Though pain brought sweat pouring from his forehead, he made little noise beyond a few low groans and gasps.
After securing the makeshift splint, Chen Ping began to hesitate.
He was now in the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Forest. If he rashly left the cave, his severe injuries and low cultivation would leave him facing almost certain death.
Just then, a Soul Beast with brilliant golden fur, dragon claws, a lion's body, and three eyes-two reddish-gold eyes and a scarlet vertical pupil-leaped into the cave, making Chen Ping jolt.
He remembered perfectly well that Zhongli Ren had dragged him into a cave on a sheer cliff. Even getting down would be exceedingly difficult for him, let alone coming up.
I'm done for. Does this cave already belong to something? Has its owner come back?
Enduring the searing pain, Chen Ping staggered a few steps and picked up the Soul Tool Staff Zhongli Ren used to store Beast Souls.
This staff was a Level 8 Soul Tool. With Chen Ping's cultivation, activating it was absolutely impossible.
But at least Chen Ping had the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade. If he stabbed viciously at the staff's Core Formation a few times, he could at least burst the staff open and release every Beast Soul sealed within it in one go.
That way, he could at least perish together with the Soul Beast before him, jade and stone burning alike. Perhaps finding a sliver of survival would not be entirely impossible, either.
Yet just as Chen Ping was about to take out the Spirit Devouring Fierce Blade, he registered the appearance of the Soul Beast before him and suddenly froze.
"The Emperor Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion?"
Staring at the Auspicious Beast's three eyes, Chen Ping blurted out those words instinctively.