Many people from Bei Village drew their bows and nocked their arrows, ready to shoot Shi Hao and Shi Lin dead and rescue Bei Feng.
Shi Feijiao and the others were furious. They raised their enormous bows too, ready to return fire and plunge into a full-blown melee.
With a whoosh, Shi Lin grabbed Bei Feng by the collar and lifted him up, holding him in front of himself as a shield against the people of Bei Village and protecting both himself and Shi Hao.
The people of Bei Village immediately dared not act rashly, afraid they might injure Bei Feng again.
"Little brothers, let's talk this out!" the people of Bei Village pleaded.
"Hmph!" The two did not stop. Shi Lin carried Bei Feng, who was a head taller than him, and leaped quickly toward Shi Linhu and the others. Shi Hao followed close behind.
Bei Feng was slender and tall. Carried like this, most of his body dragged along the ground, scraping against thorns and rocks. His hair was disheveled, and compared with the handsome, cold young man he had been before, he was now a sorry mess, as different as heaven and earth.
When they were only a few meters away, Shi Lin suddenly hurled Bei Feng forward. With a thud, he landed right in front of Shi Linhu and the others. He rolled several times and spat out a few mouthfuls of blood, his eyes full of resentment.
"You little brat, weren't you vicious? Go on, act tough now!" Shi Feijiao did not hold back. After speaking, he strode forward and planted a foot on Bei Feng. With a crack, four or five of Bei Feng's ribs broke.
Then several burly men gave Bei Feng a thorough beating, letting off some steam.
"See how cocky you are now!"
"Hey, friends from Stone Village, please go easy on him. Let's talk this out; we can work something out." The people of Bei Village grew anxious. If a youth with such potential was beaten to death, it would be a tremendous loss for their clan.
"There's nothing to work out!" Shi Feijiao said, then stamped down again. With a crack, one of Bei Feng's arms broke, making his face twist in pain, but he did not utter a word.
The people of Bei Village had no choice but to lower their heads and negotiate with the people of Stone Village. Faced with Stone Village's harsh demands, they could only agree in order to save Bei Feng, a rare talent.
"Fine. We'll give you all our prey, withdraw from this stretch of forest, and never cross the boundary again. We'll return your hunting grounds and hand over all our weapons too!" Bei Village's leader said with a dark expression.
The people of Bei Village gave in. Stacks of iron arrows were brought over, along with one huge dragon-horn bow after another and sharp broad swords. Their hearts bled as they handed them over.
A bloody battle had seemed inevitable, yet two children from Stone Village had resolved everything with ease. The people of Bei Village could not make sense of it.
The group returned to Stone Village, laden with spoils.
In the days that followed, Stone Village was peaceful, but the depths of the mountains were not. Beast roars rang out again and again, shaking the peaks until rocks tumbled down.
"Patriarch, that terrifying Suanni deep in the mountains is probably nearing the end of its life. It's been roaring and struggling constantly these past few days."
Someone came to report this to Shi Yunfeng.
"That's a true Primordial Remnant! Even deep in the mountains, it's a great power in its own right. If we could obtain its remains, extract its true blood, and copy the primitive Treasure Runes carved into its bones, it would be like opening a heaven-shaking treasure trove!"
"Even if that Suanni is on its last legs, it's still beyond our ability to deal with. We must not act rashly. Wait patiently." The patriarch's face was grave as he warned them.
In truth, the patriarch had already made his own plans. If the bloodline of the true Primordial Remnant Suanni was pure enough, perhaps its true blood would be just what Little One needed for his five-year-old baptism.
Shi Hao and Shi Lin were practicing runes on a boulder with the three young birds.
"Hum!"
A soft tremor rang out, and a golden moon appeared in his palm, gentle and holy, casting down flecks of clear radiance. Then the golden moon rose and hovered behind his head, making Shi Lin look extraordinary, as if a deity had descended.
The golden moon revolved around him, scattering blazing golden light, indescribably sacred.
He moved both hands and circulated the runes. Starlike glimmers appeared across the golden moon, making it shine brilliantly.
As the runes flew into the golden moon, it gradually grew larger. Its two tips grew finer, its center rounder and fuller, and its curved edge expanded.
