"Bang--"
The beast's shadow rose upwards, crashing directly into the oncoming icy breath.
However, upon first contact, the tiger's cloudy pupils contracted slightly.
One second, two...
In less than two seconds, the stalemate changed immediately.
The enormous beastly shadow was pushed back along the original path, and a chilling aura spread rapidly upwards along its claws.
The next moment.
"Bang!"
The beast's shadow landed, and dust billowed outwards.
Immediately following was another huge 'boom'.
At the last moment, Ice Breath was successfully deflected from its intended trajectory, missing the area where everyone was located.
Wang Hu ignored this; he lay on the ground, breathing heavily, his eyes still filled with disbelief.
The Profound Crystal Griffin was severely injured, and its attack power had even been nerfed once, yet it still managed to maintain this level of strength...?
"Quick, bring Captain Wang back!"
A hurried shout rang in my ears.
Wang Hu felt a gust of wind surge towards him, pulling his body back.
At the same time, the urgent cry rang out again.
" Captain Wang, quick, deactivate the ability!"
Without hesitation, Wang Hu's figure began to shrink rapidly.
Almost in the blink of an eye, he was pulled back to where everyone was.
" Captain Wang, how are you doing?" asked the Chongshan City inspector whose ability was Corrosion.
Wang Hu exhaled a puff of white breath, "It's alright, apart from feeling a little uncomfortable, there's nothing too serious..."
Cao Yiyi, who had issued two orders in succession, did not look at Wang Hu, but turned his gaze back to the direction of the Profound Crystal Griffin.
Several white streaks of ice breath shot towards this direction again, tracing curved lines.
Without hesitation, she said:
"Quickly, stop these attacks again, we can't..."
Han Ling stood to the side, looking at Cao Yiyi with a slightly surprised expression.
Somewhat unexpectedly, the enemy's command has not had any problems so far, even though they were not fighting in the high-intensity war of the Erosion Zone before!
To remain close to Sixth Tier being, one must possess exceptional abilities.
She turned her gaze back to the several icy breaths that were attacking her.
One after another, wind blades shot out, often four or five wind blades for every single ice breath.
Then.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!..."
One icy breath after another was struck and neutralized by the wind blades.
Cao Yiyi watched, but his heart was not at ease at all, and he didn't even realize that his forehead was covered with a dense layer of fine sweat.
This isn't just a phenomenon she observed.
The others, too, were more or less sweating, after all...
Their gazes passed over the icy breath and landed on the frantically approaching Profound Crystal Griffin; everyone's expression turned grim.
Cao Yiyi anxiously looked away.
Are you ready?
Han Ling also looked at Zhou Xuan with a slightly somber expression.
"Right away! Right away!" Zhou Xuan replied.
His hands were pressed to the ground, his eyes unfocused, as if he were preparing something.
His unfocused eyes sharpened quickly, and he shouted:
"Ready, we can go!"
Everyone glanced at Zhou Xuan and instinctively moved closer, even though they weren't far away to begin with.
However, before they could take two steps, they suddenly stopped and began to fall.
Shouts rang in my ears.
"Don't fly, just land on the ground..."
Ten seconds later.
"Boom--"
A tremendous crash echoed across the ground, sending up plumes of dust.
Huge wings spread out from the shadows, a gust of wind swept away the dust, revealing a massive beastly shadow behind it, its eyes gleaming with a cold light.
"Can it... still burrow underground?!"
A deep, angry voice echoed from the spot.
The Profound Crystal Griffin stared intently at the ground beneath its feet.
Although I noticed something strange about those humans suddenly stopping flying and landing on the ground, I just assumed they were using some kind of ambush!
That's why he attacked like that earlier, trying to harass them.
Even as it drew closer, it considered whether to slow down and continue its ranged attack to avoid falling into the humans' trap.
But before it could make a decision, it saw those humans suddenly fall down.
but...
"You don't think you can get away like this, do you?"
The Profound Crystal Griffin whispered, its gaze coldly fixed on the ground beneath its feet.
It certainly can't burrow underground, but often it doesn't need to. Given the difference in power levels, many problems can be easily overcome.
As if remembering something, the Profound Crystal Griffin's eyes turned cold again.
"Once we've dealt with these humans, we need to report their movements to the Lion King as soon as possible. Humans, Late Sixth Tier, why are they here?"
Without thinking twice, it reached out with its front paws.
"Boom!"
Almost immediately after everyone sank to the ground, a dull thud came from the rock above.
" The Profound Crystal Griffin has arrived!" Cao Yiyi said.
There was no reply; everyone nodded solemnly.
During their escape, because they were running and Han Ling helped to intercept them, they only knew that the Profound Crystal Griffin was very fast, but they didn't know exactly how fast it was.
But now that it has stopped, it's clear that the speed of the Profound Crystal Griffin is probably around 200 meters per second.
Han Ling also kept her eyes downcast.
Her gaze shifted to Zhou Xuan, whose figure had paused slightly due to the bombardment.
" Zhou Xuan, how are you? Are you alright?"
"It's alright!" Zhou Xuan shook his head, his figure still squatting on the ground, the Origin Power continuously gathering towards the ground through his hand.
Because of Han Ling's question, the people around also looked over.
Wang Hu also looked over, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes.
The ability to burrow underground is indeed very useful for escaping!
Those of the same level, unless they also possess the ability to burrow underground, are almost entirely helpless against this ability.
For those at a higher level, catching up is extremely difficult.
Shen Heng is really lucky. How did he find all these people? Han Ling and Zhou Xuan, for example.
Wang Hu couldn't help but gasp with envy, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings.
His gaze lingered on the almost motionless rock formation ahead, sensing the rapidly rising soil behind it, before he looked away.
" Zhou Xuan, why is this time different from the time we went to destroy the Eye of Earth Marrow? Didn't we go there on our own that time?" Wang Hu asked.
He has already experienced escaping using Zhou Xuan's abilities three times.
On two occasions, it was to avoid the Profound Crystal Griffin above.
The remaining mission was to destroy the Eye of Earth Marrow, bypassing the Calamity Beast's defenses by going directly underground.
He was referring to this very time.
Cao Yiyi glanced at the others with some confusion.
Seeing the curiosity on everyone's faces, it was clear they all knew what Captain Wang was talking about.
Seeing this, she frowned slightly, but didn't say anything more.
"It's different; that method can only be used in..."
Zhou Xuan opened his mouth to explain, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly stopped.
"Boom--"
A dull thud came from above and was rapidly approaching.
The group, who had relaxed considerably after arriving underground, immediately turned serious again.