North Peak's summit, deep in the night.

A sharp claw quietly hooked onto the edge of the cliff, applying a bit of pressure.

Slowly, two antennae emerged.

If you looked closer, you'd realize these weren't antennae at all, but two tufts of fur.

Beneath the fur were two pointed ears, and then, a massive head slowly surfaced.

In the pitch-black night, a silver lynx lay low to the ground, its huge body uncannily flexible, belly pressed to the slope's curve, crawling downward little by little.

Trailing behind it, a few desert lynxes followed the boss's lead, creeping forward silently, each one flat against the ground.

"Uh~" In the distance, a girl's voice rang out.

The silver lynx stopped at once, and its underlings froze as well.

"Mengnan."

"Hmm?" Li Mengnan stretched with a vengeance, showing off her striking curves however she pleased—why not, anyway, no outsiders around.

Lin Shiwei shot her a reproachful look, tilting her head towards the huge bamboo shoot beside them: "He might be sleeping."

"Relax. He's so exhausted, he's not waking up." Li Mengnan pouted, mumbling in a low voice.

Lin Shiwei: "..."

Li Mengnan glanced up at the night sky, where countless stars flickered, twinkling with specks of light.

In a city filled with light pollution, you'd never see such a breathtaking Milky Way.

What's more, the group was perched thousands of meters high on a mountain peak—up here, the whole starry sky seemed within reach.

The vast Milky Way was indescribably, ridiculously beautiful.

Lin Shiwei sat cross-legged on the ground, raising her gaze to Li Mengnan: "If you're bored, just go to sleep. I'll keep watch."

Li Mengnan plopped down, leaning back against the giant bamboo shoot, still staring up at the starry sky, murmuring softly: "You really do spoil me."

Lin Shiwei: "..."

You do realize that?

"Hehe~" Li Mengnan grinned, turning to look at Lin Shiwei. "Third Sis, we agreed to keep watch together, how could I leave you alone…"

Before she finished, Bai Yujing suddenly lifted her head, looking alertly to the south.

Compared to Bai Yujing, Spirit Level·Bai Lu's perception was keener. She directly called out: "Nai!"

Lin Shiwei frowned slightly, peering into the darkness.

But the massive sandstone fruit tree blocked their line of sight, and besides, with a night this black visibility was almost zero.

"A demon beast is intruding!" Lin Shiwei received Bai Lu's message. Her expression hardened as she reached out to pat the giant bamboo shoot. "Du Yu, wake up!"

"Huh?" came a muffled voice from inside.

As the huge bamboo shoot cracked open, Du Yu emerged holding Xiaoyan and Ghost Firefly, looking around in a daze.

Lin Shiwei said gravely, "There's a demon beast closing in on us."

Du Yu woke up at once—don't tell me it's those damned monkeys again? Or those ridiculous Tianshan Snow Sheep?

Makes no sense, right?

The top of this mountain is the Mountain Giant's turf—creatures from the base or slopes wouldn't dare come up here lightly.

Could it be that when we took down the Mountain Giant this afternoon, some beast race saw us?

That's even less likely!

They know how strong our team is—if we can take out the Mountain Giant, who'd dare come looking for trouble?

Suddenly, Du Yu spotted a pair of vertical pupils.

In the pitch-black night, those slit pupils glowed with an eerie light, a truly unsettling sight!

Du Yu immediately stepped forward, giving the two women his back and letting his eyes glaze over with a pale red sheen.

For a moment, Du Yu's vision turned into a night-vision lens.

Against a scarlet background, he saw nine massive feline beasts crawling low, moving steadily forward.

Desert lynxes?

Du Yu was stunned!

What kind of crazy stuff is in this Otherworld of Thousand Blade Mountain?

He'd thought the Golden Scale Armor he met before was vengeful enough, but now there's a pack of desert lynxes?

They climbed all the way up here just to hunt…wait!

Why is this lynx so enormous?

Normal lynxes are about one and a half meters long, similar to an adult cheetah—plenty impressive.

But this gigantic lynx—two and a half meters long!?

And what startled Du Yu even more—the color seemed different from the others?

Because in Du Yu's night vision everything was shades of red, with minor differences in hue, he couldn't tell exactly what color this lynx was, but…

At the very least, it had to be a Spirit Level beast, right?

"Come on, seriously? Again?" Du Yu muttered.

"What's wrong?" Lin Shiwei gripped her spear tightly.

"Roar!" Suddenly, a snarl echoed from far away.

The silver lynx, realizing its cover was blown, gave up on stealth and let out a thunderous roar, shattering the silence.

Li Mengnan looked shocked: "Is this the same pack of desert lynxes we ran into at the very start?"

"Not sure, but there seems to be a Spirit Level lynx among them!" Du Yu replied quickly.

"Spirit Level?"

Lin Shiwei didn't hesitate: "Flower Spirit, ignite the battlefield!"

"Mm!" The Rose Three Spirits' flower-head bloomed slightly, launching a flurry of blazing rose petals up into the sky.

The swirling petals scythed forward like blades, showering the area ahead.

Glory Gold·Fireworks Dance!

"Whoosh~"

A massive figure flashed like a ghost under the rain of fiery blossoms, vanishing in a blink.

Lin Shiwei's expression froze!

The dense fiery flower rain might not have illuminated the lynx's full silhouette, but it did reveal a fleeting glimpse of its tail.

That fluffy tail was at least two meters long!

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