Hundreds upon thousands of ninth-order exotic beasts filled the darkness, their eyes flashing with bloodthirsty red light.
Their hooves and claws shattered the air, their wings tore through the gale, and they followed tightly behind Ghost Crow, forming a winding black torrent.
Everywhere they passed, even the air seemed tainted with a dense, fishy stench.
Dozens of especially enormous flying exotic beasts charged at the very front.
Some resembled giant eagles, their wingspans stretching hundreds of zhang, their sharp beaks like iron hooks. Every beat of their wings stirred up raging winds.
Some looked like bats, their bodies covered in heavy black armor, their fangs bared as black mist continuously sprayed from their mouths.
Others possessed three heads and six arms, purple lightning coiling around their bodies as they moved so fast they nearly became afterimages.
They clung tightly to Ghost Crow's flight path, rapidly closing the distance. Several exotic beasts had even impatiently begun launching energy attacks.
Purple lightning balls and black venom skimmed past Ghost Crow's wings before crashing into the mountain forests below. In an instant, they blasted out enormous pits, while trees and rocks were reduced to dust amid the thunderous explosions.
Su Fan's expression did not change. When an undulating stretch of mountain forest appeared ahead, a glint flashed through his eyes, and he immediately patted Ghost Crow's neck.
"Land..."
Ghost Crow understood at once. Its wings abruptly folded, and it dove toward a slightly level patch of ground among the forests like a black arrowhead.
When it landed, Ghost Crow's claws touched softly upon the loose leaf litter, making scarcely any sound.
Su Fan leaped down and swept his hand backward. A pale-blue Spiritual light wrapped around Ghost Crow and instantly brought it into the Portable Secret Realm.
Immediately afterward, a transparent halo rose