The Blake family locked the murderer onto Shadow and several other major families, but they didn't expect that it was Ryan who did it.
Therefore, no matter how much the Blake family investigated, it was in vain, because they couldn't find anything at all.
Shadow was dead, so how could they find Shadow?
It could be said that as long as Ryan did not deliberately reveal his Shadow Talent or the combat style he had used that night, it was almost impossible for the Blake family to find him.
In the next few days, Ryan cultivated every day, pretending not to know anything, and temporarily avoided the limelight, but Greyhaven caused an uproar because of Connor Blake's death.
The death of a genius with Medium Cultivation Talent made the Blake family completely crazy, and there were fights with several families, and many people died secretly. Finally, the dispute was stopped with the intervention of the Windsor family, one of the strongest families in Greyhaven.
With the passage of time, the Blake family had not been able to find Shadow, thinking that Shadow had escaped from Greyhaven, so they could only admit defeat for the time being, but the reward for Shadow had not been withdrawn.
As long as Shadow appeared, he would face the Blake family's crazy revenge.
Ten days later, Greyhaven was calm, and Ryan was ready to leave Greyhaven and enter the vast wilderness to hunt fierce beasts.
Only enough fierce beast blood would allow him to rapidly improve his strength.
Even though he had already reached Rank 1 Blood Warrior, if he wanted to quickly improve his strength and move toward Rank 2, he still needed the assistance of fierce beast blood.
But once he entered the wilderness, he couldn't come back for a day or two, so Ryan made all the necessary preparations beforehand.
This time, Ryan brought his saber as well as some daily necessities.
When everything was ready, Ryan walked towards the outside of Greyhaven.
East City Gate.
A group of soldiers were patrolling. These soldiers were basically Blood Warrior Apprentices, and only the squad leaders were Rank 1 Blood Warriors.
After all, Blood Warriors had considerable status. It was impossible to use powerful Blood Warriors simply to guard the gate. In fact, there were many Blood Warriors serving among Greyhaven's soldiers, because once fierce beasts attacked the city, there had to be enough manpower to stop them.
Being a soldier was also one of the more promising professions in Greyhaven. Of course, the risk was also high, and no one knew how many soldiers died at the hands of fierce beasts every year.
Ryan walked through the city gate and headed outside, while a soldier looked at Ryan's back and shook his head.
"Another Blood Warrior who wants to get rich overnight. Does he think the wilderness is the same as inside Greyhaven? Maybe this kid won't even last a day!"
Obviously, he regarded Ryan as the kind of young Blood Warrior who risked his life to make money.
In fact, there were many such Blood Warriors. Once they were lucky enough to find the corpse of a valuable fierce beast in the wilderness and bring it back, they might earn enough money to avoid working hard for several years.
Under such huge profits, there were naturally Blood Warriors willing to take risks.
...
It was basically safe within a kilometer or two outside Greyhaven, because if fierce beasts entered this range, they would usually have been killed by the city's Blood Warriors long ago, unless it was during a beast tide, when large numbers of fierce beasts could appear near the city.
If Ryan wanted to hunt fierce beasts, he could only go farther.
And Ryan's destination was a place where fierce beasts lived—the Blackridge Mountains.
The Blackridge Mountains were an enormous mountain range filled with towering ancient trees and countless fierce beasts, almost like a paradise for them.
From what Ryan had learned at Aegis Martial Academy, this world was already known to be dozens of times larger than the Earth of his previous life, and that only referred to the regions mankind had actually explored and mapped.
There were still enormous regions that humans could not cross or simply did not dare to enter.
No one knew exactly what lay beyond them.
"It is rumored that there are high-level fierce beasts in the depths of the Blackridge Mountains, and even existences beyond that. I don't know if it's true?"
Ryan thought as he hurried forward.
High-level fierce beasts were terrifying existences that only Rank 3 Blood Warriors could normally deal with, and once they encountered one, even a Rank 2 Blood Warrior would find it difficult to escape.
Ryan's target was naturally not the depths of the Blackridge Mountains. He only wanted to secretly hunt a few fierce beasts on the outskirts.
However, less than ten minutes after leaving Greyhaven, before reaching the Blackridge Mountains, he encountered a fierce beast.
"Ferocious Black Boar King!"
Ryan looked at the three-meter-long huge black boar in front of him with a solemn expression.
The Ferocious Black Boar King was not an ordinary beast. This was a genuine low-level fierce beast, and one particularly strong among them. Whether it was strength or defense, it was far beyond ordinary beasts. Even if an average Rank 1 Blood Warrior encountered the Ferocious Black Boar King alone, dealing with it would be extremely difficult.
Normally, several Blood Warriors would work together to surround and kill such a beast.
Ryan held the saber in his hand.
The Ferocious Black Boar King suddenly charged.
Ryan's Medium Reflex Talent immediately allowed him to react to its movements.
He avoided the charge and slashed at the Ferocious Black Boar King's neck.
Clang!
The saber seemed to have struck steel, and the neck of the Ferocious Black Boar King was only left with a white mark. Its hide was not even properly broken.
"Such strong defense!"
Ryan frowned.
With his current strength, an ordinary attack couldn't break through the Ferocious Black Boar King's defenses at all.
Immediately, he adjusted his stance.
Blazing Heaven Severing Saber!
Ryan's saber moved again.
This time, the power-exertion method of the saber technique concentrated his strength into the strike.
Slash!
A clear wound finally appeared on the Ferocious Black Boar King's hide.
"It works!"
Ryan's eyes lit up.
The Ferocious Black Boar King roared and charged at him again.