He Lu's eyes lit up. He shifted his step slightly, raised a hand, and caught it steadily. With a laugh, he waved the dried beef in his hand. "Thanks."
He tore open the outer packaging and found several individually wrapped pieces inside.
He took one out, unwrapped it, stuffed it into his mouth, and began chewing. The spicy, savory flavor exploded across his tongue, rich with the aroma of meat. After swallowing it, his whole body instantly felt much warmer.
"Not bad. It's got some kick." He Lu gave Lin Li a thumbs-up, then unwrapped another piece and stuffed it into his mouth.
Lin Li smiled and nodded, then also unwrapped a piece of dried beef and began chewing.
The dried beef was wonderfully chewy, its spicy flavor filling the mouth and leaving a lingering aftertaste.
Just then, his brows suddenly drew together slightly, and the chewing in his mouth stopped.
An extremely faint ripple of Spiritual Energy spread through his senses, like a stone tossed into a lake, sending out ring after ring of ripples.
The Spiritual Energy fluctuation was somewhat far away, roughly two hundred meters out. He Lu's mental power did not cover as wide an area as his, so he had noticed nothing.
The Spiritual Energy fluctuation was very weak, probably only at the First-Order Initial Stage.
If that were all, Lin Li would not have taken it to heart. After all, a First-Order Initial Stage beast was far too weak to pose any threat.
However, the number of Spiritual Energy fluctuations was rapidly increasing.
At first, there had been only one or two. A few seconds later, there were more than a dozen, and then the number shot up to dozens. They were densely packed, spreading toward them like a tide, carrying a concentration that