Shi Lin pointed his index finger at a boulder more than ten meters thick. The two-meter-long golden moon spun rapidly and shot straight toward it.
"Clang!"
A metallic tremor rang out, as if an ancient sealed treasure had shaken off the dust and emerged once more, resounding with a sharp ring as sacred light gleamed.
The golden moon swept around the boulder. With a crack, dust billowed and streaks of light scattered. When the dust settled, the boulder had been ground to powder.
"Wow, Brother Lin smashed such a huge boulder! That's amazing!"
Little One gaped in astonishment.
"I only had a bit of insight after our last battle, that's all. Little One, you give it a try too," Shi Lin said, neither proud nor impatient.
"Mm-hmm!" Little One, Shi Hao, summoned the runes, and a golden moon circled around him.
"Go!" Shi Hao cried softly.
The golden moon swept around a boulder five or six meters long. With a crack, it sliced through, leaving a smooth, even surface. Its momentum did not falter; it shot onward and cleaved through two more boulders before finally dimming.
"Ah! Last time I only managed to crack one boulder, but now I cut through three! That's amazing!" Little One, Shi Hao, said excitedly.
"Looks like that battle taught both of us a lot," Shi Lin said with a smile.
The villagers nearby praised them too.
Four days passed just like that.
Four days later, a roar that shook heaven and earth made the mountains and ravines tremble. The beasts quaked and dropped to their knees, while the fierce birds fled skyward. Rocks tumbled, trees swayed, and the whole forest shook.
The Suanni had emerged from the depths of the mountains and reached the outer region. Nearing death, it was seeking a place to be buried, and its presence was terrifying.
After a brief discussion, the people of Stone Village decided that the able-bodied young men of the hunting team would go. Shi Lin and Shi Hao went with them; the two had already become Stone Village's strongest fighters.
Before leaving, Shi Hao urged the three young birds to persuade the Green-Scaled Eagle once more to come help them. Searching for the Suanni's body could be dangerous, and with a powerful fierce bird aiding them, things would surely go much more smoothly.
"Let's go! Into the mountains!"
The group set off in a mighty procession, entering the mountains and heading for the Suanni's chosen resting place.
Towering peaks rose one after another, and the forest stretched without end. Some ancient trees were astonishingly thick, their crowns reaching into the sky at heights of more than a thousand meters, even taller than some mountains, blocking out the sun. No one knew how many years some of the vines had grown; several adults could not encircle them with their arms. They wound around the mountains, their gnarled forms like Qiu Dragons.
The people of Stone Village ran at full speed. As they neared the Suanni's place of death, they felt a terrifying pressure that made them uneasy. It was the aura left behind by the death of the king of beasts.
"It's so quiet!" They sensed that something was wrong. The area was far too peaceful, without a sound, like a land of death.
There was not a single bird here, let alone any beasts. Even ants and insects had hidden themselves in their holes, hibernating rather than coming out. The forest was desolate and silent, as still as death.
"Dad, let's stop here first." Shi Lin had a bad feeling.
Little One felt the same. His hair stood on end, and he clenched his small fists. Shi Hao voiced what he was sensing too.
The group hurried back toward the outskirts, avoiding the collapsed stone mountain.
"We'll wait here and watch the show," Shi Lin said.
"What show?" Shi Linhu asked.
"You'll see soon enough." A glint flashed in Shi Lin's eyes.
Figures appeared in the distance. Shouts rose from the forest as three groups arrived from different directions, each from a different village. They all had the same goal: the collapsed stone mountain, where they intended to dig out the Suanni's body.
"Just as expected. We weren't the only clan who learned that this Primordial Remnant Suanni was nearing death. Everyone living near this Great Wilderness has been watching it," Shi Linhu said.
The people nearby had all been watching.
The three groups faced off, and then, unsurprisingly, a conflict broke out. Cries of battle rang through the forest.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, five enormous beasts appeared, each as big as a house, baring their white fangs as they pounced at the group, eager to seize the Suanni's body too.
At the same time, long cries rang out overhead. A violent wind rose, and several fierce birds swooped down, each five or six meters long with wingspans of eleven or twelve meters. They tore six or seven people apart on the spot, blood splattering everywhere.
