Chapter 52: ck Hush
"This ce looks like a good ce to set up a camp, when that''s done, I will set up exploding sun array around our camp for extra defense" Hex said and Brian agreed but Lucien had other ns
Turning his attention to the duo and giving them a meaningful gaze, he had no intentions of revealing the system to them but he also knew it is necessary for him toe up with an excuse if he truly wants to ditch these people and fight as many magic beasts as he can.
"While you guys set up camp, I believe its best I scout the area and know the kind of monsters that reside around here, that way we can n ahead" Lucien said casually.
"But" Hex was about to refuse but Lucien cut him short.
"But nothing I am the fastest and the strongest here, I promise I won''t venture too far and you have to worry about me finding my way back, I will just leave clues along the way" Lucien said with a stern look on his face.
Seeing Lucien had no intentions of backing out, the duo had no other choice but to agree. They watched Lucien effortlessly summon his wind wheels and speed off, entering the thick forest and vanishing from their view. Neither of them felt like they should speak on this issue so they got to work.
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Shooting through the forest at an incredible speed, Lucien was like a beacon to all monsters around but even now he was too picky. With the presence of the beast assimtion ability, Lucien had taken his time to touch every beast-rted book in the school library and have the system record them.
Apparently, beasts in this world cultivate, and the higher their realm, the greater their power and intelligence. It is said that all the god beasts in this world all started from minor low-level beasts like the wind creek which is the low-level form of the god beast, Raizen. ording to the beastology books in the library, Beasts have three phases, there is the infant phase, the Adolescent phase, and the adult phase.
These phases have nothing to do with their levels or cultivation realm, but with each phase, a magic beast gains a new ability, a stronger body, and a certain level of intelligence. In the cultivation realm, there are magic beasts which is the lowest realm for beasts and then there are soldier level magic beasts, General level beasts, King level beasts, Emperor level beasts, God beasts, and thanks to the system he also found out about Celestial beasts. As a human realm cultivator, any beats beyond the magic beast realm is too much for them, a single soldier-level magic beast is enough to kill a good number of human realm warriors and mages.
While studying about beasts, Lucien didn''t hesitate to check on the location of the magic beasts he considered unique and one of them is verymon in the beginner area, it is called the ck hush.
The ck Hush is a shadow-type creature that excels in the shadow section of dark magic. It is said to be a double-tailed cat magic beast whose body is normally encased in darkness aura. Its mobility is astonishing as well as its attacks which are infused with dark magic and has a weakening effect on all those hit by it.
While shooting through the forest, Lucien came in contact with a few magical beasts but he didn''t bother to spare them a single nce since he already knew what he came for. Going deeper and deeper into the forest, Lucien kept moving until he reached what looked like thergest tree he has seen all through his life, and atop the countless branches of the tree were at least ten ck hush magic beasts gazing down at him coldly.
"Did I also fail to say that these beasts live in groups That way if I can kill a good number of them, I can improve the assimtion rate of that magic beast to a very high level." Lucien said as he did what the book specifically advised people not to do.
Look the magic beast in the eye!
Meeeeoooow!
The magic beast''s roar was soft and cute but Lucien could sense the intense murderous intentions directed at him. He still stood atop the wind wheels and with his hands ced behind him, coupled with his silver kimono and his long silver hair, Lucien looked like one of those ancient grandmasters or sect leaders who smirk in the face of danger
"Come at me, little ones" Lucien chuckled as he saw numerous balls of darkness shooting towards him.
"Lightning magic: Surge!"
Knowing fully well, the enemies were closebatants, Lucien did not hesitate to cast the tier one lightning spell: Surge! Releasing numerous bolts of electricity around him was enough to discourage the ck Hushs from approaching him, giving him the opportunity to strike first as well.
"Wind magic: wind de!" Lucien growled as a wind star pattern appeared beneath his feet.
Under the watchful gaze of the ck hush''s five wind des took shape before shooting sporadically. Depending on their quick reflexes, ck hush''s moved quickly, evading the wind des but unknown to them, this was only a decoy.
"Many think my greatest strength now is my magic but that''s wrong!" Lucien muttered as his figure blurred and the next second he was shooting towards a ck hush that just evaded a wind de.
Hayai-Ken; First form: Lightning Jab!
Instantly the ck hush felt like the temperature of the room had dropped by leaps and bounds. It was still in mid-air but it looked like time had stopped for it but Lucien was still perfectly fine.
Huuuufffffff!
Lucien exhaled heavily as his eyes lit up with power and his hand transformed into a talon while the Raizen god beast figure appeared behind him. The wind de beneath his feet spun crazily as his body jerked forward abruptly and all the ck Hush could see was a bolt of lightning speeding towards it. Before it could even blink, It felt a piercing pain invade its body and the darkness around it vanish instantly, looking up it realized that the invader struck it even before it could fall to the ground.
The entire scenario yed out in less than a second but in its mind, Lucien''s preparation and the attack took at least one minute.
DING!
[ck Hush killed]
[First time kill +200exp]
[Beast assimtion sessful]
[Beast assimted]
[Shadow death God beast]
[Phase: Infant]
[Beast name: ck Hush]
[Assimtion progress: 1%]
[Assimtion progress low No abilities unlocked yet].
Lucien gazed at the notifications and frowned, not only did he get only a one percent assimtion rate from killing a single ck hush which means that he has to kill at least ten or more to get reasonable results. Also, this confirmed his theory, the stronger the beast or the person wielding the bloodline of the god beast, the more assimtion rate he gains. Meaning, if he wishes to make any real progress, Lucien will have to put aside everything else and search for more powerful variants of the ck Hush.
Gazing at the dead feline in his hand he realized that the only reason he is able to beat these monsters easily is not that he is far stronger but it''s because he is superior to them in their main aspect of power. Since they relied on speed and he is much faster, they will find it really hard to put up a fight against him, unless they have the numbers advantage and this also meant that if he fought someone faster than him, he will end up in a simr condition.
"Sad" Lucien muttered before he caught something approaching fast from the corner of his eye!
Swoosh!
Bang!
Performing a side flip, Lucien had just evaded a w attacked infused with dark energy.
"I need to pay more attention!" Lucien was barely done with his speech when more enemies pounced on him.
Whoosh!
With the wind wheel making it looked like he''s levitating, Lucien jerked backward with moving a muscle, thanks to his spell he could move without actually moving!
Swoosh!
Whoosh!
One attack after the other, Lucien kept retreating tactfully while intelligently gathering the magic beasts together.
"Wow!" Lucien cried as he jerked backward one more time in a bid to escape an attack but then he saw another ck hush right in front of him with its paw raised!
"Crap!" Lucien cried as he had no intentions of finding out how powerful their attacks are, so he quickly summoned his Wind creek dagger into his hands.
"Charge!" Lucien cried out as his lighting aura surged around the de and he quickly swung the de as the iing paw!
Peng!
[-3HP]
"So strong!" Lucienmented since he didn''t expect the enemy that had such a small and fragile body to be able to release so much power.
Meow!
The ck hush cried as it followed up another attack but this time with itspanions surrounding Lucien and lunging forward at the same time!
"Perfect! Tier two magic: Lightning Rampart!"