"Flying Leopard Beast!! You wretch!" Seeing that the spirit beast had actually evaded his divine sense sneak attack on the Thunder Boat, Gen Qing, flying in midair, flew into a rage. He slapped his storage pouch, and a five-colored object flew into the air—it was Gen Qing's favored magic artifact, "Mi You." Unlike ordinary magic artifacts, Mi You was shaped like a panpipe. The moment it rose into the sky, it emitted a cold, mournful "Woooo" sound.
"An artifact for sound attacks?" Xiao Hua stood steadily atop the tilted Thunder Boat. He had long since released his Buddhist consciousness and clearly seen everything outside the boat, his heart tightening. But considering Gen Qing's mastery of music, such an invisible sound-attack artifact was indeed his only choice. In Gen Qing's hands, it would surely wield boundless power.
Sure enough, Mi You rose into the air and gave off a faint radiance. Driven by Gen Qing's magical power, that glow swelled and contracted as though keeping time with some melody, now fast, now slow. The Flying Leopard Beast that had knocked the Thunder Boat askew was nimbly leaping through the air. Short fur stood erect over its bronze-colored body like steel! Its four paws floated in the air, while two wings—neither quite feather nor flesh—fluttered slightly beneath its forelegs. Thin fleshy membranes connected the edges of those wings to its body.
The Flying Leopard Beast's eyes glowed green, with faint light flickering within them. Mi You's sound spread invisibly outward. At first, the Flying Leopard Beast heard nothing, baring its fangs and swinging its head from side to side. But as Gen Qing continued channeling magical power, the sound waves became denser and denser, like layers of silk nets winding around the Flying Leopard Beast again and again. Only then did the