Carrying the clues recorded in the ancient texts and guarded by the mysterious elder, the group temporarily parted ways with the perilous forest and rushed toward the dwelling place of the Rhino-Heart Grass — the Illusion Color Gloomy Forest. The journey was long and arduous, spanning mountains and rivers, deep canyons and torrential currents, as if heaven and earth had set up numerous obstacles to intentionally test the heroes who shouldered this mission.
Arriving at a secluded valley, the sheer cliffs on both sides rose like axe-hewn walls into the clouds, cutting sunlight into fine, scattered beams that spilled onto the valley floor. A thin mist hung in the air, seemingly peaceful yet concealing deadly danger. As Xu Tiancai and the others stepped inside, they heard a strange whistling sound, resembling both the wind and a beast's roar. Immediately afterward, a swarm of Flame Soul Eagles — creatures shaped like goshawks but engulfed in ghostly green flames — poured out of their cliffside nests, blotting out the sky. Their eyes glowed like cold stars, filled with chill and cruelty, and their sharp beaks flashed with cold light under the reflection of the ghostly fire.
A'gang took the lead, wielding his Battle Axe as his Eternal Battle Qi surged around him like golden angry waves. With a fierce leap, he brought the axe down upon the diving flock of Flame Soul Eagles with the force to split mountains and rocks. "Hmph, mere beasts, how dare you block the way!" Where the axe p…
Chapter 292