The Earth Origin Beast charged wildly, unstoppable, and with each of its attacks, it sent people flying through the air.
Its skin was thick and its defense astonishingly strong. Although it endured the crowd’s relentless assaults, it remained completely unscathed, seemingly impervious like the Gold Devouring Clan.
Compared to the giant eagle before, this Earth Origin Beast was even more dangerous!
The giant eagle was rely a nuisance, but this Earth Origin Beast posed a lethal threat, forcing them to flee in all directions, scattering in chaos and panic.
Sang Qingshan and the others, driven by youthful vigor, soon each summoned their powerful magic artifacts. As dazzling lights flashed, they gradually turned the tide. Yet, like the previous venomous lizard, this Earth Origin Beast knew nothing of retreat, choosing instead to fight to the death with them.
Finally, it bore wounds on its body, but the crowd was also scattered by its impact, with several among them injured and blood spurting—remarkably brutal.
Only Zhou Heng and Pure River Fairy remained relaxed. Though both suppressed their cultivation levels, the Earth Origin Beast instinctively sensed that they were not to be trifled with—despite demons having low intelligence, their instincts were far sharper than those of humans.
After paying a considerable price, they finally slew the Earth Origin Beast. But before they could claim their spoils, a series of sharp cries rang out, and the sky suddenly turned pitch black!
It wasn’t the weather changing, but rather dozens of giant crows flying in!
These crows were even larger than the previous giant eagle, each possessing three eyes and a long snake tail, appearing peculiarly bizarre.
Three-Eyed Black Crow!
Legend has it these demon beasts were the offspring of crows and venomous snakes. How these two creatures ca together, no one knows!
Sang Qingshan and the others’ faces turned pale!
These Three-Eyed Black Crows were also at the Nascent Soul Realm level!
Previously, a single giant eagle had left them in distress. Now with dozens of similar flying creatures descending upon them, how troubleso would that be?
No, this wasn’t just about trouble. So many demon beasts could launch a frontal assault and completely overwhelm them!
"Quickly, find a place to hide!"
Everyone hurriedly glanced around, searching for caves or similar places to mitigate the Three-Eyed Black Crows’ aerial advantage and numbers.
"Northwest!"
They quickly found a suitable location—a large lake. Though not as effective as a cave, once they subrged, these airborne creatures would lose their flying advantage.
"A few of you co back with to cover the retreat!" Zhong Yutian shouted, demonstrating comndable courage at this mont.
"!"
"I’ll do it!"
Sang Qingshan and the others rushed forward to stand alongside Zhong Yutian. At this mont, they had to work together, or they would be torn apart by the Three-Eyed Black Crows, unable to escape with their lives.
Zhou Heng sighed and stood shoulder to shoulder with Sang Qingshan.
If he didn’t intervene this ti, these five individuals holding the rear wouldn’t be able to withstand the Three-Eyed Black Crows above them and would be killed instantly!
"Brother Zhou, it’s all up to you this ti!" Sang Qingshan whispered, a hint of relief flashing on his face. Without Zhou Heng, they would have been dood.
Zhou Heng nodded, thinking to himself whether, had he not been there, the Pure River Fairy would have intervened from the shadows or simply watched them die.
He wasn’t particularly curious about this, only wanting to reach the high tower as soon as possible to uncover the reason such an existence like the Creation Emperor descended into the Mortal Realm.
The group split into two batches, with five n guarding five won in the front, while Zhou Heng and five other n held the rear, launching attacks at the descending Three-Eyed Black Crows to halt their assault.
Zhou Heng casually threw punches. Back when he was at the Nascent Soul Realm, his Dantian Space already far surpassed that of an average martial artist. Even now, suppressing his cultivation, his punches packed terrifying power, forcing the creatures to keep a distance of ten zhang above their heads.
At this distance, Zhou Heng’s punching power was reduced to a manageable level for these demon beasts.
Zhong Yutian and the others couldn’t hide the shock on their faces when they saw this!
Such terrifying power!
Despite being at the sa realm, the power difference was at least several dozen tis, aning Zhou Heng’s Dantian Space was many tis larger!
This gap was permanent and irreversible!
Zhong Yutian and Xing Heqiao felt their faces twitch uncontrollably!
They had previously challenged Zhou Heng multiple tis, thankful that he was magnanimous and didn’t hold it against them, or they would have suffered greatly in a fight—though power doesn’t equal battle strength, a gap of dozens of tis in power is nearly impossible to bridge with combat technique or skill.
They fought while retreating, with Zhou Heng playing a pivotal role, protecting everyone until they reached the lakeside. Thump, thump, thump, they all jumped into the lake and quickly dived toward the lakebed.
"Caw! Caw! Caw!"
The flock of crows cawed bizarrely above the lake, but none dared to dive in pursuit, leaving everyone to wonder if they feared the water itself or sothing even more formidable within it.
