"Cowards! What are you afraid of?"
The Sea Dragon Demon Emperor roared as he sped after them, opening his mouth to spit out columns of blue-lit water that shot toward the fleeing birds...
Meanwhile, once the Sprout Birds were gone, the Greenlight Runes on the Wooden Giants vanished, along with their protective divine ability. One after another, they burned to ashes in the truefire and lay motionless on the ground...
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Sea Dragon Demon Emperor's blue light pillars struck the Sprout Birds, unleashing muffled explosions like a furious storm...
But!
Brilliant Greenlight Runes erupted from the Sprout Birds, forming rune-covered light barriers that protected them.
The Sprout Birds flew into the distant mountain forest at astonishing speed...
After Zhang Qingshan's shout, Ye Han had no intention of chasing them either. Zhang Qingshan would never have shouted so recklessly unless he had sensed grave danger.
Still, Ye Han did not stop the Sea Dragon Demon Emperor from giving chase. He would let the fellow test the waters first!
Yet the Sea Dragon Demon Emperor was all thunder and little rain. No! More precisely, he thundered without a single drop of rain.
He chased them for only a few dozen zhang before stopping and cursing, "Count yourselves lucky you ran fast!!!"
The fellow was shrewd enough to know that those two must have a reason for not giving chase. Besides, he had not been able to tell what sort of treasures those Sprout Birds were.
More importantly, the mountain peak gave off an exceedingly eerie aura that even he found dangerous. Caution was the better choice.
In truth, the Sea Dragon Demon Emperor had also been testing whether Zhang Qingshan and Ye Han would follow.
So he complained to them, "Fellow Daoists, didn't we agree to work together with