When Liu Changxu and the others came within a little over ten li of the battlefield, they stopped, concealed themselves, and carefully observed the fighting.
Liu Changxu lay behind a boulder on a mountain ridge and used the Eye of Myriad Forms to inspect the battlefield.
At this distance, he quickly determined the strength of both sides. One was an upper-grade second-tier Thunder Spirit Leopard; the other consisted of two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivators and one Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator.
The Thunder Spirit Leopard was extremely powerful. The Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator had already suffered serious injuries, while the two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivators were also being pressed hard by the leopard and had fallen on the defensive.
Liu Changxu looked behind the Thunder Spirit Leopard and immediately understood why these three Foundation Establishment cultivators had provoked it.
Behind the Thunder Spirit Leopard stood a dense forest. In its midst grew an enormous tree more than ten zhang tall, with silver branches and leaves. Thirty-six silver-blue spirit fruits hung from it.
Blue sparks flickered across each silver-blue fruit from time to time.
This was a Thunder Soul Fruit Tree, which bore upper-grade second-tier spirit fruit. It grew in places frequently struck by lightning and could not be transplanted. Its Thunder Soul Fruit was an exceptionally precious second-tier spirit fruit that could purify magic power, strengthen the body, and bolster the soul.
Once they recognized the Thunder Soul Fruit, all five began breathing faster.
Chen Shuo wanted to dash out immediately, but Huang Tianjie, who stood beside him, stopped him.
By then, the fighting had reached a white-hot intensity. With its immense demonic power, nimble movements, and formidable attacks, the Thunder Spirit Leopard drove the three cultivators back step by step.
The three had underestimated the Thunder Spirit Leopard.