"This is just an ordinary ring. It's not even a spatial ring. What's there to look at?" The middle-aged man frowned.
At this moment, Dong Luo had already shifted his gaze to the ring. Dong Luo also noticed that something was amiss. He immediately said, "Uncle, take it off and let us have a look. If there's nothing wrong, we'll return it to you."
"Who are you? Why should I show it to you?" The middle-aged man said coldly.
"Why do you care who we are? You have to show it to us today. Otherwise, don't blame us for being impolite!" Miao Feng even took out his rune sword.
The middle-aged man's expression changed. In the end, he could only helplessly say, "Alright."
He immediately took off the ring on his finger. Before he could even hand it over, Miao Feng had already snatched it.
After taking a closer look, Miao Feng didn't find anything. He then used his divine sense to sense it, but still found nothing.
Could it really be an ordinary ring, not even a spatial ring? Miao Feng was confused.
"Miao Feng, how is it?" Dong Luo asked.
Miao Feng didn't answer. Instead, he handed the ring to Dong Luo and said, "Dong Luo, take a look."
After receiving the ring, Dong Luo examined it carefully. However, he also didn't find anything.
"It seems … really is an ordinary ring," Dong Luo said.
"Then give it back to me," the middle-aged man said coldly.
"Miao Feng, since it's an ordinary ring, give it back to him," Dong Luo said.
Unexpectedly, Miao Feng shook his head. "No, I can't give it back to you."
Although the ring looked really ordinary, he still felt that something was wrong. Hence, he felt that he should let Linlong take a look. That was why he refused.
"This is mine. Are you going to steal it?" The middle-aged man couldn't help but be angry.
"I am stealing it. What can you do about it?" Miao Feng didn't care and said directly.
"Then you are courting death!" The middle-aged man said angrily.
"Let's see what you can do to me," Miao Feng said indifferently.
He was an expert who could completely activate a fifth-grade frost talisman. He didn't think that the middle-aged man in front of him could do anything to him.
Moreover, Dong Luo could also activate a fifth-grade frost talisman.
"Hehe …" The middle-aged man sneered. In the next moment, he suddenly muttered a rune term.
What was this person doing? Miao Feng and Dong Luo were extremely puzzled by the fact that the other party was silently reciting rune terms and did not take out the ice talisman paper.
While they were puzzled, Miao Feng suddenly realized that the ring in her hand was no longer under her control. It actually broke free and flew into the air.
As expected, there was something wrong with this ring! Such thoughts immediately flashed through Miao Feng and Dong Luo's minds.
Then, Miao Feng slashed at the middle-aged man in front of him.
This Sword Qi had clearly encountered an obstruction. However, it still left a faint sword mark on the other party's wrist.
It was also at this instant that the ring fell into the other party's hand.
In the next moment, the runes on the ring suddenly flashed, and a Flaming Winged Bird flew out of the ring.
What was going on? How could the Flaming Wing Bird hide in this ring? This scene caused Dong Luo and Miao Feng's eyes to widen.
While they were still in shock, the Flaming Winged Bird charged towards Miao Feng, who was closest to it.
Miao Feng hurriedly activated his ice talisman paper in response, but it was still too late. In a short period of time, the flames on the Flaming Winged Bird's wings had already ignited him.
Fortunately, Dong Luo reacted quickly and activated his ice talisman paper, which directly extinguished the flames on Miao Feng's body.
At this moment, the Flaming Winged Bird changed its direction and charged towards him.
Dong Luo could only use his ice talisman paper to deal with the Flaming Winged Bird.
What puzzled him was that he was actually able to resist Zhao Zhi's Flaming Winged Bird's attack. Based on the Flaming Winged Bird's strength, he should not have been able to do this.
However, he quickly understood that the reason he was able to do this was because the Flaming Winged Bird was already injured.
It seemed like this Flaming Winged Bird was the one that was injured by the Young Noble and Young Miss Qian! Dong Luo was certain of this in his heart.
However, even if he could resist the Flaming Winged Bird's attack, he would definitely be injured by the Flaming Winged Bird.
Moreover, there was still the middle-aged man beside him.
He was afraid that he and Miao Feng would perish here. At this instant, he was extremely worried.
However, he did not expect that at this moment, the middle-aged man's expression would suddenly change. He let out a strange cry and the Flaming Winged Bird actually gave up on attacking him. Instead, it turned around and fled with the middle-aged man.
