278 More Ligh (1/2)

Although Krune was caught by surprise, he didn't stop moving this time, so no one noticed anything.

”Light Spirit, did you see that?”

Luvile Immediately replied.

”Yes, your Elemental Meridians absorbed those lights. But it was far from the amount that entered the earth earlier, just a tiny bit.”

Krune then focused on his Elemental Meridians, but couldn't see any difference what so ever. Except, of course, for the fact that he could feel the direction that they wanted him to go. Still, just before those light came out of the ground, Krune had felt that his Elemental Meridians' target had changed for a second. The same second that the Lights were absorbed by them.

”What is happening here? I'm sure that it was my Elemental Meridians that absorbed them, but I can't see anything different in them.”

Light Spirit then gave an idea.

”Try to cultivate a little while we are moving. See if there is any difference in the amount of Spiritual Energy absorption or Elemental Source Energy Conversion.”

Krune did as he was told and started to cultivate. With his Mind Split Technique, he could totally do both things at the same time now. The only reason that Krune doesn't keep cultivating all the time is that he needs his Meridians for Battle as well. So it is better to leave them always ready for any dangers that might appear.

Krune cultivated for a few minutes, but in the end, he just felt puzzled.

Light Spirit then asked.

”How was it, any difference?”

Krune pondered a bit and replied.

”I can't tell for sure, I do feel that there was some difference in the amount of Elemental Source Energy converted. But it is so small that I can't even tell if it was more or less. In fact, I might be even wrong about it to start with.”

Light Spirit thought about what happened and then suggested.

”Most likely most of the Elemental Flowers, if not all, will be protected by demon beasts. Next time, don't wait for your meridians to act on their own, try to absorb the lights on your own and see if it makes any difference.”

Krune nodded.

”I will try. But just in case it is something bad, I will take just enough until I can tell what difference it does in my Elemental Meridians.”

Light Spirit agreed with Krune and waited for the next time they found an Elemental Flower.

As expected, the region where everyone appeared had almost no flowers anymore. So instead of looking for it, Krune and his group decided to rush forward in the direction of the exploration team. Of course, the exploration team had long since left their Divine Sense range. But they at least knew what side they moved.

Everyone nodded, and they moved as planned. On the way, Rarol felt like he could find some flowers if they moved in certain directions. Still, they ignored it and kept moving forward.

They did find other demon beasts, old formations, and the like on the way. But since they were trying to avoid all of that, they did their best to leave all of it behind too.

Finally, after two days of travel and a lot of battles and problems with the local formations, they stopped to recover.

Marshine looked at everyone and then said.

”Alright, this should be more or less enough to avoid most of the other teams. Thanks to Rarol's instincts and Krune's ridiculously powerful Divine Sense, I doubt anyone moved as far as we did. If we still had to battle that many times with this advantage, then let alone the groups coming after us. Of course, except for the exploration teams. But we have no need to care about them for now.”

Krune, or better, Jolk, suggested.

”It's okay to start looking for Elemental Flower now, but I think we should do it while moving forward. If we waste too much time in a single place, the other teams will definitely catch up with us.”

Everyone nodded, and they immediately started the search after recovering their energy.

As expected, this was already a region where the groups from the previous Elemental Path opening haven't touched yet. Thanks to that, Krune's group was able to find a batch with Seven Flowers in less than an hour. Of course, with more flowers, there were more demon beasts as well.

Krune looked at them with his Divine Sense and said.

”One 4th Stage Divine Soul Realm, Two 3rd Stages and another Two at the 1st Stage. There is no one in the 2nd Stage in this group.”