Jared could only smile helplessly before he decided to chase after her.
The two of them each held onto a bit of mystery, which wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. After all, they had just met, so it wasn’t possible to reveal everything about themselves just yet.
Moreover, Catalina seemed to be of no ordinary standing, and she was certainly not the type to reveal her identity so easily.
While riding the birds, the two picked up much speed, leaving everyone else far behind them.
“Look! What’s that?”
Suddenly, Catalina pointed ahead..
In a hurry, Jared followed the direction of her finger. Not far off, a massive black vortex had descended from the sky. Dark clouds gathered densely above it, with lightning continuously striking down, only to disappear into the vortex.
“There’s definitely some kind of creature inside that vortex. That looks like lightning tribulation.”
Even though Jared couldn’t detect it through his spiritual sense, the lightning didn’t seem ordinary from a distance. It seemed more like tribulation.
After all, lightning tribulation didn’t discriminate based on location. Even if one was in a secret
realm, such an event could occur as long as a person or a demon beast was undergoing tribulation.
Hence, it was normal for a lightning tribulation to happen in the Celestial Battlefield.
“Lightning tribulation? Is there someone undergoing tribulation?”
Catalina’s face was filled with astoundment.
“It shouldn’t be a human being, given how the lightning vanishes as soon as it strikes. It’s a little odd.”
Jared creased his brows as his expression turned grave.
“Could it be some kind of demon beast, then?” Catalina frowned too. “Master never mentioned anything about this place having…”
Suddenly, the woman realized she had let something slip and promptly shut her mouth.
Jared turned to her. “What did you just say? Something about a master?”
“No, not at all. I was just saying how great it would be if my master were here. Even in the face of formidable beasts, there would be nothing to fear.”
Catalina hastily corrected herself.
Jared shot her a glance. He knew this young lady was definitely hiding something, but he didn’t want to pry further.
At that moment, what mattered more was to find out what exactly lay within the heart of that black vortex.
He had planned to get closer to the vortex using the ivory bird. Alas, the creature trembled all over, clearly too terrified to approach. In the end, it landed directly on the ground.
“Let’s just go around it. Our powers are suppressed. If that thing turns out to be a demon beast, we won’t be able to deal with it,” Catalina suggested upon seeing how Jared was actually trying to get closer.
“Are you scared?” The man glanced at her.
“I’m not scared at all…” Catalina quickly put on a fearless facade when she saw the look on his face.
“In that case, why don’t we take a closer look? Who knows, there might be some magical items hidden inside that vortex.”
With that, he headed straight for the black vortex.
Catalina glanced at the rune in her palm and clutched her life-saving token before gritting her teeth and following along.
Just as the two went closer, an unexpected surge of immense power struck, abruptly sending both of them flying backward,
Following that, a figure gradually emerged from the black vortex, with an aura of terrifying lightning power radiating around him.
It was only then Jared and the others recognized it to be a demon beast.
The beast emerged from the vortex, hopping on a single foot. It held two thunder hammers in its hands, and bursts of lightning erupted as the hammers clashed.
“The lightning beast? Could this actually be the legendary lightning beast?”
Catalina couldn’t help but cry out in shock upon laying eyes on the bizarre creature.
“D*mned humans, disrupting my cultivation!” the lightning beast roared as it steadily advanced toward Jared and Catalina.
The surrounding lightning had now trapped them.
