After receiving the pills, Sappy immediately went into the room assigned to him by the elders where he quickly took one pill and sat crossed legged and proceeded in mediation.

In the cave, Ming Li was trying trying to suppress his rage. He never expected that Sappy would be directly sent into secluded training to gain a level. His goal to investigate the tribe and learn some skills went to the drain. There was no exact timeline on when Sappy could gain a level, so Ming Li's disappointment grew more as time passed by.

Days passed by, Ming Li still sat crossed legged inside the cave. This time his expression was not of disappointment but of resolve.

"I will join that tournament! I need to reach the Soul Realm within five months!"

He then tapped his cube producing all of his remaining demons grace which he quickly made into demonic nature's dew.

Like a machine, he produced nature's dew nonstop. Quickly, demonic nature due piled up infront of him.

When everything was turned into demonic nature's dew. He smiled then started absorbing them quickly. He only have 5 months to step into the Soul Realm which he has no idea how to do. But for now, the most important thing was to reach the tenth level of Fusion Realm as soon as possible.

Days passed, both Ming Li and Sappy focused on increasing their level. Ming Li's speed of growth was abnormally higher compared to Sappy since he was using insane amount of nature's dew for his growth instead of refining natural energy.

While Ming Li was busy getting stronger, the search for him did not stop. Instead the tribe was more aggressively looking for him. Unfortunately, they found no trace of Ming Li anywhere. The tribe never thought that Ming Li would hide so near their base that they ignored the places near it. Also, with their limited information regarding Ming Li, it was not possible to find him quickly. They have already captured several suspects but none of them were the actual culprit. 

Only after 3 weeks of absorbing demon's grace he quickly reached the half of the tenth level. Previously, he had just entered the ninth level, so raising his level was a big issue. However, by consuming insane amount of demonic nature's dew he was able to increase the concentration of demonic energy in his core dramatically.

Ming Li was hoping that the remaining demon's grace would be enough for him to reach the peak of the Fusion Realm.

After a month, Ming Li was still sitting still and emanated visible threads of demonic energy. His level was obviously rising at unimaginable degree which no one would be capable of.

With his insanely large core and his crazy amount of demonic nature's dew, he left Sappy in the dust with his speed. In his estimate, he only needed another month to fully reach the 10th level. 

On the second month, His cave slightly trembled. A bit of eerie demonic energy seeped out from it and slowly, light appeared deep within the cave which illuminated upto the entrance of the cave.

Inside the cave, Ming Li was sitting crossed legged with closed eyes and clothes drenched in sweat. He haven't opened his eyes for 2 months now, and at this moment, he slowly opened them. His eyes did not reflect any fatigue, instead it showed an energetic glow which spread out throughout his body allowing him to feel rejuvenated.

The trembling of the cave grew more intense, and the light grew brighter. Also, his energy was exposed outside which created cracks in the ground. Stepping into the peak of the Fusion Realm was different than gaining a level. The effects was also greater causing changes in the surrounding.

Incidentally two seekers from the tribe were flying near his cave. When they noticed the abnormal energy in the cave, they slowly approached it trying to figure out what was happening.

Currently, Ming Li was almost at the tenth level. Only a few breaths was needed for him to fully be at the peak of Fusion Realm. In this few breaths, the two seekers also approached his cave which spelled danger that he didn't notice.

Ming Li threw his head back and roared! This time his level really reached the tenth level. All of his demonic nature's dew were consumed. However, It made him significantly stronger than before.

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When the two seeker heard his roar. They increased their speed and quickly landed in front of the cave. They were now sure that the person inside was a seeker who just increased a level. And from the looks of it, the seeker was no ordinary person based on the effects which he caused to the surroundings by simply increasing a level.

Also, they felt that the seeker inside was only at the fusion realm which made them more confident to know who would dare to step near their territory without permission.

"Who is there!? This is the territory of the Holy River Tribe! You should ask for permission to stay here!"

Inside the cave, Ming Li was frowning while saying "@#$#, I did it again! How unlucky can I get?"

He then sighed and calmly replied. "I am just a wanderer who happen to gain a level in this place. Please pardon my intrusion since I will be leaving tonight."

