"Hmph! What exactly are you two up to?"
Baihu's adorable face immediately showed displeasure; her perception was already unleashed, and she hadn't sensed any existence that threatened her, so she thought Phoenix and Chimi might be playing a trick on her!
Facing Baihu's dissatisfied inquiry, Phoenix and Chimi didn't answer, merely silently counting three in their hearts…
1…
2…
3…
Three seconds later, several mysterious black rods directly pierced through various vital parts of Baihu's body, causing her to immediately fall from the sky to the ground. Trapped by the interference and control of the black rods, she instantly lost control of her body, completely prostrated on the ground like a lamb to the slaughter…
Phoenix looked at Baihu's miserable state, a hint of sympathy appearing on her bird-like face. She was a 'veteran' after all; the power of those mysterious black rods was truly bizarre and terrifying…
Prostrated on the ground, Baihu tried to communicate with the surrounding natural energy but found nothing. Not even the energy stored within her body could be mobilized in the slightest. This made her feel uneasy and filled her with endless rage!
As the 'Darling of the Sky' in charge of wind and Space-Time Transportation, she had never been so humiliated since she gained sentience!
Especially prostrating in such a humiliating posture, it even dirtied her pristine white fur!
"Firebird! Was it you who ambushed me?"
Baihu roared at Phoenix, but her loli-like voice didn't convey any anger; instead, it gave one the illusion of a spoiled whine.
"It wasn't me. You should know what my ability is. I can't use that thing."
Phoenix shook her head, then added, "Oh, by the way, my name is 'Phoenix' now."
Baihu didn't care what Phoenix was called; she only wanted to shred the guy who ambushed her with wind blades and then throw him into an unknown Space-Time turbulence!
"Little monster, so that means it was you who ambushed me?!"
Baihu laboriously turned her head to look at Chimi elsewhere, speaking to it in a contemptuous tone. Although she used an interrogative tone, Baihu had already definitively labeled it in her heart.
After all, there were only the three of them nearby. It wasn't herself, nor was it Phoenix, so the person who ambushed her was obvious!
Chimi didn't dare to speak, dry-mouthed. Facing demons of Phoenix and Baihu's caliber, he was indeed a 'junior'. Given the recent precedent with Phoenix, he felt it was better to keep his mouth shut, lest she use it as an excuse to 'put him in his place' once she regained her freedom…
"Cough, cough…"
At this moment, a coughing sound came out, and then Baihu saw a 'person' abruptly appear before her, as if out of thin air.
Because she was prostrated, and it was difficult to lift her head, she could only clearly see Ketsuna by rolling her eyes.
The 'person' before her had pale skin and pale hair, with a strange long, curved horn on his head, starting from the corner of his left eyebrow and ending at his right temple, looking from afar as if he was wearing a 'crown'!
The unique pure white eyes and golden cross-shaped pupils in his eye sockets gave her a sense of pressure from the depths of her soul…
"Do you want to live?"
Ketsuna slowly squatted down, then smiled at Baihu. To the latter, this smile seemed like the sinister grin of a demon from the abyss!
"Ah—"
So, the next moment, Baihu immediately let out a piercing loli roar, her sharp voice seeming to pierce eardrums and go straight into the brain.
"Shut up!"
Ketsuna frowned as he looked at Baihu, angrily scolding her. At the same time, the pressure from his pupil power directly fell on her, making her instantly shut her mouth. Her pair of watery tiger eyes stared at Ketsuna, as if tears were about to flow out the next moment.
It was no wonder Baihu was like this. She wasn't very old, and her own abilities were very strong, belonging to the type that couldn't be defeated but could definitely escape. This also led to her personality always being very bold and curious about everything, because her abilities would prevent her from suffering any harm. Naturally, she also didn't know what fear was…
Now, being so easily subdued by Ketsuna, coupled with his 'not to be trifled with' appearance, immediately frightened Baihu, this 'little friend'. Therefore, her previous 'Ah' was merely an instinctive reaction to extreme fright…
"…"
Looking at the loli Baihu who was about to cry, Ketsuna was speechless. Why were all the demons he encountered so 'weird'?
No, it seemed only Phoenix was somewhat normal!
Thinking of this, Ketsuna glanced at Chimi again. The latter immediately met his gaze with a fawning, ugly face…
He averted his gaze from Chimi's idiotic face, then, without a word, used the same method to leave a countermeasure in Baihu's head, and then retracted the black rods from her body.
"Phoenix, heal her."
Ketsuna glanced at the timid Baihu who dared not speak, and said impatiently.
"Yes, Master!"
Phoenix nodded, then, under Baihu's astonished gaze, attached the Flame of Life to her body to heal her injuries. Instantly, the wounds on her body, which had been pierced by those black rods, recovered at a visible speed, as if she had not suffered any penetrating injuries at all.
"Phoenix, you… you call him Master?"
While Phoenix was healing her, Baihu spoke softly, still looking at Ketsuna with a fearful expression.
"Mm."
Phoenix nodded, then spoke faintly to Baihu: "You will also call him Master from now on, if you don't want to die…"
"…Master!"
Upon hearing this, Baihu's adorable head instinctively recoiled, then she immediately called out to Ketsuna. This scene made Ketsuna smile wryly; he really hadn't expected to subdue such an obedient demon so easily, and her intelligence also seemed a bit worrying. He truly didn't know if taking her under his wing was the right choice…
"Mm."
Ketsuna met Baihu's watery tiger eyes, and he lightly 'mm'-ed, considering it a response to Baihu.
Then, Ketsuna directly opened a black-red Space-Time Transportation portal behind him and entered it without a greeting. Chimi, seeing this, also immediately scurried in after him. Phoenix said nothing more, merely giving Baihu a faint glance before following closely behind.
Baihu shook her adorable big head, her watery tiger eyes full of curiosity. Her original fear and apprehension had greatly diminished due to the sudden appearance of this black-red Space-Time Transportation portal…
Then, the next moment, she leaped without hesitation, directly entering the Space-Time Transportation portal…