Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"This beast is very good at hiding. It was actually hiding under the mountain. Fortunately, I have a sharp sense of smell so I detected its excrement," said Zachary, curling his lips in disgust.

It turned out that this particular mountain was the preferred hideout of the Ice Liger. However, since the mountain was huge, it concealed the aura of the liger. No one expected the Ice Liger to hide in such a conspicuous place.

Just now, Zachary smelled a strange odor, which seemed to be emanating from the direction of the mountain. He immediately became alert. The aura was easy to conceal, but not the smell, especially when he was there, who had the nose of a bloodhound.

"But this beast is quite powerful!" said Zachary, turning around to look at Joan. Apparently, this Ice Liger had already reached the Imperial Level, and was not weaker than the Hundred-Treasure Beast he had subdued.

"I'm afraid we can't deal with it, given our current strength." Joan looked depressed because the Ice Liger was so close, but it was obvious that they couldn't deal with it even with their strength combined.

"It's easy! Let's lure it away and let the other interested King Level disciples fight it, and then we can take the advantage and reap the final benefit," Zachary said with a wicked snicker.

"Do you think the other King Level disciples are fools? They won't be fooled so easily. Moreover, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for long either." Joan stared at Zachary. She felt it was a bad idea.

"So then what are you going to do?" Zachary inquired.

Joan became silent. She really didn't have a concrete plan in mind.

The two were staring at each other when suddenly several auras wafted over from not far away. It must be the King Level disciples who had heard the sound and come over.

"Speak of the devil and he will appear! It looks like some people are coming to help us." The corners of Zachary's mouth lifted into a grin. "Let's find a place to wait and watch!"

After some hesitation, Joan nodded. They made their way to a huge ice stone, which was not far from the mountain, and hid behind it.

Before long, five King Level disciples appeared in front of the mountai

undred steps at a time. In a flash, he was in front of the Ice Liger.

The Ice Liger opened its mouth and spewed out an ice bomb and hurled it at Goliath.

Goliath casually waved his hand without even looking at it. A ghost shadow appeared in a flash and turned into a blade. It cut the ice bomb into two pieces, and they exploded in the air.

"Ghost Shadow Blade! He is from the Ghost Clan," Joan yelled suddenly.

"The Ghost Clan? Is it a famous clan in the Devil Kingdom?" Zachary turned to ask Joan when he heard of this new clan.

"Sort of. But it is the most notorious heterodox clan in the Devil Kingdom. It is impossible for the disciples of the Ghost Clan to enter Shura College. So how did he mange to get in?" Joan speculated.

"Sure enough, this man has some history..." Zachary was surprised to learn this but he appeared very calm. He didn't care where this Goliath came from. What really mattered was how strong he was. Maybe this Goliath guy would be a hindrance for him when he tried to win the championship in the strength contest.

As he was talking, Goliath, who had just broken the powerful ice bomb of the Ice Liger, turned into phantoms which encircled it.

"This is one of the Ghost Clan's unique skills—the Ghost Shadow Kill! Oh yeah, he is definitely from the Ghost Clan." Joan's expression changed again.

"Well, you seem to be very familiar with the Ghost Clan?" Seeing how excited Joan was acting, Zachary was curious too.