The black dragon's body started trembling, while a horrifying aura that suppressed everything erupted from his body.

Little Black's cold blue eyes turned to look at the peak rank 5 'Spellsinger bird' which immediately fell on the ground under the pressure of this terrifying aura.

The black panther had been dazed for less than a second, before it shook off the effects of the 'Spellsinger bird'.

The panther hurriedly turned his head to look at Shun Long and Liu Mei, and as soon as it saw that they had fallen on the ground, terror and anger flashed through its eyes.

The black panther was extremely loyal to both Shun Long and Liu Mei.

Shun Long was its master, and had also helped the panther advance to the peak of rank 5, by solving its internal problem.

Liu Mei instead was its master's wife, and she would often practice her sword skills in the courtyard, while the black panther kept her company.

However, the black panther could feel a terrifying aura from behind him, as he turned to look at the black dragon.

The 'Spellsinger bird' was terrified when it noticed that Little Black's eyes were staring at it like a piece of dead meat.

Little Black's aura started rising, and soon, it reached the absolute peak of rank 5.

And yet, it didn't seem to stop, while Little Black's azure eyes were still staring at the 'Spellsinger bird' that was now quivering on the ground.

It had failed!

It had failed to affect the black dragon's soul, and the dragon was now furious!

The black panther stared at Little Black with horrified eyes, as the dragon's aura kept rising at an alarming rate.

Barely 100 breaths of time later, Little Black raised his head to the sky as he let out a furious roar!

ROAR!!

The entire Dreamland forest started to tremble from the black dragon's roar, when a black wave of darkness was now expanding outwards from Little Black's body.

Both humans as well as magic beasts that were inside the forest, were terrified once they heard the furious roar.

Suddenly, be it humans or the magic beasts, everyone who was still inside the Dreamland forest found their vision turning completely black!

Darkness!

Absolute darkness seemed to have enveloped the Dreamland forest in an instant, when a horrifying aura erupted from the forest's outskirts.

Everyone started to tremble when they sensed the strength of this aura.

Rank 6!

A rank 6 magic beast had appeared!

As a magic beast, and even more so a dragon, Little Black didn't need to try and comprehend a Dao.

He didn't even need to absorb the qi in the air in order to cultivate.

He could simply advance, by consuming the flesh of other powerful magic beasts.

However, the moment that he saw Shun Long's body collapsing on the ground, Little Black felt disbelief, anger, and fear overcoming him, all at the same time!

...

It was as if an invisible seal had broken inside him, as a terrifying darkness then spread from the Little Black's body and covered the entire Dreamland forest!

Invisible streams of qi from all over the forest were guided through the pitch-black darkness, as they were all absorbed inside Little Black's body.

The moment that the black dragon broke through to rank 6, both the black panther as well as the 'Spellsinger bird' felt an innate sense of fear.

The moment that the darkness returned back inside Little Black's body, the peak rank 5 'Spellsinger bird' immediately tried to suppress its fear, as it stood up on its 2 legs and flapped its wings, trying to escape.

Unlike the black panther, the bird knew that it wasn't an ally of the black dragon.

Instead, Little Black seemed to be feeling extreme hate towards it.

But the moment that it tried to flap its wings, the 'Spellsinger bird' saw a gigantic shadow hovering in the air above it.

Little Black pressed down with his black claw, immediately grabbing the bird by its neck!

The black dragon had a look that was filled with anger and cruelty, and without any hesitation, he snapped the bird's neck!

A cracking sound was heard as the bird's body fell on the ground, before a white wisp of smoke tried to stealthily escape in the air.

Little Black looked at the white wisp of smoke with a cold look, as he then waved his claw once.

The white wisp was cut into pieces, before it dissipated in the air, under the black dragon's and the 'Silver-winged panther king's' eyes.

Little Black then flapped his majestic black wings, appearing in front of Shun Long's and Liu Mei's bodies in an instant.

The black dragon as well as the silver-winged panther king were both connected to Shun Long with their souls, and knew, that their master was still alive, but his soul was in an extremely weak state.

And yet, neither of the 2 magic beasts could do anything, but wait and hope for Shun Long and Liu Mei to overcome this obstacle.

However, this was still an attack from a peak rank 5 magic beast.

Even if it wasn't directed towards the 2 of them, neither Shun Long's or Liu Mei's cultivation and souls, were strong enough to endure such an attack.

Time passed as Shun Long and Liu Mei were still unconscious.

Their eyes were closed, but both Little Black and the black panther could feel Shun Long's situation, through his emotions.

Inside his mind, Shun Long could feel as if his soul was being hammered repeatedly over and over again.

The pain was extremely intense, but surprisingly, after a while, Shun Long had started to get used to it and wasn't as affected anymore.

After all, although the 'Spellsinger bird's' attack was akin to torture to the soul, the level and intensity of the pain didn't even come close to what Shun Long had felt from the golden book in the past.

A little more than an incense stick of time had passed when Shun Long finally opened his eyes.

After taking a few breaths to rid himself of the residue pain, he quickly sat up and took a look around him.

He saw Little Black and the black panther, who were staring at him with excitement in their eyes, relieved that their master had woken up.

Shun Long's eyes however constricted, once he saw Liu Mei's condition who was lying down next to him.

Lifting up her veil he noticed, that not only had her breathing become extremely weak, but her face had already been drained from all of its color.

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