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The other two Primordial Beasts were also in similarly miserable positions. Although they had not died yet, they were very close to death.

The Primordial Beast fighting Wang Xiaoyun was being tormented by her. She had ripped off two of its limbs. It was a large black panther with two white stripes, and it was currently wailing in agony.

Hei Gou's opponent was by no means in a better condition, but where Wang Xiaoyun was tormenting her target, Hei Gou was just toying with his. A smile hung on his lips, and he was casually fighting with his claws.

He would swipe them time and time again, ending up causing his opponent, a large wolf, to be wounded time and time again. Its entire body was drenched in blood, and the previously white fur had turned red.

”Finish up quickly!” Xue Wei growled in a deep voice. Blood was starting to appear in his eyes, making him seem ferocious and evil.

Wang Xiaoyun and Hei Gou could feel the killing intent in his voice almost vibrating in the air towards them, and they hurriedly finished off their opponents.

”Leave the corpses; we've got to go. The smell of blood is going to lead the others to our tail very soon,” Xue Wei said. But he was smiling contrary to his cautious statement. There was no troubled look to be found on his face, only a sinister curve of glee.

”Let them come, but we want one group at a time so we don't get overwhelmed,” he casually added.

”We could also hunt them! We could execute every single Primordial Beast within the formation!” Wang Xiaoyun could sense that Xue Wei wanted to kill, his killing intent so thick that it laid itself like a blanket over the trio. That he was eager to cause blood to flow in rivers, and that he was nowhere near satisfied with what he had done so far.

Xue Wei felt tempted. Eradicating twenty groups of Primordial Beasts sounded fun. Just thinking about it made his blood boil, but the downtime after the fight slowly brought back his rational thoughts.

”We need to find the treasure,” he finally decided with a sigh. ”But if someone comes looking for trouble, I can't be blamed for being ruthless!”

Wang Xiaoyun was somewhat disappointed. She had hoped that they would kill lots of Primordial Beasts.

She could only hope to cross paths more often than not with the other groups of Primordial Beasts, but it was likely they would avoid a majority given Xue Wei's ability to scan ahead with his spiritual energy and swerve such encounters.

Just as they had left, another group of Primordial Beasts made their way through the thickets and arrived at the scene of the battle. They inspected the scene.

”Elder Wan did say that there was someone else who would shake up our test,” one of the Primordial Beasts said after a bit of time. ”It seems we underestimated this formation and the allure of the treasure. It seems that a third party has arrived as well.”

”These guys took on their original shapes before dying,” another commented as he looked at the destroyed corpses. ”But there is no sign of blood from someone other than these five. The ones who killed them must have been able to overpower them completely.”

”They hid here,” a third Primordial Beast said, crouching behind the log where Xue Wei and company had hidden previously.

”I guess it was an ambush, but they were only three according to these markings... and yet they managed to dispose of five Primordial Beasts as fast as they did?”

”We started moving the moment we felt the fluctuations in the heaven-and-earth essence, but it seems we were too late.”

They kept observing the surroundings before one of them started sniffing the air. ”They went this way. Should we follow them or avoid them?” he asked the leader of their group.

The leader's human form was that of a handsome young man. He had black hair and brown eyes. His skin was white like porcelain, and he had upwards slanting phoenix eyes.

He was slightly feminine, but also undeniably handsome. Not just that, but a dangerous, almost unwilling ripple spread out from his body when asked about their next move.

”We will not follow them. We will first look for the Seven Star Nightflower,” he said after a bit of hesitation.

”Only the team that gets its hands on the Seven Star Nightflower can be considered the winner of this test,” he said as he scoured the surrounding area for signs of the flower in question.

”We will need to find the Seven Star Nightflower if we wish to get in the good graces of Elder Wan. He is one of the Supreme Elders, so to be looked favorably on by him would be a great benefit to us. Much more than killing some random troublemakers.”

The group quickly vanished into the distance, resuming its search for the herb.

While the Primordial Beasts were searching for the Seven Star Nightflower in their many groups Xue Wei led his team towards the inner regions of the barrier while avoiding them.

The further they went in, the more silent the area became. There were no birdsongs or other sounds of mortal animals; not even Fierce beasts or Primordial Beasts could be heard any longer.

The animal trails they had followed up until now ceased to exist, and instead they had to pave a road themselves.

Although no living creature was present, Xue Wei did not slack on observing their surroundings with his spiritual energy.