Chapter Twenty-Three: The Beast
The tired trio rested next to a large tree, which was so quiet that it was difficult to find any sound other than the chirping of birds in the tree. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info leaned against the tree, using half of its wings to help shield itself from the harsh sunlight, and the other side covering Betty's entire upper body. At this time, the three of them were enjoying the fun of resting and feeling the leisurely nature of the forest, but a sudden roar shook the entire forest. The frightened birds immediately became chaotic and flew away from the trees with their chirping.
The resting trio immediately got up, grabbed Betty's left hand, vibrated their wings, and were ready to take off at any time.
Another roar, sounding like the cries of predators to stun their prey.
Suddenly, a beast of prey rushed out of the forest and rushed towards them.
This beast is also very strange-looking, perhaps unique to this place. It is almost three meters long, resembling an enlarged version of a tiger, with some white stripes on its green hair. Its claws are very sharp, and every time it runs on the ground, it leaves a deep mark on the roots of trees. Its teeth also looked like it was trembling, four ten-centimeter-long teeth protruding directly out of the mouth, two on the top and two on the bottom, and what was even more terrifying was that its teeth were blood-red, and a green liquid was constantly dripping from the teeth.
The beast rushed madly towards the trio, a greedy look radiating from its eyes and a disgusting liquid dripping from its mouth. Looking at the monster rushing towards her, Betty closed her eyes and threw herself directly into Luo's arms, and Luo was very calm, although there was still some fear in his heart, but he suppressed it and did not appear on his body.
Realizing the danger, he kicked the ground hard, and then flapped his wings violently, and flew directly with Betty in his arms, and flew very smoothly. However, they seem to have underestimated the beast too much, thinking that when they reach the predators in the air and on the ground, they will have nothing to do with them.
The beast roared and then leaped its hind legs, stabbing its sharp claws into the trunk of the tree, and then on its heels, it jumped again through the trunk.
At this time, it was too late to dodge, and looking at the monster that was ferociously rushing towards him in front of him, Luo could only show a surprised expression.
Seeing that the beast's front paws were about to hit the face, the thunder on the side rushed directly and kicked the beast's right abdomen.
In the air, the beast lost its balance and fell directly, but it still landed smoothly on the ground. Although Ray kicked the monster away, Fall's right hand was still scratched by its claws, and bright red blood flowed out of it.
The beast that smelled the blood seemed to become more excited, and the green liquid dripping from its teeth became more and more, and on the ground, it rubbed the ground with its right front paw, preparing for the next attack.
And taking advantage of this gap, Luo endured the pain and flew to a higher place with Betty in his arms.
But the beast was quite furious, and it jumped nimbly from trunk to trunk, rising several times faster than it fell. The last time he kicked the tree, the beast attacked Fall again, but fortunately, Fall was prepared and deflected to the left to avoid this attack, but this movement made the already injured right hand more painful.
Fall gritted his teeth and held on, while Ray was flying this way, ready to take Betty from Fall. At this time, Betty was too frightened to move, she closed her eyes tightly, buried her face in Luo's chest, and hugged Luo tightly.
The beast stretched out its claws and plunged into the trunk again, followed by another pounce, opening its bloody bayonet to bite off its neck.
At this time, Luo had already opened the Blood Demon Eye, and in order to reduce the damage to his arm, he gave up dodging left and right and chose to dodge up and down instead of dodging up and down. Looking at the beast that pounced on him, he flapped his wings in the opposite direction, but vibrating his wings in the opposite direction was a technical job, and he did not slow down very successfully.
At this time, Ray kicked the beast in the face, kicking it so much that its saliva flew out a few meters away, and Ray took advantage of this time period to take Betty.
The beast was furious, and with a low roar, it chased after the trunk, and because of the attraction of blood, it put the target on the fallen body again.
The beast was crazy, its hair as if it was about to explode, and its blood-red eyes flashed with a strong desire for its prey. It seems that it has not eaten for a long time, which makes it pursue its prey this time, and it is almost frantically pursued, no matter how many times it is shot down, it has to chase after it again through the trees.
Another bite, the beast's strong hind legs kicked the trunk hard, the fragile trunk seemed to be unable to withstand the impact, and there was a crisp beep, and a crack appeared on it.
The trees in this forest are indeed very tall, basically growing to fifty meters, and the trunks close to the ground are very thick, and it takes at least three people to surround them, and the thicker ones require more people. As the height rises, the trunk becomes thinner and thinner, and the trunk that now falls at a height of thirty meters can be held by almost one person, and it is also thirty meters above, and these thick trees only stretch some branches on their trunks, that is to say, thirty meters of the fifty-meter trees are bare moss-covered trunks, and only the top twenty meters grow the important branches and leaves of these trees.
