Free Web NovelChapter 1843: Chapter 1843: Targeted
Li Feng gave a grunt in response. What he knew about this Bi Fang was all from Sikong Yu’s mouth; as for whether this Bi Fang only ate Fire Ants and wouldn’t eat people, no one could guarantee that.
Since he couldn’t judge, it was only natural to be extra careful.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Bi Fang was still hunting Fire Ants, Li Feng and the others immediately switched into escape mode, but Li Feng knew that at their speed they had no way to shake off the Bi Fang. After all, the Bi Fang had wings.
"Fall back to the other side of the Molten Lava River first."
At this moment, the Flying King Ants in the sky were scattering in all directions, and although the Giant King Ants on the ground were still surging with momentum, in the face of the lofty Bi Fang Bird they appeared utterly powerless. They couldn’t fly, and their means of attack couldn’t hurt the Bi Fang Bird at all, so they were practically living targets.
After scattering the Flying King Ants, the Bi Fang Bird didn’t carry out a complete slaughter on the isolated Flying King Ants. After all, there were many Giant King Ants on the ground, each with a body as sturdy as a bull. The Bi Fang immediately dove down like a dive-bomber, skimming the ground with a shrill whistle of the air.
Seeing this, the Giant King Ants all spewed Molten Ant Acid toward midair. In an instant, streaks of crimson molten lava shot up like anti-aircraft tracer rounds, directly sealing off all of the Bi Fang Bird’s paths.
If it were anyone else, faced with this kind of acid attack, they wouldn’t dare to meet it head-on. But the Bi Fang Bird was completely unafraid; its agile body twisted up and down in midair, and when it couldn’t dodge, its Golden Feet grabbed once. In a flash, the claw wind was like a blade, directly shattering the Ant Acid.
The fragmented Molten Ant Acid burst like exploding anti-aircraft shells, covering an even wider range, but the Bi Fang Bird’s blue-and-red feathers seemed to have their own suction. Every time they flapped, a large amount of Fire Element Energy would be drawn into its feathers.
Its wings, originally only about ten feet across, quickly evolved as they absorbed massive amounts of Fire Element Energy. The feathers transformed into Fire Feathers, flames spread along the wings, and the whole body actually turned into a flaming form like the Vermilion Bird Phoenix.
The flaming wings flapped and whipped up waves of firestorms, directly blowing away the Molten Ant Acid. In the blink of an eye, the Bi Fang Bird descended over the Giant King Ant swarm, like a god descending to the mortal world. Even the fearless Giant King Ants’ formation began to loosen.
Before the Giant King Ants could react, the Bi Fang Bird’s Golden Feet grabbed directly toward the ground. In an instant, three claw blades swept across like plowshares, directly mowing through an area. Giant King Ants that Li Feng had to put in some effort to hack to death were torn open like tofu, their hard carapaces ripped apart.
Then the Bi Fang Bird opened its sharp beak, and in a moment a powerful suction force directly sucked the defense-breached Giant King Ants in like spooning up tofu pudding.
Vast amounts of Fire Element Energy were devoured by the Bi Fang Bird. Its not-so-large body was like a bottomless pit, never reaching its limit.
After just a few repetitions, the Giant King Ants on the ground had suffered heavy casualties. One of the Giant King Ants, with a noticeably smaller body, waved its antennae, and the next moment, the fearless Giant King Ants, who had never known what death was, scattered and fled.
The Bi Fang Bird slaughtered another batch of clustered Giant King Ants, then soared in midair and looked down at the fleeing ant swarm below, letting out a series of cries.
The Bi Fang Bird swept its gaze over the ant swarm, and its pair of crimson pupils shifted toward Li Feng’s group fleeing in the distance. Even though it was already full and had just enjoyed a good workout, there seemed to be a special flame over there that attracted it.
Earlier it had sensed that the other party seemed to possess the Vermilion Bird Bloodline, which was why it hadn’t attacked them directly. After all, the five Lords of Molten Rock Hell had once been the five great lieutenants under the Vermilion Bird’s command.
