Li Jue Tian was enraged by hearing that voice and cursed out loud. "You son of a bitch! Who is it? Who dares to meddle in this old man's business?"
The atmosphere was utterly silent, while Li Jue Tian was completely enraged, and just when he was about to curse out again, he was suddenly shocked to see a black entity in front of him.
A man shrouded in black clothes with his face covered with an oni mask was standing in front of the Panther King, who was lying unconscious.
Li Jue Tian was about to make a move, but abruptly stopped himself. He was the second among the Eight Great Masters, one of the very powerful experts. It was absolutely impossible to come this close to him without him finding out about it, and yet...
'Who is this black masked man?'
Li Jue Tian had goosebumps all over his body in an instant! 'He got within three meters of me without me noticing anything at all!'
'This person does not seem to be Venerable Mei or else I was finished by now... Is this person a monster or ghost of some sort? Since this person was able to get this close to me so quietly, he obviously wouldn't be some roadside expert, right?'
The masked man waved his hand and the body of the Panther King floated in the air. Without turning back to Li Jue Tian, the masked man spoke.
"Since you've done a favor to this Monarch, I'll spare your life this time."
The masked guy left those words and disappeared from the spot with the Panther King, leaving Li Jue Tian and his men dumbfounded.
'What terrifying speed! I cannot even catch a glimpse.'
Li Jue Tian's expression turned sour. He had never expected that at the main point, a powerful expert would appear to snatch away his captured prey.
'What shitty luck!'
He slammed his fist, knocking out dozens of trees before leaving with his men...
At some distance in a cave, the masked man appeared with the Panther King. The Panther King was still unconscious, still bleeding from its various wounds, especially the two big sword strikes.
Li Jue Tian was very vicious, going all out from the start. Even though the second Great Master sacrificed a few of his men but he had almost killed the Panther King, if not for the masked guy's interference.
All the meridians in Panther King's body were destroyed. Even if his life would be saved, he would only be a waste, unable to cultivate at all.
The masked man raised his hand and a ray of white light fell on Panther King's body, healing his wounds with a speed visible to the naked eye.
It didn't take long for the Panther King to gain consciousness after his wounds healed.
Pather King was visibly confused by finding himself in a cave with a masked guy after having a close call with death.
"No need to be so surprised. I saved your life." The masked guy spoke slowly and put the roasted meat in front of the Xuan Beast King. "Eat this first. It'll replenish your energy."
The Panther King stared at him with a look of wariness. Despite his stomach making sounds and the heavenly aroma from the meat, he didn't take a bite.
"If I really wanted to kill you, I wouldn't have saved your life." The masked guy glanced at him before focusing back on his dinner.
The Panther King's body shook as he could feel a faint amiable feeling. He could feel deep into his heart that the man in front of him was trustworthy and would not harm him.
He put down his defenses and bent down to eat his portion of food.
'This, this, this... this piece of meat!...'
Just one bite and the Panther King found himself in paradise. The rich flavor and gentle texture assaulted his tongue, followed by a rich flow of Heavenly energy filling his almost empty meridians to the brim.
Jason had stored the beast hunted down by him in Myriad Miles Rivers and Mountains Painting which was merged with his soul. Because of that, the meat was nourished with heavenly energy all this time, filling it with a concentrated heavenly qi.
Panther King had just taken a single bite and his body was instantly filled with a rich heavenly aura. He immediately closed his eyes and put his entire focus on circulating the heavenly energy into her meridians.
The heavenly energy was very pure, purer than anything that he had experienced, irrigating his meridians!
His meridians had already reached a critical point. In fact, they had already attained the peak of a Beast King's strength. But, they were then edged on by the pure aura that was received and started to enliven… bit by bit.
After that, the meridians began to accept the aura, and eventually started to expand a little…
Panther King's body started to emit a faint milky-white mist. And, it was becoming denser with every passing moment. In fact, the mist continued to become more and more concentrated until the big and sturdy body of the Xuan Beast King had been enshrouded in it.
'This is so fast. It is astonishing progress. And, it is so effective!'
Jun Mo Xie observed the Panther King from behind the mask and could feel him approaching near the breakthrough.
Panther King felt that the energy circulation inside his dantain had started to become increasingly urgent. In fact, it had soon taken the form of a whirlpool. And, that heavenly aura had become exceptionally frenetic in a split second…
The aura amassed!
He went past that critical point without stopping, and attained his breakthrough with an explosion!
Panther King's state of mind was very tense, and he didn't allow his mind to wander. He spared no effort and gave his all to push through his meridians.
Jun Mo Xie raised his hand and a ray of light fell on the body of Xuan Beast King.
The forceful aura from the food started to turn gentle and felt warm.
Suddenly, a loud sound was heard. In fact, this sound was loud enough to shake a mountain!
*Bang!*
The thick mist that had surrounded Panther King suddenly disappeared. Then, there was a loud noise.
Jun Mo Xie had erected a barrier beforehand to hide the overflowing aura of the breakthrough.
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