Just as Xiao Yu passed through a quiet stretch of sea, a sudden sense of dread gripped his heart.
"This is bad!"
Xiao Yu immediately poured mana into the Meteor Boat, sending it climbing high into the sky. When he looked down from above, he could not help drawing a sharp breath.
A mile or two ahead, white mist suddenly rose from the sea, revealing a bizarre-looking demon beast.
The beast's body was over a hundred feet long. It had the face of an infant less than a year old, the body and tail of a blue carp, and two enormous, winglike fins.
Strangest of all, four soft, pale human hands grew beneath its body. Each held something gleaming that was clearly no ordinary object: an enormous red crab claw, a piece of blue coral several feet long, a white pearl the size of an egg, and a silver clam shell resembling a shield.
"An Infant Carp Beast! And a level-six one at that!" Once Xiao Yu recognized the beast, he turned and fled with his avatar without the slightest hesitation.
Without a magic formation prepared in advance, Xiao Yu had no way to deal with it. Even his avatar could do nothing.
The Infant Carp Beast was a demon beast capable of challenging opponents above its level. Though it was only level six, even a level-seven demon beast might not defeat it in a real fight. An ordinary middle Golden Core cultivator would also have to flee in panic upon encountering one.
Seeing the two tiny figures of Xiao Yu and his avatar swiftly retreating, the Infant Carp Beast, which had been about to forage for food, immediately gave chase.
When Xiao Yu sensed this with his divine sense, his soul nearly fled his body in terror. He stirred