Night Eagle

"Spi….A spirit beast ! "

Kong Donghai was shocked, but he quickly regained his calmness, proving his experience as a mercenary.

" We can't fight, abbadon the carriage, arrow formation, charge towards the

camp " the leader lava wolf was at least not blocking the way which comforted him a bit.

Without hesitation, everyone followed the orders.

The spirit beast looked on arrogantly as it watched, fully displaying the pride of a superior being.The underlines, on the other hand, didn't stand to ceremony as they attacked viciously.

Hao Niu felt a little bitter inside,it could be said that he's used to such risks, but this time was different, he brought Deng Wuyan and his family along, although he said there will be danger;he still felt guilty.

" Brother Niu, no need to blame yourself, we are grateful for the chance you provided and it was our choice to take it "

A voice suddenly interrupted his mixed Thoughts.

Hao Niu looked at the side only to see a pale Deng Wuyan looking back at him with a forced smile. Pan Ruolan also smiled as a sign of assurance.

He could only nod in response,hugging the child is his hands, he made a promise inside his heart ' brother, sister in-law, I don't have much control over this situation, but I promise to protect this to the best of my ability '

Meanwhile, Cui Ling was observing everything with interest and started to analyse

' Considering Kong Donghai's past behaviour, this group doesn't have the ability to stop these beasts, but still decisively showed his back to the biggest threat '

' In a fight between expert, you never show your back unless you want to get stabbed, you are in absolute fear or you have confidence that the enemy won't attack'

After some consideration and remembering the lava wolf's gaze,the latter was the most probable.

'Pride huh, apparently spirit beasts have stronger emotional tendencies than the animals in a mortal kingdom….'

If this thought is correct, Cui Ling would have to adjust the threat level of the spirit beasts.

Although strong emotions could be a strong asset during battle,Cui Ling refused to believe that they could win against the cunningness that the humans had mastered.

' Is it because of my mortal's perspective that I find spirit beasts are in stronger position….Sigh I still lack a lot of details '

His gut feeling obtained from decades of struggle told him something was strange about this.

Lava wolves finally caught up, Although the black horses were generally faster, but the wolves had an advantageous position so they managed to catch up rather quickly.

Kong Donghai had no intention in fighting them, he made a signal and followed by the others, took out a wooden sphere and launched them at incoming beasts.

With a blast, they released dark smoke, rapidly spreading and creating a sort of a wall; he didn't wait to see the results and continued escaping.

Cui Ling could hear loud angry howls coming from the smoke, but what was more important is the fact that there were wolves that managed to dodge.

They thoughtlessly jumped at two mercenaries who were at the back, slowing and separating them from the group as a result.

Deng Wuyan thought that they would stop to help,but these guys didn't even bat an eye and charged even faster.

He felt a bit uncomfortable, but he knew his priorities.He looked ahead and urged the horse.

The abandoned two fates weren't hard to predict, against three mature lava spirit beasts relentless attacks; death soon embraced them, but they managed to injure them enough to reduce their chasing speed.

Before anyone can have any positive feelings about this small victory, infuriated sounds reach their ears again.

Red figures dashed one after another out of the strange smoke. It was unknown what it did to them,but it was clear at a glance that they didn't like it.

" Damn it "

Kong Donghai cursed before ordering another wave of spheres.

Although these half-spirit beasts were more intelligent,that was only relatively speaking, falling for the same trick was living proof of this.

Seeing his pack get entangled again,the leader decided to intervene, with 5 times the speed of the other wolves, it reached the smoke area before opening its mouth and roared.

Cui Ling curiously looked back, he saw a red air wave blowing away the darkness. This was the first time he saw an ability outside the mortal realm.

That power came out naturally,it gave him the feeling that this power originated from something within the spirit beast that allowed it to release the scorshing attack.

After helping the subordinates,it chased the prys personally,but if someone focused on the eyes; they would be able to see impatience building up.

This point was noticed by Cui Ling while he was studying it.

' Impatient ? Why wou.. could it be..'

As he was wondering, Kong Donghai was in an internal struggle, but he soon made up his mind and took a black crystal orb.

He knew he wouldn't be able to survive once the spirit beast decided to attack. If it was another creature like an earth bear or a steel elephant,using various tricks and human's intelligence: he could still escape relying on the faster speed of the dark horse.

But facing the chase of the lava wolf spirit beast, he gave up on running and decided to use his life saving treasurer as a last resort.

He got his orb from the dead body of a master he used to work for,so he was familiar with power hidden inside this little object, making him very reluctant to use it, but without life he can't enjoy wealth.

Only five mercenaries decided to turn around and follow the captain and the rest continued without looking back.Deng Wuyan and Hao Niu also did the same.

They didn't know what Kong Donghai was thinking,but they knew there was no need to risk it by staying.

Kong Donghai had a fierce expression; he needed to get close enough to not miss his shot, otherwise there would be no saving him.

He was getting close,eyes focused,the feeling of the time slowing down pressed on his heart as he got closer and closer.

A countdown resonated in his heart.

4…

3…

2…

Just as he was about to raise his head and throw his strongest trump card.A deafening eagle cry stunned him.

" Shitt! " This sudden cry interrupted his focus, causing him to barely not fall off, but he lost his best chance.

the lava wolf already jumped at him.

Not thinking anymore, he punched with orb, seeking mutual destruction.

But, A fast shadow crossed the air and grabbed the giant wolf like a doll and flew away.

Time seemed to stop.

Kong Donghai who just almost walked the gates of hell, looked at the sky blankly.

Soon,excitedness burst out of his face because he knew what just saved him.

" Night eagle " He was more than happy to see this more terrifying spirit beast for the meaning behind it appearing here.

He looked around and sure enough,he saw a group of people walking in their direction.

He quickly went on his knees

" Reverendes, Thank you Thank you, for saving the unworthy me " he then started kowtowing.

It was a group of ten males,made of middle aged and young members,they all wore the same black martial robe with a long jacket, clearly showing their unity.

They completely ignored the man kowtowing and chatted.

" Brother Meng's night eagle is impressive as always, I still can't get used to see it casually lifting another rank 1 spirit beast, truly amazing "

Meng Song replied with a smile " It only used a good opportunity to catch the Lava wolf off guard,in a fair fight,it wouldn't be this easy "

"Ai, brother Meng is too humble, obtaining and taming a Night eagle is already very amazing, but you also raised it to this current state,even a blind person would recognize such abilities "

The owner of the Night eagle, Meng Song, walked confidently with hands behind his back.

He replied politely and humbly to these people's flattery,but he was pissed inside.

These few days,he had been running around cleaning a mess created by a stupid young master who doesn't have to deal with consequences.

He personally couldn't care less about these spirit beasts running around outside their usual territory, but the martial law dictates that they aren't allowed to cause a disturbance to mortals without an acceptable reason,so he could only take the responsibility and work hard.

Kong Donghai waited until they left far enough before standing up, mounting his dark horse.

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Meanwhile, Cui Ling and the rest have already stopped escaping.

They weren't that far so the ones who were paying attention managed to see what happened.

Cui Ling was one of these people,he saw the night eagle easily taking away the lava wolf that almost caused their death, the stern and experienced mercenary group captain kowtowing with a respectful face.

His eyes sparkled as studied these 10 men, he could tell with one glance that they weren't mortals, his years of experience against cultivators made him able to tell them apart, that is if they didn't deliberately try to hide themselves of course.

To him, these were the first of which could be compared to his past life cultivators;he could feel he's on the right track towards his goal…

Kong Donghai rejoined them in no time, he only said " Let's continue " and charged forward.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward, but they could only silently follow.