Bai Tong suddenly spoke:
"He's the Three-tailed Red Squirrel that made a deal with Fairy Ranxi."
After hearing this, Yunxi communicated with the Immortal Spirit, then sent a thread of pure wood-element Immortal Yuan Force into the Three-tailed Red Squirrel's body, temporarily stabilizing its worsening injuries.
Yet during the process, a familiar aura latched onto her Immortal Yuan Force. Yunxi swiftly cut off that stream of power and said with a frown:
"The one who injured him was an Evil Immortal."
Yuan Wu and Yuan Liu were somewhat startled. They had not expected an Evil Immortal to appear in the Mengxia Mountain Range. They swiftly surrounded Yunxi and the Three-tailed Red Squirrel, watching their surroundings vigilantly.
Just then, the Red Squirrel opened its eyes. The instant it saw Yunxi, it seemed dazed. After two breaths, it came to its senses. Its eyes slowly shifted toward the Six-Armed Apes nearby before it finally spoke:
"Please save—"
Before it could finish, its eyes changed from black to red. Its body shot up, becoming a streak of red light as it attacked Yunxi first.
Yunxi shifted slightly and flicked out Ziyan. Purple flames instantly coiled around the Three-tailed Red Squirrel, while several red steel needles it fired collided with the Cold Frost Profound Ice Needles. The change had come too swiftly; Yuan Wu and Yuan Liu simultaneously raised defensive barriers, shielding Bai Tong within them.
Fortunately, the Three-tailed Red Squirrel's target had been Yunxi, giving the Six-Armed Apes ample time to react.
As the Three-tailed Red Squirrel was scorched by Ziyan, it briefly regained its senses. Yunxi immediately pressed:
"Who attacked your clan's territory?"
"The human race."
"What did they do?"
"They used something strange to trap us within our territory. As time passed, all the weaker members of our clan died. Old