Right away, Raia entered the lair of the armor rabbits. He was excited and happy that he even greeted the armor rabbits when he arrived at the center area.
"Hello, pals! We met again!" The setting was complete with the two things he expected it to have.
Armor rabbits and the glowing green spirit stones.
The moment Raia checked it, he charged towards the armor rabbits that were also rushing to him. Some of them were already launching themselves like cannon balls to his direction.
However, Raia can be called an armor rabbit master slayer as of this moment. At least, that's what he wanted to call himself. He had already slain more than a thousand of armor rabbits after all and already had a wide knowledge about battling and killing them.
Doing what he intended to do, Raia was continuously slaying the armor rabbits.
Without any breaks for the next six hours, he was destroying anyone that got in his way.
Only after another hour later, when all the six hundred armor rabbits perished, he stopped and rested.
"This was the third lair just for today. It looked like I struck gold this time and found an area where the armor rabbit lairs were near from each other."
Just like the past, he sealed the place first, dismantled the bodies of the armor rabbits, before walking to the glowing green spirit stones.This time, the stones numbered about eight hundred and this made Raia shocked and happy at the same time.
He collected the stones and decided to leave the lair. However, he rested first to recover some of his energy.
"I am on the roll and I think I can find more lairs today." With that, he exited the place.
When he arrived at the forest, he right away sprinted to a direction to search for another lair while also killing beasts on the way.
A couple of hours passed and Raia discovered a new lair. It was also an armor rabbit's. He was not just searching for an armor rabbit lair but any type of beast lair. However, he couldn't find one.
After entering the place, Raia began raiding it without any delay.
The seven hundred armor rabbits were killed almost eight hours later. He spent some time inside, recovering his energy and collecting the loots.
This time too, he decided to pause refining the glowing green spirit stones and just continue searching for another beast lair.
Raia found his fifth armor rabbit lair of the day. He was actually glad to find it before the night arrives.
The battle with the armor rabbits immediately erupted the moment he entered the center area. Eventually, he cleared the place.
After doing his initial tasks, Raia gathered the glowing green spirit stones.
"The amount I collected today is enough for my spirit to reach high state."
He looted thousands of glowing green spirit stones that was already sufficient for him to improve his spirit to its high state. Another thing was that he can also break through to the 2nd Martial Spirit State with the amount of armor beast spirit crystal he have in his storage space. That made Raia really satisfied in today's events.
After he rested, he exited the world inside. It was already morning in the outside world.
…
During the morning, Hauran and Raia were in the smithy starting to make the blacksmithing tools.
Most of the work was done by Hauran but his son was still there assisting him in any way he can.
After gaining some knowledge about the characteristics of the armor rabbit part, Hauran gave some instructions to Raia.
"Go get some tools and make the molds. Just use that anvil as a pattern for yours. We'll do the pouring tomorrow."
Raia nodded and did what his father said.
He took some hammers, chisels, cooling vessel and the anvil and made some molds using them. Fortunately, he was strong enough to carry the anvil. He broke the tongs into small parts before making the molds.
…
In the afternoon, Raia went back into the world inside. This time, he chose to refine the glowing green spirit stones for his spirit to reach its high state.
The first two hundred stones were refined with ease.
Raia didn't stop and continued to the next batch.
The third came, then the fourth…
Time eventually passed in the world inside and all this time, Raia was absorbing and refining the glowing green spirit stones without any stop.
In the end, a sudden burst of spirit force was released from his body.
His eyes finally opened and they were giving of a faint green glow that disappeared a second later.
Finally, Raia's spirit reached high state!
He can feel a deeper connection with the spirit energy around him and his learning capacity also increased by a few folds. Also his spirit force improved and was several times stronger than before.
Even though the glowing green spirit stones were mainly for the spirit, his foundation and body also gained some progress this time.
"My mind feels clearer."
He didn't felt a drastic change in his strength but this result still satisfied him. His cultivation didn't progress that much but he have the spirit crystals for that role.
He sensed the outside world and now, he can see his room clearer than before.
At this moment, he saw the time and realized that it was already afternoon of the next day.
When he walked out of his room, he didn't found anyone around the house. Raia wasn't surprised because he knew that his parents were at work and he assumed that his siblings were probably cultivating.
Rhea, Rome and Rina were taking advantage of their vacation to increase their cultivation levels. They only rest for a few hours in the afternoon and resumed cultivating afterwards.
