"Kommi, you're different from Bones, you aren't ruthless, your fighting style is too gentle and formal, it can't take out a human being of the same rank, that means it can't take out any mystique creature."
The two listens carefully, Kommi wants to change, especially after hearing that her father belongs to a large clan before but he's the only survivor left on that clan after it was exterminated by a portal break.
This world is merciless to kind people and the only way for her to protect herself and her family is to grow stronger.
"Your limbs, especially your legs are quite long, slender and flexible, it seems that even though you don't practice any killing technique, you work hard in training your martial arts." Sean muses.
"Yep, with your current foundation, it won't be long for you to become a martial artist, how about you come with me? I'm going to the Outside to hunt mystique creatures for all of you eat." Everyone was shocked by his words.
"That won't be needed, this school will provide such a simple resource for all of you." Cherry frowns and informs them.
"Hahaha! I know but it's better if they hunt it by themselves, don't worry, I'll pair her up with Jericho and Missel, I would be monitoring them." Sean whispers at her.
She nods her head, if the three can team up, she's confident that they can take down weak iron rank mystique creatures.
Bones raises his hand but Sean shakes his head, he instantly knows what he wants to ask.
With his injuries, it's better for him to stay here and rest, with the supply of meats and pills, they can recover quickly.
Sean went to ask the principal to bring the three to the Outside and she agrees without hesitation, her only demand is that they won't go to the inner core.
She knows his personality, someone who dares to rescue the people in his neighborhood during a portal break wouldn't leave his friend and classmates behind.
"My two partners are already waiting in the forest, I should introduce you to them." He tries to break the tension by making small talk but clearly, the three are still apprehensive.
"Halt!" They were stopped by the city guards but after recognizing Sean, they let them through.
"I will not help with your hunt, I'm going to hunt on my own, if you manage to take three mystique creatures down, then, I'll consider it a pass and will create a skill or technique that caters to your fighting style."
The three were stunned when he suddenly runs away, they look at each other and are now quite nervous.
Meanwhile, watching from a distance, Sean chuckles.
He summons Wuk and Jasmine.
"Wuk, you stay here and guard these three, Jasmine, you should hunt ten bronze ranks and absorb their vitality to complete one of the requirements needed for our breakthrough."
The two nods their heads, Wuk was going to kill any mystique creatures that he deems too dangerous for the trio.
Jasmine, on the other hand, was ecstatic, bronze rank! She didn't expect that she might be able to reach this rank this quickly.
"I'm going to the inner core, don't worry, with my current strength, I can escape to the outer core easily." He wasn't going that deep.
Other than hunting bronze ranks, he's also trying to find a particular plant quite famous in their society.
Firefly Tree.
Known for its ability to emit light at night, beautiful and captivating in the sight of most beings, it hides a secret that made it famous.
Blood Sucking Vines, the two living in a symbiotic relationship, one attracts prey and the other captures them, slowly draining their vitality to feed the two plants.
He was now researching for plants that can absorb vitality and these two are one of his choices.
Returning to the inner core, Sean takes a deep breath and feels a rush in his lungs.
He feels his body lighter, the density of spiritual energy is more than tenfold compared to the city and the outer core.
This is the reason why all bronze rank mystique creatures wants to come here.
Intermediate Cultivation Technique, he starts absorbing the spiritual energy in the air.
Inside Beast World, the three mystique creatures were trying their best to absorb the spiritual energy from the outside.
With the daily consumption of Rabbit Grass, the two are now growing stronger but they always felt useless.
Sean had decided to focus in the competition first, then Wuk's evolution and Jasmine's breakthrough before finding the items required for their evolution.
After all, their level is very low and it'll probably take some time before reaching the peak of iron rank.
Traveling through the inner core, he's no longer as cautious as before but still not reckless enough to travel out in the open.
"This is the location according to the records of the Gold Family." He mutters.
The Gold Family are now scouting the inner core after he gave them the information about Golden Paradise.
They know the location but they are still in the process of finding a perfect location to make their base.
"This is the tree?" He looks at the small sapling in front of him with small orbs of lights floating around it.
"Where's the vine? Is it because it's still a sapling that's why there's no vine?" He's confused but still pulls the sapling, only to feel he was lifting a giant boulder.
His expression changes, he can't believe he failed to pull such a small sapling.
Titan Body activate!
His vital force becomes wild and his body slightly enlarges.
"Come!" He roars as he pulls hard, only to fail once again.
He was speechless, he didn't expect trees are like this in this world.
Berserk!
Jade Skin activate!
His presence grows stronger, he then grabs the sapling once again but still fails to pull it out, the ground around him had already cracked.
Deactivating his abilities, he decided not to waste his time pulling this plant since it's clearly impossible for him without wasting enough time.
