Chapter 98 Entering the Shield (2/2)
”Hm?” Just as the old man in grey was wondering what he had meant, he saw a black figure race towards them from the bamboo forest in the distance. As it got closer, they could see that it was a massive black eagle with a golden crown, circling them from above. Even from this distance, its eyes were murderously sharp.
Whoosh!
Soon, another identical eagle appeared, but this one's golden crown was not as dark as the previous one.
Seeing the two massive eagles circling them above, the old man gulped. He knew that these were the masters of the Lost Forest, the two golden-crowned eagles of petty consummation of the gathered qi.
”Sirs, we have no intention of entering your territory,” shouted Xue Meng as he stared seriously at the two eagles above.
Just as the old man in grey was thinking that Xue Meng had achieved nothing, the two golden-crowned eagles flashed them a nasty look and turned to leave.
”They… understood you?” The old man was incredulous. He could not help but question, ”Commander Xue… I thought only connate demons could attain intelligence? Why does it seem like… these two golden-crowned eagles already have intelligence?”
Typically, demons could only attain intelligence after reaching the connate stage, and only if the demons were of a certain background.
”Usually, only connate stage demons can attain intelligence… but these two eagles are different. Although they have only achieved petty consummation of the gathered qi, they have already attained it,” answered Xue Meng.
”Let's head back… since the spirit fruit appeared in their territory, we cannot touch it. Even if all the adepts approaching perfection in the royal household came along together, we would hardly be able to steal it beneath their watchful eyes.” Xue Meng sighed heavily and turned to leave.
The old man turned to look again inside, then turned and caught up with Xue Meng. Even Xue Meng, a great consummate adept, did not dare to enter the eagles' territory. He was just a level-nine adept and stood even less of a chance of getting out alive.
As Xue Meng and the old man were leaving, all the people sent by the other inferior and superior tycoon families were also being stopped outside of the eagles' territory. Initially, they had all considered taking the risk. But when they saw the two golden-crowned eagles asserting their dominance in front of them, they all turned to leave hurriedly, as if afraid that the eagles would attack them.
Soon, the two eagles had circled their territory and scared away all those who had been drawn to the unnatural spirit in the forest.
”These fools must have come thinking that a spirit fruit has appeared,” laughed the darker-colored golden-crowned eagle as he spoke in demon tongue.
”If they knew that the unnatural spirit was caused by a yuan-tier lady, they would probably wet their pants,” added the other eagle.
”Something's not right!” Suddenly, the eagles ahead drew back. ”Second Brother, there's something moving in there… someone has breached our territory!”
Immediately, the two eagles flew towards the depths of their territory. When they reached the edge of the fog, they were just in time to see a white figure pass through the fog. However, it was as if the fog had completely ignored him and did not produce any blinding white light to attack him.
”How is that possible?!” Seeing this, the two eagles looked at each other in disbelief.
”Could it be… the shield has lost its effect?” The two eagles were about to rush in as well, but just as they neared the shield, they were forced back by the blinding white light from the fog. The white light was as scary as it was before.
”Maybe there's an entrance there?” The two eagles turned to enter from where the white figure had bypassed the shield but were turned away by the fog again. The blinding white light from the fog was so powerful, it was no different from an attack from a connate adept and far more powerful than they could resist.
”How did that lad… go in just now?”
”If I saw correctly, he was just a teenager.”
The two eagles stared at each other blankly. They could not fathom how a teenager could possibly breach the shield. The fog completely covered their vision, and they could not see within.
That scary lady must have put up the shield to prevent anyone from entering… now that the lad went in, he will definitely be killed by her! thought the two eagles.
The figure who had entered the shield was none other than Zhou Donghuang. Although he was just an adept of the gathered qi, with his impressive history, he still had some knowledge of shields. The shield that had appeared here was only the lowest level of shields. Even at his level, with some effort, he could easily enter the shield unharmed.