Of course, Jiu Baiyun could also feel the stimulation coming from his tailbone, but because he was using demon power, the fox tail that popped out was impossible for him to suppress.
Fortunately, with the clothes covering it, Su Zhiyun and A Ran wouldn’t immediately see what it was.
However, this suddenly bulging softness was difficult for Jiu Baiyun to control, and it kept writhing inside his clothes, soon touching Xiao Mu who was lying on his back.
This made Xiao Mu’s body stiffen, but after instinctively turning her head to look down, she curiously reached out and poked it.
This poke instantly made Jiu Baiyun’s body stiffen violently, as if struck by an electric current, and a suppressed grunt escaped from his throat.
“Mmh!”
This indescribable sensation of electricity, mixed with intense stimulation and tingling numbness, instantly exploded from the point of contact and shot up along his spine straight to Jiu Baiyun’s crown.
The sudden violent tremor made all the muscles in his body tighten and lose control in an instant, and the spiritual energy and demon power that had been barely maintaining balance inside him suddenly fluctuated.
This also caused the flight trajectory under Jiu Baiyun’s feet to distort instantly.
“Ah——!”
“Big Brother Jiu?!”
“Careful!”
Xiao Mu on his back, as well as Su Zhiyun and A Ran who were wrapped in spiritual energy, all let out startled cries.
And the wrapping spiritual energy jolted at this moment, nearly on the verge of dispersing.
The violent shaking made everyone’s hearts rise at the same time.
But fortunately, Jiu Baiyun quickly reacted.
“Mmh…!”
A suppressed grunt, accompanied by bulging veins on his forehead, he forcibly suppressed the sensation of electric current and tingling numbness triggered by the touch that had almost destroyed his control.
The originally skewed flight trajectory under his feet was forcibly straightened by brute force, and the thin airflow wrapping Su Zhiyun and A Ran flickered violently several times before finally stabilizing by a hair’s breadth without dispersing.
“Huff…”
Jiu Baiyun panted rapidly.
Cold sweat instantly soaked his back, and his heart pounded as if it would burst out.
That last move nearly sent everyone crashing down headfirst!
Xiao Mu on his back was startled.
She yanked her hand back, her small face pale, and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.
She lowered her head to look at the place she had curiously poked just now—the unnatural bulge under the clothes on Jiu Baiyun’s back, still trembling slightly.
Thinking of Jiu Baiyun’s intense reaction, a terrible thought instantly struck her.
‘Is… is it a wound? Did I poke Brother Baiyun’s wound?’
Overwhelming guilt and panic instantly flooded Xiao Mu.
“S…Sorry… Brother Baiyun… I… I didn’t mean to…”
Xiao Mu’s voice was very small.
If Xiao Mu wasn’t right on Jiu Baiyun’s back, he might not have heard it.
“It’s… it’s okay! Hold tight to my shoulders! Don’t touch the back! And don’t let go!”
His warning made Xiao Mu immediately pull back her hand, gripping the clothes on Jiu Baiyun’s shoulder tightly, not daring to move anymore.
After stabilizing, Su Zhiyun also became somewhat curious about the bulging lump behind Jiu Baiyun.
Why would being touched there cause such a strong reaction?
However, compared to this, Su Zhiyun was more worried about what was ahead.
“Jiu Baiyun! Ahead!!”
Ahead, that eerie flock of mountain sparrows was already close at hand.
They were like a school of piranhas scenting blood, converging and circling at an astonishing speed, forming a moving barrier that blotted out the sky, made of countless gray wings and scarlet eyes, completely blocking their way forward.
The dense, scalp-tingling “chirping” sounds made Su Zhiyun’s own scalp crawl even more.
Among the four of them, only Jiu Baiyun had some cultivation; the other three were ordinary people.
Being touched by these sparrows would be deadly!
Su Zhiyun’s eyes were fixed firmly ahead.
At this moment, she could only pray that Jiu Baiyun would be up to the task.
After hearing Su Zhiyun’s shout, Jiu Baiyun’s gaze also locked onto the “wall” ahead, made of countless gray wings, surging and closing in.
The waves of “chirping” from the sparrow flock were like countless tiny saw blades cutting through the air, and also cutting through their taut nerves.
To break through, it seemed the only option was to reduce the impact area…
Gritting his teeth, Jiu Baiyun didn’t hesitate at all.
He immediately guided his spiritual energy to gather Su Zhiyun and A Ran close to him, then drastically contracted the wrapping spiritual energy.
The golden spiritual energy mixed with flecks of azure blue instantly spun sharply the moment Su Zhiyun and A Ran gathered close, and then formed a sphere.
Like a protective shield, it enveloped all four of them inside.
“Yao Hu, what do you think our chances of breaking out are?”
Hearing Jiu Baiyun’s question that was as foolish as an idiot’s, the Yao Fox Demon Venerable immediately said irritably: “If you’re still unwilling to add more demon power, with the strength of this spiritual barrier, I estimate you won’t last half a minute.”
After a pause, the Yao Fox Demon Venerable transmitted all his perception to Jiu Baiyun.
“See for yourself. The number of these sparrows is several times greater than you think!”
For now, the Yao Fox Demon Venerable saw no possibility of forcefully breaking out with these three mortals.
“Then we don’t have to force our way through!”
In response to the Yao Fox Demon Venerable’s cold water, Jiu Baiyun didn’t show any seriousness or hesitation; instead, he smiled slightly.
“Hm? What do you mean?”
This smile from Jiu Baiyun left the Yao Fox Demon Venerable somewhat confused.
“Don’t you remember? After all, the Grand Fox Lord is the recognized champion of running away!”
“You! Do you believe I…”
Before the Yao Fox Demon Venerable could finish his words, Jiu Baiyun directly blocked him, and then azure flame burst out from his palm again.
No matter what creature, even if controlled by someone, it requires a specific direction of perception.
Perception can be divided into many types: visual perception, tactile perception, psychological perception, etc.
Disrupting one might not achieve the effect, but if all are disrupted, no one can lock onto the enemy.
And maintaining formation?
That’s even more impossible.
This ability, which costs very little but is extremely nasty, is both sought after and despised throughout the cultivation world.
Jiu Baiyun himself had been ambushed by the Yao Fox Demon Venerable with this trick many times.
Every time he came to his senses, he would inexplicably attract some terrifying entities.
Although at the time he wasn’t unable to fight them, it gave the Yao Fox Demon Venerable ample time to escape.
Jiu Baiyun couldn’t say he didn’t hate this ability, but now that he was about to use it himself, he felt a complicated and subtle feeling in his heart.
What’s that saying again?
In the end, he had become the person he hated most.
Seeing that no matter how he cursed, Jiu Baiyun had no reaction, the Yao Fox Demon Venerable understood without thinking: this guy had blocked him again!
So he was being treated like a tool to be used when needed and discarded when not needed, huh!?
But the Yao Fox Demon Venerable soon calmed down and looked at the flock of mountain sparrows about to collide head-on.
Although the numbers were a bit large, that ability only needed to target the sparrows within a small range to make this “wall” collapse.
At that time, chaotic attacks would be much easier to withstand than this.
He himself hadn’t thought of it yet, but Jiu Baiyun had thought of it first.
When did this guy’s brain become so sharp?