Insufficient balance

  At some point, Zheng Feng realized that the light around him was getting darker and darker. The huge ancient trees blocked out most of the sky above, and when he looked up, he couldn't see the sun at all. Light could only pass through the gaps between the leaves. Zheng Feng, who was sensitive to his surroundings, immediately felt that something was off, and he didn't know if continuing on would put him in mortal danger.

  Zheng Feng stopped in his tracks and shouted at Ya, who was not far ahead: "Ya, come back!!"

  The running body stopped, turned its head to look at Zheng Feng behind, but instead of running back to Zheng Feng's side, it stood in place and meowed: "Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!!"

  Then it seemed as if something was attracting the teeth, and they began to move forward again.

  Zheng Feng knew that Ya was sometimes mischievous, but most of the time she would listen to him. But now she was acting like this, could it be that there really was something important to Ya deep in that dark forest?! Zheng Feng couldn't let Ya go alone... no, he meant a single cat going alone, and he wasn't at ease.

  Since he was uneasy, he no longer hesitated, Zheng Feng cautiously looked around and quickly followed Ya.

  Ten minutes later, Zheng Feng found that Ya was standing still in a glowing location. He thought Ya had finally found some treasure and rushed over excitedly, but when he walked in to take a look...

  Damn it!!

  The glowing spot was just a thin line of fluorescent powder. Don't even mention how depressed Zheng Feng's heart was!!! It was like the night of the wedding, with great expectations, lifting the veil of the bride, only to find that it was a ***, not to mention depression, whether he could hold his head up again in the future was a question!!!

  But then Zheng Feng remembered what Wang Haowei said yesterday. The Tiān Hún Academy had sprinkled fluorescent powder on the outer boundary of the Qinghai Forest, and crossing the border would be at one's own risk!!

  It seems that this is the fluorescent powder mentioned by Wang Haowei. The tooth was hiding in its own arms at that time, and of course also heard Wang Haowei's words, knowing the danger of crossing this line. But it seemed unwilling to go back like this, standing on the fluorescent line and walking back and forth. When Zheng Feng arrived, he jumped onto Zheng Feng's shoulder, constantly calling out softly.

  It seems that Ya has given Zheng Feng the right to decide whether to continue or not.

  Zheng Feng couldn't help but wonder what was going on in his mind, if he really gave himself the power to decide, then why was it still standing on his shoulders and being so arrogant? If he didn't agree with it, he was afraid that it would immediately run away with its tail between its legs, at most giving him a slap on the butt afterwards.

  Although he knew that Ya wanted to continue on his way, at this moment he couldn't help but hesitate, after all, once they crossed the periphery, it would definitely be a perilous and treacherous road.

  Just as Zheng Feng was hesitating, Ya suddenly realized something and his whole body hair stood up. He jumped from Zheng Feng's shoulder to the ground and restored his original shape. Now seven years old, Ya is already in the shape of a full-grown tiger, even without giantization. His body length is several meters, and his weight is at least 350 kilograms. The black stripes on his body are much more prominent than before. The biggest change is still his two tiger teeth. His tiger teeth can no longer be hidden in his mouth, exposed outside, long and sharp, emitting a cold glow in the air. If Ya's current shape were seen by someone timid, he might be scared to death.

  Zheng Feng, who was in sync with the Tooth Spirit, suddenly felt like he was being watched by something and tensed up his body. His sharp eyes scanned the surroundings constantly. However, the light here was really too dim, and it was pitch black all around. If not for standing on the fluorescent line, he would have fallen into darkness long ago. Now, he could only rely on the fluorescent powder to see a range of two or three meters with himself as the radius. Any further away, everything became blurry.

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  Suddenly, a blood stain appeared on his body, and he felt a sharp pain.

  Meow (#‵′)

  The angry tooth let out a roar.

  But all around was still dim and quiet, if it weren't for the bloodstains on Zheng Feng's body, he might not have known that something had attacked them.

  Zheng Feng concentrated his mind and felt the surroundings, a faint "rustling" sound came from behind the bushes, he suddenly turned around to look back, and saw two dark red lights flashing by.

