"What is it? Are those people here to pick you up?" Xiao Yan asked, grabbing Xun'er's slender hand, his expression darkening.
A great rush of wind-breaking sounds suddenly rang out from the northern sky. Soon afterward, more than a dozen tiny black dots appeared, flying straight toward Xun'er.
As the sharp sounds of air being torn apart grew increasingly intense, the black dots rapidly enlarged. Before long, they finally entered visible range.
Those black dots were not people, but more than a dozen enormous jet-black magical beasts. Each had a silver horn over a foot long growing from its head, covered in strange patterns. Faint sounds of wind and thunder seemed to echo from within the horns. Their backs bore exceptionally broad four wings, and as those wings beat, howling gales descended from the sky, pressing even the forest slightly low.
A figure stood atop the back of every Four-Winged Unicorn.
All of them wore purple-black robes. Their faces were expressionless, and their shifting gazes were like sharp blade glints, sending chills through one's entire body.
The ten massive Four-Winged Unicorns flapped their wings and came to a stop above the mountain ravine. Their gazes swept past one person after another before settling on the green-clad girl standing on the grass.
"Hehe, Miss Xun'er, we've finally found you." The leading Four-Winged Unicorn slowly descended. A man standing upon it smiled at Xun'er.
This man was not particularly old, seeming to be around twenty-four or twenty-five. He was exceedingly handsome, enough to rival Lin Xiuya, and he wore purple-black robes.
"I am Ling Quan, newly appointed deputy commander of the Black Legion. By order of the clan leader, I have come to escort you back, Miss!" The man who called himself Ling Quan stood atop the Four-Winged Unicorn and respectfully cupped