NOVPUB"BANG!" "BANG!" "BANG!"
Lucian knocked down a few trees down his road with his speed but that just made him slower as the obstruction stalled him.
Lucian's expression changed he was horrified but he could only watch with widened eyes as the Soaring Threadserpent bit at his hand.
In that moment, he felt a great force grip his wrist tightly and seven sharp needles penetrating his hand.
A sudden chill was then felt as his hands was starting to go numb almost immediately.
His mind suddenly turned blank. He knew he was in trouble this time.
He was stronger than the beast, that was a fact he knew and even the beast was aware of but what was this helplessness he was feeling?
He recalled the information about the Threadserpent's poison.
The Threadserpent could be categorised as a Rank 2 beast.
The only reason it was even categorised as Rank 2 was because of its speed and its poison. Its strength was negligible to say the least.
Lucian could only hope that the thread serpent had accumulated its toxins for just a few years or if he was lucky, months.
He might be able to survive if it was that little.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed as he remembered something.
If he was going to go down, he wasn't going down this easily. Dying was still a terrifying term to him which had scarred him. He wasn't going to go through the process one llce more.
Suddenly, his muscles undulated as his heart constricted as he activated blood control talent. (SS)
The blood within his hands ignited as scorching heat distorted the surroundings as though his hand was about to explode!
"Boom!"
Whoosh!
The air twisted and the temperature rose at an astonishing degree. His muscles oscillated as he activated the technique.
Pssh!
Suddenly, tiny bits of blood sprouted out from his hands like a gyser as the tiny veins in his hands exploded one by one with force!
Sssssss!
The Soaring Threadserpent swiftly released its grip as the hissing sound of misery escaped its lips.
Its suddenly dropped to the ground and started twisting its tails as though it was about to die.
Lucian finally breathed out a sigh of relief.
He had gambled upon this method but he wasn't sure if it would work.
He wasn't sure if removing the poisoned blood in his bitten arm would work which was why he directly made the flesh around the poison explode with blood explosion!
He then stared at the dead Threadserpent in front of him.
A sweet aroma entered his nose but Lucian was in no mood to enjoy such things.
The body had been burnt completely black as though it had been cooked from inside out.
Its mouth had even almost turned to ashes and Lucian wasn't sure if it would disintegrate under his touch.
That's the law of heat transfer. Heat can be transmitted through conduction as anything would accept and absorb heat.
There are very clear differences between heat and flame.
"Flame" is the visible energy when burning something.
"Heat" is given off a flame and countless other things.
Flame produces heat, but heat does not always generate from flame, and heat almost never produces flame (friction might count)
HEAT: a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature.
FLAME: the process of combustion of materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.
If you want to think of it a different way:
Flame is what you see when you look at a fire and heat if what you feel from the fire.
Heat is formless, invisible and traceless. But you can see flames as it is being transferred from one body to another.
While flame is visible and untouchable, you can still see it with your eyes and avoid touching it.
You would never touch a pot that is on fire with your bare hands but you will definitely touch a pot that is on the floor, not knowing it was on the fire a few minutes ago.
"I almost died." he gazed downwards with a complicated expression.
It was still a mystery to him, he was clearly stronger than the damn beast but he had been deceived into thinking he had the situation under control when it was completely opposite.
"This forest is more dangerous than I had imagined." he shivered as he remembered what he had just bring through.
Then he heard a voice speaking out.
"Killed a dangerous rank 2 beast. 10,000 points acquired."
"Please kill more beasts or mutated beasts to ensure you stay at your current position."
His eyebrows rose upon seeing the pop up from his watch.
It was as if he had forgotten his previous predicament.
His nose twitched. The aroma was tickling his nose and his throat bubbled up and down as he gulped.
"It surprisingly smells good." He blinked his eyes and he looked left and right.
Without ceremony or any care, he totally dismantled the body of the beast. But he kept the poison sac and the needle thread to himself.
It might come into good use.
After he was done, he kept the sharp horn of the Soaring Threadserpent he had used in skinning the beast.
The meat tasted quite delicious but it was a bit difficult to chew on.
He only had a slice of it though because the meat wasn't properly cooked and he still didn't know if it was poisonous or not.
But Lucian could feel a slight warm enter his body and he felt quite refreshed.
It was the same energy he always felt if he had breakfast in the morning inside the institute.
Which seem to imply that the institute provides low-level Rank One beast as breakfast to its students.
Such extravagance wasn't something an ordinary organisation could provide.
He couldn't help but admit at the might of the institute.
For every single student to have Rank One beast as breakfast, every single student, it would require an astronomical amount of relic points.
Checking his interface, "Still two uses left uhn?" the life sign reader still had two uses left for today.
The effect of the ability had faded a while ago.
"While it's duration is incredibly little, it's still quite useful." Lucian muttered to himself.
He then turned his attention towards the thin vest that was still in the backpack.
It was incredibly thin, almost as thin as cicada's wings and was as light as feather.
It was ash in colour with two straps installed in it. Which was used to tighten its reigns on the shoulder.
Lucian didn't hesitate, he pulled off his shirt, revealing a muscular and streamlined body. His skin was pure and white as he hasn't been in the sun for a few weeks.
A few weeks ago, he was thin and he could remember vividly complaining about it.
But in just a few weeks, he had buffed up quite a bit.
He wore the thin vest on his naked body but he realized that it was a bit bigger than he had expected.
And as though it had heard his thoughts, the vest tightened around his body making it very fit according to his body size.
"Uhn." Lucian sniffed in surprise.
It was more convenient, putting on his shirt.
Breathing in deeply, he put on his shirt, his gaze determined.
He remembered there were a few lifeform signs he had detected a few meters away from.
Stomping his foot, he dashed away and his figure faded within the forest.
* * *
Back at the safezone, three groups stood in a triangular position at the gate to the safezone.
The situation was immensely tense as the temperature in this surroundings turned a few degrees colder.
Roland stood at the forefront of one group, his blue eyes in a glare and what was surprising was that Sturm, Skyrim, and the six other students ranked in the Rankings List were standing beside Roland glaring at the two groups of students standing opposite them.
Standing in front of the second group, was a female student with five other people behind her.
She was as beautiful as a flower and as delicate as a silk. Her face was white and smooth with no pores to spot.
No blemish could be seen either and her green eyes seem to shine together with her floating blond hair and her succulent lips.
But currently, her lips was curled up in a sneer as she gazed at the two groups in front of her.
The third groups just consisted of three people, A male with the bearing of a gentle young master at the forefront and two beautiful women behind him that seem to be his maids to him.
While their numbers are little compared to the other two groups, the brainwaves they exuded almost rivalled that of the other two groups.
The other students had moved away from the tense location as they didn't want to be caught in the crossfire between the three strong groups.
Numerous other students stood far away on trees as they watched the unsettling situation.
Suddenly, Skyrim broke the quite stared own as she said "I will repeat myself, who are you people?"
Avien sneer widened as she replied "What does that matter? If you wish to battle, then let us fight. I want to see who will dare snatch this zone from my hands." The chill in her eyes increased.
