Lin Feng was still standing at the very edge of the arena. He had moved a little forward just in case the arena tilted too fast downward and he slipped off.
But it didnāt happen, so he again returned to his original location. Now that the leopard had reached attacking distance, he would watch some good show.
The Cloud Leopard didnāt disappoint him and immediately released an immense amount of mist, surrounding the whole arena with a thick layer of cloud.
"Donāt panic, we can still see it with spiritual sense," Luo Ming spoke and activated his spiritual sense.
Others did the same, but since they were newly advanced and didnāt have much experience with spiritual sense, it would be difficult for them.
Bai Lian was tempted to use her lightning, but it would move through the whole cloud, attacking everyone along with the leopard, so she held back as it would be counted as a deliberate attack.
Zeng Rong, on the other hand, immediately created flames to disperse the clouds around him.
Luo Ming and Zhao Lei did the same. They created partial yang flames, and the clouds disappeared from near them.
The other woman was also smart enough. She used her cultivation technique to create rain around her. The rain absorbed the clouds and diminished the mist surrounding her.
The only person who was at a disadvantage was the cultivator who used the earth element. Not to mention, he was the closest to the leopard after Zeng Rong had jumped away.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye when he sensed a claw coming toward his head. He immediately raised his hands, covering them with a layer of stone.
THUMMMPPPP!
"HICC..."
The cultivator immediately flew from his location due to the impact. The bones in his hands rattled from blocking the claw directly, but thanks to his technique, his hands were still safe.
The only problem was that even when he fell to the ground, his movement didnāt stop, and he kept sliding toward the edge of the arena.
Others became tense, but there was a little hope, as the location where the man was sliding off wasnāt far from where Lin Feng was standing.
"Save him..." Bai Lian immediately shouted. The loss of even one of them would create problems for the whole group.
Lin Feng didnāt mind saving him. It was just a little effort for him. He moved quickly and placed his foot on the cultivator who was just about to fall off.
The cultivator huffed in fear. He was about to wet his pants thinking about the bottomless pit. He didnāt even mind the fact that a Late Stage Core Formation cultivator was using his leg to pin him down.
Bai Lian and the others sighed. Most of the misty cloud had already dispersed. The leopard was visible again, and it hadnāt stopped moving. It was already in front of Zhao Lei.
Zhao Lei wasnāt concerned much about the death of the cultivator, so his attention from the start was on the leopard. He easily moved to dodge the beastās attack.
While dodging, he made sure he didnāt move too far away.
Others attacked the leopard to distract it so that Zhao Lei could gain some distance, but since Zhao Lei himself didnāt want to get away from the beast, it stuck close to him, attacking with its claws. Zhao Lei dodged them easily, as the beast was still slow due to its injuries, and everyone elseās attacks further slowed it down.
Some attacks even landed on its chest, creating injuries, but they werenāt too deep. Nonetheless, the leopard acted like a beast, attacking the closest enemy to it, ignoring the minor injuries.
Zhao Lei slowly made his way toward the edge.
Everyone finally understood why Zhao Lei hadnāt put distance between himself and the beast. He was trying to lure the beast toward the hidden cultivator.
The cultivator who was just to fall also understood this , he immediately stood up and made his way towards center away from the masked cultivator.
Bai Lian sighed, while the others didnāt care much. They even thought of using the chance to push the beast off the pit when it would be attacking the masked cultivator. Zeng Rong had the same thoughts.
If they could get this spirit beast at the expense of a single Late Stage cultivator, then he was more than happy to do so. It didnāt matter if that cultivator had pleased him earlier by humiliating Zhao Lei.
The only problem was that they hadnāt taken any oath like Zhao Lei, so they couldnāt deliberately do anything that would make the masked cultivator fall off too.
In the end, they had to rely on Zhao Lei to do the attacking. They could only make sure that the beast stayed busy with the hidden cultivator and didnāt finish him off too early.
Bai Lian couldnāt understand this masked cultivator. Why was he not moving away from the edge? Did he not know what Zhao Lei was trying to do? Certainly not. The fact that he had deliberately taunted Zhao Lei proved that he definitely knew what was happening.
When Zhao Lei reached close enough, he smirked internally. Seeing masked cultivator not moving away from the edge made him relaxed.
He was confident in his speed, he was fast enough to move away before the masked cultivator could react. Once he put enough distance, the beast would focus only on the masked cultivator. After that, the fate of this self-proclaimed immortal would be sealed.
He wanted to tear this lowborn trash apart with his own hands, but there was a high chance that this scum would not go to the common treasure area where he could attack him.
If this man decided to stay in the safe zone, then Zhao Lei might never be able to kill himāunless he found him in the real world. But given how the man was wearing a mask and robes, it was impossible to identify him.