Qi Gang!

Chapter 25: Qi Gang!

"Caw!"

The cry of a young eagle!

Gu Shaoshang felt a surge of joy and crouched down, extending his hand. The young bird, like a little chick, chirped and hopped onto Gu Shaoshang's palm.

A sense of connection, as if by blood, arose spontaneously!

"It's different from its mother!" Gu Shaoshang examined it carefully, recalling the corpse of the Golden-Eyed Eagle he had seen.

"Its mother had scarlet eyes, but this little one's are golden!" Gu Shaoshang was surprised and a purple light flashed as he tapped to get an evaluation of the young bird.

[Golden-Eyed Eagle Chick (Unnamed): Pet of Mirror Master Gu Shaoshang. Originally a One-Star Level Golden-Eyed Eagle chick, undergoing bloodline mutation after being tempered by the Primordial Ancient Sacred Body's bloodline! (Ultimate potential: Six-Star Level Perfect Grade Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird)]

"Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird? Isn't that a divine beast from legends in my past life? This little one can actually mutate into such a divine beast?" Gu Shaoshang was astonished, never imagining such a thing could happen!

The Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird, the ultimate divine beast from myths in his past life!

It is said that the Phoenix gave birth to the Peacock and the Great Peng! The Peacock was the most malevolent at birth, eating people! It could devour a person in fifty li! Such divine power from birth! How terrifying!

There are even legends that the Peacock once swallowed Buddha Shakyamuni! Even more so, it was revered as the Mother Buddha Peacock Great Bright King Bodhisattva in myths and legends!

With the Peacock, its sibling, possessing such divine power, the Golden-Winged Great Peng, though perhaps less so, still possessed immeasurable divine abilities!

It is said that the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird possesses the ultimate speed in the world, capable of flying ninety thousand li with a single flap of its wings! Even the legendary Victorious Fighting Buddha Sun Wukong was once captured by it!

How powerful! How terrifying!

Looking at the chirping chick in his palm, Gu Shaoshang was overjoyed. He extended a finger and gently stroked the little head covered in only faint down.

"From now on, I'll call you 'Fury'! I don't think you'll object. Hehe."

The young bird gently rubbed against Gu Shaoshang's finger, chirping softly, showing an indescribable dependence.

In the mountain forest, figures moved in abundance. Over a dozen people, leading large mastiffs, tracked them. It was Qi Gang and his group.

"Boss! The mastiff stopped here and won't go any further! It's clear Sun Hailong stopped here!" The short, stout middle-aged man, leading a ferocious mastiff as large as a lion, reported to Qi Gang.

This was precisely where Sun Hailong had killed Gu Shaohan!

The short, stout middle-aged man was leading an extremely skilled tracking beast, the "Crimson Gold Mastiff." Not only was it expensive, but it also enjoyed eating human flesh, and ordinary good families would not keep such a beast.

Only powerful bandits like Qi Gang would raise them. Just looking at its crimson fur, which shimmered with a dazzling red light, indicated it had "tasted blood"!

"There's still a smell of blood here. Sun Hailong must have encountered a mountain hunter or herb gatherer!" A bald young man took a deep breath and said calmly.

"Old Fifth, you're just talking nonsense! That child's corpse, you can see its flesh and essence were drained. Even wild beasts aren't interested in gnawing on it!" The speaker was a horse-faced man with two sabers at his waist. He impatiently interrupted the bald youth.

"Old Fourth! Do you want to die!" The bald youth casually extended his palm, and a pair of crystal-clear jade gloves emitted a faint yellow light in the air.

"Heh! How dare you talk to Fourth Brother like that? Don't you want that bald head anymore!" The horse-faced man grinned sinisterly, gripping the hilts of his sabers.

"Damn it, Old Donkey, are you looking for death!" Veins bulged on the bald man's face, and he clenched his fist, about to pounce!

"Enough! All of you, shut up!"

Qi Gang, as tall as a demonic beast, stood to the side with his arms crossed, his expression cold as he spoke.

"Hmph!"

The two simultaneously snorted and turned to the side, not daring to retort.

"Zheng Dong! Continue the tracking! Sun Hailong took a hit from my 'Buddha's Wrath Palm,' he won't live long! Don't let anyone snatch the item!" Qi Gang glanced at the horse-faced man and the other, then instructed calmly.

"Yes! Boss!" The short, stout middle-aged man, Zheng Dong, bowed his head in response.

"Go!" He then commanded the Crimson Gold Mastiff to continue tracking.

