece, confused as to where it had appeared from.

It only took a moment before realization struck her and she looked at the practice swords in her hand in shock.

The wooden sword she had been using against Long Tian had a clean break right where he had been striking. The closer Qin Xuan looked, the more surprise filled her face. She could see how accurate his strikes were, every strike of his had struck the same spot over and over.

Shock filled Qin Xian's heart.

The practice wooden swords weren't particularly the toughest, but they also weren't so weak.

'Did that boy cheat somehow?' Qin Xuan asked herself but quickly shook her head. 'Instead of making pointless accusations, I should check the training suit data and recordings.'

Fixing the training room, Qin Xuan moved over to her office where she checked the computer and the data received from the training suit. She looked over the recordings and the data from those specific times.

Her eyes lit up in awe, shocked at what she was seeing. She could clearly see how low Long Tian's strength really is. His fitness level is still very low, at a level compared to maxed out ordinary geno points, which was almost nothing.

As she looked at the recordings, she could clearly see how he simply had impressive precision. Every time he attacked, all his strength was perfectly controlled and pointed at a single point. It all attacked at a single point in her wooden sword.

"Amazing… such precision…"

Qin Xuan mumbled as she praised Long Tian's skills, but as she looked at the recordings, she slowly began to frown. Her eyes narrowed down as she focused on his movements.

'He was right…' she thought to herself. 'He doesn't know how to wield a sword. It's like he only trained his striking speed and precision…'

Slowly, the corner of her lips were rising. She had actually found someone amazing and incredibly talented. Her eyes were shining and she felt the desire to make Long Tian hers.