He stopped just five hundred metres away from the tree and observed his surroundings. On the blue sand dunes, he can spot faint paw print that were slowly fading due to the constant blowing of the desert winds.
Ryan decided to hide beside a rock pedestal and observed from there.
Two days later, the air around had become heavy and threatening. Several more faces had showed up driven there by the tempting scent of the ripen fruits which had spread all over the vast desert.
" I did not expect so many beings to assemble in this place. This fruits sure are so tempting." But even if many faces had showed up, he was adamant on getting at least a single fruit or else his patience in waiting for so long would have been for naught.
Due to the abnormal appearance of many beasts in one place, he came to realize that the tree was a core plant. Core plants bore power stones as their fruits just like how beasts and other beings develop their core stones after starting to cultivate. These types of trees were rare to find in the immortal plane and they became almost extinct because of being misused and destroyed by greedy individuals. The few that are found in his Elven planet were treasured like gold and manipulated by rich elves selfishly for their offsprings.
Suddenly, some of the the impatient beasts sprouted from the sand with their gazes on the tree which caused others to act. All the beasts that had showed up were on the mortal realm level because the tree was a mortal tree. It only attracted the interested mortal beasts.
There were at least more than thirty mortal realm beasts which had camouflaged around the area. When the restless ten of them moved towards the tree, they forced the rest to come out of their hiding prematurely to fight against them over the fruits.
The restless beasts resembled the hyenas without their skin. The other group was made of a pack of ferocious tigers with the head of a dog.
The pack of tigers moved swiftly to intercept the pack of hyenas while baring their fangs at them furiously, displaying their long sharp canines for them to see. The unwavering group of hyenas released a high piercing shrill laughter forming sonic rings to rupture their opponents internal organs. Ryan on the other hand felt a little discomfort before running his level one absolute ability that formed a defensive layer that diverted the sonic blast. Other than the tigers, other beasts watching the commotion from the side didn't fare too well. Blood with some flesh gushed out of their mouths as they breathed their last. The sonic rings was easily intercepted by the lightening barrier of the tigers on their side and only one of them that was a little slower was caught within the sonic blast. It wriggled around painfully while howling in distress until it stopped breathing. Seeing this sight, one of the tigers roared angrily and leapt in the air and claws appeared from its forelimbs. Its teammates also charged straight for the hyenas once again. After seeing how one in their family member had been mercilessly taken out, it made them even more furious as sparks of lightning strike everything around them without care. The remaining injured beasts which hadn't been taken out earlier were finished by those strikes. With his ION body running, Ryan was unaffected and continued watching the beasts, his eyes not leaving the fruits. With a shield of lightning the sonic ability was rendered useless. The hyenas were ripped apart to shreds as if they lacked the skeleton structure. Only a few of them managed to escape from the mad tigers fearfully.
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Even if the tigers surprised him, with his movement technique he was confident of getting his hands on at least a single fruit or even more. There were only four beasts left after all.
" NOW! " He stomped his feet on the ground and shot out for the fruits on the baobab tree swiftly. The tigers on the other hand were not surprised and without wasting time, they shot lightning strikes towards him. Ryan was all smug as this was what he wanted: a group fight. Every single move that he made caused the tigers to feel threatened and they found themselves retreating towards the tree.
He inclined his body almost lying on the ground as he missed several lightning strikes and bloodthirsty claws. Instead of ripping him they found themselves ripping each other as he had their formation disorganized. He confusing them by moving to their blind spots .
He was now close to the baobab tree.