No Way Out  

Not every being with the potential to reach the 10th stage could necessarily reach level 99 or attempt to break through to level 100. Many suffer from variables that could trap them in the beginning or middle of such a stage, so they might never reach the peak of their potential.

This was the case with the race of the strongest snakes that had attacked Minos' group that day.

Such a race was supposed to be only slightly stronger than the Mcbride family from the Flowers Kingdom. Still, Minos had estimated by overestimating the strength of this tribe just so that his group would understand the real risks they could face.

"How did you..."

As one of them was about to ask how he could know that, half of them suddenly sensed something and looked up at the top of one of the trees in the area, where a white-haired man was looking down at them with a frightened expression.

"Huh?"

"That's..."

"A Nine-Tailed Fox!"