Xu Mingxuan led a party away with Xu Mingshu.
They first went to the Jade-Cold Pool to meet Wu Tao and Shen Qingyi, then followed Third to where the demon beast was.
Only upon seeing it did they discover that it resembled a lizard, over thirty feet long, with thick limbs that held its body taller than a man as it crawled. Dark green scales covered its entire body, and three black horns crowned its head.
The middle horn was long, the two flanking it short.
Its yellow-green slit pupils burned like cold flames. Its chilling stare seemed capable of stealing souls.
Jagged teeth interlocked, gleaming coldly, as though they could shatter gold, sever jade, and chew iron into pulp.
"It feels a little stronger than Little White, probably a demon beast at the third or fourth layer of Qi Refining."
The White Tiger's aptitude was somewhat lacking, after all. He had only reached the second layer of Qi Refining, whereas the three Azurefire Eagle brothers, born barely half a year ago, were already at the middle-to-late stage of the first layer of Qi Refining.
Wu Tao was at the peak of the first layer of Qi Refining. Armed with a small, jet-black shield bearing a beast's head, he handled defense.
Shen Qingyi, at the second layer of Qi Refining, had refined the Crimson Flying Sword and handled offense.
Of the siblings Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu, one was at the peak of late Xiantian and the other at Xiantian perfection. Their close-combat prowess surpassed everyone else present.
With such a lineup, hunting a demon beast at the third or fourth layer of Qi Refining was naturally no difficult task.
Their movements were measured, their advances and retreats orderly.
Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu led the attack, while Shen Qingyi