Xiao Ze concealed his presence, hiding among the tree foliage. The magical beasts fleeing in panic failed to notice him.
This was still just the outer perimeter of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, populated only by the lowest-ranked Tier 1 magical beasts, or even ordinary wild animals. Even if they swarmed him en masse, they posed no threat to Xiao Ze.
What truly worried him was the cause behind this frantic stampede. Magical beasts were cunning and possessed a sharp perception of danger. Just what kind of creature could terrify them to this extent? Could a high-level magical beast from the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range have ventured out to forage? Generally speaking, high-level beasts rarely came to the outer perimeter to hunt. To creatures of their caliber, the beasts on the outer perimeter were barely enough to satisfy an appetite, offering no real benefit whatsoever.
Chapter 26