But just as I prepared to capture its aura, it suddenly shrank back as if startled. I was astonished that a spirit beast could fear an outsider invading its body. After all, when I had encountered the other five spirit beasts associated with the five elemental spirit roots, every one of them had pounced on me like a ravenous wolf or tiger. That had given me a preconceived impression that all these spirit beasts were monstrously ferocious. Otherwise, they would never have been sealed inside the Demon-Sealing Secret Realm.
After all, secret realms were made to seal demons. If a spirit beast was benevolent, who would seal it away?
But this wind spirit beast was completely different from the others. I was very curious about what form it would take to attack its enemies.
So I immediately released more of my power and tried to alter the way its Spirit Vein flowed. At first, it retreated again and again, looking just like an obedient little creature that was even somewhat timid around strangers. However, after I repeatedly forced it back, it finally could not bear it any longer. When I had nearly spread my energy throughout the entire secret realm, until my power could be sensed everywhere, the spirit beast truly went berserk.
"Once patience had been exhausted, there was no need for further restraint"—that was this wind spirit beast's unique way of surviving. The Demon-Sealing Secret Realm was a cage, so it was not infinite. The seemingly boundless region was actually the manifestation of this spirit beast's consciousness. Its entire consciousness had been filled with my power, which meant that I was already altering the structure of its whole consciousness. Thus, the wind spirit beast could no longer endure it and began frantically gnawing at the consciousness power I