About a hundred miles outside Xishui City.

Here lies a swamp-infested land.

In the dense forest of the swamp, a beautiful woman in a white robe is sitting cross-legged.

Her hands continuously cast spells, seemingly guiding something.

If Zhou Yu were here, he would instantly recognize the woman as the Demon Clan expert who took away Little Lin earlier.

Unexpectedly, she is here.

Moments later.

A beam of white light suddenly surpassed the swamp, flying towards the woman, and then disappeared at her brow.

Moments later, the woman abruptly opened her eyes, revealing a sharp glow in her pupils.

"Unexpectedly, someone from the Fiery Fire Ape Clan has brought out an item that alarmed Haoyuan Heavenly Venerate!"

"Interesting!"

"No wonder Huang Tian Zhenren rushed to Xishui City in such a hurry."

"It seems they’re about to head to the Death Tomb." 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

"No matter what, the Demon Clan’s item must not fall into the hands of the Human Race."

"The clan must be notified at once!"

Having finished her monologue, the woman closed her eyes again, casting a spell. Moments later, a white light left her body, vanishing into the void.

After completing this, the woman opened her eyes, then cast a technique to turn into a white shadow and disappeared.

Not long after the woman disappeared, a piece of news spread throughout the Demon Clan.

It’s said a top Demon Clan figure issued a bounty order to capture someone from the Fiery Fire Ape Clan, offering substantial rewards for their capture.

After the news was released, many Demon Clan experts acted.

In less than three days, the Land of the Dead Tomb became extremely lively.

Not only did Demon Clan experts enter, but also many Human Race experts.

Though the two sides are officially allied, private battles are fierce.

Usually, everyone exercises restraint.

But this time, both sides seemed determined to capture the person from the Fiery Fire Ape Clan, leading to widespread skirmishes.

But Zhou Yu is completely unaware of these events.

Of course, he presently has no time to attend to them.

At this moment, he is in extreme danger.

In the depths of the Land of the Dead Tomb, on a cliff halfway up a mountain.

There are jagged rocks everywhere.

Zhou Yu stands atop a massive rock, and about a hundred meters above him, there is a cat-like beast.

This beast is roughly a third larger than an ordinary house cat and has purple fur, making it look quite adorable.

However, Zhou Yu’s gaze on the beast is incredibly serious.

Because just recently, Zhou Yu accidentally discovered this cat-like beast.

At first glance, it showed no signs of being a demon beast, leading Zhou Yu to instinctively think it was just a cat.

After all, on the Human Clan Plane, Zhao Fei’er and Shuangshuang both liked cats.

Seeing it, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but approach to pet it.

However, as he neared the beast, the cat-like creature abruptly opened its eyes, and the next moment, it transformed into a purple shadow, pouncing towards Zhou Yu.

In that instant, Zhou Yu’s face changed dramatically.

He knew he had been careless.

Almost instinctively, Zhou Yu quickly activated his Qi and Blood Power, forming a Blood Qi Shield on his chest.

Just as he completed this.

Bang!

The purple shadow struck his chest instantly.

The Blood Qi Shield Zhou Yu formed shattered instantly.

Afterward, a powerful force struck, and Zhou Yu spewed a mouthful of blood, tumbling backward.

While tumbling back, Zhou Yu’s heart was filled with shock.

He never expected such a small cat-like beast to possess such terrifying power and speed.

Just then, the purple shadow attacked again.

Zhou Yu couldn’t care less about hiding his power, and he immediately activated his True Yuan.

In the next moment, a Nascent Soul Purple Fire shot out rapidly.

Bang!

The sudden burst of Nascent Soul Purple Fire caught the cat-like beast off guard.

Unprepared, the cat-like beast was hit by the purple fire.

It let out a painful cry before retreating.

Taking advantage of this, Zhou Yu quickly stood up, took a Healing Pill, and immediately activated Yimu True Essence to recover from his injuries.

Fortunately, the cat-like beast’s attack wasn’t poisonous; it only inflicted external injuries on Zhou Yu.

Soon, Zhou Yu’s injuries were largely healed.

Meanwhile, after being struck by Zhou Yu’s purple fire, the cat-like beast suffered some damage as well. It jumped onto the distant massive rock, watching Zhou Yu warily.

Man and cat stared at each other.

The cat-like beast seemed to be contemplating something.

But Zhou Yu’s mind was racing.

He quickly recalled the ancient texts about the Demon Beast Clan he had read.

Despite remembering all the ancient texts, Zhou Yu couldn’t recall a beast from any clan with such characteristics.

At that moment, the cat-like beast couldn’t restrain itself any longer.

It scratched its paws and issued a threatening call towards Zhou Yu.

Next, it moved.

The cat-like beast transformed into a purple shadow again, rushing at Zhou Yu.

Having gained experience from earlier, Zhou Yu handled the situation easily this time.

But just as Zhou Yu had barely set up his defense, the purple shadow suddenly split into three, attacking from three different directions.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu’s pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately activated Nascent Soul Purple Fire, transforming it into three fire snakes to attack the three purple shadows.

However, the original three purple shadows split again.

Suddenly transforming into more than ten purple shadows.

This time, Zhou Yu was completely overwhelmed.

In a panic, Zhou Yu had to fully activate True Yuan to protect himself.

At the same time, he activated Four Directions Realm, unleashing countless Fire-eyed Flying Ants instantly.

Though only half a year passed in the outside world, about 600 years had passed inside Zhou Yu’s Four Directions Realm.

In 600 years, the Fire-Eyed Ant King produced nearly a hundred thousand ordinary flying ants.

Later, due to their massive numbers, the flying ants rapidly consumed the Chaos Mother Qi in the Four Directions Realm.

Zhou Yu, following records in Insect Extermination Technique, sealed them, forcing mutual cannibalization and evolution.

Later, after several rounds of evolution, these hundred thousand ordinary flying ants reduced to about a thousand.

But these thousand ants evolved into Fire-eyed Flying Ants.

And now Zhou Yu released a thousand of these Fire-eyed Flying Ants.

Immediately dispersing into more than ten streams, they advanced towards the more than ten purple shadows.

In an instant, two torrents collided.

The red torrent composed of Fire-eyed Flying Ants clearly stood no chance against the purple shadows.

However, the Fire-eyed Flying Ants had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, infinitely replenishing.

Once entangled, the purple shadows had no opportunity to attack Zhou Yu, causing the cat-like beast to issue an angry cry.

But Zhou Yu wasn’t at ease either; with only a thousand Fire-eyed Flying Ants, the cat-like beast was too strong. At this rate, they’d soon be exterminated.

When that happens, he would be in grave danger.

At that moment, Zhou Yu made up his mind.

"Escape!"

Just about to flee, a piercing roar echoed from the depths of the swamp...