Beast Tide

Flying in this area, Shi Feng had expected to encounter demonic beasts. He had been lucky not to run into any for the past half month.

"Screech—"

With its wings damaged, the Golden Flame Eagle seemed enraged. Its high-pitched cry echoed through the sky. It flipped over, folded its wings, and like a golden lightning bolt, it pounced at Shi Feng with the force of thunder!

"Vile creature! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"

Shi Feng gripped his saber horizontally and charged forward instead of retreating. He stomped his foot heavily, leaping into the sky like a bamboo shoot from dry land. His black martial robes flapped wildly in the wind, and the ground around him rippled like water, sending up waves of earth!

At the same time, the saber in Shi Feng's hand grew explosively to over four zhang in the wind. The killing aura on the blade shot out for more than ten zhang. A massive, crimson saber shadow slashed ferociously upwards at the Golden Flame Eagle from below!

"Boom—"

"Screech... Screech!"

An explosion was accompanied by several pained eagle cries.

Golden feathers rained down from the sky. A colossal figure was sent flying backward, tumbling several times in the air before it could barely stabilize itself.

The Golden Flame Eagle was no longer as majestic as before. A blackish-red saber mark extended from its left claw all the way to its neck, nearly a foot deep, almost revealing its internal organs.

The Golden Flame Eagle's left claw was almost severed by this strike. The feathers around the wound were scorched black, losing their former luster.

After stabilizing itself, the Golden Flame Eagle's pale golden eyes showed a very human-like fear. It flapped its wings frantically, flying towards the horizon.

Trying to escape?

Shi Feng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, a sinister grin appearing. He raised his right arm slightly, and the Innate Qi within him surged into his saber like a thousand rivers returning to the sea.

The already enormous saber grew again, reaching nearly ten zhang.

"Die!"

Shi Feng let out a fierce roar, spun, and threw his saber. Rolling waves of energy swept out. The giant blade, like an arrow released from a bow, tore through space and appeared behind the Golden Flame Eagle in the blink of an eye.

"Chii—"

The giant blade instantly pierced the Golden Flame Eagle and, with undiminished momentum, pinned it to a cliff face.

"Screech—"

The Golden Flame Eagle let out a shrill cry, its wings flapping uncontrollably as it tried to break free. However, no matter how it struggled, it was in vain.

As a large amount of blood was lost, the Golden Flame Eagle gradually lost the strength to struggle and finally became still.

Shi Feng recalled his saber. The Golden Flame Eagle's massive body lost its support and plummeted to the bottom of the cliff, stirring up a huge cloud of dust. Only a large patch of dark red bloodstains, with a few golden feathers clinging to it, remained on the cliff face.

Shi Feng coughed twice, swallowing the blood that welled up in his mouth. He had also sustained a serious injury during their brief confrontation.

The Golden Flame Eagle was enormous, and a direct confrontation was not the best strategy. However, it was the quickest way to deal with it. The surroundings were unknown, and staying longer might attract more danger.

After calming the surging blood within his body and his almost boiling Innate Qi, Shi Feng was about to fly up on his saber to search for Shi Lan when he saw her running towards him with the wind at her heels, shouting at him in a panic:

"Run!"

Shi Feng's expression froze. He looked towards the plain dozens of miles behind Shi Lan. A sky-obscuring dust cloud was rising high, and wisps of demonic energy wove into a black demonic cloud, almost covering the entire sky!

"A Beast Tide..."

Shi Feng's heart trembled, and he almost dropped his saber.

At such close proximity to a Beast Tide, there was no chance of survival.

It didn't matter if he died, but what about Shi Lan?

An inexplicable fear seized Shi Feng's heart, making his mind momentarily unable to process.

"What are you standing there for? Run!"

In just a few breaths, Shi Lan had reached Shi Feng. Seeing him standing there dumbfounded, she grabbed his arm and they sprinted away.

After being pulled by Shi Lan for a couple of steps, Shi Feng suddenly reacted. He threw his saber, which transformed into a size of about ten zhang, and pulled Shi Lan onto it.

Shi Feng couldn't be bothered to suppress his injuries. The Innate Qi that had just calmed down surged out again, pouring madly into the saber beneath their feet!

A crimson streak of light shot into the sky. Shi Feng had only one thought: faster! Faster!

"Bang—"

The crimson streak of light seemed to hit an invisible wall and fell from the sky.

"Ugh..."

Shi Feng rolled several times after landing, clutching his chest and vomiting a mouthful of blood. Another massive impact had worsened his already serious internal injuries, adding injury to injury.

Shi Lan shook her slightly dizzy head, got up, and ran to Shi Feng's side, helping him up.

"How are you? How are your injuries?"

Shi Feng shook his head, his eyes filled with despair.

The vast demonic cloud rapidly approached. When it reached about a mile in front of Shi Lan and Shi Feng, it stopped.

The sky-obscuring dust slowly dispersed, revealing ferocious giant beasts.

"Thundercloud Tiger..."

"Berserk Blood Lion..."

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