Dragon Spirit had neither the time nor the patience to find out where Yun Ran had been taken.
Upon reaching Death Mountain, it revealed its true form, scaring all the creatures whether they had gained spiritual wisdom or not.
Some either hid in their caves not daring to come out, while others lay flat on the ground pretending to be dead.
In any case, they absolutely did not want to confront this Dragon Spirit; it terrified them.
But now, it was not up to them to decide.
The Dragon Spirit extended a paw and directly caught a few foxes hiding underground.
The creatures lying on the ground pretending to be dead were completely ignored by the Dragon Spirit.
The ones who couldn’t even hide properly, how smart could they be? They probably wouldn’t even be able to hold a normal conversation, catching them would be a waste of effort.
The captured foxes were obviously a family.
The eldest already had six tails, and its eyes were surprisingly full of human-like emotion.
Looking at the Dragon Spirit with a pleading face, it said, "Please spare my children, I am willing to become your meal."
The six-tailed fox spoke in human tongue, with an indescribable fear and trepidation in its tone.
Dragon Spirit: ...
He wasn’t that fierce at all!
"Who wants to eat you? Stop talking nonsense!"
The Dragon Spirit felt his temper had improved significantly. In the past, if any creature "slandered" him like this, he would have made sure his reputation was solidified.
Now, he just thought, with so much human food, why resort to eating raw meat and blood? Gross.
Nowadays, he was particular about his food!
The six-tailed fox was stunned.
However, it truly had no doubt about these words.
Because it saw the disdain in the Dragon King’s eyes, as if eating it would be a disgraceful thing.
This made the six-tailed fox lose its confidence.
Many creatures had wanted to eat it before, but suddenly being looked down upon like this, made its head spin.
But the Dragon Spirit didn’t care what the six-tailed fox thought, it shook it a couple of times vigorously.
Then he said, "I’m here to find someone. Once I find them, I’ll let your family go."
Six-tailed Fox: ...
If you’re looking for someone, just say so! Creating such a big scene made it think today was its last day.
"Sir, who are you looking for? This area, I know it well!"
Even if it’s an unfamiliar area, it must become familiar, if needed, it can ask that gray wolf for help.
In any case, nothing could stop it from trying to curry favor and please the lord before it.
The Dragon Spirit returned to human form and released the foxes he had caught.
After gaining freedom, the foxes didn’t dare to run away.
Squatting obediently in place, they still had a chance of survival; if they ran, they might really end up as just skins.
The Dragon Spirit took out his phone, showed Yun Ran’s photo to the six-tailed fox.
"This person, have you seen them?"
The six-tailed fox widened its eyes to look carefully, afraid that if it missed a single glance, it would overlook something, trying desperately to see every detail of Yun Ran, down to a hair.
Before the six-tailed fox could answer, the Dragon Spirit thought again, fearing that Yun Ran and the others had been scattered.
He immediately dug out the photos of Ginsengfruit and Xie Xuzhi.
"And these two people."
Six-tailed Fox: ...
Why two more people? If it weren’t powerless against this Dragon Spirit, it would have cursed.
It had to carefully look again, and after a while, the six-tailed fox was sure it had not seen them.
But it was unsure if directly answering that it hadn’t seen them would get it slapped to death by the Dragon King.
Deception wasn’t an option either.
The six-tailed fox’s eyes shifted: "Haven’t seen them yet."
"Either you have seen them, or you haven’t, what do you mean by ’haven’t seen them yet’!"
The Dragon Spirit didn’t want to quibble over words, but such phrasing really affected his judgment.
The six-tailed fox immediately bent down, replied with eyes lowered: "I hadn’t noticed before, but if you’re looking for someone here, then they must be here.
Death Mountain is our home, very familiar, if they are here, it’s easy to find them."
As it spoke, fearing the Dragon Spirit wouldn’t give them a chance, it quickly pushed its few offspring, who had gained spiritual wisdom but couldn’t yet speak human language, forward.
"I’ll leave them here to keep you company, I will go look for them now."
It goes to show the difference in the evolved creatures, clearly making it sound like ’companions’ rather than ’hostages’ to keep the Dragon Spirit entertained.
The six-tailed fox didn’t care whether the Dragon Spirit agreed, once it pushed the little fox cubs forward, it quickly went to help find the missing people.
The Dragon Spirit disdainfully stuffed the trembling, obviously frightened little foxes back into the hole, he had no habit of babysitting.
Certainly, he wasn’t worried about the six-tailed fox abandoning its offspring to escape either.
Earlier, he had marked the six-tailed fox; once it found Yun Ran and the others, the Dragon Spirit would know immediately.
The Dragon Spirit still held the aerial photos of Death Mountain given by Gu Yuan earlier, with a general understanding of the terrain here.
Currently, he was only on the outskirts.
The Dragon Spirit could clearly see on the map, the difference in vegetation data between the outskirts and the center.
It had only been a day since Yun Ran went missing, under normal circumstances, Yun Ran should be in this outer area.
But better safe than sorry.
If those people moved faster or had some special pathway, the distance might be incorrect.
Thinking so, the Dragon Spirit put away the map, planning to check the central area.
And seize a few creatures with spiritual wisdom there to continue the search.
The Dragon Spirit transformed again, quickly appearing in the central region.
Suddenly, a familiar and extremely unpleasant aura and pressure bore down on the Dragon Spirit.
The Water Dragon’s shadow flying in mid-air crashed directly to the ground, turning back into human form.
"Ow..."
The Dragon Spirit covered its bruised bottom, taking a while to recover.
This commotion naturally caught the attention of some creatures in the middle area of Death Mountain.
A large snake with horns on its head was lurking in the shadows, sneakily watching the Dragon Spirit.
The Dragon Spirit took out his phone, at this moment, there wasn’t even a signal, and even the phone’s built-in circuits started to have issues.
An unbootable phone and his own suppressed condition...
The Dragon Spirit suddenly understood.
No wonder they couldn’t contact Yun Ran before, this place clearly had a large Spirit Locking Array.
Electronic devices here were basically equivalent to bricks.
And those with outstanding abilities, compared to the fierce beasts surviving through slaughter here, were reduced to weaklings.