However, this was not the end. After attracting the second one, naturally, there would be a third, fourth, and fifth one. Various demonic beasts gathered from all directions. It was as though they had their eyes on the fat piece of meat that was the shadow. Wave after wave of attacks began. Some attacked the shadow, while others began to kill each other.
Zhu Yao suddenly had the illusion of demonic beasts attacking a city. She had never seen a single one of these demonic beasts before. She was certain that no one in the entire cultivation world had ever seen such demonic beasts before, and she was basically unable to differentiate the ranks of these demonic beasts. Clearly, they did not have the slightest bit of pressure, yet they were terrifyingly strong.
If any one of them were to land in the cultivation world, it would definitely be an existence that could instantly kill everything.
Even someone as strong as the shadow clearly could not defeat a group of demonic beasts like this. Even dodging became strenuous, and his figure was already becoming fainter from being bitten. However, the number of demonic beasts in the surroundings was increasing.
In the beginning, Zhu Yao tried her best to hide and find a place to slip away. However, no matter how she retreated, she was unable to escape from the battlefield. When she finally walked far enough, she bumped into a demonic beast that had just been lured over.
That beast was as sturdy as a small mountain, and its entire body was covered in rocks, making it look like a stone beast. A pair of flashing red eyes was staring straight at her.
Zhu Yao suddenly had a bad premonition.
If even that shadow could not defeat these demonic beasts, then she was definitely trash.
"Mistress, hurry, hurry, release your aura." Sesame turned to remind her.
Oh right, she was a dragon. Demonic beasts had an instinctive fear towards her. Zhu Yao did not hesitate. Enduring the immense pain in her chest, she released her dragon's aura with all her might, and expanded it to the limit.
In an instant, it was as though the entire place had been muted. All the sounds stopped. Even the demonic beasts that were fighting intensely with the shadow had strangely stopped as well. Zhu Yao simply felt a chill down her spine, as though she had heard the sound of winning a prize.
This reaction … wasn't right.
Roar ~ ~ ~ ~
An earth-shattering roar resounded. The demonic beasts that were still ganging up on the shadow earlier, suddenly changed their target. And attacked her.
The hell, what happened to the promised bloodline suppression!?
Zhu Yao leaped onto Sesame's back, and shouted out. "Run!"
What happened to the most basic trust between humans and beasts?
Release your dragon's aura.
Sesame's wings flapped, and like an arrow, it flew with all its might. Only an afterimage was left in the surroundings.
The demonic beasts reacted as well, and various roars sounded. Tossing aside the shadow which they were still fighting with earlier, they began to chase after Zhu Yao.
The black shadow took advantage of this opportunity and disappeared like a wisp of smoke.
"Mistress, what should we do?" Sesame was about to cry. What kind of beasts were those at the back? I've been a beast my whole life, but I've never seen anything like that. And, it had such insane strength.
"Continue flying, use all of your spiritual energy." Zhu Yao replied. Placing Yue Ying who was in her embrace by her side, she then began to regulate her breathing. The black shadow's attack was too sudden, and she was caught off guard. Her, her had had was, her, and was, her. Her, and of of of of many meras, her, and spiritual. Several meras of her meridians, she, her,, her..., her., her, her.. However, it was to no avail. Instead, his injuries became more and more severe. The blood at the corner of his mouth seemed to be flowing endlessly.
"Mistress, they're about to catch up." The demonic beasts behind were evidently of a higher rank than her, and it was only a matter of time before they caught up.
"Hold on a little longer." Since things had progressed to this point, she could only give it her all. Zhu Yao gritted her teeth, and retracted her aura. Using all of her energy, she wrapped the spiritual energy in her body. She tried to form a formation.
As expected, this was a little useful. In just a few moments, a red formation was formed beneath her.
Her Dantian shattered. Adding that she had lost control of her spiritual energy, Zhu Yao's entire body was in so much pain that she was about to spasm. She could feel the meridians in her body being sliced apart by the rampaging spiritual energy, yet, she could not stop. The moment she stopped, it meant that she would lose all signs of life, and they would be swallowed alive by the group of demonic beasts behind.
It felt like an instant, yet it felt like a century had passed.
Finally, the formation was completed.
A flying bone beast had already caught up to them, and with its mouth wide open, it pounced towards them.
Zhu Yao sliced open her index finger, gathered her spiritual energy, and wrote a rune on the formation. She then pressed on the rune with a single hand. "Void, activate!"
In an instant, a black hole that looked like the starry sky appeared in the middle of the formation, instantly sucking the two humans and one beast inside, and they disappeared from the sky. That bone beast simply pounced on empty air. It furiously flapped its wings, and let out a "hehehe" roar.
What Zhu Yao formed was a void teleportation formation. Using the teleportation formation as a support, she then sliced open the void. It could instantly teleport them to a distance of five hundred kilometers, and it was a single teleportation. The moment the teleportation was completed, it would close.
However, this teleportation formation had a certain amount of backlash. If it was in the past, she would not mind such a tiny bit of backlash. However, she was already injured in the first place, and she still forcefully activated the formation. The backlash was instantly magnified by countless of times. She felt as though her internal organs were being sliced by blades, and her blood was like an opened tap. She puked out a few mouthfuls. Even her divine sense was beginning to feel a piercing pain.
"Ah … Ah …" Yue Ying crawled to her side, and anxiously tugged on her sleeves.
