The pressure only lasted for two seconds but that was enough for the five of them to be scared. Hauran and Rose looked at each other shocked. Rina started crying all of a sudden. Rhea and Rome were trembling in their seats and in were also silently sobbing.
Rose quickly grabbed Rina and embraced her. Hauran comforted the other two.
"What was that?" Rose asked Hauran as she was patting the head of Rina.
"I am not sure myself. That was a very strong pressure." Hauran kept hugging Rhea and Rome.
After thinking for a moment, Rose stared at his husband with confusion. "Is it Raia?"
Hauran creased his brows and thought of it. He shook his head. "I really don't know. Maybe it came from him, maybe not. If it really came from him, then I want to know how he did it. That pressure is stronger than the one I can give off. That means there is the possibility that he is already stronger than me. What is happening with this kid?"
"I am having a feeling that things will get a little complicated from now on."
Hauran looked at her. "Let's discuss this later. We should put the kid to their rooms first."
Rose nodded. They comforted the three and after they calmed down, Hauran and Rose were talking in their room seriously.
"His cultivation state is advancing very fast. It would be great if he is a genius and I would be very happy for him. But that also mean other races will have his eyes on him. That will put his life at danger at all times. Us too might be at risk." Rose calmly said.
"We should be ready for the worst case possible case then." Hauran chuckled.
"Protecting the kids will be our priority. I don't like the movements of the Trojans these past few years. I am sensing something big will happen anytime soon."
"I know. Those bastards are always up to no good anyways. I will contact our past members and see if they can help us. If not, we'll just come back home then." Hauran touched the face of Rose.
Rose sighed. "That is the last thing I wanted to do."
"We don't have any other choice. The both of us can't protect our family with our current strength." He embraced Rose tightly making her feel some sense of security.
Rose started to sob. "This won't happen if we didn't…"
Hauran rubbed her back. "It's in the past now. No need to dwell in it."
…
Meanwhile, Raia was still sitting on his bed.
All this time, he was eating then refining blue tear fruits over and over again just to reach the peak state of his body.
The effects were decreasing every time he took it. However, Raia was determined to reach the peak state.
At first, he was taking a single fruit but when he sensed that the effects were declining at a huge level, he began consuming three fruits at a time.
After a half a day and he was taking six blue tear fruits in one go.
He didn't hesitate to use all the blue tear fruits. He found a good place where he can harvest them freely.
And after almost a day and a half, his foundation and body were not changing anymore even if he ate ten fruits at the same time.
"This is the limit of this body." He smiled and checked every aspect of his body.
Raia consumed a total of 270 blue tear fruits just to reach this limit.
"I couldn't find any flaw on my foundation and my body. This is not just peak state. This is perfection state." Raia laughed.
He achieved something more than his goal and this made him very happy.
Perfection state means that the foundation was laid down at the most ideal layout that it can be inside the body while having their perfect states. The body, on the other hand, had attained a flawless status and reached the threshold of the state in can possibly have.
Refining spirit energy was hundred folds faster and the amount he can absorb was hundred times larger at this state. He also now possessed a huge amount of stamina.
However, this does not mean his foundation and body won't improve any more. As Raia breakthrough to higher states, these two will get stronger with him.
This is the perfect state of his foundation and body in his Martial Physique State.
"I can break through to Marital Spirit State anytime."
He also reached peak 9th level Martial Physique State and can easily advance to the next state easily.
Raia released some of his aura but quickly retrieved it back after a few seconds.
"That was very intense.." He was greatly shocked that he can give off that type of pressure. Some of the small stuff in his room even shook and fell to the floor while the others vibrated faintly.
"Really strong…I have now the mid-3rd Martial Spirit State combat power. I can try fighting stronger monsters after I break through the next state. That time I would have at least 4th Martial Spirit State combat power. I can kill the spiked green tiger with ease with that strength."
He head to the bathroom and washed himself for three hours. The impurities were accumulated and were stuck on his skin for a long time.
"I should step out first to see my family. I'm sure they are worried about me."
Raia went to find his parents. His siblings would be at school this time.
He planned to go to the smithy to see his parents but he was surprised when he saw them sitting in the living room.
Hauran heard his footsteps and turned. Rose did the same.
Their eyes widened after they sized Raia.
'Wait? He is still Martial Physique State? That seems to be the case. Then why does it feel I am very weak in front of him? Why is he giving off this aura?! It's like I'm looking at a Martial Master.' Hauran thought to himself.
Raia raised his brows. 'Why are they looking at me like that?'
Rose broke the silence between the three of them.
"Raia come here. We want to talk to you for a bit."
"Sure." Raia sat in front of them.
Hauran and Rose looked at each other and nodded.
Hauran cleared his throat. "Raia, the two of us were observing you and thought of what really happened to you. And we just want to ask you about it. If you don't want to answer, it's fine but please at least give us some light you know."
Raia just smiled. "I will answer your question."
"Did you awaken a physique talent?" Hauran went straight to the point.
Raia was celebrating inside. "Yes."
Huaran and Rose smiled.
"That is a great thing son." Hauran said.
Rose hugged Raia and congratulated him.
