Deep within the Intermediate Area.
"Holy shit! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!"
"Why are so many Mutant Beasts chasing me?!"
Zhao Qiu was sprinting for his life.
Behind him, twenty or thirty Fourth Tier Mutant Beasts were snapping at his heels.
The fastest was a Fourth Tier, Three Stars cheetah, less than two meters behind Zhao Qiu and ready to catch him at any moment.
"Roar!"
The cheetah suddenly lunged forward to bite him, and Zhao Qiu gritted his teeth and kept running.
Rrrip!
The cheetah bit his backside. Luckily, it only caught his pants, sparing his actual butt.
"Damn it! Just because this tiger hasn't shown his claws, you think I'm some cute little kitty?!"
"Life Shackles: Fourth Internal Organ Lock, open!"
Seeing that he couldn't outrun them, Zhao Qiu turned to fight.
The instant he activated his Life Shackles, he unleashed a powerful attack behind him.
"Tiger Heaven Crash!"
"Roar!"
A massive air cannon shaped like a white tiger's head slammed into the pack, sending the beasts at the very front flying.
But more Mutant Beasts lunged at him, and Zhao Qiu turned and ran again.
"Shit! There are way too many! Why are they all chasing me?"
There had already been plenty of Mutant Beasts chasing him.
As he ran, more kept joining the pursuit, swelling their numbers.
Zhao Qiu actually didn't have that many Beast Soul Marks on him, but new Mutant Beasts joined the chase everywhere he went.
That meant their numbers kept growing. He couldn't kill them all. There was simply no end to them.
Zhao Qiu could only run.
But the faster he ran, the more Mutant Beasts he attracted.
He was stuck in a vicious cycle.
Just then, a familiar figure appeared ahead.
Zhao Qiu's eyes immediately lit up.
"**Old Zhou,