Chapter 51: [Title at the end of the chapter]

The wind howled, cutting through the sky like invisible blades, as Tang Chun Xi tried to ignore the throbbing pain in his shoulder. The warm blood from her wound had already begun to dry from contact with the cold air from above, but every movement of the hawk that carried her reopen the wound, the pain she felt was relieved by the lunar energy.

Moments ago, when he saw that he was in this situation, she placed the little monkeys in his storage ring, so she could focus on escape, and without the risk of them getting into an accident.

She hoped, analyzing, trying to calculate the best way to escape.

'I can't afford to attack the bird, if I fall by accident during the fight, I'll die, not to mention these injuries, when I have the chance, I'll attack with talismans and hide in the ring.'

His only option was to wait until the hawks' fate and flee. She had barely realized with her wind-obstructed vision that their destination was the steep mountain ahead that extended to a great height. This would be your chance

But before she could prepare to act, the calm flight was abruptly interrupted.

An attack.

The sudden impact threw the hawk to the side, brutally sacking Tang Chun Xi, which instinctively grabbed the bird's claws even tighter so as not to be thrown into the air.

Pain exploded again in his shoulder. To be mitigated by your lunar energy shortly thereafter.

The birds' high-pitched screams resounded amidst the chaos, piercing their ears as the flock gathered. scattered in despair.

Tang Chun Xihe could barely see the attacker at first.

The strong wind cut into his face, his vision trembled with each sudden movement of the hawk that struggled to stabilize itself.

But a sound distorted and wrong filled the air around.

— ''Croac... croac..."

Something was wrong.

The other falcons did not attack immediately.

They just hovered around, circling like silent shadows as they watched the fight unfold.

She narrowed his eyes, forcing himself to see beyond the wind.

And then, she saw.

And something inside her stirred.

At first, the attacker seemed only another hawk.

But there was something terribly wrong with him.

Tang Chun XiHe felt his body stiffen, his muscles lock, his stomach twist.

This wasn't just a hawk.

'That nauseating feeling, that appearance, that behavior…' — she thought, seeing the signs present on him.

Your body should be covered by white and black feathers like other falcons. But now, its feathers were stained with dark, pulsating veins, as if something alive was crawling under the skin.

The veins they moved.

It was like blackened pus, spreading to every inch of the creature.

Tang Chun Xi had never seen anything like this before.

She had only heard stories.

Stories about corrupted beings. Creatures whose existence was unnatural, marked by a distorted energy, consumed by their desires, and darker thoughts .

But one thing was listen to stories.

Another completely different one was see with your own eyes.

The putrid stench of your aura made his stomach turn.

The creature's energy it did not pulse like a natural flow of Qi.

She was twisted, as if something were constantly struggling to escape from inside it.

Tang Chun Xihe couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity.

No because I knew that thing, but because...

Because it was something that didn't seem foreign to his deepest instinct.

His heart sped up, a chill running up his spine.

But there was no time to understand that now.

The corrupted didn't stop attacking.

The hawk that carried her tried desperately to defend himself, but it was being completely crushed by the chaotic aggression of the corrupted being.

Five hawks plunged into battle, attacking with everything they had.

Tang Chun Xi, seeing the situation, struggled to break free from the hawk's grasp. And after a few seconds she managed to narrowly escape being used as a buffer for the corrupted attack. And with effort he jumped on the back of another hawk that was attacking. Which made him stagger and leave the fight in several maneuvers.

Tang Chun Xi felt his breathing quicken. As she clung to the hawk with all the strength she could muster, as the lunar energy was guided to heal his injury.

As she struggled not to let go the battle between the birds and the corrupted beast continued.

The monster  didn't feel pain.

Even as the hawks' sharp claws struck him, ripping through his pulsing veins, he didn't hesitate, he didn't back down, he didn't show fear or survival instinct.

Just only anger directed at the hawk that had caught her earlier, even ignoring the attacks of the other hawks.

A fury uncontrolled that would not stop until it destroyed its source.

Every move it was a suicide attack.

This was the biggest problem of the corrupted.

They they did not fear death.

They were just desires, emotions and destruction in their purest form, strengthening as they caused pain, destruction, etc.

The fight continued, the seven hawks oscillating in altitude, diving and rising in a chaotic clash.

But Tang Chun Xi didn't need to look to know the outcome.

The hawk that had captured her her was losing.

The corrupted he was stronger, wilder, more resilient.

And then, it happened.

A fatal blow.

The corrupted one was stronger, wilder, more resilient.

He tore off one of the hawk's wings.

The hawk screamed... and began to fall.

The others seeing this intensified their attacks.

 But the corrupted feel no pain, no fear, no retreat.

Even when claws and beaks they tore his distorted flesh, he continued to advance.

Each of the hawks fought and defended against the reckless and chaotic attacks that came from him, and finally after great effort on their part, the fatal blow came.

The corrupted hawk had his head ripped off.

But he still moved.

For one horrible moment, even without a head, its body tried to continue attacking.

Only when your torso was torn apart in mid-air what he finally fell.

What was left fell towards the forest, and the other falcons They pounced on the remains, tearing everything apart until nothing was left.

Tang Chun Xi who managed to stabilize himself on the other hawk's back watched every piece of the creature being destroyed, your chest rising and falling with adrenaline.

The fight was over.

But the discomfort inside her caused by the creature still remained.

That feeling...

It wasn't the first time she felt something like this.

But... why?

Tang Chun Xi didn't have time to answer that question.

For the hawks returned to their course and they would soon land in their nests on the steep mountain 

Chapter 51: Corrupted Beast!