Boom!
The enormous Wind Claw swept across the wasteland like a blade drawn from its sheath and plunged into the woods.
In an instant, great swaths of earth were plowed up, trees snapped, and sand and stones flew.
Everything within dozens of yards was reduced to a shambles.
"What happened?"
Ink Fairy and the others paled and asked in alarm.
They had been riding together on Moon Butterfly, the earth-rank spirit creature summoned by Moonlight Fairy, when Fang Qianyuan suddenly turned and attacked ahead of them, his movements flowing in one seamless sequence.
Moonlight Fairy also looked that way, a questioning expression on her face.
"Nothing. Just a few skulking rats. Aunt Moon, protect the Immortal Maidens. Leave this to me," Fang Qianyuan called to them. The White Wolf beneath him rose on the wind and pounced with astonishing force.
Rumble!
Another violent roar erupted. A large stretch of the woods in the wilderness was destroyed, and three dark figures finally leaped out, looking somewhat bedraggled.
"Ah!"
Ink Fairy cried out.
Silver Fairy and Feather Fairy also stiffened slightly, then revealed expressions of disgust.
They were three misshapen monsters, half human and half demon, with something of fiends about them. One was several yards long and crawled along the ground like a great snake, yet the upper part of his body was unmistakably humanoid.
He supported himself on two arms, a forked tongue flicking from his narrow face from time to time. Several pairs of long horns grew from his forehead, like those of a flood dragon.
Another had a human head and a horse's body. He held a longbow, with a quiver strapped to his back, and was brushing dust from his body.
The last was an even more deformed and bizarre humanoid insect.
His limbs and torso were