Ling Xiao cried out in alarm as he pounced forward like a cheetah, his palms striking out in the direction of the two disciples who had run out.
No one knew what Ling Xiao was doing, but the two disciples were still in a daze.
In the next moment, the soil under the herb garden suddenly "bulged". Then, a black shadow appeared in front of the two of them, and an unknown bloody mouth bit at them.
The two of them were shocked and quickly retreated.
The people behind them cried out in alarm as they took out their profound weapons to help.
Ling Xiao was one step ahead of them and sent out two fiery palms imbued with the Blue Demon Flame.
However, before Ling Xiao's fiery palms could land on the black shadow, something suddenly sprayed out from the black shadow's bloody mouth.
Ling Xiao was shocked and quickly retreated.
The flames were extinguished by the thing that the black shadow had sprayed out.
Before anyone could see what it was, the ground returned to its original calm state. However, there was an additional gray object that looked like a hill at the place where it had just been.
This thing looked like soil, but also like some kind of "feces". It emitted a strange smell that made people feel nauseous.
"Everyone, retreat!" Ling Xiao frowned and hurriedly ordered everyone to retreat.
He had clearly felt that the thing under the ground was not simple, but he did not have the time to see what kind of spirit beast it was.
Anyone would have an indescribable sense of fear towards the unknown.
Ling Xiao and the others retreated a hundred meters away from the herb garden.
"What kind of spirit beast was that just now? It was too fast, I couldn't see it clearly!" Chen Wenyu said seriously.
"It should be the guardian spirit beast of these spirit herbs. It's such a pity for such a large area of high level spirit herbs!" Zhao Nan said bitterly.
"Could it be that we can't deal with an insect with so many people?" Luo Meiying said unwillingly.
"Can you deal with level-4 or level-5 insects?" Yan Ze asked grumpily.
For a moment, Luo Meiying was speechless.
"Step back a bit more. Let me see what kind of spirit beast this is." Ling Xiao waved his hand.
Even though the herb garden here seemed to be in shambles, there were still quite a few rank three and four spirit herbs. For a rank four alchemist like him, there was a considerable temptation. How could he just give up like this?
"Be careful, junior brother." Everyone knew Ling Xiao's abilities, and after exhorting him, they retreated another hundred meters.
Ling Xiao carefully walked towards the herb garden, his eyes constantly paying attention to the ground.
Not long after, he arrived in front of a Level 3 Spirit Herb and found that there was still no movement on the ground. He frowned for no reason and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the spirit beast left?"
Thinking of this, Ling Xiao decided to give it another try, so he stretched out his hand to pick the spiritual herb.
Peng!
All of a sudden, the ground a meter in front of Ling Xiao's spiritual herb exploded as the unknown spirit beast emerged from the ground again.
This time, the spirit beast let out a strange cry and spat out another ball of something from its mouth.
Ling Xiao was already prepared for this. He flipped over and leaped backward, so he wasn't hit.
At the same time, when he landed on the ground, he pushed off with one foot and pounced towards the spirit beast, two balls of blue flames appearing on his palms.
The flames were like a dragon, roaring towards the spirit beast.
This time, the spirit beast didn't escape, but instead spat out an elemental attack from its mouth again.
As a Heavenly Fire, the blue flames were once again buried by the opponent's elemental attack.
Ling Xiao finally saw the spirit beast's face and exclaimed in surprise, "Purple Flood Dragon Roar!"
Not far from Ling Xiao was a spirit beast with half its body straightened. The head of a flood dragon and the body of a snake, its purple skin exuding a faint noble aura. Its round and round body was smooth and exquisite, and it had a frightening bloody mouth that could swallow an elephant alive.
This was a Flood Dragon Roar.
The Flood Dragon Roar was a high-level spirit beast, a branch spirit beast that had the bloodline of the Mythological Beast Dragons in ancient times. However, with the passage of time, the bloodline had been mixed from generation to generation, and the Dragons' bloodline had gradually thinned out. The Flood Dragon Roar had also gradually lost the characteristics of Dragons.
Therefore, it was very rare to see ancient beasts like the Flood Dragon Roar among the earthworm spirit beasts.
Every time an earthworm spirit beast with the characteristics of a dragon's bloodline appeared, it would be an emperor among the earthworms.
The Flood Dragon Roar in front of him clearly had the characteristics of the Dragons' bloodline. This could be seen from its purple skin and its dragon-like earthworm head, which had the demeanor of a Dragons.
It was certain that this Purple Flood Dragon Roar had a rich bloodline of Dragons. If it had the opportunity in the future, it might even be able to evolve into a true Sacred Beast of Dragons.
The reason why Ling Xiao was able to recognize the identity of this Purple Flood Dragon Roar at a glance was because he had previously read about it in the sect's Book Depository Pavilion. There was a relevant record in one of the books.
The book mentioned that the Flood Dragon Roar was divided into three grades, orange, red, and purple. The orange Flood Dragon Roar had the thinnest bloodline of Dragons, while the Purple Flood Dragon Roar had the thickest bloodline.
The Flood Dragon Roar was a strange beast that was a hybrid between a Flood Dragon and a Roar. It had the dual attributes of water and earth. Not only could it be like a fish in water, but it could also come and go freely on land. Its most powerful ability was not its attack ability, but its ability to improve the soil.
