God Pigeon

Li Xuan muttered to himself, standing on the tender grass for a long while, hoping some blind summon beast would come and attack him.

Unfortunately, even after waiting for a long time, he did not encounter any summon beast that wanted to attack him.

When his stomach began growling with hunger, Li Xuan stopped wasting time. He took a deep breath and suddenly activated Self-Destruction.

Boom!

The familiar sound echoed through heaven and earth. The scorching heat rapidly set the surrounding weeds ablaze, crimson flames sweeping in every direction as a circular crater formed in the ground.

The explosion also startled the summon beasts nearby, sending them fleeing in haste as they looked fearfully toward the blast site.

Li Xuan knew nothing of any of this. His consciousness had returned to darkness once more.

[ Ding! You have died. Random revival in progress. ]

As the mechanical voice sounded, exhaustion flooded Li Xuan's mind.

"I'm getting more and more tired!"

Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes, and light returned to his dark world.

Before him was a cave formed by grayish-brown rock walls, along with strangely shaped stones of every color. The ground beneath his feet was soft, seemingly made of plant roots and stems.

Li Xuan lowered his head and looked down. A pair of small bird feet covered in feathers came into view, along with a somewhat ugly nest beneath them.

"A nest? Did I turn into a bird this time? A bird is fine. First, I need to find out why I'm so tired."

Li Xuan carefully analyzed the situation and discovered that revival consumed very little soul power. Although some skills also consumed soul power, soul power could slowly recover, just like physical strength.

"Maybe I have too many talents, increasing the burden on my soul. Ordinary summon beasts only have one skill, while I already have four."

Thinking of skills, Li Xuan immediately began examining his newly acquired abilities.

Ding!

Name: Li Xuan

Species: God's Pigeon [Ordinary Summon Beast]

Soul: Human

Abilities: Self-Destruction, Intermediate Healing, Fireball, God's-Eye View

"God's Pigeon? A pigeon?"

As Li Xuan studied the status panel, he also inspected his current appearance.

White pigeon wings appeared before his eyes, snow-white feathers covering his body and making him look neat and beautiful.

Without needing to be told, Li Xuan understood that he had become a God's Pigeon.

"I'll browse the memories first and figure out the surrounding environment."

Having made his decision, Li Xuan began carefully reviewing the memories. Before long, a vast amount of information appeared like an animated film.

The information was jumbled and complicated. Li Xuan watched until the next morning, yet he had only gone through ninety percent of it. Fortunately, the exhaustion in his soul had eased somewhat, and he had gained plenty of useful knowledge.

For example, he carefully memorized the surrounding environment, the approximate geographical location, and information on numerous summon beasts.

His greatest gain was the skill, God's-Eye View.

God's-Eye View: Freely observe all scenes within a one-kilometer radius. The viewing angle can be adjusted at will, allowing close-up observation of targets.

"Not a bad ability!"

Li Xuan was very satisfied with God's-Eye View. This observation ability made up for his shortcomings quite well.

If he could raise God's-Eye View to the intermediate level in the future, its observation range would definitely increase again.

"This pigeon lived quite a long life, so why didn't God's-Eye View advance to intermediate level? What a pity."

Li Xuan shook his head and once again reviewed the pigeon's memories. Soon, he found information about summoning arrays.

A summoning array was the method through which summoners and summon beasts formed contracts. It was white in color.

Summoning arrays appeared randomly and unpredictably. Whenever one appeared, large numbers of summon beasts would fight over it.

God's Pigeon had seen quite a few summoning arrays, but it had never formed a contract. It seemed to be a summon beast that loved freedom.

"Enough thinking. I'll test God's-Eye View first."

Li Xuan activated God's-Eye View. In an instant, his field of vision rose into the air, looking down at the scene below from above.

It was like standing atop a tall building and gazing down below. It was incredibly marvelous.

"I can even adjust the viewing angle."

Li Xuan tried lowering his perspective and soon saw a sheer cliff.

The cliff was made of grayish-brown stone. The rocks were uneven and jagged, bearing obvious marks of rainwater erosion.

Several tender green weeds clung stubbornly to the cliff face, swaying back and forth in the breeze.

A blue-and-white eagle stood quietly on the cliff, its sharp eyes sweeping over the surroundings as though it were patrolling its territory.

Curious, Li Xuan slowly lowered God's-Eye View until it reached the eagle's face, carefully observing its blue-and-white feathers.

To Li Xuan's delight, even at such close range, the eagle failed to notice anything. This was enough to prove God's-Eye View was extraordinary.

Delighted, Li Xuan continued adjusting his perspective to observe the area. Before long, he discovered a monkey not far from the eagle.

The monkey was hiding behind a rock, greedily staring at the eagle's nest and the eagle eggs inside.

More importantly, a membrane of light covered the monkey's body, yet the eagle right beside it had not seen the monkey at all.

"Wait, could that membrane of light make the monkey invisible? Can God's-Eye View see through invisible creatures too?"

Li Xuan could no longer remain calm. If God's-Eye View could see through invisibility, that would be absolutely amazing.

Overjoyed, Li Xuan continued using God's-Eye View to observe, carefully researching this ability.

More than ten minutes later, Li Xuan had completely confirmed that God's-Eye View could indeed see through invisibility and pierce falsehood.

"What an incredible ability. I need to improve it as much as possible in the future. It would be best to raise it to the maximum level."

Li Xuan happily withdrew God's-Eye View and continued browsing the pigeon's memories instead.

"Eh? Flame Flowers? There are actually memories of Flame Flowers. Great! With Flame Flowers, I can raise the level of Fireball."

From the pigeon's memories, Li Xuan saw that many brilliantly red Flame Flowers grew on a Flame Mountain.

There were numerous Flame Flowers, but they were located within the territory of Fire Peacocks. Ordinary summon beasts did not dare approach that place at all.

"Fire Peacocks. What a small world. They're actually in their territory. Since they're enemies, I have even more reason to pick them. At worst, I'll use Self-Destruction. I can revive anyway, so at worst I'll just be a little tired."

Li Xuan recalled how he had been attacked by Fire Peacocks when he was a Self-Destruction Insect. Now that he had a chance for revenge, he was naturally eager to give it a try and wanted to set off immediately.

However, this body was somewhat frail, and he had gone a whole night without food or water. His stomach was hungry, so he had to fill it first.

Slowly flapping his wings, Li Xuan tested his ability to fly. Only after confirming that he would not lose strength and fall did he begin moving.

Flap, flap!

His white wings slowly beat beneath the warm sunlight as he headed toward Barley Valley.

Many barley plants grew in this valley. They were the pigeon's primary food source and the vital reason it had survived until now.

"Eh? There are two Violent Rabbits eating in the valley, and a giant Thorn Grass summon beast too. Forget it, I won't bother them. If people don't offend me, I won't offend them."

Li Xuan slowly descended into the valley, stepping on barley stalks as he began pecking at the grain.

The barley kernels were about the size of corn kernels from his previous life, glowing golden all over. When he ate them, he could taste the rich fragrance of wheat. They were delicious.

Li Xuan became slightly intoxicated from eating so much, feeling as though he could never get enough.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

The two Violent Rabbits slowly raised their heads and carefully watched Li Xuan. Then they leaned together and whispered to each other, seemingly discussing something.

The older Violent Rabbit pointed at the Thorn Grass summon beast and revealed a frightened expression.

Then it pointed at Li Xuan, a greedy look unexpectedly appearing on its face, as though it had regarded Li Xuan as food.

The Violent Rabbit beside it nodded in agreement. Its muscles bulged as it slowly approached Li Xuan.