The Giant Bird

After paying the bill, the two men and the bird left the tavern.

"Hurry up, or you'll miss out on a good spot!"

Know-It-All pulled Xiao Fan along, following behind the two players from before.

Before long, a group of players could be seen gathered together ahead, and a voice could be heard coming from within.

"We finally caught him!"

Unable to squeeze in, the Know-It-All grabbed the sleeve of a player next to him and asked, "Dude, what's going on?"

The player turned around and, upon discovering that the person who had captured him was the Know-It-All, immediately had a gossipy look on his face. "Someone's come to rescue the mother and daughter."

Xiao Fan immediately understood what was going on.

The mother and daughter that Shen Tao brought back were probably not there voluntarily; now their friends and relatives are coming to their door.

However, the person is beyond saving now, and he himself has also been implicated.

"Should we start Bird Plan ahead of schedule?"

Xiao Fan originally planned to lure Shen Tao out of the settlement before killing him, but judging from the current situation, Shen Tao is unlikely to leave the settlement in a short time, and he cannot wait here indefinitely.

Since the player with that face is already dead, there's no need to worry about being exposed.

As Xiao Fan was pondering this, an enraged voice rang out from the crowd.

"You bunch of people deserve to die a horrible death!"

Xiao Fan paused for a moment, then frowned. "Why does this voice sound so familiar?"

"Take him back and hand him over to the chief."

The crowd ahead began to shift, and from Xiao Fan's position, all he could see were heads moving about.

"Who could it be?" Xiao Fan tried hard to remember.

The Know-It-All clicked his tongue twice. "This player is pretty brave, daring to come to our settlement to rescue someone. Impressive skills, huh?"

Another player scoffed, "Not bad at all! I just checked, level 30 player! Can't even afford a full set of equipment, but the skills are alright, they have Earth-Tier Skill."

In the Cloud Sea, the most direct way to determine a player's level is by looking at their weapon's appearance.

The beginner weapons in the Novice Village look the same, the weapons for levels 20-30 look different, the weapons for levels 30-40 look different again, and so on.

High-level players can equip weapons lower than their own level, but low-level players cannot equip weapons higher than their own level.

After leaving the Novice Village, even the poorest players will change their weapons after leveling up, as this is the most direct way to show their level.

There are practically no people like Xiao Fan who don't carry weapons.

The Know-It-All's eyes widened in disbelief. "A level 30 player dares to come to our World's End Gathering Point? Quite courageous!"

"I guess Shen Tao arrested his wife and daughter."

"Alas, what a tragedy." Know-It-All shook his head and sighed, but there was no trace of pity on his face.

"What wife and daughter? Those are someone's sister-in-law and niece." A passing player chimed in to join the discussion.

"What? You know that person?" The Know-It-All immediately became interested.

"I know him, isn't he Wind Snow Traveler in the Cloud Sea? He was a well-known figure back then. Sigh, he was unlucky; he left Zone 18 too early. If he had waited until the overpowered Jiu Chen rose to prominence, things would have been different. He waited so long, and then..."

"Zijin!"

Before the man could finish speaking, he heard a loud shout from the side, and then he saw a scene he would never forget.

An ordinary-looking man stood there with a gloomy expression, when a small, unusually agile golden-winged bird perched on his shoulder leaped into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the small body began to swell, and a terrifying aura instantly spread.

To everyone's astonishment, the golden-winged bird's body grew larger at an incredible speed, and at the same time, tiny bolts of lightning kept appearing around her.

A moment later, a huge Purple-Feathered Golden-Winged Bird appeared above the gathering place.

It's huge! It's really huge!

Its wingspan was at least a hundred meters, which startled even Xiao Fan.

When did you grow up so big?

His cold Zijin vertical pupils swept across the area below, exuding an aura of ancient desolation and unparalleled domineering power that made everyone present want to worship him.

Silence! A deathly silence enveloped the surroundings.

Everyone looked up in disbelief at the huge bird in the sky.

With a flap of her Golden Wings, Xiao Fan was scooped up and tossed onto her back.

"Zijin, go find that group of people."

Xiao Fan couldn't control others, but Wind Snow Traveler was the first person he met when he entered the game, and also his good friend.

Since we're going to be exposed anyway, and Shen Tao is going to die anyway, we're just letting him die sooner.

The players below didn't realize what had happened until the Zijin flew away.

The Know-It-All's teeth were chattering.

Who the hell could have imagined that the cute little bird that was just drinking and eating with him at the same table a moment ago would turn into such a terrifying thing in the blink of an eye?

That's terrifying!

The Know-It-All is now extremely glad he didn't say anything back then, otherwise he'd be wishing he were dead right now.

"Aaaaaah! A Fierce Beast! A flying Fierce Beast has invaded our settlement! Everyone, run!"

Players who were unaware of the situation from afar finally realized what was happening when they saw the Zijin and screamed in fright.

Panic ensued as the crowd fled towards the exits on all four sides of the gathering place.

This is the basic operation in the settlement: if you see Fierce Beast attacking, run away immediately.

"It's not Fierce Beast! It's Magic Beast! It's definitely Magic Beast! Fierce Beast couldn't be this terrifying!"

"Aaaaaah! Help! Magic Beast are attacking!"

Upon hearing this, everyone fled even faster.

Only a few people around Know-It-All know-it-all knew the situation and that the terrifying Magic Beast was brought by a player.

"Wan... Wan... Know-It-All, who... who are you with...? Is he... is he a player?"

The player who Kan Kan just moments before was now pale with fright, his voice trembling.

How could a player carry a Magic Beast with them?

Know-It-All shook his head stiffly. "I... I don't know either. I... I just grabbed one randomly at the base entrance."

At the time, he saw that Xiao Fan looked ordinary, had no equipment, and exuded a simple and gullible aura. Who the hell would have thought that he was a hidden master?

"They don't match, not a single one does."

The players nearby shook their heads frantically, realizing that Xiao Fan's appearance didn't match any of the top players in the game.

"It can't be a humanoid monster! Aren't humanoid monsters appearing in many secret realms these days? This kind of creature with Magic Beast can't be a player."

"No wonder he wasn't armed! Let's run!"

Although Know-It-All sensed something was wrong, he was too frightened to think in this situation and turned to flee towards the east East Gate.

"What's going on over there? Why is it so noisy?"

The two players escorting Wind Snow Traveler heard a noise behind them and turned around in confusion.

"You beasts! You deserve to die a horrible death! Shen Tao deserves to die a horrible death!"

The Wind Snow Traveler looked utterly miserable; he was emaciated and had no healthy spots on his body, with his arms pinned down and unable to move.

He roared with his head held high, but despair was already in his heart.

He knew he wouldn't be able to jump this time.

"Brother, I'm so sorry, so sorry. I failed to protect my sister-in-law and Xiao Yu. I'm so useless..." Wind Snow Traveler finally couldn't hold back his tears.

He wasn't afraid of death, but he felt he had let down his brother and his family.

"You dare to yell like that!"

A player nearby kicked Wind Snow Traveler.

"Alright, stop fighting. The boss is waiting for us to take him there."

"Let's go." The two pulled Wind Snow Traveler up, just as they were about to leave.

A chilling voice suddenly came from behind me.

"Let him go."