Once her preparations were complete, Xue Fuyao did not leave. Instead, she rapidly shrank until she was the size of a pebble and hid in a crevice in a nearby rock. Then she touched the invisible Barrier.
She needed to watch the two Golden Origin Deer eat enough poison with her own eyes before letting Shadow Three act on the other side.
As the Barrier disappeared, the pure spiritual energy of the spirit medicines and lingzhi quickly drifted out.
This was the territory of the two Golden Origin Deer, so she did not have to worry about other Monster Beasts coming over. Although those Monster Beasts had no reason, they still had the instinct to avoid danger.
The two sleeping Golden Origin Deer suddenly twitched their noses as though they had caught a scent, then opened their eyes. A gleam swiftly flashed through their eyes, and saliva began gathering in their mouths.
At that moment, the stag beside the doe also woke up. He reacted just as she had, twitching his nose, an intoxicated expression appearing on his face as his mouth unconsciously began moving.
"You smelled it too?" the doe asked.
The stag nodded. "It's the scent of spirit medicines and lingzhi."
They had no idea how long it had been since they had last smelled lingzhi.
In theory, as herbivorous Monster Beasts, they had no advantage whatsoever in an environment like this. With no food, they should not even have been able to survive, yet these two were exceptions.
They were Monster Beasts that had been here since the very beginning of this Ancient Battlefield, and who knew how many years they had existed. However, they had been so severely wounded in that great battle that their bodies had nearly collapsed. They had spent all these years asleep,