Free Web NovelChapter 2489: Chapter 2489: Sound of the Great Dao
"One male, one female, and a cub... these three Fire Cloud Leopards are obviously a family! I’ve stirred up major trouble..."
Baimei Fairy muttered under her breath, quickly exchanged a look with several fellow Sect members, and prepared to ride her Auspicious Clouds and flee.
Only at this moment did they realize that the surrounding space had already been imprisoned by the powerful aura of the two Fire Cloud Leopards, as if they had fallen into an invisible net, leaving them no way to escape.
Furious Arrow Immortal King and the other Immortals exerted themselves to the utmost, charging fiercely several times, but finding it all in vain, their hearts couldn’t help sinking into despair.
Those two Fire Cloud Leopards at Ninth Grade Immortal King Realm had battle power comparable to Half-Step Immortal Emperor Realm experts; if they launched an attack, these six Immortals would likely not have a single one escape alive.
"Lihuo Sect disciples, form the formation! No matter what, we must protect Junior Sister Baimei!"
As the senior disciple of the Lihuo Sect, Furious Arrow Immortal King forced himself to calm down. He knew what the peerlessly talented Junior Sister Baimei meant for the future of Lihuo Sect and that she absolutely could not fall here, so he made a prompt decision and spoke.
The other five Lihuo Sect disciples had also heard their master say that Junior Sister Baimei possessed Immortal Emperor aptitude, and that her importance to the Sect far surpassed theirs. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
And as Lihuo Sect disciples, they had to place the Sect’s interests first at all times and in all places, so after hearing Furious Arrow Immortal King’s words, Yun Luo Immortal King and the other four Immortals immediately shifted their positions, and together with Furious Arrow Immortal King formed a defensive stance, protecting Baimei Fairy in the center.
"That cub was tamed by me; it has nothing to do with my fellow Sect members! If you want to kill someone, then kill me!"
Baimei Fairy was not the sort to fear death. Unwilling to let her fellow Sect members protect her, and knowing that once an Immortal Beast’s Cultivation Level reached a certain realm, it could speak human language and communicate with Immortals, she raised her delicate voice to address the two powerful Fire Cloud Leopards, speaking from behind the few fellow disciples shielding her.
"You little Immortal, daring to bully my son—you deserve death!"
The male leopard on the left stared at Baimei Fairy with cold, merciless eyes and spoke in a dull tone.
"You Immortals must all die!"
The female leopard on the right said harshly.
The pair of male and female Fire Cloud Leopards were wreathed in killing intent, their gaze brimming with the ferocious savagery unique to Immortal Beasts. The terrifying pressure from them surged forward like wave after wave of tides, relentlessly crashing toward the group of Lihuo Sect Immortals opposite them.
Furious Arrow Immortal King and the other Immortals each released their auras and summoned their Immortal Artifacts, doing their utmost to withstand the pressure of the two Immortal Beasts, but their strength was insufficient, and they were forced to constantly retreat.
Baimei Fairy retreated along with them, but most of the pressure released by the two Fire Cloud Leopards was borne by Furious Arrow Immortal King and the others, so the pressure she endured was not as heavy.
"Puff!"
Furious Arrow Immortal King’s body suddenly swayed, and he opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Among the Lihuo Sect disciples, Furious Arrow Immortal King was the strongest, bearing nearly half of the pressure; he finally couldn’t endure it and was injured to the point of coughing blood.
"Senior Brother Furious Arrow!"
Several drops of blood splattered onto Baimei Fairy’s body, and she blurted out in alarm.
"Junior Sister Baimei, the enemy is too powerful. I fear your senior brother will find it hard to hold them off! But if they want to harm you, they’ll have to step over my corpse first!"
Furious Arrow Immortal King held his Immortal Artifact crosswise before his chest, not turning his head as he spoke with grim resolve.
The two Fire Cloud Leopards bared their fangs, growling low as they advanced slowly.
Wherever they passed, the temperature rose to scorching heat, turning everything into a sea of fire.
Their oppressive might came in wave after wave, and the scorching heat and sonic blasts carried in their roars all exceeded the limit that Furious Arrow Immortal King and the other Immortals could endure, causing each of them to spit blood and be flung backward.
