A Dragon Among The Stars 24 Inner Section

Just seeing those ferocious looks had scared Kiel since after all the past Yang Chen never had seen a demon beast. He only fought those sect members of his, though most of the time he was beaten to a pulp still he was somewhat adept in fighting.

The group continued deeper. Roars and sounds of fighting was heard all over the place. Through out their path, torn trees, rocks, pits and splashes of blood was a common sight. The quiet and peaceful mountain range has become a battlefield between humans and Demon beasts!

The group decided to head deeper towards the inner sections of the monster ranger. though it would be more dangerous but lower number of compet.i.tors. Not just anyone can roam the inner sections of the mountain ranges. It was filled with higher grade monsters, grade three beast roam the these section. Even if the team is confident of their skills and could take on a lower grade 3 demon beast, they could do nothing against stronger demon beast. If their luck is bad then the moment they meat a grade 4 beast then it would be the same as meeting their doom. Only nascent soul expert could hunt grade 4 beast. Even if that person is a core formation genius, he or she would have to run.

Soon the group found their first prey. A pack of Curved-tooth Tigers. They greatly resembled the tigers on earth, the only difference was their signature curved tooth, black and white fur, and their buff and stronger bodies. They could easily rip a car into pieces! Their gender is known through the color of their furs, black being male and the white belonging to the females. They're the distant descendant of the Eight-stripped Mountain Tiger, A legendary eight grade high demon beast! It is known that this kind of beast had long ago went into extinction, nevertheless they were known to be one of the most ferocious demon beast! Creating a storm of blood wherever they go.

the value of a Curved-tooth Tiger is its blood, bones and core. It's skins has no value since they are hard of manufacture into goods. There were better alternatives.

Huang Shi looked at the group "You know what to do. Kiel, you stay close to us and give us support. And lastly... Don't push yourself"

Kiel understood the last sentence since he was a newbie when it comes to demon beast. If he pushed himself, he would only end up as a burden. Being a burden was the last thing he didn't want to do. After all they were deep inside the mountain range. Disaster could come any moment and take their own little lives.

Jin Lang jumped and slithered through the branches of the trees as quick as lightning. He was like a snake freely roaming in its own territory, quick and silent. While the rest of the team got in to position. Kiel held in his breath and tried to calm his nervous heart, it was his first time fighting against a live demon beast and grade two on top of that!

Seconds later white powder sprinkled downward from the trees towards the unsuspecting tigers. The tigers were oblivious towards this powder. They were hard to see and had no smell. Perfect to use since these lower grade demon beasts were only a little bit smarter than your average animals.

The twins moved in a flash and each punched their fist forward, roaring fire burst out. Like a chemical reaction, the fire further intensified as it touched those white powder. Increasing its power and ferocity. Almost half of pack was burned alive. only few was able to evade and save their lives. The group then used this moment of disarray and launched a deadly attack.

Sword Qi flashed around as well as explosions and fire. Kiel was able to fend off some lower grade tigers, it was a good thing that his body remembered to fight because Kiel never fought or practiced martial arts back on earth. This was his first time fighting, and it wasn't even humans but strong and ferocious demon beasts!

The leader of the pack soon knew that it was no match for this group of humans and roars. It sounded through the forest and soon numerous roars sounded from the distance.

"Jin Lang how long till those packs of tigers arrive here?"

"Just enough time till we finish our business"

Huang shi nodded and said to the rest of the group. "you've heard him. Double time!"

The group let go and unleash their skills and tiger after tiger fell down to the ground, their blood soaking the lush, green gra.s.s.

The leading tiger of the pack soon roared prompting the rest of the weaker and female tigers to retreat while the stronger ones clashed head on.

The leading tiger spotted Kiel as the weakest link of the group and pounced at him. Kiel felt his hair standing and saw a giant tiger leaping at him with its jaw wide open. Kiel felt his body stiffen like he was rooted to the ground with a spell.

*Clang*

Cheng Chao slashed his sword towards the Tiger's mouth but was parried by its claws. "This tiger is clearly smarter and powerful than the rest."

He then launched fierce counterattack slashing and thrusting from weird angles, The tiger with its fast movements and reflexes was able to dodge and even send some attacks towards Cheng Chao disrupting his tempo.

"There's something wrong with this tiger, A lower grade demon beasts shouldn't be this strong. it has even higher intelligence than the higher demon beasts!"

Huang Shi and Man Liangji noticed that Cheng Chao was having a harder time dealing with leading tiger. they each pounced on this different side of the tiger. Launching their fearsome attacks, each aim the the vitals of the tiger.

The tiger movements became faster and was able to dodge their combine attacks!

The trio was shocked. This speed is something not a lower grade beast should possess! Could this one be a mutant? Mutant beast where rare. There was only one in ten thousand chance of a beast achieving a mutation. They were more stronger and intelligent than their counterparts. And the most important thing is that they're more valuable!

The three went serious and launched another counter attack. They had to finish this fast, prolonging the fight could be dangerous to them. This was supposed to be an easy task, they have done it in the past years, many times at that. But who would have thought that this tiger was actually a mutant demon beast.

Huang Shi and Cheng Chao let out sword Qi as he slashed his sword while Man Liangji used his brute strength, coupled with his heavy axes. The tiger could barely cope and was soon wounded in the side of his body, blood gushed out. The tiger only seemed to becoming more ferocious as time went on. Even with the help of Lin Lang and Li twins, they could barely take down the mutated beasts.

Kiel on the other hand collected the corpse of the slain tigers. He kept a distance from the battle as he knew that he would be of no use. He would just be a burned, worse, he could get killed.

Soon the group could hear roars from the distance coming closer and closer. Another packs is arriving! The group knew that time was running out and they had to kill this tiger as fast as they could. They increased the intensity of their attacks. Sword Qis became larger and sharper while Li twins led out a series of ferocious fire attacks.

Soon the mutated laid on the ground full of wounds and burnt marks, it finally had it's last breath. They quickly kept the corpse and started escaping.

*Swoosh* *swoosh*

Arrows whistled through the air and stopped the group from the tracks. One of the arrows struck Kiel in his shoulder.

"Little Chen!"

Pain rampaged out towards Kiel's body, his face getting paler by the second. Huang shi pulled out the arrow, spilling along some purple blood.

"He's poisoned!"

Their faces changed. So malicious! Who could have they provoked for something like this to happen?

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They fed Kiel some antidotes and discovered that the antidotes they have weren't able to eradicate the poison. It only served as a suppression.

A deep frown emerge from Huang Shi's face. "This poison is too strong! let's go back to the camp!"

Lin Lang appeared beside Huang Shi. "They're gone, they didn't left any traces. This could only be done by professionals"

"We don't have time anymore, hurry towards the camp!"

*rumble* *ROARRRRR* *rumble*

"F*ck they were faster than we antic.i.p.ated! Hurry up move!"

A giant black tiger emerged from forest, it was bigger than the leading tiger they fought a while back. I had vibrant fur and its body was booming vigor. From the pressure it was releasing, Huang Shi concluded that this was Curved-tooth Tiger King! A lower grade 3 demon beast. and from the looks of it, it was stronger than any Tiger Kings they have fought in the past!

'could it be a mutant demon king!?'