Ye Chen tilted his head and looked at Bai Yijun. Although she didn't say anything, her face had turned pale. She was only worried about his feelings, so she didn't say anything.
His heart was moved. He held her hand tightly and said, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to Bai Tian."
Bai Yijun turned to look at him, her eyes filled with gratitude.
At this moment, Bai Tian and Saint King Lun Zhuan suddenly stopped. Their faces were grave as they looked at the two mountains in the distance. There seemed to be a cave behind the mountains, and a low roar could be vaguely heard from it.
"Everyone be careful!" Bai Tian said.
Huo Feng's expression was cold. He took a step forward and stood in front of Bai Tian. He looked at the dark cave, and there seemed to be a fishy smell coming from it, mixed with a strong virus.
"All of you, back off."
Huo Feng sneered. He raised his hand, and a strong flame gushed out from his palm like a spring. It quickly formed a sharp scarlet longsword that looked like a ferocious dragon's tooth.
He clenched his hand and grabbed the sword hilt. All the strength in his body surged into his arm, and then gathered into the scarlet longsword. His body turned in the air, and he slashed down with all the strength in his arm.
Pu!
A torrential, straight and dense flame shot towards the pitch-black cave like a sharp Sword Qi.
Wherever the sword light passed, the air was sliced into layers of ripples like water waves.
Just as the sword light was about to hit the cave, an earth-shattering roar of anger suddenly rang out from the pitch-black cave. It rumbled through the entire world like thunder, and even the two huge mountains outside the cave trembled slightly.
Peng!
A huge figure rushed out from the cave. It waved its sharp claws and smashed the sword Qi apart.
The sparse light shone on this huge monster. It was thousands of feet tall, like a small hill. Its body structure was like the Tyrannosaurus Rex of the Jurassic period, except that there was a small snake head on its abdomen. It also had eight metal wings on its back. The thick feathers were all metal blades, and when it flapped, there was the sound of blades being minced, which was very ear-piercing.
Ye Chen knew that this wasn't real metal, but it was a substance that was higher than metal. It was the virus that caused this mutation in the monster's body. The cells mutated from flesh and blood into a hard submetallic state.
"So this is the monster."
Huo Feng looked disdainfully at the metalized mutant dragon beast. "Sure enough, you have the strength of the Virtual Sky World. However, you're merely in the early stage of the Virtual Sky World. Hmph!"
With a cold snort, he raised his hand and quickly pinched a finger. He muttered a few words in a low voice and then shouted,
"Dragon Scorch!"
The crimson longsword in his hand instantly disappeared and turned into countless crimson sword Qi flying in the air like countless crimson raindrops. They surrounded his body and then quickly shot towards the mutant dragon beast.
The mutant dragon beast's amber eyes flashed with a cold metallic luster. It stared at Huo Feng's body and suddenly opened its mouth to roar. An earth-shattering sound wave swept over like a huge wave, shaking the sword Qi flying in the sky and causing them to lose their formation.
Huo Feng's face turned cold. He pushed his hands forward fiercely. The energy in his body surged out like a torrential river, meeting the violent sound wave head-on.
On the side, Bai Tian's eyes flashed. He and Saint King Lun Zhuan looked at each other. The two of them shouted and both of them channeled the energy in their bodies and rushed towards the mutant dragon beast.
Huo Feng's face changed and he shouted angrily, "What are you doing!?"
Bai Tian and Saint King Lun Zhuan were stunned for a moment and couldn't help but withdraw. Saint King Lun Zhuan said, "We're helping you fight the enemy."
Huo Feng glared at him, "Who asked you to do it? Can't I deal with it!?"
Bai Tian and Saint King Lun Zhuan looked at each other in astonishment. They didn't expect Huo Feng's temper to be so cold and arrogant. He actually didn't want them to interfere.
Huo Feng withdrew his gaze from them and stared at the huge mutated dragon beast. His eyes were burning with flames, and his skin was boiling with bright red flames. It was as if he had turned into an ancient Fire God. He roared and waved his hand. The scarlet sword lights that filled the sky were retracted. They fell into his palm like a whale playing with water and condensed into a scarlet longsword.
A whirlwind of flames crazily rose from the sword hilt. Huo Feng held the crimson longsword tightly and rushed towards the mutant dragon beast, slashing it head-on.
"Origin of Fire!"
Dazzling flames flashed from the tip of his sword. It was as strong and dazzling as the beautiful stars in this pitch-black world. It was like a huge sun with an unparalleled aura. It rolled out and enveloped the entire mutant dragon beast.
The White Dragon felt the terrifying power contained in the intense white light. He frowned and asked Ye Chen, "Do you think he can do it?"
Ye Chen stared at the intense white light and said, "He can do it."
The moment his voice fell, it was as if his words had come true. The intense white light suddenly exploded. It was as if tens of thousands of rays of light had spread to the entire world. It even shot out small light holes in the natural barrier shrouded in black fog.
