An 8th-tier magical beast is equivalent to a super-tier mage among human mages, and specifically, the pinnacle of the super-tier.
Now such a big shot has arrived.
Lu Shi knew without guessing that it must be related to the Kunlun Mirror fragment that Xiao Jianjian had just eaten.
The instigator is now comfortably floating in the space of consciousness, its whole body radiating a silvery-white light that flashes rhythmically with the rise and fall of the scissors.
There was no response to any of the attempts to communicate.
Well, I can't count on this guy again.
"Tell me, who took away the fragments of the Kunlun Mirror?" A cold and vicious voice came from the sky.
The Netherworld Serpent didn't use its consciousness to communicate; instead, it used human language, its voice booming and resounding throughout the heavens and earth.
"My lord, we...we don't know either," a Gale Wolf King barely managed to raise its head and replied in a low voice.
"What use are you to me?"
Without the Netherworld Serpent making any move, a serpentine black shadow suddenly appeared on the wolf king, its body unfurling and tightly coiling around its entire form. Amidst the wolf king's terrified roar, the black snake shadow grew larger and larger, its coils tightening. Finally, the snake's head rose, and its enormous mouth opened…
Take a big gulp.
The entire Gale Wolf King was swallowed whole into the snake shadow's belly, while the black snake phantom raised its head with satisfaction, its body slowly fading into nothingness and disappearing from the spot.
A level 5 magical beast vanished without a trace in just a few seconds.
From beginning to end, the Netherworld Serpent paid no attention to the life or death of the Gale Wolf King.
It spoke to the members of the Shadow Society in a chilling voice: "Have the Huang family send over another shard of the mirror."
The members of the Shadow Society looked at each other, unsure how to respond.
Wen Tianming stepped forward, bowed, and slowly said, "Lord Sacred Beast, I will handle the Huang family's matter. However, there must be an explanation for the lost mirror, otherwise..."
"You bunch of useless trash! With so many people here, you can't even keep an eye on them? Do you expect me to give you an explanation?" The Netherworld Serpent said impatiently. "No matter what method you use, I want to see the mirror tomorrow. If I can't, then N County has no reason to exist. My people haven't tasted human flesh in a long time."
After a pause, it continued to Wen Tianming: "Even if we ignore N County, the Huang family shouldn't think they can get away with it. If you don't give me the mirror, I'll report what they've done to the human judgment council."
His words carried a strong sense of threat.
"So the impending chaos in N County is related to the Huang family, a magical clan in N County. No wonder Uncle Huang wouldn't tell me the truth; it involves his own family." Hearing this secret, Lu Shi felt a little worried.
"Where did this rat come from?" The Netherworld Serpent suddenly turned around and spat out a breath of black gas into the sky above the plain.
Everyone, including the Swiftwind Wolf Pack, raised their heads and looked up at the sky.
The black mist shot up into the sky above the grassland, which was 200 meters high, and enveloped a section of the sky.
A golden light barrier blocked the invasion of the black energy.
At the same time, more than a dozen figures appeared in the air, each with wings flashing behind them. Some of these were transformed from wind wings, while most were various flying magical artifacts.
Lu Shi vaguely recognized these people as second-year students and teachers from a magic high school. However, when they set off, there were more than thirty of them, but now less than half remained.
The leader was a combat instructor, with wind wings flashing behind him and golden light shining brightly from his hands. It was he who released the light barrier to block the black energy exhaled by the Netherworld Serpent.
"Teacher Qin, the invisibility artifact has been corroded! Let's go!" A student flapped his wings and flew to Teacher Qin's side, shouting, "An 8th-tier magical beast is not something we can fight against."
Teacher Qin nodded and waved for the students behind her to retreat.
A dozen students hurriedly flapped their wings and flew out of the valley.
"You think you can just leave now that you've come?" The Netherworld Serpent's chilling voice rang out again.
Black energy surged from its body, and suddenly a black snake shadow appeared around each of the students. The snake shadows quickly coiled around the students.
