One of the disciples threw his VR set off he had been heavily wounded and was spitting blood, he felt tired. He was sweating profusely, how had everything just happened? his mind was still jumbled from the beating he just took. To think someone would not only push him so far back as to activate his monster core, he would also defeat him. His hands were trembling his whole body felt fear that person was an actual demon. He tried to fight it but the fear he felt was too great it left a deep impression within him. All he wanted was to get revenge on his brothers that fell even though his anger flared up it, reminded him of an incident in the past. Not strong enough.....

Footsteps could be heard approaching the area where the VR disciples were. It was Sect leader Try, he looked at the grave condition his disciple was in looking grim.

"What happened Zach?" How did you get so injured outside the game? Did a game master find out you cheated?" Try asked surprised to see him so beat up.

"No, someone defeated me on the inside...." He said voice shaking. "I had to use the emergency artifact to leave the s.p.a.ce but the injuries from the game stayed with me."

"H-how did this happen?" It caught Try by surprise. "Did you get ambushed by a group?"

"No master it was a demon core user, it must have been from that new sect. He was too strong" He actually wasn't as strong as Zach said, but he was incredibly skilled. Zach had never seen someone get accustomed to his fighting style so quickly and once the gap was almost closed he took advantage of him quickly. This made Zach actually kind of excited he had been bored ever since he entered the game, finally finding someone on his level. The problem was he still was too weak to fight him he needed to get stronger.

"It must be that new Demon Sect don't worry elder is going to take care of them and their leader soon anyways. Sect leader should take care of it soon." Try said.

Wait what did that mean he knew this sect took advantage of the new game but he had always heard this sect was honorable. "Yes master." He said. There was something he always felt was a little bit off when he had joined the Emerald Sword Sect. He didn't say anything because of the great chances they had given him but now he didn't know. Every time he talked to his master or elder they had been planning something. He wasn't this type of cultivator he needed to find a way out of this sect before he did something he regretted. Zach sighed and ate a medicinal pill he needed to get ready get stronger and get the protection of a strong sect to get away from the Emerald Sword Sect.

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"Finally, you guys made it." Raph smiled as he saw the rest of the group make it. They had had a chance to try out the cultivation technique but only Raph and I'mcold had managed to activate it. The rest seemed to have no affinity to it.

They had learned

- Add +1 to Strength and Intelligence.

It was still in the early stages but they could use this to add Strength to themselves. Roxie seemed to have noticed the change almost immediately

"What happened how did you change your energy into that of a Demon?" She asked. Had they been hiding it all along? This perplexed her how had they done it so well.

"Oh i just happened to find this cultivation manual lying on the floor somewhere." Raph smiled handing it to her.

She looked through the contents surprised to read what was inside. How had he found such a powerful manual on the ground, did it rain such incredible things no of course not. They had to be hiding something, it was understandable though demon clans had been hunted down here on Earth so she didn't say anything more.

"So should we hurry and take out the hidden bosses then it shouldn't be too hard now that we have made to the fourth stage well most of us that is." Everyone looked at Raph.

Well that's what he gets for fighting for his life and saving them a reset. "Alright let's go then." Raph said ignoring them.

They made it to cave, it thick with moss, skeleton remains and the air smelled like blood. "This must be it." Lovely said taking out a bag of blood. It smelled terrible. Then not five seconds later a terrible sound reverberated throughout the cave, it sounded like the crus.h.i.+ng of bones truly terrifying like a horror movie. Then a giant badger appeared with a tough black cloak and a truly hideous face rotting away showing the remains of its skull.

- Slows opponents Attack and movement Speed by 20%

- opponents. .h.i.t by attack suffer plague

- A Storm of bones surrounds Badger lord Skrull dealing continuous 50% damage

-Throws broken bones dealing 200% Damage and applying

The Badger didn't hesitate to begin its attack looking at its food. Raph readied himself but was a step behind everyone else had already launched their attacks. Just one stage and there was this much of a difference. Raph sighed and tried to keep up but they were always a step ahead. The rest of the group had also got better gear through the last dungeon run they had even picked up some new skills.

