Chapter 233 - 231: Blood-Eyed Purple Rabbit

Chapter 233: Chapter 231: Blood-Eyed Purple Rabbit

Nor had they ever been dispatched on a mission.

To think that Huang Ziyue had actually brought the Dragon Guard with him this time.

But she had no time for surprise. The sound that made the ground tremble was drawing ever closer.

It was now less than a hundred meters away.

It felt as if one more leap would bring it right before them.

The heavy, ragged breathing sounded as if it were coming from directly overhead, sending a chill down their spines.

Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue raised their guard, the power within their bodies already poised to strike.

All eyes were fixed on whatever was about to charge at them from a hundred meters out.

The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate with increasing speed.

The thundering sound of hooves was deafening.

Just as everyone raised their hands to attack...

A blurry shape suddenly burst forth from the dense miasma.

Its hooves pounded like a stampeding herd, tearing through the fog as it charged.

When they got a clear look, they saw it was a herd of elk...

The herd was about to crash into them.

Shen Yue reacted instantly:

"To the trees!"

In an instant, everyone leaped, soaring into the air in unison.

Huang Ziyue put an arm around Shen Yue, landing them on the nearest tree.

The ground below instantly became a slaughterhouse for the stampeding herd.

Thousands upon thousands of powerfully built elk stampeded madly, as if they’d been spooked.

The ground quaked, and large trees shuddered from the impacts.

Shen Yue’s eyes widened as she watched the herd below; she couldn’t believe it was a beast tide of elk.

In the blink of an eye, the body of the two-horned rhino was trampled into a pulp by the thousands upon thousands of elk.

Shen Yue watched, her heart pounding with shock.

’This is the first time I’ve seen a beast tide up close,’ she thought. ’The destructive power is terrifying.’

Just then, several massive elk slammed into the tree holding Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue.

With a single crash, the tree—so thick it would take a person to wrap their arms around it—instantly snapped in two.

Shen Yue and Huang Ziyue instantly lost their foothold.

The two immediately began to fall.

But below them was the densely packed beast tide...

If they fell, even if they survived, they’d be torn to shreds.

"Careful."

With lightning-fast reflexes, Huang Ziyue suddenly hovered in mid-air, pulling Shen Yue into his arms.

Shen Yue reacted on instinct, striking out with her palm.

A group of elk below was instantly blasted aside by the force. The herd abruptly veered around their position and scattered.

Their teamwork was seamless. In a flash, Huang Ziyue moved, landing with her on another tree.

Finally, just as the last of the elk herd was about to rush past...

The miasma, which had accumulated into a thick fog a hundred meters away, was suddenly blasted by a powerful wave of heat.

The wall of fog instantly shot skyward, coalescing above their heads.

Sensing the change, everyone immediately looked up.

...only to meet a pair of blood-red eyes.

The blood-red eyes flickered in and out of view within the fog, glowing like a pair of lanterns.

The next second, an attack of immense power came hurtling toward them.

Huang Ziyue’s eyes narrowed, and the power around him instantly coalesced.

The Dragon Guard and the members of the Mystic Mechanism Building erupted with terrifying spiritual power, soaring up to meet the attack head-on.

"BANG!"

Immense power exploded outward.

A powerful shockwave sheared through all the surrounding trees.

Even the very ground trembled.

The group’s terrifying combined attack shot upward with the force of a thunderbolt, viciously slamming into the creature concealed by the fog.

The creature took the full force of the blow.

It seemed to have underestimated the power of the group below.

It let out an enraged gurgle, a sound that seemed to rumble from deep within its throat. Hearing it, Shen Yue’s eyes narrowed.

’I feel like I’ve heard that sound somewhere before!’

’It’s so familiar.’

Huang Ziyue was also surprised. He hadn’t expected the creature to make such a low, strange noise, almost like the purring of a kitten or a puppy.

He commanded sharply:

"Take it down."

He was determined to see what was causing all this trouble.

"Yes."

Killing intent surged from the group as they once again launched a deadly assault on the owner of the blood-red eyes.

But the creature, its body still hidden behind the fog, lifted a long leg and brought it stomping down on them.

Powerful spiritual power gathered, rolling through the forest like a heat wave.

The very air seemed to churn with the combined power of the Dragon Guard and the Mystic Mechanism Building members, a truly terrifying sight.

"BANG!"

The blow, powerful enough to topple mountains and part seas, struck first at the thick miasma, intent on dispelling it.

Seizing the brief moment of clarity, Shen Yue looked up.

The next moment, her pupils contracted sharply.

This was no evil spirit or fierce demon.

Where the miasma parted, a mutated, giant rabbit stood revealed, its body the size of a small mountain.

Its long ears stood erect, and its entire body was covered in dark purple fur that held a strange, misty sheen in the gloom. A pair of blood-red, slitted pupils stared intently down at them.

Its tri-lobed mouth was parted slightly, revealing two rows of bone-white, slender fangs. More terrifying still, one pair of these fangs was a full meter long.

They were stained with dark red blood, clear evidence of its bloodthirsty nature. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

"This is... a Blood eyed Purple Rabbit!"

Shen Yue cried out, her voice filled with unconcealable shock.

’Doesn’t this creature only appear in ancient texts? It’s said to have been extinct for ten thousand years! How can it be here in this miasmic forest?’

The giant rabbit seemed enraged by her voice. Its blood-red pupils contracted, and it let out a sharp screech that shook the entire forest. The next second, shrouded in an aura of monstrous malevolence, it pounced on the group below.

Power erupted from Huang Ziyue’s body.

The creature didn’t dare to continue the fight. A flash of fear appeared in its blood-red pupils, and it turned to flee into the depths of the forest. Its powerful hind legs kicked off a tree trunk, sending a shower of shredded leaves into the air as it disappeared with astonishing speed.

"Trying to run?"

A fierce glint flashed in Shen Yue’s eyes. Without a second thought, she pushed off the ground with her toes, her body shooting after it like an arrow loosed from a bow. The inner core and pelt of a Blood eyed Purple Rabbit were both priceless treasures,

and then fiercely.

But after careful inspection, he realized the matter wasn’t so simple. From the wisp of an aura that had lured him away, to the person in the shadows who had made a move on Shen Yue, to the severed tail...

The most crucial point was, why did the person in the shadows deliberately lure him away?

Did luring him away make it easier to go after Shen Yue?

But Shen Yue had Huang Ziyue by her side. It would have made more sense to lure Huang Ziyue away, not him. It just didn’t add up...

He mulled it over and over, feeling that luring him away must have served some other purpose.