Chapter 1421: The Ambush (Part One)

“We’ve been waiting here for five days. I think we should move to another area.”

Jia Fugui quietly retracted his Divine Sense and spoke to the others around him.

They had reached the edge of the “Heavenly Demon Prairie” nineteen days ago. From then on, all their movements had become extremely cautious, and they no longer dared to fly at high speeds.

Finally, ten days ago, after venturing more than a hundred thousand li into the “Heavenly Demon Prairie,” they had reached the outer region mentioned in Donglin Tingyue’s intelligence.

But the outer region was vast. The place they were now was already their second ambush point, yet they still hadn’t seen any sign of the “Golden-Winged Great Peng.”

Instead, while waiting, they had seen three fifth-rank demonic beasts fly past in the distance, which had made them all quite nervous.

Fortunately, the area was crisscrossed with the auras of countless demonic beasts, which helped to distract the attention of the great demons, providing them with a significant amount of cover.

“What does Fellow Daoist Li think?”

After hearing him, Donglin Tingyue turned to look at Li Yan.

In her heart, she also felt that they were unlikely to succeed by waiting here, but she was afraid that the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” would appear just as they left, so she was hesitant.

Here, none of them dared to extend their Divine Sense too far.

This place was teeming with demonic beasts. Although the vast majority of demonic beasts in the outer region would not exceed the fourth rank, different demonic beast races possessed all sorts of incredible innate talents.

They had a natural and keen sense of danger. They didn’t even need to detect your Divine Sense; a mere premonition of danger in a certain direction was enough for them to launch an attack.

“Let’s move. Since the target is a bird, we should get closer to some forests and mountain peaks. It might prefer that kind of environment,” Li Yan suggested after a moment of thought.

The “Heavenly Demon Prairie” was too vast. The outer region alone was unimaginably large for a cultivator.

The prairie also had numerous mountain ranges and forests, but they were not continuous, often separated by stretches of flat grassland.

“Alright, then let’s head northeast for about another three thousand li. That’s still within the range of the intelligence we received.”

Donglin Tingyue, wearing her half-moon silver mask, quickly nodded.

They were quite frustrated here. Even just scanning the immediate vicinity with their Divine Sense required their utmost concentration to avoid being detected by powerful demonic beasts.

Near their ambush spot was the Cave Residence of a fourth-rank “Glazed Butterfly,” and they couldn’t be sure when a fifth-rank demonic beast might fly past overhead.

That “Glazed Butterfly” ruled over this area, and there were quite a few third-rank demonic beasts below it. Of course, Donglin Tingyue and the others did not want to disturb it.

Just as they were about to leave quietly, Li Yan’s mind stirred first. But he didn’t say anything, pretending not to have noticed.

A short while later, just as Jia Fugui, who had already put away the “Illusion Tail Feather,” and the others were casting arts to conceal their auras for a stealthy departure, Jia Fugui and the big black dog suddenly turned their heads at the same time, looking in the same direction.

“A powerful aura is approaching, and it’s fast!” Jia Fugui whispered urgently. Light flashed in his hand, and the “Illusion Tail Feather” was instantly deployed again.

“Two experts!” the big black dog also spoke in a human voice at this time.

Only then did Donglin Tingyue sense two powerful auras appear within her Divine Sense, flying towards them one after the other at an astonishing speed.

Li Yan’s face remained impassive. He had known for the past few days that this big black dog was extremely strong, not just at the Mid-stage fourth-rank level it appeared to be.

‘When it unleashes its full power, it should have the combat strength of a Late-stage Nascent Soul!’

In the sky, two streaks of light shot across the horizon, emitting a heaven-shaking demonic aura that sent the demonic beasts below scrambling for cover.

In the pink light in front was a young woman dressed in colorful clothes, with a full and enchanting figure. Her features were exquisite.

However, her magnificent colorful clothes were now torn in many places by a sharp weapon, revealing patches of snow-white, jade-like skin.

At a glance, it gave one an even stronger desire to tear off all her clothes and conquer her completely.

