32 Spirit Animal (1/2)

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Xiao Fang was heading down the eerie path still running as fast as he could. The torches had ended some time ago, so it was getting darker and darker the deeper he went. Xiao Fang didn't even noticed because he still had his blindfold on.

He entered this path only a few minutes ago, but he could already detect something in the distance. There was what seemed like a large spirit beast and a human corpse laying in the middle of the path. The spirit beast appeared to be a feline, so he initially thought it was the tier 2 beast: white mountain tiger. However, judging from it's size and its features, he quickly realized that wasn't the case.

What Xiao Fang thought was a white tiger, was actually a black panther. The reason he couldn't tell was because black panthers weren't indigenous to this continent.

The black panther had a shoulder height of 5 meters high and a body length of a little less than 13 meters long.

”Tier 3, it must be a tier 3 beast.”, he thought excitedly. However, Xiao Fang still found it a bit strange for it to be emitting such a strong and terrifying aura.

Though the tier number of a spirit beast is measured by its strength, it often correlates to its size as well. The stronger the spirit beast, the larger its beast core, which inevitably requires a larger body to hold it.

The cave narrowed, there was a sudden chill in the air, and the path was now pitch black. Step by step he approached the panther that was standing on all fours as if it were simply waiting for him to approach it.

He stopped just a bit more than 20 meters away from it. The panther held its head up high and it emitted the airs of a beast king. Surprisingly, it didn't immediately attack when it saw him.

Xiao Fang inspected his surroundings carefully once more, but found nothing out of the ordinary.

He could feel its peering nocturnal gaze locked onto his body and it made him freeze in anticipation. Like sitting at the apex of a rollercoaster his heart raced as he waited for it to make the first move, but there was still nothing.

The black panther saw his blindfold and its expression changed. It laid down on its stomach and looked at Xiao Fang curiously.

”A beast that didn't attack a human on sight, was their such a thing in this world”, Xiao Fang thought.

In a different situation he might of left it alone, but after seeing the human corpse he assumed that wasn't going to be that easy.

He unsheathed his sword and planned to attack it first. However, just as he put his hand on the hilt of his sword, the cat spoke:

”Do you not fear me, boy?”, a mysterious female voice sounded out in his head.

”How is this possible”, Xiao Fang thought.

He was surrounded by body cultivators all his life so, naturally, there were many things he didn't know about the spirit cultivation world.

Xiao Fang said a few words in his head, thinking if he focused hard enough he could communicate with it. Instead, he just made a fool out of himself.

The panther tilted its head in confusion when it saw Xiao Fang making strained faces at it.

”What are you doing?”, she asked.

”I'm trying to talk to you with my thoughts, are you ignoring me on purpose?”, he finally spoke.

”Pfft hahaha, a mere spirit refinement realm practitioner trying to send me a spirit transmission ahahahaha”, she laughed hysterically.

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Xiao Fang didn't understand why she had to send spirit transmissions of her laughter too, it was almost as if she were intentionally trying to mock him.

”How are you able to talk to me?”

”hahahaha...”, she didn't reply.

”How did you know that I'm in the spirit refinement realm?”, he continued asking questions only to be met with laughter. Though the panther could see his cultivation level, she didn't know his cultivation method.

”How could you not even know that. Is your brain crippled as well?”, she said mockingly.

Xiao Fang could usually tolerate insults to reasonable degree, but she touched his reverse scale.

Xiao Fang's eye twitched when he heard her say the word ”cripple”.

He unsheathe his sword and the sound it made tickled her spine.

Xiao Fang had heard just about enough from this arrogant cat and was ready to rip its spirit core from its body.

”Let's see how long you last against my sword!”, he said before pouncing on her.

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She dodged it with ease. Just from that swing she was able to determine his strength and couldn't help but be extremely impressed, but it made no difference if he couldn't catch her.

Xiao Fang chased the laughing panther around for a few minutes, but eventually gave up. This was the first time he encountered something faster than himself and it pissed him off. Even worse, he nearly cut her a few times, but now he was convinced she was letting him get close on purpose. He was so mad he would willingly give up his new eyes just to give her a miserable death.

”What kind of spirit beast runs from a martial practitioner!? Are you a beast or a pussy!!”, Xiao Fang's shout echoed through the cave.

”You can't even tell that I'm not a spirit beast? You really are stupid”, she said.

Xiao Fang looked at the dead man with a pitiful stare.

”He must have died in rage”, he thought.

He walked towards the corpse to inspect its body. He wanted to see if there was anything worth looting.