"Old bastard, do you really think I'm afraid of you? Bring it on!" The Three-Eyed Suanni Beast was incandescent with rage. The old man surnamed Ge had taken the initiative with his sudden sneak attack, but in a real fight, the beast feared him not at all. The old bastard was notorious for never being satisfied. If the beast shared the treasures in its hands with him, he might take that as a sign of fear and press his advantage even further.
The Three-Eyed Suanni Beast swept its golden spear through the air. In an instant, three enormous golden vortexes appeared, each like a bottomless pit. Powerful suction surged from within, pulling in the three dark-green spiked balls belonging to the old man surnamed Ge.
With his opponent's treasures temporarily tied up, the Three-Eyed Suanni Beast turned and fled, hoping to shake off the old man first. The old man was detestable, but on one point he was entirely right: the two of them alone no longer had the strength to search for magnetite in this place, where danger lurked at every turn. In truth, the Three-Eyed Suanni Beast had already been thinking of retreating. But while trapped inside this maze, with tomb spirits periodically charging out from all around and the old man watching like a tiger waiting to pounce, it couldn't escape for the time being.
Even if the old man surnamed Ge hadn't come after it, the Three-Eyed Suanni Beast had already been looking for a chance to secretly kill him. It simply hadn't expected the old man to strike first—and to succeed with his sneak attack, at that. If the beast hadn't also been harboring its own schemes and keeping an especially close eye on him, it would have suffered a terrible loss.
"Foul beast, don't