After discussing it with Ghost, Raikou had decided that they were going to the Ferus Continent next. They had done all they needed to here, and Ghost had wanted to go to the beast continent since he was a little pup.
Satella decided to tag along, which was something that they all welcomed. She obviously didn't notify her mother, due to the uneasy tension between her and Raikou.
"Malakas. Onwards to the land of beasts!" Pointing
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They flew for over a day before Malakas began to get tired. A huge cliff was in sight that looked like a good place to land. They flew downwards and landed. The place looked like it was uninhabited, so they took camp.
"I haven't taken a proper look at my stats in a while."
Everything had been fast paced lately, which made it difficult for Raikou to sit down and re evaluate his progress.
Name: Raikou | Age: 16
Cultivation: Rank 4 Expert - 3rd Level (700,000/2,000,000)
Energy: 3,400/3,400
Race: Human/Numen
Class: Omni Cultivator (SSS) +8 in all variable stats on each level up
Strength: 388
Agility: 423
Toughness: 454
Intelligence: 342
Wisdom: 342
Charm: 20
Skills: Fiendgod Body Refining Method (Transcendence). Cloud Steps (Transcendence). Cloud Slashes (Transcendence). Energy Cloak (Small Perfection). Aura (Absolution). All-Hearing Eyes (Small Perfection). Blessing of Healing (Small Perfection).
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What caught Raikou's eye was his age. He had turned 16 without realising. According to the memories of the previous host, he didn't really keep track of his age and didn't actually know his true birth date. It wasn't something on his mind, but he would keep an eye out for the next year, as he felt it was necessary to know his true birth date in this body.
His improvements were evident as he had broken through 2 levels since becoming an expert level cultivator. Aura had reached absolution, but its effects were beginning to wane as it was a B+ rank skill, which was too low for his current stats.
Blessing of Healing reached small perfection through his constant use of it during battle. Its effects grew stronger, making it a more useful tool during combat.
Skill: Sword Grandmaster (Passive)
Rank: A
Mastery: Peak
Skill: Void
Rank: SSS
Mastery: Small Perfection
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His sword mastery was merely half a step from reaching the sword saint realm. Unlike the human continent, most combatants on the other continents would be much more difficult to face, which makes upgrading his sword mastery an important focus of his cultivation.
Void breaking through to small perfection was done during his fight with Maria, and was so far the hardest of his skills to breakthrough in. He always felt like there was something more profound to the skill, but was currently unable to find out what exactly.
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"Malakas. Out of all of us, you are the closest to becoming a transcendent. Do it quickly so that we can become an established group in this world. Within time, I will be able to rival a rank 7 cultivator and with both of us, we can look extremely badass." He was excited for the future, as the stage that they would fight on would only grow with time.
Ghost was unhappy with being left out. "What about me. I can fight a low rank saint and I am only at the 1st level of rank 5. Can Malakas jump ranks like that to fight?"
"Can you fly? Are you the descendant of a legendary creature? Also, I can jump ranks, but not as much as that. I can fight a peak saint with ease." Malakas' pride didn't allow him to take that challenge without responding.
"Watch when I catch up in cultivation, then I will make you into my bitch!" Ghost shouted.
Malakas sneered and flew into the air. "That's if you can reach me..."
"Okay, okay. You too, stop it. We're all civilized individuals." Raikou tried to be the mediator of the situation.
Malakas nodded in agreement. Ghost looked at Raikou, "Fuck you too then."
"Why you!" Raikou ran over and punched him in the head. They both wrestled each other to the ground until Satella ran over and stopped it.
"How do you guys even travel together. You're both so childish. Atleast Malakas here is mature." She scolded them like a mother would.
"Sorry." Ghost and Raikou pretended to be apologetic while glaring at each other.
"This is going to be a long journey." Malakas muttered.
The arguments were interrupted by a loud screeching sound.
Looking up, they saw a huge dragon-like creature flying above.
Name: Lindorm
Cultivation: Rank 7 4th Level
Species: Drako
"What are you all doing in my territory." A gravelly voice sounded out.
Raikou was slightly nervous after seeing his cultivation. This was the first transcendent he had encountered in which he could see the target's cultivation. It was different from the ??? he saw before, which felt different from seeing the actual state.
"We're travelling to the Ferus continent, but my flying companion was too tired from constant flying, so we took refuge at the first suitable place we saw." His back was drenched in cold sweat, as he wasn't sure of how Lindorm would respond.
"Kekekekeke. Seeing people sweat upon seeing me is a great pasttime. You can rest here, I won't interfere with you." Lindorm flew away after laughing.
Raikou sighed in relief.
Malakas was affected by the encounter the most. Lindorm was a dragon type creature just like him, but one that had reached the level of transcendence. It was a pressure he hadn't felt before.
"What a weird being." Raikou expected something different. A transcendent who behaved like that must be rare. "We will leave in the morning, so let's get some sleep."
For some reason, he felt like that wasn't the last that they would see of Lindorm.