Dong Qian and Ding Yuan were stunned.
Neither could understand how a single strange aura had stripped the vast Beast Tide of its ferocity. Suddenly, a possibility struck them both, and they cried out, "Could this stone be a rock a Mountain Demon once lay on?"
They were, after all, Immortal Realm cultivators and possessed some knowledge.
"Not bad, thinking of a Mountain Demon. But this isn't a rock one lay on. It's a stone soaked in Mountain Demon Spring Liquid. Though somewhat unseemly, it's enough to let you move freely through the beasts. Stay here and kill the Mahayana beasts one by one. I'll go take a look inside the horde."
Qin Fengming did not wish to reveal too many of his secrets, so he offered this casual explanation.
Seeing that the two men were indeed safe, Qin Fengming left them behind and flew alone toward the oncoming horde.
As they watched the Beast Tide blot out heaven and earth, Dong Qian and Ding Yuan no longer felt afraid. With the aura of the legendary Mountain Demon that commanded all beasts upon them, these witless savage beasts would immediately rein in their ferocity as soon as they caught its scent, not daring to approach.
This was suppression by rank, an instinct carved into the beasts' very bones that could never be erased.
The two men hesitated no longer. Each guarded one side of the mountain, seizing Mahayana beasts one after another, then killing them to extract their Beast Cores.
Qin Fengming flew through the horde and soon left Dong Qian and Ding Yuan far behind.
"Jin Shi, can you really handle so many Immortal Realm beasts?" Standing atop a mountain peak, Qin Fengming waved his hand, and Jin Shi appeared before him.
Jin Shi transmitted a message through divine