"It was this dense spiritual energy!"
Tang Yuan realized it a beat too late. They had all committed a grave taboo.
After dealing with the two Fierce-Eyed Spider Pythons, they had grown complacent, believing there was no longer any danger.
They had forgotten that such vast, dense spiritual energy was enough to make certain ferocious beasts suppress their territorial instincts and risk approaching.
This Bi Gu Bird was the perfect example!
Watching Miao Qiuyun and Fourth Uncle suspended in the air.
In his panic, Tang Yuan was about to gather all his strength and see if he could leap that high into the sky and drag the Bi Gu Bird down to the ground.
But Lu Feng beside him had already drawn his longbow to its fullest, poised to fire.
Tang Yuan immediately let out a secret sigh of relief.
Yet just as the arrow in Lu Feng's hand left the string, a muffled cry of pain came from high above.
After successfully clinging on, Fourth Uncle borrowed the force to steady himself, leaped above Miao Qiuyun, and severed the spiritual-energy hook rope wrapped around her waist.
But in the next instant, he was injured by a fierce claw strike from the diving Bi Gu Bird.
Because Fourth Uncle had protected Miao Qiuyun, his entire back had been exposed beneath the Bi Gu Bird's talons. His spine was nearly torn open alive.
He could no longer sustain himself in midair and plummeted down along with Miao Qiuyun.
After landing that strike, the Bi Gu Bird moved to pursue them.
Fortunately, Lu Feng's arrow arrived in time, forcibly driving back its attack.
But because the arrow Lu Feng had fired in haste was merely an ordinary Armor Piercing Arrow, without any formation methods within it, the force it displayed was not