Chapter 1 New Life

"Father, I don't want to practice martial arts today! This is Saturday. I want to go on a date with my lover!" a young man, around twenty-one years old, was swinging his wooden sword vertically with a displeased face.

He was about to explode with rage because his father forced him to practice martial arts on Saturday.

Sure, he wanted to be the Ruler like his grandfather, but he did not want to practice martial arts all the time. He also wanted to spend time with his lover because it was important in his eyes.

Everything must be balanced!

"Just forget about your lover for today!" a mature man, about forty-five years old, replied instantly, "Xiao Ming, let me tell you something. The most important thing in this world is strength! If you were strong, you could get as many women as you wanted later."

They were currently on the cliff, or more precisely, they were at the training ground of one of their houses.

The house was big and located on the cliff. Not only that, but there was also the word 'Xiao' on top of the wooden house.

"Son, you shou-" the mature man stopped his words halfway when his smartphone suddenly rang. "Hello, Yue?"

Xiao Ming returned his attention to his father.

'Yue? Is she his new lover? Damn! This playboy has a new lover again?!'

Rage flowed through him like lava.

"Xiao Liu Feng, are you busy right now?" Ying Yue inquired.

"No. I'm not busy. Do you want to go on a date with me?" Xiao Liu Feng's behavior changed completely.

"Really? Why did I hear your son cursing you over the phone? Are you two practicing martial arts right now?" Ying Yue could hear Xiao Ming yelling at his father through her phone, so she suddenly felt like she was disturbing them.

"It's fine. Practicing martial arts is not important. In my eyes, the most important thing in the world is enjoying ourselves." What he had just said to Ying Yue was completely different from what he had said to his son.

Previously, he said practicing martial arts was the most important thing in the world, but it was different now.

Xiao Ming was furious after hearing his father's words.

'This old bastard!"

Even though he knew his father's personality well, he was still unhappy because his father's behavior always changed whenever he talked to beautiful women.

'If only I can beat this old man.'

At this moment, he suddenly remembered something.

[Shadow Moon Records – 20th article: If you can't beat your opponent in a fair fight, attack them when they are off guard.]

Xiao Ming instantly changed his position into Iai stance.

'Moon style sword of drawing techniques - sixth form: Invisible sla-'

He decided to attack his father using his wooden sword.

However, something unexpected happened when he was about to attack his father.

Earthquake!

Yes, there was suddenly a big earthquake.

Xiao Ming lost his balance, and as a result, he could not attack his father.

*Crack…

A giant crack suddenly appeared on the ground.

*Crack…Crack…Crack…

The earth fissures spread fast, causing him to fall off the cliff.

Xiao Ming did not panic.

Sure, he was in a life-and-death situation, but he still had a calm mind.

He immediately jumped by stepping on the falling stones. He did not give up because his grandfather always told him not to give up in any circumstances.

*Shui...Shui…

He jumped from one falling stone to another.

At this moment, the earthquake had stopped. That was why Xiao Ming believed that he could survive later.

*Shui…

Xiao Ming jumped as high as he could, trying to reach the top of the cliff.

'Tch!'

He gritted his teeth when he could not reach the top of the cliff.

At this moment, he only had one thing in mind.

Thrust his wooden sword into the cliff!

It was the only way to survive, or else he would fall to the ground later.

However, something unexpected happened when he thrust his wooden sword to the cliff.

His wooden sword was broken!

The cliff was very hard, causing the wooden sword to break instantly.

'Ah, shit!'

He could not do anything when he was falling to the ground.

'If only it was a real sword...'

Xiao Ming believed that he could survive if he used a real sword.

At this moment, Xiao Liu Feng rushed toward the edge of the cliff and shouted, "Son, you can't die yet because you still haven't mastered the last secret technique!"

The corner of Xiao Ming's lips twitched after hearing his father's words.

'Damn! Can't you say something else? I'm going to die, you know?'

He sighed as if death was nothing in his eyes.

'Grandpa, I can't keep my promise. I'm sorry.'

He slowly shut his eyes.

His grandfather Xiao Tian was the Ruler, so he wanted to be the Ruler like his grandfather.

He was also a genius in martial arts, so he believed he could become the Ruler in the future.

He just didn't expect that he would die before achieving his dream.

Bang!

The sound of his body hitting the ground reverberated in the entire area.

Xiao Ming, a genius martial artist and a candidate to be the Ruler, stopped breathing forever.

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Unknown Place, Forest.

"Ouch!" a young man, about eighteen years old, cried out in pain before finally sitting up.

'I…survived?'

The expression of deep shock blossomed on his face.

He fell from a high cliff, so he was sure he wouldn't survive. This was the reason why he found it hard to believe what was happening.

But what surprised him most was that his clothes were different from what he wore earlier.

'What is this? What's going on?'

The remaining memory fragments flashed past like projections on a slideshow.

