Ou Yangming suddenly looked up. His eyes were shining brightly.

A powerful momentum was released from his body. Although the momentum was still incomparable to that terrifying aura, under such immense pressure, it was rare that he could still maintain his unyielding fighting will.

Before long, a not-so-large figure slowly poked its head out from the depths of the forest.

When Ou Yangming and the others saw it clearly, they were stunned.

Bamboo rat—it was actually a bamboo rat.

Ou Yangming's eyelids twitched slightly. He immediately thought of the little fellow that he had seen before. This was the only ferocious beast with intelligence that he had seen in the Forest of Death. Therefore, though it was just a glimpse, it left a deep and indelible impression on him.

The bamboo rat that suddenly appeared was much larger than the little fellow that he encountered by the river, but their auras were somewhat similar as if they had the same origin.

King Kong's eyes were bright as it stared at the bamboo rat vigilantly.

This bamboo rat gave him an extremely dangerous feeling as though it was being targeted by an ancient giant beast. It made its hair stand on end.

However, King Kong was not afraid at all. Instead, it was filled with anticipation. The blood in its body kept boiling, and its muscles bulged little by little, indicating that it was ready for battle.

When it faced Teng Xingwen who was escaping, it just slapped him casually. However, it dared not be careless in front of this bamboo rat.

Big Yellow appeared behind Ou Yangming in a flash. They knew that this was a battle between Venerable Ones, and it was not something that they could intervene in at this moment.

Who knew, after the bamboo rat appeared, it did not intend to attack at all. Instead, it tilted its head and sized up everyone.

The bamboo rat's gaze was as unfathomable as a starry sky as if it contained a mysterious power that could see through one in an instant. Being stared at by it, not to mention Ou Yangming and Big Yellow, even King Kong felt uncomfortable.

It suddenly took a step forward. Nobody could see how it moved, but it arrived in front of Ou Yangming and Big Yellow to block them behind him.

Needless to say, Multi-armed King Kong did not act rashly. This was not because it was timid, but because it was afraid that the battle between Venerable Ones would affect Ou Yangming and Big Yellow. As such, it would be better to not fight at this time if it could.

The bamboo rat looked away and blurted, "You—as a Venerable One, why do you want to start a massacre in the Forest of Death?"

King Kong was dumbfounded. It opened its mouth and showed a fierce look as it answered, "I can kill if I want to. Who can control me?"

Ou Yangming was suddenly moved. He recalled the agreement between the Humans and Venerable Ferocious Beasts, so his face could not help but change.

He was not afraid of the Venerable Ferocious Beast in front of him, but he was worried if this fierce beast believed that the Humans broke the contract, it would transfer the vicious beasts in the Forest of Death to launch a frightening beast tide. If that were to happen, would Huixun City not become his scapegoat?

If tens of millions of humans were to die because of Ou Yangming, he would surely feel uneasy.

The bamboo rat rolled its eyes like a human. If it was not for the fact that its body was too different from a human's, Ou Yangming and the others would even think that the figure in front of them was a white-haired old man.

"You're an outsider, right?" The bamboo rat glanced at Multi-armed King Kong indifferently. It was not angered by the king kong's attitude and instead, it slowly moved as if it wanted to go around it.

Multi-armed King Kong scoffed angrily. Its entire body seemed to have expanded a little, and it extended its fist as it asked with a hideous smile, "What do you want to do?"

The bamboo rat stopped and looked at King Kong in surprise. It remarked, "It's rare to see a spirit beast protect a human like this." It knew that it could not go around the king kong, so it gently stamped its foot, causing an unusually powerful aura to rise from his body.

Multi-armed King Kong's face was scrunched up. Faced with the bamboo rat's comment, it wanted nothing more than to rush forward and fight against it.

Nevertheless, Ou Yangming's face changed at this moment. He and Big Yellow looked at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

The bamboo rat's aura gave them a familiar and even intimate feeling.

A powerful and mysterious power in their bodies was resonating with the aura. Of course, it was only a feeling, and it was controllable, thus they would not lose control because of it.

After hesitating for a moment, Ou Yangming suddenly reached out and patted King Kong's back gently.

King Kong immediately understood what Ou Yangming meant. It was unwilling to move away, but it would not disobey him no matter what. With that, the king kong flashed and took a step back to make way.

