Luo Fan's mental power spread out in a fan, covering a large area ahead.
But the drawback of a fan-shaped scan was its limited range.
Those high-tier Weirds often hid deep within the formation, requiring a more precise method to lock onto them.
With a thought, he changed his scanning method.
The spreading fan contracted into a concentrated beam of mental power, like an invisible probe thrust straight into the depths of the Weird horde.
Five thousand meters.
The beam of mental power swept back and forth through the horde like a radar beam, passing over one Weird after another.
First tier, second tier, third tier...
Finally, at the very heart of the horde, he detected a distinctive presence.
It was a Weird with a human head and an eagle's body.
It had a pair of dark brown wings on its back, two huge, bull-like horns atop its head, extremely sharp claws on its hands, and numerous skull-like decorations on its dark brown, metallic-looking skin.
Its blood-red eyes held terrifying killing intent and an equally terrifying aura.
Found it!
However, the instant Luo Fan's mental power touched this Weird-
Buzzz!
An equally powerful, even more concentrated surge of mental power lashed back like a provoked beast!
Luo Fan's head reeled, as though someone had smashed an iron hammer into his temple.
His vision darkened, his ears rang, and he nearly fell from the sky.
Fortunately, his mental power already far surpassed others of his tier, and he had strengthened his mental essence with a Wisdom Fruit. He steadied his mind in an instant.
But that counterattack also gave him a clear understanding of his target's strength.
It could detect his mental scan, counterattack instantly, and even put him under strain.
It was at least a fifth-tier mental-type Weird, and very