After the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle went berserk, its cloud-shrouding wings unfolded, its massive form blocking out the sky and sun. Its shadow was large enough to cast a pall over an entire mountain range, a testament to its colossal scale!
Those feathers of its were no mere feathers; they gleamed with an oily luster, resembling a suit of armor!
Feng Wu grabbed at empty air, her body plunging straight downward!
The situation was intensely critical!
Life and death hung by a thread!
At the most perilous juncture, she finally managed to catch hold of the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle's razor-sharp talon.
The sharp claws, honed like sword blades, carved a deep gash across Feng Wu's palm, blood gushing forth like a spring!
The pain...
Yet Feng Wu did not even furrow her brow. Leveraging the strength in her grip, her lithe body executed a nimble, inverted swing, and she scrambled back up into the giant talons of the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle.
Only then did she let out a slight breath.
Had she been a mere hundredth of a second slower during that brush with death just now, she would have been a gonner!
At this thought, Feng Wu's deep, ink-black eyes shot a lightning-like glare toward Jun Linyuan!
In the eyes of this Crown Prince, were other people truly nothing more than ants?!
He remained so poised and aloof, while she was battered and on the verge of collapse.
Rage... burned like a flame within Feng Wu's chest!
Strength... she craved super strength with an unprecedented intensity!
Feng Wu drew a deep breath. The Immortal Spirit Fruit—she had to get her hands on the Immortal Spirit Fruit, refine the Nine-Turn Spirit-Returning Pill, and only then could she resume her cultivation...
The road ahead was still long. Just you wait, Jun Linyuan!
Right now, however, the most important thing was to stay alive.
The Fire Cloud Giant Eagle fixed a terrified gaze on Jun Linyuan!
How could such a formidable youth exist in this world?!
How old was he? Yet his strength already surpassed that of a half-step overlord!
It had gone berserk! And even after going berserk, it still couldn't beat him!
A few years from now, once he grew to full maturity, would even the supreme entity at the very center of the Frozen Forest look upon him with dread?
At this thought, a flash of despair surfaced in the eyes of the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle!
Yet since it could not escape, even if it died, it would fight him to the bitter end!
Seeing the flame-like madness in the eyes of the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle, Feng Wu's heart turned icy cold!
She cared nothing for whether the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle lived or died, but if it chose to fight Jun Linyuan to the death, she, an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire, would inevitably be wiped out—and her death would be absolute!
It wasn't that she didn't want to beg Jun Linyuan; she simply knew that begging would be useless.
Because in Jun Linyuan's eyes right now, she was nothing more than an irrelevant stranger.
This man had always been infuriatingly cold and merciless!
His personal creed was: if you have the ability, survive on your own; if you don't have the ability, don't stay alive wasting oxygen.
In his heart, there were only two kinds of people: his own people, and everyone else.
His own people he would fiercely protect to the end, while everyone else he simply ignored.
Clearly, Feng Xun belonged to his own people, whereas Feng Wu... was just everyone else.
Though exasperating and disheartening, this was the reality.
Therefore, Feng Wu pinned her hopes of survival entirely on the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle!
Feng Wu cast her gaze downward once more—
The Frozen Forest was divided into five rings. In the very center of the forest dwelt the most terrifying overlord of the Frozen Forest!
That was a place inspiring dread even among the empire's supreme powerhouses.
Because she had spent the past few years keeping close tabs on the Immortal Spirit Fruit, which was crucial to her, Feng Wu possessed an exceptionally detailed understanding of the Frozen Forest.
Thus, with a single glance, she recognized that this was the East Fourth Ring.
In an instant, a detailed map of the surrounding region flashed through her mind!
"If you fight him to the death, he will emerge completely unharmed, but you will perish. How about we form an alliance?" Ignoring the wound on her hand, Feng Wu gripped the Fire Cloud Giant Eagle's talon, her nimble form quickly shifting to lodge herself inside the eagle's ear.
"An alliance? What use could you possibly be?" The Fire Cloud Giant Eagle regarded Feng Wu with supreme disdain.