'This is….'

The young man finally understood everything.

He took over someone else's body!

Not only that but he was also transmigrated into a different world.

However, this world was the same as his previous world.

The strong ruled the weak!

But unlike his previous world, there was magic in this world.

Even though he had taken over someone else's body, he was still unwilling to accept it. He would still use his name because he was not his predecessor.

He was Xiao Ming, the grandson of the Ruler.

'So, my predecessor's name is Ace, huh? But I'm not you, so I won't use your name.'

After Xiao Ming rose to his feet, he suddenly heard something in his head.

He heard a voice like artificial intelligence's voice!

[Gene analysis in progress…Endocrine analysis in progress…Integumentary system analysis in progress…97% compatibility. Criteria met. System binding initiated.]

Xiao Ming was startled again.

[System binding successful. Please open the system display.]

The system notification popped up.

'System?'

He immediately opened the system display because he was curious.

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Host: Ace Farley

Race: Human

Age: 18

System Level: Lv 1

System Exp= 1/1000

Class: Knight, Mage(locked), Archer(locked)

Rank: N/A

Talent: Grade F

Strength: Lvl. 9

Agility: Lvl. 8

Stamina: Lvl. 9

Mana Capacity: Lvl 7

Inventory: Empty

Binding partner (s): Empty slot (1)

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He sighed.

He was disappointed with his predecessor.

From his predecessor's memories, he was weak. His power was like those of ordinary people, not awakened ones.

But what annoyed him most was that his predecessor only had grade F talent. Previously, he had checked the talent rankings in the system.

From the lowest to highest, it was F, E, D, C, B, A, and S.

That meant his talent was the lowest!

At this moment, the system notification popped up again.

[Ding! You have received starter packs. Do you want to open it?]

'Starter packs?'

Xiao Ming instantly pressed yes.

[Ding! You have received a Power Loan card (1), Rush card (1), Duji poison and antidote card (1), and medicine powder card (1). You can find them in the inventory.]

Xiao Ming read the explanations of all the cards.

The use of a Power Loan card was to borrow power from someone. There was a time limit and after-effect for this.

The time limit was based on how strong the strength of the person whose power was borrowed. The stronger the person, the shorter the time.

The use of the Rush card was to speed the loading in the system. As for Duji poison, it was tasteless and colorless poison.

This poison was quite deadly because the person who drank this poison would die within a few hours if they did not drink the antidote.

As for medicine powder, it could heal any injury. Small injuries would heal in a short amount of time, while heavy wounds would take a few days to heal.

'Forget it!'

He took the sword next to him.

Yes, it was his predecessor's sword!

Xiao Ming was delighted when he saw the sword because he was in a forest.

'Just where am I now?'

Xiao Ming began to walk.

*One minute…ten minutes…fifteen minutes…

He had been walking for more than fifteen minutes, but all he saw were only two things.

Tree and mountain!

'Someone, please tell me the way out of this forest!'

He shouted in his head.

*Roar…

Tiger's roar reverberated in the entire area.

Boom!

The roar of the tiger was followed by the sound of an enormous explosion.

'What's going on?'

Xiao Ming rushed toward the source of the sound.

The expression of deep shock blossomed on his face when he saw a woman fighting against a giant tiger.

Unlike a normal tiger, this giant tiger had a pair of wings on its body.

'This is…'

He immediately hid behind a tree.

"Human, how dare you to cause trouble in this king's territory?" the winged tiger was enraged because a woman suddenly appeared and caused trouble in his place.

"Winged tiger, you refused to give me the ice lotus plant, so you gave me no other choice." after saying that, the young woman attacked the winged tiger again. "Ice needles!"

A giant magic circle suddenly emerged before her.

*Sring…

Countless needles made of ice came out of the magic circle before finally flying towards the winged tiger.

Xiao Ming found it hard to believe what he was hearing.

'The tiger can speak?!'

He could not see all of his predecessor's memories, so he did not know that animals could speak in this world.

"Die!" the winged tiger attacked the young woman after avoiding and blocking her attacks.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Both of them were so strong.

Just the impact of their attacks destroyed several trees and two mountains.

At this moment, Xiao Ming was also thrown over a hundred meters due to the impact of their fight.

'Fuck!'

He cursed venomously when he fell off the cliff again.

'I died a few minutes ago, and now I'm going to die again?!'

He was enraged.

Even the way he was going to die was the same as before, as if God was toying with his life.

'God, I worship you in my previous life and this is my reward? Are you fucking kidding me?'

He raised his middle finger to the sky.

'Fuck you, God!'

He was furious because God played with his life.

At this moment, something shocking happened.

[The Great Sage, The Equal of Heaven likes what you just did.]

A notification suddenly popped up right before his face.

[The Great Sage, The Equal of Heaven gives you one card. Do you want to use it now?]