Eagle's Cry!

Chapter 24: Eagle's Cry! (Revised)

"Who are you?"

Gu Shaoshang frowned, looking at the suddenly appearing middle-aged man in black armor. The man possessed an indescribable aura, which immediately made Gu Shaoshang feel disgusted and wary.

"Mmm... such a delicious scent!" Sun Hailong took a deep breath, a grotesquely exaggerated smile appearing on his face.

"I really! Really! Can't wait... to kill you!" Sun Hailong roared with laughter!

He stomped hard, his figure like a swift leopard, crossing several yards in a single stride. Cracks spread across the solid mountain rocks beneath his feet, and rolling air currents surged towards Gu Shaoshang! The surrounding vegetation flattened, and the man's mere charge gave Gu Shaoshang the terrifying pressure of a cavalry assault!

With Gu Shaoshang's eyesight, he could even faintly see the black-armored man's thigh muscles suddenly swell intensely, stretching his loose pants to the point of bursting! His entire spine was propelled by the force, vibrating violently, like a hidden dragon about to soar into the heavens!

"A master!" Gu Shaoshang's pupils contracted. An absolute master! Gu Shaoshang had no time to think. Although the man's aura wasn't comparable to Gu Ji's, he was at least a master of the Five Stages of Foundation Establishment!

"Hah!"

"Whoosh!"

Gu Shaoshang shouted, unleashing his flying dagger infused with internal energy before Sun Hailong could reach him, while he himself rapidly retreated! With his martial arts attainments, he would likely be killed within a few moves if they fought head-on!

Only his Flying Dagger Technique, which was close to great completion, offered a chance!

Gu Shaoshang's mind was clear. While retreating, he remained calm and found a sliver of hope for victory!

"Ching!" The familiar sound rang out, bringing a slight smile to Gu Shaoshang's lips. Clearly, the flying dagger had hit its target.

Gu Shaoshang leaped up, putting force into both hands simultaneously.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"

Daggers shot out one after another!

Although these flying daggers were thrown in sequence, they almost simultaneously sealed off Sun Hailong's inevitable path towards Gu Shaoshang! They even locked down Sun Hailong's potential escape routes!

"Ching!"

The familiar sound continued to ring out, but Gu Shaoshang's expression drastically changed!

He saw Sun Hailong's speed not decrease but increase. He hugged his head with both arms, kicking up a long trail of dust as he rolled forward!

Sun Hailong completely ignored the several flying daggers deeply embedded in his arms, abdomen, shoulders, and thighs!

"Good flying daggers! Good kid! But you'll still die!"

Sun Hailong strode forward and threw a punch!

A series of violent explosions echoed through the air, the sound of air being forcefully compressed and displaced by sheer, unadulterated power and speed!

Gu Shaoshang's expression shifted. He stomped his foot, shifted his hips, and swung his arm! His body spun and leaped like a top!

"Whoosh!"

The flying dagger sliced through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound!

"Hm?" Sun Hailong's ears twitched, his eyelids jumped, sensing danger! His fist, like a great spear, thrust upwards, the fierce power of his punch sweeping with violent air currents directly towards the flying dagger!

"Bang!"

As soon as the flying dagger touched the violent air currents, it instantly shattered into seven or eight pieces of metal. These fragments, their trajectories slightly altered, still shot towards Sun Hailong at extreme speed!

"Not good!" Sun Hailong's eyelids twitched violently, his face contorting!

"Damn it! How could this happen!" Sun Hailong roared inwardly! He never dreamed that this young man, who looked no older than a teenager, would possess such advanced flying dagger techniques!

"Aargh!"

Sun Hailong let out a ferocious howl, and a surge of blood energy erupted from his body! The exposed skin on his body turned a deep red, as if engorged with blood!

"Ugh!" Just as Sun Hailong was about to activate a secret technique, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his internal organs felt as if they were burning with intense pain!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

"This... this is the 'Buddha's Wrath Palm' injury from Chief Qi Gang acting up!" A look of relief flashed in Sun Hailong's eyes as he was pierced through the head by the flying dagger fragments!

"Boom!"

Sun Hailong crashed heavily to the ground, carving a long gash through the forest.

"A useless wretch like me, who can't even protect his own brother, deserves to die!" Sun Hailong's body convulsed, blood flowing. His ferocious gaze gradually softened, filled with hope.

