The Great Crane did not like making friends. Whether beast or bird, it liked none of them.
Its only pleasure was carrying out Zhou You's orders and getting rewards. Those sweet beans were delicious—there were just too few of them.
It enjoyed darting through the clouds, frightening flocks of birds into frantic flight, and looking down upon the clumsy postures of beasts and people on the ground.
"Ahhh! Gah gah gah!"
The Great Crane laughed with boundless delight. The sky was its territory, and no one could take it away.
Suddenly, the clouds shattered. The Gale Wind was torn into wisps, and a massive, ugly head crashed into view.
That head was as large as a mountain, its mouth filled with fangs, its surface covered in wrinkles and stiff bristles.
A Gu King. A Gu King of such size was at least at the Mid-stage Strong Martial level. Its master had to be a peerless Grand Witch.
Upon spotting the Great Crane, the Gu King's eyes lit up. Such rare, tasty food—its blood and flesh were strong and nourishing.
It immediately opened its fanged jaws and chomped down. Several feathers spun through the air where it had bitten, but it had missed.
The Great Crane's wings left afterimages as it appeared eight hundred meters away, glaring furiously at the ugly giant bug.
Just as it was about to counterattack, its instincts suddenly warned it that the danger had not passed. It instinctively plunged straight downward.
It had been a naturally gifted exotic beast to begin with, and Zhou You had fed it great medicines for a long time. Its sinews, bones, and flesh had already been enhanced to an inconceivable degree.
With a full-force sweep of its wings, fluorescent light spilled from them, and its speed easily rose to three