'My opportunity has arrived!'
With that in mind, he didn't think twice and enveloped his body in a white and green light.
Shooting like an arrow, he flew until he was above the Blazing Red Lion.
The Green Wolf noticed him, and its expression twisted with rage.
Rito didn't care and, with his hand surrounded by green wind, he attacked the massive head of the Blazing Red Lion lying on the ground.
*Bang!*
His hand pierced the Blazing Red Lion's head with some resistance, but then, he smiled as the Blazing Red Lion began to turn to dust.
At the same time, he activated the Sage's Eyes and managed to dodge two wind scythes that were shot in his direction.
"Slow." He murmured.
But it only seemed slow because of the Sage's Eyes that see almost everything.
Retreating, he used the green wind to collect the orbs that fell from the Blazing Red Lion.
He felt like bursting into laughter when he saw that among the spheres of light, he hit the jackpot by obtaining a crystal sphere with flames at its center. In other words, he acquired the crystal sphere with the Divine Fire Art.
Furthermore, there were six faint red spheres that were even larger than those dropped by the Green Wolf yesterday, and two faint purple spheres that were also larger than those dropped by the Green Wolf.
Being honest, this only made him look at the Green Wolf, which had managed to defeat this Blazing Red Lion, with greed.
In theory, lions were more powerful, but for the Green Wolf to overcome one in a direct confrontation demonstrated just how powerful it was.
And now, with the Green Wolf in its weakened state, Rito couldn't miss this chance.
Rito's feet planted firmly on the arid ground, and then, like a green flash, he shot toward the Green Wolf.
*Awoo!*
Howling, the Green Wolf managed to create five basketball-sized spheres made of green wind.
With the Sage's Eyes activated, he saw the distortion in the wind spheres and knew what was coming.
It was the same barrage of wind arrows that the Green Wolf had used against the Blazing Red Lion.
Rito increased his speed.
As if it had anticipated this, the Green Wolf fired wind arrows, predicting his location.
Thanks to the Sage's Eyes, Rito was able to see every detail and dodge the green wind arrows.
*Bang! Bang! Bang...!*
The arrows, missing their target, exploded on the ground in whirlwinds.
Suddenly, dozens of arrows were fired in his direction at the same time.
Jumping into the air as if diving, he spun and dodged all the arrows, and in the midst of his spin in the air, he murmured "Great Eagle," and then his appearance underwent a metamorphosis.
With a white head, yellow beak, golden eyes with a pattern of eight-pointed red stars, and a black body with a white tail, Rito's transformation seemed to catch the Green Wolf by surprise.
The arrow shots stopped for a brief moment, and that was all Rito needed to spread his beautiful black-feathered wings and glide.
Immediately, enveloping his body with green wind, he forced his body to spin and, like a large spinning arrow, he reached the Green Wolf and struck just below its head, piercing its body with his beak, encountering a bit of resistance from a thin layer of green wind, but still broke through the defense, piercing the Green Wolf's body, mutilating it in the process.
Spreading his wings and letting out a sharp cry, he canceled the transformation.
His eyes were bleeding again, and he was panting as he landed on the ground.
Because of the wind surrounding him earlier in his eagle transformation, there was no blood on his body, but he could smell the metallic scent in the air.
Looking back, he saw the pieces of the Green Wolf turning to dust.
The brutality left him feeling a bit nauseous, but seeing it turn to dust was, in a way, reassuring.
He deactivated the Sage's Eyes and, almost out of breath, extended his left hand and brought the spheres of light that were among the ashes.
It was practically the same number of spheres that had dropped from the Blazing Red Lion, though there was one extra purple sphere, and there was a glass sphere with green wind at its center instead of fire.
"Great!" He clenched his left hand into a fist and celebrated as soon as he finished collecting the spheres.
He had just over 10% of his Spiritual Mana left. He needed to find a safe place to rest soon.
He headed toward the southeast.
With the little Spiritual Mana he had left, he used it to let the wind warn him if any animal approached.
...
About two kilometers from the previous location, Rito climbed a tall tree.
Sitting on a branch, using the tree's green leaves as camouflage, he closed his eyes while resting.
Even now, the smile on his face didn't fade.
His luck was almost too good to be true.
If he could make the most of these spheres, his power would increase significantly.
He couldn't even stay still. His feet fidgeted as anxiety kept him from calming down.
He took deep breaths and sighed several times, gradually calming himself.
The fresh air was the main factor.
Minutes later, he felt much more at peace.
With his eyes closed, he continued to rest.
...
Three hours later...
Rito opened his eyes and stretched.
His neck was a bit stiff; he twisted it a little, and cracks echoed.
Jumping from the tree, he landed on the ground and twisted his body a bit. Another series of bone cracks echoed.
'Alright, I'm one hundred percent recovered now!' He smiled.
Using the wind, he used it as a sensor to find his next targets.
Opening his eyes, he hummed softly and advanced toward the west.
A white aura mixed with green surrounded him as he ran incredibly fast.
He was running faster than a cheetah.
And in moments, he arrived in front of a rabbit burrow.
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