Inside the dense forest covering thousands of miles of radius, beasts occupied most of the areas installing fear in the heat's of hunters and mercenaries who hunted some beasts to earn a living . Strangely though , starting a month ago Level 2 beasts started disappearing at fast pace startling the hunters as after careful inspection they found corpses of those beasts at desolate areas with only clean fatal cuts on them . From the fact that all of them had their beast core plundered , the hunters knew that a very powerful person must be behind this . They did not want to provoke such a powerful person but since last ten or so days now Level 3 beasts which were like the overlords of this forest were also being hunted at fast pace and finally hunters could not keep their calm anymore because their income suffered a huge blow . Despite searching for the culprit frantically they have not managed to even see glimpse of him which made them feel more furious with passing time .
The culprit they were desperately searching for was Raven who after discovering the fast cultivation experience with the help of beast cores , became a ferocious hunter during the day while practicing his Martial Skills on the way . At night he would cultivate in peace and his cultivation increased by leaps and bounds resulting him reaching Peak 9th Level of Martial Master Realm already. Level 2 beast cores no longer provided much energy after he reach the 7th level for which his abnormal qi pool was to be blamed, so he started hunting the Level 3 beasts who were much tougher and served as great practice material for his Martial Skills . Due to constant fighting
, his qi refined at light speed and the purity increased thus his cultivation advancement became smoother and smoother everyday.
This too much monstrous talent for cultivation is practically unheard of in this world and even the geniuses could not hope to cope with this speed all the time even with excellent resources . Raven even hunted for all the resources himself so his skills became sharper at extremely fast rate too . He could only be labeled as a monster in human skin now with his abnormal talent .
Raven was now satisfied as his initial goal was already achieved after he reached the 9th level more than 15 days earlier than he had planned at first . He now started to celebrate about his mission because the time frame was limited and he had nothing to achieve in this forest anymore . From absorbing the chaotic energy inside beast cores Raven know knew that his absorption speed and efficiency was monstrous because others have to carefully expel the chaotic element first to just absorb the remaining pure energy and then slowly transform it into their qi . But for him there were no need to go through such trouble as unlike others who took hours to refine a Level 2 core , he only needed ten or so minutes . His talent for absorption and cultivation was too much that it even shocked himself . Still though he had to refine too much qi compared to others at same level as him so the resources needed were more than five times too . Well there is no free lunch in this world that's all .
Now he could fully focus on his mission as with his Divine Sense always open , he managed to avoid encountering others everytime. At first he had thought something major must have happened but when he eavesdropped on their conversations , he instantly felt embarrased because apparently he had caused too much of a commotion by hunting too many beasts in a short period of time . Still he was going to leave anyway so these matters have nothing to do with him .
The Secret Missions of higher levels may be infiltration missions that could last even years long but Raven had only recieved a simple assasination mission . He was confused because he could not guess the reason behind this mission to be classified highly . Any random Inner Disciple could easily complete this mission . After much thinking Raven could only guess that this must have either something to do with the identity of the prey or the location of the target . From the information Raven concluded that the Bandit Captain Bloom had no particular secrets so him possessing any treasure was unlikely . Because to loot the treasures, even Elders would personally march out instead of assigning a newly advanced disciple like him.
Raven has read many books but still his knowlege about mysterious areas like the Rock Mountain was shallow . He only knew that there was sighting of some special garden in the past a few times which mysteriously dissapeared in seconds each time . Maybe the Bandit has some kind of clue about that garden with him because he was actually found hiding in the desolate Rock Mountain for more than a month before where even the monsters have no meat . No water source either So something indeed smelled fishy . Even though cultivators at Martial Master Realm had no need to intake food at regular intervals to sustain their lives but it was strange that Bandit disregarded water too
. Clean water was still necessary unless the cultivator has advanced to Martial General Realm . Raven could not reach any conclusion with little information so he decided to see for himself . Fortunately the Rock Mountain was located near the White Cloud City so he reached there quickly.
Raven has discovered that even if he probed someone with his Divine Sense without leaking any intentions then he would not be discovered . While hunting beasts he was once attacked by one immediately after using his Divine Sense so he experimented for few times to confirm his suspicion. Now after teaching 9th Level , Raven's range of Divine Sense has been extended to 250 meters radius around him . So he can just walk fearlessly and will be instantly alerted if something managed to touch his radar .
The mountain was truly a wonder because there was absolutely nothing but Rocks on the surface . Caves were innumerable with different sizes so it was really a good place to hide from pursuers . The beasts were only some Golems with highest at Level 3 so for Raven it was like walking in a Rocky Park .
Raven did not bother hiding his presence and climbed in a straight line slowly but his Divine Sense was clearly seeing everything. Raven finally found Bloom after climbing for more than 1000 meters inside a cave . According to the portrait Raven could not possibly manage to ignore such a vicious and ugly face .
Raven did not show any traces on his face but was feeling delighted inside because his Divine Sense encountered some kind of barrier inside the cave which it was unable to pass through . This only meant that there was some kind of force or formation blocking his perfection which smelled treasure !