Fifteen minutes ago, Raia found a spiked-green tiger. However, he didn't attack it.
He just silently followed it like a stalker.
About a moment ago, this idea came to his mind. "If I couldn't find any place to stay, then I'll just steal one."
Raia diligently followed the spiked-green tiger without alerting it. He was watching its movements from afar.
And his work bore some good fruit.
The spiked-green tiger returned to its home without it knowing that it was being followed.
Raia was looking at the entrance of the place where the tiger entered. It was a cave and it was a big one just judging by its entry point.
Raia was grinning like a villain. He knew for himself that inside this cave, there must be a bunch of spiked-green tigers. Even a few of them would be enough for him to break through to Martial Spirit State.
He had over a hundred of peak-rank 2 four-horned goat spirit crystals but those were useless to him now. Even a low-rank 3 crystal can only give him a little amount of energy. The mid-rank 3 was not the best but it was enough for his break through.
He can just buy some high-rank crystals outside but the quality of their energy can't be compared to the spirit crystals inside this world. He realized this the last time he used the crystals of the beasts he hunted outside.
For him, it was like eating a spoiled food.
That is why he gave away all the crystals he had to his parents. Those crystals were already useless to him but his family can still use those.
The only crystals were left in his possession were from the beasts in this world.
With his perfection state foundation and body, the best quality energy is required.
He slowly entered the high entry way of the cave. The path was dark, however, there are light green stones that were emitting faint glow around the cave and they gave Raia some vision in his way.
He walked towards one of the stones, picked it up and scanned it.
"I don't know what this is. I'll bring just this back and ask father about it." He sent this small stone into the storage space and resumed walking.
He ignored the green stones around. It was not his priority but the spiked-green tigers inside.
Raia walked cautiously for five minutes and arrived at a dome like structure inside the cave. He hid behind a rock and observed the place.
There were about forty spiked-green tigers in this dome. They were scattered around doing different stuff. Most of them were adults at mid-rank 3 but there were few cubs at peak-rank 2.
But the one that caught attention was the thing at the center of the dome. There is a small platform like structure in the middle of the place and on top of it was a stone about two meters in diameter.
This stone was shining a bright green light that was hitting every part of the dome.
And that was not all. Beside this shining green stone was a spiked-green tiger larger than everyone else and looked more dangerous than those ordinary ones.
Its spikes were several folds larger and even though it was laying down the floor, it dwarfs everyone else around it.
'It was a peak-rank 3 beast. I should try to kill it. I'll just escape when something happens.'
At first, he just wanted to kill the tigers for their home but now he also wanted to get their possession.
Raia was interested in that shining green stone.
At the back of the stone, he stretched his body and then stood up.
"What's up? I'm here to take over your home." He said then charged at the tigers.
'Roar!'
The tigers saw him and rushed to his direction. Their first attack was shooting spikes on Raia. The spikes flew and they were so many that the part where they were going became dark.
Facing more than one thousand spikes, Raia's heart skipped a beat.
"Full attack from the very start?!" As he shouted, he ran towards a rock and hid behind it.
After the barrage of spikes, Raia came out and sprinted towards the tigers. They exchanged blows at close quarter.
At this distance, Raia prevailed. Only one swing of his sword is needed to kill a spiked-green tiger.
'Swoosh!'
He was mercilessly killing the tigers when a huge spike flew towards him at a very fast speed.
Raia sensed this spike and raised his amber sword to block it. The spike and his sword clashed. Unfortunately, the amber sword lost this one. It cracked and was destroyed.
The spike passed through it and continued to reach Raia.
His eyes widened but he tilted his head perfectly and evaded the spike. It brushed the air beside his head before piercing the wall behind him.
The other tigers retreated.
At this moment, the peak-rank 3 tiger stood up and glared at Raia. It was seven meters tall making his neck bent upwards for some reason.
"This scene reminds me of the feral alpha. Then I'll just call you alpha green tiger." Raia smirked. He was a bit scared now that he had no weapon on his hand.
However, his fists were also his weapons.
He raised it and took his stance. With a kick on the ground, Raia arrived below the head of the alpha green tiger in a blink of an eye.
He threw an uppercut punch that packed all of his strength at the lower part of its head.
'Boom!'
The punch connected and it threw the head of the alpha upward.
Raia wanted to follow up the attack but the claw of the alpha tiger quickly reached him.
'Bang!'
He was sent flying until his body crashed onto the wall of the dome.
Raia coughed blood but he still stood up.
'Swoosh!'
The alpha tiger shot its huge spikes. Raia jumped to the side and the spikes were all stabbed to the wall.
'I can use the spike as a weapon.'
