Earlier, while charging with the army and encountering the Origin Beasts' suicide attacks,
he had suddenly sensed that faint, concealed fluctuation of Spiritual Power.
A suspicion had stirred in Gu Chenfeng's heart.
The source of that trace of Spiritual Power was very likely the High-Rank Shaman of the Barbarian Tribe hiding in the shadows.
Coupled with that trace of energy that held an immense attraction for him,
it had finally led Gu Chenfeng to take the risk and sneak all the way here.
The scene before him confirmed his guess.
The old man on the Iron-Winged Griffin's back was the instigator of this "suicidal" beast tide.
No wonder Xiao Lie and the others had searched for so long without pinpointing his location.
The old bastard had hidden on an Origin Beast's back, using the Great Demon’s aura to conceal his own.
He might even have changed locations from time to time, naturally making him difficult to find.
Gu Chenfeng studied the Blue-Robed Elder from the shadows.
The old man sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, forming seals with his hands and muttering under his breath.
Of course, what attracted Gu Chenfeng most was what lay before the old man.
A diamond-shaped crystal the size of a baby's fist, translucent and gleaming with rosy radiance,
even beneath the cover of the old man's Spiritual Power and the Iron-Winged Griffin's aura,
still released a trace of energy brimming with vitality and the breath of nature that made Gu Chenfeng's mouth water.
As the Blue-Robed Elder's Spiritual Power spread out in an unending stream,
wisps of life energy flowed from the mysterious crystal into his body.
Not only could it rapidly replenish the vast amounts of Spiritual Power he consumed,
it could even allow his Spiritual Power to unleash might far beyond its