Leaving Raph way behind in damage, and not only that it was hard to dodge the attacks of this new boss but everyone's prediction skills had taken a step up. Raph was the only one having a hard time not even Newbones seemed to have any problems adjusting. The health of the boss plummeted leaving it quickly dispatched by the group. The rhythm seemed to be a step ahead of him the whole time, he actually had thought himself pretty bada.s.s fighting someone of the second stage and actually beating him. Now he saw this group of experts bring him back down to reality he sucked and had a long way to go still.

Before long the giant Badger had died and left his loot it would have been an actual tough battle if they had not made it to the fourth stage. He had been as strong as the five elemental wolf but with their skill it was nothing but a breeze to defeat.

Raph opened his inventory to see

Skrull Armlets

Magical

Def 20

- Strike 8 times for 50%. Cooldown 2 minutes

- Increase your Mental defense by 5%

"Alright let's move to the next boss and finish this quest up." s.h.i.+ny said.

Everyone ran to the next location leaving raph a little bit behind he was having a hard time keeping up even s.h.i.+ny was a little bit faster than him. He was very close to his next stage just 5% more he should be able to get it on the next boss.

The next boss was in the Underwater Prison stage, s.h.i.+ny took out his bones to locate the next area and it didn't take long to find it. This time it was an underwater fight which would hinder most people but they were more than used to fighting underwater. They took out a small anchor and as soon as it hit the ground a Ghost appeared in front of them.

-20% resistance to physical attacks

- 20% attack Speed and Damage

- 200% damage to anyone in the water.

- pulls target dealing 400% damage.

It seemed most of his attacks were inescapable that means that the healer had to work harder for this fight. The fight went almost the same way as the last only that Raph had one or two near death experiences without Wayslick to take care of him he would have surely perished. Even when the ghost turned into Demon form he then had a hard time from the increased damage. The boss now took a larger amount of damage also due to the loss of ghost form helping him die faster.

Raph chose the Demon Core

Then raph opened his inventory to see

Ghost Paldrons

Magical

Def 20

- Drain 5% of an opponents HP. Cooldown 2 minutes

- Reduce physical damage 2%.

The Grand Army Strikes

Rating:SS

Defeat the Grand Army on the hidden Field and strike great blow against

Raph Cla.s.s: Weapon Master Fourth stage- Clarity

HP:105% Spirit: 50

Str: 24 +3

Wis: 12 +1

Con: 20 +3

Dex: 20+4

Chr: 16 +1

Int: 14 +1

Cultivation Techniques:

Status Effect: +10% movement speed, +1 Dex

King Wolf Brew- Effect: 5% additional HP , +1 to all stats. Permanent

Gear:

Wolf Bone Tonfas

Magical

DMG: 20-25

- Jump at your opponent landing and creating a shock wave which slows them. Cooldown 30

- 5% increased damage with tonfa's

Magical

Dex+2, Str+2, Con+2

- Increase Damage by 50% for 10 seconds. Cooldown 5 minutes.

- Increase you and your allies physical damage by 5%

Five Elemental Metal Gi

Epic

Def 20

- Increase your damage by 50% for the next 5 seconds. cooldown 2 minutes

- Increase your defense by 5%

- Reduce damage from spirit attacks by 25% for the next 10 seconds. cooldown 2 minutes.

Roc Boots

Epic

Def 20

- Kick dealing 250% sending you opponent flying 30 feet. cooldown 1 minute.

- Increase your movement speed by 15%

- Walk on any surface including air for 20 seconds. Cooldown 5 minutes.

Skrull Armlets

Magical

Def 20

- Strike 8 times for 50%. Cooldown 2 minutes

- Increase your Mental defense by 5%

Ghost Paldrons

Magical

Def 20

- Drain 5% of an opponent's HP. Cooldown 2 minutes

- Reduce physical damage 2%.

His stats had increased quite a bit at the end alright time to finish off the last part of his quest, but just as he was about to take the group lovely began cooking once again.....