With a thought, Li Yun passed through the wall and merged into the mountains, rivers, trees, and grasses of Crane Mountain.
Such was the terrifying power of the divine talent known as the Five Elements Sovereign.
Though he still could not command every power of the five elements, moving through them as if they were not there was as simple as eating and drinking.
And the farther Li Yun went, the smoother his passage became.
Through mountain trees and grasses, even through the flowing water of streams,
Li Yun swept past like an invisible breeze, without a sound.
Wherever he went, he disturbed no one.
Well, no—not quite no one.
As Li Yun moved slowly through the forest, passing through one great tree and into another, a tiger curled up in a valley seemed to sense something. It sprang to its feet and stared, eyes brimming with Killing Intent, at the place he had passed.
Yet
it found nothing.
Deeply puzzled, the tiger leaped out of the valley and crept warily toward the spot. But to its eyes, the place was empty. Apart from a few fallen leaves drifting silently down, there was nothing at all.
Not a person. Not even a footprint.
"Grr..."
The tiger let out a low growl.
Whether it was voicing its confusion or venting its displeasure, no one could say.
But in the next instant,
a flash of blade-light swept past.
The tiger instinctively sensed danger. Every hair on its body stood up like a needle.
Too late.
The blade-light vanished as quickly as it had appeared, and the tiger's head rolled to the ground.
Its body collapsed into a pool of blood.
In the tiger's severed head, its eyes still held the bewilderment of its final moment.
"Tch..."
"A mere tiger dared to track