Every cell in his body screamed cheerfully as the effect of the mutated sword venison traveled to his body. A pure stream of blood essence was release with every bite he took, and before long, he could already feel some power start dwelling in his body."The process of recovery has been boosted!", he thought as his face had gained some color. A few minutes pa.s.sed as his body began digesting the nutritious meal he had taken, and before long, he could feel that part of his strength was once again accessible.
"Although my body is still weak. I can sense that those days of starvation had made it even more resilient!", he thought as he could feel that his body"s strength had once again grown. The moment his body would ultimately recover, his physical strength would topple his past peak by a significant amount.
"This is good news!", he thought as he knew that any gain of strength would become important in the coming day. "I can sense that after I fully recover, my body might stand a the pinnacle of body cultivation"s first realm, nearly stepping on the very border of the second realm. Only needing a single step to breakthrough."
Sensing that the effect of the food was perfect for his damaged body, the young cultivation went on a feeding spree. One rib after another went down his throat, going to the extent of eating even the smoked bone of the creature that contained the nutritious marrow.
Obviously, he quickly noticed the effect of the bones and decided to boil the spinal cord of the creature to extract the treasure marrow in it.
An hour pa.s.sed, and Fell could be seen laying on his back on the soft hairy skin of the creature. Under his intent hunger, he once again surprised the red haired man and ate the whole beast in one sitting. As soon as he had the positive effect it had on his body, and he decided to fill everything down his stomach.
Nothing was felt, not even the legs or head were left behind as they were cooked over an intense fire that sublimated the meat. And in the end, only the creature"s skin, hooves, and skulls were left intact as Fell didn"t notice a few symbols on those parts of the creature"s body.
"Seems like you were much more weakened than I thought.", said Akainmhar as he nearly hadn"t touched the food compared to Fell. He could already extract the blood essence from carca.s.s due to his treasure and hadn"t needed to hunt and eat to develop his blood essence ever since he had acquired it.
"Well, I"m glad you enjoyed my gift. I think I"ve paid my debt, and it is time for me to go partic.i.p.ate in tonight"s bloodbath.", he exclaimed in a laid back manner as he even seemed to be cheerful about the event that happened in the nearby mountains at night.
His crimson-colored eyes glanced at the distance, before turning toward Fell, and especially toward the sword that hung loosely around the belt on his waist. "And I can"t help but feel that you too should partic.i.p.ate. At least, your sword shouldn"t miss this opportunity.", he exclaimed before getting on his feet.
He moved toward the wall, and without turning toward Fell, lifted a hand as a last greeting before jumping outside of the city. His figure turned into a red bullet that pierced through the air before landing three hundred meters away from the wall in one movement. Any movement from him could be sublimated by his powerful physique that had clearly attained the second realm.
Fell couldn"t see the extent of the man"s cultivation, he hadn"t seen the peak of his strength, but he was sure that it hovered around the peak of the second realm and the mysterious third realm.
He wasn"t sure about his exact cultivation, but his three cultivation paths made him a fearless foe to anybody as the number of cards, and his versatility made him dangerous in nearly any situation. As a well rounded sword cultivator, Fell was a well rounded individual in almost any of his capabilities and was even advantage when it came to his damage output due to his sword path.
All in all, he was in the end, also still a growing nascent tree that had only sprouted in the cultivation world a few years ago. He was only a child compared to the peers that stood in his rank of cultivation. With his current advancement, he could already be called a genius at his age, capable of training three cultivation path to the peak of the first realm before he had even celebrated twenty years.
Fell didn"t take much to decide to follow the red haired man, he stood on his leg, patted his stomach before doing the same with his sword. His facial expression changed as he turned severe; he activated his blood detection and expanded its range to the maximum distance he could achieve.
His face noticeably paled as he overexerted his ego body"s focus. Before long, droplets of sweat had acc.u.mulated on his forehead, and on his mind, a mental map had been created due to his effort. And a sea of red had appeared on the darkness of his thought, and he couldn"t help but feel five shining suns in the distance.
Their ominous and pure power shone with a darkness that made Fell resent going near them. It was as thought his body was telling him that he wasn"t ready to confront them. He chooses a place where the poisonous aura existed far from any of those five monstrosities, and he also jumped out of the wall, his figure blended with the wind as he turned into an invisible bullet that silently pierced through the air.
He landed without making any noise a few hundred meters away from the ma.s.sive wall, even gliding the last seconds of his jump, before turning toward the direction he had chosen and darted in the distance.
"I"ll have to tread carefully as their strength will rose once again this night.", he thought as his breathing pattern changed. His presence disappeared the further he advanced toward the ominous mountains. Before long, a dark forest appeared in front of his eyes; he crossed it while moving through the trees.
And before long, somewhere past the middle of the forest, he felt that he had entered the zone where the poisonous aura existed. His right arm moved as his hand clenched Soldier"s Fortune handle. Then, he stepped inside of the toxic atmosphere without any hesitation; not even a few seconds pa.s.sed that a flood of killing intent was born in his ego body.
He couldn"t help, but an absorption vortex appear near his right palm, and the next moment, every wisp of killing intent he created was swiftly absorbed inside of Soldier"s Fortune. He continued walking as he felt that the place didn"t contain enough of the poisonous aura that could help him strengthen his sword.
He continued moving from one tree to another as he further delved deep inside of the forest, and before long, he arrived in front of ma.s.sive tree that contained a tremendous amount of dark energy. "c.r.a.p… I thought I had avoided those five"s position…", he thought as he nearly turned back, but he chooses to only stop in his track.
He carefully observed the humongous tree from a distance with curiosity laying bare in his eyes. He executed his blood detection, and tried sensing the blood essence of the ma.s.sive tree, but he was surprised to find that he couldn"t detect it. He could only feel that a strong and ominous blood essence akin to the five most powerful creatures, more powerful than anything else from the beast wave.
"This tree has developed blood essence…", he thought as he couldn"t help but be surprised from the discovery. "This might end up quite beneficial for me!", he thought as his eyes lit up, but he still didn"t take a step.
"How the h.e.l.l can I face a creature of this size… I can"t just hope that it"s inoffensive as its not one of those five…", his face showed the internal struggle he was facing. As he couldn"t sense the danger lying ahead if he adventured near the tree, his gain could be ma.s.sive, but would the loss he would trade for those will be worth it.
He stood immobile for more than a few seconds. Even the clarity given by his sword didn"t help him as he was genuinely hesitant on the matter in front of him.
"I need to be decisive in time like these.", he mumbled softly as he took a step forward toward the ma.s.sive tree that had taken root a few hundred meters in front of him.
His steps turned into two, before he jumped to a nearby tree. He repeated those actions several times and cautiously arrived at the base of the ma.s.sive tree.