Walker Of The Worlds

Lin Mu had seen Duan Ke multiple times, but this was the first time he had seen her break her composure and show such a surprised expression. For this very reason, he felt that something was wrong or he may have done something wrong.

"Is there something wrong?" Lin Mu asked cautiously.

Duan Mu came to her senses and realised that she had shown a surprised expression. When she saw Lin Mu's concerned face, she understood that he had noticed it this time. She forcibly controlled her emotions and spoke,

"How did you kill this high tier beast?" Duan Ke asked, trying to covertly justify the reason for her expression.

If Lin Mu was first confused because of Duan Ke's expression, now he was confused due to her words.

"What do you mean high tier beast?" questioned Lin Mu.

"This beast, it's a high tier beast of at least 9th stage body tempering realm." Replied Duan Ke.

Lin Mu's expression slowly changed from confusion to that of fear, once the words of Duan Ke sank in. He had avoided hunting a high tier beast, the Razor-maw Ox, which was also equivalent to a 9th stage body tempering realm expert. But somehow had ended up hunting and killing another beast of the same strength.

Lin Mu could not understand how he was able to do this daunting task successfully. He then remembered how the Steel-back wolf's skull was crushed in his one hit, but the coyote beast's didn't. But he still could not understand why the beast did not react when he attacked. If it really was a high-tier beast, it should have detected him the moment he exposed himself.

The only reason he was able to kill the steel-back wolf back then, was because the beast was focused on the mercenaries, along with it being injured and exhausted. There was no way the same tactic would have worked on it, if it was in its optimum condition, not to mention a beast even stronger than it.

Cold sweat covered Lin Mu's forehead and back. Duan Ke could see the dread and fear on Lin Mu's face.

'Don't tell me this boy did not even know the strength of this beast before hunting it.' Thought Duan Ke.

"Did you not know the strength of this beast beforehand?" asked Duan Ke.

Lin Mu, who seemed to have become a mute, finally came to his senses upon hearing Duan Ke's question.

"No, I don't even know the name of the beast." Replied Lin Mu.

Duan Ke just kept on staring at the beast corpse after hearing Lin Mu's reply and did not speak anything. Seeing that she was not replying Lin Mu asked,

of the beast?" Lin Mu

least not until now." Duan Ke spoke without

a name?" asked Lin Mu,

for a minute before shifting her gaze

This is not its natural form."

mutant? What's that?" asked

of that substance. Though more often than not, these beasts cannot reproduce and thus

was rather very knowledgeable about beasts and was also a hunter himself. Seeing that Lin Mu was engrossed in digesting the information she had just said, Duan Ke waited for a minute before

defeat a beast that was much

should have. I ambushed it and was able to kill it in two moves."

to explain more?" replied Duan

was in the right position and could not see me. My first hit stunned the beast, making it fall to the ground, and with the next attack I slashed its neck." Lin Mu explained

mutation completely? But this aura,

sorry what?" Lin Mu asked upon hearing Duan Ke

Ke stopped and looked at Lin Mu, before she

nothing of your

was a little surprised with Duan Ke's curt tone, but

beast corpse?" Duan

want to keep the meat." Lin

you prepare it before coming here then?" Duan

not know what parts of it can be sold. So… I kept it whole."

can come to collect the money and the meat three hours later. And I'm charging

the sentence, but nodded anyway and left the shop. He did not even ask how much money he would be getting,

waved her hand and numerous runes materialised on the door of the shop. If a person looked at the shop right now from the outside, they would only find a plain wall. There was no sign of

and made the beast's corpse float. She walked through the door behind the counter, which automatically opened

exit to that room except for the one Duan Ke had come in from. She then snapped her fingers and the lamp illuminating the room was extinguished. But instead of turning dark, the room started to fade into

were elaborate ponds, rivers, streams, and fake mountains. Intricately designed bridges spanned over the rivers

other end of the courtyard, one could see a manor that was adorned with exquisite decorations consisting of statues, paintings, and calligraphy. Just in front of the manor was a small pavilion surrounded by hundreds of spirit flowers, which were emanating a pleasant

He was drinking a cup of tea that was emitting an aroma that calmed one's senses. This old man was none other than the owner of Jing Wei's emporium,

towards the pagoda and arrived behind Jing Wei. The old man was facing away from Duan Ke and was currently enjoying his