"Screeech!"
The red bird's cry was filled with panic. After flapping its wings twice in the air, it actually plummeted straight down.
Seeing this, everyone on the bird's back quickly summoned their contracted beasts and leaped onto their backs.
"What's going on?"
Everyone frowned and looked towards the elder leading them.
The elder knitted his brows, swept his gaze around, and said coldly, "Be careful, everyone. We've likely been ambushed."
As his words fell, a burst of wild laughter echoed from the sky.
"Hahahaha! I didn't expect it to be people from the Azure Dragon Sect."
Following the laughter, figures in black clothes, exuding demonic energy, descended. Leading them was a man in opulent robes with a gloomy expression.
"It's the Demon Prince! Be careful!"
The leading elder's face was grave. He stepped forward, blocking the group, and whispered to the disciples behind him, "Wait here, I'll hold him off. You all scatter and escape. Remember! Don't fight them to the death! Your lives are the most important!"
Hearing this, no one behind him moved.
Instead, Hong Yu Ning, who was closest to Ming Li, subtly moved nearer to her and whispered, "Later, use the chaos to get away. We'll stop him."
Ming Li stood on her silver sword, casting a bewildered glance at the young man beside her. After a moment, she tossed the system in her hand into Hong Yu Ning's embrace. With a thought, the silver sword beneath her feet appeared in her hand.
Seeing this, Hong Yu Ning finally reacted. He looked down at the system, their eyes meeting. "What attribute is your contracted beast?" How had his junior sister flown up just now?
The system blinked, glancing at the back of its host. After a moment of silence, it spoke, "If I said I was all-attribute, would you believe me?"
Hong Yu Ning: "......"
After a long pause, the young man regained his senses and, sensing something, asked confusedly, "What's wrong with all of you?" Why was everyone so quiet?
Wen Ru Yu stared blankly at the scene in the distance, his jaw practically on the floor.
Following his gaze, Hong Yu Ning's eyes widened, and he too became dumbfounded.
In the distance, where the demons had been, everyone except the Demon Prince lay on the ground, their blood staining the earth…
Hong Yu Ning: "......" What had happened without him knowing?
At this moment, facing the maiden holding the silver sword and the stern-faced youth, the Demon Prince's eyes were filled with horror. The contracted beast beneath him was also covered in wounds and swaying precariously.
"Who exactly are you!"
Ming Li and Lin Mo exchanged a look. After a moment, Ming Li sheathed her silver sword. A fireball from Lin Mo's contracted beast hurtled towards the Demon Prince.
With a loud "Boom!", the Demon Prince vanished without a trace.
After finishing this, Lin Mo returned to the group and looked directly at Ming Li, asking with some confusion, "Junior Sister, why didn't you use your contracted beast just now?"
Ming Li remained silent for a moment, then pointed in a direction. "Who do you think it could defeat?"
Lin Mo's gaze followed Ming Li's finger to see a small red pig nestled in their third senior brother's arms…
"Junior Sister's contracted beast… is a pig?" Lin Mo frowned and walked solemnly in front of Hong Yu Ning, his eyes fixed on the little red pig in his embrace.
The system also looked up, its gaze meeting Lin Mo's. The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
After a while, it was the system that broke the silence. "What are you looking at?"
Lin Mo: "......"
"Does Junior Sister want to change her contracted beast? I'll catch a good-looking one for you."
The system: "......" What did he mean by that! Was he calling it ugly?! No, no, no! This man actually wanted to change his host's beast!
In an instant, the system was so angry that the tuft of hair on its head stood on end. It pounced forward, wanting to take a bite out of him.