The bloody scene horrified not only those who witnessed it firsthand, but even the people of Stone Village watching from afar. The fierce birds and beasts had returned. This was a disaster!
"Thank goodness we came back!" Shi Linhu said, still shaken. He realized his back was soaked with cold sweat.
"Roar!"
Sure enough, beast roars rose and fell through the mountains. The fierce beasts and birds that had been driven away by the Suanni earlier had returned. Now they all wanted its body to make themselves stronger. It was not just the forest here; every powerful creature in the distant mountains had come out too. For a time, cries from birds and beasts rang incessantly, and the entire mountain range boiled over.
The beasts ran amok. Some were dozens of meters long, others only a few feet, and in the blink of an eye hundreds had appeared. They were all powerful species; otherwise, they would not dare charge in. Like a surging flood, they rushed forward, howling wildly.
The sky was the same. All kinds of birds wheeled overhead, their iron beaks and sharp claws blotting out the sky as they plunged toward the mountain slopes like mad, feathers and scales swirling through the air.
"Run!"
The people from the three villages abandoned more than forty corpses and all jumped into a river, using the waterway to escape. Otherwise, not one of them would have survived.
The people of Stone Village watched from a distant mountain peak, their faces pale. They had expected fierce beasts to come for the Suanni King's body, but they had never imagined there would be so many.
"Ah!"
Those who had fled into the river, thinking they were safe, suddenly screamed. A giant snake dozens of meters long rolled through the water, opened its bloody maw, and swallowed four or five people in one gulp.
"Crack!"
On the other side, a golden crocodile more than ten meters long surfaced. It opened its enormous mouth, broad as a winnowing basket, and in one bite seized five or six people. Blood flowed from its sharp white teeth and stained the river red.
"It seems the Suanni's body is even more precious than we imagined. Otherwise, why would the beasts and birds fight so desperately?" Shi Feijiao said.
In front of the collapsed stone mountain, hundreds of fierce beasts and birds were attacking in a frenzy, trying to dig through the boulders and unearth the Suanni's Precious Body. They fought among themselves too. The stench of blood filled the air, and roars shook the ears.
"Roar..."
A gale swept across the mountain, and two enormous creatures appeared together. Each was seven or eight meters long, covered in brown fur, built like a tiger, ferocious in appearance, with wings growing from its ribs.
They were terrifying Biaos, and two of them had appeared at once!
Because of their strange appearance, Biaos were rejected by their tigresses and left unfed. They were abandoned and left to fend for themselves, with almost no chance of survival. They either starved to death or were eaten by mountain beasts. But if one happened to survive and grow up, it would terrorize the mountains and forests, devouring all kinds of fierce beasts.
Now two Biaos had appeared together. It was truly astonishing. They were far more vicious than ordinary beasts and difficult to deal with.
Whoosh! A fierce wind swept by as one enormous Biao sprang into action. It swooped down, opened its bloody maw, and prepared to bite the people of Stone Village.
It happened too suddenly. The vicious Biao could fly, and it was seven or eight meters long. Such a savage creature—
Shi Linhu swung his broad sword and charged forward, leading a group of the strongest men against the Fierce Biao. Though this creature had not formed primitive Treasure Runes in its bones, its body was immensely powerful, just as terrifying, and incredibly destructive. When hunting, the villagers usually did everything they could to avoid encountering one.
"Roar!"
The other Biao bellowed and pounced from the opposite side. It swung a claw, cold light flashing as it clanged and sent sparks flying, knocking the broad swords and clubs from the villagers' hands.
"Pfft!"
Two men were a little too slow to dodge. Their bellies were ripped open, and blood flowed everywhere. They suffered unimaginable injuries, and the villagers dragged them to the rear.
"Die!" A flash of light flared in Shi Lin's spirit pupils as he charged forward. Runes shimmered on both his arms like stars lighting up, and specks of radiance gathered between his palms before a golden moon appeared.
The golden moon hovered in midair, solid and vivid, like a divine moon falling from the ninth heaven. Sacred radiance glimmered as it sped toward a Fierce Biao.
"Clang!"
