Cao Yiyi was slightly taken aback, somewhat unsure of what Zhou Xuan was talking about.
Before she could react, she heard Wang Hu's slightly muffled voice coming from the channel.
"That's certainly possible," Wang Hu replied, his gaze fixed on the figure in the distance.
"But isn't the Profound Crystal Griffin at Anchor Point 2? This is Anchor Point 3, isn't it?" Zhou Xuan asked, somewhat confused.
"I don't know. Maybe it was transferred here, or maybe it's not the same one. It's just that there are two Earth Eye, and they happen to be guarded by the Profound Crystal Griffin," Wang Hu said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuan opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but was interrupted by another voice.
"This isn't the time to talk about this. We might need to prepare to deal with this Profound Crystal Griffin!" Han Ling's voice rang out in the channel.
Everyone was slightly taken aback, and their gazes turned in unison to the figure behind them.
The figure in the distance had already taken to the air, its wings flapping. It swayed slightly from side to side before regaining its balance.
Large swaths of black covered its body, and in many places, one could still see the stark white bones.
However, what is even more striking than these is the absence of a large portion of the left wing!
The Profound Crystal Griffin's instability upon taking flight was due to the injury to its left wing!
To be honest, the Profound Crystal Griffin looked rather pathetic, but...
Everyone's faces darkened.
They sensed a unique aura emanating from the Profound Crystal Griffin.
The aura was somewhat unstable, fluctuating in strength, but there was no doubt about it.
Sixth Tier!
A severely injured, extremely weak Sixth Tier Calamity Beast!
"No, it really is the strongest one that survived!" Zhou Xuan muttered to himself, gazing at the Profound Crystal Griffin in the distance.
"The question is, what do we do now? Fight?" Wang Hu's voice rang out in the channel.
Before anyone else could speak, Cao Yiyi's voice rang out, "No, Sixth Tier, we can't beat them!"
Everyone instinctively glanced in the direction of the person who spoke.
A figure was seen speeding through the air, and the voice continued in his ear:
"The gap between First Tier is getting bigger and bigger. Even if we are all in the Late Fifth Tier, it would be difficult to defeat this Profound Crystal Griffin, let alone now! Think about it, if it were you, and several Early Fourth Tier cultivators joined forces to attack you, could you possibly defeat them?"
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
In his prime, that's naturally impossible!
But if it's like the Profound Crystal Griffin now, severely injured, then it's really hard to say.
But as Cao Yiyi just said, the gap between ranks becomes larger as you go further.
Faced with the situation Cao Yiyi had just given an example of, it was difficult to say whether they could go from the Fourth Tier to the Fifth Tier, let alone from the Fifth Tier to the Sixth Tier!
"Stop talking, hurry up, go faster!"
Cao Yiyi's voice rang out in the channel.
This time, without hesitation, everyone sped up.
Han Ling also sped up her pace, but...
Her gaze paused for a moment, then fell upon the approaching figure.
" Captain Han, let me carry the Stone-Armored Beast so you can fly faster!" Cao Yiyi said.
Although she had already made some guesses when she couldn't sense the opponent's exact rank, was the opponent really stronger than her?... Han Ling paused for a moment, then without hesitation, handed over the Stone-Armored Beast.
"Thank you for your help!"
"No trouble at all!" Cao Yiyi said, reaching out to take the Stone-Armored Beast.
However, at this moment, the Stone-Armored Beast stiffened slightly and curled up a little.
The two paused.
Han Ling glanced down at the Stone-Armored Beast, seemingly understanding what it feared, and said:
" Stone, we're running for our lives, so keep quiet, okay?"
Upon hearing this, the Stone-Armored Beast being held paused slightly, then nodded its head.
It manipulated its own body, slightly unfolding it, although the process still showed some stiffness.
Cao Yiyi took the Stone-Armored Beast and then flew forward beside Han Ling, maintaining the same speed as Han Ling.
Han Ling watched Cao Yiyi fly away carrying the Stone-Armored Beast, let out a soft breath, and whispered in the channel:
"If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have brought the Stone-Armored Beast with me!"
"But before this, none of us knew it would turn out like this! In fact, if we had known it would turn out like this, we should have had Xingwei kill the Profound Crystal Griffin completely earlier!" Cao Yiyi said seriously.
Han Ling paused for a moment, then nodded.
Without the burden of the Stone-Armored Beast, her speed didn't increase much, but the Origin Power consumption of flight decreased considerably.
After all, it's a relief to have one less dozen tons of drag on the truck!
Looking back, one could see the Profound Crystal Griffin still hovering in mid-air in the distance.
Han Ling's gaze fell on the forehead of the Profound Crystal Griffin.
There, a dark blue, inverted triangular crystal was quietly set in, but unlike the one I saw a year ago, this time the crystal no longer appeared particularly dull, and it had several cracks...
"Ha, hoo, ha, hoo..."
Heavy breathing echoed in the air.
The Profound Crystal Griffin flapped its wings, its gaze fixed on the figures rapidly disappearing into the distance.
His gaze wandered and stopped on one of the huge figures.
" Calamity Beast? And it's alive? What's going on...?"
The Profound Crystal Griffin stared at that spot, somewhat puzzled.
Originally, I planned to go to the Sacred Mountain to report, but after seeing these humans, I changed my mind.
If these humans were strong enough, it wouldn't be a problem, but they...
"Call--"
With the last breath he exhaled.
The Profound Crystal Griffin's status has been adjusted.
It raised its head, its vertical pupils, like molten gold, gazing at the humans in the distance.
Open your mouth.
"Roar----"
"Call--"
A cold wind was blowing.
Li Daoyi stood atop a mountain, gazing at the distant landscape.
At the far end of his line of sight, a massive oval-shaped Light Gate stood on the ground.
Countless hordes of Calamity Beast lingered near the Light Gate.
Suddenly, a soft gust of wind stopped behind them.
Then, footsteps approached from behind.
"Master, how is the situation?"
"Yes, just as headquarters predicted. Although they know we're unlikely to come here, the Calamity Beast is still here, leaving enough fighting force!" Li Daoyi for a moment.
Jiang Xingwei nodded, his gaze calmly fixed on the scene in the distance.
It's quite far away, so we can't detect the specifics, but judging from the massive beast tide, there's no doubt that there are Sixth Tier Calamity Beast there!
"By the way, did you bring the Heavenly Ridge Boundary Stele?" Li Daoyi turned to look at Jiang Xingwei.
"Yes, I brought it!" Jiang Xingwei replied.
"In that case, go and adjust your breathing. Once you're ready, we can begin!" Li Daoyi.
Without refusing, Jiang Xingwei nodded.
He walked back to a tree trunk, sat cross-legged, and began to regulate his breathing.
Li Daoyi remained standing, his gaze fixed on the vast, surging tide of beasts in the distance.
"Tsk, this is a bit boring. If Shen Heng were here, I could listen to what those Calamity Beast talk about when they have nothing to do..."