"Next, I'll head to Heaven Dou, meet with Sister Xue, and also plan out the immortal herbs. I wonder if the immortal herbs can bring me any benefits?" Cloudriver thought as he turned into a streak of white light, rising into the air and flying toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.
With the pseudo-lightspeed he now possessed, although it couldn't be compared to true lightspeed, nor was it as exaggerated as other movement techniques that could cover thousands of kilometers in a blink… reaching a hundred meters per second was still doable. Because of this, he quickly traveled from the Star Dou Forest's inner region to the outer region.
"Hmm?"
Cloudriver's eyes unintentionally swept over the forest below, letting out a soft sound of surprise. But his speed was too fast, and he instantly flew past the scene.
"What was that just now? Two people being chased by soul beasts?"Cloudriver, still in the form of a white streak, suddenly stopped, landing lightly on a tree branch. He turned his head, faintly hearing commotion hundreds of meters away.
"Forget it, I'll go take a look. They're humans after all. Since I happened to run into them, I might as well save them if I can — just a simple favor."He turned around, and his entire body transformed into a beam of light shooting toward the source of the noise.
...
A huge bird engulfed in flames was flying through the sky. With each flap of its wings, the surrounding flames condensed into large fireballs that rained down violently.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Each falling fireball carried terrifying heat.
"…Running into a ten-thousand-year soul beast in the outer region? What kind of luck is this?"A man around sixty years old wore a bitter expression. Six soul rings — yellow, yellow, yellow, purple, black, black — shone around him. A pair of wings sprouted from his back as he flew desperately between the trees, holding a girl around eleven or twelve years old in his arms.
This man was named Ye Congling, a member of the 敏之一族 (Minzhi Clan)'s Bai family. His martial soul was the Sharp-Tail Swift. Though his surname wasn't Bai, his mother was originally from the Minzhi Clan. After awakening the Sharp-Tail Swift, he was acknowledged by the clan, but his surname remained unchanged.
The girl in his arms wasn't his granddaughter, but the Minzhi Clan's little princess.They were here because the eleven-year-old princess had reached rank twenty and needed a soul ring, so Ye Congling — one of the clan's main combat forces — brought her to hunt for one.
With his cultivation as a sixty-rank Soul Emperor, and considering that they only needed a hundred-year soul ring and would not be entering the inner region, the trip should have been completely safe — practically zero risk.
But fate sometimes finds ways to slap people.
Though the outer region shouldn't have ten-thousand-year soul beasts, nothing in the world is absolute.
And very unfortunately, Ye Congling encountered that extremely rare exception.
A ten-thousand-year Flame Bird, for reasons unknown, had flown into the outer region. The moment it saw them, it acted as if it had discovered a delicious meal and launched a crazed pursuit.
Ye Congling knew the reason: the Sharp-Tail Swift and the Flame Bird were natural mortal enemies, constantly fighting over territory.He suspected that this ten-thousand-year Flame Bird must have been driven out of its territory by a ten-thousand-year Sharp-Tail Swift. Seeing them — humans with the Sharp-Tail Swift martial soul — it dumped all its anger onto them.
A disaster from nowhere.
Their luck was horrendous.
Although the Minzhi Clan excelled in speed, their attack power was famously low.A ten-thousand-year Sharp-Tail Swift could defeat a ten-thousand-year Flame Bird — but a human Soul Emperor with this martial soul was something completely different.
Against this blazing beast, Ye Congling didn't even dare think of fighting.He only focused on escaping as fast as he could.
If it were some other ten-thousand-year soul beast, Ye Congling could rely on his speed to escape safely.Unfortunately, what chased them was also a bird-type soul beast — one that could fly just as quickly.
His only advantage was gone.
Ye Congling hugged the princess tightly, dodging fireballs in panic while weaving through the dense forest, hoping the trees would slow the Flame Bird down.
But birds maneuvered through forests even better than humans. The Flame Bird weaved effortlessly between tree trunks and quickly closed in on Ye Congling.
Feeling the burning heat behind him, even without turning around, Ye Congling knew the beast was right at his back.A wave of despair washed over him.
He knew he couldn't escape today.
But at the very least, he had to let the clan's princess survive.
"…Xiangxiang, run!!"
Ye Congling suddenly hurled the girl forward with all his strength. His own wings flapped fiercely as he turned around, facing the incoming Flame Bird alone!
"Uncle Ling!"
Thrown forward, the girl stabilized herself midair thanks to her own wings. She looked back anxiously at her elder, who now stood alone as a shield. She did not immediately flee.
"Run!!"
Ye Congling didn't look back. He roared and activated his soul rings one after another, charging toward the Flame Bird.
But although the Minzhi Clan excelled in speed, their biggest weakness was always their lack of offensive power.No matter how Ye Congling attacked, he couldn't inflict meaningful damage, and instead was burned by the flames covering the Flame Bird.
"Go!!!"
With a final roar —
A flash of fire engulfed him.
He was struck head-on by a massive fireball, screaming before the Flame Bird swooped forward, its giant beak opening wide — swallowing Ye Congling whole.
At that moment, a streak of white light flashed across the sky.
"Uncle Ling!"
Everything happened too fast.The girl could only let out a heart-piercing cry as she watched her elder get devoured.
The Flame Bird, having swallowed Ye Congling, turned sharply and locked its vicious gaze onto the grief-stricken young girl.With a flap of its wings, its huge body shot toward her.
It reached her almost instantly.Its beak opened wide, ready to swallow her alive.
A white flash streaked across.
The girl's figure vanished from where she stood.
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