The Fierce Biao swung its winnowing-basket-sized paw, cold light flashing as it struck the golden moon with a metallic clang. The mountain shook beneath them.
The golden moon could split boulders and possessed boundless power, yet the Biao had met it head-on with its claws.
After a brief stalemate, there was a sudden pfft. The Fierce Biao let out a heaven-shaking roar as one of its paws was finally severed. Blood gushed out, staining the ground red.
At the same time, the golden moon continued forward and struck its head with a pfft, splitting it with a deep gash. A terrifying wound spewed blood.
The beast roared, the forest shook, and the Fierce Biao shuddered violently. Its eyes still gleaming with ferocity, it fell with a crash into a pool of blood, unwilling to give in.
This was the Purple Emperor Immortal Eagle clan's Precious Art, a technique with astonishing attack power. With a single strike, Shi Lin had cut down a terrifying Fierce Biao.
"Good work! Lin, give it another strike!" Shi Feijiao shouted.
"Little Hao, the other one's yours!"
"Okay!"
Shi Hao turned and charged at the other Biao. Light flashed again in his palm, and this Precious Art, never passed on to outsiders, once more displayed its fearsome might. The golden moon swept across the seven- or eight-meter giant Biao. Blood sprayed from its neck, and with a turn of silver light, its head was severed and fell to the ground with a thud.
Blood poured from the giant beast like a small river, splashing over many of the villagers.
"What a terrifying Precious Art!"
This Precious Art was truly astonishing.
"Precious Arts are so powerful. They can kill fierce beasts, but they can save people too. If only we could obtain the Suanni's primitive runes," Little One murmured.
A long cry rang out from among the clouds. The Green-Scaled Eagle appeared and swooped down, bringing a gust of wind with it.
Little One and Shi Lin leaped up and waved. Little One shouted, "Auntie Green-Scaled Eagle, carry us up! You're the overlord of the mountain forests' outer region, and we can help too. Let's go fight for the Suanni's Precious Body together!"
The wind howled as the Green-Scaled Eagle dived down, wings spread wide to a length of fifteen or sixteen meters. It was like a dark cloud pressing down, and the shadow it cast was chilling.
Shi Hao sprang five or six meters into the air and landed on the broad eagle's back. He immediately felt how hard it was; each scale was as cold and rigid as refined iron.
Shi Lin followed him up.
"Lin, be careful!" Shi Linhu shouted. He knew there was no stopping the two little fellows, so he could only call out a warning.
"Don't worry!" The Green-Scaled Eagle beat its wings and crossed mountain after mountain in an instant, reaching the mountain slopes. Trees had been flattened, giant trunks snapped, and broken branches and leaves littered the ground.
Roars and cries filled the forest, and blood stained the earth. Huge beasts lay dead, trampled into bloody pulp. The whole place reeked of blood!
The collapsed stone mountain was surrounded by countless terrifying creatures, fighting frenziedly. Blood sprayed dozens of feet into the air as they jostled to dig through the boulders in search of the Suanni's body.
Fierce beasts kept attacking the Green-Scaled Eagle, seeing it as a major threat. Many joined forces against it.
The Green-Scaled Eagle fought at the front, while Shi Hao and Shi Lin guarded its back, fending off attacks from other fierce beasts.
Purple Gold Snakes, Blood Sables, Kui Beasts, silver pangolins, Mountain Cats, descendants of Primordial Demonic Birds, and a host of other fierce beasts had arrived. But the two boys and the eagle defeated them all. In the meantime, a Purple Gold Snake did manage to bite the Green-Scaled Eagle. Black blood trickled from the wound, and it looked seriously poisoned.
Shi Hao decisively killed the Purple Gold Snake with one strike.
"Boom!"
A silver crocodile charged out of the river and arrived at the scene, smashing through a swath of rocks in an instant.
At the same time, seven or eight more powerful creatures appeared, far surpassing ordinary giant beasts. A terrifying standoff took shape.
In the end, as if by some unspoken understanding, they stopped fighting and began rapidly digging through the rocks together, planning to lay eyes on the Suanni's remains before fighting over them.
The Green-Scaled Eagle stopped pursuing its enemies too. It was covered in blood, its green scales flashing coldly; it looked terrifying.
