"Screech!"
A small flying creature rode the gale and dove from above at the group below. It was one of the stragglers left behind by the other Small Animals, which had already flown farther back with the wind. Only this one remained here.
Without the lure of blood, it caught the scent of the people walking through the valley and swooped down with the gale. Its target was a walking member of the Ouyang Family, who had no idea an animal was flying toward him.
Chen Mo frowned. He had only swept the area with his Spiritual Sense, keeping its range above and below broad but its forward and backward reach short to avoid being discovered. This stray had seized that opening.
Although these were members of the Ouyang Family, members of the Great Elder faction whom Ruo Xi and the others did not care about, it would not be good if someone died here and became the first person in the expedition team to die.
In an instant, Chen Mo flicked his finger, sending a tiny pebble shooting diagonally upward.
With a smack, it shattered the little flying creature, turning it into bloody fragments amid the gale. Before the scraps could even fall, the wind blew them away.
Ah! I did another good deed. I really am a good person! Chen Mo thought to himself.
Unfortunately, no one else saw or heard any of it. The gale howled around them, suppressing every sound. Other than Chen Mo, everyone could hear nothing but the roaring wind.
And shrouded in darkness, no one could possibly see the tiny Flying Small Animal caught in the gale.
At that moment, the Qian Family and Ma Family had all safely passed through the valley and were resting in an open area. The Zhou Family