Amid the darkness, Abel's consciousness woke up, his head aching like never before, not to mention that his body felt like it was soaked in hot lava, burning every inch of him.
In addition, strange memories appeared in his mind, as if he had just awakened from a dream, at times he saw himself in a strange place, everything around him was a pale gray color, it was also like that endless place where he was before, with nothing around, except the silhouette of a woman, who seemed to speak to him.
Abel paid full attention, but it was useless, and the more time passed, the more blurred these memories became until they disappeared, only leaving the feeling of loss in him, like when one gets out of bed and remembers having dreamed something, only that without remembering it.
"What the hell was that, ouch"
Abel tried to move, but it only caused him great pain, with great effort, he opened his eyes, it was still night, he quickly examined his surroundings only to notice that a large clearing had been created in the forest, whose epicenter was where he was.
"What happened, I remember that I had just made my way to the 4th level of refinement and..."
His head was a jumble of thoughts, but little by little he became more lucid until he remembered everything that had happened.
"Hahahaha, it seems that somehow I survived, but where was the lion of fire and azure thunder?"
Examining more closely, she realized that his body was inside him, at this moment, Abel was inside the beast, bathing in his blood.
"HOW THE HELL DID I END UP IN THIS SITUATION? he had heard of 'special' falls, but he didn't know that one could pass out inside the body of a dead beast."
Making fun of his situation a bit, Abel tried to get up only to realize that he could not, only the slight movement sent waves of pain to his brain, so Abel stopped trying and began to think about the situation. of the.
"It seems that in the end I made it, he was able to defeat that damn beast at the last minute, and I thought he was already dead."
Remembering what happened, cold sweat ran down Abel's back, this time, unlike the previous ones, he felt death so close that it could almost be said that it greeted him, only being saved by sheer luck.
"Yup, it was definitely luck, if at that last moment I had not found that dagger, it would be impossible for me to have crossed that threshold that stopped me months ago and reach the late achievement with the arts of the double sword, managing to finish off that beast."
Abel said this to no one in particular as he nodded.
"Although well, if I had given up in the beginning, or had not resisted until the end, I would already be dead, so let's leave it at 50-50"
While his success can be attributed to the good fortune of having found the dagger at that time, it could also be said that the heavens do not close all doors, as long as you persevere, a path or opportunity will present itself.
"Hahaha, and to think that I did not believe in those things in my previous life, well, I should examine the condition of my body, after all, I do not want to stay any longer in the body of this damn lion."
With this thought, Abel sent his spiritual sense through his body to examine the severity of his injuries, what he found terrified him, but also made him smile helplessly.
"Hell, how could I continue standing at that time? Most of my bones are broken, my organs slightly damaged, if it weren't for my double spiritual cleansing that gave me great vitality, only these wounds would have already sent me with Saint Peter."
The sight of his body was a sorry state, he had never broken a bone in his previous life, and he would already have a bad day if he hit his little toe on the table, even if a doctor saw the state of his body, he would. more likely he will tell you to prepare his coffin.
But it was not all bad news, he also noticed something strange as he saw the deplorable state of his body, somehow, the blood of the beast was helping him to recover faster.
"Strange, although I had read that somebody cultivators use the blood of beasts to strengthen their physical body, they don't do it the way I'm doing it, they would mix it with other herbs before to maximize its effect."
Abel searched his memories to find some information about his current situation, but all he could come up with was a strange conclusion.
"This beast has just made a breakthrough, if it ate some medicinal herbs and fruits to achieve it, then it means that part of the essence of these herbs was not absorbed and still circulated in its blood, which created this strange situation, not just its blood. managed to stabilize my injuries, but more likely, they will end up strengthening my physical body even more."
This conclusion left Abel speechless, for him, the greatest benefit of him was the fact that he survived, but apparently, his efforts would not be in vain, his strength seemed to increase again shortly.
"It also seems that he also helped in my dantian's recovery, as things are, in just a couple of months he will be recovered."
This immense benefit surprised Abel, but it also made him happy, after all, who wouldn't want a reward after risking his life?
But Abel had missed an important detail, and it was the fact that the lion of fire and azure thunder that he killed was not just any beast, it was a mutated beast, it could be said that, out of every 10,000 lions of that species, only one it would have the possibility of mutating, so it was not surprising the benefits it obtained.
"Well, forget it, since it is a gift from heaven, I will absorb all the medicinal essence in the blood, that should also help in my recovery."
Having made his decision, Abel began to circulate his art of assimilation of the 9 elementals and began to rapidly absorb the qi that was left in the lion's blood, causing the pain in his body to begin to subside as his wounds healed at once. quite a fast pace.
It was only when the sun began to peek over the horizon that Abel finished completely absorbing the qi that was left in the lion's blood, which caused his injuries to fully recover, furthermore it also helped him stabilize his cultivation base, if he wanted, he could use the celestial qi of the seal to advance at any time.
Although the idea tempted Abel, in the end he did not, after all, he could not forget the reason why he ended up facing the lion in the first place.
"It was because of the heavenly qi in my body that the lion ended up chasing me."
This fact was verified by Abel in the battle he had a few hours ago, it was only at the moment that he began to extract the celestial qi from the seal and circulate it through his body that the lion became enraged and entered berserk mode.
"It seems that part of the celestial qi escaping from my body caught his attention, he must have found the strange qi trail near the waterfall, so he stayed there for a while, but sensing the qi that escaped during my advance, it must have been alarmed, leading to the current situation, I was quite careless."
Abel couldn't sigh and shake his head at this, after all, one can escape the calamities of heaven, but not the ones you create yourself, although it was strictly not Abel's fault as he didn't think there were beasts. Able to sense the celestial qi, this was also an alarm to him, without his dantian fully recovering, making advances should be made in remote areas or escaping quickly.
"Fortunately for me, in just 1 month my dantian will be cured, so I will no longer have to worry about this, the only bad thing is that some other cultivator can distinguish how special my qi is when I use it in combat."
At this thought, Abel frowned when a tinge of concern showed in his eyes, he thought of some countermeasure, but, in the end, he only found an outlet available to him.
In the cultivation world, there was not only spiritual and heavenly qi, there was also demonic qi, vital qi, among others, it is just that spiritual qi was the one that had the least impurities and was the easiest to absorb in Kunlun, for This is why most cultivation manuals were based on the absorption of it.
Now, if Abel wanted to deceive others, he had no choice but to make them believe that his qi was the most common, spiritual qi, and the only method that allowed him to do this was the divine void concealment technique.
"I did not expect this technique to help me so soon, at that time I chose it for the help it will give me in learning the intentions of the dao of illusion and space in the future."
Shaking his head at this unexpected result, Abel pondered his next course of action.
"In order to hide the heavenly qi, I have to take the divine concealment technique to the next level, for now, I will concentrate on that aspect, I also cannot neglect my sword practice, now that I crossed the threshold towards late achievement, I must head straight for the circle of completion."
"Not to mention the martial techniques the village owes me, although that will have to wait a bit, I still don't want to reveal the extent of my strength."
"And finally, I have to find a way to change the skin of this lion for some resources, although I found the dagger, I still feel more secure with a pair of swords."
As he finished putting all these thoughts in order, Abel couldn't help looking towards the horizon, where the sun was rising, just like his aspirations for this world.