Of course, it wasn’t that the five Lords were so loyal to the Vermilion Bird. It was just that the Vermilion Bird was the strongest, and Molten Lava Land was the best habitat for both sides, so serving the Vermilion Bird had been only natural.
But now, the Vermilion Bird hadn’t appeared for two hundred years; something seemed to have gone wrong, and now the five Lords were starting to get restless too.
Like that Fire Ant Queen that only knew how to breed—she had actually sent her Soldier Ants to the border zone; the probing intent was obvious.
In the past, the other side’s ant swarm would never have shown up in the borderlands. That was the tacit understanding between them.
In that great war more than two hundred years ago, the Vermilion Bird was wounded by the Candle Dragon. The Fire Qilin, in saving its master, also took irreparable injuries and died in battle before the fight was even over.
Besides that, the other four Lords were all wounded. The Fire Ant Queen was hurt the least, because her strongest trump card was her massive Ant Race army. In that battle, the Queen’s army was almost completely annihilated. She herself wasn’t injured much, but the destruction of her forces was no small loss to her.
The Fire Scorpion and the Earth Fire Python had their tendons and bones damaged as well. After returning, they, like her, went into slumber to recuperate. In these two hundred years, the only one who didn’t need to sleep to recover was the Fire Ant Queen. She only needed to keep breeding to gather another Fire Ant army under her banner.
The current Fire Ant army did look somewhat decent, but its strength was still much weaker. Compared to that Fire Ant army of old, there was still quite a gap.
Even so, for her to accumulate so many powerful King Ant Guards, the Fire Ant Queen must have been breeding nonstop for the past two hundred years.
Who knew how things were over on the Fire Scorpion and Earth Fire Python’s side.
A thought flashed through the Bi Fang Bird’s mind, then it quickly came back to itself, its eyes sweeping over Li Feng’s fleeing group.
In the end, it locked onto Li Feng.
The corner of its beak curled up involuntarily. It seemed that after sleeping for so long, it had been ages since it’d fought a human with the Vermilion Bird Bloodline. It wondered if, after these two hundred-plus years, that junior of the Sikong Family could surpass the old generation.
The Bi Fang Bird wasn’t like those Fire Ants with tiny brains. It was already eight hundred years old, and to become an Overlord of a region, it was naturally no longer an ordinary Spiritual Beast.
With just a distant glance from the Bi Fang Bird, Li Feng felt himself being locked onto. A chill shot up his spine. When he looked back, he saw the Bi Fang Bird had already stopped hunting and was circling in midair, overlooking them from above.
"It’s got its eyes on me."
Li Feng spoke to Sikong Yu beside him.
"You go on ahead, I’ll cover the rear."
Sikong Yu also snapped around, then gave a bitter smile. "The other side can fly. Unless you abandon everyone else, there’s no way you can run away."
"And this is a Bi Fang we’re talking about. According to the records in Ancestor Dragon City, the Bi Fang is the lord of wildfires. You saw it slaughter those King Ants just now. If it really has locked onto us, how far do you think we can run?"
"Hey, it’s already coming. At this point, running isn’t even the issue anymore."
Suddenly, Ouyang Qiuhai saw the Bi Fang in the sky dive straight down, launching an attack at them just like when it had swooped on those King Ants earlier.
"Guard, fall back one li!"
Li Feng barked the order, tapped his toe on the ground, and the Vermilion Bird Wings unfurled behind his back. The next second, he shot into the air to meet the Bi Fang head-on.
Oh.
The Bi Fang let out a surprised sound. Seeing this human actually come at it instead of running, it had to admit he had some guts. Let’s see what you can do.
A thought flickered through the Bi Fang’s mind. In the next second, flames burst from its Golden Feet, then tore through the air—Tear Claw.
Three claw blades like the scythes of the Death God slashed straight down at Li Feng.
