These two strange cries immediately attracted the attention of the other winged Soul Beasts. They all dropped their food and charged over.

"Yin Yi, Cyan Wood Radiance!" Han Ning said, his expression unchanging as he took a step back.

"Ling!"

Yin Yi let out a low hum, a green light flashing before it.

"They look so strange... Let’s call them Winged Demons for now. Kill them!" Lü Xiuning pulled out his shotgun, aimed, and squeezed the trigger.

At the same time, the others also commanded their own Soul Beasts to attack.

Terrifying beams of light erupted, washing over the three Winged Demons in front.

The Tree Demons launched a barrage of Wood Type Soul Techniques in all shapes and sizes, striking the remaining Winged Demons.

The powerfully destructive Wood Type Soul Techniques instantly turned the five Winged Demons at the forefront into a bloody pulp.

Suddenly.

A loud bang echoed through the air.

Two Winged Demons that had been hovering over the Dark Pool flickered, leaving a trail of afterimages as they rushed to Yin Yi’s side in the blink of an eye.

Yin Yi reacted in a flash, hastily raising its arms.

CLANG!

Sharp claws and a verdant blade collided, sending a spray of black and green Spiritual Light Points everywhere.

In Han Ning’s eyes, the two ugly Soul Beasts looked nearly identical. The only difference was that the one on the left had a pair of lumps on its body, suggesting it was female.

A weasel-like head grew from the female Winged Demon’s waist. Below its neck was a bloated, bestial torso, and its sharp claws emanated a dark glow.

The male was more powerfully built than the female. It had the head of a raccoon dog, and its filth-caked fur couldn’t conceal its muscular frame. Two sharp bone spurs jutted diagonally upward from its forearms.

They weren’t particularly large, standing only about three meters tall.

"These two Winged Demons... judging by their aura, they’re pretty strong. Everyone, be careful." After just one exchange, Yin Yi was already being overpowered by the two of them.

Han Ning had barely finished speaking when a vicious glint appeared in the male Winged Demon’s narrow eyes. It swung its claws, and a dark whirlwind erupted from the ground, filling the clearing with flying sand and debris and completely obscuring everyone’s vision.

"Fall back!"

The howling black Wind only obscured their vision. The other monsters, seemingly unhindered, pinpointed their locations with deadly accuracy and charged straight at them.

"Han Ning, have Yin Yi hold them off as long as possible! We’ll help it once we’ve dealt with the others!" Lü Xiuning barely had time to shout the plan before the enemy’s attacks were upon them.

Yin Yi struggled to parry the two Winged Demons’ coordinated assault, having only managed to fly back a few meters.

A huge figure flashed before it, and the male Winged Demon suddenly reached behind its back.

A two-meter-long bone spur appeared in its hand, which it brought crashing down toward Yin Yi’s head.

The attack was incredibly fast and fierce.

BAM.

Yin Yi parried the bone spur with a dozen small Flower Thorns and flashed backward.

Spiritual Light Points scattered in all directions.

A large crater was smashed into the level ground, sending shattered rock flying in all directions.

’That physical destructive Power... it’s almost half a level stronger than Yin Yi’s.’ Han Ning was taken aback as he felt the force of the impact through the trembling ground.

Luckily, Yin Yi wasn’t a melee-type Soul Beast. It did its best to evade the opponent’s attacks, relying on vine Entanglement and the defense of its Frost Crystal Shield.

Facing the Winged Demon, which was several times its size, Yin Yi trembled its leaves as it weaved left and right. At the same time, the silver ring behind its back began to gather Wood Elemental Particles from a wide area.

BOOM!

A surging wave of Cyan Wood Radiance instantly poured forth, sweeping toward the black Wind swirling around the male Winged Demon.

The Cyan Wood Radiance tore through the black Wind as if it were paper, smashing directly into the bodies of the two Winged Demons.

"SKREEE!!"

The two Winged Demons were coated in a cyan glow as the relentless Wood Type Spiritual Energy burrowed into their bodies, destroying their internal tissues.

As the saying goes, when Immortals fight, mortals suffer.

This was a battle between Extraordinary Soul Beasts. Egg Pancake, who was only at the Awakened Level, could only dutifully stand guard by Han Ning and the others, completely unqualified to join the fight.

"Cheep cheep..."

Egg Pancake stood protectively in front of its master, its eyes filled with envy as it watched Big Sister Yin Yi in the fierce battle up ahead.

’I want to get stronger fast, too!’

Han Ning glanced around and saw that the area was completely engulfed in the raging black Wind, his vision severely obstructed. Yin Yi was locked in a desperate struggle, and the status of the other battles was unclear. He took a deep breath, and his Spiritual Power flowed like a river into Yin Yi’s Spiritual World.

A cyan-green aura erupted from Yin Yi’s body.

"Ling!"

The verdant blade in Yin Yi’s hand shot out, growing in length as it began to burn with a dazzling radiance. It flipped the longsword and swept it horizontally at the male Winged Demon.

A brilliant green line streaked through the dim space.

A deep, bloody line instantly appeared on the Winged Demon’s neck, and blackish-purple blood flowed from the gash. However, the blade was caught on hard bone, unable to cut any deeper.

The Winged Demon’s eyes instantly turned crimson. It roared in agony and began to swing its bone spur instinctively, smashing it at Yin Yi again and again in a frenzy.

"SKREEE!!"

Seeing this, the other female Winged Demon viciously swiped with both claws.

Two claw-shaped slashes of black light shot out.

Yin Yi raised its sword to block, using the opportunity to create some distance and gather its Cyan Wood Radiance once more.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

An unending series of deafening booms echoed over the clearing.

The dark-brown ground was scarred with deep fissures where the beams of light had struck, and loose rock crumbled from the nearby cliff face.

"Yin Yi, it’s gone berserk. Finish it."

Han Ning gently rubbed his brow. Although his Spiritual Power had grown much stronger, continuously maintaining the Spiritual Surge was draining, even with his profound reserves.

"Ling!"

Yin Yi panted lightly. Its Cyan Wood Radiance coalesced into a fist-thick column of green particles and shot fiercely toward the heavily injured male Winged Demon.

The male Winged Demon tried to twist its head away on pure instinct, but it was a fraction of a second too slow. The pillar of light shot straight through its left eye and bored into its brain.

POP!

A green light exploded, and chunks of purple and red brain matter were blasted into the air by the terrifying force of the explosion.

The rest of its body crashed to the ground like a felled statue and fell silent.

Han Ning took a slow breath to steady himself and looked toward the other battle.

The shockwaves from this fight had partially dispersed the black Wind, allowing him to see how his companions were faring.

The remaining Winged Demons were mostly around the Awakened Level, and the two sides were locked in a stalemate. Without his Spiritual Surge Talent, the others couldn’t get a sudden burst of power to end their fights quickly.

"Cheep cheep!"

Egg Pancake looked on anxiously, clearly wanting to join the fight itself.

"Your job is to protect us. Don’t run off," Han Ning said, patting Egg Pancake.

He hadn’t been watching for long before Yin Yi was already engaged in battle with the remaining female Winged Demon.

A thick, persistent black Wind constantly swirled around the female Winged Demon, and the air was filled with the nauseating stench of corpses.

Blasts of Wood Type Spiritual Energy hit its body, and even when they broke through the black Wind, they still inflicted considerable damage.

However, the injured parts would turn completely black, like rotting flesh, which the female Winged Demon would then casually pinch off and toss to the ground.