48: Why seek death?
Li Mu's Wind Riding Eagle was an Awakening-level Rank 6 beast, and furthermore, a Wind-attribute beast that excelled at speed.
In full pursuit, the Wind Riding Eagle's speed was slightly faster than Xiao Yan, who was an Awakening-level Rank 4, flying at full capacity.
After pursuing for nearly ten minutes, the crimson figure in Li Mu's line of sight gradually became clear.
"It really is him! Li Ming!"
"And the parcel behind him has become so bulging; he must have obtained quite a few benefits in the valley."
"That Giant Rock Tremor Frog was so enraged; perhaps what's packed in that parcel behind Li Ming is the poison soul fruit!"
"Damn it, our siblings suffered heavy losses, yet in the end, this brat got the bargain!"
After Li Mu saw the figures of Su Yuan and Xiao Yan clearly ahead, she also saw the huge parcel on Xiao Yan's back, bulging with over sixty poison soul fruits.
Combined with the huge commotion that had come from the valley earlier, she quickly understood what was going on.
Immediately, cold glints flashed in her eyes, and she urged her Wind Riding Eagle to chase after them again.
Back in the valley, Su Yuan had Xiao Yan intentionally suppress the power of its attacks, which had already deceived both Li Xian and Li Mu.
Although Xiao Yan, who had deliberately suppressed its attack power, displayed combat strength that still exceeded its own Awakening-level Rank 4, it was only comparable to the combat strength of an ordinary Awakening-level Rank 5 Vicious Beast.
Li Mu had an Awakening-level Rank 6 Wind Riding Eagle; even if she was alone now, she was still confident she could handle Su Yuan.
"Li Ming! Stop right there!"
After another minute or so, Li Mu finally caught up to Su Yuan.
She had the Wind Riding Eagle dash forward, rushing in front of Xiao Yan and Su Yuan, and then loudly berated Su Yuan.
"So it's Li Mu. I wonder what your intention is in intercepting me at this time?"
Su Yuan looked at Li Mu, who had caught up, and spoke without the slightest surprise.
In fact, he had long since discovered Li Mu pursuing him from behind.
Through the Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye talent, Su Yuan also discovered that Li Mu was currently injured.
And it was the backlash damage caused by the death of her beast.
Therefore, Su Yuan could be certain that Li Mu, whose talent was far from reaching S-Rank and who was an Awakening-level Rank 6 Beastmaster, now only had the Awakening-level Rank 6 Wind Riding Eagle beneath her feet.
Such strength could not pose any threat to him at all.
"Li Ming, you took advantage of the gap while that Awakening-level Peak Vicious Beast in the swamp was hunting me to pick the poison soul fruit and ran away without a word. Isn't that a bit too unscrupulous?"
"Hand over the backpack behind you, and I can let bygones be bygones and let you leave!"
Li Mu looked at the backpack behind Su Yuan and berated him with a cold, stern expression.
"Heh, how come it's just you alone? Where is your brother?"
"Could it be that your brother has already been buried in the mouth of that Giant Rock Tremor Frog?"
Su Yuan looked at the cold-faced Li Mu, completely unconcerned by the other party's threat. Instead, he scanned the surroundings and spoke to Li Mu with a playful expression.
"The Giant Rock Tremor Frog!"
"You knew long ago that there was an Awakening-level Peak Vicious Beast in that swamp!"
"It was you! You schemed to harm my brother!"
"Li Ming! You deserve to die!"
Su Yuan's words, combined with the playful expression on his face, immediately made Li Mu understand everything.
Thinking that all of this had been designed by Su Yuan, an uncontrollable rage suddenly rose in Li Mu's heart. Her face became twisted, and she glared at Su Yuan with hatred.
That look of resentment on her face was like a malevolent ghost crawling out of Hell, enough to chill one to the bone.
If looks could kill, Su Yuan didn't know how many times he would have already died.
"Heh, what right do you have to talk about me?"
"Ask yourself, didn't you and your brother intend to use me to fetch the poison soul fruit from the very beginning?"
