An exceedingly eerie atmosphere settled over the dense forest.
Song Yan remained hidden. The girl sat alone atop the giant toad, surrounded by the sounds of Demon Beasts chewing.
A moment later, a giant scorpion slowly crawled out of the dense forest to the girl's side, coming to stand beside the giant toad.
The two black-robed cultivators' bloodstained Heaven and Earth Bags dangled from its tail, swaying back and forth.
The girl casually plucked them off, weighing them in her hand and playing with them.
Silver bells jingled as the girl drew up her bare feet and sat cross-legged on the giant toad's head.
"Why are you still hiding? What a coward."
The girl smiled, two shallow dimples appearing at the corners of her lips.
She was innocent and carefree, yet made his hair stand on end.
The scorpion's tail extended again, stabbing viciously toward his hiding place!
He sprang into the air, dodged the stinger, and landed in the clearing.
He could tell that this time, the scorpion's tail was not moving very fast, seemingly without any ill intent.
Still, Song Yan watched her warily, his fingertips quietly drawing out the Spirit Talisman meant for escape.
Fleeing in panic before an eight- or nine-year-old girl might seem rather laughable, but it was still better than becoming entangled with this eerie girl here.
Although her spiritual power fluctuations were weak, the venomous scorpion she commanded could instantly wipe out a cultivator at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer!
That was the strangest part of all.
The strength of the spiritual power this girl displayed was only around the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
Click.
The scorpion's tail suddenly lengthened, stretching across his retreat and loosely hemming him in before the girl. Beads of blood clinging to its hooked tip dripped beside his