Screech!
The piercing sound of claws scraping metal rang out abruptly, and the little companions who had been playing together all shut their eyes in terror.
Even the black-haired little girl, Chi Ling'er, helplessly closed her eyes the instant the crimson giant fox transformed from the red-haired fox boy pounced at her.
And after revealing his true form, with the crimson giant fox's speed and agility, there was no way Chi Ling'er could evade him.
The only thing she could do was close her eyes and wait for that moment to arrive.
Yet the imagined searing pain never came.
Instead, the helpless, mournful cry of Tu Yan, the red-haired little boy, rang out.
Curious, Chi Ling'er opened her eyes and saw Ye Zhen, dressed in green, standing before her like a mountain.
Tu Yan, the red-haired fox boy, was being held aloft by Ye Zhen by the scalp, wailing helplessly in midair.
After recovering from his initial panic, Tu Yan glared at Ye Zhen and roared furiously, "Let me go!"
But in the very next instant, beneath Ye Zhen's gaze, Tu Yan began to tremble in terror.
What kind of existence was Ye Zhen? He had crawled out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood countless times. The murderous aura on him had long seeped into his very bones.
Even without deliberately stirring his killing intent, if Ye Zhen merely looked normally at a low-cultivation martial artist, he could frighten that person limp.
Let alone when he was staring at a fox child.
"Help!"
"Mother, help!"
An indescribable terror made Tu Yan shriek sharply. In an instant, his cries spread in every direction, echoing throughout all of Xuanjia Hill.
Seeing Tu Yan like this, Ye Zhen froze for a moment, then gave a bitter smile. He deliberately softened his