Indeed, this thousand-year fire spirit beast was exceptionally beautiful. Its two round, gem-like eyes and fiery red fur appeared incredibly smooth.
The strongest among the thousand-year fire spirit beasts had reached the peak of the second layer of Xuan Yuan, but these were not combat-oriented demonic beasts, so their fighting strength wasn't as formidable.
Although the Yan Huo Jiao was only at the middle stage of the first layer of Xuan Yuan, its combat power could rival that of the largest thousand-year fire spirit beast.
However, now, the only young cub among the thousand-year fire spirit beasts, less than a few years old, had unfortunately fallen into the clutches of the Yan Huo Jiao.
The Yan Huo Jiao had set its sights on this cub from the moment it was born.
If its cultivation hadn't been too low to break through the thousand-year fire spirit beast's defenses, this cub would have long been its meal.
Moreover, by consuming this thousand-year fire spirit beast, its own cultivation would surely advance by a considerable margin!
At that point, this pack of fire spirit beasts would no longer be its match!
"This is bad, if that Yan Huo Jiao succeeds, it will be terrible!"
"Then we'll have no way to obtain the thousand-year fire marrow!"
"That Yan Huo Jiao must die!"
Feng Ruoqin said with a cold expression.
Of course, she also had her own selfish motives.
If they saved this thousand-year fire spirit beast cub today, wouldn't they become benefactors to the entire thousand-year fire spirit beast race?
Wouldn't it be easy to obtain some thousand-year fire marrow then?
Besides, she couldn't bear to see such an adorable thousand-year fire spirit beast cub perish in the Yan Huo Jiao's maw.
"Ye Fei, I've decided to make a move to rescue the cub!"
Feng Ruoqin declared resolutely.
"I was thinking the same thing!"
Feng Ruoqin and Ye Fei had clearly thought along the same lines.
"Alright, I'll act by surprise and try to rescue the cub from the Yan Huo Jiao's mouth!"
"Let's cooperate as before, a strong alliance!"
At this moment, Feng Ruoqin seemed to have forgotten that Ye Fei was still merely a cultivator at the peak of the seventh layer of Qi Condensation!
"Okay!"
"There's no time to lose. While both sides are confronting each other, if we don't act now, when will we?"
Ye Fei clapped his hands and used his movement technique, silently approaching the Yan Huo Jiao!
The Yan Huo Jiao's attention was entirely focused on the dozen or so thousand-year fire spirit beasts opposite it. Caught off guard, Ye Fei successfully launched a sneak attack!
With a fierce hiss, it whipped its tail towards Ye Fei!
Flying Cloud Steps!
Ye Fei once again used his movement technique, quickly disappearing from the Yan Huo Jiao's sight!
The Yan Huo Jiao, already temperamental, was further infuriated by Ye Fei's repeated provocations.
It was at this moment, as Ye Fei attacked again, that Feng Ruoqin on the side thrust her sword straight towards the Yan Huo Jiao's jaw!
With their combined efforts, the Yan Huo Jiao, focused on both sides, could only open its mouth wider, intending to swallow the thousand-year fire spirit beast cub.
Fortunately, Feng Ruoqin was extremely fast, and Ye Fei's attack arrived once more!
"Beast, I'm here!"
Ye Fei raised his sword again, and a fierce attack descended upon the Yan Huo Jiao's head!
At the critical moment, Feng Ruoqin surged forward, scooping the thousand-year fire spirit beast cub into her arms!
Then, she swiftly tossed it backward!
"Catch!"
The largest thousand-year fire spirit beast leaped up and caught the cub.
The thousand-year fire spirit beast cub, unaware it had just experienced a brush with death, still looked at its family with its innocent, bright eyes.
The largest thousand-year fire spirit beast, seeing its cub was safe, let out a meow, uttered a few words, and then, with a few leaps, arrived before the Yan Huo Jiao.
The largest thousand-year fire spirit beast suddenly spat out a large mouthful of flames!
Simultaneously, it leaped again, landing directly on the Yan Huo Jiao's back!
With a swipe of its claws, it tore open the Yan Huo Jiao's hide!
Hiss!
That claw strike was truly formidable!
Ye Fei couldn't help but marvel.
However, the Yan Huo Jiao was indeed not to be underestimated.
After that claw strike, the Yan Huo Jiao was clearly enraged!
Its massive body grew even larger, completely blocking out the sky above.
Its huge vertical pupils glared venomously.
"Ye Fei, let's stick to the same strategy as before!"
Feng Ruoqin, realizing that prolonging the fight was disadvantageous, immediately made a tactical deployment.
As for Ye Fei, he had already flown to the Yan Huo Jiao's back ahead of time.
The thousand-year fire spirit beast was indeed extremely agile, and with a few leaps, it managed to injure the Yan Huo Jiao again.
Blood dripped down directly.
Ye Fei and Feng Ruoqin, with perfect默契, engaged the Yan Huo Jiao in battle once more.
Their twin swords combined, their power naturally exceeding the sum of their individual strengths.
"Kill!"
They both unleashed their strongest moves simultaneously.
Except for the two tending to the cub, even the remaining thousand-year fire spirit beasts had joined the fray.
Now, the Yan Huo Jiao was truly in for a terrible time.
Of course, without the appearance of Ye Fei and Feng Ruoqin this time, the Yan Huo Jiao might have actually succeeded.
With their help, the Yan Huo Jiao was directly overwhelmed by the harassment!
The previous attack from the two had also inflicted considerable damage on it.
Strike while the iron is hot!
Ye Fei and Feng Ruoqin exchanged a glance and unleashed their strongest moves again!
The aura emanating from both of them had undergone a drastic transformation!
Rumble!
Bang bang bang!
Following these sounds, the Yan Huo Jiao was already covered in wounds.
Seeing this, the demonic beasts, including the thousand-year fire spirit beasts, adopted a "strike while it's down" mentality, continuing their assault on the Yan Huo Jiao.
Due to its severe injuries, the Yan Huo Jiao could no longer maintain its colossal form and reverted to its previous appearance.
The thousand-year fire spirit beasts let out meowing cries and attacked again.
Only when the Yan Huo Jiao's cries grew fainter and it lost all signs of life did the pack of thousand-year fire spirit beasts conclude their battle.
They returned to the side of the cub.
It was evident that the thousand-year fire spirit beasts were extremely protective of their young.
The cub also possessed considerable intelligence. It now understood that these two before it were its saviors and happily bounded over, nudging their legs.
Ye Fei was fine, but Feng Ruoqin could no longer contain herself; the little creature was simply too adorable!
She immediately scooped up the little thing and couldn't resist stroking its incredibly smooth fur.
The feel of it was simply…
Utterly irresistible!
The cub also sensed that these two were not malicious, thus willingly drew close to them.
What most people didn't know was that the intuition of their fire spirit beast tribe was always incredibly accurate.
It had never been wrong.
Seeing Feng Ruoqin still doting on the thousand-year fire spirit beast cub, Ye Fei stepped forward and stated the purpose of their visit.