With its sharp beak, razor-sharp claws, and fragile human body, anyone pecked or scratched by it would inevitably end up with torn flesh and open wounds.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
Lin Li had only just finished battling the ferocious Black Snake Exotic Beast, but when he saw the "small" Rooster Feather Exotic Beast before him, he did not feel nervous in the slightest.
"I once watched a food blogger make dishes using Rooster Feather Exotic Beast meat. Whether it was stewed into chicken soup or stir-fried directly, the taste was incredibly delicious.
Wait... Am I seriously thinking about eating it? His top priority right now was to hunt down one hundred exotic beasts as quickly as possible.
Once the Azure Fruit ripened and he ate it, his strength would increase dramatically. After that, he would have plenty of chances to eat Rooster Feather Exotic Beast meat..."
The imposing Rooster Feather Exotic Beast saw the human staring at it with gleaming eyes, and a chill ran through it.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
After crowing several times, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast scraped at the grass with its sharp claws. Then, a pale golden Spiritual Light blossomed from its two enormous wings.
"Flap, flap, flap..."
After the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast beat its wings several times, a whirlwind appeared around them.
"Holy crap, this Rooster Feather Exotic Beast actually awakened an ability!!!"
Seeing the whirlwinds appear around the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast's wings, Lin Li was shocked. This was his first time encountering an exotic beast that had awakened an ability.
Any exotic beast that awakened an ability would become far more dangerous. The moment Lin Li saw the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast use its ability, he immediately put away any thoughts of underestimating it.
"Come on! Let me see how powerful your ability is!"
"Whoosh..."
A powerful gust suddenly swept up, carrying away the thick clouds that had blocked out the sun. Blazing sunlight once again blanketed the earth.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
The instant the sun emerged from behind the clouds, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast sprang into action.
It forcefully beat its two enormous wings. The two whirlwinds around them actually lifted it into the air.
As everyone knew, although roosters had wings, they could not fly. At most, they could flap a few times before landing again.
Yet this Rooster Feather Exotic Beast, having awakened an ability, truly possessed the power of flight after using it.
The whirlwinds around its wings carried it back and forth through the sky. Although it flew only thirty or forty meters above the ground, its agile flying ability still left Lin Li utterly astonished.
"Th-this... could this be the legendary Battle Chicken?"
As if responding to Lin Li's title for it, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast circled through the sky, then let out a shrill cry and dove toward Lin Li like a plunging aircraft.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
Descending from the sky, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast locked onto Lin Li with its keen eyes and aimed its sharp claws at his head.
"I thought the whirlwinds around your wings would be flung out like wind blades to attack me! I didn't expect them to be used for assisted flight..."
The diving Rooster Feather Exotic Beast came down with terrifying momentum, rapidly closing the distance between itself and Lin Li.
When the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast dove to within twenty meters of Lin Li, an orange-red glow suddenly appeared in his hand.
"You're quite the Battle Chicken. Since you're so bold, then take one of my fireball attacks!"
"Whoosh."
A fist-sized Small Fireball shot from Lin Li's hand. The diving Rooster Feather Exotic Beast sensed the danger and hurriedly beat its wings, trying to change direction.
Unfortunately, it was only a dozen meters from Lin Li, and the fireball flew too quickly. The Rooster Feather Exotic Beast had no time to dodge.
"Boom."
The fist-sized Small Fireball struck the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast squarely. The raging flames produced by the explosion ignited its fluffy feathers.
In an instant, the mighty Battle Chicken was on fire. The terrifying, scorching flames spread rapidly, utterly impossible to stop.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
Once its body caught fire, the mighty Rooster Feather Exotic Beast panicked. It let out shrill cries while beating its wings with all its might, trying to extinguish the flames blazing across its body.
However, the two whirlwinds clinging to its wings as it used its awakened ability now acted like fuel.
Not only did they fail to help extinguish the flames raging across its body, they instead caused the fire to burn with increasing ferocity.
"Hey, you! Get down here already! If you turn into a roasted chicken, that Miracle Small Tree on the Mysterious Small Island probably won't accept you!"
At that moment, Lin Li was even more anxious than the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast itself, which was being consumed by the flames. He hoped it could quickly put out the fire engulfing its body.
Before long, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast's fluffy feathers were burned away completely.
Well, that took care of that. It had thoroughly become a bald chicken, its entire body charred black.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
The Rooster Feather Exotic Beast, now a bald chicken, let out a miserable cry and dropped straight from the sky.
"Boom."
Fortunately, the place where it fell was covered in weeds, and it had already lowered its flying altitude before descending.
From a height of eight or nine meters, with a thick pile of fluffy weeds below, the damage from its fall would not be too severe.
Just as the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast landed in the pile of weeds and rejoiced at surviving the crash, a figure with a beaming smile appeared behind it.
"Cluck... cluck... cluck..."
Suddenly sensing an ill-intentioned gaze fixed on the back of its head, the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast, still celebrating its narrow escape, slowly turned around to look behind itself.
Then, a pale golden radiance entered its field of vision.
"Crack."
Lin Li swung the Spirit Artifact Longsword, whose blade radiated pale golden Spiritual Light, and severed the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast's head from its body in one strike.
"Sorry. Your head is just too small, and I wasn't confident I could stab it accurately in one strike. I had no choice but to deal with you in a less presentable way."
After cutting off the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast's head with one sword stroke, Lin Li looked at its headless body twitching faintly and spoke with an apologetic expression.
"Cluck, cluck, cluck..."
Just as Lin Li was preparing to store the second exotic beast he had killed that day on the Mysterious Small Island, another crisp crow rang out from the distance.
"Great... I'd only just killed a Rooster Feather Exotic Beast, and another one has already come along. Looks like my luck has arrived." Delighted, Lin Li immediately placed his hand on the Rooster Feather Exotic Beast's corpse and stored it on the Mysterious Small Island.
Then, carrying the Spirit Artifact Longsword in his hand, he quickly ran toward the direction of the crisp crowing.
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