Raia was preparing the table when Rhea came out of her room. A few minutes later, Rome and Rina followed. Then Hauran and Rose also arrived from the shop moments later.
"You are out." Hauran noticed Raia.
"I'm sorry I didn't say anything. I am trying to break through to the 2nd level." Raia answered.
The others were surprised but still accepted it easily.
"I already poured the beast iron into the molds. I also made the molds for some parts of the forge. Just focus on breaking through and I'll handle the things that I can." Hauran explained.
This made Raia very grateful to his father. "Thank you. I'll bring the other materials after I am done."
"Alright."
While eating together, they were also talking about their progress in cultivation.
After two weeks of consuming the spirit beast crystals from the world inside and the blue tear fruit, the members of the family obviously improved their cultivations. Added to the fact that they were eating essence food every meal of the day, the speed of their progress would definitely be fast.
Right now, Hauran was at 3rd level Martial Spirit State and was approaching the 4th level. His strength increased so he can handle some materials easily now. However, he still couldn't handle the materials like the fangs of the alpha green tiger that is a low-grade material in the outside world. It was the same case at the armor rabbit iron but performing simple tasks like melting and molding the peak-grade 3 material would still be bearable for him. That is why he accepted to work on it for Raia.
Rose also advanced to peak-2nd level Martial Spirit State. However, the most noticeable part was that both of their appearances were changing bit by bit making them look a bit younger now.
On the other hand, Rhea advanced to the 8th Martial Foundation State while Rome and Rina were both at the 5th Martial Foundation State. Almost a month after they began cultivating, Rome and Rina were already half-way to the next state.
The other three also received some little changes in their appearances. Rhea was the most happy as she was constantly touching her white smooth skin.
Even Rain, the white frost cat, was improving and was now at mid-rank 2 from low-rank 2. Beasts can also increase their ranks but it is more difficult for them to advance to the next level more so the next state. However, every step they take forward gives them a huge leap in power.
Raia sensed the improvement of Rain's ice talent when he touched him. The cat was also eating essence food so he would surely improve no matter what happened.
This reminded Raia of the little silver fox. He didn't encounter it again after the last time he met it. However, he was confident that they their paths would cross again.
During these times, Raia was also thinking of ways on how to cover the truth about the ways his family used to advance this fast.
Could he just say that they have all awaken physique talent? Won't the people find it weird if they say that they awakened the physique talent at the same time? And what would he say about the case of the cat?
Should he just stick to the fact about him encountering 'something good'? Or …
Seeing Raia thinking deep, Rose seemed to found out what was on his mind. "Raia, don't worry about us. You just have to focus on yourself. We can take care of ourselves."
"Are you really that worried that you won't be as handsome as me? Just give it up kid 'cause you won't be." Hauran laughed as he teased Raia.
Trusting the words of his parents, Raia began laughing with his father.
…
He returned to the world inside after spending some time with his family.
After placing about five hundred high-rank 3 spirit beast crystals around him, he began absorbing and refining their energy.
His foundation shone brightly while every part of his body glowed as soon as absorbed the spirit energy from the crystals. On the other hand, his spirit gave of a faint light that also enhanced his cultivation speed.
While these were happening, his three aspects were slightly trembling. He was taking in a huge amount of spirit energy after all. However, Raia was not in any pain.
Suddenly, a sudden wave of spirit energy surged out from his body in a split second before vanishing. A few moments later, Raia began stabilizing his cultivation. Soon after, he opened his eyes.
While he was checking his progress, Raia was smiling from ear to ear.
He successfully advanced to low-2nd level Martial Spirit State. His aspects were stronger than before and he can feel that they improved at least tens of times.
Also his combat power now reached the 6th level Martial Spirit State. He can now kill a peak-rank 3 beast with one strike. However, killing and winning against low-rank 4 beasts were still impossible for him. There are still many spirit crystals that he can use but he decided to continue hunting beasts and searching for the beast lairs.
Soon after, he discovered something that really piqued his attention.
The armor rabbit he followed led him to a rocky mountain. Then, the armor rabbit entered an opening under some huge rocks. The past rabbit holes were placed on the ground or under some tree roots but this one was different.
Raia walked towards the opening and closely observed it. While staring at the dark entrance, he sensed some danger coming from deep inside this place.
Because of this feeling, he became hesitant to enter the place. After some moments, he decided to return after entering the high-2nd level Martial Spirit State. He remembered the location of the rocky mountain lair and dashed to a direction and resume hunting beasts.