Dong Luo quickly understood what was going on. This was because there were already other people rushing over.
It was obvious that the other party had discovered this and fled. Otherwise, he and Miao Feng would have been in danger.
The first to rush over was Qian Jiayi. As soon as she arrived, she realized that something was wrong. Miao Feng, who was on the ground, was burnt to a pulp and was lying unconscious on the ground. Although Dong Luo, who was standing, looked fine, his clothes were burned in several places.
"Did you guys encounter the Flaming Winged Bird?" Qian Jiayi couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, we encountered the Flaming Winged Bird. Moreover, it was the one we encountered earlier. It fled with a middle-aged man," Dong Luo hurriedly replied.
"That Flaming Winged Bird fled with a middle-aged man?" Hearing Dong Luo's words, Qian Jiayi was stunned.
"Yes, that middle-aged man seemed to be able to command the Flaming Winged Bird. The Flaming Winged Bird was hidden in a ring on his finger!" Dong Luo explained.
"The Flaming Winged Bird can be hidden in a ring?" Qian Jiayi was stunned again.
After living for so long, she had never seen a ring that could hide a living creature.
Similarly, she had never heard of such a thing from any of her seniors.
"It's absolutely true! We were completely stunned at that time. We never thought that the Flaming Winged Bird could hide in a ring, "Dong Luo said with certainty.
"That's really strange," Qian Jiayi muttered.
As they spoke, Dong Luo had already fed Miao Feng a healing pill.
"Is Miao Feng alright?" Qian Jiayi couldn't help but ask.
"It seems like it's nothing serious. It's just a superficial wound," Dong Luo replied.
"That's good." Qian Jiayi nodded.
Although she knew that the other party was fleeing, she didn't chase after him. She was afraid that he would repeat Miao Feng's mistake.
At this moment, Linlong and the others had already rushed over.
"What happened?" Linlong asked as soon as he arrived and saw Miao Feng on the ground.
Dong Luo immediately briefly recounted what happened just now. After hearing Dong Luo's words, the others who rushed over were also extremely shocked.
They had also never seen a living creature hidden in a ring before.
Even Linlong was surprised. Although his Runic Spatial Ring could also hide living creatures like the Raging Flame Beast and the Spirit Monkey, it couldn't do that in this chilly world.
How could he not be surprised when he heard that a ring could actually do that?
After understanding the situation, Linlong immediately asked the bamboo rat to sense the Flaming Winged Bird's aura. However, the bamboo rat still couldn't sense it.
Qian Jiayi, who already had some understanding of the bamboo rat, could tell that the bamboo rat was confused. She immediately said, "Young Master, has the bamboo rat still not sensed the Flaming Winged Bird's aura?"
"No … It seems like the Flaming Winged Bird is hiding in the other party's ring again," Linlong replied.
Linlong, who understood the function of the ring, naturally knew why the bamboo rat couldn't sense the Flaming Winged Bird.
"Since that's the case, we can only follow the traces they left behind." Qian Jiayi frowned.
Dong Luo thought of something and hurriedly said, "Miao Feng injured that middle-aged man just now. The middle-aged man's blood should be on his Runic Sword!"
Dong Luo also had some understanding of the bamboo rat. He knew that the bamboo rat could track the other party through such bloodstains, which was why he said that.
"Is that so? Then hand over Miao Feng's Runic Sword!" Linlong was delighted and hurriedly said.
Dong Luo quickly picked up Miao Feng's Runic Sword and handed it to Linlong.
After taking a look, Linlong indeed found new bloodstains on Miao Feng's Runic Sword. It was obviously the middle-aged man's.
He immediately brought it in front of the bamboo rat and let it sense it. After a while, the bamboo rat signaled to Linlong that it had memorized the bloodstains.
Linlong immediately said, "Everyone, follow me!"
After saying that, he let the bamboo rat lead the way and chased after the middle-aged man.
After chasing for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, it was obvious that they were getting closer and closer to the other party. Linlong immediately said to everyone, "I will follow and block the other party. You guys continue to maintain this speed."
Linlong naturally did this because he was afraid that everyone would increase their speed and alert the other party. After all, he could conceal his aura so that the other party wouldn't be able to detect him.
After giving his instructions, Linlong immediately increased his speed. Soon, he discovered a black-clothed middle-aged man in front of him.
At this moment, the middle-aged man also heard the sound and hurriedly sped up.
However, his speed was obviously much slower than Linlong's, so he was easily blocked by Linlong.
