Several hours later, in a place of rolling hills somewhere on Penglai Mountain, it was utterly quiet as far as the eye could see. Aside from wild grass and trees, there was not the slightest sound within a hundred li.
But a moment later, a speck of light suddenly appeared on the distant horizon.
At first it was still far away, but its speed was shocking. With just a few flickers, it had already arrived before him.
A streak of azure Startling Rainbow entered his sight.
In the space of a few breaths, that azure rainbow had already flown to the air above the hills. After circling briefly, the azure light withdrew, revealing an ordinary-looking youth.
It was none other than Lin Xuan!
Yet at this moment, his face was full of exhaustion. His azure robe was dotted with bloodstains, and even the sleeve on his left arm had been torn away in a strip, making him look rather bedraggled indeed.
Thinking back on what he had just experienced, Lin Xuan still felt a lingering fear in his heart.
His earlier estimate had still been far too conservative. The demonic creatures in that raging Beast Tide did not number in the millions, but in the tens of millions. What was especially terrifying was that, aside from ordinary members of the Demon Race, there were actually some Ancient Beasts mixed in among them.
Even with Lin Xuan's abilities, he had met danger several times in succession.
Once, he had even been struck head-on by a monster shaped like a Mammoth Giant Elephant. If not for the Green Flame Qilin Armor he wore close to his body, and if he, as a Demon Cultivator, had not been highly proficient in body-tempering arts, with a body whose hardness was no inferior to that