Eye System

Chapter 178: Returning to the Surface

Everything had turned out exactly as he had hoped and it seemed his time in the Underground Coves was coming to an end, as the demonic master's arrival was around the corner.

He could see from his status that Sub-Dimensions were ranked in realms and not sub-ranks, and for him to upgrade it to the next realm, he needed to surpass the Mortal Cultivation Realm.

He was currently at the Golden Mortal Rank, all that was left of the Mortal Realm was the Mortal King Rank, then he would breakthrough into the next realm.

Lex knew that wasn't something that would happen in a short amount of time and he would need at least a year to break through the Mortal Realm, so he wouldn't be able to break through his Portable Sub-Dimension to the next rank any time soon.

However, he could still increase the size and quality of the Portable Sub-Dimension until then as it would need to hold at least 500 fox beasts.

Dashing around at his full speed, the fox beasts couldn't track Lex with their eyes as he was amazed by the speed that he was able to display.

After testing out the strength of his body that could break buildings with a single fist, Lex knew that he was finally beginning to reach a substantial strength level where he could accomplish some incredible feats.

But he knew that he still had a long way to go and didn't want to be complacent, as he regrouped with his fox beasts that had all taken shelter after Lex had destroyed the largest most central building in the giant ant beast territory with his Energy Burst.

Lex couldn't help but be shocked as there wasn't a single beast core or a slight bit of beast meat left as he saw giant ant beast shells everywhere.

However looking at his fox beasts, many of them had broken through into the Heaven Mortal Rank while all the rest of the fox beasts were at least at the peak of the Sky Mortal Rank.

"All of your strength has increased massively and I am pleased with your progress. But soon we must leave this place and go out to the surface" announced Lex.

"There is a place above here that is much larger than the Underground Coves and has humans, beasts, plants and many more things that you haven't come across. It has a sun, which is a big, bright source of light and also has more opportunities to increase your strength as this place is too small to hold you" described Lex.

Lex didn't want to have to force them to go with him, but if they didn't want to, he would have to force them to follow him and with his peak Heaven Mortal Rank Third Eye, he would be able to suppress and scare them into listening to him with his strengthened Dominant Eye.

However, if he did so the loyalty and willingness of the fox beasts to do as he said would diminish and he was hoping for the fox beasts to at least experience what the surface was like.

Lex was unsure how they would react, but their reaction was shocking and unexpected.

After reaching the peak of the Underground Coves, Lex expected them to become complacent and want to keep their position as the strongest beasts in the Underground Coves, but after they all understood what Lex told them, they began jumping up in joy.

They had felt trapped and suppressed their whole lives in the Underground Coves without knowing of an outside world, but now Lex was telling them of its existence and willing to take them with him.

They were overjoyed and sensing that Lex had returned to normal, they began jumping around and on him as he laughed and stroked the fox beasts that all accepted Lex as their master and decided to follow him.

"If there aren't objections, we will be returning to the surface" announced Lex as he led his fox beast back towards the area that he had entered from and came across them.

Along their way, any beasts that they came across were killed with ease and eaten as a quick snack by the fox beasts as they headed towards where they began.

Lex had kept a rough record of how long he had spent within the Underground Coves and he roughly only had 2 weeks left before the demonic cultivation master was estimated to return.

In that time he was aiming to prepare his Portable Sub-Dimension, reach the Gamma Country, and cultivate as much as he could in preparation for the demonic cultivation master.

They travelled at the speed of peak Sky Mortal Rank, which was quite slow for Lex but the peak speed of many of the fox beasts, as they covered the ground of the Underground Coves within a day, not needing to stop along the way.

As soon as they reached their destination, many of the fox beasts instantly fell asleep or lost consciousness after exerting themselves for an entire day, and Lex gave them time to rest while he created an opening to the surface.

He sat on the ground with his eyes closed as he linked his Elemental Body with the Land Element and became one with the element.

Land Elemental Energy Transformation

Lex's body suddenly hardened and had a visible brown aura around him as he became one with the Land Element around him and felt as though he could wield and manipulate the land around him.

Using Geokinesis, he controlled the land around him and formed an opening to the surface and also created a row of stairs for him and the fox beasts to climb as Lex and his fox beasts' eyes were assaulted by the sun's light.

After being underground in the darkness for so long, Lex and his fox beasts' had adjusted to being able to see in darkness, and because of it, their eyes had become very sensitive towards light in order to see in the Underground Coves, which was almost completely void of light.

But with the opening, the fox beasts, who had never come across the sun before, and Lex who hadn't been on the surface for many months, were overwhelmed by the sunlight.

It took Lex a few minutes to adjust, while it took the fox beasts a few hours to adjust, as they had never directly come across sunlight before.

But after adjusting, the fox beasts were overjoyed as they began jumping and running around the deserted area around the opening that Lex had formed.

Even the Unit Leaders were excited and joyous as they also looked around curiously looking at different small insects and greenery, however, Lex made sure that they stayed in the area within a mile of himself.

He wasn't worried that the fox beasts would come across any humans and had assumed that almost all the people on the continent were at the Gamma country, and even if they weren't, the fox beasts were intelligent and could react as they saw fit.

Meanwhile, Lex was focused on attempting to enter his Portable Sub-Dimension for the first time.