The Daoist held a longsword, his back to the woman, and gave an honest, simple smile. "Hurry back to the pass city. I'll deal with it."
"You haven't even entered Inquiry. How can you deal with it?" the woman asked softly.
The Daoist shook his head. "We can't both die!"
The woman slowly shook her head and walked to his side, sword in hand. "Hurry back and warn them. There's a 'Difficult' beast in the tide!"
"They've already seen it!" the Daoist said.
As the two spoke, the demon beast with blood-red eyes slowly walked toward them.
It did not seem to be in any hurry, as though it were savoring others' fear...
"Then..." The woman smiled softly. "We'll die together!"
The Daoist shuddered violently and turned to look at her.
Even the shocking scar on her face did not seem able to conceal her beauty.
After a long while, the Daoist nodded woodenly.
"All right."
Everyone atop the pass city had seen the 'Difficult' beast lurking in the shadows of the beast tide, and their hearts turned cold.
No wonder this beast tide was so ferocious. A 'Difficult' beast had actually been hiding among them!
Difficult beasts cultivated differently from the Human Race. They had their own way of growing: devouring people who possessed cultivation.
Difficult beast was merely a conceptual designation used to compare its strength to that of a Human Race Difficult Realm expert. It signified that this demon beast possessed the strength of a Human Race Difficult Realm expert.
Ancient desolate demon beasts like this were exceedingly rare.
The elder stationed there watched the Difficult beast lurking in the shadows and, amid the silence, spoke in a trembling voice.
"Activate the pass formation..."
Everyone's expression changed drastically upon hearing his words.
"But..." someone began, only to