Hearing her words, Qin nodded his head without any trace of awkwardness. After all, if he can help others, why not help them? Although it seems little bad who asked that man to choose Qin.
After that, he walked near the bones of the dead man and took out a massive hammer from the spatial ring. When he checked the spatial ring, he found a lot of stuff and this hammer was just one of them. He raised his hammer but suddenly Claire screamed "What the hell are you doing?"
"Hmm! I need his bones. According to the Nine Devil Transformation Technique, the first transformation requires me to absorb the grinned bones of a strong being. This man was an Emperor. What could be better than this?" Qin explained and swings his body towards the bones.
"But, you should at least use monster bones. You are acting like cannibals. After all, he is also a human." Claire's phantom appeared in front of him and shouted.
But Qin shook his head and spoke "You are wrong, Sister Claire. If I didn't have the Great Emperor Bloodline then this man would've taken over me. When my village was slaughtered, none of the people came forward to help us."
"In this world, there is no such thing as race or cast or family. It only has strong people and weak people. Do you know why I chose Devil Path or Dual Cultivation Path? If I had considered what you just said then I wouldn't have chosen them."
"After all, in this world, devils and dual cultivators seem to be treated as the bad guys. But I still choose them because I wanted the strength. And, I am a swordsman. For me, there is no cast, no religion, no race, only a sword. If I become a devil, I will become a Devil Swordsman."
"If I become a dual cultivator, I will become a Dual Swordsman. If I remain a human, I will become a human swordsman. No matter what I choose, I will become a swordsman. And, my sword belief is Love. If my loved ones can't accept me as a devil then they are not good enough to be my loved ones."
"Only those who are willing to accept me for what am I not for what I might become are good enough to be my loved ones. Our future is uncertain. I don't know what I will become but I want to experience it, I must live on."
Bang!
Saying so, he puts all of his force on his hands and smashed his hammer on the bones. There was not a single trace of pity or sadness in his eyes. They were completely emotionless. Claire slowly returned back to his body and murmured "Mike, I missed you. Why isn't he like you? I guess nobody can be like you."
At this moment, Qin kept smashing the hammer on those bones until he grinds them into small pieces. He gathered those pieces in front of him and sat crossed leg.
First Transformation- Rakshasa Transformation
As soon as he started chanting the words return on the scroll, the air around him started encircling him. Slowly, the air started turning cold. The power of the Devil can bring chills to one's spine. And, the wind blowing around him was turning colder than ice.
Slowly, the wind formed a sphere and covered those pieces of bones. Inside the wind sphere, those pieces were grinded into powder and slowly it merges with the wind sphere.
Qin kept repeating those chants to hold the sphere in the air. In just a few minutes, the entire piles of bones were crushed into powder. The powder was absorbed by the wind sphere which suddenly scattered into the dust particles.
Suddenly, the black gas erupts out of his body. This gas was different from the devil. It moved above his head and formed a spiral disk. Slowly, the dust moved towards it from its attraction. Soon the entire dust was absorbed by the spiral disk.
As soon as it absorbed them, the disk entered his body and scattered into the dust. But, this dust couldn't merge with his blood. So, he continued with those chanting. Soon, the black gas started emerging out of his blood and absorbing the dust inside it.
Qin continued his chants while the blood started transforming. It took three complete revolutions around his body for blood to absorb the dust. His red blood started sparkling with dark particles of clouds of dust. This dust kept moving inside his body and slowly entering his cells and his blood marrow as well.
This keeps improving his physical strength but this wasn't the main part. Now because of the presence of those dust particles on his blood marrow, he can produce devil blood which can help him transform into a devil.
The excitement grew in his heart as he stopped the cultivation. His first transformation almost took him two days and surprisingly, he doesn't feel hungry or weak. Instead, he felt incredibly energetic. But, he once again forgot this cave was no longer protected by the sword.
Still, nobody came so he found he could practice more.
Qin stood up and screamed. Inside his body, his blood started trembling and dark gas spread throughout his body. His face started turning red and two horns appeared on his head. A black armor covered his body and a few red lines appeared on that armor.
At this moment, Qin felt a powerful burst of energy inside him. He felt his physical strength has reached a level which he couldn't comprehend with his mind. He clenched his armored fist and smashed on the air.
Whoosh! Bang!
His fist creates a circular tremor that moved straight towards the wall and smashed it. The part where it smashed crumbled into dust and fell down, leaving a five inches deep hole. And more importantly, he didn't even smash the wall rather he only smashed his fist in thin air.
Impact!
This was a pure power of impact. He had seen this power especially when the spear user thrusts his spear. There wasn't many spear users in Tan Family but there were some who were incredibly powerful.
"Sister Claire, can I fight Qi Condensation Realm right now?" Qin excitedly asked. If it was the case, then he doesn't have to hide from Tan Family for long.
"Are you an idiot?" Claire suddenly poured cold water on his head. Her words suddenly made him realize something. He clenched his fist and muttered "Power does bring arrogance! I need to be careful."
Suddenly, Claire appeared in front of him and shouted "How many times I said this? Don't let arrogance get into your head?"
"This is the first time you said." Qin innocently replied. She asked him to stay low but she never said to hold his arrogance.
Claire's eyes twitched. She clenched her fist and suddenly smashed his chest.
Boom! Bang! Crack! Crack! Crack!
Her punch was like an explosion. It made him understand the death once again. His body smashed on the walls and the armor cracked into pieces. Soon, he transformed back to his normal form and coughed out blood.
The bones on his chest were broken as well. At this moment, Claire looked at him with a serious expression "There will always be people stronger than you. Don't let your arrogance get you! That swordsman and my husband, both of them are stronger than you think. They are almost invincible."
"Remember, you must act low-key. There will always be paths to improve. I don't care if you become a devil or remain as a human. If you don't act low-key, you will die. If you act low-key, you will stay out of the trouble for most of the time."
At this moment, Qin was a little angry with her. He understands that so why must she hit him? But, when he saw the sadness in her eyes, he suddenly felt emotional.
Soon, the sadness from her eyes fades away and she sighs "Listen, you inherit my husband's legacy. I am almost like a mentor to you. And, since you call me sister, then I am like a sister to you as well. I don't want my brother to lose his life because of his arrogance."
"It is hard to stay out of the trouble. But, remember what I said is to act low-key. This is just acting. You don't need to be Qin Che. You don't need to be a swordsman. You just need to be an actor. Indeed, you can use this power to kill Tan Family."
"So what? If other people find out that you have the devil's power, do you think they will let you live? No, they won't. Use the devil's power to save your life. Use your swordsmanship to take revenge. That is your path. You chose swordsmanship so you must do what you want to do with it alone."
"But, if you are chased and face life and death situations, you can use other tricks such as devil power. Of course, I also suggest you keep that swordsman's sword as a trump card."