After the battle ended, the forest became so quiet even the wind seemed muted.They believed that the nearby monsters probably went into hiding because they sensed the presence of a monster like the ghost lynx.This was good as it helped them cover ground.“Just tell me how the beasts’ nest looks,” Gunnar said. “Its surroundings, and any specific image that stuck in your mind?”“It looked like a bird nest but built with big tree branches,” Ryder replied. “That’s why I thought of it as a nest when I saw it.”“What beasts did you see nearby?”“Oh, there were serpents inside,” Ryder said.“Serpents, huh… They would definitely go out after dark, so we can get your ring back,” Gunnar said.His words brought a smile to Ryder’s face, but he didn’t smile too much because his chest was hurting all the more when he was walking. All the wounds across his body ached with every movement, And the lingering exhaustion from his battle with the Ghost Lynx weighed heavily on his limbs.He wanted to get

Gunnar and Ryder together headed northward.Ryder requested Gunnar to tag with him until he left Herbberg. This wasn’t because he wasn’t confident in his own abilities, but he didn’t want to take any risk.From what he saw, Gunnar knew this mountain better, so he thought having Gunnar with him on his return would improve his chances of survival.Gunnar didn’t mind tagging with Ryder, either, because he was learning a thing or two.The one thing that he learned was how Ryder was able to stay awake for nearly four days without sleeping at all. This wasn’t through sheer will but through a heat management technique.Normally, aura circulation generated heat, which would tire people out eventually, causing them to sleep well at night.As the people who lived in the desert, the phantom clan members learned how to fight without overheating themselves. They could keep their bodies cool and lower the need to sleep every night.And the second thing he learned was how to hide the aura better. An

A few minutes later.Vane, Zedrick and Kabrane returned with a beast core in one of their hands.Kabrane tossed it over to Silas.“Oh, you killed a Core Beast?” Silas’ eyes lit up. “What beast is it? Is it suitable for me?”“It’s a twin-tailed serpent that could shoot poison darts from its tails,” Kabrane said. “If you absorb it, you might gain the ability to shoot poison darts from your fingers.”“Haha,” Silas laughed with excitement.Zedrick looked at the toy he had made. “So they came? And escaped? I didn’t have much time to make it, but still, it shouldn’t have been easy to get out of it.” He looked at the matrix and saw the hole in the ground. “Oh, so they dug their way through. Interesting.”Silas frowned. “I tried to kill them. Even after my poison-coated arrows struck them, they didn’t seem affected by it.”“It means that brat Ryder found his ring,” Kabrane said. “The desert tribes are known for their resistance to many poisons. Ordinary poison won’t work on them.”“I’m sorry,

As the bright peaceful silence of dawn arrived from Gunnar’s back, Vane’s group were still standing in the shadows, staring right at him.All four of them had different expressions.Silas and Kabrane seemed more than happy to have seen Gunnar.Zedrick seemed to be measuring Gunnar’s level using one of his magic skills, but it didn’t do much good since Gunnar was a soul cultivator.A core cultivator would have an energy core inside them, so it would be hard for them to suppress their energy and hide their level from others, especially from those with sharp insight.But the soul cultivators did not have to worry about easily getting their levels found out, for the level of aura residing in their bodies would be hard to gauge from afar. Even while touching one’s body, unless the aura was actively flowing, it would be difficult to accurately perceive the amount of aura because there was no focal point to measure from.Right now, Zedrick did not sense anything special coming from Gunnar. Y

The antlers were covered with beast force, so the clash of four sets of antlers erupted a thunderous noise in the valley.Gunnar was in the air, riding the explosive burst the impact created.It took him nearly eighty feet high into the air, and he felt a strange sense of pain in his bones.He did not suffer any exterior wounds, but his bones, however, were not quite happy with what was happening.This made Gunnar feel weirdly weak like how a sick person would feel.The four stags ripped out each other’s antlers as they moved back at once.Not a drop of blood kissed the ground.The four stags were completely fine.Gunnar landed on the flat side of the antlers, making sure he didn’t land on the sharp tips.The stags did not attack him anymore. They turned around and walked away.The other stags also clashed with each other and began to get rid of their antlers.“Did they come here to shed their antlers?” Gunnar was left a bit speechless.Though the stags ignored him, Gunnar felt tingly