Then, the white light shrank like a tide and disappeared in an instant.
What appeared in front of everyone was Huo Feng's slender body standing on the back of the mutant dragon beast. The mutant dragon beast's entire body was smoking. The mutant submetallic wings on its back were roasted until they were deformed. The blade-like feathers curled up together.
Its skin seemed to have been petrified and was as hard as iron. However, at this moment, it was cracking inch by inch. It was like a dry land.
Huo Feng's chest heaved up and down. He was sweating profusely. He tilted his head and looked at Bai Tian and the others. He said coldly and arrogantly, "Collect its body. Let's go." Then, he turned around and walked back the way he came.
Bai Tian and Saint King Lun Zhuan were stunned in the air. Obviously, they didn't expect this hunting operation to be completed so easily. They didn't even do anything and the battle ended.
The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly in their hearts.
Bai Tian's body flashed and appeared above the mutant dragon beast's body. He grabbed it with his hand and collected its body into his internal universe. Then, he looked back at Ye Chen and the White Dragon and frowned. Then, he smiled and went up to them. "Let's go. This time, we relied on the power of Divine General Huo Feng. How lucky."
Ye Chen nodded slightly. He looked at the sky behind the cave and frowned. He held Bai Yijun's hand and said to the White Dragon and the others, "Since it's over, let's go."
"Okay." The White Dragon and the others nodded.
Then, under Ye Chen's lead, they walked back the way they came.
Bai Tian looked at their backs and the smile on his face froze. Saint King Lun Zhuan flew to his side and said in a low voice, "Let's go. It's not safe here. I feel like there's a pair of eyes watching us."
Bai Tian was stunned. Then, he frowned and said in a low voice, "Let's go!"
The two figures flashed and caught up with Ye Chen and the others. They quickly went back the way they came.
"Big Brother Ye, is the powerful thing you mentioned really here?"
Zhuge Fan secretly transmitted his voice to Ye Chen, "Why haven't we seen it appear after we've killed all of them?"
Ye Chen's eyes showed that he was thinking. He looked into the distance and said in a low voice, "Maybe that powerful thing has left this place temporarily. Or maybe, it's just my imagination. Anyway, it's good that we're safe."
"Okay!" Zhuge Fan nodded heavily.
At this moment, the entire pitch-black land and the countless tall trees in the forest started to tremble violently. The sound of the ground collapsing could be heard. The entire land seemed to be splitting apart. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, and bright red lava flowed out from them. It was as hot as fire and had a strong smell of blood.
The entire land seemed to be alive!
Ye Chen's pupils shrank. He shouted, "Fly up!"
He took the lead and pulled Bai Yijun towards the sky. When the White Dragon, Zhuge Fan and the others heard his reminder, they immediately came back to their senses. They quickly increased their speed and shot towards the sky.
Huo Feng, who was walking in front, reacted quickly. Almost at the same time as Ye Chen's reminder, he quickly shot towards the sky and summoned his crimson red sword. He held it in his hand and was on guard.
Just as everyone's bodies shot up into the sky, the countless pitch-black, sharp trees on the ground suddenly trembled. Then, countless black tentacles shot out from the trees and wrapped around everyone.
Saint King Lun Zhuan's reaction was also very fast. However, his movement speed was still too slow. When the lightning-like black tentacles shot towards him, he only had time to tilt his body. His waist was pierced by the black tentacles.
After the black tentacles pierced through his body, they quickly shrunk and wrapped around his body tightly like a poisonous snake.
Bai Tian, who was beside him, was shocked. A white light flashed in his hand and condensed into a sharp light blade. He slashed towards the black tentacles on his body.
Puchi!
This extremely sharp light blade could instantly kill a Beginner Epoch Realm expert. However, it did not even break the skin of the black tentacles!
Bai Tian's pupils constricted as he saw Saint King Lun Zhuan's body being constricted. His throat made cracking sounds as blood flowed out from his mouth. His handsome face was torn apart by the intense pain as it twisted into a ball. He cried out in shock, "What, what is this!"
Saint King Lun Zhuan stretched out his hand. His eyes were filled with despair.
He had already realized that no matter how he used the power in his body, he could not escape from the black tentacles. Just one tentacle was already so powerful. At this moment, countless black tentacles shot out from the ground below. One could imagine how terrifying it would be if the main body of the black tentacles came out!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
A few black tentacles shot up from the ground and shot towards Bai Tian.
Bai Tian was shocked and quickly dodged to the side. He clenched his teeth and condensed the white light blade again. He slashed towards the black tentacles on Saint King Lun Zhuan's body. However, it was still ineffective.
Under the attack of the black tentacles, he dodged left and right. In the end, he sighed and lifted his body up. He put down Saint King Lun Zhuan and shot towards the sky.
(To be continued.
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