Chapter 377 - One-Eyed Sword Raksasha (1/2)

Ryuu stretched as he looked back at the remains of a 'Storm Devouring Hydra', 'Shame such a beautiful beast died because it crossed path with me, there was a time when I wanted to bond with a Hydra as my spirit beast but now I killed one, if it were not for Dhaeq I could have used its venom to increase my immunity but oh well it's poison is weaker than the one I received.'

Ryuu then turned towards the dead beast as he mused with a slight drool on his face, 'Well I can eat it after all big sis Shamiran said that this species of Hydra albeit it's deadly and toxic face is tasty.', his fantasy about Hydra meat ended when he heard some voice, ”Is that a Hydra?”

Ryuu's shoulder shagged as he spoke, ”Yes yes it is.”

Ryuu turned to look at one of his companions as the person spoke, ”It is pity that except its venom and maybe its bones, such a pity.”

Ryuu shrugged at that while inwardly he was fuming, 'I was about to have it for dinner but now I cannot because of them, if I eat it in front of them they will start to question about my poison resistance and might figure out my limits something like that will be foolish, since I do not know if those people who tried assassinated me still have someone from their group alive amongst us.'

”It is a pity that the meat is too toxic for us to eat and this swap is full of such creatures if it continues we might die of starvation.”

Ryuu as he wordlessly acquiesced at his words with a nod, the challenge for them was simple open the gateway to the other level and survive till you succeed survive, it was simple the word survive meant for them to kill some dangerous animals spend sometime in the swamp but then it happened as all of a sudden pangs of hunger and thirst hit them like a wrecking ball. Cultivators as they ascend through various realms their strength goes through a dramatic increase but at the same time the one of the basic but a very important necessity of any organism otherwise known as 'sustenance' loses its value it is true that spirit food helps a lot to heal may be even boost cultivation but there are various medicinal pills that do the same but in a much better way, the need of sustenance is not necessary but a guilty pleasure, and for cultivators like Ryuu who can survive decades if not centuries without a drop of water.

After entering the 4th level of Eden they were forced to seek sustenance and to make matter even worse anything that would classify as food or water including any alcoholic beverages, spices anything excluding medicinal pills would become stale and would become unfit for consumption shortly after being taken out of the space ring or space bags, as such they are forced to hunt and scavenge for food and water but it was proving to be incredibly difficult because the swamp was full of poisonous creatures and fresh water was even rare, only a few plants when their stems were cut provided them with water, they had been forced to stay in such a condition for a good few months already and even though they had already found the doorway to the next level the means of activation was unfortunately out of their reach at the current moment.

True-Spear strolled into the place shortly after as he let out a small whistle as he spoke, ”Well looks here someone killed a Hydra.”

Ryuu pouted as he spoke, ”Well it is not my fault I was minding my own business it decided to attack me.”

True-Spear snorted at that as he spoke, ”Well if you all have finished then we should move the last thing we need is other beasts being attracted here because of the smell of blood.”

No sooner did he speak a loud boom was heard and Ryuu shared a glance with True-Spear before they dashed to the sky along with others hot on their heels as they reached to sky, they were greeted with screeches and screams of various creatures who were fleeing was heard.

Ryuu looked at what seemed to be a giant Iceberg had fallen over the swamp, True-Spear tensed as he looked at the battle raging on as he spoke in a tensed tone, ”That KI I know it, Frost Flames is fighting someone, and Zywia should also be with her.”

As True-Spear dashed forward towards his martial sister's location, Ryuu raised his brow as he noticed slight bit of panic in his voice when he mentioned Zywia's name, he then followed after him as did the others.