"Tide of Beasts!"
Fang Han's pupils suddenly shrank at this moment.
Thousands of beasts and monsters merged into an unstoppable torrent, turning into a tide of beasts and running madly in the same direction.
This is anything but normal.
He had read similar records in the sect's classics. There was only one situation that could make monsters and beasts of different types, even natural enemies of each other, put aside their instinct to fight and run side by side on the same land.
There is an extremely terrifying existence chasing behind you.
"That is?"
As soon as this thought came to mind, a breath appeared in Fang Han's perception.
The breath was as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea, with a sense of oppression that made one's soul tremble.
It is approaching here at an alarming speed.
Grandmaster Monster!
It's the master monster we met during the day!
"Escape!"
Fang Han didn't hesitate at all.
He grabbed Cloudsplitter Sword and shot out of the tree hole like an arrow from a string.
<Wind God Step> He pushed it to the extreme without reservation, and his whole body turned into a stream of light cyan light, running forward wildly.
Perfection Realm's <Return to Ruin Essence Concealment Art> was operating crazily with unprecedented intensity at this moment, suppressing the aura around him to almost nothing.
But he knew in his heart that this was not enough.
Far from enough.
Rain Listening Tower, that Second Grade Elder, also practiced High Grade Breath Concealment Secret Technique to the Perfection Realm, but was still discovered by the master-level Black-Scaled Demon Tiger.
Perfection Realm level High Grade Breath Concealment Secret Technique is useless in front of the master level monster.
Although Fang Han was running extremely fast, it could not be faster than the master monster. The distance between the master monster and Fang Han was quickly closing.
As the master monster quickly approached, the ground began to tremble.
A dull and powerful vibration was transmitted through the ground.
The entire mountain forest was grasped by an invisible hand and shaken wantonly.
There was a huge noise.
It was a dense and terrifying explosion, followed by a loud cracking sound as the ancient tree was broken at the waist.
It was like someone was tearing invisible thick cloth behind him, stabbing, getting closer and closer, getting louder and louder.
"Whoosh!"
Fang Han didn't look back, but just pushed <Wind God Step> a little faster.
"Boom--!"
A deafening loud bang exploded from behind, like the sky collapsing above his head.
Fang Han couldn't help but turn around and look behind him--
In the night, an indescribably huge figure emerged from the darkness.
It looks like a lion that has been enlarged countless times, with a body length of more than five feet and a shoulder height of more than two feet. Standing between the broken ancient trees, it looks like a moving mountain.
The whole body is covered with Dark Gold scales, each scale is about the size of a cattail fan, with edges as sharp as knives, glowing with a cold and condensed metallic luster under the sparse moonlight.
The surface of the scales is covered with naturally occurring dark lines, which vaguely form some kind of weird pattern, making one's scalp tingle just by looking at it.
Its head was as big as a palace pillar, its muzzle was broad, and its sharp white teeth were like densely packed short spears. There were also pieces of meat and blood left by an unknown monster hanging between the interlaced canine teeth.
A pair of eyes were dark gold in color, with pupils erect like snakes, and between opening and closing they seemed to have two groups of cold flames burning.
There is a palm-sized Dark Gold scale embedded in the middle of the eyebrow, which is brighter than the surrounding scales, and there is a faint layer of golden light visible to the naked eye flowing.
Its limbs are as thick as pillars, and each time it falls, it creates a huge pit several feet deep on the ground. The dirt and gravel are rolled up, and then turned into powder by the terrifying counter-shock force.
The thick and long tail flicked casually, and cut off an ancient tree as thick as an arm's length. The chopped wood spun and flew out among the flying wood chips, and hit the ground in the distance with a dull crashing sound.
The master monster caught up and rushed into the beast tide.
Those wild beasts and monsters that are driven by fear to run away desperately are like paper in front of it.
A Reeves's Muntjac was swept by the edge of its front paw, and its entire body was torn apart in mid-air, with broken bones and flesh falling like rain.
A demonic wolf was unable to dodge, and was stepped on by its thick front legs. Its entire spine collapsed silently, and it turned into a blur of flesh and blood before it even had time to scream.
It didn't even look at the corpses, it just moved forward, with every step it took, lives were crushed, and with every step it took, a large piece of soil was soaked in blood.
Its target is the most powerful aura in the beast tide.
That's a First Grade monster.
In Fang Han's perception, the First Grade monster aura is changing its direction crazily at this moment, trying to escape from the master's lock under the cover of the beast tide.
But the speed of the Grandmaster Monster is too fast.
The huge Dark Gold figure of the Grandmaster Monster plowed a bloody path in the beast tide. Every beast and monster it passed was turned into flesh. In just a few breaths, it had chased behind the First Grade monster.
"Woo--"
The First Grade monster let out a deafening roar. The roar contained despair, unwillingness, and the last trace of madness before death.
It turned around and pounced on the Dark Gold figure, its sharp claws tearing away Void Sundering's energy with a shrill scream.
Then, it's all over.
The master monster never even stopped.
It just opened its mouth big enough to swallow the whole house, lowered its head and took a bite.
The crisp sound of broken bones and the muffled sound of torn flesh and blood sounded at the same time, and the roar of the First Grade monster stopped abruptly.
