A Demon Beast was still pursuing them relentlessly, liable to spring out of the void at any moment. Although Big Black Fish was still far below a Demon Beast in rank, he possessed an exceptional gift for spatial abilities that surpassed even the spatial Grand Mages of Imperial Capital Academy. So despite their pursuer being a Demon Beast, as long as Big Black Fish could withstand its oppressive aura and keep his nerve, they would definitely make it out of the Lost Forest.
That was what Big Black Fish thought, and Ye Chuqi agreed.
But neither Ye Chuqi nor Big Black Fish had expected to be attacked the instant they left the Lost Forest, much less by an all-out strike far beyond his ability to withstand. In desperation, Big Black Fish used his enormous body to take the barrage of magic and fighting spirit head-on. Without so much as a grunt, he spat out Ye Chuqi and her two companions, then slipped straight into her space, buried himself deep in the mud of the little pool, and lay motionless.
Abruptly spat out by Big Black Fish, Ye Chuqi was still utterly bewildered. Before she could even make out her surroundings, the raging sea of fire gave her a fright.
Seeing the humans suddenly appear, the attackers probably realized they had struck the wrong target. The Demon Beast that had appeared out of nowhere must have been someone's Beast Companion, but its arrival had been so uncanny that they had instinctively attacked.
There was no taking back the fighting spirit and magic they had already unleashed. Even if a Water Mage intervened, extinguishing a Fire Mage's sea of flames would not be easy when they were evenly matched.
Ye Chuqi felt the suffocating flames almost engulf her as dense fire elements