Just as Venerable Mysterious Thunder spoke.
The Red-Eyed Blightbone opened its mouth once again and let out an exceedingly strange cry:
"Ka-roar!!!"
At once, the several Blightbones standing around the Red-Eyed Blightbone shot through the air together, hurtling toward the Immortal Boat carrying Xu Taiping and the others.
Boom!
One of them rammed headfirst into the Immortal Boat.
Fortunately, the Heaven-Escape Talisman's power was still in effect.
As though encountering nothing at all, the Blightbone passed straight through the Immortal Boat and the bodies of Xu Taiping and the others, flying behind the boat.
At the sight, Venerable Mysterious Thunder said, his face filled with terror:
"This is bad. Red-Eyes must have sensed our presence!"
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage nodded as well.
"Yes, this Blightbone is indeed rather unusual."
As he spoke, he crushed another Jade Jue containing a Heaven-Escape Talisman with a crack.
In an instant, another layer of densely packed runes enveloped the Immortal Boat.
Meanwhile, Red-Eyes, who had been staring in their direction, suddenly began looking around, seemingly searching for something.
Seeing this, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage said thoughtfully:
"To think it would take two Heaven-Escape Talismans to evade its notice completely. It seems this Blightbone, Red-Eyes, truly is unusual."
Venerable Mysterious Thunder let out a long breath and nodded.
"This Red-Eyed Blightbone is extremely difficult to deal with. Almost everyone in our Xuanyao Sect's party, along with those cultivators who emerged from the Yaochi Sacred Land, died at its hands or those of the Blightbones under its command."
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage watched the Red-Eyed Blightbone gravely.
"This Blightbone's combat strength should already have reached the Calamity Baleful Intent level. Hunting it down would require considerable preparation."
At these words, Venerable Mysterious Thunder's expression changed.
"Elder Ding, you seem to know a great deal about Blightbone