Raven opened his eyes and stood up stretching his body lightly before going out of the room . It was afternoon already so the inn was currently hectic but Raven liked such scenes more than quiet and dull environment.
He paid the owner his rent for his stay here and left the city from North Gates . A huge plain grated him and Raven unhurriedly started walking on the slightly wide road . On both his sides was green and Raven enjoyed such pollution free environment very much . Unlike him the other people traveling had cautious looks because every now and then beast roars were heard from the distance and there was no guarantee that they wont encounter some on the road .
Soon the right side had a changed view because unending forest with huge trees greeted Raven . But his face had a smile because he remembered his battles of that torturous month . Now that he is much stronger, his confidence was greatly boosted and besides this was just a forest not a mountain range where there were too many beasts. Inside most of the cities there existed some shops belonging to the sect and the disciples could enjoy great discounts there .
White Cloud City being the nearest city to the sect had more than one shops . Raven did not have any silver but he could still purchase some simple but extremely useful items that were free of cost for inner disciples. He purchased a detailed map that depicted the area of surrounding 3 cities . Naturally the forest was also a part of the area . The information gathering ability of the sect was too strong because of the existence of thousands of disciples and other people who managed the businesses of sect . So the map contained almost all the basic information about the various areas inside the forest .
Raven was strong but he would not mess with any level 3 or higher beasts right now because his cultivation was still not that strong and these damned beasts usually travelled in groups. He had experienced dread himself so he would avoid such mistakes now with all his ability . Soon he entered the forest and swiftly traveled towards the region which was supposed to harbor many level 2 beasts . He needed beast cores so lower level beasts were only a waste of time for him . Now that he had space ring , Raven could store many corpses and sell them at the next city for some low grade spirit stones. Now silver and gold would be of much less use to him . His stock of silvers was exhausted after paying the rent but he had no plans to procure some more .
The forest area spread to thousands of kilometers but Raven had the detailed map memorized inside his brain so it was difficult for him to get lost . He arrived at the rumored area and encountered 3 Flame Cloud beasts in less than five minutes which made him praise his luck. These more than 5 meters tall beasts with ferocious looks were actually just level 2 beasts who had some power to spew fire . In Raven's eyes they were only chicken waiting to be slaughtered.
Raven had his aura hidden since leaving the sect so he just controlled his breathing and blended in the surroundings. The ignorant beasts did not notice his presence so he carefully took out his heavy sword from the space ring and shot condensed qi blades at the three beasts from less than five meters of distance. His strenght has risen to great extent and the purity of his qi was even higher than most of the 9th level Martial Masters so the qi blades had enormous power hidden in them . The beasts did not even manage to make a sound before their necks were pierced by the thin qi blades . The unnecessarily huge bodies exposed their huge necks which made them an easy target . Raven quickly stored the bodies inside his space ring and started to trace their tracks .
He had read many books so he knew that Flame Cloud Beasts were usually sighted in groups of hundreds and they only come out in open when hunting for food . Basically they lived in small tribes so those 3 from before must have been separated from the pack for some reason . Raven was confident in killing thousands of these beasts with ease because he had confirmed from the previous encounter that the strength of his qi blades was more than enough to completely pierce their thick skin . He also had the confidence to hide his presence from them and lock on them with his Divine Sense so all this made these puny beasts perfect target for some good hunting time . If others heard about Raven's thoughts then they would start kicking his face because others had experienced the nightmare of hundreds of Flame Cloud Beasts attacking them at once with their huge bodies crushing them and flames roasting them . Well not all the people had monstrous strenght and inexhaustible Divine Sense like Raven after all .
Following the tracks, Raven leisurely moved forward while encountering many herbs on the way which were hundreds of years old and contained good amount of spiritual energy . This was another benefit because beasts were sensitive to such treasures and only eat some while leaving the rest for later usually. These beasts did a great service to Raven even after death which made them much useful them any normal comrades.
Raven had to walk for more than 30 minutes before he finally came to a stop and immediately hid his presence. Hundreds of flame cloud beasts were in front of him . Some were sleeping while some must be the guards but Raven could only feel joy because his prey was even greater in number than his expectations .
Raven planned for a bit and started hunting the beasts lingering on the outskirts silently while storing their bodies inside his space ring . The beasts were huge in size and number so his space ring filled quickly . But he then paused and went away while returning to the area again after extracting the beast core and disposing the bodies far away. He repeated these actions more than five times and was amazed at his own efficiency which made him feel doubtful about his own potential that was screaming that Raven could become a skilled assasin . His efficiency was increasing with time and it now reached to the point that he could even use his Hundred Cleave Skill to shoot 100 compressed qi blades silently killing multiple opponents . This meant that he had already reached almost perfection in his skill which was monstrous speed as normal people could not reach the same realm even in their whole lives sometimes . Raven still has not used any sword intent because he was not skilled in using it yet and beasts were more sensitive in sensing the energy in Heaven and Earth than humans. He did not want to alert his prey and ruin the silent killing .
But his thoughts were biased as even idiots will recognize that something is wrong if the number of beasts got less and less . In the end he had to face more than hundred remaining beasts at once and finally experienced their terror as the earthquakes they produced while stomping on the ground and huge fireballs were really scary . Raven was almost roasted many times because it was his first time to face such fierce magic skills and in huge numbers on top of that . Still is qi was powerful and with his using it constantly in battle , it was automatically becoming denser and denser in time . With strong qi and high supply , Raven was fearless as he faced hoards of enemy beasts.
It took him more than five hours of constant life threatening battle to finish all of them . He suffered some flesh wounds but felt no pain. Just his mind was exhausted after the adrenaline receded back after the end . He was surprised because due to the battle sounds back on the mountain he had to face more beats who came out of nowhere in hoards but this time not even a small rabbit came . But soon he remembered reading something about territorial instinct in the beasts which gets stronger with time . Especially in this forest the beasts must have formed hierarchy and the numbers were lesser than the mountains . In the end Raven shrugged all these thoughts as he became busy in cracking the thick skulls of these beasts corpses and storing the nail sized beast cores inside his space ring . He could only store some corpses and left the area because it was dangerous for him if he continued lurking there for long .
The urge to sleep assaulted him once he spotted a big tree and laid on its thick branch. The mental exhaustion overpowered his desire to cultivate so unknowingly his eyes closed and Raven went to the country of dreams for the next few hours without eating anything .