"Auntie Green, are you all right?" Little One asked anxiously. There were hundreds of giant beasts, including several almost as powerful as the Green-Scaled Eagle. Seizing the Suanni's remains would be extremely difficult.
"Auntie Green-Scaled Eagle, put this medicine on!" Shi Lin took a bottle from his pocket. Inside was some powder. The Green-Scaled Eagle hesitated for a moment, then stretched out its injured limb, and Shi Lin sprinkled all the powder onto the wound.
"That's it," Shi Lin said.
"Auntie Green-Scaled Eagle, you'll get better soon!" Shi Hao said.
The Green-Scaled Eagle looked at the two boys. For a moment, the fierce light in its eyes softened.
"Boom!"
The silver crocodile was extremely fierce. It turned over boulder after boulder, until a dazzling golden radiance suddenly burst out, shining between the rocks like a small sun rising.
A leg as thick as a pillar had appeared. It was powerful and muscular, covered in golden fur and dazzling like it had been cast from gold, its radiance blazing as its fierce aura surged to the heavens!
The Precious Body of the Primordial Remnant Suanni had appeared. Primitive runes shimmered across it, dazzlingly bright. Every powerful creature was shaken, their eyes burning with greed as they charged forward.
It was a golden beast's leg, shining brilliantly, thick and powerful like that of a divine beast. Even dead, it exuded a terrifying presence, golden radiance flowing from it and inspiring awe.
At that moment, not only the hundreds of fierce beasts and more than a hundred birds of prey, but even the silver crocodile, Blood Sable, Purple Gold Great Insect, and other rare species involuntarily retreated, cowed by its fierce aura.
In the end, the Green-Scaled Eagle was the first to approach. Several other exotic beasts followed, including one that looked like a Fire Qilin and another somewhat like a hou. They were all overlords of the outer region, though apart from the Green-Scaled Eagle, the others did not belong to this area.
With a rumble, the Green-Scaled Eagle spread its enormous wings, scattering many rocks. Sand and stones flew as most of the Suanni's Precious Body was revealed.
The other fierce beasts did the same, surging forward together and sending rocks shooting through the air, frightening the other beasts and birds into retreat.
A flood of brilliant golden light spilled out. A colossal creature lay there, shaped like a divine lion, with golden dragon horns growing from its head. Golden scales covered its brow, and its entire body gleamed; its fur shone brighter than golden silk.
This was the Suanni, a true Primordial Remnant. Though its noble bloodline was no longer pure and it no longer possessed the heaven-defying power of its Primordial ancestors, it had still reigned supreme in the depths of the mountains.
Its body was not exceptionally large, only six meters long. But a fierce beast's strength was not measured by its size, and this Suanni was the best proof.
Its entire body looked as if it had been cast from gold. Though dead, its imposing presence remained, its fierce aura spreading out as golden light made the whole mountain slope brilliant. Even the leaves turned pale gold.
The aged Suanni was a terrifying creature of supreme strength!
The Green-Scaled Eagle, Leopard Hou, Fire Cloud Qilin, and the other exotic beasts and fierce birds moved at once. They confirmed it was indeed the Suanni's Precious Body and began fighting over it with all their might.
Runes filled the sky in this place, and the ground was slick with blood. The giant beasts fought fiercely, all of them exhausted.
Suddenly, the Green-Scaled Eagle's scales flared outward, then quickly tightened against its body. It seemed to have sensed an immense terror. It dived sharply, skimmed the forest, and fled at Extreme Speed.
At that very moment, Little One's back turned icy cold, as though he had fallen into an ice cellar. Only after the Green-Scaled Eagle flew off at Extreme Speed did the sensation slowly fade.
"What was that?" Little One had never felt such a chill of dread before. Just now, it had been as if his breathing were about to stop, and his little face had gone pale.
"Two Beast Kings are coming!" Shi Lin stayed relatively calm. After all, he knew what was going on.
The Green-Scaled Eagle flew far away before soaring into the sky and slipping into the clouds to conceal itself. From there, it watched the mountainous region.
"Roar..."
A beast's roar shook heaven and earth, making the mountains and valleys tremble. Leaves rustled down in a shower, and the entire world turned cold in an instant. A terrifying aura rampaged like a flood.
