Published: February 12, 2025
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Kumar's mood relaxed a bit.
A few minutes ago, he had contacted his team, and in half an hour, they would be able to reunite.
This tracking mission had been a bit unfortunate.
As a member of the Tear Hound Ghost Clan, he had inherited the clan's strongest tracking abilities, and he also had decent talents in other areas.
Yes, the word genius had followed him throughout his life.
However, this changed once he arrived here.
At first, Kumar was quite unaccustomed to it. After all, after being the center of attention for so long, suddenly becoming a supporting character was a massive drop.
But he soon adapted, as some things could not be compensated for by mere pride.
Here, everyone was a genius, everyone had once been favored by the heavens. If one wanted to be respected and sought after, they could only be the best of the best.
Unfortunately, Kumar was not that; the abilities of his race also destined him not to be.
But he was still important; his abilities gave him a unique status, and that feeling was actually quite nice.
Kumar now aimed to regain that feeling.
Thinking of this, Kumar couldn't help but curse Ye Zhongming's companion.
How shameless!
If you can't win, then run; if you can't run, then lure monsters. No, drawing them in—this method was laughable!
But Kumar’s mood quickly fell.
Wasn’t this also a kind of ability? A means of dealing with crisis. When drawing monsters to kill his companion, the other party was also taking a huge risk. Yet they timed it perfectly, seizing the right moment and route, taking the risk and leaving gracefully, leaving Kumar to flee in embarrassment.
To be honest, if his team hadn’t contacted Kumar and told him to return, he truly wouldn’t know what to do next.
Chase after them? Kumar no longer had that kind of courage; he wasn’t particularly skilled at head-on confrontations. But if he didn’t chase, and they lost one in a two-on-one situation, returning would also be difficult to explain.
That command made him stop agonizing.
However, upon reaching this point, Kumar halted, because in this rainforest, a pile of stones of various sizes suddenly appeared scattered on the road ahead.
The vigilance of a top-tier expert made Kumar feel that these stones had issues.
It wasn’t impossible for stones to appear in the forest, but in this rainforest with its humid air and lush vegetation, how could these stones not be eroded by moss and vines? And they looked so smooth on top?
Kumar glanced to the sides. He initially thought that going around was a good idea, but upon seeing the small lake connected to a marshland on the left and a hill that looked like it had been cut on the right with a small waterfall hanging there, he realized that no matter which way he went would consume some time and also face unknown dangers.
He thought for a moment and then sat directly on the ground, closing his eyes slightly. Moments later, a phantom shadow of a monster's head appeared behind him, the most notable feature being its extraordinarily large nose.
The nose sniffed towards the direction of the stones, paused for a moment, and then vanished.
Kumar stood up and slowly approached the pile of stones.
That earlier ability was from their race, used for close-range investigations; some smells nearby were hard to escape its nose.
There was a slight discovery, but in the end, it gave a negative answer. After considering this, Kumar decided to walk through the pile of stones.
If he went around, he would very likely miss his team.
He found an angle and first arrived at a stone the size of a human head, carefully observing it. After using his ability, he felt more at ease, having already released half of his worries.
He recognized this type of stone; it was called Inner Heat Stone. It was made up of a substance that could corrode warm-blooded life forms or various liquids. This also explained why it was so smooth and devoid of any vegetation; upon closer inspection, there was a small vacuum zone where it met the ground, as vegetation learned to avoid harm.