After the Skyfall

Chapter 356 Alien Beasts
The vehicle moved forward along the abandoned road, constantly going deeper into the danger zone. Both sides of the road had been occupied by dense trees. Under the nourishment of abundant cosmic energy, these trees, flowers and plants had also undergone a transformation. The previously familiar species now seemed unfamiliar. The group entered as if they had come to a mysterious world.

The only thing that still has a modern feel is this mottled road encroached by weeds.

But after driving about eighty or ninety kilometers, the road was cut off. Strange big trees broke out of the ground and grew on the road surface, completely destroying the road.

At the end of the road there are many cars parked, some are intact, some are scrapped, and some have been attacked by some creatures and are in pieces.

Obviously, Li Yi and others were not the only ones who had gone deep into the danger zone.

Many practitioners in Tianning City had also explored this place, but Zhao Fangji was lucky. He found his own opportunity, broke the limitations of his body, greatly improved his strength, and made a name for himself in this city, Zhao Invincible.

"We have to walk from now on, but it's not far, only about ten kilometers or so. But this section of the road is very dangerous. We are now deep in the danger zone and may encounter any kind of extraordinary creatures. If they are at the soul realm, it's okay. The four of us can deal with them together. If we encounter extraordinary creatures at the spiritual power realm, then our trip will be in vain."

Zhao Fangji got out of the car, identified it, and then pointed in the direction.

"Don't be so pessimistic. Just keep moving forward."

Li Yi said: "It doesn't matter if I can't find any exotic fruits. I can just treat it as a chance to hone myself. I haven't done much fighting since I broke through to the Soul Realm. It's a good thing to practice with some extraordinary creatures. It can reduce the number of extraordinary creatures and complete the Golden Academy's hunting mission."

"Indeed, after I reach the Soul Realm, I also need to familiarize myself with my own strength again." Jiang Mingtian nodded. He touched the magic sword at his waist, and wanted to take this opportunity to hone his swordsmanship.

Zhao Fangji said: "Since everyone is ready, let's go."

"I'll lead the way in front. The armor on me has high defense, so I'm not afraid of danger. Besides, I reached the soul realm earlier than you, and have completely adapted to my own strength. You follow me." At this time, Hu Fei, wearing sci-fi armor and holding a sword, walked forward and said.

After saying that, he raised his hand and chopped down a big tree, opened a path, and strode forward.

Li Yi, Jiang Mingtian and Zhao Fangji did not hesitate to follow behind.

The four of them were fully armed and not at all careless.

Even though they were all masters of the Soul Realm, they did not slack off in their preparations. Even Li Yi was wearing armor made of extraordinary metal and had a Feimu needle hanging from his waist. Although he was unarmed, his powerful aura was ready to go.

"Li Yi, if we can't get the blood of the mythical creature, we can join forces to hunt an alien species with mythical blood. The cradle of life cannot be wasted. The blue phoenix eagle we had before was very good." Jiang Mingtian reminded at this time.

"I've asked Lan Ji to control the fighter jet to try to capture the blue phoenix eagle. If it succeeds, it can be used as a breeding object." Li Yi said, "But I still want to spend some money to buy the blood of that flying eagle. Wouldn't it be better to raise a few flying eagles?"

The divine needles can be born in Fei's eyes. If he can get more divine needles, he may be able to use some of them to create a powerful weapon.

Of course, this is just a concept, and it remains to be seen whether it can come true.

The group moved on.

But it didn't go far.

Suddenly, everyone's soul sounded an alarm, and a crisis appeared around them.

Everyone immediately kept quiet and looked in one direction.

Wrapped around a lush tree not far away was a giant snake emitting a faint glow. The snake was a bit strange, with two horns on its head and wings on its back. At this moment, the giant snake also discovered Li Yi and the others. It was spitting out its tongue, vibrating its wings, and issuing a warning.

But the giant snake did not take action because it also sensed the danger posed by several people.

"A feathered serpent at the Soul Realm level, belonging to the category of extraordinary creatures. It is recorded in the database of the Golden Academy that this thing is extremely poisonous. Once bitten, it can poison a person's soul. It is very terrifying. Moreover, the feathered serpent has great potential. It can continue to practice and evolve, and finally transform into a mythical creature, the Quetzalcoatl."

Hu Fei, who was walking in front, showed a look of deep fear at this moment.

"Li Yi, do you want to take action?"

Hu Fei then asked Li Yi for his opinion.

Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Can it poison the soul? Even the life repair cabin can't save it. Forget it, don't fight it, just avoid it. If we get bitten by accident, we'll die. After all, the other party is also in the soul realm, and is still a threat to us."

He gave up his plan to hunt the feathered serpent.

