"Is there a fierce fight ahead?"
Ye Ningze felt the surge of primal energy and immediately stopped, his expression grave.
This was because the primal energy fluctuation ahead was simply too intense.
"This is deep within the forest. It can't be human martial artists fighting..."
Ye Ningze speculated inwardly.
Since it wasn't human martial artists, it must be a battle between fierce beasts.
Fights between fierce beasts were actually quite common, especially since they weren't of the same species.
Even within a single species like human martial artists, disputes could arise over interests, let alone the fierce and aggressive nature of beasts.
With this thought, Ye Ningze activated his speed talent and cautiously moved through the tall grass ahead.
He leaped into the woods, using the shade of the trees to conceal his figure.
Through his reconnaissance, Ye Ningze discovered that the battle ahead involved a pack of Shadow Chasing Leopards.
There were about ten thousand of these Shadow Chasing Leopards, and they were currently ganging up on a large bear.
"Hiss, this large bear is actually a high-level fierce beast."
When Ye Ningze clearly saw the bear's cultivation level, he couldn't help but gasp.
Although he had heard that high-level fierce beasts roamed the Great Prajna Forest, encountering one so suddenly was still unsettling.
It was important to remember that ordinary high-level fierce beasts would develop special talents.
Coupled with their bloodline talents, such existences could completely rival human transcendent martial artists.
"This high-level fierce beast bear's combat power is not low; it should be similar to the leader of the Divine Power Ant in the Sunset Forest back then."
After confirming the bear's true strength through the battle, Ye Ningze became even more cautious.
With his current Grandmaster realm combat power, he was clearly no match for the bear.
If he were to face the bear head-on, with his current speed, he might not even be able to escape and could only rely on his healing talent.
"I must be careful not to be discovered!"
Once Ye Ningze determined that the bear was not to be trifled with, he became even more careful in his evasion.
He activated his shadow talent, shrinking himself into the shade of the trees, doing his best to conceal his aura.
The battle below continued.
In just a short while, over a hundred Shadow Chasing Leopards had died at the bear's claws.
These Shadow Chasing Leopards were truly fearless. If they couldn't win, they should have just fled, but they insisted on fighting to the death here.
Soon, Ye Ningze's attention was drawn to one particular Shadow Chasing Leopard.
This Shadow Chasing Leopard was very different from the others.
Firstly, its cultivation level was higher than the other Shadow Chasing Leopards, roughly at the peak of intermediate-level fierce beasts, infinitely close to high-level fierce beasts.
Ye Ningze also noticed that this Shadow Chasing Leopard not only attacked more ferociously than the others, but its speed also greatly surpassed that of its peers.
Although its cultivation level was still intermediate, the speed it unleashed could fully contend with the peak high-level fierce beast bear!
"This Shadow Chasing Leopard should be a mutated fierce beast; its entire body is actually silver..."
Ye Ningze clicked his tongue.
Shadow Chasing Leopards were typically cyan in color. The nearly ten thousand Shadow Chasing Leopards below were all cyan.
Only this peak intermediate-level Shadow Chasing Leopard had a bright silver color, making it instantly recognizable.
"A mutated Shadow Chasing Leopard, how interesting."
Ye Ningze watched the battle below with a complex expression.
This silver Shadow Chasing Leopard most likely possessed a high-level speed talent.
But the current problem was how to obtain its talent.
"If I can copy its talent, my strength will surely skyrocket!"
Thinking of this, Ye Ningze's breathing began to quicken.
However, he made no impulsive moves, maintaining his composure and continuing to observe the fight.
About half an hour passed.
The battle below had entered a stalemate.
The Shadow Chasing Leopard pack was outmatched in cultivation by the bear. Although they had the advantage of numbers, they couldn't inflict effective damage on the bear.
Among these nearly ten thousand Shadow Chasing Leopards, only the leading silver Shadow Chasing Leopard could slightly disrupt the bear.
As for the other Shadow Chasing Leopards, they couldn't even withstand a single blow from the bear.
"Thousands of Shadow Chasing Leopards are already dead, and they still won't retreat?"
Regardless of the species of fierce beast, losing thousands of them meant damaging their foundation.
Ye Ningze couldn't understand why the Shadow Chasing Leopards insisted on provoking the bear.
Just as Ye Ningze was worried that the mutated Shadow Chasing Leopard would also die,
At a sudden moment,
The leading Shadow Chasing Leopard suddenly flashed, and before the bear could react, it gouged out one of its eyes.
The bear, having lost an eye, clearly became flustered.
Filled with fear, the bear turned and prepared to flee.
However, due to its rapid depletion of stamina, the bear was unable to escape.
After another period of chaotic fighting, the leading Shadow Chasing Leopard took advantage of the confusion to gouge out the bear's other eye.
With both eyes blinded, the bear's combat power severely declined.
The remaining Shadow Chasing Leopards below began to swarm forward, tearing at the bear's wounds.
Finally, under the relentless pursuit and encirclement of the pack of Shadow Chasing Leopards,
With a thud, the bear fell to the ground in a pool of blood.
Thus, at the cost of thousands of its kin, the Shadow Chasing Leopard pack finally managed to kill the bear.
"To kill the bear at the cost of their foundation, I don't know if it was worth it."
As an observer, Ye Ningze sighed inwardly.
However, this thought was fleeting.
After all, beasts were just beasts. As long as it didn't affect his talent copying, it didn't matter if all the Shadow Chasing Leopards died.
"The big guy is down, now it's my turn to appear!"
Seeing that the time was ripe, Ye Ningze prepared to make his move.
Even though the mutated Shadow Chasing Leopard was incredibly fast, capable of killing the high-level fierce beast bear, Ye Ningze remained fearless.
The reason the bear was killed by the Shadow Chasing Leopard was partly due to its exhaustion.
Secondly, it was also because both its eyes were gouged out.
But Ye Ningze possessed the top-tier healing talent, which was his confidence.
Swish!
Ye Ningze charged forward, instantly killing a Shadow Chasing Leopard.
At this moment, the leading Shadow Chasing Leopard, which was devouring the bear's corpse, noticed Ye Ningze's presence and let out an angry growl.
This was its territory, and any intruder who dared to trespass would surely not leave alive!
Thus, the leading Shadow Chasing Leopard personally attacked.
It sensed Ye Ningze's aura, which was far weaker than the bear's.
Facing such a lowly existence, it, as a peak intermediate-level fierce beast, was confident it could kill Ye Ningze in one move.
"What a sharp attack!"
In the blink of an eye, Ye Ningze couldn't even see the Shadow Chasing Leopard's movements before its claws tore through his body.
"Heal!"
Seeing how fast this mutated Shadow Chasing Leopard was, Ye Ningze dared not be careless.
While healing his wounds, he retreated a few steps.
The mutated Shadow Chasing Leopard on the other side was somewhat astonished to see Ye Ningze's wounds heal so quickly.
It had clearly cut open the human's stomach just moments ago, but it healed instantly. What was going on?