A crescent moon hung lonely in the high sky, its faint, chilly light like smoke and mist.
Outside the mountain's stone gate, the view was extremely broad, yet dense crowds of living creatures filled every direction. Only the area near the stone gate had been cleared into an open space.
There, the bear child, Big Red Bird, and a lion circled around a black pot, a Bone Cauldron, an iron bowl as large as the pot, and a grill, busily working away.
Another youth sat off to the side, puffing out clouds of smoke.
Across from him was a cleaned mountain of meat, glittering with crystalline light.
Before long, a streak of red light flew over and stopped beside Xiao Meng. Only then did everyone see that it was a bird that looked like a chicken.
But the next second, everyone froze. Their pupils abruptly contracted as though they had seen a ghost.
The little bird held two thick bird legs in its beak, their feathers golden.
"Hiss!"
"Th-those... could they be the Golden Giant Bird's... legs?"
Everyone was horrified, their expressions changing drastically. That little bird had actually taken down the Golden Giant Bird?
"Th-this is simply unbelievable." None of the creatures dared believe it was real.
When Little Dot saw Big Old Two return with only two legs, he nearly fainted from rage on the spot. That damned bird was simply wasting heaven's gifts.
"Big Old Two, you... you..." Little Dot's eyes nearly split apart in fury, his face twisted viciously. He truly wanted to take out the Golden Bone Scissors, snip off Big Old Two's neck, and stew it.
"Little runt, are you tired of living?" Hearing what Little Dot called it, Big Old Two immediately narrowed its eyes, flames spilling from its beak.
Little Dot twitched