Chapter 493 Dark Predator
The creature was invisible, he could only see the mana possessed by the creature and estimated the size based on that.
—The Dark Predator!
Rosalie, who shared the vision with Tang Shaoyang, immediately called out the name for the creature. Tang Shaoyang tried to use [Basic Detection], but it did not work. The invisible skill the creature had was blocking the detection. The detection did not work unless the creature showed up.
"What kind of creature is this Dark Predator?" Tang Shaoyang asked Rosalie. Even though the creature was invisible, it chose to walk slowly instead of rushing toward him. The Dark Predator was not aware that Tang Shaoyang had detected its presence.
—A giant cat that goes invisible at night hence it is called The Dark Predator. But weird, from what I know, this creature lives in the deeper part of the forest. The Dark Predator could reach seventeen meters tall from what I know.
"Maybe it smells the blood so it comes to me? Since you don't want the corpses, should I give them to this giant cat?" Tang Shaoyang shrugged.
Maybe the giant cat found it weird that Tang Shaoyang talked by himself, the creature stopped his advance and looked around. It stopped for a while, observing its surroundings. Maybe it could not find the second living person, the creature then continued.
—Don't! Give them to me. It's better than nothing!
Sure enough, the Flame Queen immediately objected to the thought of giving the seventeen corpses to the beast.
"I thought you did not want the sacrifices… But before that, let's catch this Dark Predator." After saying that, Tang Shaoyang's figure flashed toward the giant creature. He jumped toward the giant cat and punched the creature on the head.
The giant creature was startled by his sudden movement. It jolted back but his punch was too fast. To Tang Shaoyang's surprise, he hit nothing. Yes, his punch went through the air as the mana scattered chaotically under his punch.
"Huh?" Tang Shaoyang then looked below and noticed there was a shocked kitten. The kitten's yellow eyes stared at him and he stared back at the kitten. As soon as he landed on the ground, his figure darted toward the kitten. The scared kitten was about to go invisible but it was too late as his hand caught it in the neck.
Tang Shaoyang picked up the kitten who struggled in his hand. The kitten was about his palm size, it was so tiny for a beast. He then cast [Basic Detection] on the kitten.
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[Beast - Dark Predator]
Evolution: Infant Dark Predator
Level: 178
Skill: [Natural Invisible] [Mana Manipulation] [Shadow Elemental]
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The kitten meowed under his grasp, moving its tiny limbs, trying to break free from Tang Shaoyang. Tang Shaoyang was surprised to see the kitten's information. This little kitten was indeed a Dark Predator, but it was too little for a creature that could reach seventeen meters in height.
But that was not the thing that surprised him, it was the fact this kitten was already level 178. From the size of this kitten, it was just born. If he had to estimate how old it was, he bet this kitten was less than a month old.
—No wonder it wandered outside, it's still an infant. But if this kiddo is here, that means its parents are around as well.
Being reminded by Rosalie, Tang Shaoyang checked the surroundings, making sure he did not miss something. He had checked the surrounding area with his [Spirit Eyes] and also the [Dragon Eyes], but he could not find other invisible creatures around.
"I don't find anything suspicious." Tang Shaoyang said as he walked back toward the piling corpses. He brought the black-furred kitten to his face and asked, "Where're your parents?"
—Don't be ridiculous. There is no way this infant Dark Predator under…
Rosalie's voice was cut off midway as soon as she heard the kitten meow sadly. As if it understood what Tang Shaoyang talked about.
"Did your parents die?" While it might understand what he asked the kitten, they had no way to understand the kitten. Since it sounded sad, he thought its parents had died.
Meow!
This time it meowed angrily and fiercely. It seemed he guessed wrong, then if the parents were not dead yet, "Did you get a loss when you play outside your home?"
It kept meowing but he did not understand a single thing that this kitten said to him. It stopped meowing when they arrived at the corpses. The kitten was focusing its yellow eyes on the corpses.
