He would never have known without looking.
There really were a lot of ferocious beasts in this secret realm!
Still, it was only a small secret realm. Most were first- or second-realm demon beasts, with very few in the third realm and not a single one in the fourth.
After all, this was a trial. The ferocious beasts were merely a simple, easy part of it.
What truly mattered was the struggle between people.
Now, however, as the ferocious beasts swarmed out, the Daoist School's heavenly prodigies began to feel a little pressure.
Fortunately, heavenly prodigies were heavenly prodigies.
Pressure could become motivation.
Adversity could become opportunity.
Despair could give birth to hope.
So, after some thought, Lin Ke abandoned the idea of helping the heavenly prodigies deal with the ferocious beasts.
These ferocious beasts could be considered a specialty of the secret realm. This was a secret realm of the Jie Race, and that Jie expert possessed the ability to control them.
The key still lay in dealing with the Jie expert.
Once the Jie expert was dealt with, the ferocious beasts would naturally fall under the sway of their instincts again and retreat into the forest.
But...
How was he to deal with him?
"The Jie Race..." Lin Ke frowned in thought.
The heavenly prodigies, meanwhile, stopped focusing on Lin Ke and concentrated on fighting the ferocious beasts.
They were no fools. When they entered, they had known they were only there to make up the numbers.
After all, Master Ge Hong had chosen the true Dao heir. Besides, Lin Ke already had a considerable reputation for talent. Now that they had discovered he possessed not just talent but strength as well, they accepted him wholeheartedly.
They shared Lin Ke's view: his most pressing task now was to