Body Integration Realm Demon Beast

Between the mountains, there were no roads left. Shi Ming and Shi Luo could only hack through thorns and briars ahead, forcibly carving out a path fit for walking.

There was no better way, really. If it had only been the two of them and Ye Tian, there would have been no need for such trouble. But the children following behind them were destined to be unable to leap several meters high and dozens of meters far in a single bound like they could.

This greatly slowed the group's ascent, but fortunately, Ye Tian was in no hurry. He even deliberately looked after the children several times, slowing his pace and stopping often for them to rest.

By the time they reached the mountainside, no large demon beasts had appeared. Most were low-realm minor demon beasts. These demon beasts were quite sharp when it came to danger; whenever they spotted Ye Tian's group from afar, they quickly fled, never lingering nearby.

With Ye Tian's permission, Shi Luo and Shi Ming even hunted a few demon beasts along the way as travel rations.

During one rest break, Shi Ming set his sights on a small leopard-like demon beast in the treetops. It was about as thick as his arm, long and slender, crouched amid the branches. Its fur was the same color as dead twigs, and without a careful look, one might have taken it for a branch of the tree itself.

Shi Ming raised his longbow. At first, he did not aim at the demon beast, but above it, where a sparrow-sized bird demon beast was circling.

"Whoosh!"

The instant Shi Ming released the bowstring, he lowered the arrowhead by an inch. It was precisely that inch that sent the long arrow straight at the slender demon beast disguised as