He grabbed one spike and pulled it out from the wall. He exerted some strength before the spike came out. He gripped it and threw it to the alpha tiger like a spear.
The tiger effortlessly blocked the spike. It growled and attacked Raia again with its spikes.
'Swoosh!'
Several more spikes were sent to Raia. He successfully evaded the attack like last time.
He pulled out a spike again and threw it to the alpha tiger. It blocked the attack and shot its spikes to Raia again.
'Come on. Almost there.'
This scenario repeated a few more times.
Then it happened.
The alpha green tiger lost all its spikes.
"At last!"
Raia noticed that unlike the other spiked-green tiger that can regenerate their spikes after a minute, the alpha green tiger couldn't restore its spikes quickly.
He was observing it and it was very slow it would take a single spike half an hour to fully regenerate.
This gave Raia an idea. He should make the alpha green tiger use all its spikes and battle with it at close quarters.
After he was hit by its claws the first time, Raia realized he can take a few of its attacks. His body was tougher than what he expected.
As for his weapon, he can use his fist and he can also use the spikes as spears.
The moment the alpha green tiger lost its long range attacks, Raia pulled one of the spikes near him and charged forward.
The alpha tiger rushed to him to.
Raia gripped the spike on his hand and threw it at the tiger. It used its claws to block the spike. This gave Raia a small window to strike the tiger.
He kicked the ground the second he shot the spike and arrived at the front of the head of the alpha tiger. With all his might, he punched the head of the tiger. It staggered after receiving the hit.
It pounced on Raia and he didn't have enough time to evade it and was hit again. He spat some blood but still charged into the fight again.
They exchanged blows for half an hour.
Raia was surprised to learn that his stamina was larger than he imagined. Every strike he released was full power and he lasted this long.
On the other hand, the alpha green tiger was already exhausted. It was also giving its best but it didn't have the perfection state body like Raia. It was starting to become a punching bag for Raia.
Raia jumped backwards and pulled two spikes, turned to the heavily panting alpha green tiger and leaped into the air.
He landed on top of the tiger and was prepared to stab the two spikes on its neck.
However, the tiger still shook its body and the Raia's attempt failed. The spikes pierced the neck shallowly and Raia was thrown away by the shaking of its body.
The alpha green tiger tried to fight even after it was stabbed on the neck.
However, Raia didn't stop and leaped once again into the tiger. The second he was near its head, he punched its forehead down to the floor.
'Boom!'
The head of the alpha hit the floor violently and the impact made the dome shook.
Raia jumped again and smashed the head of the alpha tiger again and again.
After half an hour of punching it without stopping, the alpha green tiger finally died.
Raia panted heavily and was sweating buckets. He broke most of his ribs and his fists were swollen and bleeding too.
The exhaustion finally kicked on his body but it was not so bad to make him feel weak.
"That was hard and exhausting. Good thing I caught it surprise by my first attack."
He sensed that the alpha green tiger was underestimating him and was relaxed because it was confident that Raia couldn't kill it. Its guard was down the first time it saw him and this gave Raia a chance of killing it.
The one strike he first connected to the alpha green tiger gave him a little bit of chance of winning. It was slowed by a small amount after all. But this small amount decreased the gap between their speeds by a huge margin.
If not for this, he was not confident he can kill the alpha. It was at peak-rank 3 after all.
Just killing it, although it was already a punching bag, took him more than half an hour.
"Now, I'll clean the others up."
He turned his attention towards the remaining spiked-green tigers. They were obviously scared after they saw what happened to their alpha. They started to run away and escape the devil in front of them.
"Not gonna happen, boys!" Raia rushed to them and resumed his slaughter. He didn't left anyone alive and killed even the small cubs.
After killing all the tigers, he disassembled them and sent the material into the storage space. The spiked green tigers can be used many ways.
The fur was good for clothing. The spikes, fangs and claws can be used for weapons and the spirit crystal was good for cultivation.
Of course, the alpha tiger gave the best loot out of all the tigers. Its parts were several times larger after all and it has better quality.
"I'll ask father for another weapon."
His two amber swords were gone only after over a week.
After cleaning the area, Raia turned his attention towards the shining green stone. He approached it and even he was a few meter away from it, he can already feel the rich energy it contains.
"I can use this to break through the Martial Spirit State."
The spirit crystal of the peak-rank 3 alpha was already very great but this shining green stone was even greater!
He touched the stone with his spirit force and sent it to the storage space.
"I will seal the place first in case the other tigers come back."
Raia lifted the stones around and used it to block the passageway to the dome. It took him a few hours to seal all the possible entry points of the tigers.
"This is more than good enough."
He exited the world inside, healed his wounds and quickly came back.
At the middle of the platform, Raia sat down and took out the shining green stone.