Chapter 1185, Taking Action

Translator: Silavin

  

“Yun Yin, faster, Elder Sister Jun will arrive soon, just hold on a little longer and we’ll be saved!”

 

The girl on the left of the two women pressed her rosy lips together and urged in a hushed voice.

 

Upon hearing this, the girl to her left, who appeared no older than eighteen or nineteen, clenched her fist, yet she could not conceal the faint trace of panic within her eyes.

 

Though they had already broken through to the Martial Ancestor Realm, the Demonic Beast behind them was unmistakably at the Late Stage Martial Ancestor Realm, and with a gap like that, who could say whether they would last until reinforcements arrived.

 

*Roar!*

 

The enormous lion-tiger Demonic Beast behind them let out a thunderous bellow and surged forward once more. The distance between them, already negligible to begin with, was yanked down to mere meters in an instant as the two women veered off course and the beast accelerated.

 

At this moment, both women had already caught the rancid, bloody stench rolling off the Demonic Beast.

 

“Yun Yin, run first. I’ll hold this wretched creature off!”

 

Sensing the imminent danger, the girl on the left bit down on her silver teeth, let out a low cry, and drew the weapon at her waist.

 

To begin with, the disparity in strength between the two sides was already considerable. If they kept fleeing, it would not be long before both of them ended up as a meal inside that beast’s belly.

 

“Elder Sister Lan, don’t!”

 

Yun Yin cried out in alarm. Though her beautiful eyes still held that faint flicker of panic, her figure resolutely stopped alongside the girl beside her.

 

By now, the shadow of the Demonic Beast behind them had already fallen over them, and the nauseating, foul-smelling wind billowed so fiercely it sent their robes fluttering wildly.

 

*Whoosh!*

 

And at that very moment, a sharp sound of splitting air rang out across the sky. A dark silhouette swept through the Heavens like a bolt of black lightning and landed squarely between the two women and the colossal Demonic Beast.

 

A slender figure slowly came into view before the two women.

 

This sudden appearance gave them both a start, though from the stance he took, it did not appear that he intended to take advantage of the situation.

 

The Demonic Beast, however, glared at this uninvited guest, Qin Yichen, with profound irritation. Those cold beast eyes swept over him without a moment’s hesitation, and a massive paw came crashing down, carrying a gust of foul wind straight toward Qin Yichen.

 

Catching that unpleasant rancid wind, Qin Yichen knitted his brows ever so slightly. Then he raised his arm with all the casual indifference of a man swatting a fly, and under the gaze of the two women, lightly slapped back at that enormous paw bearing down on him, utterly out of proportion with the force headed his way.

 

*Bang!*

 

The instant they made contact, the Demonic Beast’s massive silhouette jolted to a dead stop. Then, before the stunned eyes of the two women, it was sent hurtling backwards as though struck by something tremendous, its enormous body rocketing away.

 

*Siii…*

 

From the moment Qin Yichen appeared to the moment the massive Demonic Beast was sent flying, no more than a few seconds had passed.

 

Watching Qin Yichen’s swift and decisive methods, Yun Yin and Yun Lan both stood with their mouths hanging wide open. Their gazes were filled with pure astonishment as they stared at the back of this person before them. It was truly difficult to imagine that within this somewhat slight frame, such terrifying power could be concealed.

 

“How frightening!”

 

Yun Yin parted her red lips slightly, eyes fixed on Qin Yichen, who had sent a Late Stage Martial Ancestor Realm Demonic Beast flying with a casual slap, and could not help but murmur under her breath.

 

“Yun Yin, are you okay?”

 

Yun Lan at her side looked at her with worry, and only when she confirmed that the younger girl was unharmed did the tension in her chest loosen somewhat.

 

*Roar!*

 

Yet before they could properly exhale, that Demonic Beast, having been sent flying, let out a ferocious bellow, its voice rolling outward like distant thunder.

 

“This is bad, it’s calling for help!”

 

Detecting the nature of that roar, Yun Lan’s pretty face changed sharply as she cried out.

 

*Roar!*

*Roar!*

 

As the Demonic Beast bellowed, two more roars answered from the distance, as if responding in kind, erupting thunderously across the sky.

 

**Boom! Boom!**

 

With the trembling of the earth, two more Demonic Beasts comparable to the first came into view before the three of them.

 

“This is bad!”

 

At the sight of three Late Stage Martial Ancestor Realm Demonic Beasts, Yun Lan’s pretty face turned ashen, and moreover, from their speed, she now understood, it seemed the first Demonic Beast had been toying with them as a plaything when it gave chase before.

 

At their pace, they could never outrun these beasts!

 

“Elder Sister Lan…”

 

Seeing those three Demonic Beasts converging together, panic spread across Yun Yin’s pretty face, and her small hand could not help but clutch at Yun Lan’s sleeve.

 

“Let us hope he can hold on.”

 

Faced with three Martial Ancestor Realm Demonic Beasts, Yun Lan had even lost the will to flee. For now, she could only pin her hopes on the figure standing before them.

 

*Roar!*

 

After the three Demonic Beasts assembled, they did not immediately launch an attack. Instead, as though possessed of intelligence, they growled at Qin Yichen.

 

Their manner suggested they held some wariness toward the figure before them.

 

Facing the warning of those three Demonic Beasts, Qin Yichen merely smiled faintly, his stance betraying not the slightest intention of moving away.

 

*Roar!*

 

Seeing Qin Yichen’s composure, a fierce and murderous aura rose from the three Demonic Beasts in an instant. With a simultaneous roar, they stamped their feet in unison and came charging wildly toward Qin Yichen.

 

“Yun Yin, stay behind me, I’ll give him a hand!”

 

Yun Lan bit down on her silver teeth, sent her flexible weapon dancing through the air, and called out sharply.

 

“No need, the two of you stay right where you are, or you’ll just get in my way.”

 

Hearing the commotion behind him, Qin Yichen frowned slightly, turned his head, and said with indifference.

 

“You…” At those words, Yun Lan, who had been on the verge of charging forward to fight at his side, stopped dead in her tracks, her willow brows shooting upward.

 

She had come out of good will, risking danger to help him, and this was the response she received. She was on the verge of giving him a piece of her mind, when she abruptly recalled the power he had demonstrated moments before.

 

In the end, Yun Lan could only stomp her foot in indignation, shoot him a pointed glare, fold her arms across her full chest, and retreat a few paces with Yun Yin, watching Qin Yichen with cold eyes, muttering under her breath, “*Hmph!* playing the hero to rescue damsels at a time like this! He better not get himself killed and drag us down with him!”

 

*Bang!*

 

At this moment, faced with three Demonic Beasts bearing down on him ferociously, a cold smile curved at the corner of Qin Yichen’s mouth. He stamped his foot sharply, and with a sound like an explosion, his figure shot forward like a sharpened blade.

 

*Flash!*

 

Immediately, Qin Yichen appeared like lightning before the middle Demonic Beast. His eyes were cold and detached as he drove a fist hard into the top of its skull.

 

*Bang!*

 

With a dull *thud,* that Demonic Beast’s pupils contracted sharply. It was sent crashing straight to the ground, throwing up a cloud of dust. There was no longer any breath left in its body.

 

After slaying one Demonic Beast in the blink of an eye, Qin Yichen’s figure shot out once more, passing by the next Demonic Beast in a blur. That beast too, exactly like the one before it, was easily laid flat upon the ground.