Varian didn't know how strong he was. But with each fight, he gained a better idea.
In the disguise of Merman, he ran to the mid-level 7s princes and princesses willingly.
Compared to the first mid-level 7 prince that he fought, these were further inside the lake, and thus, significantly stronger.
Of course, encountering them was also rare due to their low number in the vast lake.
Twenty-three miles.
Twenty-five miles.
Twenty-eight mile—
"Who?!"
Varian turned his head to the source of the sound and found a woman.
She looked at him in confusion for a second, perhaps wondering why a merman was wandering, but the next second, her skin wriggled and a large form replaced her.
It was a creature that wasn't normal by any means. In fact, it wasn't one particular creature at all.
It had three faces. A shark, a tiger, and a snake. Its body was similar to that of a pangolin—full of scales.
"…" Varian recalled the girl before she transformed.
Even though she was nowhere as pretty as Sarah, she was still a bit beautiful.
But now.
"Kree!" He roared, but in reality, he lamented.
'I feel bad for you girl, I won't beat you too much.'
The princess, now turned into a hybrid creature felt irritated by that roar.
She couldn't understand what the merman implied. But she felt that it wasn't a normal battle cry.
"Growl!" The tiger face growled and the shark face gnashed its teeth while the snake hissed.
The next moment, they all attacked.
A pillar of purple poison reached Varian in the blink of an eye, closely followed by an ice dragon.
The next in line was the creature itself. In particular, the tiger head, which opened its mouth and seemed ready to tear him apart.
Varian didn't want to test his resilience against the poison, so he teleported.
But like other things on the lake, his teleportation was also restricted. He could teleport dozens of miles outside, but here, he ended up teleporting only a hundred meters.
And when he did, he realized something.
Green smoke filled the hundred meters. The poisonous gas spread everywhere and gave him no escape.
'A hybrid beast can be a headache.' Varian looked at the strange creature and thought.
Unlike normal beast morphers that transformed into one entity, these hybrid morphers transformed into a creature that was a mash-up of multiple entities.
They could either be very weak or very strong, depending on the compatibility.
This one had poison, water, and physical strength.
'The most troublesome part is poison.'
Varian's thoughts spun and he quickly thought of a solution. His space body pulled bits of space power out of his body and formed a very thin, but very formidable space layer on every inch of his body.
It was like an invisible second skin.
Hiss!
The moment the poison touched his space guard, they began to class.
Varian couldn't understand how a poison could fight the space layer, but he had more important things to do than think.
Even if he wanted to think, his opponent wouldn't give him the chance.
"Roar!"
From the green smoke, a giant creature lunged at him.
Varian wanted to roll to the side, but as if it was all planned, two ice dragons came from both sides, cutting off his routes to escape.
"I'm cornered?" Varian snickered. Instead of feeling flustered, he felt amused.
Szzz!
The poison still continued to meltdown his space protection.
Varian didn't care. He put force into his legs and pushed the ground. Then, with a resounding blast, he jumped into the air and met the creature mid-air.
His eyes locked with the tiger head's and the creature's eyes suddenly turned sluggish.
But perhaps this was the benefit of three heads, the other two heads were fine.
The shark face and the snake face looked at him with killing intent.
Varian raised his arms.
Zap! Kaa!
The space around the creature shook violently and cracked like a mirror.
"Kaa!" The shark face grimaced and an ice barrier formed around the creature.
Boom!
As the space blasted into pieces, and chaotic space currents flooded the region, the creature was left unharmed due to its armor.
But—
Bang! Kacha!
Varian's body was thrust forward by his macro kinetic force and he reached an insane speed. At this speed, even a normal stone could destroy a big room.
And with that speed, Varian reached the creature.
His fists glowed in golden lightning as lightning mana coursed through them and he aimed for the tiger head.
The creature panicked and hurriedly attacked. The snake's poison pillar engulfed him.