Unlike low-rank magic beasts such as demon crows, which only charged about mindlessly, cloudborn beasts possessed their own racial innate arts, as well as unique weapons for attacking, such as the sharp feathers on their wings, hard as steel...
Apart from its wings, its body bore some resemblance to ordinary lions and tigers, though it had a tiger's head and a lion's body. Its two enormous fangs were particularly prominent, making its overall appearance exceptionally ferocious.
Though the fangs were hardly elegant, they counted among its weapons. They were simply far less useful than the feathers on its wings.
Every time a cloudborn beast flapped its wings, a row of black feathers appeared around Su Jiu like hidden weapons.
Watching the black feathers streak past her, Su Jiu did not know what being pierced by one would feel like, but she imagined it would be anything but pleasant.
Four cloudborn beasts had four pairs of wings, and at first, they had indeed caught Su Jiu off guard.
Their successive bombardments left her scrambling, but after some time, once she grew accustomed to their rhythm, things became much easier.
By now, Su Jiu could not only evade their attacks unscathed, but also strike back at the right moments.
Against the cloudborn beasts, Su Jiu no longer used the Frostbound Purple Ultimate Sword. Instead, she used the Ice Cloud Hairpin, better suited to surprise attacks, and the endlessly versatile Ice Silk Net.
Su Jiu channeled her innate origin qi into the two magic treasures.
The instant she put some distance between herself and the four cloudborn beasts, she hurled the magic treasures in her hands. In midair, the Ice Cloud Hairpin split into two, then from two into four.
In the end, it split into several hundred.
Since her opponents liked piercing