With a single slash, she left the magic beast that had come looking for trouble half crippled.
Yet in the end, it still dragged its wounded body away. As though it could feel no pain, its speed did not diminish in the slightest.
Yun Huanling raised an eyebrow from beside her. "Has this magic beast developed a mind of its own?"
Su Jiu wiped her sword, her eyes dark with thought. Even Yun Huanling had noticed something wrong with this magic beast, so naturally, she had noticed it too.
Ever since they had finished regulating their breathing and resumed their journey, no magic beasts had attacked them. It was as though the creatures knew they were not to be provoked, barely even appearing within their sight.
But would magic beasts really take such things into consideration?
What was more, she thought she had seen something resembling "terror" in that magic beast's red eyes just now.
Could a magic beast have such a complicated expression in its eyes?
Like the few magic beasts she had fought earlier, this one was clearly abnormal too...
Along the rest of the way, several more magic beasts ambushed Su Jiu. Some were driven away, while others met an unfortunate end beneath her sword.
Su Jiu's brows gradually knitted together. "Do any records of magic beasts' habits say they like ambushing people?"
Yun Huanling shook his head. "Absolutely not. They're bloodthirsty, brutal, and devoid of reason. They don't even know how to conceal themselves. How could they think of something as difficult as an ambush?"
Su Jiu's gaze flickered. "Exactly. The records say magic beasts have no reason, but do you think the ones we've encountered really lack it?"
As Su Jiu spoke, another magic beast dropped down in front of her.
Just as she was