At this time, Ling Jiuqiu didn't know that he was lucky enough to pass by the crisis, and he was still leisurely hunting demon beasts in the forest.

The Jingyang Mountain Range is very large, and the area of their trial area is also very large, plus it is full of dense and towering trees and grasses, even with the powerful five senses of the Linghai Realm martial artists, they may not be able to see the figures of other people from a distance of dozens of meters, at most, they can only detect the movement of the battle in the distance through the sound.

And Ling Jiuqiu's strength is far stronger than that of ordinary demon beasts, and the hunting process is relaxed and casual, and it hardly makes much noise, which makes it even more difficult to attract the attention of others.

In addition, Ling Jiuqiu's Sky Devouring Python Martial Soul was able to completely devour the corpse of the demon beast, leaving almost no traces other than the blood stains that were shot when he was killed.

But it is precisely because of this that the scene left behind after the battle of Jiuqiu is completely different from others.

This is also the reason why the man in black has just decisively killed Zhang Anhe - he can already judge whether it was left by Ling Jiuqiu through the traces of the battlefield, and naturally he no longer needs Zhang Anhe's burden.

As long as he found a situation similar to what he had just had, with only a large amount of blood at the scene and no remnants, he would be sure that it was Ling Jiuqiu's footprints.

Thereupon.

Centered on the location of the bloodstains he had discovered a few minutes earlier, the Man in Black carefully circled the forest, increasing the search area little by little, trying to find new clues.

A few minutes later.

Sure enough, he found similar traces again.

……

The other side.

In the process of searching for demon beasts, Ling Jiuqiu gradually came to a bamboo forest located on the mountainside.

He walked slowly on the ground covered with yellow leaves.

Although the bamboo forest is also very dense, after all, the branches are much smaller than other trees, so the obstruction of the view is not so serious, so Jiuqiu can see the two iron-eating beasts in the bamboo forest from a distance are leisurely eating.

Black and white hair, round body, legs stretched out and sitting on the ground leisurely eating, looking cute and harmless to humans and animals.

It can be made to know that the adult iron-eating beasts are second-order high-level demon beasts, and many of them can even reach the second-order top, that is, the strength equivalent to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Even with Ling Jiuqiu's strength at this time, he couldn't underestimate the other party.

Especially when facing two iron-eating beasts at the same time, only by sneaking up unexpectedly can Jiuqiu be sure to hunt smoothly.

In a place like a bamboo forest.

The field of vision is relatively wide, and it is easy to be seen by the other party if you are not careful.

The ground is full of fallen leaves, and if you move a little faster, you will have a noticeable footstep.

However, the bamboo pole is very slender, so it is impossible for Jiuqiu to step on the bamboo tree and jump forward.

Therefore, he wanted to approach the two iron-eaters without them noticing, and the only way to do this was to move slowly behind each other's backs.

Ling Jiuqiu held his breath.

The toes touch the ground lightly, stepping on the ground with relatively few dead leaves, and the other foot quickly steps forward, also landing on the ground on tiptoe.

The whole process is gentle and silent.

In the bamboo forest, there is only the sound of iron-eating beasts chewing on bamboo, and the sound of the breeze blowing through the bamboo leaves.

It took two minutes or so.

Ling Jiuqiu finally crossed a distance of more than a hundred meters and came to a place more than ten meters behind the two iron-eating beasts, as long as he took a few more steps forward and bypassed the few thicker bamboos in front of him, he could make a sneak attack.

But at this moment.

"Click!"

A crisp sound of dead branches breaking.

Ling Jiuqiu's face changed slightly.

The sound was not caused by him, but came from a distance of dozens of meters behind him, but such a movement still alarmed the two iron-eating beasts for the first time.

I saw the eating action in the hands of the two iron-eating beasts pause, and they turned their heads almost at the same time, ready to look in the direction where the voice came from—that is, behind Ling Jiuqiu.

Out of vigilance against the unknown demon beast behind him, Ling Jiuqiu did not choose to seize the time to attack, but quickly moved his steps to the side, and also turned his head to look behind him.

I saw that dozens of meters away, another round iron-eating beast was moving with unhurried steps, as if crawling leisurely, and its fierce gaze was locked on Ling Jiuqiu.

Although this iron-eating beast was moving in a crawling posture, Ling Jiuqiu could still roughly judge that the other party's height was about more than three meters, and the size was still above the two adult iron-eating beasts that were eating.

As the same kind of monster beast, the difference in size can also roughly represent the difference in strength.

Therefore, this later iron-eating beast must be stronger than the other two iron-eating beasts.

At this time.

The other two iron-eating beasts also turned their heads completely and discovered Ling Jiuqiu's existence.

Their eyes suddenly became vigilant, and they threw down the bamboo in their hands, turned over and lay on the ground, and grinned fiercely at Ling Jiuqiu.

Their IQ is not low, and when they found Ling Jiuqiu quietly approaching more than ten meters behind them, of course they knew that Ling Jiuqiu was preparing to sneak attack by treating them as prey.

Coupled with the hatred between monsters and humans engraved in the depths of their souls.

They immediately regarded Ling Jiuqiu as an enemy.

As a result, the three adult iron-eating beasts that were at least equal to the strength of the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm were slowly approaching Ling Jiuqiu with the momentum of attacking from front to back.

The gaze is fierce.

Bared teeth.

The upper body is also pressed low during the crawl, and it seems to be ready to rush up at any moment.

A chilling murderous aura permeated the field.

The Great War is imminent!

"Whew!"

Ling Jiuqiu exhaled deeply.

Faced with such a situation, even if he had cultivated to reach the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm, and his comprehensive strength was comparable to that of the late stage of the Spirit Sea Realm, he had to cheer up his spirits.

Before, he was able to instantly kill the second-order high-level demon beast Bloodthirsty Heteropupil Ape, not because his strength was really much higher than that of the second-order high-level demon beast, but because the Bloodthirsty Heteropupil Ape was being entangled by Zhang Anhe and other three classmates at that time, he found a chance to kill it in one fell swoop.

In fact, in a one-on-one battle, his strength was slightly higher than that of an ordinary second-order high-level demon beast, and it was not a crush.

If you encounter someone who is a little stronger, you may need to go through a period of fierce battle to win.

Generally speaking, the strength of a certain demon beast as an adult is only an approximate range, not a fixed specific level.

Like the Iron Eater.

In the summary of human beings, most of the iron-eating beasts are between the seventh level of the second order and the ninth level of the second order when they become adults, and their strength in adulthood is naturally different according to the different innate conditions and growth conditions.

Therefore, most of the time, humans will use the second-order advanced level to locate the strength level of an adult ironeater, rather than a specific level, because the situation of each ironeater is different.

Based on such a situation.

Although Ling Jiuqiu had gone through a day of hunting, he couldn't determine the specific strength of each demon beast, let alone locate his specific combat power through the strength of the demon beast, but could only roughly determine that his strength was strong compared to the common second-order high-level demon beasts.

As for whether it is considered a top level, he is not sure.

Because of the second-order high-level demon beasts he had encountered so far, there were only four in total, except for the three iron-eating beasts in front of him.

Therefore, he can't be sure if he has an absolute advantage in the face of a single iron-eating beast, the only thing he can be sure of is that even if he can't beat the other party, he is sure to save his life.

This is also the reason why he dared to sneak up on two adult iron-eating beasts.

But that's when the enemy is in the open, and I'm in the dark, and I have the opportunity to make a sneak attack.

And now.

The two adult ironeaters discovered their whereabouts and made their sneak attack impossible, and together with another adult ironeater that was significantly larger, they prepared to flank themselves back and forth.