Gu Ding crouched on a leafy branch, concealing his aura to the utmost degree as he peered through the gaps in the leaves at the beast hordes patrolling below.
"Strange. Why have the exotic beasts been so active these past few days? It seems like they're searching for something. And those Plant Spirits that feed on exotic beast flesh aren't attacking them either... Could something have happened?"
This was already Gu Ding's fourth day traveling toward the demon tree. Starting from the second day, he had noticed the unusual activity among the exotic beasts. Along the way these past few days, beast patrols appeared at nearly every interval.
"Could it be because of us trial-takers?" Gu Ding vaguely felt that this had something to do with intruders like them.
His guess was indeed not far from the truth.
What Gu Ding did not know was that, in just these three short days,
Of the thirty-seven trial-takers, nearly half had already been hunted down by powerful exotic beasts and tribes. Fewer than twenty remained, and more than half of those survivors were still being pursued. This included members of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew.
Bigge had been pursued these past few days as well.
At first, a team from a small tribe had stumbled upon him slaughtering Plant Spirits. Seeing that Bigge was exceptionally strong, they were no fools. Rather than attack him directly, they immediately reported the matter to their tribe's Saint King.
Thus, that Saint King led a team to surround and kill Bigge.
Although Bigge was only a Holy Master, his strength far surpassed that of ordinary Holy Masters. Moreover, he had obtained quite a few Law Fragments these past few days, further improving his strength. He was only half a step away from entering the Saint