404: Chapter 404: Flame Crows

Upon hearing Yun Chenfei's words, everyone's hearts tightened. To be safe, they all hurriedly left their respective rooms and stepped quickly onto the spacious deck.

At this moment, everyone watched the swarm of Flame Crows with tense expressions as they frantically attacked the Formation.

The Flame Crow swarm seemed tireless, crashing against the Formation wave after wave.

As time passed, the willow leaf boat consumed more and more spiritual energy.

Yan Qingying looked distressedly at the Spirit Stones in the Formation's slots, seeing the originally bright, shining Spirit Stones gradually turning dim and lusterless.

Seeing this, Lin Guiwan quickly pressed her palms together and rapidly formed a complex hand seal.

Immediately after, a beam of ice-blue Spiritual Qi shot out from her hands, flying toward the Flame Crow swarm like an arrow leaving a bow.

This ice-blue Spiritual Qi contained a powerful chill; the moment it made contact with the Flame Crows, it successfully forced back a portion of them.

However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, even more Flame Crows surged forward like a tide, continuing to violently batter the Formation.

At this critical juncture, the Little Beast, which had been sitting quietly and silently in a corner, suddenly leaped up and nimbly jumped onto the bow of the ship.

It opened its mouth and forcefully spat out a cloud of pitch-black mist.

That mist seemed to have a life of its own, spreading rapidly and enveloping the entire Flame Crow swarm in the blink of an eye.

The Flame Crows shrouded in the black mist instantly lost their sense of direction. They flew wildly within the mist, colliding with one another, and their originally tight and orderly Formation immediately became a chaotic mess.

Yun Chenfei seized the opportunity and charged into the mist with his sword. Several streaks of Sword Qi crisscrossed, and the Flame Crows fell one after another.

Although the vast majority of the Flame Crows were only within the level of Fourth-Tier to Fifth-Tier Demonic Beasts, the troublesome part was their staggering numbers!

Gazing into the distance, one could see a massive, dark cloud of mist rapidly approaching the front of the willow leaf boat with the speed of a gale.

That overwhelming, endless sight seemed as if it were about to blot out the entire sky.

Upon closer observation, one could see that the rapidly approaching mass in the distance, like a violent storm, was not truly black clouds, but an innumerable, dense swarm of Flame Crows.

At this moment, the dozens of High-Grade Spirit Stones that Yan Qingying had just placed into the Formation had already exhausted all their spiritual energy, turning into a pile of ash in an instant.

Just as she was hurriedly preparing to replace them with new Spirit Stones...

"Little Sister Qingying, there's no need to use these High-Grade Spirit Stones for now. I still have some even more precious and rare Top-Grade Spirit Stones here. We might as well use them for this emergency. It won't be too late to switch back to High-Grade Spirit Stones once we've successfully escaped."

As if performing a magic trick, Yun Chenfei suddenly pulled out dozens of crystal-clear Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitting a dazzling light from his robe and handed them to Yan Qingying with a smile.

It should be noted that on this vast Water Moon Continent, Top-Grade Spirit Stone mines had been excavated to depletion thousands of years ago. The Top-Grade Spirit Stones remaining today were as rare as phoenix feathers and extremely precious.

With every one consumed, the world lost one of these rare treasures.

Therefore, many high-level Cultivators usually cherished them like priceless gems and were unwilling to use them lightly, only parting with one in life-or-death situations when their lives were on the line.

Yan Qingying's face was full of shock, her beautiful eyes widening as if they were about to pop out.

"Brother Liqu, this is simply too precious. How can we use such valuable Top-Grade Spirit Stones just for travel?" Yan Qingying said softly, her words filled with gratitude and unease.

However, Yun Chenfei laughed heartily, not caring in the least. He waved his hand and consoled her, "The situation is critical and lives are at stake; we can't worry about these external possessions! Stop refusing."

Seeing Yun Chenfei's firm attitude, Yan Qingying no longer hesitated. She carefully reached out both hands and took the dazzling Top-Grade Spirit Stones from him.

Then, she gently placed them into the slots before her. The moment the Spirit Stones were embedded, the entire Formation seemed to be ignited, instantly bursting with an even more intense and brilliant light.

This light was as dazzling as the sun, making it impossible to look at directly.

The Flame Crow swarm, which had been pouncing aggressively, was suddenly jolted by this abrupt, intense light, and they all stopped their advance in terror.

For a time, the sky was filled with Flame Crows flying and crashing into each other in a chaotic mess.

However, after only a short while, these cunning Flame Crows regained their footing and quickly reorganized.

This time, they appeared even more frenzied and vicious than before, as if they had sensed that the people before them were at their wit's end, and that this might be their last good chance to break through the defense in one fell swoop.

The dense swarm of Flame Crows was like a black torrent, surging continuously toward the willow leaf boat.

Unafraid of death, they crashed one after another at extremely high speeds into the glowing defensive Formation surrounding the willow leaf boat.

With the continuous and violent battering from the Flame Crows, the originally indestructible defensive Formation gradually became unable to withstand the immense pressure. It began to make faint cracking sounds, and shocking fissures began to surface.

These cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb, as if the Formation could completely shatter at any moment.

Standing at the bow, Yun Chenfei furrowed his brows deeply. He knew that once this defensive Formation broke, they would all fall into a desperate situation, making it difficult to escape the fate of being devoured by the Flame Crows.

At this critical moment, he made a decisive call and shouted loudly, "Everyone, let's concentrate our power and attack the weaker points of the Flame Crow swarm! Little Sister Qingying, you control the willow leaf boat and take this chance to break through their encirclement in one go!"

Before his voice had even faded, the long sword in Yun Chenfei's hand was already unsheathed. With a flick of his wrist, he instantly unleashed countless streaks of incredibly sharp Sword Qi.

These streaks of Sword Qi pierced through the sky like lightning, heading straight for the Flame Crow swarm to the front-left. Wherever they passed, Flame Crows were struck by the Sword Qi and fell screaming.

Seeing Yun Chenfei take the lead so decisively, Lin Guiwan, Ran Xueyao, Chen Miaoyin, and the others did not hesitate either. They all unleashed their respective ultimate techniques, following Yun Chenfei in a desperate attack toward the same direction.

In this moment of life or death, even the Little Beast on the side was giving its all. Its fur stood on end like hard, sharp steel needles, and its originally clear and agile eyes now flickered with a strange light that made one shiver.

Then, a jaw-dropping scene occurred—the Little Beast's body began to expand and grow rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In an instant, it had transformed into a massive, majestic Seventh-Tier Spirit Beast.