Even though Xiao Jin had already reached the middle stage of a Seven-Star Dou Sheng, under such a high frequency of using high-level Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, his Dou Qi inevitably fell into a brief state of depletion.
He hastily stuffed a handful of pills into his mouth. Feeling the pills turn into pure Dou Qi that spread through his body, Xiao Jin finally let out a slight breath, then continued circulating his cultivation method to absorb the energy of heaven and earth.
Perhaps intimidated by Xiao Jin's terrifying killing intent, the Fierce Beasts, whether eighth rank or ninth rank, actually retreated dozens of steps in rare unison.
No matter what creature it was, fearing a stronger creature was instinct.
Logically speaking, with the Fierce Beasts showing fear, and even signs of fleeing, Xiao Jin should have been pleased.
Yet his brows remained tightly furrowed, his face filled with solemnity.
Because in the battle just now, he could clearly sense that these Fierce Beasts seemed to be driven by something.
Even those Fierce Beasts that had reached the ninth rank were no exception.
Logically speaking, Fierce Beasts that had reached the Dou Sheng level, and also possessed powerful ancient bloodlines, should have had very few things in existence capable of controlling them.
But the scenes before his eyes kept telling Xiao Jin that these terrifying existences were indeed under the control of something.
From that perspective, the flash of clarity that had passed through the eyes of that Ancient Heaven Phoenix earlier had not been Xiao Jin's imagination.
Intense pain truly could allow a Fierce Beast to break free of that thing's control for a short time.
But it was only for an instant, and Xiao Jin could not interrupt that control through continuous pain.
Even ninth-rank Fierce Beasts had