The two seeker looked at each other with a serious expression and nodded. One seeker released his aura as he walked towards the entrance of the cave trying to intimidate Ming Li.

Ming Li was actually now nervous, since he would definitely be captured even though he was a nobody, since the people of the tribe were searching for anyone suspicious and treated them all as the one who killed their young master.

He did not hesitate anymore, and instead of being captured without fight, he gritted his teeth and pointed at the approaching man and said. "Despair!"

The man who was walking towards Ming Li suddenly felt weird, then tears fell from his eyes after which he fell on his knees and felt unbearable suffering of his soul which made his soul body tremble dramatically.

Ming Li then quickly waved his hands afterwards and said "Distort"

The man who was already on his knees suddenly felt his body being torn apart and he was actually visibly distorted which caused him to be severely damaged.

Both of the surprise consecutive attack made the man unaware of what was happening. His companion was also taken by surprise of Ming Li's attacks and wasn't able to react properly until he saw Ming Li standing next to his companion.

Earlier they were a bit careless because the aura they felt in the cave was definitely from someone at the Fusion Realm. Being on the Soul Realm themselves, they were confident that they could capture Ming Li without a problem. However, they never expected that Ming Li could actually easily incapacitate one of them.

When the man saw Ming Li next to his companion, he quickly slapped the ground making it vibrate which caused a pillar of water to rise from it.

Unfortunately, when the water have just risen, Ming Li was already holding the neck of the man on the floor with his hand molten red. Without even a hint of hesitation, Ming Li crushed his throat ripping it away killing the man in the process.

At the same moment that Ming Li ripped the man's throat, a gush of water shot towards him at incredible speed. Luckily, he was already prepared for the attack and pushed his other hand forward creating extreme heat to radiate from it making the gush of water spread out in all direction destroying the whole cave.

Ming Li tumbled backward from the exchange of attack. The person who he was facing was probably at the third level of the soul realm and the person he killed was at the first level.

This time it was impossible to take the remaining man by surprise so he has no option but to flee. With the clash, he realized that he can fight and survive seekers at the Soul Realm, however he was not sure if he could beat them in a direct battle.

Quickly, he leap backwards and started running while throwing crystal leaves which clouded the sight of the enemy.

It was not an easy task escaping someone at the Soul Realm especially when you are at the Fusion Realm. The ability to fly was a big difference between the two of them. Even with Ming Li's frantic escape, the man easily caught up in the air while Ming Li ran as fast as he could in the land.

But, Ming Li was not an easy prey. Ming Li knew several tricks to escape his opponents which he learned from constantly fleeing every-time.

The chase was full of clashes which have drawn the attention of other seekers near the area. This time, Ming Li felt extreme crisis, he never thought that he would be caught up in such a bind with his own stupid actions.

Back then, the same thing already happened to him which he did not really take into heart. However, his current predicament was beyond what happened last time when he was at the forest when he shouted after creating his first pill.

Two seekers could now be seen trailing behind Ming Li far behind the man chasing him from the beginning. Their image was still so small that they only appear to be a dot in the sky. But it caused Ming Li to feel panicked and continued his escape. 

The route he was taking was also foreign to him, however far ahead in front of him was none other than the gigantic river which made him feel extreme danger.

Currently, he had no choice but to flee in this direction, since this was the only location he felt scarce amount of aura from seekers which proved to be the safest escape path. But, actually he had no further plan when he reached the river. 

With his current pace, it would only take another thirty minutes for him to reach the river, so he was frantically racking his brain trying to think of a way out of his situation.

The man pursuing him never stopped his attacks, also after five minutes, the man pulled out a familiar pearl which he instantly crushed, quickly causing hundreds of seekers to fly up from the island of the tribe!

Ming Li's eyes went wide when he saw this, since he was located not extremely far away form the island, he can clearly see the block dots visible above the island.

He knew that the man would call for help. However, he never thought that so many seekers would react quickly and those seekers also hastily flew towards Ming Li's direction!

"@%&$!! I'm really going to die this time!" Ming Li said with a panicked expression.