Shirong and Lin Wu gazed at the beast that had just appeared in front of them.

It was long and slender with no face having only teeth and a strange mask like skull. It had six pairs of legs and could move very quickly. But that was not what attracted Shirong's attention. What did was the collar on the neck of the beast.

"A Tamed Beast?" Shirong muttered as his brows furrowed.

Shirong spread his spirit sense and probed the beast, only to find it impossible.

"WHAT? Why can't I sense the beast? It's as if it doesn't exist there." Shirong said, feeling shocked.

To Shirong the beast was like air. When his spirit sense touched the beast, it passed through it. He knew the Ghosts of the Dread Coil Marsh were like this being hard to sense with spirit sense, but this beast was even beyond that.

Shirong even thought that perhaps this was actually a different type of a Ghost, but when he saw the foot prints of the beast on the ground, he knew it was not. The ghosts did not leave behind physical traces like these.

Even Lin Wu felt interested in this and used his own spirit sense to try the same, coming upon the same result.

"System, can you do a scan?" Lin Wu asked.

~Ding~

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SCANNER ACTIVATED: Target found

SCAN COMPLETED: Target Identified

Target Name: Specter Skull Hound

Info: The Specter Skull Hounds are dangerous beasts that are found on dead worlds or worlds with nether Qi. There are many variants of them and their attacks are deadly to most humans.

Their claws and fangs can infect others with Nether Specter Toxins that will continually drain the life force of the being till it dies.

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"What the literal hell! Where did this random high level mob come from?" Lin Wu said upon reading the information.

Along with the information that the system had given, there were additional windows that had popped in the side that showed more details. It was there where Lin Wu read about the source of this information.

The information about the Specter Skull Hound didn't come from this world. Rather, the information was gained from the Taiji Celestials Tomb. It meant that this was not a native beast of this world.

When Lin Wu read more about the beast, it showed that the beasts could reach a realm that was above the Immortal Ascension realm.

"System, what's the cultivation of this Specter Skull Hound?" Lin Wu questioned.

~Ding~

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ANSWER: The system cannot scan the cultivation base of the Specter Skull hound, but comparing its size to those in the database, the system estimates that it should be equivalent to a beast at the Peak stage of the Core condensation.

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"Peak stage of the core condensation realm? ~Phew~ okay that should be manageable." Lin Wu said.

In the time that Lin Wu had spent getting the information from the system, Shirong had been observing the Specter Skull hound. The beast was also doing the same and looked at Shirong with its eerie, featureless face.

There were no sounds coming from the beast and it simply looked at Shirong without moving. The only reason why Shirong had not attacked the beast was that the beast had not attacked him and also the assumption that it was a tamed beast.

Since Shirong couldn't tell the cultivation base of the beast, he reckoned that it should be strong; at least at the same cultivation base as him or higher. But then came the fact that if the beast had such high cultivation base, then its owner must be even stronger.

Killing the beast would likely bring the owner's ire, and Shirong did not want to randomly offend someone stronger than him without knowing more.

~Kikikiki~

A strange crackling sound came from the Specter Skull Hound's mouth as it opened it wide, showing its eight sharp fangs, four on each jaw.

~Kiiiiiiii~

The Beast suddenly broke in a sprint that was fast even for Shirong, and rushed at him.

~Shua~

Shirong immediately responded with a slash of wind and lightning. The wind spread from his palm as the lightning spread through his arm and mixed with the wind, turning into a beautiful ribbon.

But this ribbon was also deadly and the moment it touched the beast it showed its effect.

~Kiyaaaa~

The beast screamed in pain as the ribbon hurt its body. The wind tore through its body like a sharp blade while the lightning scorched it, causing it further pain in its entire body. The beast flinched and took ten steps back, now looking at Shirong warily.

"Who is this beast's master! Come out now or I'll kill it!" Shirong shouted.

Shirong was a bit relieved upon seeing that the beast could be harmed by his power, but was still wary of his surroundings. For all he knew, the beast could just be a distraction while the main hunter may be lurking.

Shirong waited a few seconds and seeing that there was no response, he decided to go ahead. He flicked his sleeve as a long sword appeared in the air, Shirong tapped its handle infusing spirit Qi in that soon sparkled with blue sparks.

"Sword GO!" Shirong yelled as the spirit sword was sent shooting at the beast.

~Huala~

The beast moved like the wind dodging the spirit's sword, surprising Shirong once more. He flicked his hand, guiding the spirit sword back at the beast from the other side while he himself attacked from the front.

A gauntlet made out of lightning formed on Shirong's hand as he punched at the beast, knocking up strong winds that splashed the mud around him. Some of the weaker Twisty and coiling trees were directly broken and their dry leaves blew away.

The Specter Skull Hound jumped straight up in the air to dodge both of the attacks.

"Ha! You can't escape me!" Shirong said as he twisted around mid air and kicked beast with his heel acting like an Axe.

The beast was hit and sent back flying, breaking a few trees in the process.