The one who had grabbed the "Carefree Ball" was a gigantic mutated bird-beast. Since its nest was over in Tallwood Forest, Xu Huo put the item away after slowing it down, then put on his invisibility cloak.
But the invisibility cloak didn't fool the bird-beast's eyes. Once it broke free of gravity's pull, it circled overhead before diving straight toward him again!
The mutated bird-beast had come from Tallwood Forest, and the place where Xu Huo had landed was relatively open. Apart from this small patch of woods, most of the surrounding area was flat. Even where there were hills, the slopes were gentle, and most of the land looked perfectly ordinary.
Standing on "Gentleman's Demeanor," he leaped into the air and landed on the bird-beast's back, slamming it toward the ground. The force of the gravity item had already pushed both him and the bird-beast relatively low in the air—at least compared to Tallwood Forest. This blow forced the bird-beast down to within fifty meters of the ground. Just as it struggled to fly higher, a thick, long vine suddenly shot out from the seemingly flat ground, wrapped around its talons, and yanked hard!
As the bird-beast shrieked in terror, two more vines shot out from different places, wrapping around its wings and head. They pulled in midair, tearing it apart. Blood and chunks of flesh rained down. Wherever they landed, the ground began to writhe. At first glance, it looked like countless giant worms twisting together, but a closer look revealed heaps of coiled vines.
The vines thrashed rapidly, devouring the bird-beast, blood, flesh, and all, in a matter of moments. Then they sank back into the ground. After writhing for a few seconds in the gray-brown soil, they went still, lying flat and blending completely into the