The following day, Arthur immediately headed out of Parachenko Village and ran straight towards the stream where he had wanted to form the blood essence gathering tree.
He had enough of the materials to create three, Rank 1 blood essence gathering trees, so even two out of the three failed, he should theoretically have enough to create one so long as luck was on his side.
With the amount of poison that Arthur had placed around the "seeds" of the blood essence gathering tree, it was possible for it to mutate and cause a another variation to appear, such as the poison essence gathering tree or even a rare purple blood gathering tree.
Poison essence gathering tree refined Poison Fruits which could increase a Fae Masters resistance to poison as well as turn their blood slightly poisonous. If a Rank 2 Fae Master ate one of these fruits from a Rank 2 poison essence gathering tree, their blood could potentially kill a Rank 1 Fae Master if their resistance to poison wasn't high enough.
As for purple blood gathering tree, this was even more rare.
"Purple blood gathering tree is created when large amounts of poisons are mixed together during copulation. If one normally wanted to refine the blood essence tree, they would just kill beasts and add their blood and flesh to the "seed". However since I added in pheromones to attract wild beasts, purple blood gathering tree might form instead".
This particular fae created Purple Blood Fruits from its branches.
Their effect was similar to origin essence stones, yet their usages were much more versatile to very large groups of Fae Masters.
Purple Blood Fruits could be used to refine specific fae, and act as a Rank 1 Fae material.
They could also be ingested and allow a Fae Master to gain a special Physique.
Although the Purple Blood Physique, which pales in comparison to any of the Sovereign Boundary Physiques, could be gained, it was useful in that it could generate wealth by being sold, in addition to increasing the talents of the entire Clan.
Large groups of Fae Masters included those from Clans and Sects. It wasn't worth as much to an individual seeing as they could only sell the fruit once they obtained the Purple Blood Physique.
And this specific type of Fae, wasn't from any of the Seven Continents either. It was from another one of the Thirty Three Heavens.
Normally Arthur wouldn't even dream of trying to obtain this purple blood gathering tree, but if he could gain it, his wealth would increase drastically once he handed it into the Clan.
"The Purple Blood Physique may allow talents to increase their cultivation speed, but doesn't affect their overall origin essence sea size. Additionally, it would be worthless to first-tier talents, and can only affect those with second-tier or below talents".
In the face of the Thirty Three Sovereign Boundary Physiques, they were nothing particularly special.
Nothing was, really.
Arthur arrived at the riverbank where he had planted his "seeds", and frowned slightly at the complete and utter lack of any sought of tree.
He bit his bottom lip, letting out a loud sigh.
"It seems luck wasn't with me this time".
There should've been at least a 33% chance of him forming a blood essence gathering tree, but it seems that the odds weren't in his favour.
Arthur glanced around the area, looking for any sought of sign but sighed at the large amounts of rotting meat that gathered on the side of the river.
The effects of the poisons and consciousness lotus that Arthur had bought had long since faded away, leaving behind only a pile of meat and flesh that had long since become spoiled.
Arthur looked around, using a long stick to push aside some of the smaller carcasses.
The holes that he had dug didn't show any sign of sprouting anything, and if this kept up, he would have a greater chance of creating a corpse essence gathering tree.
"If I could get in touch with some of those Fae Masters who turn themselves into skeletons or zombies this would be a pretty good deal. But unfortunately, I won't be able to benefit from this".
Arthur gathered up some fallen leaves in the forest and started a small fire around the pile or corpses.
Since this was close to the river, it shouldn't spread too far but it was better to burn off everything present in order to prevent others from discerning what he was trying to do.
He quickly left, not wanting to smell of burning rotten flesh by the time he got back to Parachenko Village.
He had started to run back, not daring to use his wind stalker fae, but quickly leapt behind a tree, stilling his breath and slowing down his heartbeat.
"Hey, have you finished refining that new fae yet!".
"Shush! I'm trying to concentrate! And don't be so loud! We're this close to the Kovacs Clan Village! Do you want us to fucking get caught!".
Arthur narrowed his eyes for a moment, completely stilling himself as he listened to the world around him.
He could hear the anxious walk from one of the young men ahead of him, while the other slowed down his breathing to meditate, obviously to focus his origin essence.
Arthur could smell the faint scent of rotting flesh in the air causing his brows to narrow even further.
'These two..... did they go to the place where I tried to form the blood essence gather tree?'.
Arthur quickly smelt his own clothes, but found nothing wrong with them.
But still, the unpleasant scent of maggot-filled flesh and meat filled the air.
The anxious Fae Master frowned unconsciously letting out deep breaths.
"Damn it we fucking stink! Whoever made that god forsaken corpse pile should rot in hell!".
"At least we got a couple of new Fae out of it. I mean, I've never seen either of these two fae before".
Arthur's eyes widened a fraction of an inch before his gaze became stern, his resolve solidifying in his mind.
These two were undoubtably Rank 2 Fae Masters. Even if one of them was refining Fae right now, the other would still be someone that exceeded his strength by an entire realm!
His speed, strength, endurance and stamina would all be lower than his. And considering that Arthur had no idea what type of Fae this person used, he might die.
However-.
Arthur's body shivered slightly as he took in a deep breath, steadying his heart.
For the first time since his rebirth, he was going to try and kill someone with everything he had.
He might even die if their strength exceeded his own by too much.
But none of that mattered right now.
If he didn't get those two fae back, he would regret it deeply.
In fact, having two fae that didn't belong to this Continent roam around freely wasn't something that he wanted. In fact, it was the last thing that Arthur wanted.
If someone, who knew where these two Fae really came from found out who, and how they were made, they would track Arthur down to the very ends of the Thirty Three Heavens.
These two needed to die, even if Arthur needed to risk everything he had on him in order to do so.
Arthur silently activated the moonsword fae, letting the moon shaped tattoo on his hand glow faintly before the silver coloured sword appeared in his hand.
The bloodseeker fae had been fed a large amount of leaves, and was no constantly producing origin essence.
The wind stalker fae was ready, as was the camouflage fae and the black smog fae.
Arthur took a deep breath, and activated his camouflage fae, his figure rippling slightly before vanishing from sight completely.
He had started to sprint towards them, using his full speed while simultaneously avoiding any branches or sticks so as to avoid any noise.
If he had Alina's silent butterfly fae, Arthur would feel at least another 30% more confident in killing these two without sustaining a single injury.
Arthur's eyes fully focused on the young Fae Master pacing around anxiously, his fae at the ready and his origin essence ready to be used.
The one sitting down had less origin essence than the other, due to him refining the fae.
In a one on one battle, Arthur would have a greater chance of defeating him, than a Rank 2 Fae Master with a completely full origin essence sea.
Arthur raised his moonsword above his head, simultaneously activating his moonslice fae.
The Fae Master sitting down frowned for a second, before he opened his eyes and turned towards his partner.
"We're being attacked! Get your Fae read-".
Arthur's figure rippled slightly as a brightly silver coloured crescent exploded out of his moonsword fae, slicing straight through anxious Fae Masters neck.
He was only a few feet away from them, and invisible while using the camouflage fae.
This powerful Rank 2 Fae Master, one that specialized in defensive battles, died in an instant.
In the other Fae Master's vision, he could see everything faster than his friend could.
Despite Arthur cutting straight through his opponents neck, his eyes never left his own body, his gaze frightening and his demeanour bloodthirsty.
For a second there, this Rank 2 Fae Master thought he saw this young man's eyes turn to slits, as if some sort of wild beast or savage maniac.
He raised his arm to activate one of his fae, but saw this Arthur activate another fae, creating an explosion of black coloured smog all around them.