"Whoosh!"
Li Yi's figure swept across the sky outside Blackwater City like a bird, vanishing in a flash.
"We're here."
After roughly the time it took to brew a pot of tea, Li Yi stopped above a vast sea of black forest. Ancient trees, each hundreds of thousands of feet tall, stood throughout the forest, stretching beyond sight. A breeze rustled through the branches and leaves, sending waves of black rippling across the canopy, while fierce beast roars echoed among the trees.
In the Eternal World, there was a unique kind of ferocious beast. For some unknown reason, these beasts were born without the ability to develop intelligence. Even when they reached the Monarch level, their intelligence was no greater than that of ordinary wild animals, and they could never take human form.
Yet these beasts were incredibly powerful, with astonishing talents. They often awakened an innate divine ability at birth, such as fire, ice, poison, or even space-time.
These beasts also offered cultivators one great benefit: their bodies were excellent materials for crafting treasures.
Of course, not every cultivator could hunt them. In truth, most cultivators lacked the ability. Take this forest, for instance: anyone below the Quasi-Saint level who entered would be courting death. Quasi-Saints had roughly a twenty percent chance of survival, while even ordinary experts at the Primordial Unity realm had only a seventy percent chance.
And if they encountered a Monarch-level beast, even a Divine Lord would perish.
Besides, the bodies of ferocious beasts were useful for crafting treasures only to those below the Primordial Unity realm. Experts at the Primordial Unity realm needed genuine heavenly treasures to forge a supreme treasure suited to them. Of course, the body of a beast at the Divine Lord level or higher would also be useful, but few