The entire camp instantly descended into chaos.
"Don't panic; protect the young miss!" Elder Ling's face darkened as he roared. With this pillar of strength holding the line, and everyone present being an elite, they managed to stabilize the situation in just a few seconds.
They skillfully formed a defensive formation, surrounding the tent where Ning Tian was located.
"Young miss, those beasts have caught up..." Elder Ling said, his expression grim as he poked his head into the tent.
"We should continue to retreat. The inside of the tent is not safe either; they are underground and highly skilled at escaping and launching sneak attacks. This old servant cannot guarantee the young miss's safety, so we must fight while retreating. Only by completely leaving the territory of the Star Dou Great Forest can we shake off their pursuit."
"Alright!" Ning Tian remained calm in the face of danger. She stood up, her brilliant golden eyes appearing quite indifferent and composed.
"Elder Ling, lead the way."
"Young miss, I will protect you!" Wu Feng patted her chest, her small face flushed red. It was the first time she had felt this excited. She even began to fantasize about the moment when her young miss was in danger, and she would descend like a divine soldier, saving the young miss with a single hand of the Dragon Shield, or perhaps blocking in front of the young miss and using her own body to save her.
Just thinking about how moved the young miss would be and then how she would kick that guy named Lu Cheng aside to embrace and kiss her made her feel incredibly exhilarated.
Smack!
But the next second, Ning Tian slapped Wu Feng's head in annoyance. "What are you giggling about? Hurry up and follow!"
"Oh, oh!" Wu Feng restrained her smile, putting on a solemn expression as she followed by Ning Tian's side, alertly observing the movements around them.
The team retreated in an orderly fashion, taking advantage of the night to move into the distance.
But it was night after all, and with only a few soul masters of the mental type, the soul masters on the edge of the team would occasionally be swallowed into the bloody maws of the earth-drilling armored insects that suddenly emerged from underground, perishing on the spot.
"This old servant thought wrong..." Elder Ling said, gritting his teeth.
"These beasts didn't pursue us during the day just to make us lower our guard. Night is their prime time for hunting. Damn it, we shouldn't have rested the team; we should have retreated from the Star Dou Great Forest in one go."
In this pack, there were at least two or three ten thousand-year-old spirit beasts. The strongest of their tribe hadn't even appeared yet, only exposing a faint aura of pressure. By his estimation, it should be around thirty thousand years.
Earth drilling armored insects were already extremely troublesome. Looking across the Star Dou Great Forest, few other spirit beast tribes dared to provoke an entire pack of them because their ability to burrow underground made them natural killers.
Soul masters who encountered them almost all died within the Star Dou Great Forest.
"No matter." Ning Tian sat on one of the few Horned Kirin horses in the team, her expression still calm and indifferent. Although young, she was the true core of the entire team.
"Send thirty thousand gold coins as death benefits to the families of every fallen attendant. The only thing my Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School does not lack is gold coins."
As soon as these words were spoken, the morale of the entire team instantly soared.
The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School were wealthy, and they had never been stingy in these matters.
"If we survive the night, they should retreat..." Elder Ling's expression also improved slightly.
"Is it over?"
After hours of high tension, with companions being dragged underground by Earth-drilling armored insects from time to time, fear and nervousness left a trace of exhaustion on the faces of all the team members. Even Elder Ling slowly let out a sigh of relief.
Those guys seemed to have withdrawn...
A glimmer of dawn lit up the horizon, and a red sun poked its head above the skyline, dispelling the night bit by bit.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
A sudden change occurred!
Three massive, giant beasts suddenly rushed out from underground. Their huge bodies, covered in earthy-yellow armor, still carried the damp, soft soil from underground, and a smell of earth permeated the air. They all surrounded Ning Tian, forming a triangular shape.
The entire team's formation was instantly scattered.
At the same time, several more Earth Drilling Armored Insect figures soared into the sky in the distance, charging into the team and slaughtering and devouring them wantonly.
At the very center, only Elder Ling and a very small number of elites were able to react in time, but the former was held back tightly by the largest figure. Even though he manifested his Martial Soul True Body, a dark red spear, he was unable to return to Ning Tian's side in the short term.
The other elites, composed of several Spirit Kings and Spirit Emperors, were scattered by another earth-drilling armored insect of about twenty thousand years, collapsing into disarray.
Wu Feng looked up, her eyes dull as she watched the massive, dozens-of-meters-long body leap high into the air, blotting out the sky as it shrouded her, Ning Tian, and even the Horned Kirin horse beneath them. Its bloody maw, filled with hideous, sharp teeth, opened wide, and inside, one could even see the undigested fragments of the attendants' bodies.
At this moment, her body trembled like a sieve.
There was no color on her face.
She could even hear the thumping of her own heart.
The horned Kirin horse beneath her was also startled, seemingly frightened out of its wits by this powerful aura. Its front hooves buckled, causing Wu Feng to suddenly roll forward.
She fell heavily to the ground. The sturdy physique of a soul master meant she didn't suffer any injuries, but she was completely terrified.
"Run!"
A delicate shout came from beside her.
Only then did she notice that the young miss, who had always been relatively weak, had also fallen off the horse but used the momentum to roll, dodging the attack of the earth-drilling armored insect and running towards her.
"Go, young miss; I'll cover the rear!" A flash of shame and determination crossed Wu Feng's face. Facing the figure of Ning Tian running towards her and the massive, hideous beast leaping high once again behind her, she had quite a feeling of facing death unflinchingly.
Flames swirled around her body, and a shadow of a fire dragon slowly condensed behind her.
But just as the opponent was about to land.
"Invincible Barrier!!!" Ning Tian shouted softly.
She grabbed Wu Feng, and a barrier condensed around their bodies.
Boom!
The Earth Drilling Armored Insect's attack landed on the barrier. In an instant, it tore a gap in it, and within three seconds, the barrier gradually turned into fragments.
Roar!
That ten-thousand-year-old Earth-drilling armored insect was completely enraged. With its cunning and intelligence not inferior to humans, it had actually stumbled so many times over a girl who had no power to truss a chicken.
Earthy-yellow light condensed around its body, and its speed increased by another fold.
"Young miss, this time... leave it to Wu Feng!"
Wu Feng's crimson eyes were filled with determination and resolve.
"Dragon's Fire!"
"Dragon's Rage!"
Two yellow soul rings rose one after another.
And the next instant, three colorful lights also fell upon her. Behind her was Ning Tian, who wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, holding a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in her hand, light emanating from it.
"I'm going in!" Wu Feng curled her red lips into a smile. To be able to die with the one she loved, it was worth it.
"Hah!"
Her body burned with intense flames. Her martial soul possessed her, growing a red dragon tail and dragon horns, and her fingers became sharp and long.
Carrying a full-power strike, she charged towards the Earth Drilling Spirit Beast that had opened its bloody maw and had a playful look in its eyes.
She knew this was tantamount to a mantis trying to stop a chariot, but the young miss was right behind her. At the very least... she had to die in front of the young miss.
Her dragon claws, carrying the might of flames, struck fiercely at the guy's eyes.
And the next instant.
A scorching, burning, crimson beam of light suddenly pierced through the pupil of the Earth Drilling Armored Insect and then passed out from the back of its head on the other side. A terrifying might sweep across dozens of miles, like the pressure originating from an ancient divine beast, rolling and permeating outwards.
Wu Feng: "..."
She looked blankly at the giant beast before her, its vitality gradually fading as its massive body slowly fell to the ground. Then she slowly raised her arms, examining her own pair of crimson dragon claws.
"I killed this? Am I that fierce?!!"
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