Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

My mother's deadly blood swipe headed straight for me. I imagined a circular wall in front of me and withdrew the blood from my forearms. I barely got the shield up in time.

Didn't help me much. The blood swipe slammed into my shield and sliced right through it. Deep gashes appeared on my legs, stomach, and chest. I waited until I healed.

Then I said, "What the hell was that?"

"Just keeping you on your toes," she said. "You didn't do the swirling effect and your shield was more of a flat circle than a sphere. Work on that."

I practiced my shield for 30 minutes and then said, "Hit me."

"Ok!" Shikasa threw out another blood swipe, just as huge and deadly as before.

But I was ready. I called up my shield and immediately applied the swirling effect. This time, when the blood swipe struck my shield it broke up, but just barely. I could feel my shield about to fail.

"Good. Now try multiple shield layers!" She said, as she performed a double blood swipe with an criss cross pattern.

This wasn't just a double swipe though. These swipes were even stronger than the original. I could tell just by looking at them. I threw up one shield, then I threw up another right behind it.

While holding onto those two shields, I threw up another, and then another, and then the double swipe hit my shields. It didn't break up. It wouldn't break up. It smashed through my first shield, then my second, then my third.

I had one layer of shield between me and oblivion. Or at least a really bad haircut.

"Swirl your shield!" She yelled.

"I'm swirling!" I yelled back.

I swirled as hard as I could. It was a matter of life or death. The death of my social life at the very least, and I couldn't have that. I swirled and swirled and swirled and the blood swipes finally broke up.

I fell to my knees, exhausted. I felt like I normally feel when I'm about to pass out, then I got a system message.

[Passive ability, Neural Fortitude activated. Unconsciousness averted]

Then the feeling went away. I got back up to my feet. "I never thought I'd say this about training, but are we done?"

"Yes, we're done. Good job, son. You've got two stages down. Now only 18 left to go," she said as she hugged me.

"18?" I said. "What am I going to be at that point? A god?"

"Not even close," she said. "You have over 500 stages to go before you reach godhood."

"But you're saying there's a chance," I said, grinning.

"A definite chance. You just have to keep training and not die. Simple, right?" She said, returning the smile.

"Simple doesn't mean easy," I said.

"No. No, it doesn't," she said, looking down. "Well I'll look forward to seeing you when you can finally enter my realm without disintegrating or exploding or melting or combusting or any other number of horrible ways to die."

"Me too. I'm not particularly fond of exploding. Especially not in my pants," I said.

My mother face palmed. "I raised a child and he's still a child," she said.

"Hey!" I said. "I'll have you know I'm a very well adjusted child."

"What are you going to do for the rest of the day?" She said.

"I'm not sure," I said, as I got a text. I checked my phone and there was nothing on it.

[You have 1 new message from companion "Harold." Would you like me to display this message?]

'Yes.'

[Hey man, the Vampire Association is making a move on you tonight. They know you took down the Dragon Sect. They're going to attack the Dragon Sect grounds and try to take over the territories. They think they can take you. You have like 3 or so hours before they strike. Be careful man]

'Send a message back saying, "Thanks for the heads up".'

[Reply sent]

'Thank you.'

I turned back to my mother. "Apparently, the Vampire Association is going to try to take over the Dragon Sect territories tonight. They think we're too weak to stop them."

"I'm going to have my girls come here and we're going to make a stand, but not before I power up and train some of my weaker members." Explore stories on My Virtual Library Empire

"Sounds like you have a plan. Do you need me for anything?" She said.

"No, I guess not. It wouldn't be a good idea for you to use your powers anyway," I said.

"Ok, cuz I'm going on a date," she said, smiling.

"With who?" I said.

"Johnny. I know he was a bad man and did a lot of bad things that I hate the old him for, but he seems to be a changed man. And besides he's funny, and he's not too bad looking," she said.

"I don't know how I feel about that, but it's your life. Do what you want," I said.

"Thank you for your permission to do what I want," she said.

"Hey! I'm trying to be understanding," I said.

"I know," she said. "I'm just busting your balls. I get that it's not easy to see your mother date someone who's not your father, especially someone with as colorful of a history as Johnny."

"Thank you for getting that," I said.

"Alright, I'm off. Text me if you need anything," she said and walked to the freight elevator and ascended out of view.

'Text Victoria to get all the girls together and meet me at the Dragon Sect.'

[Done]

[She says, "Ok, hun"]

'Good.'

In about an hour and a half, the girls all showed up from the underground monster train. I said hi to every single one of them and thanked them for coming.

I stood a ways away from the group and said loud enough for them all to hear, "I've found another way to power you all up besides full sex. The Vampire Association is coming to try to take over the Dragon Sect in an hour and a half and I need you all to be combat ready by then. I will tell you how you can power up and you have to decide if you want to do it or not."

"Whether you choose to power up or not, if I don't feel you're combat ready in an hour from now, I will send you home on the train. For your own safety. Any questions?"

All of their hands went up at once.