Chapter 74

Chapter 74: No Choice But to Fight. Qin Yefeng, Xiong Yu, and Zi Baiying were to infiltrate the small island to find the entrance to the Ancient Ruins.
The black mud smeared on their faces served as both a disguise and a means to conceal their presence.
By now, the three had secretly infiltrated to the edge of the small island, preparing to rest for a while.
“Baiying, last time you snatched one of my Crimson Blazing Snake Eggs in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range, and now you’re looking for Peacock Eggs in the Myriad Poisons Marsh. What do you need so many demonic beast eggs for?” Qin Yefeng asked, leaning back on the grassy islet, gazing at Zi Baiying, who was clad in battle attire.
“These demonic beast eggs have a unique characteristic: when they hatch, the first creature they see, they consider their mother and identify with that species. So, I use this trait to tame demonic beasts.”
“And have you succeeded?” Qin Yefeng asked Zi Baiying.
“Not yet,” she replied. “The Crimson Blazing Snake prefers cold, so the temperature wasn’t suitable for them. As for the Peacock Eggs, the hatchlings seem to have a vicious nature. Last time, I had over a dozen Peacock Eggs and hatched a few, but they would kill each other until only one remained. I couldn’t breed them on a large scale.”
Zi Baiying sighed, shook her head, and continued, “So I sold the remaining Peacock Eggs. I must find demonic beasts that can be tamed and bred in large quantities!”
At this moment, Xiong Yu interjected, “Why sell them? A small sum of money is nothing compared to eating the Peacock Eggs! I’ve never tasted them before. I didn’t even get enough of the Silverfish King last time. I heard Peacock Eggs are delicious. Maybe this time we can slaughter a peacock and feast on its meat.”
“Stop thinking about eating demonic beasts all the time!” Qin Yefeng said. “Our priority is to enter the ruins and see if we can find any ancient treasures. With those, what couldn’t we get to eat?”
Qin Yefeng stood up and continued, “Alright, let’s head to the center of the island now. We’ll try our best not to disturb the peacocks.”
After speaking, Qin Yefeng led the way, keeping his head low as they infiltrated deeper into the small island.
Xiong Yu followed behind Qin Yefeng, while Zi Baiying brought up the rear.
The three were progressing smoothly, their disguises concealing them perfectly, until Xiong Yu passed a peacock nest.
Seeing the dozen or so pristine white Peacock Eggs, he immediately forgot Qin Yefeng’s warning, directly leaving the group and walking into the peacock nest.
He picked up a fist-sized Peacock Egg with both hands, flaunting it at Qin Yefeng and Zi Baiying, then one by one, placed them into his Storage Bag.
“Alright, stop taking them! The Azure Peacock is coming!” Qin Yefeng whispered urgently to Xiong Yu from the grass.
But Xiong Yu was already lost in the act of collecting Peacock Eggs, unable to extricate himself, and paid no attention to Qin Yefeng’s words.
Just then, the two-meter tall Azure Peacock, which had been circling outside, was returning to its nest to check on its eggs.
But at that moment, it saw a damned human in its nest, stealing its hard-earned offspring.
The Azure Peacock’s feathers stood completely on end, trembling like incredibly sharp arrowheads, and its long Phoenix Eyes were now bloodshot.
The Azure Peacock’s gaze fixed fiercely on Xiong Yu, and in the next instant, it stretched out its slender neck and pecked at him.
Xiong Yu finally realized that the Azure Peacock had discovered him, so he immediately wanted to kill it to silence it.
Earthy Yellow Spiritual Power erupted from Xiong Yu’s body, and he fiercely brought his Great Axe down upon the Azure Peacock Demonic Beast.
“Clang!”
The Azure Peacock’s beak, sharp as a sword, struck the Great Axe, emitting an extremely crisp metallic clang.
Xiong Yu’s axe swing missed the Azure Peacock, so he took another step forward and swept his Great Axe horizontally.
The Azure Peacock flapped its large wings and soared into the sky.
It dodged Xiong Yu’s axe strike and then began to shriek in mid-air.
The moment the Azure Peacock began to shriek, Qin Yefeng and Zi Baiying’s expressions changed instantly.
Sure enough, as the Azure Peacock shrieked in the air, peacock calls echoed from various parts of the grassy islet.
The grassy islet wasn’t large, and the Peacock Demonic Beasts would surely arrive to support it very quickly.
Purple-Black Spiritual Power erupted from Zi Baiying’s body, and the Guihua Whip at her waist unfurled.
The long whip spun once above Zi Baiying’s head, then suddenly lashed out, producing a thunderous crack in the air. The whip, like a ferocious great python, coiled forward.
The purple great python, carrying a fierce gale, struck the Azure Peacock’s body, instantly tearing open a huge wound from which blood continuously flowed.
Blue-green peacock feathers fluttered everywhere in the sky. The Azure Peacock stumbled two steps on the grass, then suddenly collapsed and died.
“Hurry, let’s get out of here!”
Qin Yefeng shouted loudly at Xiong Yu, having already heard peacocks rapidly flying in from various parts of the grassy islet.
Qin Yefeng, Xiong Yu, and Zi Baiying no longer cared about hiding. Since they were already exposed, the three quickly rushed towards the center of the ruins.
Meanwhile, hundreds of Azure Peacocks soared in the sky above the small island, having already discovered traces of intruders.
The ruins Zi Baiying mentioned were still a thousand meters away, but human legs were ultimately no match for wings.
At that moment, over a dozen Azure Peacocks, with wings over two meters long, flew in front of Qin Yefeng and the others. Their narrow Phoenix Eyes were all bloodshot, as if they intended to devour them whole.
At this point, they had no choice but to fight!
“Deal with them quickly!” Qin Yefeng yelled. “We need to get into the ruins fast. We absolutely cannot let the main force of Peacock Demonic Beasts arrive!”
Golden Spiritual Power erupted from Qin Yefeng’s entire body as he wielded his Blood Shadow Battle Saber and charged towards the dozen or so Azure Peacocks ahead.
The Azure Peacock closest to Qin Yefeng showed no fear, directly kicking at Qin Yefeng’s head with its incredibly sharp claws, carrying a fierce gale.
If that strike connected, Qin Yefeng would be severely injured, even if he didn’t die.
Qin Yefeng raised his Blood Shadow Battle Saber high, his eyes fixed on the Azure Peacock, and slashed fiercely. A flash of blood-red golden light streaked past, first slicing the Peacock Demonic Beast’s iron-hard claws in half.
The blood-red golden light didn’t stop there; it continued to tear through the Azure Peacock’s body, and the two-meter large Azure Peacock was thus sliced in half by Qin Yefeng.
“Qin Yefeng is truly powerful,” Zi Baiying muttered to herself. “Even my Guihua Whip couldn’t instantly slice an Azure Peacock in half. His attack power is truly astonishing!”