The place where the Flood Dragon Roar existed was extremely suitable for the growth of spirit herbs. At the same time, it could also speed up the growth of spirit herbs.
This characteristic was what all alchemists liked the most.
This was the reason why Ling Xiao was pleasantly surprised.
Why did he say that?
Because any alchemist would often use large amounts of spirit herbs to refine pills, and the most distressing thing for any alchemist was the lack of spirit herbs. Therefore, alchemists from ordinary sects would usually plant spirit herbs in places rich in spirit energy, in case of emergencies.
The growth of ordinary spirit herbs was extremely slow, and the time needed to accumulate was too long. This was also the most depressing aspect of alchemists.
However, the Flood Dragon Roar was the most beneficial accelerator for improving the soil and speeding up the growth of spirit herbs. It could shorten the growth of spirit herbs by three to five times, and the grade of the spirit herbs that grew would definitely be high.
Therefore, which alchemist wouldn't desire to harvest a Flood Dragon Roar as a spirit beast to cultivate spirit herbs?
Currently, this Purple Flood Dragon Roar was already as big as three people hugging it, and half of its body was already about ten meters tall. It looked like it already had the strength of the fifth level.
While Ling Xiao was pleasantly surprised, the Purple Flood Dragon Roar shot out something from its stomach towards Ling Xiao.
At the same time, it let out a strange cry, and its bloody mouth fiercely bit towards Ling Xiao.
"Be careful!" Not far away, the crowd cried out to Ling Xiao.
Fortunately, Ling Xiao recovered quickly and leaped back more than a hundred meters.
However, this time, the Purple Flood Dragon Roar was no longer hiding underground. Instead, it coiled its body and chased after them at an extremely fast speed.
"Everyone attack together!" Chen Wenyu cried out and took the initiative to launch a powerful attack.
Everyone else also attacked the Purple Flood Dragon Roar with all their might.
Rumble!
A large cloud of dust flew into the air in front of the Purple Flood Dragon Roar.
"Hurry up and run, it will be fine!" Ling Xiao knew that the Purple Flood Dragon Roar's defense was astonishing, so he immediately called out to his people.
Unfortunately, the Purple Flood Dragon Roar wasn't going to give up so easily. It was completely fine after taking a round of attacks from the crowd, and its huge round body swept towards the crowd.
Bing Ruoshui, who was the closest to it, had nowhere to hide.
Just at this moment, an extremely fast figure grabbed her delicate body and hurriedly fled.
However, they were still half a step too late.
The two of them were flung a great distance away by that figure.
Wah!
Ling Xiao, who was carrying Bing Ruoshui, couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. He felt like his body was about to fall apart, and his internal organs were all displaced.
When Bing Ruoshui saw that Ling Xiao was lying on top of her, her heart clenched.
She asked anxiously, "Ling Xiao, are you alright?"
"I … I'm fine. Hurry … hurry up and get out of here!" Ling Xiao said weakly.
Bing Ruoshui didn't dare to hesitate, and she hurriedly carried Ling Xiao away.
Everyone else also began to flee.
A high-tier fifth-grade spirit beast was equivalent to a high-tier Earth Sovereign Realm cultivator.
If it wanted to kill all of them, it would be a piece of cake.
Fortunately, the Flood Dragon Roar wasn't a carnivore, and its temperament was relatively gentle compared to other spirit beasts. Thus, when they were far enough away, the Flood Dragon Roar hid underground and didn't come out to attack them again.
However, they still had lingering fears, and all of them wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Bing Ruoshui carried Ling Xiao and placed him on the side of the stone wall. She asked in an unprecedentedly gentle tone, "Ling Xiao, are you … are you alright?"
At the same time, she took out a pill and stuffed it into Ling Xiao's mouth.
"Junior Brother, are you alright?" Chen Wenyu and the others asked with concern.
Yu Lieyan didn't hesitate to squat in front of Ling Xiao, taking over half of Bing Ruoshui's body. He touched Ling Xiao's pale face and asked, "Junior Brother, are … are you alright? Don't scare me, you can't let Senior Sister become a widow at such a young age."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Bing Ruoshui glared at Yu Lieyan.
"Hmph, you're still in the right? If Junior Brother didn't try to save you, would he have been injured?" Yu Lieyan snorted.
"I … I … I'd rather be injured than for him to be injured." Bing Ruoshui had no choice but to confess her feelings.
"Cough, cough …" Ling Xiao coughed lightly and said weakly, "You … you guys stop arguing. Move away and protect me. I'll be fine after resting for a while."
Ling Xiao sat up and placed his palms under his abdomen, beginning to circulate the Vajra Five Transformation Technique to repair his body.
The two girls glared at each other, then stood up and shielded Ling Xiao behind them.
Luo Meiying and Wen Kedie also quietly stood to the side and looked around.
The other disciples looked at Ling Xiao enviously and took a few steps back to protect Ling Xiao.
Just as Ling Xiao had been meditating for half an hour, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard from the mountain path.
Chen Wenyu frowned and said, "Everyone, be on guard. Someone's coming."
Just as he finished speaking, a dozen or so figures appeared not far in front of them.
After the dozen or so figures stood still, a sound came from behind them. Another group of people gathered here.
The atmosphere immediately became tense!