He sits there and use Intermediate Cultivation Technique to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
All of a sudden, one of the sapling's root actually intertwines with his toe.
His expression changes but it wasn't finished yet.
All the spiritual energy he absorbed has been sucked by the root.
He grabs the sapling and opens a portal to his Beast World to ask for help to the two bunnies.
SWOOSH! In his unbelieving eyes, the plant was actually sucked into Beast World.
[Hostile special entity detected, proceed to purge spiritual intelligence!]
[Item contains genetic modification, the method used is similar to that of the bloodline alterations on the female subjects (Tsu, Hina and Yana).]
[Using ten thousand blood crystals, daily nourishment of the female subjects' blood, one thousand spirit stones, ten thousand silver rank bodies as sacrifice, turn the sapling into a World Treasure.]
Sean was shocked but his expression quickly changes, he escapes as fast as he can.
"Hehehe! I never thought that I would encounter the monstrous prodigy of this city." A voice appears out of nowhere.
Sean's face turns pale, if he isn't wrong, then, this opponent of his is a gold ranker.
Shifting his speed, he changes direction, he has to go all out or else once he's captured, it would be all over for him.
"Oh my, a bronze ranker with a speed like yours, even using trees like a monkey, it seems that the rumours regarding you are true." The teasing voice once again appears.
Sean's eyes narrows dangerously, he's now running towards a direction of one of the gold rank mystique creature present in the area.
Suddenly, he feels a pulling force slowly sucking him.
He quickly realizes his opponent made a move.
The muscles on his legs converges together before transforming into a pump, his vital force spreads throughout his legs and his speed suddenly accelerates.
[Created a new skill (Dash)!]
Sean ignores the notification, right now, he has to give it his all to escape the person chasing after him.
"Oh? You actually knows a movement skill, that's quite rare." The voice appears on top of him.
When he raises his head, his expression turns ugly.
A man with scaly wings is chasing after him, around that man are two mystique creatures that he had never seen before.
A purple creature with a large mouth that generates a suction force trying to pull him in and a ugly fat creature that has four mouths.
Two from its neck, one from its stomach and a normal one on its face.
Genetic Upgrade, this is the only organization active around this area.
'Another!' Once again, he accelerates but it seems that his effort is useless as his opponent is clearly just playing with him.
"Neh, how are you able to pull the life tree from its root?" The man casually asks but clearly, he's curious about Sean's method.
Ignoring the man, Sean punches a large boulder and escapes.
The boulder rumbles as it starts moving, a large creature with a body made of stone roars.
This is one of the landmark Sean has always been wary, if it weren't for his instinct and spiritual sense, he wouldn't be able to notice this big guy.
"Oh? A Stone Spirit, a good gold ranker but, such creature wouldn't be able to stop me." The man chuckles before punching the creature, blowing it away.
'F*ck! I didn't just meet a madman but also a powerful one, only that creature might be able to save me.' Sean thought, not stopping at all.
He starts running towards the direction of Golden Paradise, there's only one target in his mind.
The dragon in the Golden Paradise, he looks at his opponent and was glad that he's still not taking him seriously.
'That aura is already at the stage of manifestation, that shouldn't be possible for a bronze ranker to manifest.' The man chasing after Sean actually wants to experience his Ultimate Strike.
In fact, not only him but all the gold rankers that saw his punch were shocked, all of them instantly realized the meaning of that punch.
Sean has already started to walk at the path of supreme, the innate realm.
Aura - Image Transformation - Spiritual Transformation.
Silver rank to gold rank to innate realm, the three signifies the three changes.
One is only imaginary, second is already Transformation of the soul and finally, making the imagination into a real object.
Ultimate Strike already forms an apparition and it wasn't a simple one at that.
Sean is unaware but he's already the target of all the major underground organizations.
His value as a martial artist and research material is just too great, the man didn't expect that their test subject would actually draw such a treasure.
Each one of their test subjects that are considered as a semi-success is monitored by a gold ranker.
When Sean pulls the sapling into Beast World, hereby, destroying the signal that connects the plant to the researchers.
'Faster! Use Intermediate Cultivation Technique to replenish my vitality and use vital force to increase my speed!' Sean was desperate.
His every step causes the earth below him to cave in but as he goes deeper, his mark actually grows lesser and lesser.
His speed is now accelerating at insane pace, the bones in his legs creaks and the muscles are convulsing.
He ignores the pain and continues, he was attracting a lot of attention, gold rank mystique creatures would from time to time chases after him but was forcefully repelled or killed by the man chasing after him.
Sean looks at the person that is actually growing closer rather than farther.
He grits his teeth and use an ability of his that will put him in immense danger in this place.
Charm activates!
With Intermediate Cultivation Technique active, the spiritual energy converges towards him, making him look like a living treasure.
The eyes of the man becomes green with greed, he suddenly accelerates, catching up to him.