Easily Taking Two Soul Beasts

This was it.

Xiao Yun did not slow down. The Flying Sword dove straight toward the flock of cranes.

The Ice Crystal Cranes sensed the danger.

The sixty-thousand-year-old male crane let out a sharp cry, and the flock instantly stirred into chaos.

They beat their wings desperately, trying to take off, but Ice Crystal Cranes needed a running start to launch. They needed space. They needed time.

Xiao Yun gave them none.

He raised his hand, and hundreds of strands of Cyan Sword Intent appeared out of thin air around him, like hundreds of nimble swallows, shooting toward the flock. The sword intent precisely avoided the lower-level Ice Crystal Cranes and all converged on the target male crane.

The male crane struggled desperately, wings beating as ice and snow surged around it. Ice Cones shot from its body one after another, trying to block the Cyan Sword Intent. But the sword intent was too fast, and there was too much of it. The Ice Cones could not stop it at all.

The first strand of sword intent struck its left wing. The male crane let out a miserable cry, its left wing drooping limply as the feathers were torn apart by the sword qi and blood sprayed. The second strand struck its right leg. Its body lurched sharply, nearly toppling over. The third, the fourth, the fifth... the sword intent poured down like a storm, leaving deep wounds all over the male crane's body.

The male crane finally could not hold on. Its legs went weak, and it knelt in the snow, wings hanging limply at its sides as blood stained the surrounding snow red. It was still struggling, still trying to stand, but its injuries were too severe. It could not get up at all.

The flock scattered and