But on second thought, this man possessed the meltform origin and could even communicate with the Origin Sea. It would be a shame for him to die like this. More importantly, of course, the wisp of meltform origin qi Little Black had lent him was still inside him.
"Tsk, count yourself lucky this king has a kind heart. You'd better not die, brat!"
Little Black muttered, then finally shook its head and abandoned the idea of slipping away alone.
It drew a deep breath. Black light surged around it as its body rapidly expanded. Its fur thickened, its muscles and bones grew, and within a few breaths, it had become an all-black tiger more than three meters long. Though not as ferocious as the Ember Inferno Ghost Wolf, its sleek contours and powerful frame exuded an agile wildness.
It leaped into the pit and curled its tail around Lin Sheng, carefully lifting him onto its back. Then it supported his battered body with spiritual power to keep the jolting from worsening his injuries.
Pushing off with all four legs, it sprang out of the pit and became a black blur, plunging into the depths of the forest. A few bounds later, it vanished.
Roughly half an incense stick later, two even more ferocious auras slowly approached.
Two corrosion beast-level ghost beasts followed the scent of blood. They were several times larger than the Void Level eerie beasts from earlier, with faint wisps of return to stillness turbid qi swirling around them. They lowered their heads to sniff the decapitated eerie beast corpses on the ground, then looked toward the forest where Little Black had disappeared, dissatisfied growls rumbling in their throats.
After a moment's hesitation, they ultimately did not dare venture recklessly into the depths of the forest. They merely