Clarence did it so that the three of them don't just continue moving forward and intrude upon the senses of the thing he sensed.
Clarence's golden blue energy's range had increased by a considerable amount, it was probably in the range of rank six if he had to guess, which wasn't a small improvement by any angle.
He jumped up on the tree again and channeled his golden blue energy at full speed. This time he took care and even used several arrays which removed even the smallest fluctuations which might unknowingly expose him.
He jumped on another branch, bringing him a step closer to the 'thing'. Now he could clearly see what it was.
A massive white tiger was sleeping in a small clearing ahead. It had extremely few stripes which were orange in color.
Fortunately, the tiger hadn't sensed Clarence yet. He blatantly used his golden blue energy sense and investigated the orange striped white tiger.