Help! The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama!

Chapter 1044: Chapter 764: Final Battle_3

The Golden Eagle gently shook its body, flinging off all the debris and revealing its full form.

A low and hoarse voice carried a gentle tone, "I’m fine, how about you?"

Shen Tang stepped forward and gently wrapped her arms around its neck, replying softly, "I’m fine too."

The sea breeze swept over with a salty tang. The sea, which was previously engulfed in the sound of battle, had already returned to calm.

Those Sea Clan armies were either dead or had escaped when Liu Ye fled.

The surface of the sea was scattered with various corpses, mostly of the Mutant Beasts, but also some Beastmen, which were no longer recognizable.

Shen Tang looked towards where the crack had disappeared; Jia Lan had still managed to escape, and Xiao Jin was nowhere to be seen.

"He will come back." Lu Xiao transformed into human form and reached out to hold her in his arms, giving her a light hug. His voice was as steady as if stating an inevitable fact.

Shen Tang hugged him as well, burying her head in his embrace, forcing herself to suppress the sense of sourness and worry in her heart.

The system also consoled her, "That leopard, though reckless and impulsive, is now very powerful. Ordinary people can’t really touch him. Host, don’t worry too much."

Shen Tang sighed softly, "Ah Jin dared to chase after him, I believe he has a way to protect himself. But... what about Jia Lan? I finally managed to find him, but unfortunately, I was still a step too late..."

"Jia Lan’s consciousness has already recovered, and his soul power will slowly recover over time. Even if the current mental strength of the two personalities differs, Jia Lan has a strong will to survive, and Liu Ye can’t do much to him."

Hearing the system say this, Shen Tang was a bit relieved, knowing that her efforts during this time weren’t in vain.

However, she was still worried about where the two had gone now.

Shen Tang had just checked the system page, and the strategy pages for the two had already turned into unsearchable grey. With the ability to block the system’s data, they most likely went to the lair of the Hand of Creation.

"Be careful, Female Master."

Lu Xiao suddenly spoke, his whole body tense, shielding Shen Tang behind him.

The place they landed was still a piece of land on the Sea Clan’s territory, surrounded on three sides by seawater. The corpses floating on the sea had almost drifted hundreds of miles, dying the surrounding sea area red.

More shadows emerged from the depths of the trench. Their eyes were a cloudy crimson, lacking reason and filled only with a thirst for flesh.

More Mutated Sea Beasts were drawn over!

These Mutated Sea Beasts were greater in number and even more powerful!

Liu Ye left behind a mess!

It’s known that his power exacerbated the pollution of the sea area, and over the past year, he assimilated more Mutated Sea Beasts.

But now, those Mutated Sea Beasts that he forcibly suppressed with his spiritual power were like beasts unleashed from a cage, all madly charging to attack the two!

"Go!" Lu Xiao grasped Shen Tang’s wrist, pulling her close to his side.

A Wind Blade flew from his palm, slicing an oncoming Mutated Shark in half. The stench of its blood splattered on the rocks, sizzling.

"There’s a barrier in the sea; my Space Ability can’t penetrate it." Shen Tang said, "We can only leave from the sky."

Lu Xiao released her hand and stepped back two paces. Suddenly, a violent wind swirled around him, sending fine Wind Blades flying, forcing the approaching sea beasts back several meters.

The next second, the figure of the Golden Feathered Giant Eagle burst forth from the storm. Its wingspan stretched several meters, the golden feathers dazzling even in the dim light.

He bowed down, lowering his massive eagle head towards Shen Tang.

Understanding, Shen Tang leapt onto the eagle’s back, her fingers gripping tightly the feathers behind its neck.

The feathers were warm and burning, the muscles beneath firm and powerful, the heartbeat strong and vigorous.

"Tangtang, hold on tight to me."

Lu Xiao’s voice came from ahead, carrying a hint of hoarseness from being in a beastly state.

Next, the Golden Eagle soared into the sky.

