“Tie Ta, are you alright?” Jian Chen asked in concern.
Tie Ta shook his head. He let out a long breath, and spoke in a muffled voice, “I’m fine, but the heat really got me; it was difficult to endure.”
“As long as you’re fine.” Jian Chen sighed in relief. When he saw that Tie Ta was engulfed in flames, Jian Chen had honestly felt quite concerned for Tie Ta’s well-being.
Suddenly, Jian Chen’s eyes hardened as he turned back to look at the lush tree. His eyes gleamed as his mouth also rose up to show a hint of a smile.
“Hong! Hong! Hong!”
The ground began to shake again as the Flaming Cloud Beast stamped towards Jian Chen. With each step it took, the earth trembled. The Flaming Cloud Beast kept breathing fire out of its mouth, almost as if it was excited.
Tie Ta’s face hardened as he stared at the approaching Flaming Cloud Beast, “Changyang Xiang Tian, this guy’s skin is fairly tough. How do we go about killing him?”
Jian Chen also looked at the beast with a grave face, “The Flaming Cloud Beast’s body is entirely covered by a strong layer of skin. Unless we reach the level of Saints, our weapons will barely be able to slice apart its pelt. At the moment, our only chance is to attack through the Flaming Cloud Beast’s eyes to stab its brain.”
As Jian Chen trailed off, the Flaming Cloud Beast roared, and opened up its jaws to release another serpent fire.
Jian Chen and Tie Ta both dove towards the side to dodge it. Jian Chen tightly clenched the iron rod, as he cried out, “Tie Ta, distract it for me!”
“Don’t worry, leave it to me!” Tie Ta picked up a nearby rock and threw it at the Flaming Cloud Beast, and ran towards the opposite direction.
The rock twirled in midair before hitting the Flaming Cloud Beast precisely on the spot where Tie Ta had broke off the tusk.
Since the spot was still tender for the Flaming Cloud Beast, its eyes turned red with bloodlust as it began to breath fire at Tie Ta once more.
Jian Chen watched as Tie Ta distracted the Flaming Cloud Beast. He gripped the iron rod so hard that it had began to deform. Quickly running forward, he dashed towards the head of the Flaming Cloud Beast.
Jian Chen’s speed was fairly fast. As he dashed across the ground, the grass around him swayed from the rapid air currents, which made him seem like he was flying.