Duan Yuan gasped, catching for his breath as beads of sweat trickled down the side of his face. His figure staggered and, his knees can't help it anymore, he fell back on the bed, panting. Earlier, he was about to look for clues on the cabinets and drawers after he searched the bed when suddenly, his ring which is an artifact heated up and almost burned his finger. This is a sign that there are supernatural beings around, and that they contain negative qi or evil qi.
Fortunately, the ring wasn't too hot like earlier that it seared his finger. Because it showed that whatever the ring sensed, which was that 'monster' earlier, is by far the strongest that the ring has ever sensed. That is why Duan Yuan was taken aback, and was frozen in fear earlier when they were in the first floor.
