The journey of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts terrified countless Spirit Beasts in Sunset Forest. Their auras were simply too horrifying; they could often be sensed from miles away. To Spirit Beasts, whose senses were exceptionally keen, this was deeply terrifying. After all, in Sunset Forest, a fifty-thousand-year Spirit Beast could already reign supreme.
"Er Ming, are you sure it's this direction?"
"Don't worry, I can't be wrong. I remember that sound was very loud. I was far away from it, but I still heard it."
After the two men and two beasts traveled for a while, the Sky Azure Bull Python looked at the boundless forest ahead and could not help asking.
Although Sunset Forest was not as vast as the Star Dou Forest, any place worthy of being called a forest would never be small.
It was already noon. The mist that had lingered in the morning had long since dispersed, and visibility was excellent beneath the sunlight. They could gaze out over the endless, rolling sea of trees in the distance.
"It really is much closer. That sound is getting clearer and clearer."
Zhao Xuan spoke. At that moment, he could hear that "thump, thump" heartbeat even without concentrating to listen closely.
"I think I can hear it too."
Beside him, Tang San slowly opened his closed eyes, then looked ahead with a grave expression. Zhao Xuan was right—there truly was a "thump, thump" sound like a heartbeat.
This sound was very subtle. Perhaps it had not originally been intense enough to produce an audible noise, but its beating seemed to follow a certain rhythm that allowed distant living beings to sense it.
Like morning bells and evening drums, the sound rang directly within their hearts.
Seeing Zhao Xuan's grave expression, Tang San somewhat understood his concern. He