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As he received the answer from the system, Ryan closed his and thought.

'Transform shadow.'

Suddenly a miraculous scene occurred, black fur started to grow on his body, and his thin body started to grow bigger, claws emerged on his arms and legs. His head started to change shape and a long tail grew from his back.

Ryan felt changes all over his body. It was a weird process, but he didn't feel pain. And after a minute the transformation stopped.

Ryan stood on all four, his body was similar to a panther, but he was different from one. His body was 1 meter shoulder height, and 2 meters long. A a thin tail extended from his back reaching 3 meters in length.

He had different features compared to a panther, his eyes were grey, his head was longer and his ears were pointed and long. He had two pair of strong legs with sharp claws attached to them, he had a 15 inches long double-edged blade attached to the end of his tail.

Ryan opened up his eyes and realized that the way he perceived the world became different, he realised that it was because his eyes position changed slightly.

He tried to move around with this new body, he felt a little weird walking on all four. Nevertheless, he could get used to it, and he could sense another extension to his body that he could control, which was his tail.

Ryan moved towards the water to see his reflection and realized that he looked cooler than he expected. especially that dark fur and shiny blades.

'I am really handsome.'

"~Rawwr~"

Ryan suddenly froze when he realized that he couldn't speak any more.

'Hello?'

"~Roar~"

Ryan suddenly went silent, different thoughts ran thought his mind. He thought that after transformation, he could be able to speak human language. But his current situation seemed to say otherwise. Nevertheless, he wasn't disappointed, since his goal is to use his transformation for fighting purposes and not to talk.

Ryan decided not think about other stuff for now and focus on getting used to this body. He started to walk away from the pond, moving his body and swishing his tail around.

He got the hang of it after a few minutes and decided to do something more advanced.

'let's go hunt!' His grey eyes sharpened, he started to move deep in the forest. Naturally, he went in the direction opposite of the village which was the north. Ryan knew that the village is in the eastern part of the continent, as for where exactly, he didn't have the slightest idea.

His destination was the forest called Dark forest. Apparently, it was a place where magical beast could be found everywhere. It was a place where cultivators usually hunt and collect heavenly treasures, but it is filled with dangers, and as you went deeper the danger level will increase.

Ryan thought that it was the best place to gain experience and hone his skills. Another reason was because he was hungry and he could find food inside. After going through fifteen days without eating, Ryan felt starving.

Ryan was still required to eat since he was at the early stages of cultivation, the reason why he didn't die from starvation was due to being nourished by the Origin energy during cultivation. He knew that when the cultivator reached a certain threshold, he could go on forever without eating. After that stage, Food will become something that people eat only for pure enjoyment, or for the benefits that the food could bring to them.

As he went deeper inside the forest, Ryan started to notice that the trees grew thicker. He knew that he was on the right track, so he decided to speed up. It has been a while since transformed into this body and he wasn't used to it.

During his journey, he tried different kinds of things like running, jumping and all kind of other stuff he could do with his body. He even swished his tail every once in a while, he whipped a few trees leaving marks all over the place.

It might seem meaningless, but Ryan knew better, because he started to gain better control over his body and strength, which he considered progress.

Along the way, Ryan asked the system about his abilities and skills. The system answered that he could unlock his skill tree by spending 1000 system points, and by doing so he will gain another Divine art, The Divine arts could be used during his transformation and in his original state alike.

The opposite goes for his skills, he can't use the skills that he will unlock during his transformation when he turn back to his human body. Nevertheless, he wasn't disappointed, he felt that having the system was already unfair for others. And if he had that many abilities when he turned into human. Ryan could only pray for the heaven to be merciful towards his existence.

But, the Divine arts and skills he unlocked with his human body could still be used by his monsters. even though it was an unexpected gain, Ryan was happy nonetheless.

....

Time passed.

Ryan was hopping from tree to tree, he thought that it was a fun way to travel so he tried out, but now he became addicted. He have been doing that for a while now, and Ryan thought that such a skill might have it's usefulness.

Like at this moment.

Ryan was jumping between trees when he noticed a figure on the ground, he stepped on a tree branch and decided to check it out. The trees were big and strong enough to carry him, and since his body was thinner, Ryan didn't have troubles sneaking around.

Ryan crouched down on the branch and started to observe the figure on the ground. Underneath him was a rabbit, That was what he thought until he saw how big it was and the horn on its forehead. The rabbit was half a meter tall, it was round and cute. It had a pair of round black eyes with big teeth, it was covered with white fur, it looked fluffy and adorable.