An air tearing whistle rang out when a spear comprised of tribulation lightning flew towards it!

‘Danger!’

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When the Monarch Gale Crow heard the air being torn apart, its eyes shifted to the spear shooting toward it.

Shu!

Wu!

Its intuition caused it to swerve as it dived, narrowly dodging the heavenly levyance tribulation lightning spear.

“Crap…” Long Di cursed as he lowered his hand.

This lightning was drawn from his Profound Myriad Heavenseize physique and given form by his spiritual force.

None of these depended on his spiritual qi. However, the drawback was that he needed more time to create it and that damn bird was able to dodge it in time.

‘Its reaction is too quick. I need to slow it down a little, but how?’

Suddenly, an idea came to mind. He turned to one person in particular and, feeling his stare even in this situation, she looked back.

As if knowing what he was thinking, she quickly nodded and got to work.

Grateful for this, he got to work on creating another spear in peace.

Everyone was now out of options, as the Monarch Gale Crow was practically upon them.

Dum!

Its beastly aura bore down on them without reserve. The pressure alone caused the somatic essence circulating within them to slow to a crawl!

It was too powerful, and its ability to fly gave it an unfair advantage in this fight. No martial techniques they had could reach it.

Yaomu Shou took shaky steps forward, standing in front of the group with her fists pointing forward. She didn’t have her sword since she yeeted it way over yonder. That being said, fists were the next best thing.

If she was gonna die, then she might as well be a badass while she was at it!

Jia Yan felt his cheeks blush red at being protected by a girl and so he clenched his teeth and came forward as well, axe-less and fistful.

Inspired by their bravery, several steps forward were made. If they were gonna die, then cowering in fear was a shameful way to go.

They locked gazes with the Monarch Gale Crow and stood their ground.

‘Come, get some!’

Vrrrm!

Suddenly, the Monarch Gale Crow’s body shuddered as a different type of darkness covered its already pitch-black eyes.

“Kraaaaaaaa!”

Stricken by fear, the Monarch Gale Crow careened off course before crashing into the ground a few feet from them.

Boom!

What just happened? Did the Monarch Gale Crow suddenly suffer from a sudden bout of epilepsy?

Or was this the power of positive thinking!?

That was too lucky, wasn’t it?

This was everyone’s initial notion until another thought came to mind. They all turned to Shen Ling, the only one able to cause such a thing, and saw her eyes devoid of any light.

“It was you?” Yaomu Shou was surprised.

Her black and white robes billowed in the wind while her eyes filled with darkness inspired fear in the most stalwart of cultivators.

Yet even with this, her beauty couldn’t be covered up. Her mist-like hair undulated gently, as opposed to the fierce wind that kicked up in this space.

If her veil wasn’t present, they would be able to see a trace of strain mixed in with her alluring features.

Krrrssh!

Boom!

The crackling of lightning followed by a series of explosions burst out drawing everyone’s attention to the tree where they saw Long Di creating a larger-than-life lightning tribulation spear!

The lightning’s powerful nature caused the air to explode all around it.

His Profound Myriad Heavenseize Physique was on full display, making him appear like a god of thunder.

“H-Hurry!” Shen Ling grit her teeth as veins appeared on her face mostly around her eyes, making for a chilling sight.

This was caused by the Monarch Gale Crow’s high rank and its wild, bestial nature. These factors weren’t something that she was experienced in dealing with and the effect of the Peer Into The Abyss was quickly losing its hold.

This was to be expected. After all, she was only at the Three Duan Martial Disciple. For her to be able to cast Peer Into The Abyss on an existence like the Monarch Gale Crow showcased her talent in that aspect.

Before, when she had faced the Nitu Demon from the Infernal Myriad Ground Clan, Fourth elder Diqiu Jian, she didn’t experience such an issue. Sure, the latter was a four star-core martial master, but the Monarch Gale Crow was an Overlord Class level existence, meaning that it was already at or near the peak of the cultivator’s equivalent of the Martial Master realm.

In addition, the Nitu demon back then, after using Terra Seize on Long Di, was severely weakened both spiritually and physically.

This allowed her to use and easily maintain her ‘Peer into the Abyss’ ability. However, now she was facing a powerful enemy like the Monarch Gale Crow!

The difference between the two circumstances was too massive, and the backlash was beginning to show.

The Monarch Gale Crow was wildly thrashing about on the ground in a panic. The blindness and the experience of the Abyss caused fear to overwhelm it.

Its screeching cries were deafening and caused a splitting headache to beset the group.

However, the film of darkness was receding ever so slowly under its struggle!

Shen Ling’s eyes bled blood as her pain went soul-deep. Unable to bear it any longer, she finally cried out, “Long Di!”

Boom!

The spear fired off following her cry and everyone could see the spear storming over!

Krrrssssh!

This spear was destructive in even its travel as the ground tore apart under the air pressure it created as a result of its advance!

Its power caused a bone-prickling fear to appear even in Yaomu Shou and the others, who were some distance away.

GO!

Following their better judgement, they grabbed Shen Ling and ran off, heading for the far end of the clearing.

Pu Ci!

“Ah!” A cry of pain sounded when a spurt of blood erupted.

Hearing and seeing this, Jia Yan went pale with worry, “Senior apprentice-sister!”

“Krrraaaaaaaaa!!!!”

The film of darkness covering the Monarch Gale Crow’s eyes immediately receded, allowing its sight to return and the fear that gripped it to disappear as well.

Anger then welled up before a feather-raising feeling of fear overtook it! Its instincts forced it, even while it was on the ground, to twist its body at a curious angle!

Shu!

The spear missed its head but uncannily ended up in the Monarch Gale Crow’s-

“Kraaaaaaaaaaa!”

That may be a slang for it. Sure, let’s use that.

Long Di’s brow rose a few levels, as not even he could have foreseen this outcome.

He couldn’t help mumbling to himself, “Did I just become a strange uncle?”