Others thought it made sense.

It is better not to touch this dangerous poison.

After bypassing the big tree where the feathered serpent was, several people continued to move forward. The feathered serpent was also afraid of Li Yi and his group and did not take the initiative to attack. Both sides let each other go and no conflict broke out.

After walking a little further.

Two more sounds of rapid escape were heard in the forest.

"They are two extraordinary creatures, one male and one female. However, they are not very powerful, only at the spiritual perception realm. They sensed our arrival in advance, felt the danger, and were frightened away." Hu Fei said. He did not chase them because they ran too fast. If he chased them, he would easily be led into some dangerous areas.

These extraordinary creatures are not brainless, each of them is extremely smart.

"The extraordinary creatures in the danger zone are really hard to hunt. They are either too dangerous or too alert. If this continues, we won't be able to complete the task of hunting one hundred of them." Jiang Mingtian said.

Hu Fei said: "The extraordinary creatures deep in the danger zone have to fight for survival every day. Those who are not difficult to deal with have long been finished. The ones who survived are all elites. The beasts over in the abandoned city are different. They don't have much brains and lack training. In addition, the living environment is not harsh, so they are easy to deal with."

"This is just like us practitioners. Even within the same realm, there are huge differences. For example, if a person at the Golden Academy is placed outside, he can kill a person at the Soul Realm. The environment is different, so the strength is naturally different."

"Yes, that's the truth." Zhao Fangji nodded.

At this moment, Li Yi looked up at the sky.

If this is the case, the best way to hunt supernatural creatures is to have air superiority.

However, the sky deep in the danger zone is a forbidden area for aircraft. Once he releases the Thunder Fighter, there is a high probability that he will be targeted.

After thinking about it, he gave up the idea.

The four continued forward for a few more kilometers.

At this time, the forest in front of me suddenly disappeared, and a large open space appeared. This open space did not appear naturally, but was intentionally cleared by some creature. There was not even a weed nearby, and there were some traces of biological activities around it.

At this moment, it seemed that they had accidentally entered the lair of some creature.

They shouldn't think too much.

Then, the soul sounded the alarm again.

"Huh?" Hu Fei clenched his sword and became alert.

"dangerous."

At this moment, Li Yi's pupils were shining and his eyes were moving, trying to capture any abnormalities around him.

"I feel it." Jiang Mingtian held the magic sword in his hand and used the guiding technique. The energy infused into the sword emitted a green sword light that was extremely sharp.

Zhao Fangji also took a deep breath and prepared himself for battle. He said in a deep voice, "When I passed this road before, there were no creatures lingering. They must have appeared recently. The danger zone changes a lot. Every month is different from every other month. So every time I come here, I don't know what kind of danger I will encounter."

However, at this moment, a cry like an eagle was heard.

The sound had just appeared, and the next moment, a huge figure fell from the sky, rolling up a fierce gust of wind. The surrounding sand and rocks flew everywhere, and the grass and trees were blown down. Then this huge figure pounced directly towards Hu Fei in front of him. Such an attack was swift and violent, catching people off guard.

"So fast." Hu Fei's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he almost instinctively swung out with his sword, but his sword was blocked by a scaly claw over one meter long, splashing sparks, and then he felt a terrifying force coming from his body.

boom!
The air exploded and the sound of a sonic boom echoed.

Hu Fei's figure flew backwards, and he crashed into countless trees along the way, and finally sank deep into the mud somewhere.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene.

Are you kidding me?
Hu Fei, who was wearing armor, holding a sword, and practicing two magics, was defeated with just one strike?
The wind was blowing hard and the birds were crying.

At this time, everyone saw the appearance of the creature clearly. They found that it was yellow all over, more than six meters tall, covered with thick scales, and its four legs were like eagle claws, extremely sharp and indestructible. Its body was like a wild bull or a horse, but it had a pair of heavy wings on its back, and its head was like an eagle, with a huge beak of a bird.

At first glance, it looked a bit like the mythical griffin, but it was different, and several people couldn't recognize what it was.

But judging from the momentum, the opponent should be in the Soul Realm. However, the strength of this alien species cannot be viewed with common sense, just like the Blue Luan Eagle before, although it is in the Soul Realm, it can race with the Thunder Fighter in flying.

"We've been targeted. We have to kill it before we can move on."

At this moment, Li Yi's pupils were shining as he stared at the alien creature. He stretched out his hands in the air and grabbed two dazzling silver sword auras, which condensed into shape. Then he immediately chopped them out and instantly cut the alien beast.

However, the silver blade energy was shattered in an instant, and the scales on the strange beast were not damaged at all.

"What hard scales." Li Yi's tentative attack determined some of the opponent's characteristics.

