The moment that sky-shaking roar echoed, the expressions of Jiang Yifan and Ling Suxin shifted drastically!
"Oh no!" Jiang Yifan shouted in alarm. "It noticed! The nest has been disturbed!"
The two didn't even have time to look at each other. Driven by pure instinct, they spun around and pushed the remaining effects of their acceleration talismans to the limit, bolting madly back the way they came!
However, it was already too late!
The very instant they turned, the green-armored dragon crocodile ahead of them completely ignored their presence. Its enraged, slit pupils were locked onto the direction of its nest. Its demonic energy erupted violently, and profound patterns surfaced on its dark-green scales!
Boom—!!
Its massive body kicked off the ground with a powerful thrust. Using the recoil, it transformed into a blur of green lightning. With a terrifying speed far exceeding its previous pursuit of them, it tore through the mist and vanished from the spot instantly!
It moved so fast that it left behind a series of ear-piercing sonic booms and distorted afterimages in the air!
Jiang Yifan and Ling Suxin only felt a gale wrapped in a foul stench sweep past them. Their vision blurred, and the massive threat was already gone! The speed they were maintaining with everything they had seemed so pale and powerless before the full-power eruption of this enraged Nascent Soul demonic beast!
"Fast! Faster!"
For the first time, a trace of panic appeared in Jiang Yifan's eyes. He burned his spiritual energy recklessly, increasing his speed again, yet he could only watch helplessly as that green figure quickly vanished into the depths of the mist.
Ling Suxin's face was also pale. Her lotus lamp flashed rapidly, casting its light on both of them in an attempt to accelerate their movement, but the effect was negligible!
They had been left in the dust!
Moreover, they were too far from the nest; they couldn't possibly make it back in time!
...
Meanwhile, beside the swamp nest.
That enraged roar exploded directly in the ears of Li Nanzhu and Duan Xianxing! The two felt their scalps tingle, and their hearts nearly jumped out of their chests!
"Junior Sister! Run!" Duan Xianxing roared hoarsely.
Li Nanzhu's reaction was lightning-fast. Almost at the same moment she heard the roar, her hand was already gripping the flagpole. She yanked it out with a sudden pull!
With the flag in hand, she didn't even have time to inspect it. She turned and pushed her speed to its limit, shooting toward Duan Xianxing's direction!
"Go!"
However, in the very next second after she turned to dash—
Boom!!!
The mist overhead was violently torn open, and a green figure carrying a heavy pressure crashed down with a roar!
It was the green-armored dragon crocodile, returning to its nest in a fury!
It had returned far too quickly! Faster than anyone could have imagined!
The earth shook violently, and a wild shockwave sent Li Nanzhu and Duan Xianxing flying before they could even steady themselves!
"Roar—!"
The dragon crocodile's slit pupils instantly locked onto the flag in Li Nanzhu's hand, which radiated the aura of its nest!
It let out an even more furious roar, and its massive front claw slammed down toward Li Nanzhu, whose body had yet to regain balance!
Li Nanzhu's pupils constricted sharply. In this critical moment of life and death, she displayed incredible combat instinct and flexibility!
With a sharp twist of her waist, she leaned her body backward while her toes kicked hard against the ground, attempting to use the force to slide out of the way!
Screech—!
The sharp tips of the claws grazed past the tip of her nose, slicing off a few strands of hair from her forehead. The fierce wind from the strike made her cheeks sting with pain!
But she had ultimately avoided that fatal blow by the narrowest of margins!
However, how could the attack of a Nascent Soul demonic beast be so easily evaded in its entirety?
The terrifying astral wind generated by the massive claw slammed into Li Nanzhu's chest!
"Pfft!"
Li Nanzhu let out a muffled groan. Her body was sent flying uncontrollably, crashing toward a distant boulder!
Just as she was about to hit the rock, a jade pendant at her waist suddenly lit up, forming a soft light shield to protect her.
Bang!
The light shield flickered violently, canceling out most of the impact, but Li Nanzhu was still shaken until her blood and qi roiled. A sweetness filled her throat, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.
She fell heavily to the ground. Although she wasn't severely injured thanks to the automatic trigger of her defensive magic tool, she was still left dizzy and disoriented, her vision going dark.
The green-armored dragon crocodile was even more enraged when its strike failed to crush the little bug that had stolen its flag!
It gave Li Nanzhu no time to breathe. With a swing of its massive head, its bloody maw opened, and a dark-green toxic mist gushed out like a raging tide, instantly enveloping the area where Li Nanzhu lay!
Wherever the toxic mist passed, the moss and algae on the ground withered and blackened instantly, and even the rocks sizzled as they were corroded!
Seeing that Li Nanzhu was about to be swallowed by the terrifying toxic mist—
"Junior Sister!"
Duan Xianxing let out a wild roar, pushing his speed to an unprecedented peak.
He moved like a streak of blue lightning, rushing into the mist just before it closed and grabbing Li Nanzhu's arm, yanking her out forcefully!
"Run!"
He pulled Li Nanzhu and fled madly without looking back!
"Roar!"
Seeing its attack miss once again, the dragon crocodile completely flew into a frenzy. It raised its massive tail and slammed it heavily against the ground!
Boom!
The ground instantly split into countless fissures!
A terrifying shockwave, mixed with countless shards of rock sent flying by the impact, pelted toward the two fleeing for their lives!
Just as the two were about to be buried under the rain of lethal stones.
Clack!
Suisui, who had been following closely, suddenly leapt behind them. Its skeletal body instantly expanded and transformed. Countless bone fragments rapidly combined and extended, turning into an enormous, pale bone shield in the blink of an eye!
Bang, bang, bang—!!
A flurry of heavy impacts rang out instantly!
The bone shield shook violently, and fine cracks even began to appear on its surface, but it ultimately stood firm and blocked that wave of lethal attacks!
The ghostly light in Suisui's eye sockets dimmed slightly; resisting a full-strength blow from an enraged Nascent Soul demonic beast clearly consumed a great deal of its energy.
Duan Xianxing took the opportunity to pull Li Nanzhu across another large distance.
"Cough... Senior Brother Xianxing, let go of me. I can run on my own!" Li Nanzhu suppressed her roiling blood and qi, shaking off Duan Xianxing's hand. The two sprinted side-by-side, pushing their speed to the absolute limit.
However, the green-armored dragon crocodile behind them had no intention of letting them go!
It took massive strides, making the earth and mountains shake with every step as it pursued them closely. From its mouth, it incessantly spat out toxic mist and light orbs filled with terrifying demonic power, madly bombarding their escape route!
The marshland was blasted into a mess, with mud mixed with toxin splashing everywhere!
Li Nanzhu and Duan Xianxing were like dancers on a blade's edge, utilizing their movement arts to the fullest. They constantly dodged and maneuvered, avoiding the fatal attacks from behind.
Every evasion was breathtakingly dangerous, a brush with death!
An ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator facing such terrifying pressure and pursuit would likely have had their mind collapse and their spiritual energy turn chaotic, unable to utilize even ten percent of their strength, left to wait for death in despair.
However, although Li Nanzhu and Duan Xianxing were in a wretched state, covered in wounds and with their spiritual energy depleting rapidly, their eyes remained remarkably calm.
All of this was thanks to the Soul-Sound Bell at their waists, which was emitting a constant, faint hum!
This special magic tool, crafted by Jiang Yifan and infused with the essence blood of ten people and one bone, was currently performing a far greater role than expected!
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