Raikou had a newfound passion to get stronger. Maria forcing him to do something against his will annoyed him.
He looked at his stats to see his current level of strength.
Name: Raikou | Age: 15
Cultivation: Rank 3 General - 8th Level (68,300/450,000) (Godly Meridians)
Energy: 1,700/1,700
Race: Human
Class: Omni Swordsman (SSS) +8 in all variable stats on each level up
Strength: 234 (+2)
Agility: 269 (+2)
Toughness: 260 (+2)
Intelligence: 158 (+2)
Wisdom: 158 (+2)
Charm: 16 (+2)
Skills: Fiendgod Body Refining Method (Transcendence). Observation (Absolution). Berserk (Great Perfection). Cloud Steps (Transcendence). Cloud Slashes (Absolution). Energy Cloak (Small Perfection). Eavesdropping (Initial). Aura (Great Perfection).
Skill: Sword Master (Passive)
Rank: B
Mastery: Perfect
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He had a great improvement in cultivation following the massacre that occurred at Ghost's breakthrough. Beast after beast was killed by him and the experience points just came flooding in.
His most noticeable breakthrough was in his sword mastery. He was only half a step away from reaching the sword grandmaster stage.
With his current strength he could kill a low level rank 5 cultivator and would suppress mid level rank 5 cultivators to an extent.
"It's not enough. If I break through to the sword grandmaster stage, then I could easily kill mid level rank 5's and high level won't be a threat." He wasn't satisfied with his enormous improvements.
If any other cultivator heard him complaining, they would slap him.
He heard a knock at the door, which brought him out of his thoughts. Opening the door, he saw Satella standing there.
"What are you doing here this late?"
"I wanted to apologise for bringing you to my mother. I didn't expect her to treat you like that. I thought you saving my life would've made behave gentler towards you." She truly looked apologetic with a pitiful expression on her face.
"It's fine. It's not your fault. If anything, she's in for a reckoning sooner or later." He winked at her and invited her in.
"No, I'm good. I'll see you tomorrow when you're about to leave." Satella could sense some foreboding from his words and was worried.
He went back to the bed and laid down.
"I wonder what Ghost is up to right now..."
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"Ah fucking shit." Ghost had alot of humans attack him in the forest. They were all at rank 4 and came flooding into the forest upon hearing of a weird beast lurking in the forest.
He killed them all, but had enough of the chase.
"Wait... I'm not a complete beast anymore. I wonder if this would work." He pulled the transformation mask out of his spatial pendant and put it on. Willing a transformation into a human form didn't work out how he wanted, but he didn't look as eye catching as before.
Looking in the river, he could see a really ugly man looking back. If you could even call that a man.
His current form was a 6ft 5" human-looking male with a huge beard and an extremely hairy body. The most eye catching feature were his blood red irises. They came with his transformation into a wolfman, but didn't show up until he began his onslaught.
Using his new body, he went to Hodge City to purchase clothing.
Walking up the gate, he received weird gazes from the guards.
One of the guards spat on the floor in disgust, "Put some clothes on. You're going to scare the civilians."
Ghost released his aura and made them cower. "That is why I came here. Now fuck off." He walked in and went to the clothing store Raikou had previously visited.
The shopkeeper looked at him with fear and disgust, but processed his transaction nonetheless.
Looking in the mirror, Ghost was satisfied with his current appearance. He had worn full black clothing, which was topped off with a cloak that covered his whole body, including most of his face. The only thing visible was his lower face, displaying a huge scruffy beard.
"Ugly, but atleast I won't get attacked continuously. Why did he have to make me a wolfman out of everything! Let's go find him."
Ghost left the city and started his journey in the direction the connection took him.
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Raikou sneezed. "Man, I'm getting really popular lately. People keep mentioning my name."
He couldn't sleep, as he was thinking about all the events that had occurred lately.
The battle he had experienced had taken a serious toll on him mentally. He had never killed so many beasts in one go. What had messed him up the most was how close he had come to death. He had never felt fear like that before. Both his first and second deaths were both instant and didn't give him any avenue to feel any emotions.
Seeing Ghost like that had made him think more about his actions. He needed to tone it down abit. That was why he had tiptoed around Maria. She had uses for him, but what if she had methods to track his companion. The spatial pendant was a reassurance for him, as it allowed Ghost to escape if anything occurs. Now he needs to find him another contingency before going around offending people again.
Raikou sighed. "This is a crazy world I'm living in. If I was stronger back then, maybe we wouldn't be separated right now. I need to breakthrough in my sword mastery. If I boost my cultivation again, then I would be more susceptible to exposure within the academy walls. People would be suspicious of me if I am that strong at 15 years of age."
On that note, he finally felt sleep overcoming him.