"Brother, I'm coming to find you..." He then breathed his last.

He was dead.

Gu Shaoshang shook his numb wrist, feeling somewhat bewildered. A lunatic who had appeared out of nowhere, wanting to fight and kill him on sight. If not for his flying daggers, he might have died at this man's hands.

[Source Power detected... Absorb? Main World Projection Sun Hailong detected... Record?]

"...Absorb! Record!" Gu Shaoshang's body stiffened for a moment, then he spoke as if nothing had happened.

A purple light, visible only to Gu Shaoshang, swept a thin stream back into his body.

[Absorption successful, 9 points of Source Power absorbed! Main World Projection recorded! Mirror Master may challenge at any time!]

"This person was almost as strong as the Demonic Beast 'Silver Wolf King'! He was probably only one step away from the Establish Fate Realm! And he died by my hand!" Gu Shaoshang was surprised but didn't dwell on it.

"Hm?" Gu Shaoshang's body trembled violently.

"This... my Golden-Eyed Eagle is about to hatch!" A tremor ran through Gu Shaoshang's heart. He glanced at Sun Hailong's corpse, feeling as if there was something extremely dangerous about him.

Remembering that challenges could drop all items anyway, he didn't rashly search the body and quickly left.

The corpse would be dealt with by the ferocious beasts in the mountains, drawn by the smell of blood.

"Good riddance! Good riddance!..." From a patch of grass in the distance, Gu Shaoyou's eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched!

"Damn it!" Gu Shaoyou gritted his teeth and walked up to Sun Hailong's body.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

He pulled a flying dagger from the corpse and, in a frenzy, began to whip the body!

"What's this?" A red light flashed on Sun Hailong's corpse.

Gu Shaoyou stepped forward and found something on Sun Hailong's belly that looked like a birthmark. He casually tore it off.

"Blood Hell Divine Demonic Great Law! This is a cultivation manual! It allows one to cultivate by absorbing blood! It requires the essence blood of five hundred warriors to Establish Fate! Ten thousand people to enter the Qi Sect! Slaughtering a million warriors can lead to godhood!" Gu Shaoyou trembled all over. To think such an evil cultivation manual existed in the world!

After a long while, a sinister red light flashed in Gu Shaoyou's eyes.

"I will never be this weak again..." Gu Shaoyou clutched the manual tightly, a hint of madness spreading through his heart!

"It's about to hatch! My Golden-Eyed Eagle!" Gu Shaoshang looked at the silvery-white beast egg in his hand. A faint golden light flowed on the shell, and it was trembling slightly.

For over two months, Gu Shaoshang had been nurturing the beast egg with his own blood daily. Now, it was finally about to hatch!

This surge of energy was fleeting. If he missed it, he would have to nurture it with blood for at least several more months!

"Lin Yu Flower!" Gu Shaoshang hurried to a hot spring he had scouted earlier. He picked the Lin Yu Flowers, which were dark red all over and resembled hands raised high.

Lin Yu Flowers grew in geothermal environments and were an essential medicinal ingredient for artificially hatching beast eggs.

Gu Shaoshang placed the fist-sized, silvery-white beast egg on the ground. He arranged the Lin Yu Flowers around the egg.

"Hiss!"

His fingernail slashed across his palm, and drops of blood, red with a hint of gold, dripped down.

"Boom!"

As the blood landed on the Lin Yu Flowers, a burst of red light flashed! Many golden spots appeared on the silvery-white beast egg! These spots glowed like tiny suns, emitting intense radiance and a surge of vigorous life force. Furthermore, more intricate and dazzling patterns appeared around the spots!

Gu Shaoshang's spirit was invigorated. Those golden spots that appeared must be his Primordial Ancient Sacred Body bloodline!

Although it hadn't awakened yet, it was already showing its extraordinary nature! His blood contained the immense vitality Gu Shaoshang had accumulated!

It might even activate the Golden-Eyed Eagle's ancient bloodline!

"Crack!"

The eggshell cracked! As it split, golden light erupted first. The hard egg suddenly disintegrated into powder, radiating divine brilliance.

A tiny fledgling appeared. It had no feathers but shimmered with flowing light, like a ball of golden flame burning!

"Caw!"

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