Eye System

Walking out of the mist, the corpse beasts all moved out of his way, under the control of the Jade Empress, as the hooded figure in white robes walked through the forbidden grounds.

[System show me my status] he ordered within his mind, excited to see the current state of his body.

{Ding, the host's current status is:

Name-Lex Black

Body Power LVL- Earth Mortal LVL 3

Energy Power LVL- Earth Mortal LVL 1

State- Healthy

Eye Powers- Spacial Eye, Scouting Eye, Perceptive Eye, Self-Cloning Eye

Cultivation Methods- Mental Void Method

Skills- Dual Eye, Item Creation Skill, Lock-On Skill} the system stated.

Lex had a pleased smile with all the different useful Eye Powers and skills he now had, his cultivation level and that his meridians were healed.

"I'll be back in a few days, make sure you look after Angela for me," he said as he walked out of the mist grounds, knowing that the Jade Empress could hear him and that she knew everything that happened in the mist grounds.

As he walked out he was shocked to find that there were a few men stationed around the area and they seemed to be waiting for somebody to come out.

"Everyone, he has finally come o..." screamed one of the bandits that saw Lex come out.

Before he could finish alarming his peers, his neck was slashed and all that was seen was a flash of Lex's blade.

Lex withdrew the long katana blade from his inventory and sliced the bandit's throat before he could finish, as blood gushed out of his neck and he collapsed to his knees, gasping for air.

"No mercy for scum" he stated as he flicked his blade for the blood to slide off.

The rest of the bandits there were horrified by the ruthlessness of his attack that in one strike killed their peers.

Those instants of hesitation, fear and helplessness were exploited by the vicious and uncaring Lex, who despite having the Weston family's daughter on his shoulder was incredibly fast and with a few basic horizontal slashes all aiming at their open and vulnerable throats, killed them all in one strike each.

[You liking the killing with your thick and all-consuming bloodlust] said Lex within his mind to the Eye Demon.

[You finally decided to talk to me after all these days of ignoring me, is it maybe because you think you can't defeat them by yourself] ridiculed the Eye Demon, still relentlessly trying to gain control of Lex's body and would exploit any opportunity to break his mind.

[No, I just wanted to thank you as that bloodlust is rubbing off on me and allowing me to enjoy killing them with my own power and you can stay in my soul, trapped forever] replied Lex nonchalantly, causing the Eye Demon to explode with rage.

Lex felt as though he had peaked in strength and his mental state still being clear and empty with the slowly fading effects of cultivating the Mental Void Method, had complete focus on the battles he was heading into.

"Kano also wrap around the girl and make sure she doesn't fall" ordered Lex as he dashed around the outer area of the forbidden mist grounds.

Kano stretched out another robe that wrapped around the girl like a mummy and attached her to his back like a backpack, freeing Lex's hand to allow him to have a stronger two-handed grip on his katana.

He was a white flash to those that saw him, and were the last moments of their lives.

Another group of bandits were decimated within a few seconds and all it took was a single slash of Lex's blade.

Guilt was the last thing on Lex's mind and opposingly felt good about killing the cruel bandits around the mist grounds as it would make sure that Angela was safe.

After completing a half-circle around the perimeter of the forbidden mist grounds and killing everybody he saw, Lex finally found those that he was looking for.

There was one very large tent that had a cage filled with young girls and a carriage with a large bull-beast next to it and another small tent near it that Lex assumed was that of the hunters from his past reality.

[It seems everybody else has left apart from the hunter group and the big bandit group] noticed Lex.

Dual Eye

Scouting Eye

Perceptive Eye

Lex's left eye became completely clear while his right eye formed a green target with his pupil acting as a red centre.

With the Scouting Eye for enhancing his vision and the Perceptive Eye boosting his reflexes and perceptivity, it was the perfect combination for close combat battle against a group.

He could see the hunter group sat down within their smaller tent and a few dozen stronger bandits laughing and eating within the larger tent with the leader that was also very powerful.

However, to Lex, the only people that could be a slight threat to him were the hunter group and the bandit leader, but it was the first time that Lex had been stronger than his opponent in terms of cultivation and was confident in his combat prowess.

"Well, I've got no time to waste" he mumbled to himself as he dashed towards the large tents.

He was enraged by the sight he saw with his Scouting Eye of a few of the young girls that they had captured being played around with and groped by the despicable and uncaring bandits and only made him want to kill them all even more.

Instantly the bandit leader and the hunters, as the most powerful, experienced and perceptive, sensed Lex who was charging towards them at incredible speeds.

The hunter group all experienced in battle all jumped out of the tent they were sat and resting in and drew their weapons that in this reality weren't beast powers.

[System why is it that even after hunters like those probably killing dozens of beasts didn't gain any beast powers] he asked within his mind as he suddenly reached a halt giving them time to prepare and get his questions answered by the system.

{Ding, a beast power is fundamentally an amalgamation of the soul, body and power of the beast to form an ability for the killer of the beast. There are skills that increased the likelihood of it occurring and can allow the host to unlock other functions with beast powers however without the intention of gaining a beast power it is impossible for the killer to acquire it on the off chance that it does occur} the system explained.

[So them not knowing about it is what is stopping them from being able to gain beast powers] repeated Lex to himself with an amused smile at their ignorance.

The bandit leader was given enough time to put on a heavy suit of armour and had a large mace in each hand, with his dozens of subordinates behind him, while the hunter squad stood near them with the swordsman leader at the front.

"Are you ready now" called out Lex arrogantly, unfazed by all the powerful revellers that stood in front of him.

Lex was hiding his aura and power with the help of Kano that somehow was capable of hiding his power level from being shown.

"Don't be arrogant, it is impossible for you to be able to defeat a single one of us" ridiculed the bandit leader who couldn't sense any energy coming from Lex in the slightest.

"Catch those girls and put them back in the cage" he ordered to a few of his subordinate, pointing at the girls that were harassed and were trying to escape seeing that the bandits were distracted.

"Yes, boss" they all replied in unison as they dashed after the girls, easily catching up to them.

"I don't think so" stated Lex who returned the katana into the inventory and withdrew a bow from the inventory.

"That's great you made a bow appear out of thin air, but where are the arrows" called out the bandit leader as he began to laugh wildly, while the hunter squad under smarter leadership were cautious and silent as they spectated from the sidelines.

Lex not wanting to use the scarce arrows he had left in the inventory after training as they would take time to retrieve and there weren't many arrows that were of such quite high quality, decided to try something that he had never tried to before and could either not work or be an amazing discovery.

Remembering the Item Creation Skill that he had, but hadn't used in this reality, Lex formed an arrow identical to those he used to train in the bow according to the guide he was given by his master and latched it onto the bowstring.

The bow was the weapon that his master was least proficient in compared to other weapons, but had still trained with it for years and had mastered its direct use.

Pulling back the bowstring as far back as it could go, Lex with his strong arms released the bowstring and all that was heard was a whistle as it flashed past them all and struck one of the bandits chasing after the girls in the head.

Lex under the face-covering had a satisfied smile at the training that he did and the Perceptive Eye that made it simple to aim a bow.

Before anybody could react Lex quickly fired three more arrows and with impeccable precision shot down the other bandits that were chasing after the girls with one arrow to the head.

"Now for the rest of you" he declared with the evil smile that the Eye Demon had influenced him into.