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Chapter 48

Heaven Cherishes Life... Good Thing I Don't (Fourth Update—Please Bookmark and Click)

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Screech!

High in the sky, those bright yellow pupils suddenly dilated, countless blood vessels twisting and swelling.

Streams of black baleful energy took tangible form, shrouding the Black Giant Bird.

A huge Red Moon rose behind it, making the bird look like a grim reaper that had stepped out of the prehistoric age.

It was the ruler of the skies.

Even within the Extraordinary Domain, it stood among the very best.

It had never imagined that this willow tree would actually dare to take the initiative and attack it.

No sophisticated methods were necessary.

All it took was the slightest provocation for the crazed, savage Red Moon creatures to completely lose their minds.

Whoosh!

The Black Giant Bird beat its wings, whipping up a gale. As the grass bowed low, its cloud-like body began to rise.

At its highest point.

The giant eagle turned, spread its wings, and dove downward.

Rumble!

Before its body, dozens of meters across, had even fully descended, the violent wind pressure had already crashed down. Hundreds upon thousands of Willow Branches rustled and whipped about in the gale.

One thousand meters.

Five hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

Fifty meters...

As the enormous monster gradually filled his vision.

Su Heng remained as calm as an ancient well. His entire body tensed, every Willow Branch and root stockpiling strength like bowstrings drawn taut.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

But when the giant eagle's dragon-scale-patterned talons were less than thirty meters from Su Heng.

Willow Branches spread and grew behind Su Heng, densely packed and glowing with pale green spiritual light, tough beyond measure.

Countless branches intertwined in midair to form a net, forty or fifty meters both long and wide, perfectly enveloping the Black Giant Bird's entire body.

Crash!

The giant eagle's speed abruptly dropped.

Yet the immense kinetic force from its dive still struck Su Heng in full.

Great swathes of leaves and branches fell from the canopy.

Even the willow tree's main trunk developed slight cracks from the violent bending.

The pain was like flesh being torn apart.

It manifested fully within Su Heng's consciousness.

But at such a critical moment, Su Heng became even calmer. Even that bone-deep pain seemed to have been stripped away from him.

The Black Giant Bird's feathers were clearly made of protein, yet they had mutated under the Red Moon's radiation.

No one knew what structure they had reorganized into, but every black feather was as hard as a small blade.

Screech!

The Black Giant Bird flapped its wings wildly. As it struggled, great amounts of Willow Leaves and branches were sliced away by its sharp, razor-like feathers, falling to the ground in a miserable mess.

"Brothers, get in there together!"

In an instant.

Six thin black streaks fell from the sky.

The Mutated Peregrine Falcons, which had long been lying in ambush above, plunged down at speeds exceeding three hundred kilometers per hour.

Their metallic, hooked beaks viciously pierced the muscles on the Black Giant Bird's back. Six vivid blossoms of blood bloomed across its massive body.

At the same time.

The Nine-Leaf Sword Grass beside the willow tree and the Mutated Pea farther away erupted as well.

Streams of Sword Qi crossed dozens of meters, tearing bloody gashes across the Black Giant Bird's body. Large amounts of feathers fell alongside splashing blood.

The dark green pea seeds.

Their power was already nothing like before. Under Su Heng's careful tending, these peas were no weaker than small-caliber firearms.

Bullet-like peas struck the Black Giant Bird's wounds and exploded, inflicting further damage on the Mutated Black Bird.

However.

Though these injuries looked terrifying, leaving its flesh a bloody mess.

But the results were not as good as he had imagined.

This Black Giant Bird was simply too enormous. Its feathers were as hard as steel, and beneath them lay a thick layer of muscle.

Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, peregrine falcons, Mutated Peas.

Though these creatures were fairly powerful, they were still a full tier below the Supernatural Mutated Peregrine Falcon.

Even with a sneak attack, the damage they inflicted only looked frightening on the surface.

Screech!

The wounds on its body were not fatal.

Yet they successfully drew the black bird's attention and hostility. Its eyes turned crimson as it wheeled toward a peregrine demon nearby.

Rip!

The peregrine was just about to fail to dodge.

Several Morning Glories in the distance simultaneously sprayed out thick white smoke.

The poisonous and hallucinogenic effects contained in the smoke had rather limited impact on the supernatural black bird.

But with that interference, the peregrine was able to use its extraordinary speed and agility to escape the Black Giant Bird's sharp beak.

"Now!"

As the Black Giant Bird was distracted.

Su Heng steadied himself and seized that fleeting opportunity.

Thick tree roots that had long been lying in ambush underground burst upward, like Flood Dragons emerging from the water. Following the wounds inflicted by the Nine-Leaf Sword Grass and Mutated Peas, they plunged straight into the Mutated Black Bird's body.

Swish, swish, swish!

A total of eight thick roots twisted tightly together, forming a sharp spiral cone at their tip.

From afar, they looked like a thick black knight's lance.

The eight roots twisted together, coil after coil, and faint cracking sounds could be heard, as if they were about to snap.

Roar...

The Mutated Black Giant Bird let out an unprecedentedly shrill cry.

The intense pain stimulated its nerves. Rather than making it afraid and retreat, it drove it even more mad.

Its enormous claws, sharp and edged with dragon scales.

Stretched relentlessly toward the willow tree's body, intent on tearing it apart.

Though the thick roots had pierced the black bird's body and injured its internal organs, such wounds were not fatal to a Supernatural Creature with such immense vitality.

"Explode!"

The eight roots twisted together inside the black bird's body suddenly sprang apart.

Boom!

Like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, shredded organs mixed with blood and feathers rained from the sky, dyeing half the willow tree crimson.

This was based on the principle of a twisted spring.

The eight roots first twisted together, storing up power.

Then, after piercing the black bird's body, they released that accumulated force. The result was like a bomb exploding inside the giant bird.

This time, no matter how vigorous the supernatural black bird's vitality was.

It could not withstand such damage.

It let out a weak wail and fell diagonally toward the ground. At the same time, the Sword Grass and Mutated Peas on the ground, along with the peregrine falcons in the sky, spared no effort in pouring their attacks onto the giant bird.

The black bird crashed to the ground, its beautiful feathers stained with dust.

But it was not dead yet. Struggling, it tried to fly out of the valley.

"Such a strong will to survive..."

Watching the supernatural black eagle grow farther and farther away, Su Heng sighed inwardly.

"Heaven cherishes life... fortunately, I do not."

Rumble!

Two towering White Oak Trees suddenly came alive. Their thick trunks and branches, draped in vast green canopies, looked like giants swinging warhammers.

They smashed down viciously onto the center of the black bird's spine, its wingspan stretching thirty meters.

Crack!

The sound of its spine breaking echoed through the valley.

It could no longer fly, nor could it even move. The loss of its life force had become irreversible.

Despair gradually crept into the black bird's eyes.

The final sight of its life was countless pale-green branches, blotting out and filling its entire world.

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