"You even gave it a fancy name, saying something about splitting it equally afterward. If not for that Giant Rock Tremor Frog, after you obtained the poison soul fruit, you might have just walked away as well."
"You were even planning to silence me as well, right?"
"I was merely turning your own scheme against you."
Looking at the ferocious and twisted face of Li Mu, Su Yuan sneered and spoke without showing any weakness.
Su Yuan's words also left Li Mu stunned for a moment.
She hadn't expected that Su Yuan, being so young, would have such a meticulous mind, actually guessing their siblings' intentions from the very beginning.
However, none of that mattered now.
Now that Li Xian had been buried in the valley to cover her escape, and now that she had met Su Yuan again and learned that this was all Su Yuan using their own scheme against them,
She only wanted to tear Su Yuan into pieces!
"Li Ming, you are courting death!"
Taking a deep breath, Li Mu roared at Su Yuan and immediately commanded the Wind Riding Eagle to attack Su Yuan with full force.
"Swish, swish, swish—"
A series of cyan Wind Blades instantly cut through the miasma filling the air and struck toward Su Yuan.
"Sigh, why seek your own death..."
Su Yuan looked at Li Mu, who was now going crazy and trying to kill him, and also restrained the smile on his face, shaking his head and sighing helplessly.
Given the other party's performance, if he let this person leave alive, it would inevitably leave him with an irreconcilable enemy in the future.
Even if he wasn't using his real name, Li Mu had already remembered his face.
To leave no future trouble, Su Yuan had already sentenced Li Mu to death in his heart.
Without needing Su Yuan's command, seeing the Wind Riding Eagle attacking it, Xiao Yan let out a high cry, and a Flame Shield was instantly deployed.
The crimson flame shield instantly protected it and Su Yuan.
The Wind Blades fully unleashed by the Wind Riding Eagle landed on the crimson flame shield, only stirring up ripples like water on its surface.
It failed to break the flame shield.
"How is this possible!"
This scene immediately caused the expression of Li Mu in front to change drastically.
Her beast, the Wind Riding Eagle, had already reached Awakening-level Rank 6; the Wind Blade attack unleashed with full force could completely and easily disembowel an Awakening-level Rank 4 Vicious Beast.
Even an Awakening-level Rank 5 Vicious Beast would absolutely not dare to forcefully withstand a Wind Blade attack fully unleashed by the Wind Riding Eagle.
Unless it was one of those very few Vicious Beasts that excelled in defense.
However, the Awakening-level Rank 4 Fire-attribute beast in front of her had just relied on a single flame shield to block all the attacks of the Awakening-level Rank 6 Wind Riding Eagle, and with extreme ease at that.
This was completely beyond her expectations.
"An Awakening-level Rank 4 beast that can so easily withstand the full attack of a Wind Riding Eagle—that must be an Excellent High-star quality beast!"
Very quickly, Li Mu thought of something, and her face suddenly turned ugly.
To be able to possess an Excellent High-star quality beast while still at the Awakening-level, such a person must be wealthy or noble; they were simply not someone she could afford to provoke.
It was just that what she couldn't figure out was why such a young master from a great noble family would have no guards by his side, entering the Voodoo Secret Realm alone to take risks!
"Xiao Yan, kill her."
However, Su Yuan did not give her time to figure out the reason behind this and issued the kill order to Xiao Yan.
Just then.
A scorching flame beam was instantly fired from Xiao Yan's eyes; the flame beam crossed layers of poisonous miasma in the blink of an eye, landed on Li Mu, and pierced through her chest.
It left two fist-sized, front-to-back through-holes in her chest.
The flesh around the holes was all scorched into charcoal by the high heat, and not even blood could seep out.
The sudden attack left Li Mu completely stunned.
She looked down at the two charred, gaping holes in her chest, then looked up, her gaze fixed directly on Su Yuan.
"You..."
She wanted to say something, but a feeling of suffocation washed over her, making it difficult for her to articulate words, unable to continue making any sound.
After a few seconds of stalemate, amidst a mournful cry from the Wind Riding Eagle, both person and beast went limp, falling from hundreds of meters in the air toward the ground.