She quickly rolled over and saw a colossal beast, its shoulders more than thirty feet high, slowly emerging from the bushes. It was a Windcloud Leopard, silver-gray all over, its eyes like lightning, faint wind-aspected demonic aura swirling around its body.
"A Black Tortoise Realm Windcloud Leopard."
Xie Qingxuan's heart tightened, and her face instantly turned deathly pale.
With her current strength, she had almost no chance of winning against a demonic beast of this level.
A second wind blade came flying toward her. Xie Qingxuan rolled across the ground and barely avoided it.
The wind blade struck the tree trunk behind her, and the thick tree snapped in response.
"I can't run back to the cave."
She gritted her teeth and forced herself to calm down.
"Gu Sheng is still inside recovering. If I lead it over there..."
At that thought, Xie Qingxuan endured the searing pain in her back and forced herself to stand.
She had to kill this demonic beast here—or be killed by it.
The Windcloud Leopard seemed to see through her fear. A low growl rumbled from its throat as it slowly closed in.
With every step it took, the surrounding air twisted faintly, displaying its exquisite control over wind-aspected demonic aura.
"Roar!"
The Windcloud Leopard suddenly opened its mouth, firing three wind blades at Xie Qingxuan in a triangular formation.
Xie Qingxuan dodged in haste, but one of them still grazed her shoulder, instantly tearing her flesh apart.
The agonizing pain made her vision go black, and she nearly lost her footing.
"Too weak."
She thought despairingly.
"My actual combat experience is far too limited. Against a demonic beast of this level, I have no ability to fight back at all."
The Windcloud Leopard gave her no chance to catch her breath. Several more