Cai Mei'er froze for a moment. Then, through Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection, she discovered the truth behind the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's pained roars.
Huo Yutong had originally been puzzled. Why, with the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's violent temperament, was it unwilling to leave its cave and fight the three Evil Soul Masters to the death?
No matter how Zhongli Ren provoked it, it remained stubbornly inside the cave, refusing to take even half a step outside.
Driven by curiosity, she chose to extend her Spiritual Detection deep into the cave, conducting a more draining scan.
And sure enough, she discovered the truth.
There was a great deal of Dark Blood inside the burrow. The Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's originally thick, powerful legs were actually trembling slightly.
Within that large pool of Dark Blood were two tiny creatures less than a meter long, their entire bodies wet as they greedily gnawed at their own placentas. They had not even opened their eyes yet.
This was actually a Ten Thousand Year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear that had only just given birth. No wonder it seemed fierce but was inwardly weak—its body was in a weakened state.
It had not left the tree hollow because it was weak, and because it needed to protect its two children.
At the sight of this, Huo Yutong's gaze immediately softened. Her maternal instinct filled her with sympathy for the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.
Without a doubt, the three Evil Soul Masters were likely targeting not only the adult Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, but also its two Cubs. With the abilities of Evil Soul Masters, if these newborn Darkgold Dreadclaw Bears fell into their hands, who knew how they would be used.
Stop them. The thought immediately arose in everyone's minds.
Just then, Zhongli Tian said in a deep voice:
"Pay attention.