At this moment, her pretty face was covered in frost. She didn’t know how a “Golden-Winged Great Peng” had appeared in the outer region.

Unexpectedly, while she was cultivating in the mountain range, she had sensed a powerful expert passing by. But she had no intention of confronting the other party. If the other party was just passing by, it would be fine. She would turn a blind eye and pretend not to have seen anything.

But that “Golden-Winged Great Peng” had also discovered her and had come looking for her directly. After just a few words, this shameless “Golden-Winged Great Peng” had actually tried to force himself on her.

This made the woman in colorful clothes both ashamed and angry, and she had started fighting with the other party in the mountains.

Their cultivation levels were originally similar, but the “Golden-Winged Great Peng’s” speed was too fast. This made the woman in colorful clothes, whose agility she had always been proud of, fall short in front of the other party, losing her advantage.

Moreover, the other party was a “Golden-Winged Great Peng” with an excellent bloodline. At the same realm, he already had a bloodline suppression over her, which weakened the woman in colorful clothes’ strength even more.

The other party was a young man of only sixteen or seventeen, but as soon as he had transformed into his true form in the fight, his pair of golden wings were like two magical treasures that could cut through heaven and earth, truly formidable.

After a bout of fighting, the woman in colorful clothes’ three talismans, which could defend against a Mid-stage Nascent Soul’s attack, had all exploded after only withstanding a dozen or so of the other party’s rapid cuts.

At the same time, her clothes were also torn by the other party’s sharp wings, exposing her to the spring light, making her both ashamed and angry.

The “Golden-Winged Great Peng’s” control over its power was extremely formidable. While letting out waves of lewd laughter, its extremely sharp attacks had not even scratched the woman in colorful clothes’ skin.

The woman in colorful clothes, in her haste, could not care about anything else and had thought of fleeing back to her Cave Residence in a hurry, relying on the formations to fight the other party.

“Little missy, where are you running? It’s your good fortune to have a harmonious union with me. Maybe I’ll let you give birth to a child with a noble bloodline! Isn’t cultivation for pleasure? I can also make you feel ecstatic, truly feel like an immortal…”

From behind, that somewhat high-pitched voice came again. The woman in colorful clothes was that “Glazed Butterfly.”

Hearing the other party’s foul language, her pretty face turned crimson with anger. But she was no match for the other party and could only grit her teeth and fly forward with all her might.

The sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man continued to chase, but he was not using his full speed. He just liked to see the other party’s look of terror and shame.

He would always force the other party into a desperate situation. When despair appeared in her eyes, he would then wantonly ravage and whip her.

‘Last time I came out, I was quickly captured and brought back. This time, the ancestor is in long-term seclusion. I must have some fun. There are too many beautiful females in this outer area. It’s really hard to leave!’

He was the heaven’s favored child of this generation in his clan, who had awakened his ancient bloodline. He was a disciple whom the ancestor liked and had personally trained, and he was the most promising one to advance to the sixth rank in a hundred years.

It was just that the endless cultivation day after day had long since become too boring for him.

He had always been thinking of coming out for a walk, but that ancestor master was very strict and did not allow him to go out casually.

In the depths of the “Heavenly Demon Prairie,” there were many powerful demonic beasts. Their “Golden-Winged Great Peng” clan was originally just a small branch of the clan in the depths.

But due to problems with their bloodline and strength, they were not very welcome in the clan.

So, in the end, a Void Refining ancestor of the clan had brought his Spirit Transformation Dao Companion to the current place and had slowly opened up his own territory.

However, even after many years of development, this clan was still not the strongest. The clan’s location was also considered to be relatively close to the outer area.

A disciple like him who could awaken his ancient bloodline was the most important disciple in the clan, so he was taken in as a disciple by that female Spirit Transformation ancestor.

He was not allowed to leave the clan easily before he became strong, lest he accidentally perish outside. Then this branch of the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” clan would have no tears to cry.

