"Roar."
The impassioned lion's roar tore through the beasts' psychological defenses. Many soul beasts coveting the spiritual energy on the humans fled in unison.
Viewed from the sky, clusters of fiery light gathered together. This was the prelude to the lion pack sounding the horn for attack.
Wherever they passed, dense blackened claw marks were left behind. Rolling waves of heat spread from their crimson manes, which rose like flames, and the nearby grass curled up in an instant.
Flame Lions, also known as Flame Demon Lions, were nearly invincible within the Junior Spirit Ascension Platform aside from guardian soul beasts. Due to their nature, they usually lived in packs, with each pack led by a male over a thousand years old.
As the earth trembled beneath them, five figures darted swiftly through the dense forest.
"Xie Xie, how much farther?" Though Tang Wulin did not look back, he could feel the footsteps drawing closer and closer. If not for the dense vegetation nearby, they might have already been caught in open terrain.
"Right ahead." Xie Xie was more than ten meters ahead of the others. After passing an ancient tree, he spotted a small river.
"Gu Yue, can you keep going?" Tang Wulin looked toward Gu Yue on the left side of the group, whose speed had noticeably slowed.
"Don't worry about me," Gu Yue replied calmly. At worst, she could press the rescue signal device.
"Watch out!"
Suddenly, Xie Xie, who was leaping between branches, let out a startled cry.
Before the others could react, a massive beastly shadow appeared ahead of them, seemingly having lain in ambush all along, blocking their path forward.
It was a gigantic beast three meters tall, its muscular body like an impregnable wall. Its fur was a dark golden hue, making it