“Puny human!” The moment Xiang Ning wrapped his mind around the Kaiser Aurumsaur’s beast core, he felt like his brain had been struck by a heavy hammer. He was completely caught by surprise, losing focus and his hold on the beast core.

 “Xiang Ning, are you alright?!” Alia looked at him, puzzled. The beast core had made some very strange sounds, but that shouldn’t have been enough to startle him this much.

 He was panting heavily. “I think I heard someone talking. Didn’t you hear it?”

 “The beast core made some sounds, but no one was talking,” she said in confusion.

 Xiang Ning’s brows furrowed...