Infiltrating While They Were Weak

At this moment, on the lava lake in the center of the second level of the God Descending Tower, the flock of strange birds that had been entrenched there had just flown out to complete a hunt.

They piled their captured prey together, and dozens of strange birds, wings overlapping, formed a circle, beginning their bizarre ritual once more.

At this moment, their leader bird appeared.

It flew down from its "throne" on the cliff, circled in the air a few times, and finally folded its wings and landed in the middle of a flock of strange birds, enjoying the worship of its underlings.

Without hesitation, it took the heart's blood from its dead prey, collected it in a bone cup, and then, just as it was about to pick up the cup and fly back to its nest.

Just then, it sensed something was wrong.

Inside the bone cup, the viscous heart's blood sloshed gently, and ripples of blood appeared out of thin air, causing the earth to tremble slightly!

What happened?

The Three-legged Monster Bird seemed somewhat dazed. With its intelligence, it couldn't immediately understand why the earth was shaking. It turned its head slightly and looked into the distance.

Upon seeing this, it was completely stunned. It saw a huge tortoise swinging its four hooves and charging towards it!

As this giant tortoise ran, it kept twitching its long red tongue, swinging it wildly and smashing it on the ground.

The entire ground was shrouded in billowing smoke and bursting flames, making it impossible to see what was happening within the smoke and dust.

In fact, Yi Yun, hidden in the smoke and dust, had already used the Purple Crystal to suppress all his energy to its limit. This Three-legged Monster Bird had incredibly sharp eyes, but its senses were much weaker; how could it possibly have detected Yi Yun's presence?

Wild beasts, especially powerful ones, have a very strong sense of territory.

This Three-legged Monster Bird has long considered this mountain range where the lava lake is located as its territory, and it will not allow any other powerful wild beasts to invade.

"Howl--Howl--Howl--"

Dozens of strange birds let out piercing shrieks. They gathered together, spread their wings, and bared their sharp, knife-like beaks, warning the Giant Turtle beast in this way.

However, the Giant Turtle beast, having been repeatedly provoked by Yi Yun, was already in a berserk state. How could it possibly heed the warnings of these strange birds?

Let alone now, even when it's at peace, given its arrogance, it wouldn't take these strange birds seriously.

As the Giant Turtle beast charged closer and closer, the strange birds became enraged. They soared into the sky as if facing a formidable enemy.

They believed that this Giant Turtle beast was after their Red Lotus!

The red lotus in the center of this lava pool is their treasure. They will fight to the death to take away anything that tries to steal their red lotus!

The Giant Turtle beast charged closer and closer, crushing large swathes of Giant Turtle trees!

Wood chips flew everywhere, heat waves rolled in, and it looked like the Giant Turtle beast was about to rush into their lava lake!

The strange birds could no longer tolerate it. Over the years they had occupied the lava lake, other wild beasts had tried to plunder their treasures, and the Giant Turtle before them was clearly one of them.

The Three-legged Monster Bird in the lead suddenly let out a sharp cry! This was a signal to attack!

Dozens of strange birds charged at the Giant Turtle!

Although these strange birds were enormous, they were still far from being as large as the Giant Turtle, which was covered in heavy armor and was completely immune to attacks from sharp Giant Turtle.

"Clang clang clang!"

The strange bird's iron claws and wings slashed at the Giant Turtle, producing a sound like metal clashing against stone, but the Giant Turtle was completely unharmed.

But... this proud creature, having just been provoked by a mere ant-like human, and then being scrambled around by a flock of sparrows that appeared out of nowhere, finally unleashed the Giant Turtle brewing within its body!

In its berserk state, the Giant Turtle wouldn't care whether these strange birds were friends or foes of Yi Yun. It would kill anything that stood in its way, leaving no one alive!

"Roar!"

The Giant Turtle roared, and its scarlet tongue shot out like lightning!

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Two strange birds were bitten by the snake's head at the tip of its thick tongue.

The snake's head on its tongue had an astonishing biting force and carried a terrifying venom. The strange bird that was bitten was corroded all over and quickly turned into pus and blood!

By this time, Yi Yun had already moved aside. Having witnessed this scene firsthand, he couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

The Red Python in that Giant Turtle's mouth actually carried such a terrifying venom? If I had been touched by even a little bit of it back then, I'd probably be reduced to bones by now...

The creature with a turtle and a snake growing together reminded Yi Yun of Xuanwu, a divine beast with a dragon's head, a turtle's body, and a snake coiled on its back. Although this Giant Turtle was certainly far less powerful than Xuanwu, the way the snake was in its mouth was eerie.

Seeing the two strange birds die, the Three-legged Monster Bird let out a clear cry. The cry carried far and wide, and in an instant, the surrounding jungle shook, and one strange bird after another soared into the sky from the forest!

These strange birds spread their wings and flew together, blocking out the clouds and the sun, looking just like a huge dark cloud.

The shadows of the strange birds cast their shadows, making the sky seem several degrees darker. Yi Yun roughly counted at least a hundred or so strange birds in the sky!

There were over a hundred strange birds, some of which were larger and had longer beaks than the average strange bird. There were about a dozen of these strange birds, and they were clearly stronger than the average strange bird, second only to the Three-legged Monster Bird that was their leader.

