Ryu continued to travel.
In the beginning, he took his time. He killed those he came across and slowly observed each and every node. Eventually, he even had to start carving out his own tunnels to get nearer to nodes that were too far away from the paths, but even this didn't make him hurry.
The picture he had in his mind of the formation only grew clearer, and his comprehensions deepened with passing time.
Ryu's wrist suddenly flared out to the side. Without even opening his eyes, he caused a blue steel dagger to beam through the air, piercing the chest of his target in the blink of an eye.
Lightning wildly flared and danced, crushing this individual in body and soul.
'This should be enough, I understand now.'