"Mistress …" Sesame returned to his human form as well, and crouched down to support her.
Zhu Yao took a few deep breaths, before she regained her senses. She reached out her hand to stroke Yue Ying's head, and gave him a comforting gaze.
"Where are we right now?"
Sesame looked around. "I can no longer sense the demonic beast horde from earlier. Most likely, we have already been transported to a very far place."
"Sesame, those … demonic beasts, do you recognize them?"
Sesame shook his head. "Sesame has never seen such demonic beasts, and I have never heard anyone mention them either. Just what kind of place is this?"
She wanted to know just what kind of place this was as well. Why did they end up here after that golden light? Oh right, earlier, she seemed to have seen that the light was emitted from that black scroll.
Zhu Yao subconsciously reached into her bosom, only to realize that the scroll had long disappeared without a trace.
Could it be …
"We have most likely entered the world within that scroll." Chen Ning had mentioned before that this was an ancient scroll, and the demonic beasts that had long gone extinct were all drawn on it. In the beginning, she had even thought that this scroll was just a normal encyclopedia of animals, though it was an ancient version. However, evidently, that scroll had only suddenly glowed after coming into contact with her blood. It teleported them here.
In that case, it was basically not a scientific encyclopedia. It was very likely that it was a sealed scroll, and those demonic beasts were precisely sealed in this world.
Zhu Yao roughly explained the matter regarding the scroll to Sesame.
"It seems like the seal on this scroll is extremely strong." Earlier, that formation of hers was able to slice through space. However, they were still in this world. It seemed like the method of shattering space was unable to return to the original world as well.
Sesame frowned as well. "Then how do we leave this place?"
Zhu Yao lowered her head and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, she recalled the pitch-black ink stain at the end of the scroll. "Let's look at the deepest part of this world. There might still be a chance of survival."
"I will depart right now." This place was simply too dangerous. Any random demonic beast would be enough to make them suffer.
Sesame nodded, and then returned to his original form, concealing his own presence. He signaled for Zhu Yao and Yue Ying to climb up.
Just as it was about to take off, suddenly, a sharp roar that could make one's scalp go numb resounded.
The hell, it's here again!
— — — —
Chasing behind them was a gigantic bird that was enveloped in black flames. Sesame's original form was already considered huge. However, that bird's size was more than ten times that of Sesame. With a single glance, it was about to cover half of the sky.
Furthermore, that bird's roar was especially unique. Every single roar felt as though ten thousand sharp blades were slashing towards them. Zhu Yao herself was nearly unable to hold on, and had no choice but to seal Yue Ying's five senses, preventing him from being injured by the roar.
Although that bird's flying speed was not fast, due to its huge size, a single flap of its wings would cause a powerful air current. Although they were running at the front, they would still be affected by the air current. This caused their speed to slow down.
"Sesame, use spiritual energy to envelop your entire body. You won't be affected by the air current."
When Sesame heard this, he immediately did as he was told. As expected, after he blocked off the surrounding air current, he was no longer affected by that gigantic bird. His speed had increased by a lot, and he was getting further and further away from that gigantic bird. That demonic beast seemed to have sensed this, as its roar became even more urgent.
Suddenly, it opened its long mouth, and lightning sparks could be seen flashing within. A ball of white lightning sparks grew larger and larger.
"It's lightning …" Sesame was anxious as well. No one had expected that the bird would actually be of the lightning attribute. Other than lightning beasts, there were actually lightning attribute demonic beasts in this world. This was illogical.
Lightning innately countered demonic beasts. No matter how strong Sesame's body was, it would not be able to withstand a lightning strike from a demonic beast that was of a higher rank than it. He could not help but even his voice began to tremble.
That bird had already spat out that ball of lightning, and it was flying straight towards them.
"Mistress!"
In a moment of desperation, Zhu Yao had no choice but to instantly transform into her dragon form, and hook onto Sesame with her tail. Using her fastest speed, she madly flew upwards. This was definitely a subconscious action of Zhu Yao's, however, she never expected that her dragon form's flying speed would actually be this fast.
In just a blink of an eye, she had already shaken off that gigantic bird.
There are gains and there are losses. After returning to her dragon form, she could no longer hide her dragon might and arrogantly announced her existence.
Hence … all the demonic beasts sensed it.
Hence … there were even more demonic beasts chasing after them.
Momma's egg!
"Sesame, protect Yue Ying." Zhu Yao gritted her teeth. Right now, she could only desperately flee. She hoped that if they caught up to her, she would be able to fly out in time.
This was the first time Zhu Yao was using her dragon form to fly, and her entire body was filled with an indescribable sense of carefreeness. That was a connection that originated from her bloodline, and even her injuries seemed to have eased a little. Her speed grew even faster, and the surrounding scenery was only left with streaks of afterimages.
It was as though she was born to fly amongst the clouds. After flying for an unknown period of time, the rising and falling roars behind her seemed to have begun to slowly weaken.
Zhu Yao felt a surge of excitement in the depths of her heart. This was effective. It seemed like she would be able to shake off that group of demonic beasts in no time.
As expected, the heavens would never bar one's way. The heavens would never bar one's way …
My ass!
Zhu Yao stopped at the side of the pitch-black sky, and in an instant, she had the urge to ruthlessly smash the heavens onto the ground. (To be continued)
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