The fierce wind assaulted her face, and Shen Tang closed her eyes, feeling her body suddenly yanked upwards toward the sky.

The roars of the sea beasts below gradually grew distant and faint, eventually swallowed by the howling wind.

When she reopened her eyes, they were already in the sky hundreds of meters high.

Beneath them, the sea area turned into a patchwork of gray-blue satin mottled with dark red, the blood and chaos compressed by distance into inconspicuous spots of ink.

The low-hanging clouds stretched like a thick quilt over the sky. Light streaked through the gaps, shining down on the sea in beams.

The airflow was unsteady.

The strong winds at high altitude came crashing in waves, with each beat of the Golden Eagle’s wings resisting massive resistance.

Shen Tang could feel the tension coursing through his body, the muscles strained at their limits, every feather quivering in the wind.

"Hold tight." Lu Xiao’s voice, wind-blown and intermittent, "There are turbulences ahead."

Before the words finished, a violent current struck from the side. The Golden Eagle’s body suddenly tilted, and Shen Tang nearly got flung off, instinctively clinging tightly to his neck.

Lu Xiao quickly adjusted the angle of his wings, gliding along with the force and barely stabilizing his form.

"Don’t be afraid. With me here, we will leave safely."

"Mm..." Shen Tang buried her face in the feathers behind his neck, breathing in the scent of the wind and a faint hint of blood—not from the sea beasts, but his own.

Suddenly, a few Mutated Bird Beasts burst from the clouds, with wingspans larger than the Golden Eagle’s, covered in dark gray feathers, beaks curved like scythes.

They seemed attracted by the Golden Eagle’s aura, circling closer, emitting sharp screeches.

Lu Xiao did not slow down.

He turned to the side, evading the first bird beast’s attack, simultaneously releasing two Wind Blades.

The Wind Blades sliced through the air with a piercing screech, precisely hitting the roots of the wings of two bird beasts. They let out shrill cries, spiraling into the cloud layer.

But the number of Mutated Bird Beasts was overwhelming.

One of the bird beasts shot up from below, its sharp beak aiming straight for the Golden Eagle’s abdomen.

Shen Tang acted swiftly, conjuring a spiritual power blade in her palm, piercing its skull the moment it was about to collide. The bird beast plummeted from high altitude immediately.

Yet more bird beasts surged forward. Shen Tang maintained a cold demeanor, weaving a web of silver-white strands of spiritual power in the air to ensnare and strangle the approaching bird beasts.

Throughout the journey, the two of them fought in unison, forcibly carving a path through.

Despite this, Shen Tang could sense Lu Xiao’s aura destabilizing, as though struggling to persist.

Lu Xiao’s flight altitude gradually declined, from nearly a thousand meters at first to seven or eight hundred meters, then down to five or six hundred meters. His breathing grew heavier, each wingbeat feeling like it bore immense pain.

Shen Tang didn’t utter a word, silently clearing away threats around them and channeling healing ability into his body bit by bit.

Finally——

The sea horizon behind them became a thin line.

The Mutated Bird Beasts that chased them for long gradually disappeared too.

Before their eyes stretched a range of rolling mountains. Deep green vegetation covered the undulating ridges like a vast velvet rug extending to the horizon. The air no longer carried the salty tang of the sea but was filled with the scent of earth and foliage.

"We’ve arrived." Lu Xiao’s voice was so hoarse it was scarcely audible.

The Golden Eagle began its descent.

He chose a relatively flat valley below, with sturdy grassland and scattered shrubs. When they were just tens of meters above the ground——

The Golden Eagle suddenly lost strength, plummeting rapidly.

"Ah!"

She cried out in surprise, instinctively clutching onto the feathers behind his neck.

The wind shrieked past her ears, and the ground rapidly zoomed in.

She saw Lu Xiao desperately trying to flap his wings again, but the once storm-summoning wings now lacked the strength even to unfold.

In the last moment, he used all his remaining strength to turn over——

Shielding Shen Tang from above.