“Hahahahaha.”
Shiliu felt a little guilty from Xu Yi’s praise.
The teleportation array was hidden with great skill, so much so that Xu Yi, who often studied formations, couldn’t identify it. The four-winged blood horse, which was completely ignorant of formations, wouldn’t have noticed it either.
The reason it discovered it was that when it walked past the central pillar, it was suddenly pushed over by a powerful force, crashing into it. This triggered the hidden mechanism, exposing the teleportation array.
It didn’t know where the force came from, so it could only claim the credit for itself.
Xu Yi marveled around the central pillar, even taking out a blank jade slip to copy the patterns on the pillar, intending to study them later.
“Shall we go now?” Xu Yi asked everyone.
Zhou Cheng glanced at the opulent decorations of the side hall, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Xiong Zhuangzhuang’s gaze. He could only angrily abandon his ulterior motives.
“Alright.”
“Finally, we can leave.”
Xu Yi had everyone place their hands on the central pillar and placed a high-grade spirit stone in the deepest part of a pattern.
With a flash of spiritual light, the few remaining people in the side hall vanished.
The monkey demon and the unfamiliar cultivator hiding in the shadows noticed Xu Yi and the others’ departure. Their hearts rejoiced, and instead of following, they entered two side halls from left and right, their eyes filled with mockery.
They had thought these people would be a threat to them, but they turned out to be foolish. Not only did they not find a way to deal with them, but they also left empty-handed, which was fortunate for them.
Everything here was a rare heavenly treasure, and they wouldn’t let it go.
One person and one demon greedily eyed the treasures in the side halls, extending their demonic claws at the same time.
“Ahhhhhh!!!”
Accompanied by a piercing scream, the doors of the two side halls quickly closed. Dark red blood slowly flowed from the cracks in the doors, with faint traces of minced meat floating on it.
…
“Such dense demonic energy!”
Xu Yi stood on the desolate plain, her expression grave.
“Where have we been teleported? Could it still be in Shenzhou?” Xiong Zhuangzhuang asked.
Xu Yi lowered her head and asked the two demonic beasts, “Shiliu, Mudan, do you know?”
The two demonic beasts shook their heads in unison.
Although they were of the demon race, they grew up in Wan Yao Ridge and had never set foot in Shenzhou.
Xu Yi muttered, “This is going to be a big problem.”
Shenzhou was the territory of the demon race. If they were discovered by the demon race, it would be difficult for them to escape unscathed.
As if to confirm Xu Yi’s words, a sharp and elongated eagle cry echoed above them.
Xu Yi stiffly raised her head and saw a mountain-sized giant eagle with eyes flashing green light swooping down, directly targeting them.
It was a Soul Transformation stage demonic beast!
“Run!”
Xu Yi’s pupils contracted, and she flipped onto Shiliu’s back.
Without Xu Yi’s explicit command, Shiliu flapped its wings and shot away like a red lightning bolt.
Mudan started a moment later, but it was agile and, carrying Lu Zaiye, quickly caught up.
Those left behind were only Xiong Zhuangzhuang and Zhou Cheng.
“Junior Brother Zhou…” Xiong Zhuangzhuang wanted to say something to Zhou Cheng, but was interrupted by a palm strike from the latter. His body was sent reeling back several steps by the immense impact.
“Senior Brother Xiong, this Mountain Giant Eagle is yours to deal with. Junior Brother will leave first!”
Zhou Cheng cast a sinister smile at the astonished Xiong Zhuangzhuang, took out his flying magical treasure, and sped away.
“Zhou Cheng!” Xiong Zhuangzhuang’s eyes were bloodshot, and he let out an enraged roar.
Zhou Cheng’s smirk widened.
Xiong Zhuangzhuang was certainly going to die this time.
“Whoosh—”
The whistling wind approached rapidly, causing Zhou Cheng’s joyful expression to vanish.
No, impossible…
Zhou Cheng swept his divine sense, almost falling off his flying magical treasure.
Why had the Mountain Giant Eagle let go of Xiong Zhuangzhuang and chased after him instead?
As the mountain-sized giant eagle’s body drew closer, Zhou Cheng found it difficult to breathe, and his body involuntarily trembled slightly.
He couldn’t die.
He hadn’t married Yin Li yet, nor become the Sect Master of the Imperial Beast Sect.
He gritted his teeth and flung his spirit beast bag from his waist behind him.
The spirit beast bag opened automatically, and a black python with peculiar patterns emerged.
The black python, unaware of what was happening, was intimidated by the pressure from its natural predator above and its movements momentarily slowed.
When it recovered a moment later and tried to flee, the Mountain Giant Eagle stomped its claw on its head, crushing its skull.
With its prize secured, the Mountain Giant Eagle carried the black python’s corpse away, satisfied.
On the other side, Zhou Cheng, sitting on his flying magical treasure, spat out a large mouthful of blood. His face was pale and his expression was considerably weakened.
The black python was his contracted spirit beast. Their fates were intertwined; when it died, Zhou Cheng also suffered.
Zhou Cheng forcefully wiped the blood from his mouth, his eyes hardening. As long as he was alive, he would find other contracted spirit beasts. The black python’s sacrifice was worth it.
“Zhou Cheng! You die today!”
Just as Zhou Cheng thought he had escaped danger, Xiong Zhuangzhuang’s furious roar erupted behind him. He realized then that his situation was dire.
He had been too careless, revealing his hidden intentions.
Now that Xiong Zhuangzhuang was alive and he himself was severely injured, the situation had drastically reversed.
“Damn it! How could this happen!”
Zhou Cheng nearly vomited blood again, but he forced it back down, frantically channeling spiritual energy into his flying magical treasure.
Faster! Faster! Just a little faster!
Behind him, Xiong Zhuangzhuang, like an enraged earth bear, charged forward, panting heavily.
If he hadn’t learned a technique to conceal his aura from the demon servant inheritance, it would have been him being captured by the Mountain Giant Eagle.
Zhou Cheng!
You will die today!
“They’re fighting.”
Xu Yi had been paying attention to the movements behind them and had seen everything that had happened. Seeing an opportunity for some entertainment, she immediately reached out and patted Shiliu, signaling it to stop.
Mudan also stopped. Lu Zaiye said coldly, “As expected.”
Zhou Cheng harbored ill intentions, and the two of them would eventually clash. He just hadn’t expected it to happen so soon.
Xu Yi asked, “Who do you think will win between them?”
“Xiong Zhuangzhuang.”
“I think so too.”
Xu Yi smiled faintly.
She had already helped Xiong Zhuangzhuang, and now she didn’t mind helping him again.
Lu Zaiye now understood Xu Yi’s thoughts somewhat. In her opinion, the one who survived between these two would be the one who was beneficial to her.
That person could only be Xiong Zhuangzhuang.
Zhou Cheng, who was already full of suppressed resentment, saw the look of a spectator on Xu Yi and Lu Zaiye’s faces. The blockage in his throat finally erupted as a stream of blood.
“Ugh~” Xu Yi frowned in disgust.
“You… you’re going too far!” Zhou Cheng was infuriated!
With the fluctuations in his emotions, his rapidly circulating spiritual power experienced a brief stagnation, and his flying magical treasure plummeted downwards.
Not good!
Zhou Cheng exclaimed inwardly, and sure enough, the next moment, Xiong Zhuangzhuang’s death-knell like voice sounded again.
“Zhou Cheng! Take this punch!”