The Crimson Gold Mastiff circled the spot, its mastiff head, as bushy as a lion's mane, lifted.

"Woof!" The Crimson Gold Mastiff darted out, and the group followed.

Qi Gang walked at the rear, his expressionless gaze sweeping over two grey-armored men behind him who were carrying giant Meteor Hammers.

He picked up a Meteor Hammer and strode after them. Despite carrying a thousand-jin Meteor Hammer, he still managed to catch up to the leading Crimson Gold Mastiff.

Before long, the group, following the mastiff, arrived at the place where Gu Shaoshang had killed Sun Hailong!

"Hmm?" The horse-faced man leaped several feet, landing beside Sun Hailong's corpse to examine it.

"Brother! The item is gone! Sun Hailong died from a flying knife!" The horse-faced man leaped in front of Qi Gang, handing him a flying knife.

"Sun Hailong obtained the divine-level secret manual 'Blood Hell Divine Demonic Great Law' years ago! He found it too wicked and dared not cultivate it, instead hiding it in a secret location! If I hadn't forced his brother to his death, he would never have cultivated this evil art!" Qi Gang's voice, like thunder, boomed, and a mocking smile flickered across his face.

"If he had cultivated the Blood Hell Divine Demonic Great Law earlier, he would be at least a Qi Sect expert by now! He wouldn't have been forced to die by me, and then die himself in this desolate wilderness!" Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to speak. Even the ferocious Crimson Gold Mastiff whimpered and lay down at Zheng Dong's feet. Only Qi Gang's cruel and cold voice swept across the hillside like a chilling current.

"The weak can only obediently wait for the strong to dominate!"

"Zheng Dong! Find the owner of this flying knife! See who this divine being is, daring to snatch my Qi Gang's things!" Qi Gang's expression was cold, his lips contorted.

"Yes, Boss!" Zheng Dong took the flying knife and replied respectfully.

"Woof! Woof!" The Crimson Gold Mastiff sniffed the flying knife, circled the hillside, and then darted rapidly in one direction.

Judging by the direction, it was heading towards where Gu Shaoshang had left!

Danger was slowly approaching, and Gu Shaoshang was completely unaware!

Gu Shaoshang played with the little Golden-Eyed Eagle, "Furious," for a while, then took out some bait he had prepared earlier and offered it to the bird.

"Chirp!" The young bird turned its head away disdainfully, refusing to eat.

"This is made according to the recipe Miss Gu gave me! She said it's the Golden-Eyed Eagle's favorite bait! This..." Gu Shaoshang was dumbfounded, unsure what to do.

"Chirp! Chirp!" The little one chirped incessantly in Gu Shaoshang's palm, making him flustered. He fumbled and took out everything he had on him.

"This? It won't eat it! This? It won't eat that either? Sigh! ... What are you doing!" After several attempts, Gu Shaoshang found that the little bird refused all the beast meat. Suddenly, the little one pounced onto Gu Shaoshang's stomach.

"...Could it be!" Gu Shaoshang tightly held down "Furious," which was struggling, and his eyes lit up! He took a leather pouch from his belt, and "Furious" thrashed even more violently!

"This is a snake-repelling bag made of snakeskin! Do you want to eat snakes?" Gu Shaoshang suddenly realized!

He remembered that in myths from his past life, the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird ate eight hundred dragons daily! Snakes were always referred to as small dragons! Perhaps this little one, who was in the initial stages of activating its Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird form, wanted to eat snakes!

In the early spring mountains, snakes were active after their winter hibernation. Gu Shaoshang soon caught a small green snake!

With a casual flick, he tossed the snake into the air!

Blade Light flashed, and the snake was sliced into small pieces.

"Furious" chirped and eagerly pecked at the pieces.

"Eat slowly, don't choke!" Gu Shaoshang gently tapped "Furious's" little head with his finger.

"Woof! Woof!"

Suddenly, dog barks could be heard. Gu Shaoshang looked up, and his eyes twitched!

He secretly cursed, "What a brute!"

In both his past and present lives, Gu Shaoshang had never seen such a burly and imposing brute!

His towering, one-zhang-tall body was clad in massive brown chainmail. His arms, thicker than Gu Shaoshang's waist, were wrapped in thick cold iron chains. On his back, he carried a meteor hammer the size of a water vat.

"Rumble! Rumble!"

With sounds like cracking thunder, the valley floor vibrated violently, as if an elephant herd was stampeding. The burly man, like a demonic beast, strode into the valley!

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