Li Ge couldn't take what his brother just said, so he looked at Li Dao disgruntledly.

"What? Why do you care? I said it was delicious!"

Li Do immediately defended his statement.

"Hahahaha."

Hearing this everyone laughed.

Li Ge rolled his eyes. He knew this brother of his too well.

Even Li Chan looked helplessly towards his brother. His brother was so simple and straight-forward.

"What about the story that you wanted to tell us older cousin Li Pyle?"

Feeling shy, Li Do changed the topic and asked.

"Oh yeah! I completely forgot about that."

Li Pyle said. He forgot about it as he was focused on the food. Then a grin appeared again on his face as he narrated the events that took place earlier.

"Li Ma's abnormally strong!"

"Younger cousin Li Ma will be our generation's strongest member. He has the best chance to exceed the Patriarch!"

"Yeah, Li Ma, we will always be supporting you! So, make us proud!"

"You can do it!"

Hearing Li Pyle's story, everyone cheered about Li Ma's achievement. He would be the clan's hope to regain all their lands.

"I was just being lucky that lady luck smiled on me."

Li Ma shrugged his shoulders.

"Being humble are we? HAHAHAHAHA!"

Everyone was in high spirits when they heard Li Ma being humble. He was so strong but he wasn't arrogant. That should be how every strong people should behave.

Time passed, it was now getting late.

"It's getting late now. Everyone, go and rest now. We will begin our journey to the Sect early tomorrow!"

Having noticed the time getting late, Li Pao made everyone rest as they would travel again early in the morning.

When everyone went to sleep. A roar could be heard from afar. It was so faint that normal humans would not be able to hear it at all.

A figure suddenly awoke and then stood up, he had a cold look in his eyes as his pair of eyes were glowing brightly. As if he could kill someone with a single glance. He stared toward the source of the sound then walked towards the source of the roar.

This figure had a fair skin, his hair is black and he was tall and handsome. He looked so fragile that if he faced another black wild boar, he would collapse on the first blow!

This figure was none other than Li Ma!

He walked for a while before he arrived again at the place where he killed the black wild boar. He crouched down and inspected the ground for traces of demon beasts.

The indifferent look in his eyes change a little. He suddenly looked serious.

'A trail of a wild beast, but it is bigger than normal ones. A demon beast.'

Li Ma murmured as he look at the trail.

The trail looked that of a tiger's paw, but it was bigger than normal ones. He couldn't let this demon beast near his cousins as it could kill them easily.

Tigers are commonly seen around these areas. It is the most suitable habitat of a tiger. Where there are many wild beasts to be eaten.

He immediately retrieved a long sword on his magic bag.

The sword had a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands.

[Note: this sword looked like the japanese sword Katana.]

Holding this sword in his right hand. He dashed out, following the trail of the demon beast.

ROAR!

Suddenly a deafening roar could be heard again. This time it was so loud, that it was impossible to hear anything.  This signified that the source was near him now. Although this roar was so loud, it was not loud enough to be heard by Li Ma's cousins.

The tiger's roar is not like the full-voiced roar of a lion, but more like a sentence of snarly, shouted words, but those who heard it will feel their scalps going numb.

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When facing a ferocious tiger, normal humans would usually wet their pants in fear.

But Li Ma was not your average human. He loved hunting and he always faces the dangers with an indifferent look on his face.

Then a moment later a huge figure appeared before him. This figure had a long, thick reddish coats with white bellies and its tail was black and white. Its head, body, tail and limbs had narrow black stripes.

This was your traditional looking tiger but it was bigger than normal ones. Its eyes were glowing brightly and radiated a cruelty. Making it looked more ferocious, its body was filled with strength that it could pounce and rip a human apart anytime with its claws in a flash.

It was a Bronze rank level 2 demon beast!

ROAR!!!!

When the tiger saw Li Ma, it became very angry. A human dared to venture into his territory challenging his authority.

Then without any notice the tiger pounced toward Li Ma. The tiger's speed was so fast that Li Ma could only dodge side ways. He had trouble fighting a tiger in short distance as its speed greatly overwhelmed Li Ma.

Li Ma, while dodging, put his long sword back to his magic bag and retrieved his bow and arrow and stepped back.

As soon as he stepped back, the air around him shook with a mighty roar, and a the hot wind and an irritatingly strong and unpleasant odor swept over him.

There behind him was a monkey-like creature about the size of a human. Its red eyes radiated cruelty, and its entire body was covered with thick, luxuriant fur.

The fierce beast gave Li Ma a bloodthirsty stare. Li Ma's expression changed as he looked back at the creature.

Li Ma's frowned. Now that a second demon beast appeared, he was now being doubtful if he could defeat any of the demon beast. If it was only one, he had a chance of defeating it, but now he was doubtful. He could sense the monkey-like creature's cultivation level.

It was also a Bronze rank level 2 demon beast!

The tiger didn't bother looking anymore at Li Ma! He found the monkey-like creature more threatening than Li Ma.

The tiger took the initiative and pounced toward the monkey-like creature. Slashing its claws at the monkey-like creature.

The monkey-like creature jumped and at the same time kicked towards the tiger. The monkey-like creature's speed was faster than that of the tiger. The tiger was instantly thrown back and crashed on a tree dozens of meter away, breaking a lot of trees along the way. This result was expected.

The monkey-like creature leaped and landed in front of the tiger. He grabbed the tiger by its throat, then the monkey-like creature smashed the tiger on the ground. In mid-air, the tiger emitted a terrifying roar that changed into a horrific squeal, whereupon its body blew open, showering gore and blood everywhere.

This scene shocked Li Ma, but when Li Ma came to his senses, the monkey-like creature stared at him with its bloodthirsty stare just like awhile ago but this time it smiled.

Seeing the smile on the monkey-like creature's face made Li Ma frown even more. He had the urge to ran from this place at the moment. He knew that this monkey-like creature was not a normal Bronze rank level 2 demon beast and he was not a match for it.

But he didn't ran away directly, but stood there waiting for the monkey-like creature's next movement.

Then the monkey-like creature crack open the tiger's head and retrieved a colored orange core. What shocked Li Ma the most was when the moneky-like creature extracted another core from the tiger's body. It looked like the miniature version of the tiger that was just killed. That's right, this was the tiger's demon soul.

The monkey-like creature looked toward Li Ma with the smile still plastered on its face.

The next scene shocked Li Ma even more.

Because in the next moment the monkey like creature shouted!

"Run!"