Touch some grass

Bian stimulated the energy flow of the Sky Fairy Mermaid. The blue life essence melted into his body, further increasing his abilities. His super geno points had reached a staggering 57.

Bian continued onwards towards the massive glowing green orb in the mountain cavity.

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The closer they got, the more excited the Emperor Manticore became. It was getting restless, Bian could naturally feel its yearning for the green light.

"Don't worry pal, we're almost there" Bian tried to calm the Emperor Manticore, but it wasn't interested in being calm.

SCREECH!

A super scream came from the mountain, a beast crawled out from under the floating green orb in the mountain.

The orb resembled a miniature green sun, its green rays obfuscated the beast. The creature walked out slowly, gradually revealing itself.

It had the body of a lion, but the head and wings of an eagle. It was a griffin, its beak and lion like body we're made of pure gold, while it's eagle parts glowed like silver.

Just by the amount of green light surrounding it, Bian knew this griffin wasn't to be trifled it. Right of the bat, he used the lightning rune. With the time dilation, Bian summoned the marble katana and white general beast soul.

He and his entourage ran towards battle. With a deafening screech, the griffin also raced towards them. Its speed was greater than that of the Cruel Shrike, but Bian had gotten stronger since then also.

The Holy angel brandished the diamond greatsword like a popsicle stick, she effortlessly swung the great sword with precision.

All her attacks met with air as the Griffin weaved between each swing effortlessly. Its focus wasn't on her but rather on the manticore for some reason.

Bian appeared behind the Griffin like a ghost, his marble katana was easily deflected by the claws of the Griffin. The minotaur dug its nails into the thick ground and uprooted a city block space of dirt.

SWOOSH!

With a mighty flap of its wings, the Griffin went high into the air. The Holy Angel and Manticore followed suit. Although Bian had super wings, they weren't berserk. He didn't dare use them fight a super creature much less one faster than the Cruel Shrike.

A cacophony of noise came from above, the Holy Angel and Emperor Manticore were suppressed by the Griffin. It easily maneuvered between the two while dodging beams from the manticore.

Tyrant Minotaur bent low, the floor underneath its foot cracked. The muscles in its thigh expanded to twice the original size.

The Tyrant Minotaur jumped into the fray. It came in fast and landed a clean blow on the Griffin.

The Griffin flew through the gigantic orb and crashed into the mountain with a mighty thud.

SCREOOH!

An ungodly sound escaped the Griffin's beak. It sounded like the roar of a lion and at the same time the scream of an eagle.

It's golden beak and golden body emitted a resplendent glow, for a moment it seemed as though the sun was rising. The golden light nearly overshadowed the light from the green orb.

The earth rumbled as the skies parted. An enraged Griffn stepped forth. A certain longing and sadness could be discerned in its eyes.

The very next second, all its feelings converged into one, anger. It turned its gaze towards the person responsible for its predicament, Bian.

The Emperor Manticore and Holy Angel were rushing towards it, Tyrant Minotaur stood in front of Bian while Blacktooth was at his side.

Bian already had the lightning rune active, this made the next moment all the more terrifying.

He watched in slow motion, as Blacktooth jumped in front of him. The Griffin ran between the Holy Angel and Emperor Manticore. It unfurled its wings with such great strength that they were sent hurling like ragdolls, too slow to react to its speed.

It continued towards Bian, the Griffin used its beak to smack the Tyrant Minotaur aside like a kid smacking away a pillow.

Bian saw in its golden eyes, a black vertically slit pupil focused on him, he couldn't dodge the griffin as it was too fast. He hurriedly summoned a sacred blood armor he had gained from the shelter raid.

Blacktooth had already covered his front, Bian held the handle of the marble katana and the top, he used it like a shield.

The Griffin used it front claws to cut Blacktooth in half. Its speed barely decreased as it easily broke through the marble katana, his armor and clawed Bian in the chest.

Bian couldn't resist the damage he received, he managed to use the dongxuan sutra to mess with his life force, to make it seem like he was dying.

