As the golden light filling the sky faded, the Golden Crow Demon Lizard was nowhere to be seen across the surrounding wilds.
Chu Youwei and Lin Xiaowan both let out a breath of relief.
Chu Youren, however, glared at the guards with a livid face and shouted anxiously, "Why aren't you chasing it? The Chu Family has raised you all these years, and you can't even kill a single beast!"
Chu Youwei stopped him. "Don't chase it. It has suffered grave injuries; it won't threaten us again anytime soon."
Lin Xiaowan added, "This should be enough. Don't drive it to extinction."
"Womanly mercy!" Chu Youren rebuked unhappily. Considering the Golden Crow Demon Lizard's value and coveting its Inner Core, he still insisted on ordering the guards to pursue and kill it.
Lu Feng finally could not hold back. "If you do not want your remaining three guards to lose their lives as well, abandon that idea!"
Chu Youren was displeased. "Didn't you see that beast is covered in wounds? If we don't kill it now, it will be hard to kill later!"
Lu Feng sneered. "Guess where it will flee to?"
Chu Youren froze. "Whenever soul beasts are injured, most return to their lairs. What do you mean by asking that? Are you trying to find an excuse to stall me?"
Unable to watch her brother make such a fool of himself any longer, Chu Youwei said, "Aside from holding grudges unto death, the Golden Crow Demon Lizard is exceptionally cautious by nature. It usually condenses Natal Poison Pearls within its lair—those were the pearls formed by the soft, gelatinous lumps along its spine after they ruptured during its desperate counterattack just now. Who knows how many years this Golden Crow Demon Lizard has lived here? With the aid of