Affected by the Dragon Power, Tang Rao felt a bit better, at least the strange birds weren't getting any closer to him.

They maintained a distance of about a hundred meters.

After ten minutes, Tang Rao was approaching a range of mountains.

Rolling and undulating, several hundred meters tall, they were covered in red trees, resembling a sea of fire.

"Yo!" As Tang Rao approached the mountains, a strange cry suddenly erupted among the flock of birds.

The emotions of these birds seemed to be influenced immediately, as they became frenzied.

Flapping their wings, their speed was even faster than before when they weren't affected by the Dragon Power.

"Oh crap!" Tang Rao's eyelids flipped.

Am I really going to be killed by a flock of birds?

"Dragon King..."

"Roar!!!" Just as Tang Rao was about to launch an attack, a fierce roar came from within the mountains.

Before Tang Rao could react, a pitch-black creature burst out from the mountains!

It looked like a black panther, but it was many times larger than any panther, at least ten meters long, with two golden horns on its head and black wings on its back.

"Zap!" As Tang Rao was looking at the black panther, a fierce lightning suddenly erupted from the horns on its head.

The lightning formed a Thunder Ball, and abruptly hurled into the flock of strange birds.

Boom!

A blasting sound, as if the whole space was filled with lightning.

Those thousands of strange birds were instantly reduced by at least two hundred.

Tang Rao was somewhat dazed, that was fierce, that attack just now was at least of Golden Core strength.

Could it be that this black panther is already a Golden Core Stage Spiritual Beast?

Tang Rao suddenly wanted to cry, just out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's lair, where has my luck gone! Come back! I really can't bear this alone…

"Yo!" A sharp cry came from the flock of birds.

Then, the remaining birds turned around and directly flew away, flapping their wings.

Clearly, they were afraid of this black panther.

As for the black panther, it didn't pursue them, just growled lowly twice, seemingly expressing disdain for those birds.

Then the panther turned around, its dark eyes with a hint of bloodlust, stared intently at Tang Rao.

"Uh, Brother Black Panther, thanks for saving me. Our paths have crossed, maybe we'll meet again if fate allows." Tang Rao cupped his hands towards the black panther, then started to slowly back away.

"Roar!" The black panther roared at Tang Rao.

Tang Rao's scalp tingled, this creature must be in the Golden Core Stage, far more terrifying than those thousands of strange birds. Those birds, apart from their hard bodies, probably had the strength of only the initial Fusion Stage.

Golden Core Stage and Fusion Stage are not even on the same level.

Wait...

Suddenly, Tang Rao's eyes lit up.

If it's a Golden Core Realm Spiritual Beast, then it should be possible to communicate with it.

Tang Rao slightly adjusted his Soul Divine Sense.

What? Why don't I just speak directly?

Are you crazy, Golden Core Stage Spiritual Beasts certainly have developed decent spiritual wisdom, but expecting them to speak? Have you been reading too many unreliable novels?

Why are these called Spiritual Beasts? Because they are beasts.

Their vocal structures are different from humans, how do you expect them to speak human language? That's like asking a woman to give birth to a tiger, whoever can do that, I'll acknowledge as my grandfather.

But Soul Divine Sense can do it, a level of communication that doesn't need language.

Feeling Tang Rao's Soul Divine Sense, the black panther also slightly startled.

"Human, you have trespassed into my territory!" came the raging and furious Divine Sense of the black panther.

"Listen, Brother Black Panther, it wasn't intentional. I had no choice but to run because those crappy birds were chasing me," Tang Rao conveyed with his consciousness.

"Black Panther? I am the Dark Demon Leopard!"

Dark Demon Leopard...

Tang Rao almost asked if it knew how to massage or provide a full body treatment.

Of course, he held back in the end; this wasn't the time to court death.

"Dear Lord Dark Demon, please let me go, considering it was an unintentional mistake," Tang Rao said through his consciousness.

The Dark Demon Leopard seemed quite pleased to be addressed as Lord Dark Demon, its murderous aura diminished somewhat, and its gaze at Tang Rao wasn't as menacing as before.

"What did you just call me?" came the inquiry from the Dark Demon Leopard's consciousness.

Tang Rao: "…"

Damn it, it's true what they say: flattery will get you everywhere.

Not only do humans enjoy flattery, but Spiritual Beasts do as well.

Alright, since you like it, I'll indulge you.

I might lack many qualities, but I'm quite good at being shamelessly flexible and adaptable.

"Lord Dark Demon, with your magnificent and incomparably mighty strength, those crappy birds can only become carcasses beneath your majesty. Such enviable power is comparable to that of heaven and earth," Tang Rao thought, since he was already being shameless, he might as well go all out.

Sure enough, with these words, the Dark Demon Leopard was pleased.

A look of satisfaction gleamed in those dark eyes.

"Human, I've decided, I won't kill you!" after a while, the Dark Demon Leopard's consciousness conveyed.

Tang Rao was overjoyed inside, the bastard finally dealt with.

"However, from now on, you'll follow me and sing my praises whenever I want."

Tang Rao: "._."

Damn it, do you think I'm a flattery machine?

I've lived this long, and I've never seen such a tasteless Golden Core Stage Spiritual Beast; you like flattery, can't you aspire to more noble pursuits?

"Understood, Lord Dark Demon." Of course, although he was furious inside, the consciousness Tang Rao sent to the Dark Demon Leopard was very submissive.

He had no choice; if he didn't agree, there was a good chance the Dark Demon Leopard would just squash him.

To survive, he had to endure the humiliation for now.

He'd look for a chance to escape later.

...

Meanwhile, Ying XianDa was covered in blood and looked extremely pathetic.

He hadn't expected this place to be so dangerous; he had encountered a monster resembling a rat, which he initially thought he could easily defeat. To his dismay, it turned out to be terrifyingly strong.

Although he eventually killed it, he was severely injured himself.

Of course, that wasn't the worst part; the truly desperate issue was that the members of the Ying Clan had entered at the same time but were separated soon after.

It had been two hours, and he hadn't encountered any other Ying Clan Members.

"I wonder where that kid Tang Rao is…" Ying XianDa leaned against a tree. Besides seizing the treasure, his mission was to kill Tang Rao.

Of course, to be absolutely sure, he had an accomplice.

That person, in Ying XianDa's view, was even more fearsome than Ying Tianhe.

No one knew his true strength, only that killing a Late Fusion Stage was as easy as killing a fly for him.

"I don't know where he could be," Ying XianDa took a deep breath, feeling that he would be safe if he could find that person.

"Forget it, I better find a place to take cover first." Ying XianDa got up; it was too dangerous out in the wilderness, better to head to the mountains.

Thus, Ying XianDa set his sights on a mountain range, rolling and spanning hundreds of meters high, covered in red trees, resembling a sea of fire.

Hmm, it looked similar to the mountain range Tang Rao entered…

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