New Form: Wing Speed Form

"How's it looking? That Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's blind now, right?"

On the top floor of a small building, a young man held a high-precision sniper rifle and spoke smugly.

"Yeah, Xiao Hua, nice shot."

The usually strict captain beside him patted Xiao Hua on the shoulder in approval.

"I can't believe we got this lucky and ran into an immature Black-Crowned Golden Eagle."

The burly man carrying a massive shield sighed.

"Yeah. Even though this Black-Crowned Golden Eagle is only an Early Beast General, its value probably far exceeds that of some Intermediate Beast General-level monsters. Once we kill it, we'll each get at least a few million Huaxia Currency."

The captain nodded with a smile.

There were only five people in this martial artist squad. Besides the captain and the burly man carrying the massive shield, who were both War General-level martial artists, the other three were all Warrior-level. So they usually hunted in places like County 0231.

It was no easy feat to encounter a monster like a Black-Crowned Golden Eagle in a place like this.

An immature Black-Crowned Golden Eagle was probably worth more than twenty or thirty million Huaxia Currency!

"Wait!"

Suddenly, the young man who had been holding the sniper rifle from the start stared up at the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle and looked confused.

"Captain! There seems to be someone on that Black-Crowned Golden Eagle..."

The young man spoke in alarm.

"Someone?"

The squad members exchanged bewildered looks.

What did he mean, there was someone on the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle?

"What do you mean?"

The captain frowned. How could anyone be on the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle? Even an immature one would have to be at least a War God or an Advanced War General to avoid being thrown off at that speed.

And if there was someone on it, didn't that mean their prize was about to get away?

A glint flashed in the captain's eyes.

No. He absolutely couldn't let someone else take the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle!

That was a fortune—enough for them to spend half a year resting in a Base City!

"Xiao Hua, is the tracker working?"

The captain looked at the young man holding the sniper rifle.

"Yes."

Xiao Hua raised a screen in his hand. It showed the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's real-time coordinates. It had already flown out of County 0231.

The bullet that had hit the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle was fitted with a tracker.

Although the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle could reach incredible speeds in a burst, its stamina wasn't especially good. It would have to find somewhere to rest, and with one eye blinded, it was bound to be unable to fly very far.

"Good. Let's catch up and take a look."

The captain immediately gave the order.

As long as the other person wasn't a War God... he was confident no one could beat him!

"Caw—!!!"

A shrill eagle cry ripped through the silence ten thousand meters above the ground.

The Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's enormous body plunged toward a barren mountain range below like an out-of-control bomber, the air screaming around it. It was moving so fast that a blurred afterimage trailed behind.

Su Zhe clung tightly to its back. The gale cut across his face like a knife, and his combat suit snapped in the wind.

His left hand had transformed into countless black-and-red tendrils, like greedy roots burrowing deeper into the wound the War Blade had carved open in the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle. They greedily siphoned the life essence from the massive bird of prey.

Su Zhe could clearly feel waves of pure, immense energy, along with the essence of its flesh and blood, pouring into his body.

"Caw!"

The Black-Crowned Golden Eagle let out a mournful cry and twisted and rolled through the air, trying to fling Su Zhe off its back.

"Stay still!"

Su Zhe growled. His right hand tightened around the Series 6 Combat Blade, and he forced the blade, lodged in the eagle's bone, several inches deeper.

The pain threw the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's dive into even greater disarray.

It rolled and twisted frantically, trying to shake the "parasite" from its back.

But the Blacklight Virus was far more infectious and ravenous than it could have imagined.

The wound was close to the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's brain to begin with.

As the virus continued to seep into its body, the wound began turning an unnatural shade of black and red. Its blood essence rapidly drained away, and its consciousness began to grow hazy.

When Su Zhe noticed the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle gradually slowing down and starting to falter in the air, he knew the moment had come.

"Now!"

With the ground rushing closer, a sharp glint flashed in Su Zhe's eyes.

No longer content to devour it slowly, he focused his thoughts, and his entire body abruptly turned into a surging mass of writhing black-and-red flesh. Like a living creature, it poured through the huge wound carved by the War Blade and burrowed into the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's body!

"Pfft—!"

As if a balloon had been popped, the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's huge body went rigid, and its dive stopped dead.

Its remaining left eye brimmed with terror and pain. It gave a brief, desperate cry, then its light went out completely.

The virus destroyed its brain. Before it could turn the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle into a Blacklight Virus Infected, Su Zhe had already killed it!

The enormous eagle's corpse fell like a kite with its string cut, crashing toward a bare stone mountain below.

"Boom!"

Dust billowed and shattered rocks flew.

When the dust cleared, the huge Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's corpse had vanished. In its place stood Su Zhe, his body re-formed.

[Devoured an Apprentice Level four monster. Gained 0.4 Devour Points]

[Gained new form: Wing Speed Form (Black-Crowned Golden Eagle)]

[Level increased: Apprentice Level four]

Su Zhe had completely devoured the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, turning it into nourishment for his growth!

"Panel!"

Su Zhe silently called out in his mind.

[Name]: Su Zhe

[Level]: Apprentice Level four

[Bloodline]: Blacklight Virus

[Abilities]: Devouring, Camouflage, Thermal Sensing

[Forms]: Claw Form (Silver Moon Dire Wolf), Wing Speed Form (Black-Crowned Golden Eagle)

[Law]: None

[Items]: Series 6 Combat Suit, Series 6 Combat Blade, Communication Watch

[Devour Points]: 14.8 (10000)

He had acquired a new form!

There was more information on the panel now, but Su Zhe didn't care. He had already noticed that the data displayed on it sometimes changed.

"Wing Speed Form!"

Su Zhe's thoughts shifted. The flesh around his shoulder blades began to writhe, and a pair of enormous wings unfurled in an instant, spanning nearly ten meters. Made of black-and-red flesh and metallic-looking feathers, they were threaded with golden lines.

They were much smaller than the original Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's wings, but they still carried the same fierce aura of an overlord of the skies.

Su Zhe tried gently flapping his wings. A powerful lift surged beneath him, and his body immediately rose off the ground.

After getting used to controlling the wings, Su Zhe landed again and opened his right hand. A metal bullet sat in his palm.

It was the bullet that had entered the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle's eye socket.

Although the Blacklight Virus could even devour metal, Su Zhe had deliberately kept this bullet.

"The tracker..."

There was nowhere for the tracker on the bullet to hide from Su Zhe.

He casually tossed the bullet to the ground. He would find out who had attacked from the shadows and nearly ruined his plans!