Eye System

Chapter 245: The Man and Beast - Zeek Part 1

Dashing across the island was a cheetah-like beast that had eyes that showed emotion. 

The cheetah's body had scars all over it, but had an extremely healthy and lean body.

It was one of Zeek's best transformations and he was only able to master a few, but it still made him very versatile and capable in combat.

The transformation would change Zeek's entire bone structure and body, so was extremely painful, but after using the ability for the past 4 years, he had grown accustomed to it and could transform instantaneously.

Using his fastest transformation, Zeek blitzed towards the village on all-fours as fast as his beast legs could carry him and was praying that he made it before anything bad happened to the woman that raised him.

She was the one that gave him the name Zeek and although he was hundreds of miles away from it, he was still nearing it at rapid speeds and his full speed in that form was comparable to that of a Golden Mortal Cultivator.

However, his durability and attack power were much weaker, so he needed to learn to use and understand all the strengths, weaknesses and capabilities of all of his transformations.

After observing and fighting against so many different beasts, it was easy for Zeek to do so and without the determination and luck that he was gifted with, he would have died hundreds of times over in the past few years.

Since he set off as soon as he heard screams in the village, by the time the bandits had headed to the orphanage, Zeek was already nearing the village and launched himself into the air as he reached the edge of it.

In a single leap, he landed straight into the centre of the village centre and with his sharp beast senses, he could already tell what was occurring within the city.

Most of Zeek's movements and actions were based on instincts, while he still had so much space to improve since he had never been taught how to use his abilities and potential to their fullest.

Dashing to the orphanage where he sensed the presence of 8 hostile cultivators, he appeared there in the blink of an eye.

He was in the form of a beast, so instantly the 8 bandits were alerted and wary of the appearance fo such a fast and powerful beast.

They weren't even able to sense it, which alarmed them the most, but it was because Zeek had learnt to camouflage his presence with his surroundings and even Lex would struggle to sense him.

One of Lex's clones that was surveying the island and looking for a worthy individual to take over and lead the island, sensed something unusual.

Zeek was no longer hiding his presence, so appeared within Lex's spiritual sense, however, what the clone sensed was unusual.

It was already unusual that something was able to not be picked up by its spiritual sense, and the creature seemed to be a human in a beast form.

Lex's clone was able to come to that conclusion after sensing the energy flow in Zeek's body that still matched that of a human despite being in an animal form, and his energy was also refined and controlled, unlike that of a beast.

Interested by what he was sensing and also looking for the chosen one that would take over the island and accomplish Lex's aims after he moved on with his journey, the clone teleported over to the village and observed what was occurring.

The cheetah-like beast suddenly transformed into a gorilla-like beast instantaneously and the bandits didn't even see how that had even occurred.

However, Lex's clone that was watching was amazed by what had happened and was able to observe Zeek's bone structure, energy pathways, muscles and entire body change into that of a gorilla-like beast.

The transformation used energy and he wouldn't be able to use transformations for more than an hour, but Lex had never seen such a complete and unique transformation before.

From the clone's observations, it observed that the individual that was transforming was around the same age as Lex and that made him someone worthy of Lex's attention and recognition.

However, his character and beliefs mattered more to Lex than his power and talent in this situation, as he was planning on leaving everything in the hands of the one that he chose.

The 8 bandits were shocked by what had just happened and the sudden appearance of a beast, but were experienced in combat and fighting beasts, so instantly rushed out of the orphanage they were in.

In such a closed-in space, they wouldn't be able to make the most of their numbers and teamwork, so they surrounded the beast outside of the orphanage.

The beast unusually seemed to be more worried about what had occurred inside the village, however, after seeing that the children and old lady were fine, it focused on taking down the 8 bandits.

The old lady had been roughed up and shaken by the bandits, but Zeek's sudden appearance in a beast form had stopped it from going any further, which it was likely to have occurred.

Unleashing a powerful roar, Zeek went to swing his large fist at the bandit that stood before him, however as he did, all the others attacked him from behind using all kinds of weapons and skills.

Zeek was used to fighting against beasts that weren't as intelligent or skilled as the bandits that he was facing, but their attacks still didn't injure his powerful beast form much and he quickly adapted to how the bandits fought.

His instincts and talent for combat were amazing, but it was clear to Lex's clone that was watching that battle, that the person in the beast form had never received any form of training.

And from the crude and simple way that the individual used energy, it was clear that they were merely acting off of instincts and what they had seen from beasts.

However, that merely impressed Lex's clone even more.