NOVPUBIt was just a blink of an eye.
The cultivators sustaining the Spirit-devouring Ghost Net, including Yan Zhenyi, the Second Saint Son, and Bian Burang, the Fourth Saint Son, except for Gong Xiyin, the user of the magic treasure, were unexpectedly all swallowed by the giant black Spirit Chicken!
In the sky, more than ten dark clouds rapidly converged...
Gong Xiyin’s face trembled violently!
"Move!"
"Move!"
"Move, damn it!"
Watching one cultivator after another meet a tragic death, yet he still could not mobilize even a trace of his mana.
His Eyebrows Magic Eye could pierce through certain illusions but couldn’t break the strange chicken’s suppression of his mana.
Gong Xiyin’s heart was anxiously beating to an unbearable extent.
In the midst of this panic,
he suddenly realized with horror that after the black Spirit Chicken had successively swallowed the two holy children and the Protectors, its brutal and fierce gaze immediately fell upon him through the net!
In that instant, utter terror descended!
His whole body’s hair stood on end!
In the sole conscious vertical pupil of his eyes, extreme fear was evident.
However, just at that moment, a light shout was suddenly heard:
"Burst!"
On hearing that figure, his expression couldn’t help but change.
Spiritual Sense almost simultaneously scattered out.
But he saw that Junior Brother Shen had somehow already flown to a very distant place, looking at this side with a complex expression on his face.
At the same time, Gong Xiyin suddenly felt the Spirit-devouring Ghost Net in his hand lose control.
A shock flashed through his eyes!
"How is this possible..."
Boom!
The Spirit-devouring Ghost Net instantly exploded!
"Screech!"
The giant black Spirit Chicken cried out furiously, its entire body, including the eggs below it, instantly submerged by the exploding Mana Turbulence!
Its wings hurriedly retracted...
Yet within the Mana Turbulence, several more explosions resounded in succession.
Meanwhile, the suppression imposed on Gong Xiyin by the black Spirit Chicken disappeared all at once.
He dared not delay for even a fraction of an instant; immediately, at his feet, a disk engraved with eyeball patterns flew out, carrying him as he raced desperately towards the absolute path.
On one hand, he was alert to the black Spirit Chicken behind him with his Spiritual Sense.
On the other, he quickly checked the direction.
Only now did he realize that Shen Fu, who had originally been so far away, had now almost turned into a mere black dot.
"Escaped so fast!"
Gong Xiyin forcefully suppressed his post-escape heart palpitations while also coming to a realization, his eyes filled with gravity:
"To be able to forcibly take away the control I had over the magic treasure and then forcibly detonate it... This method, why does it feel a bit familiar..."
But this doubt only lingered in his mind for a fleeting moment before vanishing, replaced by the horrific scene that had just unfolded.
They were all dead!
Aside from him and Shen Fu, the other two holy children and the more than ten Protectors who had come here, all were dead!
Even if it hadn’t been for Shen Fu’s intervention just now, he would have likely died under that black chicken’s beak.
"This Spirit Chicken, even if it’s not Class V, must surely possess a part of that power!"
"Bian Burang, that fool, to have provoked such an existence and led us into these troubled waters! Damn it!"
"If his complete body were still intact, I would have sucked and refined his soul to quell the hatred in my heart!"
"But... why did Shen Fu save me?"
The disk sped him away at breakneck speed; Shen Fu, originally a mere dot, gradually became clearer in his vision.
Yet his expression was unspeakably grim.
"Is he afraid the rumors about him will be confirmed?"
"The killer of holy children... the killer of holy children..."
As the distance from the deep pit grew, the figure of Shen Fu became clearer in his view.
He stared at Shen Fu’s back, with a hint of malice flashing in his eyes from time to time, then pondering bitterly.
Finally, a ruthless glint appeared in his eyes.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he immediately called out loudly:
"Shen Fu! Wait for me!" 𝚗𝚘v𝚙𝚞b.𝚌𝚘m
Shen Fu up ahead seemed utterly deaf to his cry, flying out a great distance in one breath, even faintly seeing the absolute path winding hidden in the icy plains; he seemed to confirm there was no danger before finally coming to a stop.
Gong Xiyin’s figure quickly followed and also stopped.
Controlling the Flying Artifact, he moved in front of the indifferent Shen Fu, his gaze flickering with viciousness, and he asked with a chilling tone:
"Did you already know that this monster was hidden within?"
"Did you already know it was going to wake up suddenly? And that it would be this ferocious?"
Shen Fu was slightly taken aback and did not reply.
But the look he gave Gong Xiyin appeared as if he were regarding a fool.
Gong Xiyin should have been enraged by being viewed in such a manner, but at that moment, he forcefully suppressed the anger that stemmed from having barely escaped alive, staring intently into Shen Fu’s eyes:
"Answer me!"
Shen Fu’s eyes narrowed slightly; though it was unclear what he thought of, his language carried mockery:
"It seems you are out of your mind! I only ask you, wasn’t it Bian Burang who dragged me here by force? Wasn’t it during the division of spoils that you three kept me out?"
"Moreover..."
His tone gradually turned cold:
"If I had known this trip would be so perilous, would I have followed you here?"
"You three came upon a windfall and excluded me. Now that I’ve saved you, you actually turn and bite the hand that helped? Gong Xiyin, do you really think I’m an easy target?"
On hearing this, Gong Xiyin’s face showed hesitance, as if he knew he was in the wrong, and his tone softened slightly:
"So, you didn’t know about the monster on this tree either?"
