Chocobo Song Echoing Through the Ancient Tree Forest

An ordinary Bird Wyvern stood around five meters tall. Even the smallest Little Golden Crown specimen was 4.5 meters, while the largest Great Golden Crown reached 6.2 meters. The difference between them was far from minor.

Yet the Bird Wyvern that appeared before them, standing in front of the Leshen and clearly belonging to the same camp, was an enormous specimen nearly fifteen meters tall.

Combined with the enormous Glowing Crystal cradled in its arms, it was hard to look away from it.

A large number of Phantom Swords lay scattered around the Bird Wyvern, fading out of their intangible state. Clearly, they had all been blocked by that Glowing Crystal. Yet the crystal bore no damage whatsoever, proving that its hardness was even more absurd than expected.

The guild hunters following Cheng Tian and intending to secretly protect him stared wide-eyed when they saw this Bird Wyvern.

Almost without thinking, they pulled out notebooks and charcoal pencils from their waists. Their hands flew as they began recording data and sketching the gigantic Tempered Bird Wyvern in the distance.

Bird Wyverns themselves were not rare, but one with such an oversized body, mixed in with what appeared to be the new overlord of the Ancient Tree Forest, and carrying a crystal instead of eggs—this was absolutely worth documenting.

Meanwhile, Cheng Tian, who stood closest to the Bird Wyvern, heard an extremely familiar melody by his ear—

Chocobo Song.

"Why aren't you hanging around the Great Desert? What are you doing here?"

A trace of surprise flashed through Cheng Tian's eyes, but he quickly calmed down and spoke.

What was he doing? Was he communicating with that mutated Tempered Bird Wyvern?

The group gripped their weapons, warily watching the Leshen hidden behind the Bird Wyvern and difficult to attack, while staring