Sam for the felt that he was being too complacent, of course, he himself knew that he was arrogant, but that arrogance is what he developed from all the achievements he got. All the steps he climbed to reach the place where he is, but he was never complacent.
He never thought that there is no room for improvement, he always strived for that. It is the same in every trade and every field he enters and that includes, reading people's minds and understanding their characters.
But this time, he felt like he failed and this made him ponder over the factors that led to this failure, but before that, he has to correct his mistake. He has to read this girl like an open book for now.
So, for the rest of the conversation, he was completely silent and when the girl finally figured out how the formation works, she asked him.
"You are good at formations, what is your name?"
Sam didn't reply and said.
"Follow me."
With those words, he started walking, the young lady, started pacing after him and when they reached a largely closed stadium, she was extremely surprised.
It was constructed by taking the modern-day gymnasium in schools as a template. As she marveled at the construction and the details, Sam asked.
"You are here for Sam, right?" He asked.
"Yes."
"I am Sam."
He replied looking at her straight in the eyes, she was stunned. She didn't expect that the person she was talking to all the time was her target.
She then came to her senses and said.
"Oh, then can you give me that formation simulator?"
"Not really."
Sam's voice was cold, for some reason he was extremely frustrated with himself for not being able to read this woman. He was sure that he was not captivated by her beauty but he was really blinded by the way she looked at the formations.
Her thought process and her way of speaking, these things stunned him and made his whole brain to stop working in its usual way. For him, this felt like a sign of vulnerability. He has to overcome that.
"But, didn't I tell you already, I will kill you if you don't give it to me." She said in the same tone. With the same confidence.
There is no disdain or contempt in her tone, just too much of her self-confidence, but for reason, he was really annoyed now. Earlier, when she said the same words, he reacted completely differently.
Now, thinking about this, he was annoyed at himself for being so contradictory. He wanted to beat himself up so much.
"Sam, I will really kill you if you don't give me that." She repeated at Sam's silence.
"Why don't you try and see, if you can really kill me."
Sam said in a cold tone and his aura surged. Right now, he is a Level-2 Grand realm cultivator and his aura was raging. He didn't even bother to conceal it and looked at her, waiting to make the move.
She seemed to have thought of something and shook her head.
"What a pity? I wanted to take you away with me from this place since you are so good at the formations. But you are not listening at all."
She waved her hand and Three puppets came out of nowhere. Sam looked at the puppets and was surprised. They are all made of Level-6 metals and looked quite artsy.
The three of them are humanoid in structure. Two of them looked lean and tall. One of them held a sword and another one held a saber. The third one though is bulky and huge.
Its body is mostly cylindrical and its hands are not as flexible.
"Generally, I wouldn't take my puppets out to deal with a person of your cultivation, but I heard that you are quite powerful, so I am going all out from the start. You can still change your mind if you want to."
Sam didn't reply and wore his claws. This time, the claws have new additions. After the Blackwater was dealt with, he got lots of Meteorite sand.
There are many types and one of the sands which is called Ash meteorite sand works well for his next addition.
This meteorite sand when molded into certain forms is similar to Graphene in his previous world. This got its name just because of its color and nothing else.
These are really suitable to make strings. The strings would be so sharp that they can even mark on the Gray meteorite sand which has high resistance for cutting and abrasion.
It is also extremely flexible and can be used as threads too.
Sam used the ash meteorite sand to make a new addition to the claws. It was made into strings and weaved so that it would become something like fabric as it entwined his fingers. The five nails are connected with this weaved fabric and the remaining ends of these fabrics are connected to two circular metallic objects Sam made.
These two objects are made of an alloy of Black meteorite sand and Grey meteorite sand.
One of the circular objects is placed on the back of his palm and the other one is placed inside his palm exactly at the center. The palm is not entirely covered though, there is still a lot of skin that is exposed which resembles the gap and the potential for future upgrades.
Sam didn't have a proper battle in a long time and when he saw these puppets, he felt like it is about time, he tested his new abilities and a new weapon.
He noticed that the woman in front of him is at Level-3 Grand Realm.
Sam took a deep breath and made the first move. The woman closed her eyes and sat down. The three puppets whose eyes are blank all this time suddenly glowed.
The three of them moved and Sam noticed that there is an energy thread connecting the lady and the three puppets.
The first one to make a move is the swordsman puppet which leaped high into the air as it wielded the sword and the Sabre puppet dashed towards Sam.
As for the large puppet, it sat down on the ground and the cylindrical case which is the torso opened and Sam saw many holes which are filled with knives.
It seemed to be a long-range attacker.
Sam didn't attack the lady, if she was defeated, then the puppets are nothing but metallic heaps.
Since he wanted to vent through the fight, he would vent on these puppets.
Sam raised his left hand and blocked the sword strike, as the swords struck him, he moved to the right side as he dodged the saber and threw a liver blow to the saber puppet.
The puppet doesn't have a liver, but there are many mechanisms that make the whole thing work. The mechanisms shook due to the punch and there is a small indentation on the surface.
The metal is too hard for him to cause severe damage with a single punch.
Sam moved back and started using the phantom step. He moved like a flash and went after the sword puppet. He opened his claws this time and wind energy started concentrating at the claw tips and with a wave of his hand, four wind blades, flew towards the puppet, but the puppet moved like an experienced swordsman and was able to block three of it.
The fourth one hit it squarely on the chest leaving a small scratch.
After throwing the wind blades which kept the sword puppet busy for a few moments, Sam made his move towards the saber puppet. He struck his right claw at the indentation he created and held the hand of the puppet which was holding the saber with the left claw.
He suddenly started spewing golden flames from the small holes of the claws. The flames are thin but extremely intense. He started heating the metal and, in a few seconds, the metal was slightly red, but before he could heat it further, the sword puppet came to attack him from behind.
Sam gave it a back kick and used the recoil to push the saber puppet to the ground and swung the claw at the chest and tried to tear it apart.
But that thing only resulted in a scratching sound of the metal and three scars which are only a few millimeters deep.
He didn't feel bad though, Sam felt his blood boiling. He really needed this battle and he is having it, he pushed all the thoughts to the back of his head lived for this moment.
After a few moves, Sam noticed some things, the battle techniques of the puppets is the real deal and there is another thing he noticed and that is the puppets don't have spirits, The lady is multitasking and is fighting with Sam with three puppets, although the third one didn't make a move yet, the eyes are still bright which means, the lady is dividing her thoughts between three entities in three different ways.
Sam was completely impressed.
As he was thinking, he caught hold of the sword puppet by its hand and heated it. He has been doing this continuously. He only used the wind element and fire element so that he can heat the two puppets continuously.
When the two puppets performed a pincer attack, Sam felt that it was a perfect moment.
He smirked and leaped into the air as he caught hold of both the puppets by their arms. He activated partial fusion and the two turned into golden flames as the two puppets started getting heated.
He used partial fusion because he has to manage the spiritual energy usage and full fusion takes up a lot of energy.
His feather coat sleeves are also glowing golden as the feather reacted.
The arms of the puppets started turning red, but at this moment, Sam felt an extreme sense of threat and left the puppets as he rolled on the floor.
Three knives passed through the position he was in a moment ago. He looked at the third puppet which has three empty holes and he saw in surprise as the three holes were filled with new knives again.
