"I took so much time *sigh*"
"It's just because of your fighting style, c'mon don't dwell on it. It's also because your rank is level lower than those beasts. You'll be doing pretty fine once you level up."
Bernard consoled Clarence as they walked further into the territory. They were looking around for a rank four beast now.
In the cultivation system, the threshold between rank three and rank four was quite large. Which meant that the fighting prowess between rank four and rank three beast was similarly large.
Soon, they spotted a rank four beast up ahead. It had six legs and was covered in metallic plates, including its vital regions. It had two small balls on the plate which they assumed to be its eyes and a hole with razor sharp triangular metal pointing outwards for a mouth.
The four of them got serious as soon as they saw the beast.
"Take your positions."