Baili An chose to abandon the path down the mountain and bowed his head to gently stroke the little fox in his arms, as if comforting it.

Without saying a word, he turned and leaped off the cliff.

The mountain peak was steep, yet thankfully sloped.

He held Shu Ci tightly as they plunged from the high altitude, crashing into the frozen soil and rocks of the mountain.

The terrifying fall sent his body tumbling all the way down.

The hundred-foot cliff, the sharp thorny forest plants carved countless deep wounds into his body, visible down to the bone.

Shu Ci only felt the sound of flesh tearing and bones breaking, so vividly clear beside her ears.

Sticky liquid stained her fur red, and she could clearly hear his body snapping trees and rocks.

The process lasted for a long, long time, long enough for Shu Ci to wonder if he would end up dead from the fall.

Then came another shocking boom.

As if striking a massive boulder, Shu Ci smelled the blood from his body becoming even more intense.

The moon divided its brilliance, and starlight returned to the Mortal World.

Shu Ci quietly nestled in Baili An’s embrace, breathing in the scent of blood as strong as cold liquor on his body.

For some reason, even knowing the madness of the demon fox Ting Yan during her furious pursuit, she oddly felt a sliver of peace coming from him.

The cold wind slipped into the collar, chilling the cold blood among her fur.

A hand that steadily held her body seemed all at once to have its strength blown away by the cold wind, softly loosening.

Shu Ci felt inexplicably empty, her small body slipped from his grasp, landing on the soft, thick meadow, without pain.

She flipped over, standing on her three little short legs, her injured paw still amusingly hung by a bandage on her neck.

Shu Ci quietly watched Baili An leaning against the cracked, rocky surface.

His pale face was covered in blood, and the arm supporting him hung weakly at his side, clearly broken.

The blood-soaked appearance was extremely tragic, yet it didn’t affect Shu Ci’s appetite for him in the least.

When Baili An activated his Blood Energy earlier, the Karma Barrier within was notably rich, irresistible, and now there was still a trace of black mist lingering around him.

Shu Ci walked over, bowing her head to lick his fingertips.

Baili An misunderstood the gesture, thinking she was feeling sorry for his broken hand, and smiled weakly.

He raised his still movable right leg, gently nudging her away, saying: "Little one, why not hurry and leave?"

Shu Ci paused her licking.

He had jumped down from the mountain peak, smashing himself to such a ghostly state, just to buy her time to escape?

Baili An had rolled down from the summit, losing so much blood, that his severe blood loss had already triggered a blood craving impulse.

His consciousness gradually grew heavy and weary, while this little fox still stubbornly stood in place, showing no intention of leaving.

The overwhelming demon energy rapidly approached, he intended to urge the little one to hurry away, yet was powerless.

In his darkening vision, he saw the demon fox Ting Yan arriving, wrapped in thunderous rage, ten meters away.

Cold blood trickled down his forehead, Baili An’s consciousness gradually faded in the scarlet vision.

"One damaged my face, the other destroyed my demon tail; tonight, you both must die!"

Ting Yan’s body shone with anger like red light, showing signs of Demonization, holding a ball of purple lightning, exuding a sinister killing aura.

"Really noisy."

The cold voice made Ting Yan momentarily startled, her brows furrowing.

Watching the little fox speaking like a person, slowly turning around, the surrounding demon energy spread, with its eyes glowing like glass. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

All-encompassing demonic power was pitch black, darker than the night’s color, more Chenyuan-like and cold, dropping the space temperature by three degrees abruptly.

This terrifying chill did not stem from the climate but directly assaulted the soul.

The tiny fox on the ground slowly expanded its outline, transforming into a tall, alluring and graceful figure of a woman.

In just that instant, all the madness and fury of the Three-tailed Demon Fox as it pursued, under that jet black, cold aura resembling Chenyuan, became a flickering weak flame.

A slight breeze might extinguish it.

Ting Yan’s sinister smile instantly froze, her pupils constricted immediately, and her figure trembled slightly under the night.

Under the gaze of that eye, she seemed to fall into a dark world enveloped by fear of Heavenly Demons.

Shu Ci expressionlessly spread her hand, long and slender fingers belonging to an adult woman.

She spoke lightly: "Unexpectedly, by accident, the seventh-tail form has awakened? Truly unpleasant."

Ting Yan’s entire body seemed to freeze in place, though Shu Ci had already withdrawn her gaze, she still dared not move a muscle.

Seventh-tail form?

She had cultivated for hundreds of years, receiving a mouthful of immortal power from the Golden Immortal master of White Sun Cave, to refine three tails.

To know, for demon foxes, a one-tail fox equates to a hundred years of cultivation, two-tail to a thousand years, three-tail to three thousand years.

As for four-tail or even further, the fox demon clan has always seen them rarely, no one knows how many cycles of years it takes to hide a terrifying cultivation like the seven-tail.

Shu Ci leisurely removed the bandage from her injured hand, the deep wound down to the bone on her wrist had somehow healed to a shallow mark.

Like some canine, she bowed her head to lightly lick the blood wound on her wrist, her pale golden pupils were scarce with emotion:

"While eating, the utmost taboo is being disturbed; you’ve made such noise, are you ready to meet death with repentance?"

Under those pale golden eyes, Ting Yan was suddenly plunged into an icy pit, half of her body shivering with cold.