351 Snow (1/2)

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*Woosh* *Woosh*

Cold winds blew past Raven's face as he traveled towards a mountain slope.

Despite the coldness of his environment, Raven paid no attention to it and continued walking forward with nothing but his pants on.

He endured the chill of the snow and cold winds with his bare upper body. His hair, face and chest are covered in snow dusts but it did nothing to stop him in his tracks. Even in this cold environment, Raven's breath didn't turn white. His breathing was stable and even, as if this coldness is nothing but a mere breeze to him.

Raven's facial expression was as placid as a still lake. His eyes were dull but weren't completely lifeless. Anyone who studies him closely can tell that he's in a special state, and he had been like this since he started walking by foot.

This state is the 3rd Stage of the Breath of Flowing Water, Motion.

Raven might appear to be sleep walking right now but in fact, he's extremely focused. His listless expression is just a side effect of his concentrated mind, he's in a wonderful state of deep meditation that cannot be disturbed even while he's moving.

It had been at least 3 months since Raven saw Luna and his friends.

In this short period of time, he managed to get his bearings back and continue his journey towards the North. He didn't have any breakthroughs in his cultivation nor any recoveries on his soul power but he did make some improvements on his techniques.

Most of his arsenal had been ironed out through his unceasing training, he even managed to enter the 3rd Stage of the Breath of Flowing Water, which helped him even more with that. His understanding of his own laws are deepening each day, but the more he gain understanding the more profound Destruction Law gets, so his progress are evidently slowing down.

*Roar!*

Raven stopped on his tracks as soon as he heard that roar. He listlessly glanced at the direction of the roar and saw a hulking mass charging towards him with a raging fury.

The figure was at least 20 meters tall with a bulky body. It had bright red eyes, snow white fur, sharp fangs and claws, and an aura that indicates a Tier 5 Demonic Beast. This creature is a Glacial Snow Bear, natives of the north and extremely territorial and aggressive.

As the bear charged towards Raven, he did nothing to prepare himself nor dodge the incoming beast. He stood still with a dull look on his face, seemingly unaware of the danger going towards him.

A few meters away from him, the bear surprisingly made a giant leap that swiftly crossed the distance. The winds howled and ice materialized on the claws of the bear. The ice covered majority of it's arm and followed the shape of long and deadly claw. The bear then fell onto the ground along with it's sharp ice claws in attempt to rip Raven to shreds.

*Boom*

It opened it's maws wide and let out a angry roar. Icicles suddenly materialized around it's body and shot towards Raven at a blinding speed, but even those didn't cause any harm to him. The bear was confused, it could've sworn that those attacks should've hit him but for some reason he's still standing and unharmed. It never saw him dodge or even make any kind of movement. The human just literally stood there and looked up.

'If I bite, then I won't miss.'

That's the idea that came across it's mind. And that's precisely what the bear did. It opened its jaws wide and attempted to bite Raven's head off. Unfortunately, something happened before its mouth reached Raven.

The bear froze with its fangs inches away from Raven's head. Its eyes held incredulous look on them, the bear met Raven's dull eyes and became confused on what's happening. Its gaze then left Raven's eyes and roamed towards his back, and now that the bear had a closer look, it finally realized the blunder it made.

A set of arms were restricting the bear's whole body. There's one was gripping it's neck in chokehold, while two held its upper and lower jaw. Two arms held both of its legs in place, preventing any kind of movement while the same thing happened on its arms and sides. The bear's surprise had proven to be too much that it totally missed the hammer being held by Raven, which wasn't there before.

”Rip.”