A flicker of surprise passed through the black fox's eyes. The other party had repeatedly shown no reaction before, which had somewhat lulled it into complacency. Then this sudden move nearly caught it completely off guard.
But it reacted quickly. Its agile body flashed, vanishing like a wisp of black smoke as it sprang behind another tree.
Niu Youdao missed and immediately waved a hand, striking with a palm through the air. The trunk of the shielding tree exploded in the middle, and the great tree toppled over.
Amid the exploding wood chips, the fox's shadow darted away at high speed, racing over the fallen trunk and shooting into the night above the forest.
Niu Youdao, flying after it, tapped the fallen trunk with the tip of his foot and shot onward. Unlike the Demon Fox, whose small body could weave through the wildly swaying branches of the collapsing tree, Niu Youdao struck out with another palm through the air. With a boom, branches and leaves flew everywhere. He burst from the swirling foliage and swept toward the night sky above the treetops.
In the blink of an eye, one fled and one pursued, both so swift they dazzled the eye.
Qin Guan and Ke Dingjie stood dumbfounded. Hadn't Elder Niu said he did not want to offend the Demon Foxes? This sudden attack took them utterly by surprise.
In any case, Niu Youdao's constant reversals left the two of them utterly at a loss. Qin Guan turned back and asked, "Should we help chase it down and kill it?"
Ke Dingjie sighed. "Didn't he tell us to wait here after assigning us our task?"
The two looked at the bloody scene on the ground, feeling lost and hollow. Only now did they seem to understand what Niu Youdao had