The Griffin looked in the direction of the dying Bian. Then it looked towards the green orb with some longing in its eyes.

It burst out in a full sprint, then flew so fast, it broke the sound barrier. It flew in circular rings rising higher and higher.

Bits of flesh fell off from its body, piece by piece. Blood rushed out like a fountain and more flesh fell off. The Griffin went even faster, its body was soon disintegrated leaving behind its skeleton.

Weirdly, the Griffin didn't die. Instead it got even faster. As it flew about as a skeleton, new chunks of organs and meat grew as though formed by the wind itself.

The Griffin screeched in pain, a new body that could handle its unrestrained speed formed. A golden glow beamed from its eyes as it flew straight up into the sky, faster than ever.

The Griffin ascended so quickly, it broke through space and went into the third sanctuary. The space crack it formed diminished and eventually disappeared.

Bian was lying on the grass, unmoving. He let out a breath of relief, luckily the Griffin wasn't too interested in finishing him off.

"I almost died" Bian was somber with this realization. He had cast jadeskin to prevent blood loss, but his organs were a mess. Multiple bones were broken also.

He lost the marble katana and the sacred blood armor he had used to bolster his defense.

He felt the cold tingling sensation of the grass, it was nice. The smell helped relax his tense muscles and made him realise how mentally and physically fatigued he was.

Bian looked towards Blacktooth, even with only half of his body, he was still alive. The Emperor Manticore stood close to the Green Orb. With the Griffin gone, all the green energy flushed into it.

Bian wasn't sure if his eyes were deceiving him but more energy went towards the manticore than they did towards the griffin earlier.

"Go on!" Bian could feel that the Manticore was awaiting his permission. After he said this, the Emperor Manticore hoped into the massive green orb.

Roar!

A mighty roar came from the green orb as it shrunk. It got smaller and smaller, until it was the size of a shipping container. The light minimised and rushed into Bian.

It settled in his sea of soul. He could only assume the manticore was evolving.

"The griffin evolved into a third sanctuary creature after passing through the orb. Will the manticore also become a third sanctuary creature?" Bian had no one to answer this question.

As he was playing dead, he didn't react to his propulsion properly. His legs were bent out of shape, he couldn't even stand much less walk.

"Awoo!"

Bian heard a howl and some more shuffling, several creatures were looking for the bits of the Griffin that had sprayed all about.

Although Blacktooth was alive he was out of commission. His body was missing from the waist below, it was a wonder how he was still alive. Well actually it wasn't.

"Even when their arms are chopped off, the bleeding stop. They have incredible regeneration and vitality too." Bian was talking about those who practised the blood refine sutra.

Without him needing to speak, Tyrant Minotaur came over and carried Bian on his back. The Holy Angel carried Blacktooth by his scruffy hair, they went towards the shelter.

With his super geno points having passed fifty Bian had recovered at a considerable pace during the time it took to return. He manually set his feet and they healed by themselves, he could now walk.

He looked completely healthy from the outside but would need more time to heal his internal injuries.

"How do I get to Whitesand shelter" Bian questioned the half Blacktooth.

Blacktooth showed him the direction, although he didn't die from his injury, he didn't recover either.

"Well it's been nice, I guess" Bian gave the order and the Holy Angel brandished her diamond sword. She cleaved Blacktooth in half, the vertical type.

Bian lost another beast soul, the parasite beast soul. Now he didn't even have a sacred-blood weapon. He had gotten considerably stronger though.

"Time to go home" Bian was thoroughly exhausted. He hadn't slept since when he was kidnapped by the Cruel Shrike. He trotted towards the teleporter greeting the people of Liberty Shelter along the way.

Although they gave some replies while others wanted to thank him or speak to him, Bian was too mentally exhausted to deal with them.

As Bian walked through the shelter, he kept an eye out for Philip, he had some important matters to discuss with him. "Maybe next time." he didn't find him so he stepped into the teleporter and exited from the sanctuary.