"So, we're about to catch up to Destroyer's Horn?"
Tiger King licked his fangs, eager to pounce.
As a born apex predator, he could naturally judge roughly when Lion King's son had died from the degree of decay in the corpse.
Judging by the stiffness of the flesh and blood and the faint smell emanating from the internal organs, the fellow had been dead for no more than half a day, and had been buried for even less time.
That meant there was likely only half a Ke Shi's distance between them and Lion King's exploration party.
If they spurred their mounts onward, they could circle around Lion King and get ahead of him in minutes.
And Lion King was suffering the agony of losing his son. His mental state was bound to be highly unstable.
This was the best chance to kill him!
"Jackal" Kanus, however, looked troubled.
"What's the problem?"
Tiger King frowned, his steel-needle whiskers twitching upward.
"There is... a small problem."
"Jackal" Kanus circled around an ancient tree and pointed at the dense forest ahead. "There are two paths ahead. At the end of each path is a spatial node that can help us jump to the next correct section of the route.
"If I'm not mistaken, Lion King took the path on the left, and during the last spatial shift, he was already transported away."
"Then we'll catch up immediately," Tiger King said. "When the next spatial shift comes, won't we catch them and grab Lion King by the tail?"
"It isn't that simple."
"Jackal" Kanus explained with grim determination, "There are nine forms of spatial change in the Holy Mountain Depths. After many nodes align with one another, all nine changes must cycle through once before they can align again.
"In other words, if