What happened within the passage was not witnessed by Shen Bai alone; quite a few martial wanderers saw it as well.
That figure gradually became clearer, and the sound of footsteps grew distinct along with it, drawing nearer from afar.
When the figure stepped out of the passage, everyone involuntarily tightened their grips on their weapons.
It was a tiger over three meters long, its body covered in mottled fur. Yet its eyes glowed with a blood-red light.
That glow was like two blood-red moons, enough to make one shudder.
Even more outrageous, there was no mottled fur or flesh across the tiger's chest and belly—only wreckage.
Half its body was exposed withered bones, while the other half remained normal flesh and blood, creating a horrifying and bizarre sight.
Qin Shuang cried out at the sight, "The Evil Beast has turned into something bizarre!"
An Evil Beast?
Seeing that the tiger did not appear inclined to attack and was merely pacing around, Shen Bai turned and asked, "What is an Evil Beast?"
Qin Shuang stared warily at the tiger and slowly said, "Daoists speak of Auspicious Beasts. Many Daoist factions raise them to guard their homes and courtyards. Every Auspicious Beast is nurtured with all manner of Daoist pills and cleansed through special Daoist arts, making them stronger than ordinary wild beasts."
"Wild Daoist Arts altered them, then cultivated them into Evil Beasts."
"They eat human flesh, drink human blood, and some even mate with humans. Not only are they quite powerful, but their temperaments are exceedingly violent, with an extremely intense thirst for slaughter."
At this point, Qin Shuang fell silent.
There was no other reason—the Evil Beast had moved.
Those red-glowing eyes seemed to have already identified their enemies, taking everyone in at a glance.
A frigid aura