Entering the territory of the Ling Beast Ridge, Sen Lei immediately sensed a distinct difference from the outside world.
Many dangerous auras were felt the moment he stepped into the Ling Beast Ridge.
In the mindset of the spirit beasts and demon beasts, they possess thoughts similar to humans, perhaps even simpler. For example, like some bandits, spirit beasts prefer solitary targets and those weaker than themselves.
Similarly, just as humans benefit from hunting spirit beasts, spirit beasts also gain from preying on humans.
This is because the spiritual energy used by humans is also needed by spirit beasts.
For instance, when humans kill a spirit beast, they extract the beast's core for cultivation. The higher the level of the beast, the more spiritual energy contained in its core, which can be directly absorbed by humans.
Conversely, when spirit beasts attack humans, they first extract the spiritual energy from the humans' dantian before consuming them.
In this world, it's all about the survival of the fittest!
Spirit beasts have levels that correspond to human realms, named by humans.
"Spiritual Energy, Spirit Body, Spirit Sea, Dao Mirror, Reincarnation, Soul Transformation, Life and Death!"—exactly the same.
The forest was eerily frightening, with no light except for the bright moonlight in the sky.
Sen Lei ran in one direction, scaring away a few spirit beasts of the Spirit Energy realm along the way.
Sen Lei stopped, frowning, and said, "The darkness makes it hard to find the right spirit beast for me. Plus, I can't find it myself. It's better to..." He took out a healing orb emitting a faint green light from his spatial ring.
"It's better to give them a hint to come to me. I'm so clever!" Sen Lei narcissistically thought.
"Roar!"
A deafening roar shattered the silence of the forest.
"It's here, as expected!" Sen Lei put away the orb and lit a torch.
Sen Lei walked towards the sound and found a black panther watching him intently at the foot of a mountain.
Recalling his father's teachings about spirit beast species, he remembered a black panther that appeared at night.
"Black Tiger Panther!"
Sen Lei remembered.
An adult black tiger panther possessed the strength of the Spirit Body stage, but its speed was exceptionally agile, especially at night, probably three or four levels higher!
Sen Lei calculated, taking out a black ruler.
The black tiger panther, like a clap of thunder, leaped towards Sen Lei with its mouth wide open.
Sen Lei quickly flew out a character, hitting the black tiger panther's paw and knocking it away.
Although the black tiger panther's strength was much lower than Sen Lei's, their states in the dark were completely different.
"No wonder it's the king of the same level at night. It's too agile and has a strong sense of the night!" Sen Lei cautiously listened to the surrounding sounds.
"Roar!"
The black tiger panther, enraged by Sen Lei, charged at him from the right.
Sen Lei held the black ruler.
"Slash!"
He jumped three meters into the air.
Recalling the game skill he learned before, he used it from above.
"Silver Light Blade!"
Sen Lei, with the black ruler, rapidly descended using his blood energy, creating a huge impact, heading towards the black tiger panther below.
In the black tiger panther's blue eyes in the night, fear suddenly filled them.
It was scared!
It wanted to escape, kicking its legs hard.
But it was too late.
"Bang!" A huge shockwave hit the ground.
Even though the black tiger panther tried to escape quickly, it was still affected. The powerful shockwave flipped the black tiger panther over, crashing it into the cliff wall. Blood kept flowing from its mouth, showing a very painful expression.
With a "Teng" sound, it slid down the cliff and fell to the ground.
It wasn't long before it died.
Sen Lei, his legs a bit weak from the shock.
Sen Lei put away the black ruler and let out a long breath. He thought if there had been a slight mistake, he wouldn't have hit it. Luckily, he often looked at things in the dark...
He thought of the dark space, always thinking he was blind.
Sen Lei walked over, looking at the black tiger panther's miserable state, scratching his head.
Where is the beast core?
Sen Lei took out a dagger, slowly cutting through the flesh in the dark.
But then, the pattern on the black ruler suddenly lit up.
This startled Sen Lei.
He saw four drops of bright red blood float out from the black tiger panther's body, falling on the Kazan pattern on the black ruler.
Judging by the color and thickness of the blood, Sen Lei knew these were the black tiger panther's essence blood.
The essence blood was absorbed by the pattern, like a river irrigating the land, following the ghost god's pattern.
In a moment, it disappeared, and the Kazan pattern returned to its dull state, like an inconspicuous crack on the black ruler.
Sen Lei was frustrated,
shouting angrily in his mind, "This is robbery! Bandit behavior, damn it!"
He ignored the black ruler and Kazan, quickly found the beast core, and continued looking for other demon beasts to practice on!
Finally, Sen Lei found the beast core emitting a faint blue light in his mind, making him smile broadly.
The next moment,
"Oh my! What's that smell?" Sen Lei, with his eyes closed, stretched his head far away.
This thing stinks!
Sen Lei quickly ran to the nearby stream, washing his hands and the beast core, and put it away.
After a while, Sen Lei tidied up his clothes, took the orb, and looked for a suitable demon beast again.
But just as Sen Lei turned around with the orb, a group of men appeared behind him.
"It's him! He has a lot of treasures!"
Sen Lei turned to the voice. It was almost dawn, and the faint sunlight allowed Sen Lei to see the person clearly.
It was the muscular man from earlier!
And the fat guy and the seductive woman beside him!
"Damn it! Shouldn't have left anyone alive, it's killing me now!" Sen Lei turned to leave. With so many people, even with his Spirit Sea realm strength, he couldn't handle it. What bad luck!
The leader this time was a bearded middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man touched the seductive woman inappropriately, greedily eyeing the orb in Sen Lei's hand.
He said coldly to Sen Lei, who was about to run away, "You bullied my woman, you deserve to die. If you hand over all your treasures, I can spare your life and take you as my servant!"
Sen Lei was speechless.
Do all villains deceive themselves? If I hand over my treasures and become your servant, wouldn't I still be at your mercy?
Sen Lei directly dived into the bushes and shouted back, "Come and catch me if you can, you idiot!"
Sen Lei's shout was loud enough for everyone to hear clearly.
"Damn! You little brat, you're dead. No one escapes from me, Lone Wolf. Everyone, chase him!" The middle-aged man, carrying the woman, followed.
These people were the outlaws Sen Yan had warned Sen Lei about in this lawless land!
Sen Lei ran, looking back at the persistent pursuers, thinking this wasn't a solution. He needed to come up with a plan!