Chapter 71

At the peak of a steep mountain in the Yin Mountains, a strong wind blew, ruffling the dewdrops and scattering the mountain grass, revealing two figures crouching in the grass.

However, these two figures were only visible for a moment, as the strong wind quickly passed, and the grass covered them again, hiding them from sight.

Occasionally, only when the heads in the grass moved slightly could one notice that there were still living beings there.

These two figures were Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue.

Ye Zhen had brought Meng Xiaoyue up this steep mountain peak and hidden there for a whole night.

About thirty meters below the peak, there was a nest that protruded outward. In it, a Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, which was ten meters long even when curled up and had a wingspan of a hundred meters, was dozing with its eyes half-closed.

If Ye Zhen had slightly poked his head out, he could have seen the three silver feathers on the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's head.

As the sun rose in the east, the dew became more abundant, and the strong wind made Meng Xiaoyue's face even paler.

Yesterday afternoon, Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue had climbed to the mountain peak with their hearts pounding, and they had been hiding there for half a day and a night. However, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King had not moved from its nest, giving Ye Zhen no opportunity at all.

"Xiaoyue, can you hold on? If not, let's leave first?" Ye Zhen looked at Meng Xiaoyue, whose face was pale, with some concern.

Meng Xiaoyue shook her head stubbornly, her beautiful eyes flashing with a light of hatred. "As long as I can take revenge on the Lishui Sect, I can hold on."

"Alright then."

Persuasion failed, and Ye Zhen carefully picked several purple wisteria flowers nearby, crushed them, and smeared the strongly scented wisteria juice on himself and Meng Xiaoyue. The scent of the wisteria could effectively mask their smell to prevent the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King from noticing them. Moreover, Ye Zhen's movements were extremely gentle, as any slight mistake could make them the food of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King.

"If nothing happens by noon..."

Suddenly, Meng Xiaoyue's eyes widened, and Ye Zhen quickly turned his head to look at the cliff ahead.

Squawk!

The moment the piercing bird call split the sky, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, which had been lying in the nest, suddenly shot up into the sky. Its wings, which spanned a hundred meters, swept over Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue's heads, breaking countless grasses.

In the next instant, a flash of silver light appeared in the sky, and the massive figure of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King disappeared.

A silver line flashed through the forest below the mountain, and the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King let out a victorious cry. On its iron claws, a mid-rank human-grade demon beast, a Gale Wolf, was struggling.

The victorious cry of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King woke Ye Zhen, who quickly leaned out over the cliff and threw a large green jade pendant, which he had wrapped in thick withered grass, towards the nest of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King.

Thud!

When Ye Zhen saw the green jade pendant accurately land in the nest of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, he quickly pulled his head back and covered himself with grass.

Almost simultaneously, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, still making victorious cries, landed heavily in the nest, enjoying its bloody meal. It did not notice the extra clump of grass in the nest.

This slight change, which the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King did not notice, made Chu Jun, who was a hundred miles away, suddenly show a look of wild joy.

"Hmph, after three days, I finally found your trail?" Chu Jun tightly clutched a tracking jade token, looking at the faint red light on it, his face stern.

After a brief moment of identifying the direction, Chu Jun's figure shot up into the sky, rushing towards where Ye Zhen was.

As Chu Jun flew rapidly, the red light on the tracking jade token became increasingly bright, and the joy on Chu Jun's face grew.

There was no other reason; this was a specially made tracking jade token of the Lishui Sect. If it was within a hundred miles of the target, it would show a faint red light, and the closer it got, the brighter the red light would become.

"Ye Zhen, you wait. For daring to harm Junior Brother Jin, I will capture you alive and then scatter your bones in front of Junior Brother Jin's spirit." Chu Jun's face was stern.

"That person is coming!"

When Ye Zhen saw a black dot in the distant sky rapidly approaching, his expression brightened, and he gently led Meng Xiaoyue, slowly retreating.

Almost the moment Ye Zhen saw the small black dot, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, which was eating in the nest, suddenly moved, its eagle eyes sharply focusing on the distance.

The moment it was scanned by the eagle eyes, a sense of unease arose, but this unease only made Chu Jun's speed increase.

"Is it a demon beast? There seems to be a powerful earth-grade demon beast nearby. It looks like I need to act quickly and capture Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue in the shortest time possible."

With a thought, Chu Jun's body immediately burst with a halo of spiritual energy, and his flying speed doubled. The piercing sound of breaking air could even be heard by Ye Zhen.

Holding the tracking jade token, Chu Jun continuously channeled spiritual energy, judging the location where Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue were hiding.

Chu Jun's gaze fell on a distant mountain peak. At the base of the mountain, there was a dark cave, and the tracking jade token's signal seemed to be coming from there.

"Are Ye Zhen and Meng Xiaoyue hiding in that cave?"

His figure slightly turned, and Chu Jun shot towards the cave at the base of the mountain where Ye Zhen was hiding.

Thirty miles!

Twenty miles!

Ten miles!

When he was about ten miles away, Chu Jun's gaze on the 'cave' suddenly paused, feeling something was off.

Squawk!

