Before long, an earth-shaking crash rang out in the distance, followed by a furious roar:
"Human, meet your death!"
Hearing this, Xiao Yu looked up from his hiding place and saw a red Escape Light and a blue one hurtling toward him from the opposite side of the island.
Soon, the red streak reached the spot where Xiao Yu had laid his formation, with the blue streak hot on its heels.
As they passed over a seemingly ordinary clearing, a five-colored dome of light over a hundred yards across suddenly appeared. With a flash, it enclosed both Escape Lights.
The Escape Lights stopped, revealing the red-robed Elder Huo Brother and a bizarre-looking figure in blue robes.
The figure looked human, but brown fur covered his face, and two vertical black stripes extended from his eye sockets to the corners of his mouth. His ears stood erect, tilting slightly backward. Strangest of all was his long tail, striped yellow and black, which sent ripples through the air with every gentle swish.
Such a humanlike appearance, combined with the Nascent Soul-level spiritual pressure he radiated, clearly marked him as a Level Eight Demon Beast that had assumed human form!
The demon showed no alarm at the five-colored dome that had suddenly appeared and enclosed them. Instead, he spoke to the Elder Huo Brother with disdain:
"Junior, is this what you were counting on?"
Without waiting for an answer, the demon looked past Elder Huo and continued:
"And this fellow? You two Core Formation juniors actually dare offend me?" He had spotted Second Huo flying toward them at top speed from the edge of the island.
A smile appeared on Elder Huo's ashen face, making him look utterly sinister.
"Heh heh, you're nothing but a Sea Ripple Leopard that's assumed human form. My