Chapter 598: Bloom (1/2)

”Well, that's all there is too it.” Raven said as he saw the still on going madness around him.

With the Madness rune hanging above their heads, the monsters around him continued slaughtering each other mercilessly. So long as the rune remained in there, every beast that will see it, will turn mad and will start killing each other. Sufficed to say, it's pretty much sure that the rune will remain in there since it could sustain itself even without Raven's assistance.

While the madness went on around him, Raven wasn't shy. He sneakily harvested some materials from the fresh corpses around him such as the feathers and claws of the Snow Harpies, the club, sinew and skin of the Ice Trolls, the tridents and dorsal fins of Northern Merfolk. These items might not look much but they are valuable.

Some of these items could be used in Alchemy. Some of them could be used as catalyst for blacksmithing and so on. If Raven were to take these items at the Merit Exchange Market, he'd probably receive a good amount of Merit Points. However, as Raven's not really lacking in that department, he decided to use these items himself.

”I could tinker some pretty neat items out of these things. Heck, I could even use some of them to improve the overall quality of the formation, making it no less than an actual fortress. I essentially got them for free so why not?” Raven murmured as he continued his harvest.

After sometime, the large horde of beast which appeared earlier, was now virtually gone. The ones remaining were extremely injured and would succumb to the everlasting embrace of winter pretty soon.

Raven no longer concerned himself with these beasts. He had made a killing with barely an effort, a feat that only Raven might be able to pull off.

He was in the middle of enhancing the formation right now. He was focused on the task since one wrong move and the formation will fall apart, placing him at risk with each passing moment.

Proceeding with care, Raven eventually was able to bolster the defense of the formation. Now, it would even be tougher for beasts to locate it, and even if they could, they won't be able to go past its defense.

Raven had a smile of relief once he was done with his job. As he was deciding whether to take eat or go straight to sleeping, something occurred within him that completely changed his plans.

He felt a commotion within his inner world, strong enough to rock his body. His eyes went wide as he immediately sank his perception within his Inner World. When he does, he became immediately surprised with what's happening.

His attention went straight towards the center of his Inner Cosmos since that's where he felt the fluctuations from earlier. When he took a look, he discovered that the World Tree Seed was shaking fiercely as if it was about to erupt.

Raven hurriedly calmed his nerves down and concentrated. Moving swiftly, he immediately entered the crown space, going straight towards the Cultivation Eden. He sat on the largest Stargazing Mat and consumed supplements that aids his concentration.

Once he was good to go, he entered a meditative state and began releasing his control over the World Tree Seed.

Chaos ensued after that.

Raven's body visibly rocked back and forth due to the intense fluctuations within his body thanks to the World Tree Seed. His Inner Cosmos went chaotic, but he wasn't really injured thanks to the tempering he had went through.

Audible cracking sounds echoed on his ears, being released by the World Tree Seed. Raven's energy was being absorbed at an alarming pace, yet at the same time Raven could feel a large mass of insight crashing through his brain.

These insights were focused on Spacetime Laws, what shocked him is that, the seed hadn't even bloomed yet and he's already gaining tons of insight. So far, he had only heard the rhythmic cracking sounds of the seed's shell, yet for some reason it is filled with profound mysteries that sent Raven's brain in an overdrive already.

Raven tried to devour these insights as swiftly as he could, he even had his Avatars helping him with it. Still he's was just barely making it through. However that didn't really stumped him at all. If anything, this encounter just fired him up even more.

Raven being at his absolute best state when it comes to deduction thanks to the assistance of supplements and tools, upped the tempo. Now, he was able to deduce the mysteries and insights to the point that he's no longer being overwhelmed. In fact, he's now waiting for it to release more instead.