"Brother Cheng Feng, although you have no combat power for now, I just love your cleverness," Yaoyao said charmingly.
"Of course, you chose me, so you can't be wrong," I replied.
After some mutual flattery, Yaoyao took the lead. Grabbing the eagle demon's giant claws, she descended from the rooftop. The hospital's main building was 22 stories high, but Yaoyao, perhaps to save time, only descended to about the tenth floor before letting go. Using her own agility, she landed. It was a hard landing, with no roll to dissipate the force. I don't know how she managed it.
The deer demon said she would cover our retreat, telling Bingbing and me to go down first. Although the eagle demon had a wingspan of over four meters and was enormous, I worried that if she carried me after carrying me, she might not have enough strength to return to the rooftop. So, I let Bingbing go first. Bingbing, a professional extreme athlete, wasn't afraid of heights. She also grabbed the eagle demon's claws and glided to the ground.
The eagle demon circled back to the rooftop. I, however, didn't dare to do what Yaoyao and Bingbing did, fearing I might slip.
"...Um, can I ride on you?" I asked.
The eagle demon shot me a disdainful glance. It lowered its body, and I climbed onto its back, hugging its neck tightly. The eagle demon pushed off with its feet, but it couldn't fly. As expected, I was too heavy. There was nothing I could do. The two of us walked to the edge of the rooftop. I got on securely, and relying on gravity, we began to free-fall. Midway down, the eagle demon spread its wings to cushion the descent, truly acting like a parachute this time. However, the speed was a bit too much. Seeing that we were about to "crash-land the eagle," I quickly shouted, "Aim for the car roof!" Kuai Shu Ge.
The eagle demon struggled in mid-air, making a turn and landing on the roof of an SUV. Using the car's suspension system for cushioning, we finally avoided injury.
However, I couldn't help but worry about the deer demon covering our retreat. Her height was second only to the boss, the snake demon, and her weight was second only to the third boss, the tiger demon. Standing at 1.7 meters, and being a martial artist with a dense physique, she must weigh at least 130 jin. The eagle demon had already been weakened carrying me; could it still go up and get her?
Soon, I realized my worries were completely unnecessary. After the eagle demon went up, it didn't have the deer demon grab onto it, nor did it carry her. The eagle demon merely circled above the rooftop, and then I saw a large golden deer leap into the air, stepping on the eagle demon's back and pushing it down. The deer demon was able to leap a second time, and then free-fall. During this time difference, the eagle demon circled back from a low altitude, and at about the fifteenth floor, it was stepped on again by the deer demon.
The deer demon leaped a third time, the eagle demon was stepped down, and then circled back for a fourth time.
By the fifth time it was stepped on, the deer demon was only four stories above the ground. The eagle demon did not return. The deer demon landed directly, also stepping on the unlucky SUV we had fallen onto, and then landed steadily.
The seamless cooperation between the two demons left me stunned.
"Wow, even movie stunts wouldn't dare to film it like this!" Bingbing clapped her hands and jumped with excitement. Mainly, her mother was fine, so she was in a good mood.
"They've grown up together since they were children and are very familiar with each other. They've done this trick countless times," Yaoyao explained. So that's how it was. Perhaps the two demons cooperated like this in their cultivation, able to both attack and defend; what's the term for it, dual cultivation?
"What's next?" Yaoyao asked me.
"Let's go to Jiuxian Cave again," I said. The terrain there would be advantageous to us, like fighting on home turf. There were also many surrounding mountains, making it easy for them to escape if we couldn't win.
The deer demon did not transform into human form and lowered its antlers, gesturing for Bingbing and me to get on.
"Why?" I asked Yaoyao.
"Because, a deer is faster than a car," Yaoyao said with a smile.
"Then what about you?" I asked.
Yaoyao pointed to the sky: "I'll ride that one."
Yaoyao was small and light, even lighter than Bingbing, who weighed over eighty jin. She was half my weight, so riding the eagle demon should be no problem.
I struggled to climb onto the deer's back, which was a good 1.5 meters high. Bingbing, agile, hopped up directly and hugged my waist from behind. There were no reins, and I didn't know where to put my hands. The deer demon had no mane either, which made me feel a bit awkward.
Just then, a voice came from the rooftop.
"Wu Chengfeng! You think you're so clever, flying away! Let's see where you run today!"
I looked up. As expected, it was Shen Xingyue.
"Try flying down yourself?" I challenged.
"You think I wouldn't dare?" Shen Xingyue said and then actually leaped down herself!