"Up ahead, there's a powerful aura. It seems to be the lair of some formidable demon beast..."
Suddenly sensing something, Lin Fan's heart stirred, and he slightly changed his mind.
The Prime Minister's Manor's lackeys had surely caught up by now. He had to cause them some trouble and buy himself time to escape.
Without hesitation, Lin Fan charged toward that demon beast's lair.
At the same time, he circulated every last shred of his remaining magical power. A thick, razor-sharp Sword Qi slashed out with a hiss, snapping ancient trees and sending rocks tumbling down.
The demon beast's lair shook violently as well, on the verge of collapse.
"Roar..."
A figure shaped like a black bear and as large as a small mountain let out an enraged roar and charged out. Its scarlet eyes, like little lanterns, swept the surroundings, brimming with fury.
Lin Fan immediately held his breath and concealed every trace of his aura. Even the flow of his blood slowed, as though he had become a piece of rotten wood buried in the earth.
Then, while the demon beast had left its lair to search nearby for its enemy, he turned into a streak of afterlight and rushed inside.
"Hmm?"
"There's actually something good here? Heaven truly hasn't abandoned me."
Lin Fan was overjoyed when he spotted a fruit tree within the demon beast's lair.
Though it stood only a little over half a man tall, its branches and leaves were emerald-green as though freshly washed, emanating a clear, lustrous aura.
Several fist-sized fruits hung amid its leaves.
They were crystalline and translucent, rich and fragrant, and he could even see fruit pits within them shaped like five claws.
"These are Five-Clawed Spirit Ascending Fruits. They haven't fully ripened yet, but they're more than enough for