Somewhere in the Star Dou Great Forest, a unique fragrance drifted through the air, drawing the surrounding soul beasts closer.
However, the thousand-year soul beasts stopped several dozen meters away from the source of the scent. They could sense dense killing intent filling the place they wanted to approach. It came from Hu Liena, its purpose being to weed out any soul beasts below ten thousand years so that weaker ones would not come in and eat the bait.
Mo Jia and Mo Lin hid in the shadows. The moment they saw a soul beast enter their attack range, they would strike immediately—driving away unsuitable ones and crippling suitable ones for Hu Liena to finish off.
Half an hour after the fragrance began spreading, a soul beast finally entered the trio's shared attack range despite Hu Liena's killing intent. Yet, frustratingly, two soul beasts had entered. One was perfectly suited for Hu Liena: a snow-white Two-Tailed Illusion Fox, 1.8 meters long excluding its tail, with a cultivation definitely exceeding twenty thousand years. But another massive soul beast had followed it in, crushing countless flowers and plants with every step. It was a Sacred Triceratops, twenty meters long and four meters tall. Its body faded from gray at the tail to white at the head, and its head shield was exceptionally long, exceeding four meters. Judging from its size, this soul beast was at least fifty thousand years old.
Mo Lin and Mo Jia exchanged a glance, seemingly reading each other's next moves from their eyes.
When the two soul beasts spotted Hu Liena beside the packet of herbs, the Illusion Fox entered an attacking stance first. Clearly, it knew it could not defeat the Sacred Triceratops. It wanted to use its speed and illusions to deal with Hu Liena, then