It was like a firecracker whose fuse had been snuffed out. It was completely annihilated in the night before even the final sound could be heard.
The crisp sound of broken bones could be heard far away in the night, mixed with the muffled sound of flesh being crushed, making people's scalp numb.
The dark gold lion-shaped monster, which was as huge as a hill, killed the First Grade monster and did not continue to pursue it. Instead, it lowered its head and began to eat on the spot.
Senbai's fangs tore open the First Grade monster's scales, and the muffled sound of torn flesh and blood echoed in the night, mixed with the crunching sound of bones being chewed into pieces.
Blood dripped from between its teeth, soaking the soil under its feet into a dark red color.
The beast tide is still running forward, but without the pursuit and urging of the master monster, the terrifying sense of oppression that makes all beasts silent is gradually disappearing.
The rushing torrent began to break away.
Several demon wolves burrowed into the dense forest on the side with their tails between their legs, and a group of Reeves's Muntjac fled in all directions, each finding bushes or rock crevices to hide in.
Half an hour later, the tide of beasts that once made the entire forest tremble completely turned into countless tiny sounds, dispersed in all directions, and was finally swallowed up by the thick night.
"The danger is over!"
Fang Han slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air and began to look for a new foothold.
His movements were extremely light and steady, and each step he took accurately landed on the rotten leaves that made no sound.
<Return to Ruin Essence Concealment Art> Always operates at full strength, suppressing its own aura to almost nothing.
After walking for several miles, he found a cave and found huge rocks to block the cave. He finally felt a little safer.
Only then did he realize that the robe on his back was soaked with cold sweat and felt cold against his skin.
Although I had long expected that the secret realm would be more dangerous after dark, I never expected it to be this dangerous.
He actually encountered a master monster preying on him.
The scene of that Dark Gold figure rampaging through the beast tide and crushing everything is still lingering in my mind.
Those monsters that were too slow to escape would be torn apart when swept by its front paws, and turned into flesh when stepped on by its hind legs, without even having time to scream.
And that First Grade monster was powerful enough to fight him with all its strength, but it couldn't even survive a single move in front of the master monster.
If the master monster hadn't stopped eating after killing the First Grade monster and didn't continue to chase the beasts, Fang Han wasn't sure he could have escaped.
Fang Han leaned against the cave wall, closed his eyes, and breathed evenly.
However, <Thousand-Mile Soul Lock> always maintains its operation, absorbing all the auras within a few miles radius into its perception.
As soon as there is any disturbance, he will wake up immediately.
The night flows slowly in silence.
Occasionally, a few howls of beasts could be heard in the distance, short and shrill, often ending abruptly as soon as they started.
Every time the howl falls, Fang Han's eyelashes will twitch almost imperceptibly.
Fortunately, there was no danger again.
In the morning, the light from outside the cave penetrates into the cave through the gap.
Fang Han opened his eyes, moved his stiff neck, and the joints made a subtle crackling sound.
The sunshine dispelled the darkness in the forest, and also dispelled the suffocating depression last night.
He took out the dough from the Storage Ring and chewed it slowly under the cold water.
The bread was still hard and the cold water was still bland, but he ate very seriously and chewed every bite thoroughly, just to replenish his body as soon as possible after a frightening night.
The hunger in my belly gradually dissipated.
"Buzz--"
Fang Han pushed <Thousand-Mile Soul Lock> to the extreme, carefully sensing the surrounding atmosphere--
A few Reeves's Muntjac were drinking water by the stream a few miles away, a lynx was curled up in a tree hole and sleeping soundly. There were two monster scents further away, but they were not strong, just at the Middle Third Grade level.
There is no danger.
Fang Han pushed away the boulder at the entrance of the cave and walked out. The soles of his boots made a slight rustling sound when they landed on the rotten leaves.
The morning breeze blew through the forest tops, bringing with it the fragrance of vegetation and the moist smell of earth.
"Start your exploration today!"
Fang Han identified a direction and started walking.
After walking for about a stick of incense, his steps suddenly paused slightly.
On a rocky slope ahead, a piece of ore about the size of a basketball was half-buried in the soil.
The surface of the ore is covered with moss, but in the few gaps where the moss has peeled off, there is a faint blue sheen.
Fang Han stepped forward and stretched out his hand to scrape off a piece of moss on the surface of the ore.
The moss peeled off, revealing the blue stone underneath.
The color is like the deep sea, and the surface is covered with fine and natural lines. Under the morning light, it has a metallic-like texture and is cold to the touch.
He recognized this kind of ore, named Ice Mystic Iron. Its texture is far tougher than ordinary metals, and it has excellent conductivity to both water and ice Internal Qi. It is an excellent material for refining Dharma Weapon and is valuable.
Fang Han presses his hand on the ore and calls out System Panel.
"Recharge."
As soon as the thought fell, the basketball-sized Ice Mystic Iron seemed to be wiped away by an invisible hand and disappeared in an instant.
[Possessed Wealth:780,000 gold→840,000 gold]
"Possessed Wealth increased by 60,000 gold, reaching 840,000 gold."
Fang Han's eyes stayed on that line of numbers for a moment, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
We are one step closer to the million gold required to unlock Level Eight Amplification.