As though to confirm Lin Buyu's guess, Xu Taiping in the image suddenly thrust his hand into the ridge of the city tower's roof, then wrenched it out.
Boom!
A rust-mottled long saber came free of the rooftop in Xu Taiping's hand.
Seeing this through Lin Buyu's eyes, Lin Buyan immediately said in bewilderment:
"He went to all that trouble just to find a rusty war saber?"
But at the sight of the saber, Lin Buyu's eyes lit up as she said:
"I think I understand now."
Roar...!
Lin Buyan was about to ask, but before the question could leave her mouth, Zhuyuan's roar interrupted her.
Then Zhuyuan spoke, his voice brimming with excitement:
"It's been years since I tasted the fresh flesh and blood of your human race, you ants of Shangqing!"
As he spoke, his body appeared directly above Xu Taiping and Xiaohei with a boom.
Boom!!
In almost perfect unison with Zhuyuan's massive body lunging at them, Xiaohei swept Xu Taiping onto his back and shot away.
Rumble...!
In the blink of an eye, Xiaohei, swift as lightning, had carried Xu Taiping over a thousand zhang away.
"Hahahaha! Running? Where can you run?"
After tens of thousands of years of solitude, Zhuyuan had finally seen another living person, and for a moment, he became extraordinarily excited.
Boom...!!
With just one powerful beat of his wings, Zhuyuan reappeared behind Xu Taiping and Xiaohei, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom as he tore through the air.
Then Xiaohei shouted:
"My lord, go gather those seniors. I'll hold this demonic beast back for a moment!"
With a boom, Xiaohei's body once again took on the form of the legendary heavenly hound, and he opened his jaws wide and lunged at Zhuyuan.
The instant Xiaohei opened his mouth, half the world