Chapter 55: Wind-Sweeping Breath-Severing Slash!
The Myriad Calamity Centipede's long corpse split the mountaintop battlefield in two. It was so enormous that Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian couldn't see what was happening on the other side.
But they could make a rough guess from the trembling ground and the roars of the Demon Monsters, mingled with their pained cries.
Aunt Wind God Falcon's cries were spirited and excited. Clearly, she had the upper hand in the battle.
Still, the other Demon Monsters sounded full of energy, too. It looked like the fight wouldn't be decided anytime soon. The Myriad Calamity Centipede had died so easily largely because of the advantage birds had over insects.
Birds were the natural enemies of insects.
"Kids, what... exactly is going on?"
Gu Xingzhou asked blankly. He had already prepared himself to die, and never expected the situation to take such a bizarre turn...
Two candidates taking the Martial Exam had somehow gotten mixed up with the Sky Sovereign of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Secret Realm, and they seemed to know her quite well... Could anything be more outrageous?
"Hello, Teacher. I'm Liang Shixian, and he's Ji Ruo. We're both students in Grade 12 Class 4 at Cloud City No. 1 High School. Well, here's what happened..." Liang Shixian said.
He briefly explained the situation to Gu Xingzhou.
The more Gu Xingzhou listened, the more dumbfounded he became.
What did he mean, they'd been hiding among the Tree Demons and fleeing alongside them?
And what was this about Aunt Wind God Falcon catching them after she spotted them grilling meat, then taking them to the Floating Island to work as her cook and nanny?
And then there was the part about Ji Ruo having an extraordinary talent for languages, which had earned them Aunt