13 Golden Crow versus Torch Dragon. (1/2)

Li Yang did not move in a straight path as he went in the same direction as the titanic figure. Whenever he encountered an area that made him feel uneasy, or he suspected that there might be Demonic beasts there, he would walk in a circle around the area, not willing to risk walking through them. He was already risking his life by following that titanic figure, why bother risking it even more?

Thanks to the time he spent with Liang Zhou and Liang Xinyi, Li Yang knew most of the herbs that he spotted as he was traveling. Of course, he would occasionally spot a herb or plant that he did not recognize. Whenever he encountered a plant like this, he would make sure to keep a good distance, in case the plant was toxic or a Demonic beast in disguise.

He took several detours, traversing a wide variety of different terrains, but he knew that he was on the right track, he could feel it in his chest. As he kept walking, he noticed that the air started getting hotter and hotter, some plants even starting to wilt.

After four days of continuous traveling, only stopping when he needed to eat, drink, or take a quick nap, he reached a vast plain. The plain was completely barren, not a single plant in sight. There were mountains and hills dotting the entire plain, but the thing that caught Li Yang's attention was a massive valley that split the entire plain in half.

The valley went straight down into the ground like someone had sliced the plain in half with a massive sword. He stood far away from the valley, but Li Yang could still feel an icy wind reach out from the valley and onto the plain.

After reaching this plain, the heat in the air had turned sweltering, beads of sweat constantly running down Li Yang's face. Li Yang slowly made his way onto the plain, using all the rocks and hills he could find as cover. He could not see the titanic figure or the soaring figure, but he could feel in his chest that they were here.

After he spent almost two hours moving a measly two kilometers closer, a loud roar resounded over the plains. When the roar sounded out, it was like the earth itself was cracking apart, even the sky was trembling.

After the roar sounded out, the heat in the air started intensifying even more. A whooshing sound came from the valley, two figures flying out from the valley and stopping in the air above it, staring at each other.

One of the figures was the titanic figure Li Yang had seen four days ago. It had a snake-like body, with a massive dragon head, it's entire body stretching for several kilometers. Two leathery wings extended from it's back, almost covering the sky. Its body was clad in crimson scales, it's two massive eyes glowing with a red light. Its body was riddled with wounds, large amounts of blood dripping into the valley beneath it.

The other figure was much smaller than the titanic dragon, only being around 40 meters in length, Li Yang recognized this as the soaring figure he had seen twice, he could feel it. But despite it being much smaller than the titanic dragon, Li Yang was no less shocked upon seeing this figure than he was upon seeing the titanic dragon.

Its body was in the shape of a crow, but it had a third leg sprouting out from its chest. Its entire body was covered in beautiful golden feathers that shone under the light of the sun. its entire body was wreathed in ferocious golden flames that destroyed anything that came in contact with them.

Its body was also covered in wounds, one of its legs almost completely torn off. Blood that was a mixture of crimson and gold dripped down from its wounds, falling into the valley beneath them. Despite living in a small tribe, Li Yang had still heard about these two beasts. The Golden Crow and the Torch Dragon, two divine beasts.

”Yangwu! I simply wish to retrieve Bing Di's body! Why must you fight so hard to stop me?!”

The Torch Dragon opened it's massive maw and spoke out in the common tongue of this world. It's masculine and powerful voice resounded out over the plain, even reaching places far away from the plain. Li Yang did not know who this Bing Di was, but since a Torch Dragon was trying to acquire his body, he must have been someone extraordinary.

”Zhulong, Bing Di's body is not for someone like you to desecrate. Even if I must drag you with me to death, I will never let you lay your hand on his body.”

The Golden Crow opened her beak, her voice calm and soothing. Hearing this voice, Li Yang felt like his body had been surrounded by a shield, protected from the sweltering heat.