The moment Lin Li spotted the traces left by the beasts, his nerves tightened. His vigilance rose to the maximum as he slowed his pace and kept alert for any movement around him.
Ten minutes later, another large clump of tangled, dry beast fur appeared by the roadside. It was a messy mass, and without a doubt, it was also evidence of the earlier battle.
Just then, a low, ferocious beast roar suddenly rang out from deep within the dense fog to his front left.
The roars came one after another, rising in waves. There was definitely more than one beast judging by the commotion—there were quite a few of them.
Lin Li's expression hardened. He immediately released his Spiritual Energy over a wide area, carefully probing the entire region.
Very quickly, fifteen Spiritual Energy fluctuations of varying strengths came clearly into view.
The weakest were only at the Second-Order Early Stage, while the leader of the pack had already reached the Second-Order Peak. Its strength was fairly formidable.
The straight-line distance between them was roughly a hundred meters. To beasts skilled at sprinting down prey, that was no distance at all.
If they went all out and charged at full speed, they could rush before him and launch a surprise attack in mere seconds.
Lin Li had come to the Ancient City with one central goal: to head straight for the City Lord's Mansion at its center. He had no desire to stir up trouble halfway there, get locked in a life-or-death struggle with these beasts, and waste time and stamina for nothing.
He immediately quickened his pace, changed direction, deliberately took a detour, and hurried away from the beast roars.
But more often than not, the more you feared something, the more it came for you.
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