The bamboo rat was slightly startled. When it saw King Kong, it knew that the fellow was not only imposing but was also a hard bone to bite. Moreover, the king kong was a Venerable One that liked to fight and would not admit defeat easily, so it would not be easy to punish it.

Despite that, it did not expect King Kong to curb its fierce attitude and became obedient when the human behind it made just a simple gesture.

The bamboo rate kept looking at Ou Yangming and King Kong. It suddenly realized that it could not understand them.

If Ou Yangming and King Kong's cultivation levels were switched, this would not be strange anymore. After all, it would be unbelievable for a Venerable One to submit itself to a Spiritualist.

"Senior, please forgive us." Ou Yangming smiled gently. "I and the others didn't want to break the rules; it's just that those 2 men suddenly ambushed me and wanted to kill me." He paused for a while before he continued, "In order to protect ourselves, we had to do our best to kill them. If we made any violations, please forgive us."

Faced with a Venerable One, Ou Yangming was considered polite.

Having said that, he also knew the bamboo rat was willing to listen to him because of King Kong.

If not, the bamboo rat would have attacked them right away and taken him and Big Yellow as its breakfast.

"Oh, self-defense?" The bamboo rat said with a half-smile, "Young fella, don't you know what this place is?" It chuckled. "This is the Forest of Death, which is always filled with danger and death. You can do whatever you want here and since you're still alive, it means that you have the strength to survive."

Ou Yangming's eyes lit up. "Senior, do you mean that you won't bother with us anymore?"

The bamboo rat replied to him disdainfully, "We once made an agreement with the Humans. Human Venerable Ones can't enter the Forest of Death while human top-grade Spiritualists won't take the initiative to hunt ferocious beasts. But..." It gazed at King Kong and continued, "We didn't agree that spirit beasts can't harm lives."

Ou Yangming was slightly taken aback. He could not help but burst into laughter.

Yes, the Venerable Ferocious Beasts had only agreed with the Humans. Even though spirit beasts and savage beasts belonged to the Beasts, they were entirely different races, and there was no contract between them.

Besides, even if Venerable Ferocious Beasts wanted to take revenge on spirit beasts, it would probably be very difficult.

After the bamboo rat response, the originally tense atmosphere between them suddenly loosened up a lot. Even Ou Yangming and Big Yellow could not help but exhale deeply.

Nonetheless, King Kong frowned. It stared fiercely at the bamboo rat as if it wanted to use this opportunity to have an intense fight against it.

All of a sudden, everyone tensed up slightly as they looked in a certain direction at the same time.

Over there, an incredibly valiant force spread out. Similar to when the bamboo rat appeared just now, another powerful Venerable One was approaching.

The bamboo rat hesitated for a moment before it turned around and let out a strange cry in the direction where the aura came from.

Its cry was exceptionally sharp and filled with penetrating power. No matter how far apart they were, the other Venerable Ferocious Beast should be able to hear it clearly.

Ou Yangming could hear a trace of anger and warning from the cry. It seemed to be a warning to the other party, but it also sounded like a declaration of the bamboo rat's sovereignty of this place as it was not going to allow outsiders to come near.

The young fellow was surprised as he looked at the bamboo rat.

That aura should have been released by another Venerable Ferocious Beast, which was probably also provoked by King Kong's attacks earlier. However, judging from how the bamboo rat acted, it seemed like it did not want others to interfere even if it was an equal-ranked powerhouse.

Sure enough, the surging aura stopped and retreated like a tide after a brief moment.

Faced with the bamboo rat's mighty aura, the other Venerable One chose to retreat without hesitation.

When the bamboo rate sensed the forceful momentum in the air slowly dissipating, it nodded in satisfaction then turned to face Ou Yangming and the others again.

This time, Ou Yangming and the others had a completely different attitude. One that could force an equal-ranked powerhouse to retreat in such a way must have a combat power that far exceeded that of its peers. If not, it could not have done it so cleanly.

The corner of Ou Yangming's mouth twitched slightly. He expressed, "Senior, since you're busy with your affairs, I won't disturb you any longer." He nodded slightly at King Kong and was about to deceive the bamboo rat and leave with his companions.

Who knew, the bamboo rat did not intend to give up. It looked at the long spear in Ou Yangming's hand and asked, "What weapon is that?"

Ou Yangming extended his hand and weighed the BloodSpear Dragon Slayer. A thought suddenly crossed his mind.

'It can't be!'