Light Gold

About thirty meters directly in front of the group, a creature with a wingspan of over three meters, resembling a weasel, with three eyes in its head and a pair of small wings folded up on its lower body, was perched on the corpse of a dead Explorer.

The organ from which this Strange Bird makes sounds is also very strange; it is not its beak. Instead of a normal Strange Bird's beak, the bird's beak is more like a black tentacle that can be used as a straw to suck up the bodily fluids of other creatures.

At this moment, the Strange Bird was sucking the blood from the corpse beneath it.

How does it make a sound?

On the back and chest of the Strange Bird, there are round holes. On the surface, they are not connected to each other, but they seem to be connected inside, so air can pass through them.

The Strange Bird manipulates the opening, closing, expansion, and contraction of several holes on its chest and back to control the airflow speed through them. By combining the sounds produced by wind at different frequencies, it can Simulation all kinds of sounds, even human crying.

Such creatures, if they possess powerful cultivation, can be far more terrifying than the Soul Beast of the outside world!

"This is—"

Wang Sheng stared in surprise at the Strange Bird that resembled a fox but had wings on all four limbs, and couldn't help but speak.

However.

Before the words were even finished, the hole on the back of the Strange Bird contracted slightly, it stopped sucking blood, and its eyes suddenly looked at the woods where Zhou Qing and the others were hiding. It even pointed the Vertical Pupil on its forehead at them, which was trembling slightly, like a small drum.

"They've spotted us?"

Even Xiao Wu was surprised.

It should be noted that they had all controlled their Soul Power well, while Riko's Soul Power was very weak, only around level five or six in the outside world. As long as she remained quiet and concealed her scent, even Thousand-Year Soul Beast would have difficulty detecting her.

It's truly baffling that this Strange Bird, despite having no Soul Power fluctuations within its body, was able to detect their presence.

As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, the Strange Bird moved, flapping its wings and flying towards them.

"Not good!"

Riko somewhat panicked, but she still gripped the Soul Guidance Electric Rod, crackling Sisi electricity, her eyes fixed on the Strange Bird flying towards her, ready to seize the opportunity to kill it with a single blow.

However, Xiao Wu leaped out like an arrow released from a bow, her speed seven times faster than that of the Strange Bird.

Before the Strange Bird could adjust its direction, Xiao Wu had already kicked it in the neck, sending it flying back the way it came. It crashed heavily into a towering boulder fifty meters away, creating a large crater, before finally falling to the ground, lifeless.

"Wow... that's amazing!"

Riko's eyes lit up as she quickly ran to Xiao Wu's side. She then looked at the silent Strange Bird in the distance and exclaimed in admiration, "It actually defeated the Weeping Corpse Bird in one go!"

The Weeping Corpse Bird was the name the Abyss People used to name this Strange Bird.

"I thought this Strange Bird was something special. Its senses are quite sharp, but its reaction time is terrible." Xiao Wu clapped her hands, looked at the Weeping Corpse Bird that was already dead beyond any doubt, and smiled disdainfully.

In fact, Xiao Wu also used her Soul Skill.

Although ordinary Soul Master cannot use Soul Skill or even manifest their Soul Ring within this Abyss Ruins, after completing the Secondary Refinement the Soul Ring, the Soul Ring and the Martial Soul become one, and even if it is not manifested, Soul Skill can still be used.

At this moment, Zhou Qing walked to the side of the Weeping Corpse Bird, examined the holes on its body, thought for a while, and then said, "It can sense our presence, probably not by relying on its eyes, but by these holes on its body."

"A hole?"

Tang San also came over and squatted down to examine the corpse of the Weeping Corpse Bird. He noticed that the number of holes on its chest and back was the same, and they didn't pierce directly through the chest, but rather connected from both sides of the ribs. Furthermore, the inside of the holes contained many fine hairs and some round bumps, similar to—

The uvula in the human throat.

The Ling Shu, Chapter 14, "Sorrow and Anger Without Words," states. "The sutured hysterium is the gateway to speech."

It is obvious that this kind of Weeping Corpse Bird can imitate the sound of human crying by relying on these perforated organs, and these organs should be extremely sensitive to changes in airflow.

Therefore, the reason why the Weeping Corpse Bird was able to discover them was not because it heard Wang Sheng's voice or saw their figures, but because the change in the airflow when Wang Sheng spoke caught its attention, and when Xiao Wu spoke, it confirmed their presence and thus flew at low altitude and swooped down.

Moreover, after Tang San's examination, he discovered that the eyes on the head of the Weeping Corpse Bird were not actually eyeballs, but a transparent membrane. When it became congested with blood, it would tremble slightly due to airflow. This was probably to help it locate its prey by using the orifices and organs on its body.

At this moment, Riko trotted over and said, "I remember Abel saying that the Weeping Corpse Bird is extremely sensitive to air currents. For novice explorers encountering it, the best course of action is to lie prone on the ground, maintain natural breathing, and not shout. But this requires keeping a distance from the Weeping Corpse Bird, because if you get too close, it will see you..."

Waaaaah!

Suddenly, dozens of Weeping Corpse Bird flew in from a distance, circling above Zhou Qing and the others, emitting strange cries.

"Social creatures..."

This situation was within Zhou Qing's expectations, and he immediately took out the Soul Conductor: Zhuge Divine Wrath, Third Edition from the Gray Pouch.

This third version has the same effect as the second version. The only difference is that it has a Soul Power storage device, namely the Soul Pool, which can save Soul Power consumption.

Therefore, as long as one can withstand the recoil, even an ordinary person can use this weapon.

Apart from Riko, the five of them aimed the muzzle of the Soul Conductor Godly Zhuge Crossbow Version 3) at the Weeping Corpse Bird perched in the sky and pulled the trigger.

Whoosh whoosh!

Countless arrows of Soul Power shot out in an instant.

"Gah!"

Suddenly, one after another, the Weeping Corpse Bird fell from the sky and crashed onto the grass.

Some died instantly, while others are still wailing in agony.

In less than thirty seconds, the number of Weeping Corpse Bird in the sky was reduced by half. The remaining Weeping Corpse Bird realized the danger to Zhou Qing and the others, and no longer stayed, they fled into the distance.

After Zhou Qing carefully put away the three versions of the Soul Conductor Godly Zhuge Crossbow, he Riko, "This is Soul Tool we use for self-defense."

"Oh."

Riko then came to her senses and, without asking any further questions, happily ran to the Weeping Corpse Bird, took out pliers from her backpack, and began plucking the feathers from the Weeping Corpse Bird' limbs one by one.

The feathers of the Weeping Corpse Bird are natural short swords, very light in weight but as hard as steel, and can be used as weapons. However, their greatest value lies in the fact that a metal called "Light Gold" can be extracted from them, which can be used to make close-fitting soft armor.

However, since the materials can only be extracted from the strange creatures within these Abyss Ruins, the production of Light Gold is not high, and it is rarely sold outside.

Most of the feathers on these Weeping Corpse Bird belonged to Zhou Qing and his group, while the remaining small portion belonged to Gui Riko, their guide.

Apart from Tang San being slightly curious about the so-called Light Gold, the others had no objections.

Zhou Qing, in particular, was more inclined to study the physical structure of the Weeping Corpse Bird to understand why they were unaffected by the "Ascension Curse"...