303 Exi (1/2)

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6 months later.

*Boom!*

Somewhere in the depths of the Red Zone, we see Raven relaxing on top of a very tall tree.

He was watching as a two beast duke it out. One the left side, there is a Blood-Crazed Bear. A bear that has a bright red fur and a ferocious aura fitting for a Tier 4 Demonic Beast. This particular one stood about 15 meters tall, has an old scar on its left eye down to its cheeks, long and sharp fangs as well as claws which appeared to extremely intimidating at first glance.

On the right side, there was an Albino Snake. With its length of about 20 meters and 5 foot girth, no one would guess that it is but an infant. Its scales were harder than a rock, and despite its size it is incredibly quick. The Albino Snake's Aura paled in comparison to that of the bear but its stood tall and didn't back down from the fight, specially not while her father is watching.

Of course, this snake was none other than Venus herself.

Raven watched on fondly as Venus decided to take care of the bear for him. They have been travelling for, more or less, seven months now. This girl had experienced great transformation throughout their journey, this is evident by her size which easily stumped the bear. In fact, she can already serve as a mount and had been doing so recently.

Throughout their travels, Raven rarely missed an opportunity to fight. In a sense, it was like he was searching for it. Of course, Venus frequently participated in these battles, some were even directly handed to her. This is to temper her and sharpen her predatory instincts. She might only be radiating the aura of a Tier 3 beast, but it would be a great mistake to underestimate that.

Raven also didn't know how Venus was able to grow this big and this fast. For all he know, it was just from all the eating she done. Well, she's not particularly picky either. Every time Raven defeated a demonic beast, it goes straight onto her stomach.

While Raven was stuck in deep thought, he missed the scene of Venus defeating the Blood-Crazed Bear. When he returned his focus back on their battle, all he saw was a dried up corpse of the bear which Venus swallowed in one go.

Seeing her jaw stretch to an absurd degree to swallow her prey is something Raven could never get used to. He watched as a bump became visible in her body, slowly going towards the mid-section of hers. Venus flicked her tongue towards Raven, looking at him with a gaze asking 'Did I do good?'

Raven laughed and gestured her to come closer, she stood up and brought her face towards Raven who's sitting on top of a tree. He petted her face and said: ”Very good. Very good.”

Venus closed her eyes and rubbed her face onto his, it was evident that she liked this pampering that her father was giving her. She pulled back and hissed at him, Raven got the message and said:

He held her face as her body shank. In a couple of seconds, her body turned into a long white scarf. She wrapped her body around Raven's neck as he let go of her face. She hid her face beneath the loops and closed her eyes to sleep.

”Seriously, you always like sleeping after a meal.” Raven sighed as he jumped down from the tree. He turned into a blur and resumed travelling by foot.

After travelling all this time, he was finally close to arriving to one of his destinations.

The Withered Forest of the West.

Thanks to the map that Myrna gave him, he had avoided potential waste of time and getting lost through the sheer density of this wilderness. He's near to the exit of the wilderness, only a few kilometers away in fact. He planned on at least reaching the edge before the sun sets.

Of course, it wasn't just Venus who improved during their travels, Raven did too.

He's officially a Silver Knight now, peak of the Early Stage. His fourth transformation gave him a massive boost over all. And since his cultivation path is unique to him, he wasn't lying when he said that he could stand up against the Golden Knights and safely escape if needed.

Raven had no visible changes apart from the fact that his hair became longer and the blue color mostly covered it aside from the roots. His body remained compact yet capable of exerting explosive strength when needed. His skin remained fair and his face remained handsome. He still fashioned a neat ponytail with a few strands of hair loose. He still wore an all black attire that fits to his body perfectly.

However, there's one weird thing that he noticed after his 4th Transformation.