The strange ox charged at Huo Hai, but he did not care much. Southern Cloud Kingdom had never been a wealthy land, and the Western Frontier was even more of a border region within Southern Cloud Kingdom. A place like this could not possibly have very powerful Spirit Beasts.
Cloud Mountain was dangerous not because the Spirit Beasts here were strong, but because the clouds and mist were far too dense. They prevented people from seeing their surroundings and affected their moods. Even perception was of little use in such an environment. Yet the Spirit Beasts here all had their own special tricks for concealing themselves.
Had it not been for the Star Gu's discovery, even Huo Hai's own perception would not have sensed this strange ox. Now that it was running, it made neither a sound nor a whisper of wind. Its attack came silently and without a trace.
If it had been anyone else, they likely would not have sensed the danger until the strange ox was close enough to attack, practically at the very instant it struck.
But once it had been seen clearly, it was nothing much. The strange ox looked powerful and bizarre, but its cultivation was only at the Spirit Bone Realm. Other than sneak attacks, it seemed to have nothing worth mentioning.
Huo Hai casually took out a Steel Stinger. Vibrating force made the entire Steel Stinger tremble. Suddenly, it turned into a flash of silver light and vanished. It was incomparably fast, and its sound was nearly nonexistent—far beyond the strange ox's ability to react.
If he could not hit something charging straight at him, then all his previous training with hidden weapons would have been for nothing. The Steel Stinger left Huo Hai's palm and, almost in the very next instant,