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Chapter 103 Inspiration

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[Palladhia_Asmadhi: Pertamax!!!!! Thanks for the Chapter. Also, Theo, will you answer Paragraph comments, too?]

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"What? He escaped and turned the situation around. His students also improved tremendously." Christina's assistant gasped, not believing the current situation.

"It seems that he has planned everything." Christina gulped down. Theo was indeed terrifying. She was the only person among them who knew about Theo's true identity, so she understood what was actually happening.

"Planned? Did he plan himself to be captured? To have been locked inside that indestructible cube is similar to being imprisoned for life. It's impossible to escape unless you're released."

"That's exactly why he was released. He knows that he will be released if his student improves. He clearly knows the potential of his students and stimulates them in battle."

"…" Her assistant was dumbfounded. It was hard to believe there was a person who was capable of doing that. "It takes skill to fight and teach at the same time. And he has to even make sure that the students are fine."

"By showing that he can kill the bandits even inside the cube, it is enough to protect his students. No bandits dare step forward unless they understand what's going on. And the rest is just pressuring them to break open the cage while teaching his students." Christina sighed.

"Is he really a human?"

Christina paused for a moment, as if saying he wasn't. But she soon opened her mouth to dispel any misunderstanding. "Either way, don't you think this is a great opportunity?"

"A great opportunity?"

"Her Highness the second princess is being taught by someone this good. While I have a higher amount of essence than him, his mastery and skill are above mine. So, I believe that we should feel relieved to leave her highness in his hand."

"That's… true." Her assistant agreed. In fact, it could be considered a blessing. Not only would Theo protect their princess on the other side, but she would also improve by leaps and bounds from his lesson.

"But don't let our guard down. We can't know what will happen." Christina warned him before continuing to watch the battle.

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"Alright… Let's start lesson two, shall we?" Theo smirked, calculating the patterns of the roots. He instructed, "Jayden. Blast the front."

"Understood." Jayden raised his stance again, ready to destroy everything in front.

Once he punched forward, the burst of energy flew straight, clashing with the roots. Unfortunately, even with the roots being strengthened by the madness that turned them into steel, they were still not enough.

Bam!

The roots managed to withstand the sheer force, but they were still pushed back, having no chance to make it in time.

Jayden was slightly disappointed that he couldn't destroy the roots, but this should be enough to do the bare minimum of his teacher's task. He swore he would practice this technique when they went back.

Meanwhile, Theo stretched his hands toward the sides, forming multiple barriers. Instead of one big screen, Theo split it into more than ten barriers. And due to their small size, the thickness of each barrier was more than half a meter.

The steel roots spread and tried to reach Theo, but the barriers actually changed their positions to intercept every single root. Find more chapters on empire

Some of the roots managed to penetrate the barrier, but they failed to pierce through the thick barrier.

"What?!" Jeff was surprised that Theo was able to stop all of them. But he had left another trump card.

Among the roots, he actually hid one of them inside. Yes, there was one of the roots that actually entered the ground and never came back.

And this root suddenly emerged right before Jayden, planning to take him out.

It seemed that he still underestimated Theo. Right before the root came out, Theo sensed its energy and immediately detached a small barrier from each side and moved them right in front of Jayden.

Instead of Jeff or Jayden, the ones who witnessed what truly happened were actually the twins. They had been expecting Theo's lesson, so they had been observing closely.

That observation finally bore fruit. In a split second, Theo actually formed a thick barrier by using two small ones. He connected them and filled up the inside, allowing him to create this barrier that the root couldn't penetrate.

"…" Jayden's heart skipped a beat, but he soon calmed down, knowing that his teacher would definitely protect him. Even though it was just a bit, Jayden's inferiority complex had diminished after he realized that Theo reached this far not because of his demon but because of the pure skill he had trained. And anyone could learn that skill.

It wasn't that his talent was low, but how he utilized that talent. Even a weaker talent could become more dangerous than a better one if they utilized it correctly.

Meanwhile, the twins understood what Theo wanted to teach them. In the previous ambush, Theo taught them to shrink their barrier. But this time, Theo wanted them to combine their strength and form that barrier.

If they combined their concentrated power, they would definitely be able to release something even stronger. And no one could replicate it because, unlike them, they didn't know what each other was going to do.

The twins looked at each other and confirmed their intention.

Both of them extended their hands and poured out their essence. The essence was flowing like a river, avoiding all the roots and making their way toward Jeff.

The cube user and the wire user noticed this. The latter used the wires to cut down the roots while the cube user expanded his cube, blocking this essence.

'Spirits from our world might not have elements like other worlds, but we have an extremely high affinity of essence.'

'That's why our essence can be shaped like this.'

The twins shared their minds, and the essence they poured earlier gradually formed a snake shape. The snake easily climbed the huge cube and opened its mouth, trying to swallow Jeff.

Unfortunately for them, Jeff easily erased the essence by pouring his own black-colored essence. The two energies clashed.

The black energy seemed to be trying to influence the pure essence, but this was one of the qualities that the twins had. Instead of elements, their essence contained the purest form of energy. Even the madness in this world couldn't affect it.

The clash only caused an eruption of energy that resulted in their dispersion.

Jeff squinted his eyes and ordered, "I've gotten a pretty good idea about their strength. You two follow me and stop that teacher; the rest will eliminate the students!"

The cube user and the wire user acknowledged the order. The cube threw his cube toward Theo and the others, causing them to jump into the air.