"If Li Na is here, she might understand what this kitten talked about." He thought of the petite girl. She could talk with Moon, maybe she could communicate with the kitten, "I should have brought her as well." He muttered.
"Do you want to eat this?" Tang Shaoyang brought the kitten closer to the corpses. It responded with its cat voice again. The kitten opened its mouth, trying to lick the corpses.
He could see the bone through the thin skin. If not for the black fur, he might see the frame of the kitten clearly. Tang Shaoyang took out the battle-ax and cut one of the corpse's hands. He then put the kitten in front of the hand, "You can have this, little guy!"
Since this little kitten was not a threat to his life, Tang Shaoyang let it free. As soon as it was freed, the little kitten bit into the hand and ran away. His movement was quite fast and it disappeared into the darkness behind the tree.
—Why do you release it? You should keep it and raise it! It can help you once it grows up!
Rosalie said it aloud to the point of almost screaming. However, her scream only received a nonchalant shrug from Tang Shaoyang, "I don't have time to raise a pet. We are on a mission here. We need to find all the species and tribes in this forest."
Tang Shaoyang extended his right hand at the remaining corpses and activated [Spirit Advancement]. Seventeen corpses with a minus hand disappeared into nothingness.
He then checked the advancement bar and noticed it increased by 2.47%. It was great progress for only seventeen sacrifices, "That's not bad actually." He commented before he continued his journey into the Gigante Forest.
The cold wind brushed past his cheeks as he wandered at this giant forest. The guard said that there were a lot of dangerous creatures at night yet he encountered nothing. He encountered no beast or any other creatures after fifteen minutes of venturing into the forest, but one the kitten. Through the [Spirit Eyes], he only found a single creature, it was the kitten of the Dark Predator.
Yes, after feeding the kitten with a hand, the Infant Dark Predator had been following him. It was bringing the clean white bone in the mouth and had been following since ten minutes ago. He did not bother with the kitten since it did not bother him either.
—This is the outer part of the Gigane Forest. Of course, you will not find any dangerous creatures in this area. Remember, the Gigante Forest is half of the Ortis Continent. You should go further into the forest.
That was what Rosalie told him as he had been grumbling silently. Tang Shaoyang followed the advice and picked up his pace. It took him half an hour to find another night predator. He was not sure if they were the night predator or not, but since he entered the deeper area, there was something following him. Not the Infant Dark Predator, but it was the beast that lived underground.
He could feel the vibration from underground. At first, it was just one creature that followed him from the underground, but the numbers were multiplied. He could no longer use his sense to count the creatures that moved underground.
"Do you know something about the creature living underground, Rosalie?" Tang Shaoyang stopped his steps and asked the spirit. He remembered the dwarves living underground. There was a chance that the dwarves had been following him for twenty minutes.
—Many creatures lived underground and I am pretty sure, they are not dwarves underneath you right now. The dwarves lived in the deepest part of the forest and with their craft, you will not be able to feel the vibration even if they walk right below you.
That was Rosalie's reply, crushing his hope to find the dwarves on his first night. While [Spirit Eyes] could see through objects, he could not see through the ground to see what was underneath him. There was something that blocked his vision.
Tang Shaoyang stopped his steps and listened to the steps underneath him. He could feel that more and more creatures gathered right below him. He furrowed his brows as he sensed too many steps. If he had to estimate, there were over a thousand same creatures right underneath his soles.
Then a big tremor happened as the ground shook fiercely that even the giant tree was shaking as well. Tang Shaoyang could feel that the things below him were going upward, heading toward his spot. Tang Shaoyang leaped backward as a giant creature leaped from the underground.
The giant creature shot toward him, like hundreds of them at the same time, causing a landslide. A massive crater as hundreds of creatures leaped into the air at the same time. Tang Shaoyang got to see the creatures, a black rack, a giant one. Hundreds of the giant rats leaped toward him with their shiny claws.
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