No matter what that vicious beast was doing behind him, Jiang Wang focused solely on running for his life.
He had no idea how long he ran. He raced through one stone forest after another until he was dizzy and completely lost, with no clue where he was. Then, all at once, the sounds fell silent.
Even his Sound-Hearing Immortal State couldn't detect a thing.
Taking advantage of a turn, he whipped around to look. The strange leopard was nowhere to be seen.
He'd probably shaken it off...
Jiang Wang stopped and let out a long sigh of relief.
Come to think of it, ever since entering the Mountain and Sea Realm, he seemed to have done nothing but run for his life. He'd only enjoyed a few peaceful days on Volcano Island...
He really was starting to miss Three-Prong.
That ugly five-tailed leopard hadn't shown itself when Huodou's army invaded the mountain. Now that Bi Fang was dead and Three-Prong had left with the army, the beast had jumped out to throw its weight around...
What a vicious leopard—cruel to the weak, cunning, and treacherous!
Wait...
Jiang Wang thought it over carefully. When Three-Prong and Bi Fang had fought earlier, Huodou's army hadn't seemed to invade all of Fu Mountain.
There had seemed to be an invisible boundary.
Huodou's army had gathered and occupied only the half of Fu Mountain where Bi Fang lived.
Could it be that...
The Five-Tailed Red Leopard and Bi Fang had divided the mountain between them, each ruling over one side, and usually staying out of each other's way?
Otherwise, there was no explaining why the Five-Tailed Red Leopard hadn't appeared at all when Three-Prong fought Bi Fang.
Nor could it explain why Huodou's army hadn't gone to the other side of the mountain.