Lucian immediately snapped his eyes open as he checked around his body, seeing that he wasn't missing a body part. He heaved a sign of relief as that means he didn't fall down and was still alive.
Looking around, he saw Kenji at the foremost front discussing with the man, his face scrunched up in utmost seriousness. He eventually nodded his head as he stared back at Lucian causing a small smile to appear on his face as he walked towards him.
"You really sleep a lot don't you, even though you're on a flying beast where you can easily fall." He said as he extended his hands forward raising up Lucian from his sitting position.
Lucian took the hand and slowly stood up as he saw the bird already landed on the ground and in front of them was a forest.
Looking past it was a gigantic building which towered Into the sky and written on it were three words: The Divine Battle Sect. But to arrive there one would first have to cross the forest.
"We can't cross the forest with the bird. The Golden eyed eagle sensed powerful auras present in the forest which would probably one shot it from the air if it dared fly above them." Kenji said staring at Lucian.
Lucian's brain worked at full speed as he thought of what that could mean.
The Golden-eyed Eagle was an Early stage Star rank beast but even it was afraid of crossing over the forest because of the powerful auras it sensed from it. While beasts intelligence are low, the aura of a stronger beast was something they knew very well and will try not to cross.
"Then we cross the forest without it." Lucian said grabbing his bag and jumping down from the bird.
A smile of approvement appeared on Kenji's face as he discussed some things to the man before also jumping down. The duo stared at the eagle as they watched it ascend into the air with a powerful screech before immediately moving back towards where they came from.
Lucian turned back staring at the forest as he became focused. The journey from here would start becoming tough, but nothing could stop him from achieving his goals unless he decided to forego them. He immediately began walking towards the forest when he suddenly heard the echo of a stifled laugh as he stared back at Kenji who was looking at him as if he was a fool.
Kenji laughed his eyes out before eventually calming down as he said to Lucian.
"I admire your courage but you want to enter the forest without a weapon, then what will you use to fight the beasts, your indestructible fists." He said as massive blade appeared in his hands.
"How did you do that." Lucian asked surprise as while he also had a runic symbol of a weapon on him, he couldn't use the weapon yet.
"Um, this. It's a storage Ring." Kenji said pointing to the ring on his finger.
"It contained a storage space where I kept all my clothes and weapons. Although it's a bit limited. Pretty handy don't you think." Kenji said as a dagger appeared in his hands again.
Lucian nodded a little as he thought it was truly handle. If he had one then he wouldn't have to be carrying a bag around like he was doing.
"So do you have any weapon with you?" Kenji asked as he threw the blade towards him with speed. Lucian's hand immediately reached out faster as he grabbed the blade, rotating it in his hands a little. He gave a small nod as it truly very sharp and good but it was also heavy and could slow him down in a fight.
"What do you think, cool huh?" Kenji asked.
"Yes, it's a great weapon but it's not my type. I prefer the Katana Instead." Lucian said as he threw back the blade to Kenji who caught it and strapped it to his back. A pitch black Katana appeared in his hands as he threw it towards Lucian.
Lucian grabbed hold of the Katana staring at its pitch black colour decorated with a crimson red.
His eyes flashed in approvement, as he strapped it to his waist.
"This is perfect. Thank you"
"Don't mention it. Anyway aren't you going to check it out.?" Kenji asked confused. How will he know it's perfect without checking it out.
"No, not yet. I believe I'll be checking it out soon though." Lucian said.
The duo slowly entered into the forest, Lucian with a katana at his waste while Kenji held a massive blade at his back.
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3 hours later
Two young men stood back-to-back in the forest, their eyes flashing with utmost seriousness. Lucian's right hand hovered around his katana head, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes while Kenji held a massive blade in both his hands, his expression with absolute focus.
Surrounding the duo was a pack of huge black wolves. Five wolves surrounded Lucian and Kenji, their loud bone chilling snarls echoing throughout the forest as their red eyes flashed with sinister intents.
They were both walking through the forest when they unknowingly ran towards this pack of wolves. Their first thought was to out run it, but the wolves were unrelenting and their chase could result in them coming across an even stronger beast, so they both decided on fighting the wolves.
The silence in the forest was stifling as a gaze showdown occured between the groups each deciding in when to make the first move.
A strange rustle...
The wolves immediately pounced towards the duo with extremely coordinated movement but they too weren't slow in the least.
Lucian's hand which were hovering around his katana immediately grabbed it. Unsheathing the Katana in the next second, the sound of the air being sliced In two echoed throughout the forest.
Lucian's blade cleaved forward with speed as the head of a wolf soared into the air. Not stopping his momentum for a single second, he dodged a claw moving for his shoulder as he turned and slashed once more, slicing another one in half from its head.
Lucian suddenly felt a teeth clamp tightly on his weapon as it was forcefully yanked away from his hands, but he didn't try to take it back as he immediately left the weapon to the wolf.
Jumping into the air and rotating, Lucian's leg slammed into the wolf's side with speed causing it's huge body to be immediately blown away as it landed on the ground, bouncing from it before slamming it's back on a tree, snapping it to two but the sound of a spine shattering was unmistakable.
He gently landed on the ground as he stared behind him only to see the corpse of two wolves on the ground. The wolves bones and intenstines have been reduced to patty, as if flattened by some type of violent strength.
Standing in front if the wolves was a fat boy, who rested a massive blade on his neck, a prideful gaze on his face.
Kenji slashed his blade to the side, flinging away the blood on it, repeatedly taking deep breaths in. He immediately turned around in the next second wanting to go help Lucian who was assaulted by three wolves but he was shocked senseless when he saw the head of a wolf, another one sliced in two while the other was bent in an odd shape beside a broken tree.
He stared at the boy who was slowly picking up his katana as an unbelievable expression appeared on his face.
While he an Early Star rank was fighting with two wolves, a boy with no sign of cultivation already took care of three and by the way he was acting, it was if he didn't even do anything.
"Moster, Absolute Monster..."