It has been a week since Neru arrived in this world. He fought wild beasts such as lions that can accelerate, apes that can double their height, and there's even a weird yellow toad that has amazing jumping ability and can elongate its tongue. A really disgusting enemy.
Neru almost died three times in just a week. First, a spider ambushed him when he was sleeping. Second, he was almost crushed by the huge fist of the ape. And lastly, the toad that wrapped its slimy tongue.
Neru couldn't help but feel chills in disgust as the texture of the tongue resurfaced in his mind.
Fortunately, his body became stronger and stronger every time he fought. What is the mechanism behind strengthening the body using the flesh of demon beasts?
It was the energy on their body that the beasts passively absorbed in their body. The very energy that cultivators use! Of course, the concentration of the energy on their body was far lower in both quantity and quality than that of cultivators as the energy also called "Qi" wasn't actively absorbed using genuine cultivation techniques and the wild beasts' potential in the forbidden forest aren't as strong as those rumored demon beasts on the wilderness.
Neru finds that he needs his body to suffer stress and damage then heals it with the energies that he ingested from the fleshes of demon beasts. If his body doesn't have damage and he consumes beast meat. It would only make him energetic but not improve his body strength which was a waste.
Thanks to fighting one beast after another this week. Neru suffered varying degrees of injuries; broken Achilles due to the weird position of his foot in one of the fights, dislocated shoulder, a deep gash on the upper back, and even shock from the impact of the blows of the ape! The suffering made Neru feel that someone had thrown him into hell.
Gradually though, his pain resistance increases a little.
From the previous pig-like scream, he would now just grunt from intense pain. His battle instinct was also being honed fighting the wild beasts whose style of fighting leans more toward savagery and rude direct confrontation.
The wild beasts were crazy and they won't fight tactically like how humans would. Due to this, Neru unconsciously adapted their way of fighting. Savage, simple, and rude! Relying purely upon honed fighting instincts.
Coupled with the calisthenics knowledge he has from Earth and eating wild beasts which surely has a huge amount of protein. Not to mention, intense cardio from all the running. Neru achieved a lean muscular physique in the range of 13-15% body fat.
Of course, all of the credit goes to the nourishment of Qi from the wild beast meat that was like an advanced version of the strongest anabolic steroids stacked together but without side effects!
'When would I be able to find the way out of this hellish place? I didn't fucking sign up for this!' Neru cursed as he jumped from one tree to another.
BANG!
Suddenly, Neru almost stumbled but he managed to firmly plant his one foot to the branch of the tree and stabilize his balance. 'For fuck's sake what now?'
BANG! BANG!
A huge movement echoed throughout the verdant forest filled with greeneries.
"Hmmm... Is this an Earthquake?" Neru couldn't be sure. He could only hold the tree and tighten his grip to prevent him from falling.
Around him, the trees began to shake wildly. Fruits fell from the ground continuously like it was raining. Based on his experience, the Earthquake should be at least magnitude 8.
'Fuck!?'
Neru's eyes widened and his body froze. Thirteen meters away from him, hundreds of trees moved in zig-zag at a very fast speed. "What's happening? Why are the trees moving?" he muttered under his breath as he tried to process the incredible phenomenon he was currently witnessing.
The next moment, the trees began to grow bigger... No! They aren't growing bigger! But in the place where the roots of the trees were supposed to be began to ascend. A few seconds later, a giant turtle fully emerged. It has a 30-meter-long body and its height reached 45 meters due to its long neck. Behind the shells were the trees that Neru had seen moving earlier.
'This is trouble... This turtle isn't a wild beast. It might have entered the demon beast category based on the memory I've received.' A dreadful expression appeared on Neru's face. 'What to do? This seems to be a high-level creature. If I suddenly move, it might sense my location. Based on how fast the trees on its back were moving earlier. It can be said that this fucking gigantic turtle weighing thousands of kilos can move at crazy speeds!'
Neru unconsciously pulled out his dagger. No matter what, if push came to shove, he could only fight for his life. However, he was a hundred percent sure that he would die before he could even slash the turtle abomination in front of him.
Taking a deep breath, a familiar cool sensation flowed through his eyes calming his mind. If one looks closely, one would see Neru's eyes changed from brown to clear blue like crystal.
Conceptual Eyes of Death!
Lines of vulnerabilities emerged out of nowhere. Then, thousands of tiny holes appeared in trees, the sky, and the huge body of the turtle. There were at least ten endpoints on its body.
'As long as I hit one of those holes. I'll be able to kill it!'
However, Neru didn't move. Fighting that monstrous thing was just a last resort as his instinct was telling him that it was 100% death to engage in a battle with the gigantic creature. Just its aura might suppress his body and stop him from moving.
Just like that, Neru tried to reduce his presence and he didn't even dare to breathe. The turtle was scanning the surroundings through its doe-like dark eyes as if it was looking for something.
'Fucker!! Why don't you leave you bastard!?' Neru cursed inwardly. 'Could it be it knows my presence and can't just determine my location? Well, I won't move even if I die. See if you can find me!'