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Chapter 43: Mysterious Monster

In front of the mountain gate of Qingfeng Pavilion, a group of young disciples were ready to go. They were dressed in the uniform of the sect. They all looked heroic, and their eyes were full of determination and resoluteness.

"Our most important mission this time down the mountain is to protect the safety of the villagers and investigate the origins of these monsters. Remember, everything must be arranged by your eldest brother." The elder's voice echoed in everyone's ears.

"Yes!" All the disciples responded in unison. Xiao Yichen followed the crowd and slowly moved towards the village where the monster riot occurred.

The group of disciples walked down the winding mountain road and soon arrived outside the village. They saw that the surrounding area was desolate, the farmland was trampled beyond recognition, and the broken limbs of villagers were scattered everywhere.

"Senior Brother, come and see." At this time, the disciple who was checking nearby suddenly shouted. Upon hearing this, a burly man with a resolute face strode over. He was more than eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back. His bronze skin gleamed with a healthy luster in the sun, like long-forged steel. He was the senior brother of Qingfeng Pavilion, Chu Qingtian. At this moment, his eyes were like torches. He walked closer and looked at where the disciple was pointing.

There were some strange claw marks on the ground. The marks were deeply embedded in the soil and the surrounding grass and trees were crushed. The eldest brother slowly squatted down and carefully observed the footprints on the ground with a frown. After a long while, he stood up again and began to arrange everyone. Xiao Yichen was arranged to be in the same team with Zhang Yang to continue investigating around the village.

"Junior brother, don't look so unapproachable." Zhang Yang patted him on the back and took the initiative to find a topic to talk about.

Xiao Yichen just responded indifferently, and the two continued to walk forward incoherently. Soon they came to a nearby forest. A gust of cold wind blew, and the leaves were rustling. Xiao Yichen stopped.

Zhang Yang also stopped when he saw this. "What's wrong? Junior brother, what did you find?"

Xiao Yichen didn't say anything, but just hissed at him, then summoned five spiritual swords around him that floated in the air. After seeing him get ready for battle, Zhang Yang immediately became serious, and a spiritual sword appeared in his hand.

Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard from all directions of the two men at the same time. Then, a group of black shadows appeared in the woods, constantly changing positions, and soon surrounded the two men.

"Junior brother, be careful." Zhang Yang leaned against Xiao Yichen's back, his eyes constantly alert to the enemy's movements.

Swish, swish, swish... three sounds of breaking through the air came from behind him. At the same time, the group of black shadows suddenly pounced towards the two of them. Zhang Yang took out his magic sword and attacked the nearest group of black shadows.

Xiao Yichen controlled the three spirit swords in front of him and continuously attacked the black shadows in front. The spirit swords turned into rays of light and continuously shuttled through the woods. Every ray of light that passed by was accompanied by the screams of the black shadows. One monster after another fell to the ground. He continued to observe the surrounding situation with a grim expression.

"Brother Zhang, be careful, there's still a big one that hasn't come out yet." Xiao Yichen said coldly. When he just stepped into this place, he felt that there was a big guy around who was always watching them.

"Haha, don't worry about me, just continue. I didn't expect you to be so strong." Zhang Yang killed a monster and pulled the magic sword out of its body. He looked at Xiao Yichen who had killed four or five monsters behind him and smiled.

Although he entered the sect earlier than Xiao Yichen and is now in the middle stage of Qi training, he is still shocked by Xiao Yichen's strength. These magical beasts are as strong as those in the high-level Body Tempering Realm, but he didn't expect that they could not even be a match for Xiao Yichen.

Soon, the two of them killed all the monsters here. Xiao Yichen sensed the position of the big guy. The other party was very cunning and was constantly changing positions. He hid his body behind the surrounding trees and wanted to sneak attack the two of them.

"Senior Brother Zhang, let's go first." Xiao Yichen took Zhang Yang and walked in another direction, turning their backs to the monster in the dark. Zhang Yang quickly understood what he meant, put away the weapon in his hand, and slowly followed Xiao Yichen.

As expected, before the two of them walked far, a hurricane suddenly surged behind them. The monster was rushing towards them quickly, and a claw attacked Xiao Yichen's head. If Zhang Yang hadn't pushed him, Xiao Yichen would have been hit by this attack.

After stabilizing their bodies, Xiao Yichen and Zhang Yang blocked the guy in the middle, one on the left and one on the right. It was a monster with an eagle's head and a jackal's body. It had wings on its back, which made it extremely fast. Its mouth was like a sharp curved hook, flashing with cold light, as if it could tear steel. At this moment, it was roaring at the two of them.

Zhang Yang took the lead in launching the attack. Spiritual energy continued to spread behind his back. Wind blades appeared behind him and flew towards the monster in the center. The monster felt the danger and dodged quickly, turning its target to Xiao Yichen and quickly pounced towards his position.

When he saw the monster attacking him, Xiao Yichen did not panic. Instead, when the monster was about to pounce on him, he waved his right hand and an invisible wall appeared in front of him. The monster directly crashed into it. The huge impact force made Xiao Yichen step back several steps. His face looked a little ugly and his chest heaved, but fortunately he blocked it. The monster was dizzy and let out an angry roar.

Its body was bounced back several meters, and the wings on its back kept flapping, trying to stabilize its body. Xiao Yichen took advantage of the victory and pursued it. The invisible barrier moved forward quickly, forcing the monster to retreat continuously. It wanted to break through the barrier, but it couldn't.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yang's attack also arrived. The wind blade slashed on the monster's body. In just a few breaths, the monster was killed by the two of them. Zhang Yang added a sword on the monster's head. This time, he came to Xiao Yichen and checked his body.

"How's it going? Are you okay?"

"Well, it's nothing serious. I was just bumped. I'll be fine after a while." Xiao Yichen exhaled. The strength of the monster just now was probably in the early stage of Qi training. If it weren't for Zhang Yang, he would be in danger. After all, his current means of attack was only to condense the energy in his body into various weapons, and the lethality was limited.

"I'm glad you're okay. Let's go back first." As he said that, he picked up the corpse of the monster on the ground and walked towards the village.

When the two returned to the village, the disciples had already set up a temporary camp there. Seeing them carrying the corpse of a monster, everyone gathered around. Chu Qingtian also noticed the movement on their side at this time, looked at the monster at Zhang Yang's feet, and frowned slightly.

"Big Brother." Everyone made way for Chu Qingtian. He came to the front of the demon beast, squatted down and examined it carefully, but his expression became more and more confused.

"Where did you encounter this monster?" The eldest brother suddenly asked. Zhang Yang replied with a puzzled look on his face, "The woods behind. Do you know this monster? I don't have any impression of it."

The eldest brother stood up and looked towards the woods. He called a few strong disciples over and then looked at the two of them and said, "You are not hurt, are you?"

The two shook their heads. Seeing this, the eldest brother continued, "I've never seen this monster before. It seems this matter is a little unusual. Come and see." As he spoke, he kicked the monster's wings and said, "Don't you think these wings look like a skylark's?"