Chapter 519

If one flew high enough, one would see that although this small path winds and twists, it leads straight to the open ground before the Yashiro Commission.

Not long after walking along the path, suddenly, both of them heard a strange sound coming from the forest.

At first, the noise was not loud, and Jiang Yan thought it was merely the faint rustling of treetops.

But gradually, things began to go wrong.

Because this sound started to grow louder and louder.

Suddenly, a roar erupted from the ground; several large trees crashed down, and bursts of firelight ignited not far from where Jiang Yan and Little Ganyu stood.

Jiang Yan instinctively shielded Little Ganyu and the three little ones of Little Ningguang, and seven-colored light flared around his body.

"The firelight is still some distance from us; shall we go take a look?"

Little Ganyu asked Jiang Yan softly.

Jiang Yan pondered for a moment, then said to Little Ganyu:

"You wait here with Little Ningguang and the others; I will go check."

Afterwards, Jiang Yan raised his hand and set up a spatial barrier at the location of Little Ganyu and Little Ningguang, protecting the four of them.

"Boss, go ahead and rest assured."

At this moment, Apophis on Little Ningguang's wrist spoke up.

"With me here, no one can harm them."

Jiang Yan nodded; with Apophis present, he could indeed rest assured.

Even if the Seven Archons descended to cause trouble, Apophis would not be the least bit intimidated.

After all, it was one of the Seven Elemental Long Wangs.

Then, Jiang Yan stomped hard with his right foot and charged toward the direction of the firelight.

High in the sky, Jiang Yan's figure suddenly appeared.

His gaze turned toward the direction of the firelight, and he gazed intently.

Amidst the forest where firelight surged toward the sky, hysterical roars continuously rang out.

It was monsters!

No, besides the monsters, there seemed to be something else...

Jiang Yan narrowed his eyes.

He saw that near the cliff edge, a little girl with black wings sprouting from her back was locked in a struggle, fighting against more than a dozen monsters.

Seeing the black wings on the girl's back, a thought flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes.

He knew something about the yokai of Inazuma.

According to his memory, this little girl seemed to be from the Tengu clan.

Wait.

A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes.

The Tengu clan.

The cliff edge.

The little girl.

Could this be Kujou Sara?!

Jiang Yan vaguely remembered that Kujou Sara's background story introduction seemed to mention this.

When Kujou Sara was young, she once dueled with monsters.

Later, she was overwhelmed by hundreds of monsters, her wings were damaged, and she fell from the cliff.

During her fall, Kujou Sara accidentally awakened her Vision, which is why she was not injured.

Looking again at the little girl by the cliff, facing the assault of more than a dozen monsters, she already showed signs of exhaustion and impending defeat.

After all, more than a dozen monsters; even if this little girl was from the Tengu clan, she was ultimately just a child with limited stamina.

This situation must undoubtedly be Kujou Sara.

Just at this moment, those monsters seemed to launch a full-scale assault, roaring as they charged toward the little girl.

Not good!

Seeing this, seven-colored light around Jiang Yan's body suddenly surged, and his entire figure instantly vanished from the sky.

The girl was a descendant of the Tengu clan.

Having lived in this forest since childhood, she was exceptionally familiar with every blade of grass and tree here.

She had thought she would live carefree like this forever.

Until one day, these monsters, which had suddenly appeared at some unknown time, broke the tranquility of this forest.

More than a dozen monsters were like a black flood; the trees before them were as fragile as paper, unable to withstand a single blow.

Moreover, black-purple flames burned around these monsters; the surrounding trees, upon merely touching them, began to burn continuously.

To protect the peace of this forest, the young little girl decided without hesitation to stand up and oppose the monsters.

Endowed with the power of the Tengu, she could not stand idly by and watch the monsters recklessly destroy her home!

The girl's boldness granted her ample courage.

She darted and leaped through the forest, using the advantage of the dense woods to continuously launch attacks against that group of Clumsy monsters.

Although these arrows were like scratching to the monsters, causing no pain or harm.

Yet the girl persisted in drawing her bow and shooting arrows.

Because this was the only thing she could do.

But this kind of attack, in the face of the irritable monsters, was no different from provocation.

The monsters' offensive flood changed direction and began to launch an assault on the little girl.

Although the little girl dodged with all her might, she was still wounded.

She used her wings to fly into the sky, continuously launching guerrilla attacks against the demons.

But prolonged aerial combat inevitably exhausted the little girl's already meager stamina.

Before long, as one of the demons brought its claw down, the little girl tumbled to the ground.

Excruciating pain surged from her wings; upon her black wings, faint smoke rose, carrying a scent of burnt flesh.

The injury to her wings was undoubtedly adding frost to snow for the little girl.

Without the advantage of the sky, the girl could only fight while retreating.

Unknowingly, she had reached the edge of a cliff.

Behind the girl lay the precipice; with her size, falling would surely mean being shattered into pieces.

At this moment, the demons seemed to have had their fill of playing, roaring as they launched a final all-out assault on the little girl.

One of the demons opened its mouth, and a stream of dark purple flame sprayed toward the little girl.

The girl's expression changed; under the imminent danger, she forcibly spread her wings to dodge.

But the excruciating pain from her wings still made her half a beat too slow.

Although she avoided the fatal blow, her frail body could not withstand the shockwave from the flame ray, and she crashed heavily to the ground.

At this moment, the girl looked utterly wretched; her originally Bai Xi face was now covered in mud, and her already simple clothes were torn to shreds.

She shakily rose to her feet, despair flickering in her eyes.

Is it truly all over?

She could feel that her body had reached its limit.

Now, even the air she breathed felt like fire pouring into her lungs, pain causing her tears to flow uncontrollably.

At this moment, the demons had almost reached right in front of the girl.

"I thought I could protect this mountain forest..."

"It seems I am not capable of it..."

The girl murmured with a bitter smile.

It seems this is where it must end...

"Let it end here."

Just then, a clear voice reached the girl's ears from behind her.

The girl was just about to open her eyes when she was blinded by intense, seven-colored light.

Immediately, a fierce wind blew, accompanied by a violent roar.

The girl fell into a warm embrace.