The terrain in the mountains was treacherous, and towering trees blocked out the sky.
The wild grass grew as tall as a person, the vines were as thick as water vats, and the fallen leaves could cover vehicles.
All of it combined to paint a picture of a scene from tens of millions of years ago.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
A Mutant Beast taller than a two-story building appeared.
It was actually a roe deer, charging forward at full speed. Vines snapped wherever it went.
Its strength was immense, making the ground around it tremble slightly, and its speed was as fast as lightning.
An ordinary person would be reduced to a bloody pulp if struck by it, and even an Awakened wouldn't fare any better.
Boom!
But just then,
a figure suddenly dropped from the sky.
With a single stomp, the enormous roe deer let out a mournful cry. Its spine shattered, its body split open, and it collapsed to the ground.
"As expected of the Qinling Mountains. Any Mutant Beast that shows up at random is at least Initial Realm fifth rank or higher. Too bad it's still too weak and can't take much of a beating. Looks like I'll have to keep going deeper."
The figure landed. It was Lu Yuan. Looking at the Mutant Beast lying on the ground, he couldn't help shaking his head.
He had been in the Qinling Mountains for two days, constantly advancing deeper.
The Mutant Beasts he'd encountered at first hadn't been that strong.
Most were only Initial Realm first or second rank.
But the farther he went, the more things changed. Almost all of them were fifth rank or higher.
Even so, they were still too weak for him. He could kill them without using any special techniques.
So Lu Yuan