But this “Golden-Winged Great Peng’s” master also had many of her own things to do. More than ten years ago, this young “Golden-Winged Great Peng” had secretly run out once.

Since the ancestor said that the depths were dangerous, he had come to the outer area of the “Heavenly Demon Prairie.” After coming out that time, he had discovered that this place was actually so much fun!

And most of the demonic beasts in the outer area were of that strength. Basically, none of them were his opponent. Even if he encountered an expert he couldn’t beat, he could escape at an extremely fast speed.

There was even a situation that made him feel like a fish in water here. He had even seen some fifth-rank demonic beasts choose to avoid him after seeing him.

This made him realize how formidable his race’s name was here.

It was just that that time, he had only been out for a short period before he was discovered by his master. After being captured and brought back, the lesson he had been taught was extremely miserable.

But as time passed, the pain of that lesson had also slowly faded. Every time he thought of his experience of going out back then, his beast blood would boil.

He was obsessed with those beautiful and delicious females, and he liked to see their fear and pleading when they were being abused and killed by him…

Finally, this time, under the seclusion of that ancestor master, he had found a chance to come here again. During this period, he had already tasted more than ten different kinds of female flavors.

Looking at their pale faces and their struggling appearance under him, the young “Golden-Winged Great Peng” was even more deeply attached to this place and had repeatedly found excuses for himself to delay his return.

The woman in colorful clothes in front of him was truly beautiful, and her figure was the kind that made one linger and forget to return. This made him determined to get her the moment he saw her.

“Damn it, this is a lewd and wicked demonic beast. After capturing it, it will take a lot of effort to train it properly.”

Below, when Donglin Tingyue saw the two flying over, a look of immense joy appeared in her eyes.

The appearance of the young man was consistent with the portrait in the information she had received.

Especially his pair of golden eyes. Every time he scanned, it was as if two golden lights shot out, giving people a feeling of fierceness.

This was exactly the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” she was looking for, which made her first overjoyed.

But then she heard the foul language from the other party’s mouth. Donglin Tingyue’s jade-like neck and the base of her ears immediately turned a vast expanse of red.

She had not expected that the demonic beast she wanted to capture was actually so vulgar and lewd.

For a moment, she even had the thought of giving up on this demonic beast, or simply helping the woman in colorful clothes to kill this demon.

But a demonic beast of this level was very hard to find. In the end, she still felt that she should capture it first and then decide.

“Should we make a move?”

At this moment, Jia Fugui’s voice came over. Seeing the two demons flying over one after another in the air, they had already entered their ambush range.

At this time, the other party had not yet discovered them. It was a good time to strike…

The woman in colorful clothes in the air also released her Divine Sense and constantly checked her position. It was still more than seven thousand li from her Cave Residence.

And she could also see that the other party had no intention of capturing her immediately, but was constantly teasing her from behind.

This was the most normal thing for a demonic beast. Many powerful demonic beasts, when facing their prey, often liked to play with them to their heart’s content before eating them in one bite.

Just as the woman in colorful clothes’ thoughts were racing, thinking about how to turn defeat into victory and escape this calamity, her expression suddenly changed dramatically, and her whole person desperately dodged to the side.

While she was flying, a sudden palpitation of her heart occurred. This was an inexplicable sensation.

Especially for the demonic beasts living on the “Heavenly Demon Prairie,” they were surrounded by danger, and they would always be on high alert.

Just as the woman in colorful clothes quickly dodged, several attacks, like sharp arrows, shot up from below. Several attacks instantly covered a range of several thousand zhang.

These attacks came suddenly. The young man who was flying, although he had also sensed it a little in advance, the other party had actually used a large-area coverage attack, making it impossible for him to dodge.

He had originally had a playful smile on his face, but in an instant, it turned into a look of shock and anger. As soon as the few attacks appeared, he knew that he had encountered a powerful enemy targeting him.

Because those attacks had actually ignored the woman in colorful clothes and were all aimed at him. He could sense that the power in the attacks was at least from several Nascent Soul experts attacking him.

