"Chase!"
"Find them!"
A Leopard-headed Humanoid roared, "Kill them!"
They charged toward Chu Zhiyuan and Lu Xiao Lu from the opposite side, swooping in in a fan-shaped formation.
Lu Xiao Lu blinked her bright eyes at him.
Chu Zhiyuan's Flying Daggers circled around and shot at the Leopard Demons from the opposite direction.
They reacted with astonishing speed, instantly realizing what was happening and charging toward the other side.
Of the thirty-three Leopard Demons, thirty rushed out, leaving only three behind.
They leaped onto the treetops and gazed into the distance, their yellow pupils narrowing to hair-thin slits.
Chu Zhiyuan frowned, vaguely sensing that these three Leopard Demons might possess some unusual ability.
Lu Xiao Lu blinked, her voice sounding beside his ear. "They haven't found us over there. They'll come searching this way. Get ready to run for our lives."
Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
Another ten Flying Daggers flew from his sleeve, transparent as shards of ice. Soundlessly, they slipped into the nearby grass and flitted lightly through it.
"Aah—!"
"They're here!"
Screams and furious roars drifted over from afar.
Another Leopard Demon had been struck by a dagger.
They did not notice that the original ten Flying Daggers had bored into the tree trunks.
They gathered together and searched ahead in two groups. One group of six split into three pairs and raced forward, skimming over the treetops like wisps of smoke.
The remaining Leopard Demons formed a dense net, advancing in tight ranks as though casting a net to catch fish.
With such a dragnet search, they naturally relaxed their guard behind them.
After all, with such a thorough search, the area behind them had already been swept clean. There could not possibly be any fish that had slipped through the net.
Yet ten Flying Daggers lay hidden