Lu Yuan looked at Xia Qingyin's horrified expression and couldn't help asking, "Xia Qingyin, what's wrong? What happened?"
Xia Qingyin furrowed her brows. "I can sense a powerful beast about a thousand meters away from us. It should be a Third Order beast!"
"A Third Order beast?"
Lu Yuan froze for a moment.
Just then,
ROAR!
A tremendous roar rang out!
A tiger roared through the valley, striking terror into every beast.
The fierce beasts lurking in the shadows began to tremble from head to toe!
Accompanied by the thunderous roar, the silhouette of a beast slowly emerged from the darkness.
Before, Lu Yuan hadn't been able to make out its appearance in the dark.
But now, the beast itself had become a light source.
There,
A massive Blazing Tiger was approaching them!
Its sturdy body was as big as a hill, and every heavy step it took seemed to make the ground tremble beneath its oppressive weight.
The muscles in its thick limbs bulged, and its eyes were intensely intimidating.
Wherever its gaze swept, it felt almost like being scorched!
Its entire body was covered in flame-red fur, and real flames burned at the tip of its tail.
The fire lit up the surrounding space, allowing Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin to see it clearly.
This aura—
It was far beyond anything the Gale Demon Wolf, which had been at Second Order Upper Rank, could possess!
Even if they couldn't tell the Blazing Tiger's exact rank,
They could still deduce from the comparison that it was at least Third Order!
Third Order—
Even at Third Order Lower Rank, its ability to withstand damage was several times greater than that of a Second Order Upper Rank beast.
An attack that could kill a Second Order Upper Rank beast instantly would only lightly injure a Third Order Lower Rank one, and wouldn't even break the skin of a Third Order Middle Rank beast!
Although killing a Third Order beast would earn a great many Evolution Points,
Lu Yuan certainly wasn't going to try to crack an egg against a rock.
So his choice was—
Run!
Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin exchanged glances.
They were thinking the same thing!
Xia Qingyin spoke up first. "Put all your stuff in my Spatial Ring. There's no time to pack it!"
Lu Yuan was a little surprised, but he nodded.
He'd already been prepared to abandon everything and focus on staying alive!
He hadn't expected Xia Qingyin's Spatial Ring to be so large that it could fit both of their open tents!
As for Little Blue, Xia Qingyin put it back into its Containment Ball as well.
Once they'd done all that,
Lu Yuan and Xia Qingyin didn't hesitate for a moment. They turned and ran!
The Blazing Tiger had spotted them too and had already taken them for prey. It pursued them relentlessly!
Both of them were First Order Middle Rank, so their speed naturally couldn't match the Blazing Tiger's!
The distance between them kept shrinking.
800 meters, 500 meters, 300 meters...
Feeling the wind behind him, Lu Yuan shook his head. "This won't work. It'll catch up to us soon!"
Xia Qingyin's thoughts stirred, and she took two white pills from her Spatial Ring.
She said to Lu Yuan, "These are Swiftness Pills. They contain wind-type Primal Energy and can greatly increase your speed for a short time after you take them."
I awakened an ice-type ability. If I take a pill containing wind-type Primal Energy, I'll probably suffer some adverse effects afterward...
Lu Yuan considered.
But... there was no time to worry about that now!
Staying alive was what mattered most! If he was dead, he couldn't do anything.
So Lu Yuan took the white Swiftness Pill from Xia Qingyin and swallowed it without hesitation.
In an instant, he felt a wave of heat surging through him, and he began to feel short of breath.
At the same time, his running speed tripled in an instant, reaching four times its original speed!
That was enough to shake off the Blazing Tiger!
With the Swiftness Pills Xia Qingyin had brought along, the two of them easily left the Blazing Tiger behind!
The Blazing Tiger was puzzled at first. How had these two humans suddenly gotten so much faster?
It tried to chase them for a while, but realized that it couldn't catch up at its speed.
Since it couldn't catch them, continuing the chase would only bring it trouble.
So the Blazing Tiger gave up.
After all, there were plenty of fierce beasts in the Underground World. There was no need to make a big fuss over two humans.
Besides, it had a mission to attend to...
After several minutes of heart-pounding flight!
"Phew, phew..."
The two of them panted heavily and collapsed onto the ground.
Then Lu Yuan noticed that his shortness of breath was getting worse!
This was probably the price of having other kinds of Primal Energy in his body.
Lu Yuan had planned to grit his teeth and endure it.
But then Xia Qingyin softly said, "Natural Bath."
The next second, a green glow shone over him.
It turned out Xia Qingyin had used her skill to remove this negative status from Lu Yuan.
When he found he could breathe normally again, delight appeared on Lu Yuan's face.
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