Boom!
Behind them, a deafening crash rang out. The Nine-tailed Silver Fox leapt straight up from the ground and soared into the air. It hung there for three seconds, then threw back its head and let out a long howl before crashing heavily to the ground with a tremendous thud.
The Nine-tailed Silver Fox's snow-white fur had turned bright red, even its eyes. Combined with the gloomy, oppressive weather, this made the beast look especially terrifying.
Hiss!
The Nine-tailed Silver Fox frantically absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, but it still wasn't enough to complete its evolution. So it shifted its gaze to the cultivators who had come to capture it, and began hunting them instead.
The Nine-tailed Silver Fox's physical strength was incredibly powerful—many times greater than that of human cultivators. Against this group, who couldn't use their spiritual energy, it could kill them with ease using nothing but its own strength and speed.
And so, the spirit beast began hunting cultivators.
Far too many cultivators had come to Nine Heavens Mountain to watch. Thousands of them fled at once, making for quite a spectacular sight.
"Brother, I'm not in very good shape. Give me a hand." A cultivator, panting for breath beside a tree, spotted another cultivator passing by. He grabbed him, dropped onto the ground, and clung to his leg, pleading.
"Let go of me, damn it!" The cultivator whose leg was being held shook it fiercely twice, but couldn't get free, and snapped at him.
But how could he let go now? If he did, he was dead.
"Brother, help me out, and all this stuff is yours." The cultivator gritted his teeth and opened his space pouch, dumping everything inside onto the ground. Spirit Crystals, rare treasures, cultivation techniques and martial skills, clothes, food—all of