Chapter 105: Chapter 104: Hallowed be Thy Name

This time when I descended, I again appeared on an uninhabited continent, near where I had first practiced elemental ki. The area itself looked largely the same, although maybe a bit more overgrown. Thankfully, this was not the same continent that the heroc appeared on, or else I would have had to choose somewhere else.

I had descended in the body of a human, and at my waist was the bag of holding that contained my sword. Before I left, I asked Tubrock to begin  working on the chakrams I would need, but it would have been unrealistic to expect them to already be complete. As such, I wasn’t going to practice the Thousand Arms this time, instead focusing on the Ten Thousand Threads.

The target for this hunt was a plant monster averaging level one hundred, the Blinking Blossom. When I first saw it, it creeped me out to no end. However, I had to admit that this kind of opponent would be the perfect test for my new techniques.

As I wandered through the forest, I made sure to block off all of my Keeper stats, except for my health. No matter what, I could not afford to actually die here. But, cutting the other stats off did make it harder for me to detect monsters, so I had my sword at the ready.

When I was here before, I had never journeyed far from the river, making all of this a new experience for me. I was hacking down thick bushes that got in my way, keeping my eyes focused on detecting any small movement. The blinking blossom was by no means the only monster in this forest, but it was the most powerful.

As I was thinking that, a sharp screech came from above. Looking up, I saw a monkey with glistening silver skin jumping down at me, its clawed hands at the ready.

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