Chapter 287: Fierce Beast Fei Yi

Those birds were fleeing for their lives!

But they didn’t make it out. Every last one of them fell dead in the forest.

The night was pitch black. All they could see were the swaying shadows of trees, unable to make out what was actually in the forest.

“S-Se… Senior Brother Yang, do we fight or run?”

A disciple gripped his weapon, his face ashen and his voice trembling.

“If it’s just a Tier Two Demon Beast, there’s no need to be this scared!”

Yang Feng took a deep breath, forcing himself to remain calm.

In reality, he had no idea what to expect.

‘I have no idea what kind of Demon Beast in that forest could cause such a commotion.’

In the blink of an eye, a massive snake’s head poked out from the forest. Its eye sockets glowed with a crimson light as it surveyed its surroundings, its gaze falling upon the group of academy Martial Artists in the clearing.

“It’s a Snake Demon!”

Everyone cried out in alarm.

“Everyone, don’t be afraid!”

Yang Feng breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, “I’ve told you all about a Snake Demon’s weaknesses before! There are two of them: the third inch and the seventh inch! Work together and aim for its vitals!”

Yang Feng quickly regained his composure, shouting and waving his arms to direct the others.

After saying this, Yang Feng suddenly frowned. A sense of unease washed over him as he faintly sensed that something was wrong.

The aura emanating from this Snake Demon was exceptionally dangerous, even stirring a fear that seemed to come from the very depths of his soul!

‘Bloodline suppression?’

‘No.’

‘An ordinary Snake Demon couldn’t possibly exert this kind of bloodline suppression on me.’

‘Could it be…?’

Yang Feng’s heart went cold. He focused his gaze on the creature once more.

He saw the Snake Demon flick its tongue.

It wasn’t a single tongue.

It was three purple-black tongues, each with barbed, forked tips that were clearly venomous!

As more of the Snake Demon’s body emerged from the woods, Yang Feng gradually noticed the anomalies.

The Snake Demon’s body was massive and thick. Four gruesome scars ran down its spine from its shoulder blades to the base of its tail, looking like the remnants of a grievous injury.

What was even stranger was that as the Snake Demon continued to emerge, the moist forest soil around it began to dry, crack, and curl at a visible rate, as if an invisible fire burned just beneath the surface.

Blades of grass withered and curled, turning to ash in a matter of moments.

The vermin of the forest—snakes, insects, rats, and ants—fled as if in a frenzy. They poured out from their holes in the mud and crevices in the rocks by the thousands, scurrying past the disciples’ feet without even bothering to bite.

“The Snake Demon is highly venomous! Everyone, be careful!”

Several academy disciples charged toward the Snake Demon, longswords in hand, shouting a warning as they went.

“Don’t go!”

Yang Feng seemed to realize something and suddenly screamed.

A few who heard Yang Feng’s cry reacted in time and halted their charge.

Two others, however, were not so lucky. They reached the Snake Demon, brandished their weapons, and unleashed their Martial Techniques, striking at the creature’s third- and seventh-inch vital points.

Before their blades could even touch the Snake Demon, the two disciples suddenly froze, becoming completely motionless.

Then, as everyone watched, their bodies began to shrivel at a visible rate.

In the span of a few breaths, they were reduced to two desiccated corpses!

All of their flesh and blood had been sucked completely dry!

“What is this Demon Technique? It’s so powerful!”

Seeing this, the Jingwu Academy disciples were scared witless. No one else dared to rush forward.

One of those two was at Innate Perfection, the other at the Late Stage of Innate. Yet in a single exchange, without even touching the Snake Demon, they were sucked dry on the spot!

“Senior Brother Yang!”

Some disciples subconsciously cried out for Yang Feng.

“Run! Run for your lives!”

Yang Feng’s face was deathly pale and drenched in sweat. His voice trembled uncontrollably.

“Run?”

“Senior Brother Yang, didn’t you just tell us about the Snake Demon’s weak spots? The third inch, the seventh inch?”

“Forget about that!”

Yang Feng roared, “This is no ordinary Snake Demon! This is a Fierce Beast Remnant—of the Fei Yi!”

The Fierce Beast Fei Yi!

A jolt of fear went through the crowd.

In the lecture halls of Jingwu Academy, they had just recently learned about the Fierce Beast Fei Yi.

The Fei Yi was an Ancient Fierce Beast born with six legs and four wings. Its appearance heralded a great drought!

The dried earth and withered trees around the great snake weren’t caused by venom, but by the innate bloodline power of the Fei Yi Remnant, which could absorb and plunder the Blood Qi from all surrounding life!

The four scars on the great snake’s back weren’t scars at all; they were a characteristic feature of a Fei Yi Remnant.

If this great snake ever succeeded in its cultivation, four wings would sprout from those very scars!

If it were an ordinary Tier Two Snake Demon, they could have fought and killed it.

But with the blood of the Fierce Beast Fei Yi flowing through this Snake Demon’s veins, the situation was completely different.

As if to confirm Yang Feng’s speculation, the great snake’s body burst completely out of the forest. It had been slithering along the ground, but now, six centipede-like legs suddenly sprouted from its belly. They scraped across the ground at high speed, sending sparks flying.

An ordinary Snake Demon would never grow such legs.

The appearance of the six legs proved Yang Feng was right.

The Jingwu Academy disciples cried out and scattered in all directions.

The great snake opened its maw, flicking its tongues and letting out a strange, piercing hiss.

Hearing this sound, the Jingwu Academy disciples were scared out of their wits.

That was the same hiss that had scared off the Pig Demon earlier!

As Yang Feng fled for his life, he subconsciously glanced back.

That one glance scared the soul right out of him. His legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the ground.

The great snake, which had been crawling on the ground, had suddenly taken flight!

“Ah!”

“We’re finished! It’s a Tier Three Fierce Beast Remnant!”

“We’re all going to die here.”

Seeing this, the disciples’ faces turned ashen, their expressions filled with despair.

A Snake Demon with no wings that could fly… that meant it had already stepped onto the Alchemy Dao and formed an Inner Core!

“How can this be? How?”

Someone, completely stupefied with fear, muttered to himself.

‘Normally, a Tier Three Demon Beast wouldn’t enter a Tier Two zone.’

‘And there shouldn’t be something as terrifying as a Fierce Beast Remnant in the Cyan Mountain Hunting Ground either.’

‘It must have been Dean Jiang. While hunting this Fierce Beast Remnant, he must have driven it this way…’

‘Perhaps all we can do is pray that Dean Jiang returns in time.’

These desperate thoughts ran through some of their minds.

The great snake soared into the air. A massive Blood Qi Inner Core in its chest radiated endless Demon Qi, glowing so brightly that it was faintly visible through the creature’s skin and flesh.

However, after taking to the air, the great snake didn’t pursue the fleeing disciples. Instead, it let out a hiss and charged toward two figures sitting beside a campfire below!

Seeing this, everyone followed the great snake’s trajectory with their eyes and froze in surprise.

There, by the campfire, sat two figures, completely motionless.

“It’s Lu Bai and Junior Sister Luo!”

“Oh no, they must be frozen in fear!”

“They’re dead for sure now.”

Yang Feng stared at Luo Qing’s back, his expression conflicted for a moment, but he still didn’t dare to move forward.

Lu Bai, who had been sitting in front of the bonfire and tending to the firewood, paused. He looked up and murmured softly, “So, you’ve finally arrived…”