"Roar..."

"Roar..."

"Roar..."

A deafening roar belonging solely to the White Tiger suddenly echoed across the sky.

The terrifying sound shook the heart, making one’s scalp tingle.

Looking closely, the red figure wielded the blade again, a human-like expression of anger appearing on its face, its expression dark.

But there was nothing it could do, it knew very well that although it was chasing Xu Ran now, with its speed, it would never catch up, it was completely being walked like a dog.

However, faced with the red figure’s furious roars, Xu Ran paid no attention, walking calmly in the air, watching the red figure as if those roars were just air.

"Roar!"

The red figure floated above the valley as well, seeing Xu Ran’s indifferent gaze, it burned with anger, a cold glint flashed in its eyes, and it rotated its body, no longer chasing the swift Xu Ran, swinging the massive red blade downwards, releasing a chilling Evil Qi dozens of meters wide, sweeping towards the Peregrine Falcon below.

With its current strength, such an attack could easily smash the Peregrine Falcon into fragments, even if it bore the Kunpeng Aura, it wouldn’t be able to resist in the slightest.

Once the Peregrine Falcon, underground, saw the red figure’s gaze shifting onto it along with the red blade sending an icy Evil Qi its way, its expression changed drastically.

Clearly, the red figure considered Xu Ran no threat at all and therefore focused on it, since, after all, none of the previous monsters in the valley were interested in it, subconsciously assuming the red figure would be the same.

But unexpectedly, this was what happened!

It immediately clenched its teeth, attempting to mobilize the Kunpeng Bloodline in its heart, using every ounce of strength to fend off the deadly Evil Qi.

Though it knew this method was futile, the Kunpeng Bloodline within it wouldn’t allow it to accept death without doing anything.

Just as it was about to evaporate all its Kunpeng Bloodline in defense, a small figure appeared on the inevitable path of the chilling Evil Qi.

A burst of golden light erupted, countless Innate Qi whistled from within, forcefully withstanding the chilling Evil Qi with its body.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

A dazzling blaze appeared on Xu Ran’s body, and a faint mark on its surface emerged, akin to a flaw on a perfect Liuli artwork.

"Screech!"

The Peregrine Falcon below saw the mark, its face changed dramatically, its body tensed, even its feathers stood on end.

"Humph!"

The red figure saw this, its expression became distinctly more human-like, evolving from initially rigid to slowly animated.

This cold snort carried a hint of mockery and unwillingness.

At the same time, its eyes, already glowing red, bore a more fierce glint, from this shallow blade mark it saw that the human’s defense wasn’t impenetrable.

This strike was merely a small test, initially intending to vent anger by annihilating the Peregrine Falcon with the Kunpeng Bloodline first.

Extremely fast, but lacking power.

Yet unexpectedly, this ordinary strike managed to leave a mark on Xu Ran’s body.

But the next moment.

Xu Ran’s body erupted with a burst of white Innate Qi, surrounding and adhering to his body, filling the shallow scratch on his surface.

The Peregrine Falcon saw this, its worries instantly dissipated.

Just now the chilling Evil Qi had scared it into losing sanity.

After encountering many fortuitous events, Xu Ran’s internal creation speed of Innate Qi was unknown, the shallow scratch was less threatening than a mere itch.

Seeing the Innate Qi igniting around Xu Ran’s body, the red figure’s previously pleased face instantly became cold.

But the next moment, its gaze shifted once more to the Peregrine Falcon protected by Xu Ran.

"You... still... protect..."

The red figure teasingly looked at Xu Ran’s figure high above, its throat intermittently producing three words.

These three words seemed to use all its linguistic capability, the voice extremely hoarse, like a baby just learning to speak.

Hearing the red figure’s words, Xu Ran’s eyes slightly widened, shocked.

"This red figure’s learning ability is so fast..."

Since the red figure appeared until now, only a moment has passed, in such a brief time, from being completely mute to voicing sounds, its facial expressions enriching, now capable of forming sentences, this learning speed is incredible.

"If more time passes, this red figure might be able to fluently converse..."

Xu Ran speculated.

"How... many times can you protect it?"

The red figure spoke again.

This time, the voice was no longer hoarse, sounding like a middle-aged man, but the voice carried a coldness, upon hearing, it felt like falling into a glacial cave, the soul seemingly frozen.

And now, it spoke fluently, already able to complete sentences, the speed of learning, extremely fast!