The trees of this planet had a rather yellowish shade rather than the ones on Earth which were on the greener side.

    Eryndor didn’t know the reason behind it, nor was he interested to find out.

    All these things were better left up to the researchers who’ve tagged along with them.

    It was them who experimented on various flora and fauna of all the planets they visited, incorporating the results in ongoing projects going on in the Human Federation so that they could develop on all fronts.

    It was easy to notice the superhumans fighting on all fronts, but difficult to notice the work scientists, and researchers put in to ensure everyone got the best equipment and facilities to increase their chances of winning.

    Eryndor had already asked Liliana about their schedule this morning, and it seemed they would be leaving today itself in a few hours.

    He couldn’t help but think that Liliana might be rushing.

    After all, their first planet was a failure, hardly staying on it for a few hours. Not staying longer on this planet to compensate with more resources seemed like a waste.

    Is she in a hurry to get to the next planet? Is it to attack Ken and Hellen on the next planet before they could completely recover?

    Is it something like only one chance per planet?

    Eryndor could only make guesses for now, so he put it in the back of his mind.

    Since he only had a few hours, Eryndor decided not to practice his defensive cultivation art but set out to hunt for the Crappy Birds.

    He was still passively cultivating all this time, which only stopped when he went to sleep.

    However, it was obvious the passive cultivation couldn’t be as fast as deliberate cultivation along with level one Qi Gathering pills.

    If Eryndor actively cultivated, it was a given that he would be able to control more Qi to circulate through the big circuit.

    The more Qi one could control to pass through the circuit of meridians during cultivation, the more Qi they would absorb at the end of circulation. This resulted in a faster progress in cultivation.

    Obviously, when he wasn’t allotting his entire focus on cultivating, the amount of Qi he could control was drastically less.

    Eryndor moved through the dense forest of planet Keltec, trying to find a community of Crappy Birds he could take on.

    He had already passed a few on his way, but they were all way too powerful for him to handle.

    There were also a few important plants he found along the way which didn’t have any Crappy Birds living around them.

    Well, I wouldn’t reject free stuff.

    This time since there was no hurry, he carefully applied the harvesting method taught to them before the mission and collected the plants.

    The boost in speed it gave when in the shadows was extremely high.

    The speed it provides in shadows might be at stage five without even trying.

    If I focused extensively and used it in the shadows, I might have the movement speed of someone at the peak of stage five.

    Eryndor had only consolidated his realm at stage four.

    Which meant the boost Shadowstep provided in its shadow mode was more than a complete stage. No wonder it was one of the most difficult movement cultivation art.

    Eryndor stood in the front of a tree after dodging all this while.

    He could see the impatience in its eyes, the gaps in its movements compared to before. The beast was losing its touch.

    The roles of the hunter and the prey would soon switch.

    As soon as the beast pounced at him again, Eryndor stood his ground this time.

    Timing his movement precisely, Eryndor only shifted at the last fraction of moment.

    Now’s my chance.

    He activated his Internal Fist and drove it hard onto the underbelly of the beast which couldn’t turn in time due to its front claws being stuck on the tree.

    Eryndor knew he would only be getting a small timeframe to act, and he capitalized beautifully on the chance.

    The underbelly was where the beast only had plain skin, with no scaled armor to give it protection.

    It released a wail of agony as it writhed, dislodging its claws from the tree.

    Eryndor didn’t let it go.

    The tables had turned.

    Just before it landed on the ground, Eryndor kicked hard on the underbelly, making sure to land it as accurately as he had intended to.

    The angles and force all matched, as the beast didn’t get to land securely.

    The kick had managed to successfully flip the beast.

    Eryndor didn’t lose even a bit of his momentum as he followed up with several Internal Fists, raining it down on the underbelly of the beast.

    When the beast finally stopped moving, Eryndor heaved a sigh.

    Time to check the progress of Sovereign’s Cloak.