Mount Descends from the Heavens, Danger Lurks in Ambush

After listening to Luo Lin's explanation, Lu Feng roughly understood the White-haired Eagle.

The ones attacking the Expeditionary Force were all Leader-level individuals with intelligence; a Warrior Squad likely wouldn't stand a chance.

He turned to glance at the massive bird before him, then without hesitation maneuvered the mech to leap onto its back.

"Follow me!"

Under his control, the White-haired Eagle had no strength to resist. It spread its wings, lifting the thirty-plus-ton Alloy Mecha into the air, and sped off toward the direction of the Chasing Wind Squad.

Good thing he hadn't drained its energy dry earlier, or it wouldn't have been able to fly at all.

A sudden thought struck Lu Feng.

Since he could control this Flying Beast, why not take it as his Mount?

He'd heard that on many auxiliary planets, warriors used Exotic Beasts as Mounts.

Especially those veteran Beast Tamers—they practically prided themselves on having an Exotic Beast Mount.

At this moment, the distance to the Chasing Wind Squad's position was over two hundred kilometers.

But the White-haired Eagle was extremely fast.

In just over ten minutes, it had already arrived above the Chasing Wind Squad.

Lu Feng looked down and saw that Gao Zhan and Hong Kun, both Innate Realm Warriors, had already left their mechs and were fighting two White-haired Eagles in close combat with their bare bodies.

Within the battle circle, several team members lay in pools of blood.

Clearly killed by the White-haired Eagles' sharp claws.

Since the mechs' weapon systems could barely inflict any real damage on Tier 4 Exotic Beasts, the squad's Tier 3 Martial Artists were utterly useless against them.

They could only rely on Gao Zhan and Hong Kun to desperately buy time, stalling until reinforcements arrived.

Hong Kun, in particular, had only one arm left, and his body was covered in wounds deep enough to show bone.

Lu Feng immediately commanded the White-haired Eagle beneath him to dive down.

The sight was like an immortal descending to the world atop a white crane.

It drew the eyes of everyone in the Chasing Wind Squad below.

"Damn, another one's coming."

"Hurry, open fire!"

Panicked, the team members were about to shoot. Even knowing that the Thermite Cannon couldn't harm a Tier 4 Exotic Beast, they still instinctively raised their weapons and aimed.

"Stop! Don't fire!"

Someone shouted in the squad channel, because they saw that on the big bird's back—there was a person standing.

More precisely, a person in a mech suit.

"What's going on? Why is this White-haired Eagle carrying someone?"

Before anyone could figure it out, the White-haired Eagle swooped down and landed steadily on the ground.

Lu Feng jumped off its back, turned, and stared fixedly at the other two White-haired Eagles still fighting Gao Zhan and Hong Kun.

With just one look, the two Tier 4 Exotic Beasts immediately stopped their attacks, their eyes vacant as they stood frozen in place.

Gao Zhan and Hong Kun seized the opportunity at once. They swung their Alloy Short Blades and drove them deep into the birds' throats, ending the fight.

Lu Feng couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Couldn't they have waited until he'd drained their energy before killing them?

Hong Kun, especially, as if afraid one stab wouldn't be enough, kept wildly plunging his blade into the White-haired Eagle in front of him dozens of times, until blood covered the ground and the bird went still.

In the distance, Gao Zhan turned and walked toward Lu Feng, his alloy blade raised high, ready to kill the one he'd ridden in on.

Lu Feng's pupils contracted. He quickly stepped forward to block him.

"Captain! This one can't be killed."

"If we don't kill it, what's it good for? It's these white-feathered bastards that cost me five more brothers!"

"It's already been tamed by me. It's my Mount now."

"Your Mount?" Gao Zhan paused, his gaze flicking to the bird behind Lu Feng.

The White-haired Eagle visibly shrank back behind Lu Feng, terrified that the human in front of it would cut it down with one blow.

"You can control a Leader-level Exotic Beast?"

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Gao Zhan suddenly understood.

