The Urban Dao Child

Yang Dao placed the bet and the people agreed. They stood with their weapons ready and waited for the monsters to rush at them. Natalie Brooke said, "Why are they not coming?"

Seth said, "They are we just do not see them yet."

Bai Hu nodded and agreed with his words. He could sense some movement but it was still far away to be detected by him. The prime disciple of the prestige sect suddenly spoke up, "Coming."

His voice was very shrill. Seth and Natalie subconsciously frowned. Yang Dao said, "Hmm, turns out you have a banshee throat. Super cool. Senior brother, can you use the skills of a banshee?"

His eyes were sparkling as if a fanboy gazing at his idol. This was the first time he(the disciple of prestige school) met with someone who did not frown and despise him for his voice. Yang Dao thought his question was too much so he asked, "Pardon my rudeness, Senior Brother, may I know what is your name?"

"Hector." spoke the disciple in the lowest tone possible. Yang Dao nodded and said, "Senior brother Hector, if we are surrounded, then do not hesitate to shout. Let us show this trial that we are stronger than this."

Hector nodded subconsciously, Yang Dao said, "They are here." with that said, he hopped away from the group, with a hand placed on the hilt of his sword.

Natalie Brooke asked, "Young Master Yang, where are you going?"

"Early bird gets the bug. I do not wish to dance later at the end of this round." His words reminded the others of the bet they had agreed upon, but it was too late for them to take action. Yang Dao had already gone forward.

The Dao Child found a monster that looked like a tiger, rushing at him with his black body and purple tongue, he did not act recklessly, and with an easy motion took out his sword and said, "Wind slash."

Yang Dao smiled and then his sword flashed. Bai Hu was watching the scene from a distance and his eyes squinted. He mumbled, "Impossible."

Seth asked, "What happened senior brother?"

Before Bai Hu could answer, the head of the tiger beast detached from his body. The people were shocked. Bai Hu said, "This guy just compressed the wind around his blade and slashed it like a wind blade. He did not use any spiritual energy, only controlled the element."

Seth, Hector, and Natalie Brooke were shocked, they did not expect this child to be so talented. Just when they were lost in a daze, Yang Dao said, "You people are too slow."

During that one sentence, he had taken down another monster in front of him. His words jolted awake everyone and they began to fight. Bai Hu danced around with his sword like a scepter while the others took out their favored weapons too.

Seth, who was earlier beaten by Yang Dao into a hapless pale zombie, was also displaying a better command of his weapon. The defeat earlier had made him think about what was his motive when he picked up cultivation? These questions were to be answered with time, but one thing was sure, he wanted to do his best.

When he faced Yang Dao, he realized that he seem to have forgotten the reason he became a cultivator. With the newfound drive, Seth took out his sword and rushed to face the flood of incoming monsters. His sword reaped lives but his eyes did not change, they remained determined to do better and advance.

Hector moved his spear as if he was trying to redefine the meaning of reaping things apart. The spearhead was not sharp and smooth, but it looked like a mace head filled with barbs. Yang Dao was moving his blade but he was paying attention to everyone else too. The way hector fought was too gory.

Natalie Brooke was opposite of the boys, she wielded a bow and cast fire arrows at the monsters. The heat of her flames was so hot that it burned the monsters directly to ashes. Yang Dao raised his eyebrows at this. After pondering a few minutes, he shook his head and faced the beasts in front of him.

The trial was to withstand the wave of the monsters, but it seemed that the five disciples were the monsters. No matter how strong the opponent, no matter how bizarre it looked, it stood no chance in front of these people. There was a moment when Yang Dao shouted, "Everyone, retreat."

His voice was so compelling that everyone reacted on a reflex. As soon as they realized that they have retreated and provided the monsters with enough room to gain on them, a violet ray of light flashed in front of them. Yang Dao was engaging a monster he faced earlier when they arrived on this planet. Just as the monster was about to attack him with that violet breath of his, Yang Dao skillfully reflected the beam with his blade.

What happened next was complete pest control, none of the monsters could escape the beam and died. Yang Dao yelled, "You all can handle this thing now, the armor is a pain for me."

With that said, Yang Dao retreated to let the four people deal with it all. He did not want to do anything with this monster. Bai Hu and the rest watched him with dumbfounded expressions, they did not know what to do with this guy. He was a monster among monsters. He killed not less than a hundred monsters on his own.

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Ten minutes later when the others finished dealing with the monsters they found Yang Dao harvesting materials from the corpses. They glared at him and the boy said, "You all do not worry, I will refine an artifact for you all."

Yang Dao collected the material and said, "Senior Brother Bai, you have a sword skill that is almost impeccable. However, why do move your wrist too much? Do you not feel like straining it?"

Bai Hu froze in his steps. He did not expect this child to have seen through his weakness like it was nothing. Yang Dao changed the target and said, "Senior Brother Hector, it is okay to vent but when you vent too much, it becomes a constant state of mind, and that is when you become unable to hold the essential energy inside."

Hector was shocked at the moment, just like Bai Hu, he was seen through as well. Yang Dao said, "If anyone has shown any growth, then that is Senior Brother Seth, he was focused and wanted to be better at what he was doing."

Natalie Brooke ignored the shocked expressions on all their faces and asked, "Young Master Yang, what do you think about my skills of bow and arrow?"

Yang Dao gazed at her and said, "Senior Sister Natalie, your flames are very hot, but as an alchemist, you should be aware of the concentration of the temperature. Right?"

Natalie was shocked, she thought that her flames being able to turn the monsters to ashes was a good thing, however, Yang Dao just told her the importance of the laws of energy conservation. She realized that if the temperature of the flames was to be concentrated, it will make them more lethal, and help her conserve the energy more too.

Yang Dao imparted to them so much knowledge and beneficial tips that if they thought over it and implemented them, then the changes will be instant, and they were all aware of how significant it was to have such minor but crucial flaws pointed out. If they were to wait and realize these points on their own, it would have taken them a very long time which would have left their foundation with loopholes.

Natalie Brooke took the initiative and bowed to Yang Dao, as she said, "Young Master Yang, thank you for your guidance."

Bai Hu was the next, he bowed to the child and said, "Junior Brother Yang, thank you for your guidance. I am someone who recognizes strength and skills overage, so from now on, I will call you senior brother. Your cultivation might be two minor levels behind me, your skill outdoes me by a league."

His words made Seth and Hector come out of their daze as well and they bowed to Yang Dao and said the same. Hector did not speak but his eyes could convey the emotion quite well. The young child was surprised for the first time. He said, "Senior brothers if I was to let you call me senior, my mother will definitely get angry. How about we drop the prefix altogether and be brothers from now on?"

The others were surprised and they did not expect this young child to come forward and let them all dissolve the embarrassment. After all, Yang Dao was a minimum of five years younger than them. As soon as this bonding session finished, the voice of the trial spirit sounded again...