After I had entered the forest the first thing I saw was a rabbit feasting on the corpse of a fox. It seems that rabbits are carnivores.

Sneaking up behind the unsuspecting rabbit I opened my body and slammed around it crushing and killing it immediately.

Now I had eye's I could see the process of absorbing the animal. Several tubes of muscle mass came out of my body and penetrated the corpse of the rabbit.

Sucking the blood out of the rabbit I felt my muscle mass increase. And all that was left rabbit was a husk just skin and bones.

Turning around to search for new prey I ended up back at the clearing where I first gained consciousness.

When I got there a blue ape and what looked like a slug with legs were facing off it took a moment but my brain kicked in and it informed me that the blue ape was called a water ape.

And the slug with legs was called a naaktslak. The ape attacked first sending what looked to be water beam at the slug.

I could feel the power of the attack from here. I thought that the slug would move out of the way but against my opinion, the slug just stood there and took the brunt of the attack.

The slug's skin seemed to ripple but otherwise, the slug was fine the ape looked just as surprised as me.

Confused as to why the slug was still standing. The ape now wary started to move backwards. As the ape started to retreat the slug seemed to tremble its neck expanding and swelling. The ape Now running away. Was too late and the slug spewed what was probably acid at high speeds at the ape melting him down to the bone in a matter of seconds. The slug not even bothering to eat the corpse of the ape walked away. After I made sure that the slug was gone I made my way over to the corpse of the ape I wasn't sure if the acid would kill me, so I avoided it.

The only part of the ape that wasn't melted was an arm hopping over to it, I absorbed its cellarer makeup receiving another dose of info about the spices about their strength's and weakness.

I recreated them on my side's replacing my front appendages with them since they are superior.

Testing them I punched the ground leaving a decent-sized hole in the ground. For some reason, I tried to smile but that didn't go well considering the fact that rabbits can't smile.

Satisfied with the result I used my arm's to catapult my self back into the tree line one I had reached the base of the tree I grabbed the side of it and scaled its side.

Once I reached the top of the canopy I used my arm's to swing through the tree tops.

''screeeeeeeeeeeech.''

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Startled I looked up a moment later a massive figure appeared in my view.

One second I was in the tree's the next I'm in the air with claw's digging into my side's reaching up I grabbed about aimlessly. By pure luck, I managed grabbed the animal's wings forcing it to crash. The animal screeching in protest catapulted into the ground luckily the tree's and the bird cushioned my fall. Otherwise, I would be injured or dead.

The bird pushing me off it scrambled to its feet injured as both of its wings was broken. With bone's sticking out of it in several places was met with my fist. The bird's neck twisting at an unnatural angle it fell to the floor with an ungraceful *thump.* Absorbing the animal I found out that they are called elder eagles.

Recreating their wing's on my back I took to the skies. As graceful a rock immediately falling back onto the ground. I was too heavy getting rid of my arm's and increasing the size of the wing's did the trick this time when I tried to ascend I fell more gracefully.

This will take time.

------------------------5 hour's later---------------------------------

I gave up trying to fly in my other form and shifted fully into the eagle. Flapping my wings I ascended and soon found my self soaring through the skies. Gliding I looked around for prey. When I felt a tug in my soul following the tug I ended up at a cave. Landing onto the ground I slowly moved closer. Entering the cave it slowly descended into the ground adding ape arm's on to my eagle and removing the wings I descended into the ground. Once I reached the bottom I found my self in a large room. Stepping inside I looked around seeing an empty room.

I turned around to find out that the exit was gone surprised I looked around. A bright light drew my attention as a creature appeared out of thin air. It had two long arms that resembled sickles and two massive eyes that swerved everywhere looking at everything. I think that They are called emerald mantises, and they were one of the most deadly animals in this region. With a combination of naturally strong armour powerful front limbs and near 360 vision, They were the top one of the top predator's in their area, But they had one weakness they are weak to blunt damage. The mantis rushed towards me and slashed one of its sickles towards me. Ducking I went in to punch the abdomen of the mantis.

But I didn't notice one of the leg's lashing out hitting me in the chest. I used my arm's to stop my fall and launched my self towards the mantis again. The mantis surprised back peddled and slashed at me again this time instead of ducking I deflected the sickle with the ape's naturally strong fur. Closing in for the kill I punched the leg that went to kick me again braking it. Then proceed to grab the head of the mantis crushing it beneath my hand's. Dropping the mantis's corpse I absorbed the mantis and made four of the sickle's on my back. And used them like spider leg's an orb appeared in the room the tug on my soul came from that orb. I moved closer to examine the orb it was blood-red while I was examining I felt Its Mana started to pulse. I felt it's Mana invade my mind trying to control me.

HOW DARE IT TRY TO CONTROL ME. I pushed back and started to absorb its Mana slowly consuming it. I felt its fear I felt it begging for its life but I paid it no heed. And completely absorbed it.