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Their blood‑qi signatures were fierce—well above the level he could handle head‑on.
Information first, battle later. Even a fragment of their knowledge might be the key to his next breakthrough.
But as he shadowed them, the system’s chill warning rang:
“Alert! High‑risk zone detected. Unknown powerful life‑form ahead. Immediate retreat advised!”
He froze, slipped behind a dead oak, and smothered every wisp of breath and blood‑qi.
Another tiger‑class monster? he wondered, scanning the gloom.
The squad halted on a bare rock ledge and began arranging supplies. From their low talk he caught names—Scarlet‑Blood Flower, Bone‑Scorch Weed—all medicinal herbs tied to body‑forging.
“Bone‑Scorch Weed helps crack the Body‑Forging ceiling,” one murmured. “The sect will pay a whole Qi‑Sea Pill for it. We can’t let others claim it.”
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A silver badge at each warrior’s belt—an eagle rending a mountain—marked them as disciplined members of a larger power.
Then the earth groaned.
Dust geysered, boulders sheared loose— BOOM!
A colossal lizard burst from below. Black armor‑scales, saw‑blade dorsal spikes, eyes of burning coals.
“Earth‑Vein Basilisk‑King? Impossible—that’s a deep‑vein beast!”
Panic fractured the team. The monster’s tail scythed a giant tree in two and it lunged.
Even from afar Lin Ye felt the crushing aura; his awakened bloodline vibrated in dread.
Stronger than the tiger—by at least two whole tiers. A late Body‑Forging, near Qi‑Sea beast!
Instinct screamed to flee—yet the herbs glowed on the ledge, Scarlet‑Blood Flower pulsing with vital qi.
The system chimed again:
“Bone‑Scorch Weed—compatibility 98 %. Mark as target resource?”
Teeth clenched, he chose.
In chaos lies fortune.
Low and silent, he slid from trunk to trunk, every step a dance with death—caught between a rampaging basilisk and swords that would cut first, question later.
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