Chapter 4246 — The Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
The Rufeng Forest of today and the Rufeng Forest of ordinary times were two entirely different worlds. Now, though danger lurked on every side, so long as one was careful and not too unlucky, even if one failed to win any heavenly treasures, one could at least withdraw with one's life intact.
At ordinary times, however, the miasma-shrouded Rufeng Forest—for human cultivators, to call it a den of dragons and tigers would be putting it mildly. Of ten who entered, nine and a half would die there.
If Chu Bubai had truly come at other times and survived unscathed to this day, then the man was indeed a remarkably thick leg to cling to.
"That's right. Once I was trapped here and ended up staying by accident for a time. Fortunately, I scraped through with my life," Chu Bubai said mildly, glancing at Wei Zhao and waving the white paper fan in his hand.
The others exchanged looks, and the respect in their eyes when they regarded Chu Bubai deepened at once. His words had been spoken lightly enough, but the peril within them could be guessed even without elaboration.
This man was truly no simple matter! Wei Zhao grew all the more certain of his own judgment. He shot Huang Xiaotao a look, signaling her to stay close to him and be careful from here on, lest anything unexpected happen.
Just then, everyone's expression suddenly changed. From the dense forest in the distance came a burst of roaring—"Hou! Hou!"—accompanied by the dense rustle and swish of foliage. Clearly, some spirit beast was approaching at speed.
Before anyone could react, the owner of that sound—which a moment ago had seemed a hundred zhang away—abruptly appeared behind them the next instant, and a colossal black shadow of incomparable swiftness came hurtling out sideways.
Wei Zhao had no time to look closely. He seized Huang Xiaotao at once and dodged swiftly to one side. Chu Bubai reacted in kind, pulling Feng Hongyu out of the way, but Guo Dengtao and Wang Feng fared rather more wretchedly.
Guo Dengtao came off slightly better; tumbling and scrambling, he managed to escape disaster. Wang Feng was not so lucky. Unable to dodge in time, he was sent sprawling head over heels by the great black shadow. Fortunately, it was only a glancing blow and not a direct hit; otherwise, judging by the force of it, Wang Feng would have been left half-crippled at best, if not dead outright.
In a place like this, a severe injury leaving one half-crippled was as good as death. Unless it were a bond of true life-and-death friendship, no one would be willing to carry a burden along on such a venture. At least among those present, Wei Zhao could see no one especially close to Wang Feng.
The great black shadow passed through their midst. After striking Wang Feng, it did not pause in the slightest; leaving only a trail of afterimages, it vanished into the dense forest in an instant.
The Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast! Wei Zhao's heart gave a start. Though the black shadow moved with great speed, that single hurried glimpse had been enough for him to recognize the spirit beast at once—for it was far too familiar.
Never had Wei Zhao imagined that, upon coming to Cloud Terrace Island—and to the Rufeng Forest in particular—he would actually encounter one of Little Feng's own kind!
Cloud Terrace Island was all but cut off from the mortal world, and Wei Zhao had assumed that spirit beasts like the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast existed only in the mortal realm. He had never expected Cloud Terrace Island to have them too—and judging by that display just now, this Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast's level of strength was far above Little Feng's! R1152