No wonder the two White-haired Eagles they'd been fighting had suddenly gone blank-eyed...

But... Tier 4 Exotic Beasts with intelligence couldn't be tamed.

That was a universally accepted fact in the beast-taming world.

Lu Feng... how did this kid pull that off?

By now the other team members had crowded around, peppering him with questions, while a few curiously sized up the White-haired Eagle.

What they didn't know was that on a hillside half a kilometer away, dozens of eyes were watching everything in secret.

"Captain! How did that kid do it—riding in on a White-haired Eagle?"

Zheng Yi squinted at the distant Chasing Wind Squad, his gaze practically spitting fire.

"This kid was born with the ability to tame beasts."

"But... that White-haired Eagle is a Leader-level beast. Aren't Tier 4 Exotic Beasts supposed to be untamable?"

"I don't know either."

After receiving multiple distress signals from various squads moments ago, Zheng Yi had immediately checked the Chasing Wind Squad's position on the radar and led the Night Owl Squad here in a rush.

He wasn't here to help. He wanted to watch with his own eyes as Gao Zhan and his men crumbled under the assault of two Leader-level Exotic Beasts.

Once the Chasing Wind Squad suffered heavy casualties, he could strike in the chaos and wipe them all out without anyone knowing.

Then he'd report to Command that the Chasing Wind Squad had been annihilated under the siege of several Leader-level Exotic Beasts.

He wouldn't miss such a Heaven-Sent Opportunity.

Not only did he want to eliminate Gao Zhan, he also had to kill Lu Feng with his own hands to avenge his son.

But when he arrived at the scene and searched carefully, Lu Feng was nowhere to be seen.

Lu Feng's mecha, unit number "1227," wasn't in the Chasing Wind Squad's formation.

Just when the Chasing Wind Squad was about to collapse at the Crucial Moment, that kid had Descended From the Sky riding a White-haired Eagle.

And by using his beast-taming ability, he'd successfully turned the Battle Situation around.

"Captain, there's no chance now. Let's pull back!" one team member urged in a low voice.

Zheng Yi clenched his jaw, his face twisted with reluctance.

If he gave up now, he'd probably never get another opportunity like this.

And today he'd learned that Lu Feng could actually tame Tier 4 Exotic Beasts.

That kind of ability was far too terrifying!!

If that kid tamed a bunch of Leader-level Exotic Beasts in the future, he'd have no chance to avenge his son.

"Everyone, prepare to attack the Chasing Wind Squad!" Zheng Yi suddenly ordered.

"C-Captain! Are we really doing this?" a team member stammered.

If they really attacked, let alone whether they could win—

Even if they did, once the crime of killing fellow soldiers came to light, the entire Night Owl Squad would face military execution.

"Relax. As long as we make it a Quick Battle, no one will know the truth. We'll just say the White-haired Eagle did it."

Zheng Yi turned to a burly Middle-aged Man beside him. "Zhou Tong, you're in charge of holding back that White-haired Eagle. Gao Zhan and Hong Kun are mine."

Zhou Tong was the only other Innate Realm Warrior in the Night Owl Squad besides Zheng Yi.

And Zheng Yi himself was already at Innate Realm Peak. Dealing with Gao Zhan, who was at Innate Realm mid-stage, and Hong Kun, who had one arm severed, would be almost no problem at all.

"Everyone, get ready for battle! When this is done, the Zheng Family will give each of you three hundred Star Source Stones!"

At the promise of three hundred Star Source Stones, the team members' eyes lit up.

That was a massive amount of resources, enough to greatly boost each of their cultivation levels.

But none of them realized this was just an empty promise from Zheng Yi.

After it was all over, who would dare to speak up about killing their own comrades?

Not only did he not have that many Star Source Stones, even if he did, he'd never follow through.

"Aim—fire!"

At Zheng Yi's command, every mecha in the Night Owl Squad emerged from behind the hillside, their High-Energy Thermite Cannons all trained on the Chasing Wind Squad.

Scorching energy beams erupted in an instant...