Watching the demonic beasts surrounding them, Chu Xisheng tensed the muscles of his right hand and gripped his saber hilt tightly, his expression dark.
Just then, a saber-toothed tiger suddenly stepped forward, seeming about to pounce.
Chu Xisheng's mind jolted. Without hesitation, he drew his saber, stepped forward, and flashed away!
In an instant, he swept across thirty feet and appeared before that saber-toothed tiger.
Only as he flashed over did Chu Xisheng realize he had been too nervous. The saber-toothed tiger had no intention of pouncing; it had merely leaned forward to sniff.
As his saber slashed down, startled fury instantly appeared in the saber-toothed tiger's eyes. It swung a forepaw to strike, leaving afterimages too fast for the naked eye to follow, while several electrical currents spontaneously gathered around its paw.
Man and beast both moved swiftly, fast as lightning, exchanging three blows in an instant.
Chu Xisheng's footwork and saber speed were still a fraction faster.
He broke through the saber-toothed tiger's defenses, bringing the Rune Blood Refinement Saber in his hand before its eyes.
But just as Chu Xisheng was about to slice open the demonic beast's carotid artery, his pupils contracted, and he slid back nearly ten feet.
Two other saber-toothed tigers were pouncing from either side, crossing like scissors to cut him down.
After retreating, Chu Xisheng looked even graver.
Although these saber-toothed tigers had only Ninth Rank demonic power, their fighting strength far exceeded that level.
Their strength in particular had reached Eighth-Rank Upper, even approaching the Seventh-Rank level.
Even with Qin Muge's Character Card and a Divine Strength Pill he had swallowed, Chu Xisheng actually could not overpower that saber-toothed tiger.
Its divine sense was also powerful enough to barely withstand the impact of his Saber Intent-though this was, of course, related