Demonic Beast Golden-Eyed Eagle!

Demonic Beast Golden-Eyed Eagle!

Gu Jiu had been a fine man of Gu Family Village in his youth. By thirty, he had reached the fifth stage of Foundation Establishment, "Blood Like Mercury Oar," and stood only a step away from the Establish Fate Realm!

Then, the year before Gu Shaoshang was born, he had ventured deep into Great Ming Mountain to gather medicine for his pregnant wife. By the time he returned, his bones had weakened, his flesh had slackened, and his organs had failed. Ninety percent of his martial arts had been lost!

Gu Jiu carried a bowl of rice porridge into the room. Gu Shaoshang, wrapped in white cloth, opened his eyes.

"Father."

Gu Jiu set the bowl on the table and gently helped Gu Shaoshang sit up. Seeing the agony on his son's face, even the greatest anger vanished completely.

"Mm, stop talking. Drink some porridge first and warm yourself up."

Gu Shaoshang nodded lightly and drank the rice porridge his father fed him, mouthful by mouthful. Seeing his father grow thinner by the day, his heart ached. I'll definitely cure you, Father!

Having transmigrated into this world, could a child with an adult's mind truly accept another family bond so easily?

That man, gravely ill, an iron-hard fellow who never shed a tear despite enduring pain day and night! The moment he had torn his throat shouting and knelt in the mud outside Hundred Herbs Hall in Mingshan City, begging a doctor to treat him when Gu Shaoshang was two years old—he had already become Gu Shaoshang's father!

"Your Third Uncle has been in the mountains for two days now. He said he was going hunting to nourish your body."

After finishing that huge bowl of rice porridge, Gu Shaoshang immediately felt much more energetic. Even the pain in his arms and chest seemed less severe.

Gu Jiu placed the bowl on the table beside the bed and helped Gu Shaoshang lie down.

"The bones in your arms and chest were broken by your Third Uncle. Even with the Tiger Roar Army's special bruising ointment, it will take at least a month to heal."

"Ninth Brother!"

Gu Ji's rough voice came from outside, and Gu Jiu went to open the door.

Gu Shaoshang raised his head to look. In the middle of the small courtyard stood Gu Ji's towering figure. With both arms raised, Gu Ji hurled a massive Hanging-Eyed White-Forehead Tiger, black and yellow-striped and weighing at least six or seven hundred jin, onto the ground!

Boom!

Gu Shaoshang's eyelids twitched. He felt the ground trembling!

Gu Jiu stepped out of the house and could not help drawing in a sharp breath!

"What a huge tiger!"

The tiger had a large head and rounded face, its whole body covered in alternating brownish-yellow and black stripes. Its fur was beautiful and glossy, while patches of white fur grew on its lips, jaws, belly, and the insides of its limbs. A deep Fist Seal lay in the center of its forehead, and dried blood trailed from its eyes! Gu Ji had actually killed it with a frontal punch!

Gu Shaoshang clicked his tongue inwardly and could not help marveling at how lucky he was to still be alive.

"Haha!"

Gu Ji burst into laughter.

"I went eight hundred li deep into Great Ming Mountain before I found this tiger! It weighs at least seven hundred jin, and it wasn't far from evolving into a demonic beast!"

Gu Ji stepped forward and supported Gu Jiu.

"Ninth Brother, I'll find some clansmen later to skin it and gut it! We'll divide up the meat! Keep the tiger bones to make soup for Shaoshang, and use the tiger hide to make him an inner robe!"

Gu Jiu quickly refused.

"One tiger hide and a set of tiger bones are worth at least a thousand taels of silver! It's far too valuable. You should take them back!"

Gu Ji waved a hand.

"Ninth Brother, you really don't understand! Shaoshang is only ten. If his bones are injured, his martial path may be ruined! Do you want me, Gu Third, to feel guilty for the rest of my life?"

Gu Jiu's lips moved, but he could not say a word.

"Shaoshang, your Third Uncle has come to see you!" Gu Ji supported Gu Jiu into the room.

The room was sparsely furnished. Apart from a bed, a table with several teacups, and an oil lamp, there was nothing else.

"Third Uncle."

Gu Shaoshang felt terribly awkward. After calling out once, he was too embarrassed to continue.

"You brat, you're really bold! If your Third Uncle hadn't been skilled enough to withdraw his strength in time, your Third Uncle would have had to pay for it with his life!"

