"If the Black Crow didn't deceive us, this should be the Ghost Valley."
Qin Yi looked at the road ahead shrouded in white fog and said.
This road is strange, not like an ordinary canyon road, which usually has towering cliffs on either side. However, this valley road is covered by a mountain, almost like a horizontally placed cap with a brim that extends out, blocking sunlight and causing the thick fog to remain.
"Let's go and take a look."
Qin Yi and the others walked forward.
"I hate fog."
Mo Wuji nodded, everyone hated it. After staying in the Sand Sea for so many days, it was nothing but sandstorms and thick fog.
Qin Yi stepped into the valley, his silhouette swallowed by the dense fog.
"Be careful, this fog isn't normal." Qin Yi suddenly said.
"Brother Qin, is something wrong?"
"Don't you find this fog doesn't feel damp? It's not like fog formed by water vapor."
Mo Wuji and the others felt it.
"It does feel strange, but what else other than water vapor could form such thick fog?" Mo Wuji said.
Qin Yi cautioned, "Everyone, be careful. This natural barrier has bizarre and dangerous elements."
The group nodded, trying their best to follow Qin Yi.
The fog here was so thick that visibility was no more than ten meters.
But Qin Yi's Divine Thought could cover a hundred meters.
The group closely followed Qin Yi's footsteps.
"Watch out!" Suddenly, Qin Yi turned and struck towards Hua Rui.
Rolling Purple Light whizzed by Hua Rui, scraping her cheek and scaring her silly.
"Brother Qin, what's wrong?"
The group turned back to look but saw nothing.
Qin Yi's face turned grave, "Everyone be careful, it's the Cloud Swallowing Beast."
"What's a Cloud Swallowing Beast?"
Mo Wuji asked curiously, and Bai Jingqing, along with others, were also curious. They had never heard of such a thing.
"I read in an ancient text that the Cloud Swallowing Beast is a powerful Fierce Beast that can emit and embody fog."
In fact, it was the Eye of Righteous and Evil that provided Qin Yi with this knowledge.
The group was shocked, not expecting such a Fierce Beast to exist in the world, it was quite something to see.
"Brother Qin, what does this Cloud Swallowing Beast look like?"
Qin Yi said, "It can transform into any shape."
Mo Wuji opened his mouth, "Is it very powerful?"
"I don't know, I've only seen a scant few records in ancient texts."
Mo Wuji nodded, his silver pen appeared in his hand, and he turned to Bai Jingqing, "Junior Sister Bai, you take the middle position, I'll cover the rear."
Bai Jingqing ignored Mo Wuji, but led Zi Yuan and the other two women forward. Her cultivation was not as strong as Mo Wuji's, this was not the time to show off.
"Stay close to me, let's get out of here as soon as possible."
Qin Yi and the others quickened their pace.
"Old Mo, behind you." Suddenly, Qin Yi spoke up.
Mo Wuji turned upon hearing this, only to see the white mist churning, a thick fog as wide as an adult's waist surged toward him like a giant python.
Mo Wuji wielded his silver pen, unleashing dazzling Silver Light, and with a few strokes, a several-meter-long ink sword shot out explosively.
"Swoosh!"
It easily cut through the white mist python.
However, before Mo Wuji could react, the white mist python split into two.
"Bang!"
The white python slammed into Mo Wuji, sending him flying.
Bai Jingqing drew her sword, slashing out, her Sword Qi burst forth, splitting the two white mist pythons into four.
The result was the same; the four pythons turned into eight.
"Bang!"
Like Mo Wuji, Bai Jingqing was knocked flying.
Qin Yi was shocked, not expecting the Cloud Swallowing Beast to be so terrifying. He raised his hand and a purple barrier appeared, protecting the three women from Zi Yuan.
"Bang bang...!"
The four white mist pythons pierced through the barrier, sending the three women from Zi Yuan and Qin Yi flying together.
Qin Yi landed and steadied himself, his gaze flickering slightly. The Cloud Swallowing Beast's power wasn't strong, but it could penetrate his barrier, though the barrier remained intact. The method of attack was quite bizarre.
"Brother Qin, Junior Sister Bai, where are you?" Mo Wuji called out.
The visibility here was only about ten meters, his view obscured, Mo Wuji couldn't see anyone else.
"Junior Sister, where are you?" Zi Yuan also called out.
Qin Yi said, "Everyone, come to me."
His Divine Thought could cover a hundred meters around and detect everyone clearly.
Upon hearing him, Mo Wuji and the others hurried over, gathering in front of Qin Yi.
"Is everyone alright?"
They shook their heads.
Mo Wuji said, "It seems the cultivation of the Cloud Swallowing Beast isn't strong."
"Don't be careless. The Cloud Swallowing Beast's method of attack is strange, even my barrier couldn't stop it."
"Brother Qin, I think the Cloud Swallowing Beast's method of attack is like fog itself, which is why it can penetrate your barrier."
Qin Yi shook his head, "My barrier can stop anything in the world unless it's destroyed. But the barrier is intact, which is really strange."
"Let's leave quickly."
However, just as Qin Yi was about to step forward, he stopped abruptly.
"It's coming again."
Mo Wuji and the others immediately became tense.
"Brother Qin, look at the fog." Mo Wuji said.
Qin Yi had already noticed that the fog around them was quickly flowing forward, as if being sucked away by something.
Gradually, the fog around them thinned.
But up ahead, suddenly a giant figure over ten meters tall rose up.
"Is this the Cloud Swallowing Beast?" Mo Wuji murmured with his mouth agape.
Qin Yi was also confused. The thing before them had a round body, a big round head with no neck, long arms, and short legs. It was entirely formed of mist, looking like a large snowman, pure white and chubby, not scary at all, actually quite cute.
"It probably is." Qin Yi didn't really know what the Cloud Swallowing Beast looked like either.
"It looks so cute," Hua Rui said.
Qin Yi was speechless, earlier when it knocked you flying, it wasn't cute at all.
The Cloud Swallowing Beast started walking towards them, entirely composed of mist. Despite its size, it made no sound as it moved. If its little legs weren't moving, it'd seem like it was floating over.
"Brother Qin, should we take action?" Mo Wuji asked.
Qin Yi shook his head slightly, "Let's wait and see what it does first."
The Cloud Swallowing Beast stopped three or four meters away, lowering its gaze at them. Despite having no eyes, they could feel it was studying them.
It seemed very curious about Qin Yi and his group, watching them without moving for many minutes.
"Isn't it falling asleep?" Qin Yi mumbled softly.
"Brother Qin, it seems like it has no ill intentions towards us."
Qin Yi rolled his eyes, thinking, it's stupid to think it didn't have ill intentions after attacking them earlier.
"Hello! Hi there. You look really cute."
Unable to play this game of stillness forever, Qin Yi waved and greeted it. Compliments always break the ice, starting with calling it cute couldn't go wrong.
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