MEANWHILE, THIRD TRIAL CONTINENT. "How many are left?" he asked. The cool morning breeze rustled past him, brushing against his skin and tugging at his torn robe. Elder Hu stood at the peak of the red mountain, staring down at the vast expanse of the third continent. "Plus you, Elder Hu, there are just thirteen of us left," the brown-eyed female reported. She held a writing scroll in her hands, her voice low. Her skin was bruised and covered in bite marks and small scratches that turned her face red. Hu sighed deeply. "Call those two idiots for me," he ordered, both hands clasped behind his back. She nodded, paid her respects, and left. *I had no idea the Shadow Panther leader was so close to breaking through into the Nascent Soul realm, (perfect stage of the core formation realm)* H