After that, the wire user shot a few wires, not toward Theo but toward the students.

Jayden caught it with his fist while the twins blocked it with their barriers. Aurora tried to avoid it by flying into the air, but that was what the wire user wanted.

The wire user suddenly pulled his threads. The twins' barriers were being pulled while Jayden was getting pushed to the side, away from Theo.

"It seems that they are going to separate us. The best ones will come for me, so can four of you handle the rest?"

"Yes, Teacher." All four of them nodded their heads at the same time.

Before leaving, Theo added, "Also twins. There will be a signal for the next lesson, so wait for it."

After acknowledging Theo's words, the twins and Aurora flew to Jayden, who was being dragged to the side. They could see the bandits coming out of their bases with the help of the cube user, who expanded the cube to act as a bridge.

Meanwhile, Jeff summoned a few of the roots to separate Theo from his students.

Theo shot out a wave of energy that passed through the roots, but Jeff skillfully stopped it by pouring more essence toward Theo's power, neutralizing it.

"As expected, your ability affects the soul instead of the physical body. But you can use that soul to materialize that power, allowing you to hit the physical body. Now that I understand your power, you won't be able to win." Jeff harrumphed.

"You really think so?" Theo smiled, seeing the wire user and the cube user standing on top of the roots that had been expanded to create a wall between him and his students.

"Don't overestimate yourself." Jeff snorted. "As long as I prevent you from getting anyone's soul, you won't be able to recharge that power."

"Oh? So, that's where your confidence comes from." Theo's smile became even bigger and devilish.

He had been waiting for this moment. After the previous ambush, Theo had prepared himself. He had stopped holding back and released the same killing intent as the one that Aurora and Christina felt back then.

He thought that these ten worlds would be a bit easy for someone who knew a lot of things. But it turned out to be beyond his expectations.

That was why he set his sights on an even higher level.

"If you are so confident, then…" Theo waved his scythe to the side. The blue light flew across the woods.

"What are you—" Jeff suddenly stopped when the light in the scythe's eye grew stronger. "The trees?!"

They had forgotten that while the trees' consciousness was not similar to theirs, they were still considered living beings. This also applied to animals like ants. And all living beings definitely have a soul.

All of a sudden, the temperature dropped drastically. The bone-chilling air made their bodies shiver.

It felt like the time had changed to midnight and they were in the middle of the graveyard. The eerie atmosphere that was coming from him enforced that image even further.

'He's going to do something big?' As soon as the thought appeared in Jeff's mind, he hurriedly charged forward while shouting, "Stop him!"

The two elites snapped back to reality and rushed forward.

The trees next to Theo began to grow. The roots came out of the ground, and the branches extended downward, trying to impale Theo.

Just like how Theo was benefiting from the woods, Jeff also utilized it to his advantage. In fact, if Theo chose to retreat to the woods, he was assured that he would win.

Unfortunately for him, Theo had seen through his plan. Even during the previous battle, he had made sure that the students maintained some distance from the woods.

"Angry Cube." The cube user changed the property of the cube and threw it to Theo.

All of a sudden, the cube split into half and turned into a box monster. It opened its mouth, swallowing Theo.

Theo jumped away after stepping on the mouth, but he felt as though something had touched his back.

When he turned to look behind him, strings had sewn the mouth shut, blocking his exit. As a result, the box monster closed its mouth, crushing him inside. Since it was indestructible, Theo had no chance to move as soon as he was locked inside.

When they believed Theo was under the box's weight, a giant clown appeared and destroyed the box monster. The cube might be indestructible, but it could still be flipped or opened. And Theo simply expanded the clown to break it apart and tear the strings, allowing him to escape.

However, Jeff had expected that Theo wouldn't be defeated easily. So, he had waited until Theo escaped and released a massive amount of energy.

Theo would definitely strike down the energy by materializing the scythe, so the roots underground would take that chance to impale Theo.

Unfortunately for him, Theo had another surprise for him. The moment he waved his scythe, a red-colored essence came out. The essence was different from anything Theo had shown so far. It was violent and filled with anger and resentment.

"Huh?" Jeff was shocked and hurriedly used the roots he hid earlier to come out and protect him.

The red essence suddenly formed into a devil face and opened its mouth as if replicating what the cube user did. But unlike the cube user, this red essence actually crushed the steel roots and made its way toward Jeff.

The wire user managed to react at the last moment and pulled Jeff, barely avoiding that violent energy.

But Theo took this opportunity to activate his other power. Yes, he had been using the new spirit this whole time, so it would be unfair for his demon.

"Do you think that the souls I've gathered are completely pure?" Theo smirked, indirectly implying that he gathered not only their souls but also their resentment, regret, and other things that influenced that soul. This was the true ability of the Soul Scythe.

And Theo amplified it further by activating the only ability he had from the Toon Demon.

"Toon Demon's First Authority, Toon World. No…" Theo snapped his finger. The world that emerged was not the usual theme park. Instead, it looked like a haunted graveyard.

At that time, the clown Theo summoned had its eyes turned red. The bloodshot eyes glared at the two as the clown opened its mouth, showing its sharp teeth. The Soul Scythe expanded once again, allowing the clown to wield it. Instead of a clown, it might be called a reaper. Theo even reinforced it with the killing intent that Aurora and Christina experienced.

"…Since the readers celebrated Halloween not long ago, let's invite the guests to our Halloween Theme Park!"