The moment Jacob noticed the killing intent and went on high alert, it brushed against him for less than a moment, then vanished, as if it had never been there.
The next moment, the massive Zodiac Beast turned away immediately, its focus returning to the surrounding void as it continued absorbing energy with increasing intensity, completely ignoring Jacob.
But Jacob didn't relax, nor could he ignore that momentarily killing intent as he thought with many possibilities coming in his mind, 'Did it notice something? That single flicker of killing intent wasn't random, and might be from instinct like recognition of my superiority from those mindless Zodiac Beast or suspicion because I was able to sense Whiteness when even it couldn't…'
Jacob remained perfectly still, his presence reduced to the absolute minimum, his thoughts moving rapidly beneath the surface.
