Guardian

After dealing with the Ironstone Ape King, Bai Yu paid no heed to Zhang Baidao's little maneuver and led the team straight toward Luo City.

As the group pressed onward, an unbroken trail of blood appeared through the endless mountain range. Even the air was thick with the stench of blood. Black Charcoal, cradled in Bai Yu's hand, had shrunk itself down, yet a gentle Buddhist radiance shone from its body.

Qing Ying, guarding at his side, was even more like a perfect killing machine. The demonic beasts in the mountains had become their greatest nourishment.

Bai Yu's actions made the twelve accompanying men draw sharp breaths. Even knowing that Bai Yu was a demonic cultivator, such ruthless extermination still stirred an inexplicable fear within them.

It was not because of Bai Yu's cultivation, but because his own foundations were simply too terrifying. Even if all twelve of them joined forces, taking down Qing Ying would likely be exceedingly difficult.

They traveled in silence. When they emerged from the dense forest, Bai Yu looked ahead and saw densely packed clusters of buildings sprawled across the boundless plain.

Those building clusters were encircled by thick city walls, and their scale appeared extraordinarily vast.

At the sight of the distant buildings, the dead soldiers finally let out a breath of relief. Just as they were about to remind Bai Yu, dust suddenly filled the skies before them.

Within the dust, a team was rapidly charging toward them.

Bai Yu looked up. The demonic beasts the team rode were enormous snow-white elephants. Each one resembled a small mountain on the move, with skin like jade and two curved ram's horns growing from its head.

Jade Giant Elephants?

He had never expected demonic beasts that existed only in strange tales and novels to appear