Whoa!
A vortex suddenly appeared in the center of the lake. The flock of Three-Eyed Black Crows imdiately took flight, circled the lake once, and then flew away in unison.
Sang Qingshan and his companions still didn’t know that the Three-Eyed Black Crows had already fled. They continued to dive toward the lake’s bottom until a ripple stirred the water, and a strong current erupted, making them finally aware!
But it was already too late!
In front of them erged a gigantic old turtle as large as a small hill, its shell covered in moss. Its long neck was incredibly exaggerated, and its half-open jaws revealed two rows of razor-sharp teeth!
A Divine Infant Realm old turtle!
Everyone was shocked. Confronting a Divine Infant Realm with a Nascent Soul Realm, wasn’t that a certain instant death?
It’s over, we’re dood!
The old turtle was vicious. It opened its massive mouth wide, and a terrifying suction force imdiately spread, drawing everyone towards its jaws.
The currents were fierce, impossible for Nascent Soul Realm Martial Artists to resist. One by one, they were helplessly drawn toward the jaws, watching themselves rush to the tiger’s maw. They panicked and unleashed their strongest attacks, using every life-saving Magic Artifact they had, causing a dazzling display of lights.
But against this Divine Infant Realm old turtle, such resistance was futile. Their bodies continued to be drawn towards its gaping maw.
Zhou Heng remained calm and composed, planning to strike at the last mont to smash this old turtle into pieces.
Whoa!
A stream of water surged diagonally, striking with perfect timing, knocking everyone off course by several feet, just enough to escape the turtle’s suction!
In a desperate flight for their lives, no one had ti to consider where the dark current ca from; they surged toward the surface of the water.
Zhou Heng, however, knew that this was the work of Pure River Fairy.
He didn’t believe an Immortal would care for the lives of mortals. The other party acted because these young people had value for her, needed to search for the Heavenly Mysterious Spirit Crystal for her!
Such a Bright Realm treasure appeared indistinguishable from an ordinary stone, with the only trait of its hardness, finding it required a wide-net approach—or one could discover a dying planet and directly seize the Star Core.
Since Pure River Fairy had made efforts on these people’s behalf, she naturally wouldn’t just watch them die. Instead, she acted at the final mont.
Being an Immortal, secretly taking action without being noticed was a breeze for her. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, streams surged to hinder the turtle’s pursuit and propel everyone’s speed.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Everyone shot out from the lake bottom, hastily treading over the water, swiftly leaving the lake’s surface, and only after running a good distance did they stop.
Each of them was still in shock, with the joy of having narrowly escaped death, but even more, there was fear after the fact.
The old turtle surfaced on the lake but did not pursue them, rely staring at them for a mont before subrging, only after its small mountain-like back disappeared did everyone feel relieved.
Damn, this place is too dangerous!
They exchanged looks, each contemplating retreat. After all, encountering a Divine Infant Realm Demon Beast was beyond their ability to contend with. Pride kept them from being the first to suggest a retreat.
Sang Qingshan and Xing Yewu, however, showed no fear. With Zhou Heng there, what was there to fear?
"Let’s make haste, we’ll continue on!" the two of them said, assuming it had been Zhou Heng who acted earlier.
"Are you crazy?" Zhai Jieyu jumped up, "Didn’t you see that giant turtle just now? That’s a Divine Infant Realm Demon Beast! If one appeared, surely there would be a second, a third!"
"Even without Divine Infant Realm Demon Beasts, the Three-Eyed Black Crows alone are enough to overwhelm us! There are so many; they could drown us!" the others also chid in.
With soone taking the lead, they took the opportunity to express their desire to retreat.
"Cowards!" Sang Qingshan looked at Zhong Yutian with contempt, brimming with confidence, what was there to fear?
"You—" Zhong Yutian was furious. Was this the ti to be rash? Yet for him to admit cowardice in front of Pure River Fairy was like a fate worse than death!
Under normal circumstances, he would not argue or compete in such matters, but under the influence of Pure River Fairy’s charm, he could never remain calm when it concerned her!
Thus, he imdiately puffed out his chest and shouted, "Who’s the coward!"
"Let’s go then!" other young n shouted as well, none willing to lose face in front of Pure River Fairy.
Zhou Heng glanced at Pure River Fairy, feeling an urge to burst into laughter.
In this woman’s heart, she naturally hoped everyone would avoid danger, dutifully look for the Mysterious Heavenly Spirit Crystal for her, which was the proper path. But she trapped herself, confusing their minds with Immortal Techniques, causing these n to compete fiercely because of her, resulting in their current muddled state.
All the n decided to continue forward. Among the won, Xing Yewu naturally also showed no fear, and the remaining three won dared not return alone, so they could only follow the main group.
Pure River Fairy had no chance to oppose! (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian) to vote with recomndations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please visit m.qidian to read.)
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