Raven deliberately pretended to not notice the presence of Bloom and slowly climbed towards the small cave . Strong bodies had benifits so even though there were not much places which can be used as footing , Raven's powerful grip did not allow him to fall back down . A fall from 1000 meters above in sky ? The result can only be crushed into meat pie.
Raven only took few minutes to reach inside the cave but Bloom was still hidden from him behind a large piece of rock . Well at least he thought so .
Raven was feeling impatient to check out what treasures he may encounter so He dediced to quickly end the dog life of the Bandit with a strange name . Raven could always check his corpse for any valuables anyway.
Hundred Cleave was a powerful Martial Skill which when mastered to perfection can be used to effortlessly produce 100 qi blades at the same time . The blades contain compressed qi so they can travel far without dissipating and attack the enemy ruthlessly . Still it was very difficult to practice this skill but Raven spent month inside the forest while fighting hoards of beasts all the time . So he managed to master the skill in the end because he would daily spend time in meditation while reflecting on his battles and find points which required improvement . The same could be said for Fountain Steps as he had mastered it to perfection too . It was not hard for Raven who had the skill of researching large amount of data but others who know nothing would feel inferiority when comparing themselves to Raven .
Fountain Steps was the advanced version of Wave Steps . Just by using qi and physical power one can boost their leg strenght for a short period of time to travel great distances in an instant . The peculiar footwork also had less wasted movements thus wasting less energy and further increasing the speed . All in All movement skills were awesome as one could travel hundreds of meters in an instant after reaching higher realms and mastering the skills . Raven had mastered the skill so he would not receive any backlash from using the skill and could use it to travel indefinitely until he exhausted his qi .
Not to waste any more time once Raven confirmed that Bloom had loosened his guard a little with his Divine Sense , Raven kicked the ground and vanished startling Bloom . He felt life threatening danger from his back and wanted to react but Raven was too fast . A qi blade came out of nowhere and slashed into the throat of the Bandit . Blood gushed out from the small hole in the neck and the lifeless body of Bloom collapsed on the ground with a thud . Looking at the horrified expression of Bloom which was frozen now , Raven did not feel any emotions as for him a ruthless Bandit was no more significant than a demon beast which he is used to hunting .
Now it was time to check the loot so Raven immediately started searching the corpse for anything special and found a nice space ring in seconds . Other than the space ring there was nothing else valuable on the Bandit so Raven immediately stored the body inside his own space ring . When he presents the dead body back to the Sect , his mission would finally be complete and Raven could redeem the rewards right there .
The space ring's barrier was smashed by Raven's Divine Sense in an instant because the owner was dead and the spiritual connection was automatically destroyed . The ring became an owner less object but Raven decided not to claim the ownership as for Secret Missions he had to even truthfully report the loot back to Sect Authorities. What a drag ..
Still if Raven found anything good inside then he would not hesitate to take it for himself and deceive the Sect by some lies . It was risky but for treasures , it was worth it . Raven now found the reason behind this simple mission being classified as a secret mission .
Inside the ring there laid many common stuff , some spirit stones and one ancient looking Token . Raven inspected the Token carefully and was surprised. This Token was a Formation Key and contained a map inside it which Raven took a look at effortlessly with his Divine Sense . The Map pointed to this cave as the final destination. So Raven confirmed the reason behind the peculiar actions of Bloom . Obviously he was here for treasures. Raven also understood the fact that he was specially assigned to this Secret Mission most likely because he was a new disciple and unfamiliar with Formations .
Usually the information about formations could only be obtained from the books of Inner Court Library . Especially about the usage of Divine Sense . Whoever assigned this mission to Raven , underestimated him because Raven had a powerful soul and despite being not knowledgeable about Divine Sense yet, he could easily use it probe into some objects . On top of that his control over Divine Sense had already reached extreme heights due to have it released all the time which was impossible for others who would collapse from pain in time . They must have thought that Raven would respect the rules of Secret Missions and hand over the Token to sect after failing to find the use of it . Sadly for them , Raven already knew that this Token was the key to open a Space Portal .
There was no such information available in the Token on the surface . But Raven breached some low level barriers with the sheer force of his Divine Sense and managed to read the basic information . He decided not to waste any time and went into an empty direction . He was not advancing aimlessly because Raven had already found a hollow space in the middle of the cave . Something tens of meters underground managed to block his Divine Sense but after reading the map inside the Token , Raven knew that it must be a hidden formation .
Raven was not disappointed as after digging for some meters , he found a small jade platform buried there . Raven sent some qi inside the Token and magically the Platform started to glow . Soon powerful energy fluctuations arrived and slowly a 4 meters long Space Hole appeared. Raven was speechless after seeing such high level magic but managed to calm down and chose to immediately step inside the portal because the portal was clearly unstable like it was going to disappear soon . Raven's figure vanished from the platform and the glow dissapeared . In the Northen Region such advanced formations were not sighted but Raven had anticipated to encounter some in future after reading the books . He just did not think that he would encounter one so soon .