Upon hearing these chilling words, Feng Xi, the Grade Ten monster beast known as the Crackwind Beast, did not choose to strike back immediately, but rather opted to flee. He opened the cave's restrictive formations at top speed, hoping to stall Yan Taibai for at least a moment. Given the speed of his kin, even a short delay would be enough to make his escape a certainty.
However, facing a man who had slaughtered a Poison Jiao and a Black Turtle—two Grade Eight monster beasts that had already successfully achieved human form—in one go, and who had now tracked him to his very lair to demand his monster core, Feng Xi knew he was no match. He had no choice but to run. As for relying on the cave's defenses? If Yan Taibai had dared to come here, it meant he had no fear of them whatsoever.
To Yan Taibai, the flight of the Crackwind Beast and the whistling blades and thunderous water bolts of the formations meant nothing. Just as the blue wind blades and water-lightning unleashed by the formation were about to strike him, Yan Taibai transformed into a golden light. This streak of golden sword energy tore through the formations and burst out of the lair.
Chapter 164