"Brat, you actually dare to block me? You're courting death!" The middle-aged man's expression was ugly.
"Courting death? I'm talking about you, right? "Linlong smiled indifferently.
The middle-aged man didn't say anything else. Instead, he silently chanted a runic term.
Knowing that the other party was about to release the Burning Winged Bird, Linlong didn't dare to be careless. He immediately took out his fifth-grade Ice Talisman.
After silently chanting the runic term, he immediately released an icy aura.
At this moment, the Burning Winged Bird flew out of the middle-aged man's ring and directly pounced toward Linlong.
Before it even got close, a wave of heat surged toward him.
In the next moment, the icy aura and the wave of heat clashed.
The Burning Winged Bird was obviously stronger than Linlong. However, it seemed like it wouldn't be able to defeat Linlong in a short period of time.
This was because it hadn't recovered from its injuries. In addition to the exhaustion from dealing with Dong Luo and Miao Feng, it couldn't deal with Linlong like it did with Dong Luo.
The middle-aged man also noticed this and knew that there were still people chasing after him. Thus, he didn't want to continue wasting time.
He immediately let out a strange cry, signaling the Burning Winged Bird to escape.
However, his expression turned ugly when he saw that Linlong's icy aura was tightly binding the Burning Winged Bird. There was no way for it to escape.
This was also because the Burning Winged Bird had exhausted too much energy. Otherwise, Linlong wouldn't have been able to hold it down so easily.
The middle-aged man, who had an ugly expression on his face, immediately took out an icy talisman.
What made Linlong somewhat speechless was that the middle-aged man only took out a fourth-grade Ice Talisman. How could it be of any use in this battle?
As expected, even after the middle-aged man activated his icy aura, he still couldn't stop the Burning Winged Bird from escaping.
At this moment, Qian Jiayi and the others had already rushed over.
Knowing that he couldn't escape, the middle-aged man let out another strange cry.
To everyone's surprise, the Flaming Winged Bird suddenly burst into flames. In the blink of an eye, the Flaming Winged Bird was reduced to ashes. Along with the middle-aged man, both of them disappeared from this world.
"This is too ruthless. He actually threw away his life!" Qian Jiayi and the others couldn't help but grimace when they saw this scene.
Linlong's expression was also ugly. He didn't expect the middle-aged man to do this.
"Doesn't this mean that the clue we just found is gone?" Miao Feng's voice came from behind Linlong.
Most of Miao Feng's injuries were superficial, so he had already recovered a lot.
This was also because Dong Luo had activated his icy aura in time. Otherwise, he would have already been burned to ashes.
Linlong didn't say anything. Instead, he walked to the pile of ashes and picked up a tree branch to dig through the ashes.
In his opinion, the middle-aged man's ring shouldn't have been destroyed. If that's the case, he should be able to find some clues.
However, he didn't expect to find the ring. The only thing he found was a round black token. The words "Burning Winged Sect" were written on the token.
It was obvious that the ring had been destroyed. The only thing that wasn't destroyed was the token.
This should be the middle-aged man's token. Linlong thought to himself.
He looked at the people around him and asked, "Do you guys know about the Burning Winged Sect?"
Unexpectedly, everyone who came over to take a look shook their heads. "We have never seen or heard of it."
"Could it be that the Burning Winged Sect is an organization and these Burning Winged Birds came from them?" Feng Yi suddenly said.
He thought of this possibility after combining everything that had happened before.
"That should be the case. This also explains why the Burning Winged Birds appeared in various places in the Ice Peak Country and not concentrated in one place," Qian Jiayi said.
"Yes, that should be the case." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
At this moment, Dong Luo looked at Feng Yi and asked, "Feng Yi, you don't suspect us anymore, right?"
"Based on the current situation, it shouldn't be you guys. However, you guys are still suspicious. After all, you guys are the only ones who came out of the secret realm," Feng Yi said.
"Don't say that I'm not biased towards you guys. You should know that everyone in the Ice Peak Country thinks the same way," Feng Yi added.
Linlong knew that Feng Yi was speaking the truth, so he nodded and said, "But don't worry, we will find out the truth soon."
After understanding so many things, as long as the Burning Winged Birds continued to appear, he was confident that he would be able to find the root of the matter.
"Let's continue to search in the vicinity. If we can't find anything, we will return to River Source City and see if there are any Burning Winged Birds. We will continue to investigate then!" Linlong said.
Everyone continued to search in the vicinity.
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