Chapter 280: The terrifying Hundred-Eyed Demon Sheep

Under the snowy night, the depths of Red Wood Ridge were abnormally quiet.

A towering tree with a diameter of over twenty meters suddenly shook a few times.

Rustle......

The icicles on the tree branches fell down. With snow padding the ground, the sound made was not loud, but in the depths of this snow forest that was silent all year round, it was incomparably clear.

If one looked carefully at the top of that big tree, one would find a sheep-type cold beast with six horns and four limbs, with a body length of no more than two meters, crouching on the thickest tree branch, chewing on something.

The snow-white fur all over the cold beast's body hung down wantonly, and it was even faintly somewhat transparent, perfectly merging with the icicles hanging on the tree branches. Coupled with its small body size, if one didn't look carefully, one wouldn't be able to find it at all.

Rustle......

The big tree shook a few more times. This time, it was finally seen clearly: the reason the big tree shook was because that cold beast had changed its position. It was clearly eating some kind of plant on the tree, changing to the next position after finishing one.

The big tree alone had a diameter of fifteen meters, and its height was nearly two hundred meters.

It was hard to imagine that such a thick big tree would tremble because of a cold beast with such a tiny body size.

But the fact was just so!

After that cold beast changed to a position, it found a comfortable posture and began to eat again. The slight chewing sound was somewhat creepy under the silent snowy night.

Swish... swish... swish......

Suddenly, three sharp and piercing sounds of iron arrows breaking through the air sounded simultaneously.

Followed immediately by three "thud, thud, thud" sounds of iron arrows hitting the big tree.

"Roar......"

The cold beast that was eating on the tree let out an angry roar, turned into a white light, flew out from the treetop, and rushed straight toward another big tree over a hundred meters away on the left.

Whoosh!

That big tree also had a diameter of over ten meters, but in front of the white light turned into by the cold beast, it was incomparably fragile. It didn't even make the cracking sound of wood breaking; it was directly slashed in half at the waist.

"Scatter, the rest shoot arrows, Old Chen, come with me to entangle it!"

"Advanced Demon Sheep, it's a common Hundred-Eyed level one. Induce it to open its eyes first."

The big tree collapsed. At the treetop, nine black shadows quickly scattered and separated.

Peng Bo and Chen Yingyuan let out two angry roars one after another. The other seven people immediately understood and continued to scatter toward the surroundings, then quickly drew their bows and nocked arrows, shooting fiercely at the Demon Sheep.

Swish swish swish......

The iron arrows shot by the seven people almost all shimmered with silver light. Those who didn't know would think these arrows were made of white silver, but if one observed carefully, one would find that it was because there were too many forging patterns on them, a full hundred or so, that caused the silver visual sense.

"Except for the God-Arm Bow in the leader's hand, the strongest iron-tire bow the Weapon Refining Workshop can currently build only has a pulling force of three Zong. These seven are probably the bottom-of-the-box items of Mu Dong. I don't know if they can break through the skin-membrane of the advanced Demon Sheep."

In a corner of the big tree, Xu Ning fired three arrows in a row, his eyes full of expectation.

He was not the only one shooting arrows. After Luo Yuan, Chen Yingba, and the other six shot their arrows, their eyes also carried some expectation.

"They can't break through. The advanced Demon Sheep's physical power is over fifteen Zong, and its skin-membrane can easily defend against an impact force of ten Zong, 30% stronger than a Snow Mane. Your task now is to interfere, wait for Old Chen and me to induce it to open its eyes......"

Clang... clang... clang......

As if to verify Peng Bo's words, the iron arrows shot by Xu Ning, Luo Yuan, and the other seven just now, although they all hit the Demon Sheep accurately, not a single one could penetrate its flesh. They all fell off like hitting an iron wall.

Among them, one even hit the Demon Sheep's left eye, but it was also blocked the moment it closed its eye.

Swish......

Being blocked was secondary. Realizing that the iron arrows shot by the seven people around it posed no threat to it, the Demon Sheep's movements immediately became much bolder.

It pushed off the tree with its hind limbs, its body lunged forward, turned into a white light again, drew a snow-white straight blade in the snowy night, and slashed straight toward Peng Bo, who was closest to it.

Clang......

Peng Bo's movements were not slow. He first dodged to the side, then slashed diagonally with his ghost-head broadsword, trying to borrow the force of the Demon Sheep's collision to dodge this strike.

Unfortunately, he clearly underestimated the Demon Sheep's power.

Bang!

With that diagonal slash, the web between Peng Bo's thumb and index finger immediately cracked, the broadsword left his hand directly, and his body was like a kite with a broken string, flying backward for over a hundred meters.

The key was that the Demon Sheep was still butting against his waist flank.

Pfft......

The power is twice mine, nearly twenty Zong—how is this possible!

Peng Bo spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes full of disbelief, but immediately afterward, he realized something, and his expression changed drastically.

"This is a Demon Sheep that is about to break through to the Thousand-Eyed level. Retreat first!"

His hint was clearly a bit slow.