  At this time, Zheng Feng's tense spirit relaxed a bit. At least he knew that the attack wasn't appearing out of nowhere, and the enemy was around him. What was most frightening wasn't how formidable the enemy was, but rather not knowing whether the enemy existed at all.

  "Burp"

  The body of the tooth was cut out with another wound. There is a certain interval between the two attacks. The tooth was attacked again, seemingly not as helpless as last time, and shot a sharp earth thorn to its left side.

  "Ding"

  The earth thorn on the tooth was blocked by something, and a beast soul force was attached to the earth thorn, emitting a pale yellow light. A red shadow appeared in Zheng Feng's eyes.

  The head is triangular in shape and moves freely with a constant swing. The compound eyes are large and bright, the antennae are long and thin, and the neck can rotate freely. The forelegs have sharp thorns on the femur and tibia, and the upper limbs are scimitar-shaped, folded towards the femur. Now the scimitar-shaped upper limb is crossed in a cross shape to block the tooth-like thorn. From the front, a pair of transparent wings can be faintly seen on the back, the lower limb gluteal muscles are well-developed, and the abdomen is large and swollen. Standing up is about rice high, the skin color of the whole body is dark red.

  Blood Shadow Mantis, a soul beast living in the central part of Qinghai Forest, is a mid-tier fierce beast with excellent abilities in all aspects. It has scythe-like forelimbs that are not only sharp but also hard, allowing it to launch air blades at medium to short distances. However, its defense is weak. Due to their habit of hiding in dark places and slowly torturing their prey to death, they rarely encounter danger. When faced with danger, they rely on their excellent speed to escape, making them seldom discovered by humans.

  Zheng Feng only then understood that the two dark red glows he had seen earlier were definitely the large eyes of this soul beast. In his impression, there was no information about this soul beast. However, based on the situation earlier, he could analyze that this soul beast was most skilled at speed, and its extremely fast speed made it impossible for his eyes to capture its moving figure.

  Hiding in the vicinity, launching a surprise attack at close range, with strong attacking power. Don't look at it just leaving a blood mark on Ya's body, Zheng Feng is very clear about Ya's powerful defensive strength of his fur, he tried to get Ya to use earth thorns to attack himself, but only managed to pierce the skin, so an attack that can leave a blood mark on Ya's body won't be weak against Ya's earth thorns.

  There are intervals between two attacks, and medium-to-short-range soul techniques should not be launched continuously.

  At this time, the Blood Shadow Mantis seemed to be enraged by being attacked by its prey, and the wings on its back rustled with a hissing sound. The two scythe-like forelimbs swung through the air.

  This time, Zheng Feng saw clearly that two transparent air blades were chopping towards Ya.

  But the Blood Shadow Mantis also knew that its air blade couldn't inflict fatal damage on Ya, so it flapped its wings and floated off the ground, sliding swiftly towards Ya. Its sharp scythe-like claws opened wide, intending to strangle Ya to death.

  Seeing the Blood Shadow Mantis fly in quickly, Zheng Feng was overjoyed instead of being shocked.

  Although Zheng Feng didn't know the data of the Blood Shadow Mantis, his analysis was quite accurate. He thought that every Soul Beast had its own characteristics, and since this Soul Beast already had fast speed and strong attack power, why would it still hide in the dark to attack? It could only be because it was afraid of exposing its weakness. Seeing its swollen abdomen, he could almost determine that this was its weak point.

  Now, the enemy has appeared, and the weakness is also in one's own grasp. The next step is to engage in close combat with teeth and nails.

  In an instant, Zheng Feng's face revealed a sinister smile of confidence, looking at the rushing Blood Shadow Mantis, he gave him a knowing glance.

  Zheng Feng and Ya didn't need much language exchange to understand each other's thoughts. At this time, seeing Zheng Feng reveal a sinister smile and that gaze, how could they not understand what their master was thinking? With a subtle nod, they looked at the Blood Shadow Mantis with disdain. Preparing to take revenge on this despicable guy, who dared to leave scars on his own body.

  A pair of masters stood there, communicating with their eyes. The Blood Shadow Mantis naturally wouldn't understand the language between them. Without noticing anything out of place, and seeing that Ya hadn't taken defensive action, they instead flapped their wings even harder, accelerating their slide.

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