As a chilling demonic aura spread from the front, Shen Luo and Ying Luo felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar. Their breathing stagnated and all they could hear was the sound of their hearts beating violently.
"What a terrifying evil spirit!"
Shen Luo looked up at the figure standing quietly on the huge rock in front of him, and was terrified. Even the great-grandmaster who was in the Soul Condensation Stage at Chunqiu Temple did not give him such a feeling.
It was a leopard more than two meters long, with circles of dark brown spots clearly visible on its symmetrical and narrow golden body. The millstone-sized leopard had a pair of narrow golden eyes, and a tail about a meter long behind it swung back and forth seemingly at random.
Ying Luo's cultivation was originally weaker than Shen Luo's. At the moment, she was enveloped by this powerful demonic energy. Her body was trembling slightly and she almost couldn't breathe. However, there was a stubborn look in this woman's eyes. Her legs were tightly stretched straight and she managed to stand upright.
"You two human juniors actually dared to step into the territory of my Crazy Leopard. You are quite courageous." The golden leopard looked down at the two of them as if it were a prehistoric giant beast, and spoke in human language.
"Senior, we two did not mean to trespass. This girl has lived at the foot of the mountain for a long time, and I happened to pass by here. I couldn't find a way out at the foot of the mountain, so I rashly climbed the mountain. I didn't know the rules, and I entered this place by mistake. I beg for your forgiveness!" Shen Luo took a deep breath, clasped his fists and said in a slow and unhurried tone.
Shen Luo's calm expression also infected Ying Luo beside him. The girl felt a little more at ease, and her pretty and tender cheeks regained some color.
"Are you from outside?" The originally lazy expression of the Crazy Leopard immediately became more focused, and his huge golden pupils stared at Shen Luo.
"That's right!" Shen Luo frowned, but still said affirmatively, feeling that the other party's reaction seemed a little wrong.
"How did you get through the sea of fog outside?" The wild leopard took a step forward with its strong front paw, and several stones in front immediately broke into pieces like tofu and turned into fragments.
"I don't know about this either. I am from the Southern Continent. I accidentally touched a restriction in a secret realm and ended up here inexplicably." Shen Luo's eyes twitched as he replied half-truthfully, his tone still very calm.
"You came from Nanzhanbuzhou to Xiniuhezhou? Little guy, you should make up a decent story. You want to use this lie to trick me into letting you go? Humans are really cunning!" The excitement in Crazy Leopard's eyes faded and his voice turned cold.
As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying aura suddenly burst out from his body, descending from the sky and covering Shen Luo and the other person.
Ying Luo's knees went weak and he was about to kneel down. He subconsciously tried to resist, but after his body trembled a few times, he fell to the ground with his eyes rolled back and fainted.
Shen Luo's chest felt like being hit hard by an invisible sledgehammer. He felt so painful that he almost vomited blood, but his limbs felt as if they were weighed by huge stones weighing thousands of pounds and he could not move at all. His bones made slight crackling sounds and he seemed to be crushed.
The magic power in his body suddenly started to operate automatically according to the mantra of an unknown technique. An inexplicable aura surged out of his body, causing the pressure around his body to suddenly drop, and his hands and feet regained control.
"Huh!" Crazy Leopard let out an unexpected exclamation, and under his emotional fluctuations, there was a slight gap in the pressure he exuded.