Nearly ten bright yellow halos swirled around Situ Xuan. The spiritual energy fluctuations gathered together like a bonfire in the night, drawing not only more greedy eyes but also alerting the true "natives" of this forest.
The instant he stepped past a thicket, a foul wind suddenly rose from behind him!
A massive black shadow pounced with lightning speed, its claws tearing through the air with a piercing shriek!
It was a gigantic leopard covered from head to toe in dark purple scales, over four meters long. Its vertical pupils gleamed with cruelty and greed, and the Soul Power radiating from its body had clearly reached the thousand-year level!
It was a predator drawn in by that immense spiritual energy—a thousand-year Soul Beast, the Shadow Blade Leopard!
This Shadow Blade Leopard was exceptionally cunning. It had been lurking for a long time, and its timing was viciously precise: the very instant Situ Xuan had just dealt with a group of enemies and his aura seemed to have weakened slightly!
Its claws descended, carrying enough force to rip apart metal and stone!
Yet Situ Xuan seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. The moment the foul wind struck, his body slid half a step sideways in an utterly unnatural posture while his upper body leaned back, barely avoiding the claw that would have gutted him.
The Shadow Blade Leopard missed its strike, and its massive body surged forward under its momentum.
Now!
A cold gleam burst from Situ Xuan's eyes. Before his evasive motion had even fully stopped, his right leg swept upward like a steel whip, accompanied by a shrill howl through the air! The force of the kick was so fierce that it faintly condensed into an invisible blade!
"Big Dipper Steel Tendon Severing Kick!"
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