The sudden appearance of the silver tigers stunned Xanthus, who subsequently looked toward Hyrum.
“What’s going on? Aren’t these demon beasts under your control? Why are they attacking us?” Xanthus asked quizzically.
“Someone has neutralized the poison in the silver tigers,” Hyrum replied anxiously as he stared at the ferocious beasts lunging at them.
The silver tigers were powerful beasts. Tiger King, in particular, was more than ten meters tall and had become a Tribulator a long time ago, allowing him to morph between human and beast form.
In the beginning, both parties never interfered in one another’s affairs. However, Hyrum, wanting to profit from a conflict between them, used the poison veil to bewitch the silver tigers and used them to attack the human cultivators who traveled across Mount Crimson.
“How dare you Demonic Cultivators use poison veil to control our minds and get us to kill the human cultivators, causing them to hate us? I swear I’m going to rip all of you apart today!” Tiger King roared as he charged forward with his subordinates.
In response, Hyrum had no choice but to lead his men to meet Tiger King in battle. As for Xanthus, he rapidly retreated and ran in the direction of where Jared and his companions had fled. His goal was to kill Jared, so he couldn’t afford to let the latter escape.
Meanwhile, when Rostom saw Xanthus avoiding the silver tigers to pursue Jared, he, too, followed closely behind, leaving Hyrum and his men to engage the silver tigers in battle.
At that moment, Tiger King breathed out a fiery inferno that covered the skies and set the forest ablaze. Within the sea of flames, the Demonic Cultivators of Soulless Hall who failed to flee were burned alive.
“Argh!”
Screams of agony were heard from those who didn’t manage to escape. As for the other silver tigers, they charged forward to rip apart the burning cultivators to vent the rage within them.
Responding to the situation, Hyrum brandished his sword, filling the air with lethal intent. Amidst a howl in the background, a mist quickly descended upon the surroundings.
When Tiger King saw Hyrum unleashing the poison again, he roared out loud and led his subordinates back. Having been poisoned before, they were not going to let history repeat itself.
Seizing upon the lull provided by the silver tiger’s brief retreat, Hyrum scanned his surroundings and was stunned by Xanthus’ disappearance.
If anything happened to the latter, he would be in deep trouble. In fact, he would probably not be able to return to Soulless Hall, let alone become an elder.
“Find Elder Fabrizio at once!”
Together with the surviving Demonic Cultivators, Hyrum began to pursue Xanthus. Meanwhile, Jared, with Hamish and Kiara by his side, was running desperately to where members of their party were camped.
Sensing the presence of pursuers, he didn’t dare to let his guard down for a single moment. Soon, all three of them reached the campsite.
When everyone saw the three return, they frantically got up to their feet. Hamish was after all their guide. Without him, there was no way they could make it to the southern region.
“Are you all right, Mr. Chevalier? You don’t seem to look too good.”
Misho’s face was glowing after getting enough rest.
“Rostom is in league with the Demonic Cultivators and led us into a trap. Fortunately, Mr. Chance appeared in the nick of time and saved us.”
While Hamish was speaking, blood continued to flow down the corner of his mouth.
“What? Rostom is working with Demonic Cultivators?”
“That b*stard! The Beridze family is supposed to be a prestigious family. I can’t believe there’s a failure like Rostom in their midst.”
“I knew from the very beginning that he was up to no good.”
The crowd commented one by one upon learning of Rostom’s betrayal.