Yi Yun watched from the side, secretly astonished. Over a hundred of them! No wonder these strange birds were able to occupy the most central area of the second floor of the God Descending Tower and monopolize the Red Lotus.

Such strength is indeed unmatched by any of the wild beast clans on the second level of the God Descending Tower.

With a formidable enemy at hand, the strange bird has mobilized its entire force, but even so, its sharp claws and iron wings are completely unable to break through the Giant Turtle's defenses.

The Giant Turtle roared, its blood-red tongue spitting out like a poisoned sword, piercing through one strange bird after another! The birds were torn apart, their carcasses falling to the ground, staining the sky with blood!

A single monster bird could be easily killed by Giant Turtle; however, there were simply too many monster birds, especially the terrifying Three-legged Monster Bird among them.

Just as the Giant Turtle flicked out its tongue and pierced through a strange bird, the Three-legged Monster Bird seized the opportunity and shot out like lightning!

Snap!

It swung its three iron claws and seized the Giant Turtle's tongue!

With the added speed of its dive, the Three-legged Monster Bird's claw strike was incredibly powerful, slicing the Giant Turtle's tongue in half!

Blood gushed out, and the Giant Turtle roared in pain.

At that moment, the Three-legged Monster Bird let out another shriek, opened its large beak, and spat out a blazing ball of light at the Giant Turtle.

The Three-legged Monster Bird was originally a pure Yang-type wild beast. It could condense the Pure Yang Power within its body to launch ranged attacks!

Along with the Three-legged Monster Bird, the dozen or so even larger monster birds also opened their mouths and launched ball-of-light attacks!

Boom boom boom boom!!

Numerous orbs of light slammed into the Giant Turtle, causing it to explode wildly.

In an instant, the mountains and rivers shook, rocks collapsed, and vast swathes of the hibiscus forest were destroyed!

The battle has entered its most intense phase. Led by the Three-legged Monster Bird, the flock of birds has launched a counterattack against the Giant Turtle!

Despite the massive scale of the battle, Yi Yun had no interest in appreciating it. At this point in the battle, it was the perfect opportunity for Yi Yun to take action!

He glanced at the cliff. By this time, the sentries on the cliff were long gone. The shriek of the Three-legged Monster Bird at the start of the battle was the signal for the collective attack.

Yi Yun had gone to great lengths, using every trick in the book to lure out the wolves and scare away the tigers, all for this moment!

He used the Purple Crystal to conceal his aura and rushed towards the cliff...

Yi Yun's first choice was not the red lotus in the lava pool, but the strange bird's nest on the cliff.

He knew that after the strange bird collected the lotus seeds and the heart blood of the wild beast, it brought these things back to its nest.

Yi Yun wanted to know what these strange birds were up to in their nest.

Perhaps there are still lotus seeds left in this nest.

To avoid being discovered, Yi Yun moved quickly along the rocks. He soon arrived at the foot of the cliff and looked up at the strange bird's nest in the sky, which was probably several tens of feet high.

Yi Yun could reach this height with a single leap, but for the sake of concealment, he chose the back of the Yi Yun. He climbed up the rock face with the agility of a gecko, moving at an extremely fast speed.

Soon, Yi Yun arrived at a position level with the strange bird's nest. Only then did he turn from the back of the cliff to the front.

Call out!

In the blink of an eye, Yi Yun slipped into the bird's nest cave. This fleeting Black Shadow was undetectable to any wild beast.

Yi Yun drew his Longsword. Although it was unlikely that there were any strange birds left in the cave, it was always better to be safe than sorry. Yi Yun had already activated his Energy Vision, and everything here was clearly visible.

Outside the cave, the sounds of the two overlord beasts fighting still echoed, Yi Yun paid no heed. He moved with incredible speed, reaching the deepest part of the cave in just a few steps.

This strange bird's nest was only a dozen feet deep. Along the way, Yi Yun saw many skeletons of wild beasts. Many skeletons were broken and bone fragments were scattered all over the ground. Some rocks were covered with dried blood.

This is practically a slaughterhouse.

Just then, within the Purple Crystal's vision, Yi Yun sensed an incredibly strong energy fluctuation.

The source of this fluctuation is the deepest part of this cave.

There, in the darkness, Yi Yun saw a large tortoise shell, about two meters in diameter, lying upside down on the ground. The upper part of the shell had been cut off, leaving only the carapace, which looked just like a giant bowl.

The tortoise shell was mostly covered with the fur of wild beasts, and next to the shell were several bone cups made from the skulls of wild beasts.

These bone cups were covered in blood, the blood of wild beasts' hearts.

Yi Yun realized something: that Three-legged Monster Bird must have placed all the heart's blood it had collected inside this tortoise shell.

Yi Yun suddenly lifted the beast's fur, but what he saw surprised him.

The scene he had imagined—a turtle shell filled with blood, hot and pungent—did not appear. Instead, Yi Yun smelled a strange fragrance.

He looked down and saw a cluster of red glass beads scattered at the bottom of the tortoise shell, as clear and translucent as gemstones...

...(To be continued~^~)