The yellow scales are not for beauty, but for its amazing defensive power.

This strange beast became extremely ferocious at this moment. Seeing that Li Yi dared to attack it, it flapped its wings and used its huge body to attack him in an instant. It was hard to imagine that a beast of this size could have such a terrifying speed.

Li Yi was suddenly startled.

Even though he had unlocked the shackles on his body and dodged as quickly as possible, he was still scratched by the sharp claw.

With just one attack, the protective energy on his body was easily torn apart. At the same time, the armor made of extraordinary metal also splashed out large sparks, and a deep scratch appeared on the armor, but fortunately, the extraordinary armor blocked this attack. Otherwise, Li Yi's chest would have been broken and his heart might have been dug out.

The strange beast's seemingly simple attack seemed to contain the essence of fighting, just like a warrior who had been immersed in martial arts for many years and had gone through thousands of temperings.

"This beast..." Li Yi felt horrified as he looked at the scratches on his chest.

This kind of strength is actually only at the soul level?
I'm afraid it's some mythical species.

"The sword pacifies the four seas."

At this moment, Jiang Mingtian seized the opportunity and rushed out. He roared, and all the shackles on his body opened. His strength exploded to the extreme. At the same time, his tendons, bones and skin were combined into one, and the strength was twisted into one. He slashed with a sword, which was also amazing. Moreover, the sword in his hand was a magic sword from the world of cultivation in the last days.

At this moment, with the energy of the universe infused in it, the magic sword shone brightly, and the sword light was nearly half a foot long.

However, this sword that was almost certain to hit him was dodged.

The body of this strange beast moved a few meters to the side in an unreasonable way, and even several illusory afterimages appeared around it. Although the distance it moved was not far, it avoided Jiang Mingtian's attack.

"What?" Jiang Mingtian's sword missed and he was immediately shocked.

Can this be hidden?

Are you cheating, you beast?
However, the strange beast responded to him with a swift peck, like a hen pecking at rice. The seemingly simple attack made Jiang Mingtian break out in a cold sweat instantly, and his soul was sending out crazy warnings.

The attack was too fast to be avoided.

Jiang Mingtian finally turned his head away instinctively, trying to avoid the fatal blow.

The huge beak fell and then quickly retracted.

The extraordinary metal armor on Jiang Mingtian's shoulder was dented instantly. He screamed in pain, and his entire shoulder blade spine was shattered. The powerful force made him fly backwards, and he rolled several times on the ground, eating a mouthful of mud before he finally stopped.

Fortunately, he survived.

If he had been hit on the head just now, he would have been absolutely dead.

"Zhao Fangji, come with me, I will kill this beast."

Li Yi didn't care about the safety of the other two people at this moment. As soon as he adjusted himself, he let out a long roar and burst out with a burst of energy. He flew quickly and went straight to the strange beast.

"it is good."

Zhao Fangji gritted his teeth and roared. His whole body was intertwined with silver light. All the shackles on his body were opened. He rushed towards the strange beast like a heavenly soldier wearing silver armor.

If we don’t kill this terrifying beast, no one will survive today.

The strange beast let out a sharp cry and had no intention of escaping. Instead, it flapped its wings and attacked the two people, as if it regarded Li Yi and others as prey and wanted to kill them.

As the heavy wings flapped, small tornadoes rose from the ground, with sand and rocks flying all around. The trees that were hit were uprooted and then shattered into pieces by the strong wind.

Such an attack is not fatal, but once hit, the person's body will be immobilized and at the mercy of the opponent.

Li Yi and Zhao Fangji reacted and did not dare to charge head-on. Instead, they quickly dodged left and right, trying to use their flexible bodies to bypass the frontal attack and look for opportunities to get close.

The two Soul Realm practitioners were extremely fast when they burst out with all their strength.

The strong winds that arose out of nowhere did not sweep them up, but instead they were successfully avoided.

"We only have one chance. My Feimu Needle must work wonders. This beast can fly. Once it gets frightened, it will escape with just a flap of its wings. If it holds a grudge against us by then, we can forget about moving forward and can only go back home." Li Yi's pupils moved slightly at this moment.

The only thing he can rely on now is the sharpness of the Feimu Needle.

Other means were completely useless. Even if Li Yi had a cracked short stick in his hand that could make it fall asleep, he would never be able to find a suitable opportunity to get close to it.

Zhao Fangji also knew that there was a divine light hidden in Li Yi's body, which was extremely sharp and could easily cut off the body. He had suffered a great loss in the past, so he also wanted to create an opportunity for Li Yi to kill him with one blow. Otherwise, if the battle continued like this, they would all be doomed.

(End of this chapter)