He blurred outside the cave and into the forest. As his figure vanished, the cave lit up in black flames that incinerated everything inside; all traces of him ever being there were gone.
He searched intensely for another creature; it took him a while to find one. An ordinary one, he scanned its heart, and he noticed it didn't have a sphere. Thoughts flashed through his mind.
He found one other ordinary creatures; it was the same result no sphere.
He came to the conclusion that the sphere was what made creatures like him, his mother, and the cat-like creature special.
The sphere was the key that opened the door to the glowing black particles, which is the true source for their uniqueness.
The black particles had the ability to transform a creature, enhance it, strengthening it, allowing it to transcend its natural limit.
His starry eyes shone brightly as he gazed at black particles that were being automatically pulled toward his heart; he could feel his body constantly strengthening little by little. He didn't have to use the force from his mind to absorb it like the last time; now the sphere's rotation would automatically do that, but it was somewhat slower than when he used the force.
Different ideas appeared in his mind.
He thought about the abilities he had: his eyes. His eyes seem to have the ability to see energy particles and accelerate his thoughts to extreme levels, so that even the world appears to be moving in slow motion.
And he recently awakened the ability to manifest a black flame that could easily burn creatures like the one who killed his mother to ash, plus the force from his mind. With the only price he had to pay to use this ability was stamina.
He subconsciously felt that no creatures at his level should be able to match him…
His mind drifted to another thing that had been puzzling him: why weren't there more creatures?
At first, he thought it was because of some predator going on a killing spree, but now he didn't feel like that was the case; his instinct told him something was off…
One month passed.
The black rabbit stood motionless under a giant tree. The sounds of bone breaking and reorganizing echoed from him. Every day for the past month while exploring the forest, he would constantly absorb the black particles. About a day ago, he felt a familiar tension within his body; following his instinct, he continued absorbing the particles, and today the breakthrough came. 'Klink!' The sound of a chain being broken echoed from his body.
He felt every fiber of his body being enhanced: strength, speed, defense, vitality, and size. He was now 10ft long and 6 ft tall. He felt he could kill his previous self with a slap. His body flashed deeper into the forest, leaving afterimages.
A few days passed, and surprisingly, he still hadn't met another creature. He continued to venture deeper.
One month later, suddenly about 20km away from him, a giant blue light beam shot up in the air like a column; with the light came a seducing force. It was ordering him, compelling him to go to the light. He unleashed the force from his mind to block the seducing force.
'What is this?'
It was his first time encountering something like this, his eyes shone with caution and curiosity. After contemplating for a while, he decided to investigate.
Three minutes later, he arrived some distance away from the blue beam. he was a little shocked by what he saw.
The area fifty meters in front of him was like a different world.
a lifeless patch in the forest, with a radius of about 5km, and at the center of this lifeless patch stood the giant column of light.
The patch area was devoid of life: no trees, no plants, nothing, just a barren soil and bones.
Countless bones of different sizes and shapes lay about on the lifeless soil, some small like a twig and some that towered over him. He remained cautiously at the edge with his presence cloaked, not taking a single step inside the lifeless land.
He decided to wait for a while.
He deduced that creatures who couldn't resist the compelling force would arrive soon, and at that time, he would have a better idea of what was going on. He waited patiently.
Just as he predicted, a few minutes later he heard the sound of leaves moving, a few hundred meters east of him. His gaze locked in on that position.
A huge red snake-like creature, measuring 8 meters long, slithered into the lifeless land, its eyes blank. He gazed at it intensely; he could sense that it was a creature at the same level as him.
He watched it slither towards the column of light, crushing the bones in its path. After a while, the creature reached the light. His eyes glowed brightly as the world slowed down; he wanted to see every detail of what would happen when the creature made contact with the light.
As the creature was about to make contact with the light, the light opened up creating a pathway for the creature. When the light opened up, he saw a dark passage leading down into the ground, and the creature went inside. The light reformed.
Many thoughts and ideas flashed through his mind. He still didn't enter. Soon another creature arrived, a giant boar-like creature 5 meters tall, with horns on its head, he sense it was weaker than him. Its giant body blurred towards the light, destroying everything in its path. And just like the creature before, it went underground.
Another creature arrived, this time a bird; it also blurred into the light. He still did not enter.
He gazed towards the sun for a second then back at the light. Six hours passed before the light vanished. During this time, 4 more creatures entered.
It was now nighttime. His jet black fur blended perfectly with the darkness. He decided now was the best time to investigate.
'I should be able to escape if anything goes wrong, and if i can't, well, I only have myself to blame...'