Straw@hat publication Chapter-13 ; Unspoken Horrors of The Forest ::
As he was busy in his thoughts suddenly a stage two Wind wolf had appeared with extreme speed. It was way faster then Huo Ling.
And after he had hidden himself with extreme caution among the tree it had only been a few seconds but when he looked down again, his eyes nearly fell to the ground.
" These beasts I have been fighting with my life on the line , the same cunning devils were like a fish on the chopping board in front of this wind wolf" in such a short amount of time the wolf had already killed three of the devils.
The devils tried to run but for no avail within a minute all the remaining devils were finished . The wind wolf only had a few scratches.
Such was the difference in strength between different stages of beasts and same applied for Celestial masters and worms as well.
The wolf howled and ate his fill , after that it began to scan the surrounding areas, Huo ling had cold sweat on his forehead but he manged to avoid it and remained silent.
Finally a long time after the wolf left he quickly searched through the bodies of the devils and ran towards the cave.
" It is not just me and the devils , forest is a free for all with strength being the law" he gasped .
" It is good , that the wind wolf didn't notice me or what could I do in front if the creature. Even its speed is faster then mine , i Can forget about escaping " as his mind was analysing the situation he was in a little while ago he reached the cave.
He carefully sealed the entrence as it was getting dark and lit a fire.
" It is good that I found this well hidden cave on my first day or it would be quite a problem to stay in the forest"
" I have read a hundred times in the books about the wild being dangerous but one cannot imagine the level of danger untill they experience for themselves" he said .
He began cultivating and after that he roasted sime of the boar meat left after eating he slept but was still very vigilant about his surroundings and installed some sound alerts around the cave after all it was not completely safe in the cave too.
For about a month he was following the same routine cultivating hunting sleeping etc .
As time passed on he was becoming adept to the forest and his fighting skills were getting polished too.
On this day he was tracking a group of cunning devils and there were nk shadows ahead so he stoped for a moment and climbed up the tree to keep a eye on them .
But suddenly they stepped onto what seemed solid ground and some of the devils stuck there and began sinking. The other devils became alert and stepped back.
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Huo lings eyes narrowed " that is not ground but a sand swamp, it could have been very dangerous for me there. Although I am sure I can get free from there but what is the guarantee that some beast won't attack me in the process" he sighed forests were still too unpredictable even after falling prey to so many of life taking situations.
In the last month he had first handedly feeled the surprises nature had to offer and this was such a limited area he was roaming in.
What type of dangerous were present in the inner area he was not aware of and nor did he wanted to know about them at them moment after finishing the remaining devils he still got no Celestial Worm.
He had killed more than a hundred of them already and there was no news of the worm.
Time kept passing on and soon about thee months had already passed from the time he had entered the forests.
Huo ling had recently advanced to the upper phase of first stage.
" Such a dark shade of gray my essence has now . I also have much more of it in the store now " he thought.
" I can roughly use speed burst for about 10 times now and in long range i can run for about an hour "
" The strength gap between middle phase and upper phase is shockingly larger than the gap between initial and middle phase " he was marveling at the situation.
As the level of cultivation rose the time to breakthrough also became longer so was the gap of strength.
The minor realms still had little gaps but the power gaps between major cultivation stages was huge.
" Now which scouting celestial should I choose I have been itching for one from quite a time now. " He began to remember all the available options in the area.
" The Soul sense Celestial should be perfect for me it doesn't have much range but it is extremely clear and detailed"
Soul sense Celestial helped the celestial masters to spread their soul power to inspect the surrounding they could get a very clear vision of the area but it had a very short range.
It was the most common scouting celestial found in the area and had the highest accuracy but due to its very limited range it was only used by ordinary people.
" Its range increased for people with strong soul strength , if I use it along with the clear clear Celestial Worm i can have the distance increased by 50 % . It is still shorter than normal scouting celestials but I am after vivid scouting and in that regard nothing can beat it." He said to himself.
He had finnally reached the area where the Soul sense Celestial worm were found he easily captured one and tamed it.
This time it didn't take much time to tame it as he was now an upper phase stage one cultivator.
It was a round looking bead like creature with a bright orange colour. He poured his essence into the worm.
Soon he felt his soul strength spreading like a net making a sphere of about 10 feet radius. He could feel every detail in that region like a three dimensional model of the area has been installed into his mind and he could feel every change occuring in the area.
" Such clearity it is almost like i can feel this area . But anything is not without its flaws its area effect is too little " he smiled bitterly.
" Even after using the clear clear worm it will only get to 15 feet , but other scouting type worms even the lowest of the low still has a hundred feet radius and is still considered trash"
" But this one is a heaven defying advantage in close combat , also i can have enough time to dodge ambushes when using it . The main purpose of me getting a scout type celestial was to avoid ambushes " he said to himself and ran towards his cave.
Other scouting celestials had ranges in hundreds of feet and the powerful ones could also provide clear information, but if they wanted to compete with Soul Sense Celestial in terms of details.
They could rest at home, as it was the extended gird of ones own soul , it was like having eyes everywhere in the sphere of these 10 feet. Untill you don't have a great advantage in terms of soul strength then the user you can forget about your sneak plans.
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