Ling Zhenfei and Ru Meng were still condensing spiritual energy, preparing to fight for their lives.

"I'll hold it off for a while, you run first," Ling Zhenfei communicated to Ru Meng using his Divine Sense.

Ru Meng looked at Ling Zhenfei and replied using Divine Sense, "No, you can't handle that Eagle alone, I can help you."

"The Eagle is too strong. If it catches us, none of us can escape. I have many life-saving items on me. I might not defeat it, but I can still escape."

Ru Meng obviously didn't want to leave him alone. She looked around and said, "Do you see the small grove nearby? Try to escape there and we can catch our breath."

Ling Zhenfei said, "Alright, as soon as we engage, you run there and wait for me."

"Last time with that Giant Python, you let me run first, and now you're doing it again. I can't leave you behind again," Ru Meng said seriously.

"Listen to me, if you can get out, then I can get out too. You being here will only distract me."

Ru Meng thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I will definitely repay you for this."

Just then, the Eagle suddenly began to flap its wings. With a mighty swing of its two large wings, a gust of wind arose around it, creating two small whirlwinds that picked up the surrounding dead branches and leaves, quickly forming two tornadoes.

Each tornado, over ten meters tall, charged toward Ling Zhenfei and Ru Meng from two different directions.

Ling Zhenfei was shocked and had not expected the Eagle to also master a spiritual energy technique, almost reaching the level of being enlightened.

The two tornadoes charged at them, quickly reaching in front of them, and Ling Zhenfei wasted no time and started to counter.

"Ru Meng, run fast, wait for me in the grove."

As he spoke, Ling Zhenfei controlled the orb of leaves, placing it directly in the path of the tornado attacking Ru Meng.

Bang!

The tornado was dissolved, scattering leaves everywhere. Ru Meng glanced at Ling Zhenfei and then ran toward the distant grove.

Meanwhile, the other tornado reached Ling Zhenfei, and he clenched his fists together, launching two punches from his Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists directly into the air, where his powerful spiritual energy significantly slowed the tornado's speed.

Due to the limitation of spiritual energy, the tornado's power diminished greatly, but the Eagle had already taken off towards Ru Meng with great speed.

Ling Zhenfei didn't know why the Eagle always targeted Ru Meng, but he used his fastest speed to place himself in front of her and unleashed two fierce punches at the Eagle.

The Eagle's claws, full of spiritual energy, showed no fear and collided fiercely with Ling Zhenfei's punches.

Bang!

Ling Zhenfei was sent flying by the impact.

The Eagle's strength was at least on the level of the Dawen Realm—significantly higher than Ling Zhenfei's Zhiyi Realm, by at least one major realm and five minor realms, a gap that was incomparable.

Even though Ling Zhenfei's Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists were powerful, they weren't enough to directly confront a much stronger opponent.

Seeing this, Ru Meng immediately stopped running and thought of coming back to save Ling Zhenfei.

"Don't come back. Run faster!" Ling Zhenfei shouted angrily.

"But!" Ru Meng from the official department was extremely worried about Ling Zhenfei's safety.

"There's no buts, run now!" Ling Zhenfei chided Ru Meng sternly.

Ru Meng hesitated for a moment but still ran towards the forest.

At that moment, the Eagle once again swooped toward Ling Zhenfei. Although the previous collision had sent Ling Zhenfei flying, the Eagle wasn't left unimpacted, which is why it attacked again.

Together with the Eagle came another tornado, both assaults aiming to kill Ling Zhenfei completely.

Ling Zhenfei, of course, could not just sit and wait for death; he condensed spiritual energy and pointed directly at the Eagle.

The power of Sky Piercing Finger was immense, but Ling Zhenfei lacked full confidence that it could stop the Eagle's attack—however, just slowing it a bit would be enough.

He struck the Eagle with Sky Piercing Finger and threw another punch towards the nearby tornado.

The Heaven-Splitting Ten Fists was tremendously powerful, its strong spiritual energy colliding with the tornado, instantly neutralizing the tornado's force; the tornado turned into ordinary threads of wind and dispersed into the air.

However, his Sky Piercing Finger did not threaten the Eagle. As Ling Zhenfei executed Sky Piercing Finger, the Eagle suddenly jutted its beak forward.

The Eagle's beak was sharp and hard. When Ling Zhenfei's Sky Piercing Finger struck it, it actually made a crisp metallic sound.

After being hit by Sky Piercing Finger, the Eagle merely paused, then continued to slash its talons towards Ling Zhenfei.

Ling Zhenfei was surprised, as he had no idea the Eagle's beak could be so hard. He had no choice but to dodge the approaching talons as best as he could.

But the Eagle's movements were incredibly fast, and Ling Zhenfei couldn't dodge in time, resulting in several scratches across his chest.

Ling Zhenfei didn't think much; he rolled to the side and started running towards the forest, simultaneously using the technique Plucking Leaves and Flying Flowers; dead branches and leaves rose around him and shot towards the Eagle.

At this moment, Ling Zhenfei was truly angered. Had his Sky Piercing Finger not delayed the Eagle's movements even slightly, the cuts on his chest would not have been just deep scratches; his chest might have been burst open.

He maximized the use of Plucking Leaves and Flying Flowers, each leaf carrying spiritual energy as he shot them towards the Eagle.

The leaves were quite powerful. Initially, the Eagle was fearless, but after being hit by so many leaves at once, it began to feel pain and quickly shielded itself with its large wings.

Those large wings were indeed hard. As Ling Zhenfei's controlled leaves hit them, they made a sound as if striking steel, which was shocking.

But at this moment, Ling Zhenfei smiled inwardly, knowing that he might not pose a real threat to the Eagle. His goal was just to hold it back and then run into the forest.

At that time, the Eagle seemed to have realized Ling Zhenfei's intentions; it flapped its wings, soared up, and dived at Ling Zhenfei once again from the air.

Now, Ling Zhenfei was very close to the forest. If just given a bit more time, he would be able to dash into the forest.

Inside the forest was the Eagle's weakness; the massive bird could not fit into the dense woods, so as soon as Ling Zhenfei entered the forest, he would be safe.

But of course, the Eagle wasn't about to let Ling Zhenfei escape so easily. As it dived at Ling Zhenfei, it flapped its wings, and several of its feathers separated from its wings, shooting towards Ling Zhenfei.

Although they were feathers, they were as hard as steel; flung with great speed from the wings, they flew towards Ling Zhenfei like bullets.

Ling Zhenfei heard the sound behind him, and his Divine Sense also locked onto the feathers, making him marvel internally.

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