This is the moment!
Ji Yueyao's breath hitched for a moment, and then she tore out her own distorted space behind them at an extremely fast speed.
The distance created by the distorted space was extremely close to that of the leopard-type alien bird, so the attracted leopard-type alien bird had no chance to resist at all, and could only let out a wail and then resign itself to its fate.
Zhu Mu, holding Ji Yueyao, quickly leaped backward. Looking back, he saw those leopard-type exotic birds being sucked into the bottomless black hole, turning into a pile of minced meat and disappearing completely.
"Damn it... I missed one." Ji Yueyao withdrew her spatial ability. Although her words were still calm, the color had completely drained from her face. She closed her eyes and felt the changes in the energy in her body... That's right, as soon as she used her superpower, the power in her body would be immediately sucked into a bottomless pit. If she didn't absorb enough, this bottomless pit would continuously overdraw her physical strength until she had absorbed enough.
Her distorted space... what does she need so much power for?
Having thought of this, Ji Yueyao had no intention of thinking any further. The extreme exhaustion in her body and the intense pain in her brain almost made her internal organs twist. She curled up into a ball, gritted her teeth, and closed her eyes tightly.
Her entire body seemed to be drawn by a tremendous gravitational force, and her physical strength was being constantly drained away, as if she were supplying a huge energy source.
Just bear with it a little longer... the pain will pass!
Upon hearing this, Zhu Mu looked around, but the surroundings were so quiet that he couldn't find the hiding place of the leopard-like exotic bird at all.
"Captain, is that leopard-type exotic bird still around us?" Zhu Mu couldn't help but ask. After waiting for a while and seeing that Ji Yueyao did not answer, he looked down and found that Ji Yueyao in his arms was gritting her teeth and looked like she was in pain.
She had clearly bitten her lip, and a thin trickle of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, which looked quite alarming.
"Captain, how are you!" Zhu Mu almost lost his composure. He squatted down and placed Ji Yueyao on a thick branch at his feet, wanting to give her some water. However, a terrifying leopard roar came from behind him. Then, Zhu Mu felt a pain in his back and was knocked off the tree by a leopard's paw without any chance to fight back.
He quickly turned around in mid-air, ignoring the sharp bark on the tree trunk, and directly dug his bare hands into the trunk to prevent himself from falling onto the soil below.
"Damn it." The captain is still up there! Zhu Mu gritted his teeth, raised his eyes and stared intently at the leopard-like exotic bird on the tree trunk, then pushed off with his feet and leaped up.
Ji Yueyao was in pain all over her body. She shook her dizzy head and keenly sensed that there seemed to be something dangerous in front of her... Without thinking, she directly took out a dagger from her waist and swung it.
The leopard-type exotic bird was almost able to tear off Ji Yueyao's neck, but unexpectedly a dagger was swung from the side. Startled, it quickly retreated, and at that moment, Zhu Mu jumped up and delivered a heavy blow to the leopard-type exotic bird's head.
The leopard-like bird let out a painful roar. Caught off guard, it was struck so hard that it became dizzy and disoriented. Then, it struggled and jumped around, shaking its thick tail, and crushed the branch it was standing on.
Ji Yueyao had no choice but to open her eyes at this moment, and then grabbed a thin branch next to her and barely managed to hook it.
Zhu Mu rode on the back of the leopard-type exotic bird and fell into the muddy ground under the tree with it. The leopard-type exotic bird was still struggling, but Zhu Mu's movements were much more restricted.
Just kidding... This mud is teeming with leeches and strange birds. If he gets bitten, he's going to die!
"Bamboo, quickly finish off the leopard-type exotic bird and stay on it. The leech exotic bird doesn't attack leopard-type exotic birds!" Ji Yueyao grabbed a tree branch, her arm almost completely powerless. She could even feel herself slowly sliding down her palm.
"This is really terrible..." Ji Yueyao muttered under her breath, trying to grip tighter but unable to muster any strength.
Why do leeches and other exotic birds not attack leopard-like birds?
Zhu Mu was taken aback, then looked down at the leech-like strange birds that had scattered and kept a certain distance from the leopard-type strange birds, and his eyes widened suddenly...
With a raised hand, he subdued the still-flailing leopard-type alien bird, and then Zhu Mu plunged his dagger down hard... Don't underestimate the power of an ability user; such a close-range attack pierced right through the leopard-type alien bird's head.
The leopard-like bird, pierced through, only gasped twice before finally lying lifeless in the mud.
At that moment, Ji Yueyao slid down from the tree. Zhu Mu, who had just caught his breath, was shocked and quickly jumped over to grab Ji Yueyao's leg, then wedged himself into the rough part of the tree trunk... He almost hit the muddy ground.
Ji Yueyao's face twitched slightly as she was being held upside down. At such close range, she could almost see the ugly faces of the leeches and strange birds that were darting out of the mud.
But being held upside down like that, blood was flowing into my head... It felt like my already aching head was about to explode.
"That was close, Captain." Takeki breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, he made it in time. He looked down, wanting to say something more, but all he saw was a pair of feet.
"..."
He quickly turned Ji Yueyao over. Seeing the cold look in Ji Yueyao's eyes, Zhu Mu swallowed and forced a fawning laugh, "Captain, are you alright?"
"Hmm." Ji Yueyao nodded, then looked back at the carcass of the leopard-type exotic bird in the mud, paused, and said softly, "Skin that leopard-type exotic bird."
"...Eh?" Eh? Takeki looked at the leopard-type exotic bird in the mud, then at the leech-type exotic bird scurrying around in the mud, and sniffed mournfully.
Captain, you're definitely getting revenge, aren't you...?
He got up and leaped onto another sturdier branch. After putting Ji Yueyao down, he jumped onto the leopard-like exotic bird in the middle of the mud. When he jumped, he took the bird's body with him. Then, with his back to Ji Yueyao, he quickly and skillfully removed the bird's fur.
For humans, the skins of some exotic birds are extremely valuable. For example, the shells of various crustacean birds are the best raw materials for some weapons, and their effects are even far superior to steel.
Therefore, Zhu Mu believes that skinning exotic birds is an essential basic skill for every adventurer.
"Captain, all done." Zhu Mu turned around, holding the prickly fur of the leopard-type exotic bird. The fur of the leopard-type exotic bird was not soft at all; holding it felt like grasping a bunch of sharp thorns.
"Pack it up." Ji Yueyao said weakly as she took out a pouch from her backpack, put the leopard-type exotic bird's pelt inside, and then... stuffed it into her bamboo backpack.
Zhu Mu sat down miserably, reluctantly slinging his backpack over his shoulder. As he relaxed, he felt a piercing pain in his hand. Looking down, he saw that his right hand, which had been gripping the tree trunk, was a bloody mess, with the white bone clearly visible at the joints. (To be continued.)
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