Chen Yingyuan, who was chasing from the big tree behind, was holding a spear with both hands, descending from the sky. Looking at the position the spear tip was aiming at, it was exactly the Demon Sheep's left eye on its forehead.

Chen Yingyuan had already heard Peng Bo's hint, but he had jumped down from the tree, and at this moment, even if he wanted to withdraw his force, he couldn't.

He could only grit his teeth and continue to stab down.

"Roar!"

That Demon Sheep suddenly shook its head, first butting Peng Bo away, then suddenly lowered its body again, looked up, and let out an angry roar. The six sharp horns on its forehead, which were shimmering with golden light, actually caught Chen Yingyuan's sharp spear incomparably accurately.

Ding......

Crack!

The collision of the spear tip and the golden horn, needle-point against wheat-mang, although the sound was not loud, Chen Yingyuan's hands made an extremely crisp cracking sound.

That was the sound of bones breaking.

"Run!"

Just like Peng Bo just now, Chen Yingyuan's expression also changed. He didn't even have time to care that he was still being stared at by the Demon Sheep, directly turned his head, and shouted to Luo Yuan, Xu Ning, and the other seven who were rushing toward this side, signaling them to run.

Whether Luo Yuan and the other seven ran, Chen Yingyuan didn't know, but he certainly couldn't run away at this moment.

That Demon Sheep, after butting away his long spear, didn't let go, pushed off the ground, intercepted him in mid-air, and then followed with a fierce collision, butting Chen Yingyuan's body toward Peng Bo.

Peng Bo's waist had already been hit by the Demon Sheep into a large hole, his injuries were not light, and he was staggering and fleeing forward, not having time to look behind him at all.

Bang!

Chen Yingyuan's body hit Peng Bo directly. Although he had withdrawn quite a bit of force when he hit him, he still solidly hit Peng Bo flying.

Fortunately, he used his hand to pull Peng Bo and neutralized most of the force; otherwise, if he had hit him like this, Peng Bo's injuries would have worsened, and he himself wouldn't have been able to end up well.

This Demon Sheep could actually hit two with one strike; it didn't want to let go of either of them.

Whoosh......

"Run!"

Chen Yingyuan, who still had some strength left, sensed the Demon Sheep rushing over again, pushed Peng Bo away to the right, and he himself dodged to the left.

By rights, Chen Yingyuan's reaction was not slow, but he couldn't stand the fact that the Demon Sheep's speed was really too fast.

The waists of the two were pierced by the sharp horns on both sides of the Demon Sheep, actually hanging on them.

"It's over. If I had known, I wouldn't have been so arrogant."

A trace of grayness flashed across Chen Yingyuan's eyes, and his heart trembled fiercely;

Peng Bo pulled out his ghost-head broadsword and slashed fiercely at the Demon Sheep's sharp horns, trying to deter it. After realizing that it was a drop in the bucket and useless, his expression also dimmed a lot.

Swish swish swish......

A series of galloping iron arrows attacked from behind. Realizing that Luo Yuan and the other seven hadn't abandoned them but had followed, a trace of hope rose on the faces of the two, Chen and Peng.

But this trace of hope was immediately shattered.

The Demon Sheep didn't dodge at all. While continuing to rush forward with the two hanging on it, its two eyes on its forehead suddenly burst open.

Swish......

Inside the two pure golden vertical pupils, two golden lights burst out respectively.

That golden light carried a sharp aura, tearing through the snowy night, almost illuminating the space of several meters around, and shot toward the glabella of the two, Chen and Peng, respectively.

"Block!"

The two, Chen and Peng, didn't sit and wait for death but frantically turned their heads to dodge.

It was just a pity that their waists were pierced, and the space their heads could move was extremely limited. Although they dodged the glabella dangerously, a large piece of flesh on one side of their foreheads was still pierced by the golden light, and a large piece of scalp was directly torn off, blood immediately covering their faces.

Pfft!

"Roar......"

Violent pain entered their brains. Before the two, Chen and Peng, had time to think of a way to pull away and escape, they suddenly heard the Demon Sheep's painful angry roar. Looking down, joy immediately appeared on both their faces.

"Run quickly!"

It was Xu Ning.

Xu Ning had actually run to this side one step ahead of the others. Taking advantage of the gap when the Demon Sheep just opened its eyes, he pierced its left eye with one arrow.

Such an excellent opportunity to pull away, the two, Chen and Peng, naturally wouldn't hesitate. They kicked the Demon Sheep's head fiercely, endured the pain, pulled away, and quickly fled.

However, the waist injuries of the two were too severe, and they couldn't be fast at all.

"Roar!"

The Demon Sheep, which had been shot in the left eye by Xu Ning, clearly didn't intend to let them escape either.

Zoom!

The Demon Sheep erupted with speed and impact power even more terrifying than just now, almost instantly catching up to the two. The terrifying impact directly knocked the two down together, followed by a series of crazy trampling.

Bang bang bang bang......

"Roar!"

While trampling crazily, the Demon Sheep's angry roar didn't stop either. Its originally two-meter-long body also rapidly expanded and grew larger in the angry roars. In just over ten breaths, it turned into a behemoth nearly twenty meters long.

