Nothing Better to Do Than Transform and Scare Someone

"The plant a giant deer needs to advance from intermediate to advanced is called Little Mountain Flower. Its blossoms look like tiny mountains, so it's very easy to find, and it isn't far away. Just cross two mountains."

Li Xuan was delighted. As long as he found Little Mountain Flower, he could raise his Gigantification ability to advanced level.

Then, as long as he used the skill, his body would become as enormous as a small mountain.

A body of that size would be enough to frighten off most creatures. Even vicious beasts would feel their scalps tingle in terror.

"First, I'll find something to eat and restore my strength. Then I'll set off immediately to look for Little Mountain Flower."

After saying that, Li Xuan moved his feet and dragged his weak body forward, preparing to pick some fruit to fill his stomach first.

This red panda had gone without food for so long that it was already skin and bones. Li Xuan worried that its body would not hold out much longer.

"Good thing I have Self-Healing. I can feel my body healing itself, but I'm just too hungry."

Li Xuan rubbed his belly. It felt completely flat, and more importantly, his entire body was weak, as though he had run ten marathons.

"I'll eat some wild fruit first and fill my stomach."

Li Xuan activated God's-Eye View and scanned the surroundings. Before long, he spotted a wild fruit grove to the southeast.

There were many fruits in the grove. One kind resembled apples, but they were wild fruits rather than apples. The red panda had eaten them here before. They tasted somewhat astringent and completely different from apples.

Li Xuan did not care about that. Filling his stomach was what mattered, so he flapped his Wind Wings and flew over at high speed.

"These monkeys can really eat. They've nearly cleaned out the whole fruit grove. This used to be the red panda's food."

Li Xuan watched the monkeys leap and scramble through the fruit grove, picking wild fruit everywhere. Seeing that only a few trees still bore fruit, he shook his head helplessly.

Fortunately, there was a lush, massive wild fruit tree covered densely with fruit. It was perfect for a hearty meal.

However, a monkey sat quietly atop it, looking down on everything like a king.

This monkey was exceptionally muscular, twice the size of the others. It was broad and imposing, clearly something like the monkeys' leader.

But Li Xuan merely glanced at it casually before flying straight over.

Screech! Screech!

Strange monkey cries suddenly rang out from the large trees around them.

The monkeys that had been playing and frolicking immediately focused their attention on the scene, looking as though they were eager to watch a show.

At that moment, the monkey leader atop the massive fruit tree stood up as well.

It first twisted its neck twice, producing dull cracking sounds. Then it clenched its fists and tensed its entire body, ready to strike at any moment.

Roar! Roar! Roar! Roar!

When the distant monkeys saw this, they immediately jumped about excitedly and clapped with their hands above their heads, seemingly cheering.

But just then—

A terrifying dragon's might suddenly erupted, sweeping in all directions with lightning speed!

Bang!

The monkey leader fell straight from the massive fruit tree. It stared at Li Xuan in terror, trembling all over as it kept backing away.

The monkeys watching from nearby also panicked. They fled to more distant trees and watched Li Xuan warily, clearly frightened by the dragon's might.

Li Xuan ignored them. He flew onto the tree, picked a fruit, and began eating.

Crunch, crunch!

Crisp sounds rang out as Li Xuan bit into the tart yet sweet wild fruit, chewing slowly and savoring its flavor.

The fruit was nowhere near as delicious as apples, but to Li Xuan in his current state, it was still a rare treat.

His body was simply too weak. Being able to eat fruit was already a good thing.

Crunch! Crunch!

Li Xuan began eating rapidly, transforming into a glutton and entering feeding mode. He crazily devoured the wild fruit on the tree, eating more than half of the massive fruit tree bare.

Watching this from afar, the monkey leader anxiously scratched its ears and cheeks, wanting to come over and drive Li Xuan away.

But the dragon's might was too terrifying. The monkey leader worked up its courage several times, yet never dared approach. It could only curl up in a corner and watch, silently shedding tears.

More than ten minutes later.

"Burp!"

After eating and drinking his fill, Li Xuan glanced at the monkey leader. Too lazy to bother with such trash, he flapped his Wind Wings and flew into the distance.

He was going to search for Little Mountain Flower and improve his strength.

However, just as he flew into the air, a vulture swooped down from above and flew toward him.

"You're courting death!"

Li Xuan opened his mouth, and an Intermediate Fireball instantly condensed before him. With a bang, he launched it.

Boom!

Flames blazed, engulfing the vulture's entire body and burning it to death amid terror and despair.

Below.

The monkey leader had originally watched Li Xuan leave with resentment, intending to find a chance to ambush him later.

But when it saw the vulture instantly killed, the monkey leader froze, its expression turning extremely grave.

That enormous vulture was considered formidable even among summoned beasts. Although the monkey leader was confident it could defeat the vulture, killing it would be difficult.

Yet this suddenly appearing red panda had killed the vulture in an instant. That was rather terrifying.

However.

The monkey leader was not convinced. It still wanted to find a chance to ambush Li Xuan in the future. After all, it was the monkey leader, and its strength was not far from Black Iron rank.

It felt that in a few more months, once it reached Black Iron rank, it could ambush the red panda.

Caw! Caw! Caw!

Harsh, grating cries came from the sky as an enormous vulture radiating an evil aura descended, carrying overwhelming momentum as it charged toward the red panda.

The monkey leader had been resentful toward Li Xuan, but upon seeing this enormous vulture, its pupils contracted and its eyes widened in shock.

The aura radiating from the enormous vulture had already reached upper Black Iron rank, only one step away from Black Iron perfection.

A summoned beast like this was unquestionably a regional powerhouse in this area. The vast majority of summoned beasts would not dare provoke it.

So the monkey leader took two steps back and stared gravely at the enormous vulture as it rapidly flew toward the red panda.

Screech! Screech! Screech!

A monkey ran up to the leader, gesturing with both hands and making a throat-slitting motion, seemingly saying that the red panda was dead for sure.

The monkey leader nodded in agreement, because that was simply the truth. Facing an upper Black Iron-ranked summoned beast, a red panda would only be courting death.

Thus, the monkey leader waited quietly. Together with the other monkeys, it looked up at the sky, waiting for the enormous vulture to tear the red panda apart.

Rumble!

A tremendous roar echoed through the area as dense dust and shockwaves swept in all directions.

A terrifying figure like an iron tower suddenly appeared, swinging a red panda paw down fiercely from the sky.

The enormous vulture had just dived from the sky and had not even had time to attack before it was slammed from the air onto the ground by the red panda paw, crushed to death on the spot.

"This vulture is really poor. It doesn't even have a beast core!"

Li Xuan raised his red panda paw speechlessly, turned to look at the monkey leader, then shook his head twice, producing cracking sounds.

That iron-tower-like figure looked down at the monkey leader, frightening it so badly that it wet itself, dropped to its knees, and hurriedly kowtowed.