"It awakened the moment I broke through the Martial Physique State." Raia then gave some of his well written script of the story to them. His parents accepted it easily.
It was the only reason they can think of that could explain what was happening to Raia such as his fast cultivation and the changes in his body.
Raia breathed a sigh of relief after he knew that his 'talent' was noticed by his parents.
Hauran laughed and tapped Raia's shoulder hard a few times.
"Really good! This is amazing!" He shouted.
Then his expression became serious.
"Raia, now that you have awakened a talent, your life is now changed. You know this, right?"
"Yes, I know."
"You will be safe as long as you are inside our territory but the moment you step outside, our enemies might make a move on you. They see everyone with talent in our race a threat to theirs which is true. They will do anything to kill you. There will certainly come a time that you will venture outside and we can't stop it. You should just be careful."
"You need to take care of yourself at all times." Rose added.
"I will. Thank you, mother, father." Raia embraced the both of them.
"You should also decide what university you will attend. With your physique talent, you can go to any university you want." Hauran said.
"Go to wherever you want. We will support you. Have you already chosen which university you will go?" Rose asked him.
Raia looked up and said. "Not yet. I'll look into it tonight."
"Alright. Tell us after you decided." Hauran said with a smile.
He still hadn't looked at the universities but he already had one on his mind.
"A while ago, we felt a strong pressure for a moment. Is that you?" Rose asked.
Raia thought for a moment and remembered he released his aura back in his room.
He nodded.
"You should contain it to not scare your siblings. They all cried after feeling it." His mother advised him.
Raia felt guilty after Rose relayed to her what happened. Rhea and Rome still went to school although they were still terrified of what happened but Rina stayed home and was sleeping in her room.
"You should play with her today. The little girl already missed you."
Raia nodded.
The three of them talked for a few more minutes.
After which, Rose made Raia a meal. He went to Rina's room afterwards to play with her.
The little girl was really happy. Raia played with her the whole day. He didn't leave to hunt beasts in the forest. He just used the time to rest.
After Rhea and Rome came home, they both talked with Raia asking him what happened, how strong he is and many other questions.
"Raia, your father called you." Rose' voice suddenly sounded.
Raia nodded and went to the smithy to see his father.
"Come here, see this." Hauran handed over Raia a sword.
It has a dark brown blade while having a black hilt.
"I didn't make it like the one I made for you. This is a combination of the horn and other materials. That one is a sword. This one here is a dagger." Hauran handed Raia a dagger that also have the same vibe as the sword.
Raia tried both of the weapons and smiled. "This is good. The grade is just low-grade 3 but it is better than any other weapons of the same grade. Why did you not just make like the one I have?"
Hauran chuckled to his question. "These are for selling. I just want to make mass produced products so don't you think using the small horn as hilt is just a waste when we can use it as another blade." Hauran explained to his son.
"Well..that's true."
"Of course it is. So what do you think?" Hauran asked for the opinion of Raia.
"It's really good. I think it will sell well." The young man honestly answered.
"It will for sure. I'll make some more before selling it outside."
"I'll help you." Raia volunteered.
The two of them worked and only came home when it was time for dinner.
"I'll break through to Martial Spirit State tomorrow." Raia suddenly said.
This shocked the family.
"Good luck, Raia."
"Do your best."
"Wish you all the best."
"You can do it!"
"Go! Elder Brother!"
After dinner, Raia went back to his room and entered the world inside.
He checked his surroundings and began harvesting the blue tear fruits on the side of the canyon again.
Raia planned to give it to his family.
He collected the fruits until it was already morning outside. He climbed back to the top after many hours of work.
Looking at the more than five hundred pieces of blue tear fruit on his hands, Raia felt really excited.
He stored it and walked into the forest to hunt some beasts. He wanted to use their crystal to break through to Martial Spirit State.
"I really wanted to break through in here but there are beasts everywhere."
He was thinking of breaking through in the world inside but realizing that it would be difficult given the dangers lurking around all the time. He won't have even a few hours of free time.
And even though he felt that the side of the canyon was safe, it was a bit uncomfortable breaking through while hanging on the air. Breaking through in a strange position won't do him any good. He won't be able to focus when he is in a weird position.
After walking around for a few minutes, he encountered a spiked-green tiger.
"Wait. This guy!" Raia exclaimed.
It was the same spiked-green tiger that he hit in the eye with the one of his amber swords. The tiger has its one of its eyes wounded and closed.
It glared at Raia like it was looking at its nemesis.
"So you remember me. Well, I'm glad but it doesn't matter 'cause you're gonna die anyways."
He held his amber sword and charged to the spiked green tiger. The spikes on the back of the tiger vibrated and they were shot out like projectiles.
Raia controlled his body perfectly and combined with his speed, he evaded all the spikes successfully.
He arrived next to the spiked-green tiger and killed it with one strike.
The body collapsed to the ground. "My estimation was wrong. I can kill the spiked-green tiger with one strike at this state."
He proceeded to collect its crystal. "This might not be enough. I need to find more mid-rank 3 beasts."
Raia continued to search for mid-rank 3 beasts and discovered something interesting half an hour later.