"This is the Demon Sheep's combat form, the same as that Snow Mane in Jinggu!"

Yue Feng behind flashed this thought in his mind, quickly nocked an arrow, and shot fiercely at the Demon Sheep's right eye; not only him, but Luo Yuan, Chen Yingba, Wu Tianxing, and the other six were also the same, all trying to use bows to relieve Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo.

However, after the Demon Sheep's body size became larger, the difficulty of relieving them also increased accordingly.

They couldn't see the two, Chen and Peng, who were being pressed under the Demon Sheep at all, and they couldn't break through the Demon Sheep's skin-membrane, so how could they talk about relieving the two?

What was even more fatal was that this Demon Sheep, after being shot through its left eye, was even more vigilant and defensive against them. It always kept its head down, and even if it looked up, it would close its right eye, not giving them a chance at all.

"It clearly closed its eyes, how does it not affect the battle?"

Xu Ning flashed this thought in his mind. Recalling the characteristics of the Demon Sheep, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind. Turning his head to see a big tree beside him, he quickly climbed up.

Bang bang bang......

The Demon Sheep's trampling was still continuing. Everyone saw the two, Chen and Peng, struggling and dodging crazily under its feet, their faces full of impatience.

"Can't watch Big Brother die, I'm going to save him!"

Chen Yingba was the first to be unable to sit still. Chen Yingyuan was his own elder brother, so he naturally couldn't sit idly by. He directly pulled out his broadsword and rushed over, jumping onto the Demon Sheep's back without thinking, and slashed fiercely at its neck.

It was just a pity that, as Peng Bo had said just now, none of them could break through this Demon Sheep's skin-membrane.

Just as Peng Bo said, Chen Yingba's move was useless at all.

The Demon Sheep just shook its head casually and threw him away.

Throwing him away wasn't the end. A golden light suddenly shot out from the Demon Sheep's back, galloping toward Chen Yingba.

Pfft!

In the gap when the golden light flew over, Chen Yingba blocked horizontally with his broadsword and turned around fiercely to dodge.

Although his clothes were torn, he finally dodged it.

What was the sound just now?

Chen Yingba turned his head to look at the Demon Sheep's back, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

On the Demon Sheep's back, there was actually a silver iron arrow stuck.

It was Xu Ning again!

When the Demon Sheep tried to kill him just now, Xu Ning on the tree made a move again.

He pierced one of the Demon Sheep's eyes that was open with one arrow.

"Climb the tree! No wonder it doesn't affect the battle even when it closes its eyes just now. It has many eyes on its back that will open from time to time to observe. There is a chance on the tree. Wu Tianxing, you continue to entangle it and relieve Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo!"

Xu Ning on the tree shouted angrily. Luo Yuan and the others immediately reacted and all climbed up the few big trees around.

Wu Tianxing's face flashed a trace of fear, but gritting his teeth, he still raised his broadsword and rushed over.

The Demon Sheep's nearly thirty-meter body, under crazy trampling, had long since swept away the snow on the ground. The bare earth appeared with several sinkholes. Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo were dodging crazily inside, clearly very exhausted.

The dodging of the two was more about avoiding fatal positions. Wanting to completely dodge the Demon Sheep's trampling without getting hurt at all was basically impossible.

"It won't work. This Demon Sheep also sees our intention and doesn't give a chance."

"This evil beast is too smart."

"Wu Tianxing's strength can't threaten it; it's focused on killing."

"Big Brother, dodge quickly."

However, when there were many people on the big tree, the Demon Sheep didn't make a killing move.

Seeing its body suddenly freeze, looking down at the two, Chen and Peng, below, everyone immediately knew its plan. They shouted in surprise, hinting to the two, Chen and Peng, below to find a chance to escape.

Nine Cold-Resisting level members, four late Cold-Resisting stage, two with nearly nine Zong of power—facing an advanced Demon Sheep, they were so powerless, and there was even a possibility of being killed.

In an instant, whether it was Xu Ning and Luo Yuan and others on the big tree, or Chen Yingyuan and Peng Bo who were hanging by a thread, all were dazed for a moment.

Bang!

The Demon Sheep raised its two feet high and suddenly stepped down.

A loud sound erupted. With the Demon Sheep's two feet as the core, a horizontal air shockwave flew out.

Boom......

The shockwave flew out, and the big trees within a radius of five or six hundred meters all froze fiercely.

Immediately after, an incomparably shocking scene appeared.

The big trees within a radius of over a mile were all slashed in half at the waist from the bottom.

That shockwave actually shook these big trees with a diameter of about twenty meters until they broke.

"Gulp......"

Xu Ning swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Sensing that the big tree under his feet was breaking, he hurriedly put away the shock in his heart and jumped up toward the snow on the side.

Just like him, the other five people, including Luo Yuan on the big trees, also jumped off the big trees to dodge.

Even Wu Tianxing, who had been entangling the Demon Sheep, was shocked by the scene before his eyes and couldn't speak, retreating wildly.

But at the moment everyone was dodging.

That Demon Sheep moved!

Its back, abdomen, forehead, including its tail—every muscle all over its body moved.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 281 =====