In the blink of an eye, the mountain forest went from a clamor to dead silence. Fierce birds and beasts fell silent, trembling from head to toe, and dared not roar again. Even the Blood Sable, Purple Gold Snake, and Fire Cloud Qilin didn't dare move.
A black figure appeared, like a peerless demon king descending upon the world. Its overwhelming ferocity left the mountains and valleys utterly silent!
It was a vicious ape, not especially huge, standing a little over two meters tall. Half a foot of glossy black fur covered its body, gleaming with a menacing light. Astonishingly, it also had a pair of black, fleshy wings and could fly through the sky. It had just descended from above. A pair of thick, sinister black horns sprouted from its head as well.
"Demon Ape!" Shi Hao and Shi Lin cried in unison. They exchanged a glance.
The Demon Ape was so powerful that its mere appearance had cowed the myriad beasts. Its cold gaze swept over them, and not one dared resist. Black mist curled around it, and a murderous aura rolled off it, as if it had slain thousands upon thousands of powerful creatures. "It's a king who rules supreme in the depths of the mountain range. It's probably not much weaker than Suanni."
The Demon Ape casually grabbed an Eagle Bear, cracked open its skull, and began to munch loudly, enjoying its meal as though no one else were around.
Thud!
The Demon Ape had eaten only a few bites when it pushed off the ground and leaped into the air, landing in front of Suanni. Behind it, the ten-meter-long ferocious beast—the Eagle Bear—crashed to the ground.
The Demon Ape was savage indeed!
Moo...
Suddenly, a Reckless Bull bellowed. A terrifying blaze surged through the distant forest: a scarlet giant bull, more than ten meters tall and thirty meters long, with flames beneath all four hooves.
Its entire body was bathed in fire. Its hide shimmered scarlet like satin.
"Could that be the Li Fire Bull Demon Grandpa Chieftain told us about?!" Little One's eyes widened in astonishment.
The chieftain, Shi Yunfeng, was now very old. But when he was still little, he had heard the elders of his time speak of a fire bull deep in the mountain range, whose divine might shook the Great Wilderness. And now it was still alive.
With a whoosh, the Demon Ape spread its wings and shot into the sky, facing off against the Li Fire Bull Demon. Their overwhelming ferocity burst forth between them, sweeping through the entire forest like a hurricane.
Roar...
Moo...
With two mighty roars, they charged at each other at once, meeting in a bloody clash. In an instant, the earth shook and mountains swayed, ancient trees shattered, and boulders flew in every direction.
Suddenly, golden light blazed, its radiance spreading until the entire forest glittered. Trees and rocks alike took on a pale gold hue. No one could have imagined that Suanni would spring into the air, its fearsome might soaring to the heavens!
Roar...
It sounded like thunder crashing from the Ninth Heaven, shaking the mountains. As swift as a streak of golden lightning, it pounced on the two Beast Kings who ruled supreme in their respective territories.
Splurt!
It was too fast, too sudden—impossible to guard against. Golden light flashed past. Though the Demon Ape reacted with lightning speed, one of its arms was still torn off, and blood sprayed dozens of feet into the air.
Crack!
At the same time, Suanni struck the Li Fire Bull Demon, whose body blazed with flames, with one claw. One of its enormous horns, several meters long, was snapped off along with a large chunk of flesh, and crashed to the ground.
The sight stunned every vicious beast and fierce bird. They all collapsed on the spot, trembling uncontrollably.
In the clouds, the Green-Scaled Eagle shuddered, its heart gripped by fear. Suanni hadn't died! And just moments ago, they had been fighting over its corpse. How terrifying was that?!
"Eeya, how did it come back to life?" Little One scratched his head, baffled.
Just as expected, Shi Lin thought.
Roar...
A roar that shook heaven and earth rose from the forest. The Demon Ape bellowed in fury. Having an arm torn off while still alive drove it mad with pain, and blood gushed from the wound.
Attacking with one arm, it swung a fist at the golden beast whose light soared into the sky. Suanni showed no sign of age at all. It flashed away, reappearing a hundred meters off in an instant.