Gu Ji spoke loudly. Though the scar on his face twisted fiercely enough to frighten people, Gu Shaoshang felt that he was a forthright man!

"Gu Ji!"

Gu Jiu spoke with a dark expression. "You're already such a grown man, yet you still talk nonsense!"

Gu Ji laughed loudly.

The men of the military camp were the most forthright. After a few words from Gu Ji, even a smile appeared on Gu Jiu's dark face.

Suddenly!

Screech!

An eagle's cry tore through the sky! Gu Shaoshang felt his ears buzzing, as if even the air were trembling! What is making that sound?!

Gu Ji's expression changed, and he abruptly rose to his feet!

"Not good!"

"That sound... it's the Demonic Beast Golden-Eyed Eagle!"

With one stride, Gu Ji rushed out the door and looked up at the sky.

Screech!

A colossal creature with a wingspan of more than ten zhang circled endlessly above Gu Family Village. Its pair of golden eagle eyes revealed endless brutality and savagery! With every beat of its wings, it generated violent gusts that blew aside the arrows shot at it, leaving it completely unharmed!

With a leap, Gu Ji landed atop the roof and saw utter chaos below.

On the streets, groups of men shouted as they urged the villagers to take cover. Everything descended into disorder, with shouts, curses, and children's cries blending together!

On distant rooftops, more than a dozen people faced off against the Golden-Eyed Eagle with bows and arrows in hand.

The leading man stood eight chi tall, even taller than Gu Ji. He was drawing a massive bow as tall as a person and aiming it at the sky!

"Big Brother!"

Gu Ji bounded over in several leaps.

The leading man was Gu Ji's elder brother, Gu Yu, the head of Gu Family Village. Beside him stood the only experts in Gu Family Village who had reached the Five Stages of Foundation Establishment.

"Third Brother!"

"Brother Ji!"

"That Golden-Eyed Eagle suddenly swooped down from the sky just now. If the village head hadn't driven it off with an arrow, the consequences would have been unthinkable!"

Gu Hao, captain of the Hunting Team, explained.

"Big Brother, give me the bow! Let me shoot that beast down!"

Gu Yu was not, after all, an Establish Fate Realm martial artist. He could only draw this Flying Stone Bow more than halfway, and he could not fire repeatedly.

"Fine, Third Brother! The Golden-Eyed Eagle is a demonic beast. Without the support of internal force from the Establish Fate Realm, you simply cannot kill it with arrows!"

The Golden-Eyed Eagle had a wingspan exceeding ten zhang and flew year-round more than three thousand meters above the sky! Its eagle talons were as hard as steel and iron, capable of crushing tigers and leopards! The feathers on its body could resist ordinary scattered arrows. Even Great Masters of the Qi Sect Realm, whose true qi could leave their bodies for dozens of zhang, could never fly thousands of meters into the sky to kill it! It was the unquestioned overlord of the heavens!

"However, since it dares circle at a low altitude less than a thousand meters above the ground, I, an Establish Fate martial artist, am more than enough to kill you!"

With a savage grin, Gu Ji took the Flying Stone Bow.

The Flying Stone Bow was a standard weapon of Great Yan's military. Its bow body was forged from refined steel, while its string was made from the Primordial Python Tendon of an adult demonic beast, soaked in glue broth for more than seven years before it could become a bow! The bow itself weighed a full hundred and twenty jin. Without the strength of ten thousand jin, one could forget about drawing it! Only Chiliarchs and higher-ranking officers could be equipped with one! Gu Ji had earned great merit, and Tiger Roar Army Commander Cheng Hei Hu had specially bestowed it upon him!

The moment Gu Ji held the bow, an iron-blooded, murderous aura surged into the sky!

His big toes pushed outward, his little toes curled inward, his knees spread apart, his buttocks drew inward, his waist subtly advanced, his chest visibly thrust out, his navel faced the ground, and his heart settled.

Gu Ji nocked an arrow and drew the bow to its full moon shape! His gaze locked onto the Golden-Eyed Eagle in midair!

Screech!

The instant Gu Ji drew the bow, the Golden-Eyed Eagle let out a cry that startled the heavens and stopped the clouds. Its wings spread wide as it dived at meteor-like speed, targeting Gu Ji, the only one who threatened it!

Gu Ji's blood and qi erupted throughout his body, and a wave of air spread outward. The men of Gu Family Village around him were caught off guard and thrown from the rooftops one after another! Only Gu Yu barely managed to stand firm, saber in hand as he guarded him!

Twanging!