It was as if it had been sealed away for too long. The moment it came out, it crazily opened its beak and let out a shrill, piercing screech.
Both White Dragon Horse and White Donkey were startled.
White Donkey especially nearly kicked over the rock beside him.
Su Wanwan's heart tightened. Just as she raised a hand to cover her ears, Sun Wukong smacked the strange bird's head into a crack in the rocks.
"It never shuts up," he said with disgust.
The strange bird flapped its wings wildly, making the wind even more chaotic.
Chu Yang looked at it for a moment and said, "It's a Wind-Eating Owl."
"What the hell is that?" Su Wanwan still had one ear covered.
"It grows by eating wind," Chu Yang said. "Trapped in a place like this, it can easily become a demon, but it can just as easily go mad. Someone sealed it here with talismans, probably because it was too noisy."
Sun Wukong grabbed the bird by the neck and gave it a shake. "So what do we do now?"
"Throw it far away," Chu Yang said. "Don't let it keep making a fuss here."
Sun Wukong gave a hey and flung the strange bird out of the ravine.
A string of distant shrieks drifted through the wind, growing fainter and fainter. No one knew where it finally flew off to.
Su Wanwan let out a breath and turned to Sun Wukong. "Brother Monkey, you sure moved fast."
Sun Wukong slung the Golden Staff over his shoulder. "Of course. Any slower, and your donkey would've turned around and run."
As if it understood him, White Donkey snorted at him.
By the time they finally made it through Wind-Return Ravine and emerged from the other side, everyone had been blown