Baimei Fairy possessed a Dual Attribute Innate Spiritual Root, giving her an extraordinary physique, and she was secretly circulating the Nine Revolutions True Fire Art learned from Fang Bai, thereby dissolving part of the pressure from the Fire Cloud Leopards. Even so, she was still injured, though her injuries were the lightest among the Lihuo Sect disciples.
Seeing the two powerful Immortal Beasts drawing closer and closer, Baimei Fairy gritted her teeth, fixed her gaze on one of the Fire Cloud Leopards, parted her cherry lips slightly, and let out a shrill, piercing howl, attempting to use Beast Taming to control that Fire Cloud Leopard.
Her hope was that if she could successfully control one Fire Cloud Leopard and make the two powerful Immortal Beasts turn on each other, then they Immortals would have a chance to escape.
However, she also understood that the gap in Cultivation Level between her and that Fire Cloud Leopard was immense, so this hope was extremely slim; she could only force herself to try.
As her howl rang out, the advancing Fire Cloud Leopard on the opposite side suddenly paused, its eyes going momentarily vacant.
But before Baimei Fairy could rejoice, that Fire Cloud Leopard threw off the confusion caused by her howl, its gaze regaining clarity.
"You little Immortal, you deserve death!"
That Fire Cloud Leopard seemed to realize it had almost fallen for a trick and was enraged. It bared its fangs and claws, roaring as it pounced through the air at Baimei Fairy.
At this moment, Furious Arrow Immortal King and the other Lihuo Sect disciples were being attacked by the other Fire Cloud Leopard and were barely able to protect themselves; they simply had no strength left to save Baimei Fairy.
Knowing that she was at the brink of life and death, Baimei Fairy bit down hard on her lower lip, formed an Immortal Domain around herself, and hurled a jade-green seal from her hand, using all her strength to strike back.
That green seal was a gift to Baimei Fairy from her master, Lihuo Immortal Emperor. It was a Superior King Grade Immortal Artifact, and its power was quite formidable.
But Baimei Fairy was limited by her own Cultivation Level and could only draw out sixty to seventy percent of the green seal’s power, unable to effectively defend against the Fire Cloud Leopard’s attack.
"Boom!"
The green seal smashed into the Fire Cloud Leopard that was pouncing down from midair, producing a muffled, resounding crash.
The Fire Cloud Leopard’s figure only paused slightly, then it continued its plunge.
"It’s over, it’s over! To think that I, Linghu Baimi, would fall to the attack of an Immortal Beast!"
Seeing the Fire Cloud Leopard break through the Immortal Domain she had formed as easily as splitting bamboo, its bloody maw right before her eyes, Baimei Fairy knew she could not escape this calamity, and she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
"Dong!"
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Just then, from deep within the Skyflame Forest, there suddenly came a drum-like muffled booming.
This sound seemed to contain the Great Dao of heaven and earth, and also like some primordial colossal beast that held up the sky and trod the earth was stomping on the ground, beating in time with the heartbeat of every Immortal present.
With each of its strikes, heaven and earth trembled in response. All the Immortals and Immortal Beasts present, including the two powerful Fire Cloud Leopards, felt waves of dizziness in their heads, as if even their souls were about to be shaken apart.
"Legend has it that at the very core of Skyflame Forest, there exists an Immortal Beast at Immortal Emperor Realm. Could this sound be coming from it?"
Furious Arrow Immortal King gazed toward the depths of Skyflame Forest, his face showing an expression of horror.
The other Lihuo Sect disciples all turned deathly pale, their faces filled with fear.
The two Immortal Beasts at Ninth Grade Immortal King Realm before them were already incomparably fierce and could easily take their lives; if an Immortal Beast at Emperor Realm appeared on top of that, how ferocious would it be? ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
As soon as the "dong dong" sound rang out, the two Fire Cloud Leopards stopped their attacks and went prone on the ground, their eyes filled with terror and their bodies trembling violently.
The "dong dong" sounds continued a dozen or so beats and then vanished, followed by a strange, faint noise, as if emitted by some Immortal Beast and seeming to come from the very vault of heaven.
One of the Fire Cloud Leopards, upon hearing this sound, suddenly sprang to its feet, rushed over to the Baimei Fairy, whose entire body had been weakened by the "dong dong" vibrations, clamped her in its jaws, and bolted toward the depths of Skyflame Forest, disappearing in an instant.