Boom! The Demon Ape's punch smashed the remaining half of Stone Mountain to pieces, its divine might shaking the forest. After missing, it didn't linger. One leap carried it two hundred meters into the air, and it was about to spread its wings and flee.
Though enraged, it knew it was no match for the old Suanni.
Suanni's golden pupils were ice-cold. Clouds and mist surged around its body like a tsunami, and golden lightning flashed forth, striking the Demon Ape in the back with a crack.
Awooo!
The Demon Ape roared and shuddered all over. Blood sprayed a dozen feet into the air. Just as before, it had suffered a crushing blow from the Suanni clan's fearsome precious art. A gaping hole pierced its chest and back.
The mighty Demon Ape plunged to the ground. It opened its bloody maw, baring snow-white fangs. Attacking with its single arm, it sent runes flickering across its body, preparing to unleash a powerful precious art.
On the other side, the Li Fire Bull Demon's body blazed scarlet, its hide shimmering like satin. It was going berserk too, runes flashing across its body. It had no desire to truly fight Suanni to the death and wanted to break through and escape. It chose to flee at once.
But Suanni was terrifyingly powerful. Two beams of light shot from the depths of its golden pupils, accompanied by the rumble of thunder. They struck the Li Fire Bull Demon, scattering its runes and leaving terrible gashes across its body.
Moo...
The thirty-meter-long scarlet bull demon roared in fury, flames surging around it. Li Fire burned fiercely as it rose onto its hind legs and opened its enormous mouth, spewing blazing rays of light. The stone peak melted into lava, which swept in every direction.
No one knew how many fierce birds and beasts were reduced to ash by that strike. They didn't even have time to scream.
Suanni roared, golden light blazing even more fiercely across its body. The radiance was dazzling, turning the entire mountainous region into a golden sea. Clouds and mist surged, blocking the Li Fire.
In the distant clouds, Little One murmured, "Suanni was faking its death to get rid of its enemies. It deliberately lured the Demon Ape and the Li Fire Bull Demon here. As expected of a wise race—it's smarter than a lot of people."
The Demon Ape roared, Li Fire blazed, and clouds, mist, and lightning intertwined. The whole area boiled with chaos as three Primordial Remnants fought, their roars shaking heaven and earth and sending shock waves through the Great Wilderness.
Mysterious patterns interwove over Suanni, the Li Fire Bull Demon, and the Ape King, densely packed and blazing like electric snakes dancing through the air. Their mighty strength stirred the winds and gathered the clouds. A precious art was about to be unleashed!
Boom!
A series of deafening crashes rang out, like immortal thunderbolts falling from the Ninth Heaven. Radiance shot into the sky, clouds and mist billowed, and lightning and fire intertwined. Suanni, the Demon Ape, and the Li Fire Bull Demon clashed head-on. The mountains cracked apart, as though the end of the world had arrived.
Splurt! The Demon Ape was hurled through the air, tumbling out of the golden divine radiance that filled the mountains. It was covered in blood, and no one knew how many bones it had broken, but at last it escaped the reach of Suanni's clouds and mist.
Thud! It kicked off the ground, splitting the earth beneath its foot. Its demonic wings spread, stirring up a hurricane, and it raced toward the depths of the mountain range amid billowing black mist.
The Demon Ape had not only lost an arm; its internal organs were shattered, and who knew how many bones were broken. It needed to find a quiet place to hide and recover at once. Otherwise, if several of its old enemies found it, it would be doomed.
Moo...
The Li Fire Bull Demon bellowed, its muffled roar shaking the mountains. It was covered in blood, but managed to struggle free. Flames reddened the sky as it smashed through a mountain peak and fled toward the depths of the range, running across the lava.
Only Suanni remained. Its golden fur shimmered brilliantly as it raised its head and let out a long roar. The blast swept through like a tornado, uprooting grass and brambles, snapping giant trees, and sending rocks tumbling. Everything was thrown into chaos.
Suanni's cold gaze swept over the powerful creatures that had survived. It let out a low growl, and only then were they granted a reprieve. Whimpering, they fled in every direction, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Then light burst from Suanni's body. Its entire body cracked apart, and with a rumble, it collapsed onto the mountainside.
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