Meanwhile, on a small hillside about forty to fifty kilometers away from Billy, Night Orchid struggled to get up from the ground.
After being thrown out by the tornado earlier, she fell heavily on the uneven rocks, almost fainting.
She stayed in place for about ten minutes to catch her breath before barely recovering.
“Night Orchid, are you okay?” Frostblade’s voice came from behind as Night Orchid took a few steps forward.
Night Orchid turned around and saw Frostblade, Judge, and Soul Chaser walking quickly towards her.
“I’m fine, how about you guys?” Night Orchid greeted them.
“We’re fine!” Judge responded. “Night Orchid, have you seen Boss and Harleen?”
“No!” Night Orchid shook her head and continued, “I was thrown out with Azure Fang and Stout just now. I’ll go ahead and look for them.”
“Okay!” Frostblade and the others nodded.
“Azure Fang, be careful!” After walking for about fifteen minutes, they heard Stout’s shout not far away.
“Let’s go see!” Night Orchid said in a deep voice, leading the others quickly towards the direction of the sound.
Before long, they arrived at the edge of a dried-up pond.
Looking around, they saw Azure Fang and Stout fighting a giant python over a hundred meters long.
Both of them were injured, with blood oozing from the corners of their mouths and their breaths in disarray.
“Azure Fang, Stout, we’re here to help you!” Frostblade shouted, wielding her curved blade and rushing over.
Night Orchid, Judge, and Soul Chaser did not stand idle, each wielding their blades and rushing forward.
“Night Orchid, Frostblade, this is a fifth-rank Divine Beast, be careful!” Stout shouted loudly.
Upon hearing Stout’s words, Judge said, “If it’s a fifth-rank Divine Beast, why did you and Azure Fang provoke it?”
At the same time as he spoke, he raised his hand and slashed at the python, but to his surprise, he couldn’t even break through its scales.
“Judge, did you think we wanted to provoke it?” Stout replied at the same time.
“That damn tornado earlier threw me and Azure Fang directly into its territory. We wanted to slip away quietly, but it wouldn’t let us!”
“Okay!” Judge’s mouth twitched.
Whoosh!
Just then, the python suddenly swept its tail and swiftly swept towards Azure Fang.
“Azure Fang, be careful!” Frostblade exclaimed.
Then she and Night Orchid both slashed a blade aura towards the python at the same time.
However, although the situation was slightly better than Judge’s, they only left a shallow blood mark on the python.
At the same time, Azure Fang had already dodged to the side, but the python’s tail, carrying a huge amount of energy, whizzed past him.
Although he avoided the direct attack, he was still lifted into the air by the strong shock wave, and at the same time, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Azure Fang, are you okay?” Frostblade turned her head and shouted.
“Frostblade, be careful!” Night Orchid shouted loudly.
Frostblade turned around and immediately shrank her pupils. She saw the giant python opening its crimson mouth and rushing towards her.
The python’s speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it was already ten meters away, enveloping Frostblade in a strong sense of death.
“Frostblade, be careful!” Stout, Judge, and Soul Chaser exclaimed in unison.
At this moment, the three of them, who wanted to help, were obviously too late, and could only watch as the python charged towards Frostblade.
Not far away, Azure Fang’s face also changed drastically.
Just as the situation was critical, a dark blade curtain descended from the sky and struck the python’s vital point without any hindrance.
Thud!
The next moment, the python was cut into two halves and fell heavily to the ground, blood gushing out in all directions.
“Mr Kimmons?” Stout looked at Casey, who had come from not far away, and shouted.
“Frostblade, are you okay?” Casey nodded and looked at Frostblade, asking.
He had been thrown several kilometers away by the tornado earlier, but after catching his breath for a while, he managed to find his way back, just in time to see the giant python attacking Frostblade.
“Thank you, Mr Kimmons, I’m fine!” Frostblade took a deep breath to steady his emotions. The feeling of narrowly escaping death was unsettling.
If Casey hadn’t arrived in time, she would have been severely injured, if not dead.
“We can’t waste the beast core of the fifth-rank Divine Beast!” Soon, Stout took a curved blade from Judge and approached the python’s corpse.
“Mr Kimmons, Boss and Harleen disappeared in the wind, where should we go next?” After Stout retrieved the beast core, Soul Chaser looked at Casey and asked.
“They should be within a hundred kilometers range, let’s search along one direction first,” Casey responded.
“Okay!” Night Orchid and the others replied simultaneously.
Then, the group of six moved forward.
“Stout, what kind of fruit is that? Do you recognize it?” Just as they had walked a short distance, Judge pointed to a fruit tree a couple of hundred meters away and asked.
Since they had avoided the direct onslaught of the tornado earlier, the fruit tree was only slightly tilted and not uprooted.
Stout’s eyes lit up, “I was wondering why a fifth-rank Divine Beast would appear around here, turns out it’s guarding these spirit fruits!”
“Stout, I recognize it, those should be kylin fruits, right?” Soul Chaser’s eyes widened as she continued speaking.
The fruit looked very similar to the ‘kylin fruits’ Billy brought back from the primal forest near Extreme City last time.
“Haha, congratulations, you’re right!” Stout grinned, “I didn’t expect to find such treasures as kylin fruits in Forbidden Phantom Valley!”
With that said, he quickly walked towards the fruit tree.
Then, it took them two or three minutes to pick all the kylin fruits.
He had already learned from Opal that kylin fruits were definitely good stuff. Successfully refining one could greatly enhance the cultivation of an early-stage warrior in the Divine Realm.
This was their biggest gain since entering Forbidden Phantom Valley!
“Let’s go, let’s find Boss and Harleen!” Casey led the group forward.
Just as they had walked less than fifty meters away, a blade light descended from the sky.
Then, it forcefully struck the mountain ground about ten meters ahead of them, leaving a deep trench.
“Who goes there?” Casey frowned slightly.
“Hand over the kylin fruits you have, and you might live!” A man’s voice rang out.
With that, five figures emerged from the mist.
Casey and the others looked over and immediately recognized them as five of Christopher Morris’s men.
Obviously, their group had also encountered the tornado and scattered.
The leader among the five men was of the fifth-rank Divine Realm, while another was at the fourth-rank, and the remaining three were at the third-rank Divine Realm.
Seeing these people, a hint of seriousness flashed across Casey’s face.