For a moment, the young man felt that someone was plotting against him, and the woman in colorful clothes might just be a bait. And he was still thinking of abusing and killing the other party.

In his haste, he had already slapped down with one hand and brought it up, while his other hand had grabbed and pulled at the empty space above his head.

“Boom!”

A loud bang immediately resounded through this space.

While dodging the attacks from below, the woman in colorful clothes had also already surged with her entire body’s Magical Power, and was about to cast a spell to block it first.

It was just that when she was about to cast the spell, she was stunned to find that although the few attacks had come from the ground, they were all aimed at the young man behind her.

The appearance of this situation made the woman in colorful clothes stunned for a moment, but then a wave of wild joy arose in her heart.

At that moment, without caring to investigate what had happened, her body instantly flew into the distance. She didn’t know who was below. Although the other party had not attacked her, she still did not dare to get too close.

Amidst a loud bang, the young man had already spat out a large mouthful of blood. Fortunately, he had not clashed head-on with the several attacks from below, but had used the force to his advantage.

At the same time, a force similar to teleportation suddenly arose from above his head. As the young man spat out blood, that force wrapped around him, and his entire person had already disappeared.

The several attacks from below were only slightly blocked by him, and then they passed through the young man’s original position and shot straight into the air.

And in the next moment, in the void on the other side, there was a slight thunderclap at the same time, and the space there also twisted slightly.

Then, a staggering figure flashed out from it. As soon as he appeared, he spat out another mouthful of blood.

But he barely paused for a moment. In the next moment, he turned into a streak of golden light and flew into the distance.

In the golden light, a great peng with a body emitting a golden light had already appeared.

The young man’s reaction was also extremely fast. Seeing someone ambushing him, he didn’t even bother to find out who it was. The other party had many people. He immediately chose to flee.

Unfortunately, his understanding of the laws of space was only superficial. Otherwise, when he had just reached out and grabbed and pulled at the void, he would have already appeared hundreds of li, or even thousands of li away.

But even so, his true form’s speed was still terrifyingly fast. As his entire body’s golden light shone brightly, he was about to disappear into the horizon.

“Where are you going!”

“Thinking of escaping? You’d better stay!”

Several sharp shouts came from below in an instant.

Donglin Tingyue’s beautiful eyes flickered with a cold light. She formed a hand seal with both hands, and a large green light curtain suddenly rose from the prairie below, instantly filling that part of the world.

The streak of golden light, caught off guard, slammed into it.

Instantly, amidst the brilliant green light, his body was bounced backward.

“Shameless!”

A voice filled with shock and anger came from the golden great peng. He already knew that he had fallen into an ambush, and that these people had come specifically for him.

In the distance, the woman in colorful clothes was currently scanning with her Divine Sense. She saw four figures appear, scatter with a flash, and the golden great peng had failed to escape in the first instance.

‘They actually set up a formation here. This is targeted. These cultivators are specifically here to hunt demonic beasts!’

When the woman in colorful clothes saw the scene before her clearly and found that they were three human cultivators, her heart trembled.

She had originally wanted to see who had helped her before deciding to go up and attack together to capture this “Golden-Winged Great Peng.”

At this point, she instantly understood the reason. It turned out to be abominable human cultivators who had come to the “Heavenly Demon Prairie” to hunt beasts.

If it were in the past, although she was no match for these few people, she would not be afraid of them.

After all, when the human race made a move here, they either had to do it secretly or quickly. Otherwise, once they started fighting, all the demonic beasts would be united against a common enemy.

Although the woman in colorful clothes also hated human cultivators in her heart, the target of the other party’s attack now was the “Golden-Winged Great Peng” that she hated even more. The meaning was different now.

In the next moment, she had already gone to the farther horizon. But at the same time, waves of pressure came from her body, suppressing the many demonic beasts that were already about to come over.

At the same time, she quickly transmitted her voice, telling them to retreat quickly one by one and not to get involved in the matter here. Let those few human cultivators fight with that demonic beast.