<The Energy System is back online>
<Punishment period has ended>
<Excess emotion amplification for Fear and Despair has been removed>
<Energy Absorption has been reinstated>
<Energy Abilities are back in use>
<Energy senses are back online>
<The system wishes a warm welcome back to the host>
Suddenly, Ning felt like he was alive again. It was someone who had taken a large stone off his chest and instead put a blanket on top of him.
He had never felt this… free before.
Suddenly, he appeared on the other side of the lake. He was missing both arms and most of the skins on his chest.
"Heal me," Ning said.
<Confirmed>
Ning suddenly felt relief as all of his wounds disappeared in a second.
"Ahh, that feels much better," he said as he looked at both of his arms. "Should I leave or should I fight?" he thought.
"Do I have enough energy? Status," he said to check.
[Status
Name: Ning Ruogong
Energy: 6,211,000,000
Separated Energy-
Heat Energy: 5,623,000,000
Sound Energy: 432,000,000
Qi Energy: 0
Kinetic Energy: 156,000,000
Skills: Simultaneous Thinking, Omniscient Map of Kumia, Omniscient Klavian Language, Candle Fire, Yin to Heat conversion technique, Night Vision I, Interdimensional Storage (Stopped Time; 722 KG), Air Cutter, Telekinesis, Yin to Sound conversion technique, Water Filtration, Earthly Jade Cultivation Method, Sun God's Morning Cleansing Technique, Qi Cultivation Analysis, Body Cultivation Analysis, Basic All Language, 8x Qi Acclimation rate, Radiant Holy Sword, Supreme Dominance, Beast Space, Earth-Shattering - Heaven Tempering Art, Divine Vortex Devouring]
"Hmm, I can't tell if it's enough or not," Ning thought. "I should try to find out."
The Flood Dragon was surprised to see that Ning had disappeared and immediately send out its divine sense to check. When it found Ning behind itself, it immediately turned around and went to attack him.
"Before fighting, give me information on the skill Become-Like-Water, the one that is less than 300 million energy," Ning said.
"Confirmed. You have bought Intermediate Knowledge on Become-Like-Water for 248,000,000 Energy>
Ning got the familiar sense of information being sent directly to his head. "Oh how I've missed this," he thought.
He understood the information and thought, "No wonder. You are nigh-invincible as long as you are inside water huh? That's why you haven't left the lake yet. I could've killed you with my previous attack if not for you staying inside the lake. It seems water heals you easily if you have the qi for it."
"You. Will. Die. Now."
"Let's talk in the land." Suddenly, the Flood dragon started floating in midair and was dropped out onto the land. After long last, it was finally out of the lake.
The Flood Dragon struggled and sent out water scythes once more, but this time, Ning didn't care. He had enough energy to move aside the incoming attack with his telekinesis.
Seeing that the scythes weren't working, the Flood Dragon resorted to shooting out a water blast. However, Ning wasn't going to let it do that.
He used telekinesis to redirect the Flood Dragon's head sideways and it blasted water all over the side of the barrier.
"Tsk. That cost me quite a little energy," Ning thought. "Since you serpent-like monsters like water so much, I shall let you go back to the lake."
Suddenly, Ning disappeared. The flood dragon felt him appear right next to him, but then he disappeared once more.
The Flood Dragon searched for him a little longer but was unable to find any hints of him. Ning was truly gone. Seeing that he was no longer anywhere, the Flood Dragon slumped back into the water.
******
"Sect leader, The barrier is opening up," somebody said. Gion and Yelca barely managed to see the tail of the Flood Dragon enter the water.
"What? What happened to Doctor Ning?" they asked in confusion.
Ning was neither inside the barrier nor was he outside the secret realm. Plus, they were keeping an eye on the barrier and never saw him leave either.
"Is something wrong with the secret realm?" they asked, but could not come up with any answers.
"I hope nothing is wr— Hey, the lake is moving again," Dion said, and everyone looked back on the screen with full attention, wishing to see what was going on.
******
The lake was deeper than one could imagine. The Flood Dragon swam to the bottom of the lake to rest. Suddenly, its body started vibrating slightly against its control and sound started escaping from its skin.
"So this is what the inside of the lake looks like, huh?"
Ning's voice appeared from his body. The Flood Dragon jumped in fright and immediately sent its divine sense out to check but it couldn't find him anywhere.
"Don't bother, you won't find me," Ning said. "Instead, I have a proposition for you."
"Where?" the Flood Dragon started to get scared.
"Shut up and listen. I want you to be my subordinate. And in return… I won't kill you," Ning said.
"You. Can't. Kill. Me." The Flood Dragon shouted.
"Wanna bet?"
A massive amount of Yin Qi in the water gathered on the surface of the Flood Dragon and started turning to heat. Ning's cap was already full today, so he absorbed none of it.
The heat energy gathered more and more, and soon, the Flood Dragon was getting uncomfortable. It wasn't used to feeling the heat a lot at the bottom of the lake, so the slightest heat caused a lot of pain.
The Flood Dragon tried to swim around the lake to remove the heat, but nothing worked. It didn't know that the cause of the pain was the water it was swimming in so it didn't leave the lake.
Ning stopped. The heat turned back into Yin once again.
"Will you agree to be my subordinate now?" Ning asked.
"No." The Flood Dragon shouted. The heat returned once again. After a while of hurting the Flood Dragon, Ning stopped.
"Will you agree now?" he asked.
"NO."
The back and forth went on for a little longer until the Flood Dragon was hurt so much that he couldn't keep up the will anymore.
"I. Agree. Please. Stop."
