The moment the two entered, they detected a faint trace of demonic qi. But as they ventured deeper, the demon crows around them grew more numerous, and the demonic qi became increasingly dense.
Some demon crows perched on dead branches, glaring at them with gleaming green eyes like tigers eyeing their prey. Others circled overhead, clearly targeting the two of them as well. Still others were feeding on the carcasses of dead demon beasts, but once the pair approached, they all turned their gazes toward Su Jiu and Chu Luohen as though they had received some command.
Su Jiu keenly sensed that the reason they had not attacked was probably because the two had yet to trigger whatever would prompt them to strike.
Before long, Su Jiu confirmed this through her own actions.
At last, Su Jiu and Chu Luohen saw the place where they had sensed a formation concealed. It was a prison built to look very much like a graveyard.
At the prison entrance, a formation condensed from black energy flickered in and out of view, releasing wisps of black qi into the surrounding air.
Su Jiu had a premonition that if they dared step into that black formation, the demon crows would immediately swoop down to devour them.
Chu Luohen seemed to sense something too and stopped.
"No wonder the guards at the entrance were so lax. There was another layer waiting for us here."
Chu Luohen glanced at Su Jiu. "Be careful. Don't let your guard down."
These demon crows had apparently undergone some mutations from being fed by people over a long period. Normally, demon crows of this kind only possessed upper fourth-tier strength, but wherever Su Jiu looked with her Otherworldly Eyes, she discovered many that had already reached the fifth tier.
With their