Almost instantly, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, with its hundred-meter wingspan, spread its wings and shot up into the sky, emitting a furious cry as it charged towards the intruder who had entered its airspace.

Whoosh!

Its wings folded, and a burst of spiritual energy surrounded it, and the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's figure suddenly disappeared, leaving a silver line in the air that was faster than lightning.

In an instant, the silver line crossed the ten-mile distance and collided fiercely with Chu Jun's escape light.

Ye Zhen was stunned by what he saw.

It turned out that the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was named for its ability to move so fast that it turned into a silver line, crossing over ten miles in an instant.

This speed was incredible.

Watching the two lights collide, Ye Zhen's heart tightened.

The shock wave produced by the collision of the two waves of spiritual energy was like a small sun, suddenly radiating in the sky, scaring the demon beasts in the surrounding forest to scatter.

After the collision, Chu Jun and the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King engaged in a fierce battle, with spiritual energy flying and the sky darkening. Taking advantage of the battle, Chu Jun, who had gotten closer, finally saw the truth about the cave at the base of the cliff!

Nest!

Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's nest!

He had been tricked!

With Chu Jun's intelligence, he instantly understood the reason. Moreover, the combat power of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was too strong, and in just a few moments, Chu Jun narrowly avoided several fatal attacks.

"Damn it!"

Realizing everything, and with the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King being so terrifying, Chu Jun immediately decided to retreat, continuously using killing moves to force the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King back, trying to leave.

However, the speed of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was too fast, and Chu Jun had not managed to escape several times.

"Is this guy trying to run?" On the mountain peak, Ye Zhen, who was watching the battle, suddenly frowned.

"This won't do. If you run, I won't be able to escape either."

As a cold smile appeared on Ye Zhen's lips, he suddenly made Meng Xiaoyue stand up, revealing her head, and she fixed her gaze on the battle in the sky.

Meng Xiaoyue's eyes, full of hatred, immediately made Chu Jun sense something.

"Meng Xiaoyue!"

Seeing Meng Xiaoyue in the corner of his eye during the battle, Chu Jun almost cried out in surprise.

Meng Xiaoyue's sudden appearance overturned all of Chu Jun's previous assumptions, especially since he only saw Meng Xiaoyue alone.

"Could it be that the bastard Ye Zhen is dead?"

"Could it be that this isn't a trap?"

"Could it be that Meng Xiaoyue accidentally stumbled upon this place, and the tracking jade token's signal has a small margin of error?"

"To achieve a leap in the sect's strength, I'll risk it!"

With a flash of thought, a dazzling sword light suddenly rose in Chu Jun's hand, seemingly slow but actually fast, slicing through the sky, making the sky itself seem to darken.

Squawk!

The Silver-thread Demon Eagle King let out a piercing cry, and a large number of iron feathers fell from the sky. Taking advantage of this moment, Chu Jun's body glowed, and he shot towards Meng Xiaoyue like a bolt of lightning, heading for the mountain where the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's nest was located.

However, Chu Jun did not know that his actions had completely enraged the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King, who had just started to feel a bit of fear after being injured by Chu Jun's sword and was planning to let him escape.

But Chu Jun was being disrespectful, charging towards its nest.

That was the core of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's territory, and it could not tolerate any invasion!

Squawk!

Whoosh!

In a rage, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King flapped its wings, and in a piercing screech, it transformed into a silver line, chasing after Chu Jun.

This time, Ye Zhen saw clearly—the silver line formed by the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King instantly disappeared.

When it reappeared, the silver line was already behind Chu Jun, and it charged forward like a bolt of lightning.

"Beast, dare you!"

The dazzling flame light flashed again, and the man and the bird engaged in a fierce battle in the sky.

The Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was defending its territory, defending its dignity as a king, and after being injured by Chu Jun's sword, it became even more ferocious, using all its strength to tear Chu Jun apart.

At first, Chu Jun still held back, trying to find an opportunity to capture Meng Xiaoyue, but as the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King became more ferocious, Chu Jun's situation became increasingly dangerous, and his injuries multiplied.

In the end, not only did he have no chance to capture Meng Xiaoyue, but whether he could escape alive was also a problem. The Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was truly ferocious, and he was no match for it.

The most critical issue was that the speed of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King was extremely fast, and he could not escape.

"Damn beast, get away from me!"

Whoosh!

A sword light that made the sky dim split the air, and Chu Jun cut a deep wound a foot long on the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's body. At the same time, a beam of light as thick as a bowl shot out of the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's mouth, directly blasting Chu Jun away.

The blood spewed from Chu Jun's mouth, shining like a rainbow in the sunlight.

Sigh!

Before Chu Jun landed, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King pounced down like lightning, tangling with Chu Jun, and they engaged in a fierce battle, each using their sword and claws.

One was ferociously enraged, and the other was fighting for his life, making Ye Zhen, who was watching the battle, gasp in amazement. It was too brutal, too bloody.

Ye Zhen even saw several of Chu Jun's fingers fly out and be directly swallowed by the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a piercing scream made Ye Zhen jump in shock.

In the sky, the Silver-thread Demon Eagle King's claws, though they did not decapitate Chu Jun, dug out one of his eyes, turning his eye socket