Instantly, the students gasped in alarm, and many emitted various colored lights as they tried to resist the attack of the black snake shadow.
In the end, only three students managed to break free from the black snake's shadow; the rest were swallowed by the snake and disappeared.
Teacher Qin raised his hands high, golden light shimmering, and used mid-level light magic to disperse the snake shadows that attacked him.
Looking back, they found that only three high-level students with defensive magical artifacts were still alive.
In this practical training exercise, only three students from the second year of high school remained.
This was the most brutal live-fire training exercise in history.
Unexpectedly, on a whim, I decided to unravel the secret of the beam of light in the valley.
Unexpectedly, they encountered an 8th-tier magical beast in the central region, putting these outstanding second-year high school students in a deadly predicament, causing Teacher Qin to feel deeply saddened.
To calm himself down, Teacher Qin shouted, "An 8th-tier magical beast is not something we can fight. You three, run! I'll hold it off."
Having said that, it flapped its wings and charged towards the Netherworld Serpent in the air.
Its entire body shone with golden light, but that tiny glimmer of light was quickly swallowed up by the endless darkness.
"Teacher Qin!" the three students cried out in pain. Without further hesitation, they turned around, flapped their wings, and flew towards the outer edge of the valley.
The wolves on the ground howled, but unable to fly, they could only run along the ground.
However, the sound was deafening and the momentum was astonishing.
"Lord Holy Beast, we are willing to pursue and kill those three escaped students. They may know the whereabouts of the Kunlun Mirror," said Seventy-Four, waving his hand towards the sky.
Without waiting for the Netherworld Serpent's response, he led the three, Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Eight, and Seventy-Nine, and jumped onto the ice road, quickly joining Seventy-Six on the other side, and they all left together.
He didn't look at Wen Tianming once throughout the entire process, nor did he seem to care about him.
"Damn it, these short-sighted people think they can take this opportunity to leave and sever ties." Wen Tianming looked at the departing group with a sinister gaze and muttered to himself, "Even if you go back, the master won't let you off the hook."
Wen Tianming suddenly thought of Lu Shi and turned around, only to find that the person who had been slumped to the side was nowhere to be seen.
He was extremely anxious and wanted to chase after her.
thump.
A figure fell in front of Wen Tianming, blocking his way.
Teacher Qin was enveloped in black energy, and his right arm had vanished, with wisps of black smoke rising from the severed end. He seemed completely immersed in darkness, with only a glimmer of golden light remaining in his eyes.
He stared at Wen Tianming, his lips moving slightly as he squeezed out a few words.
"Teacher Wen... Teacher Wen..."
Before he could finish speaking, the last golden light in his eyes suddenly went out, and he fell backward, turning into black smoke and disappearing.
Wen Tianming's eyes gleamed white as he coldly said, "Teacher Qin, may you have a safe journey. In your next life, don't help others indiscriminately; those who are overly kind never have a good ending."
"Human, your mind is dark, even I cannot see through it," came the voice of the Netherworld Serpent.
Wen Tianming turned around and looked at the Netherworld Serpent. He chuckled, took off his glasses with his right hand, and looked up again. His eyes had turned black and white, with two beams of light shining and intertwining.
Then, Wen Tianming said with a smile, "Lord Holy Beast, I would like to make a deal with you. It concerns the Huang family, the Kunlun Mirror, N County, and even more so... the Shadow Demon Society."
The Netherworld Serpent stared into Wen Tianming's eyes, remaining silent for a long time.
After a long while, a single word echoed in the air.
"good."
...
After chasing them out of the valley, the large group of Swiftwind Wolves stopped and ceased their pursuit.
The three students flying in the sky seemed to lack magic power; their wind wings and magical artifacts had already been retracted when they left the valley.
The three landed back on the ground and were running using the initial stage of the wind system.
Five members of the Shadow Society used Shadow Cloak to quickly approach them.
Finally, they were surrounded by a giant rock.
Five against three.
Countless shadow spikes flew around, forcing the three students into a desperate situation.
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