"Snow Leopard, Snow Leopard."
In the mountain forest, a rough male voice echoed continuously.
However, it did not receive a response.
A moment later, the male voice sounded again, but this time it changed its address.
"Peony, Pe..."
"Shut up!"
A white shadow appeared from the mountain forest, its proud beastly face showing obvious annoyance.
Every time it heard the name Peony, it would recall those unbearable years.
"Will you show up if I don't call you Peony?" the Four-winged Blood Horse mumbled easily.
"Pomegranate, Pomegranate, P..."
The Snow Leopard snorted and suddenly repeated another name.
The Four-winged Blood Horse shivered fiercely, "Stop!"
Hearing this name still made the Four-winged Blood Horse feel extremely ashamed.
"Speak, what do you want?"
The Snow Leopard and the Four-winged Blood Horse became friends due to their past experiences, and later found the same mountain forest as their habitat.
However, as the two demon beasts had different living habits, they did not interact closely, only visiting each other occasionally.
It had only been ten days since their last meeting. According to the previous pattern, the next meeting should have been in a month. This time, it was several days earlier, so the Snow Leopard knew that something had happened.
The Four-winged Blood Horse sighed deeply, its wings on its back fluttering gently.
"The Nascent Soul Great Demon I told you about last time has come to me again. It wants me to join their ranks."
Upon hearing this, the Snow Leopard's expression darkened, and it immediately understood the Four-winged Blood Horse's intention in seeking it out.
It asked, "What are your thoughts?"
"Of course, I don't want to. I received many favors from those two people back then, and I'm not interested in occupying the Nine Provinces Continent."
The Four-winged Blood Horse originally lived in the Myriad Demon Ridge, outside Shenzhou.
It had a rough understanding of the situation in the Nine Provinces Continent. It felt it was safer to stay in the demon beast stronghold than to venture out.
Moreover, what if it encountered those two humans outside? How embarrassing would that be for it?
"However, that Great Demon's attitude is very strong. If I don't agree, I'm afraid they won't let it go."
This was what troubled the Four-winged Blood Horse the most.
If it didn't agree, its life would be threatened.
"How about I move in with you?"
The Four-winged Blood Horse looked at the Snow Leopard expectantly.
The Snow Leopard had greater talent and was already a Nascent Soul stage demon beast. With it around, that Great Demon wouldn't dare to threaten it anymore.
The Four-winged Blood Horse had already planned to set up its new den below the Snow Leopard's den.
Then it saw the Snow Leopard gently shake its head.
The Four-winged Blood Horse was stunned and asked, "Why not?"
Had their friendship long since broken without them realizing it?
The Four-winged Blood Horse immediately showed a hurt expression.
The Snow Leopard: ...
"It's not safe for me here anymore either."
If even the Four-winged Blood Horse was asked to pick a side, how could it escape?
The one looking for it was another Nascent Soul Great Demon with a higher cultivation.
The Snow Leopard had been dealing with that opponent these past few days, which was why it was late for their scheduled meeting.
"Ah, what should we do?" The Four-winged Blood Horse fidgeted on the spot in anxiety.
After a moment, its eyes lit up, it raised its beastly head, and said excitedly, "Let's run away and find a new place to settle down."
The Snow Leopard had initially wanted to say that the entire Shenzhou was now involved in this turmoil, and there was no safe place to go.
But then it thought that within Shenzhou, not all demon beasts were willing to participate in the conflict between humans and demons.
They could seek refuge with a Great Demon that advocated peace and survive under its protection, thus no longer having to worry about being forced to choose sides by other demon beasts.
"Let's go."
The Snow Leopard made a decisive move and turned to run deep into the mountain forest.
"Ah, but I haven't gone back to pack my treasures yet."
The Four-winged Blood Horse was dumbfounded. It had only intended to probe the Snow Leopard's opinion this time, but it hadn't had time to prepare anything, and all its belongings were still in its den.
"Never mind, forget it all." The Snow Leopard stopped, turned, and looked coldly at the Four-winged Blood Horse, "If you go back, you won't be able to leave."
The Four-winged Blood Horse's pupils contracted. It stamped its hooves, spread its wings, and followed the Snow Leopard.
It knew the difference between its life and its treasures.
The Snow Leopard and the Four-winged Blood Horse both believed that if they left now, they could escape this disaster.
Therefore, when they discovered the two Great Demons pursuing them from behind, their expressions instantly turned extremely grim.
"Snow Leopard, they're catching up."
The Four-winged Blood Horse's voice trembled, but its wings flapped faster and faster, leaving only an afterimage.
"Don't look back, run, just run!"
The Snow Leopard recognized the two Great Demons as the ones who had asked them to choose sides.
It seemed that the opponents had been watching them for a long time, just waiting for them to make their decision.
Now that they knew their stance, they had unhesitatingly given chase.
The speed of the Nascent Soul Great Demons was far superior to that of the Four-winged Blood Horse. Even though the Four-winged Blood Horse's wings were flapping so fast they seemed to be on fire, the distance between them continued to shrink.
The Four-winged Blood Horse showed despair, "Snow Leopard, our brotherhood can only meet again in the next life."
The Snow Leopard almost stumbled because of the Four-winged Blood Horse's words.
"You still have the mood for nonsense, focus!"
The Snow Leopard knew the situation was not optimistic but still spoke words of encouragement.
"I really can't go on." The Four-winged Blood Horse's speed gradually slowed down due to lack of stamina, "Thinking back, the happiest times were when I was with those two humans."
The Four-winged Blood Horse's eyes showed a look of reminiscence.
At first, it had been captured by that human, and it had always thought of seizing an opportunity when the human wasn't paying attention to throw the human off and then kick the human's head in with its hooves.
But later, it didn't know when it started to feel that those two humans were not bad, and they didn't forget to share something with it.
Later on, the Snow Leopard, its fellow unfortunate brother, arrived. They stole spiritual fruits together in the Myriad Demon Ridge, escaped together, and it was much more enjoyable than living alone now.
At this moment, it had to admit that it missed those two humans.
"Caw caw, Four-winged Blood Horse, die for me!"
A lightning bolt suddenly shot out from behind, heading straight for the Four-winged Blood Horse.
The Four-winged Blood Horse hurriedly dodged to the right, only to see the lightning bolt also change direction and continue to pursue it.
Just as it widened its eyes in despair, waiting for the lightning to strike, a powerful force struck it, knocking it away from its original position.
As the Four-winged Blood Horse tumbled on the ground, it finally saw that it was the Snow Leopard that had knocked it away.
However, the Snow Leopard, which could have abandoned it and fled alone, had delayed the best time by stopping to save it.
Now the two Great Demons were closing in on them.
They could not escape.
"Peony, why are you so foolish!"
In a moment of desperation, the Four-winged Blood Horse subconsciously called out the Snow Leopard's alias.
"Shut up!"
The Snow Leopard was almost driven mad by the Four-winged Blood Horse.
"Peony? Hahahaha!"
"Hahahaha, what a terrible name, it sounds so awful!"
The demon beasts had keen senses, and the Four-winged Blood Horse's voice was heard by the two Great Demons, who immediately burst into earth-shattering laughter.
A flash of embarrassment flickered in the Snow Leopard's beastly eyes, but due to the disparity in strength, it could not show it, and it was so angry that it almost suffered internal injuries.
"Why do I think this name sounds wonderful? Peony, Pomegranate, what do you think?"