Falling watched the beast's attack as he ascended, but he didn't think it was possible for the beast to touch him in the air. In the face of the beast's attack, the fall was very flexible without hugging people, and a side turn dodged the beast's attack like a matador, but just as the fall was about to rise again, his right foot was entangled by the beast's tail.
This beast of prey is very large, and its weight is naturally not light. On the other hand, Luo's small body couldn't stand the weight at all, and he lost his balance directly in the air, and was carried away by the beast to another tree trunk.
"Ray!!" Luo, who was originally calm, also became flustered and called out Ray's name loudly.
Ray also realized that something was wrong, and he placed Betty behind a sturdy branch and immediately sped up and flew towards the fall. Betty, on the tree trunk, looked at the beast with a panicked expression, always thinking that she should do something.
The beast jumped onto the trunk of the tree and jumped directly from more than twenty meters to the ground, and the roots of the tree were also broken by the powerful impact. The hungry beast seemed to have lost patience, and instead of running away with Luo, it was ready to feast on the spot. It opened its bloody mouth, and the green liquid dripping from its red teeth. This green liquid is a neurotoxin that can directly cause the poisoned person to die of cardiac arrest, but this toxin is generally used to catch prey larger than their own body, and this indiscriminate use of venom shows that the beast has an almost crazy desire for prey.
At this time, both of its feet were tightly tied by its tail, and it lay on the ground unable to move, even if it vibrated its wings, it was useless. Looking at the beast that opened its mouth wide towards him, it seemed that his heartbeat had reached its limit, and it was as if he wanted to jump out of his body. In the air, Ray was still accelerating towards the beast, but he couldn't catch up. The beast bit directly at Luo, and Luo also subconsciously raised his hands to stop the beast's attack.
Betty in the tree watched all this, and her heart was in chaos, but seeing that her childhood friend was about to be attacked, or even about to die, there seemed to be a momentum in her heart, and a force appeared to calm her down a little. When Betty thought of having paid too much for herself and saved herself so many times, the thought of wanting to go out and save him became stronger, and the thought that if she did nothing and would die, that power became even stronger.
Betty seemed to have made up her mind, and she, who had always been timid, became calmer at this point. She jumped from a branch more than thirty meters high, and she wrote quickly in the air. This time she was going to unleash a spell that was a difficult one, and the specific effect was to swap positions with targets in her field of vision, and that beast was naturally her target. But this magic is still very difficult for Betty, not to mention that now the target is more than forty meters away from herself, and the difficulty of the exchange is even more difficult, Betty in order to increase the success rate of the magic launch, she did not hesitate to risk falling, jumping down from the tree and writing the spell in the air.
Betty in the air is very attentive, and her cute face shows the most serious expression so far. The moment the spell was activated, Betty's heart was very nervous, she closed her eyes tightly, and the desire for success in her heart made her subconsciously put her hands on her chest and pray, shouting her name.
The strong emotion in Betty's heart seemed to strengthen her, and in an instant she was surrounded by a beam of white light, and the last thing that landed on the ground was the beast that was about to enjoy a feast. The beast did not stop its movements because of its inertia, and it bit down, its teeth firmly embedded in the roots.
However, this magic is very difficult for Betty, no matter how much she enhances her magic, it is almost impossible to succeed 100%, and there will still be flaws.
Originally, Betty's remaining magic power was not enough to release this magic, but she still let it go and used a lot of magic to complete this magic, and Betty also lost consciousness at this time because of too much magic consumption.
Falling open to the blood demon eyes, staring at the beast biting at him, he subconsciously stretched out his hands to hold the beast's blood-red teeth. But suddenly, a bright light surrounded the beast, and in an instant, his immobile feet were also liberated. Next, a young girl appeared in the white light, seemingly unconscious.
Another flaw in Betty's magic, of course, can't be completely regarded as a flaw, because after all, it is the effect of this magic, and it is absolutely no problem in terms of effect to swap the position of herself and the target, because this time the magic Betty and the beast exchanged places, of course, excluding clothes.
Looking at the girl who suddenly appeared in front of him, the expression on his face changed dramatically, his eyes widened, his lips opened slightly, and he couldn't react for a while. At this time, Luo noticed his outstretched hands, but it seemed too late, and he was about to grab the beast's teeth, but then he touched Betty's chest with unmistakable precision.
A soft and warm touch transmitted directly from Luo's palm to his brain, and the heartbeat, which had been beating fast, seemed to exceed the limit, and the heart seemed to jump out of his chest.
However, Luo quickly calmed down, although it was very exciting just now.
Luo looked at the beast with its teeth embedded in the roots of the tree in the distance, and immediately picked up Betty, and after meeting with Ray in the air, he flew towards the top of the tree.
The beast on the ground was very anxious when it looked at the fleeing prey, and directly shook its head vigorously, skimmed one of its long teeth, and continued to chase them like crazy.