After breaking through layer upon layer of obstruction and flying above Lin Yan, Kunpeng dove down and arrived at Lin Yan's side.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, get on!" Kunpeng shouted to Lin Yan from midair. He had already sensed several auras around him far surpassing his own cultivation, all firmly locked onto him. The only option now was to risk everything and use his speed advantage to flee this Death Land as quickly as possible. Only then would they have a sliver of hope of survival.
But before he could pick up Lin Yan, the One-Eyed Cold Fierce Beast, which had long noticed Kunpeng's arrival, burst with blood light from its vertical pupil. The Profound Nether Cold Qi around its body instantly condensed into countless incomparably sharp ice spears, dense enough to blanket the sky as they shot toward Kunpeng. At the same time, its giant claw, containing the Freezing Law, rose once more and slammed viciously toward Kunpeng with the force to shatter mountains and split peaks.
"Fellow daoist Kunpeng!" Lin Yan cried out sharply, his eyes nearly splitting with rage. He wanted to stop it, but it was already too late.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss—!"
The dense ice spears struck Kunpeng's Body Protection Divine Light, unleashing an endless series of cracking sounds. Kunpeng's protective light shook violently but did not immediately shatter. Yet the giant claw that followed struck his massive avian body squarely.
Kunpeng let out an agonized cry. His enormous, majestic body seemed to have been struck by a falling meteor, abruptly losing balance as he spun and crashed diagonally from the sky.
His left wing twisted at an unnatural angle, clearly broken. The splendid plumage covering his body was charred and torn in many places, and his aura had weakened to the extreme. When his body slammed