The group of people went deeper into the depths of Demon Beast Mountain. They were met with low-level demon beasts on their way, but they dealt with the beasts in a flash.
Those rich men were not interested in the beast cores of those low-level demon beasts. Just as everyone was carefully treading into the center of Demon Beast Mountain, Jared’s expression suddenly turned grim, and he shouted a warning, causing everyone to stop in their tracks.
“Brat, what are you doing? Why are we stopping?” Kayden turned around and asked. Jared angrily. Jared ignored him. He closed his eyes and unleashed his spiritual sense, letting it spread across their surroundings. Although he wasn’t necessarily as capable as Kayden, his spiritual sense was much stronger than anyone else in the group.
Kayden was fuming with anger when he saw that Jared had ignored him. He approached the latter and was about to teach him a lesson, but Claus stopped him. Claus observed Jared’s behavior and began to worry.
He had seen Jared’s power first-hand when they were on Encanta Island. He knew that Jared was powerful despite only being a rogue cultivator in the mundane world. “We can’t go any further. There’s danger up front,” Jared advised as he slowly opened his eyes.
“What kind of danger? Why didn’t I sense it? A Third Level Spirit Replicator like you can’t have a stronger spiritual sense than me. I don’t even sense anything, yet you said it’s dangerous up front.” Kayden did not believe Jared. He was sure he would have already sensed it if there were high-level demon beasts and other dangers laying ahead.
“I’m just trying to warn everyone. It’s up to you whether you believe it or not!” Jared flashed a faint smile when he saw the disbelief on Kayden’s face.
“Hmph! Who would believe you?” Kayden scoffed and was about to trek ahead with the others in tow, but Jared along with Zain and Evangeline stayed rooted to their spots and refused to advance further ahead.
Seeing that, Claus chose to stay put as well, which surprised Kayden. “Mr. Lassen, please don’t tell me you believe this brat’s words. Are you able to sense any danger? Did you sense any existence of high- level demon beasts? I think he’s just spouting nonsense! There isn’t any danger at all!” Kayden exclaimed at Claus.
“I think it’s best to be on our guard. Let’s send two people to check it out first,” Claus replied cautiously. “Fine!” Kayden nodded and instructed two of his subordinates to survey the area up front. Although those two subordinates were scared, they did not dare to go against Kayden’s orders as they carefully made their way forward.
Nothing strange happened even though ten minutes had passed since the two subordinates entered the forest. Kayden smirked and said, “See? There isn’t any danger at all! I don’t know what you all are afraid of!”
Claus was relieved when he saw that there was indeed no danger. He gripped his weapon, ready to lead his subordinates further into the mountains.
Just then, two horrifying, blood-curdling screams rang out. Kayden and Claus, who had just taken a step forward, suddenly stopped in their tracks.
Roar! Following the screams, a thunderous roar echoed through the mountains, causing the ground to shake. Everyone turned pale when they heard the roar and felt the trembling of the ground.
A terrifying aura was approaching them at high speed, and it appeared before everyone within a blink of an eye. Before any of them could identify the demon beast, they felt waves of scorching heat enveloping them, followed by gusts of strong gales.
Everyone activated their elixir fields to stabilize their footings as the towering trees around them were uprooted by the strong gale and blown away, disappearing into the distance.
Soon, all the trees surrounding Jared and the others were blown away. The forest was soon reduced to barren land, and the demon beast showed itself before them.
Roar! The demon beast let out another ferocious roar. Jared noticed that the demon beast was a huge tiger with flames covering its entire body. It looked similar to the flaming wolf they had met previously.
