Just as the eagle demon captain stood at a loss, a powerful, thunderous shout rang out from above.
"All of you, stand down!"
At that shout, delight spread across the eagle demons' faces. They stopped attacking and flapped their wings, flying off to either side.
Lin Mo looked up and focused his gaze, only to see an imposing figure, black as ink, diving down from the sky.
This creature, too, had an eagle's face and a human body, but he stood a full ten feet tall, more than twice as large and burly as the ordinary eagle demon soldiers.
The ordinary eagle demon soldiers wore wooden armor, whereas this giant eagle demon was clad in bronze armor that exuded a mighty, ancient aura.
He held an eagle-wing-shaped longblade a full ten feet long. Together with his armor, it lent him the commanding presence of a mounted warrior barring the way with his blade.
The giant eagle demon's cultivation had actually reached late Spirit Transformation.
The giant eagle demon stopped several meters above them, looking down on them imperiously.
His enormous wings spread like dark clouds blotting out the sun, radiating an intense sense of oppression.
Facing this giant eagle demon, Gongsun Fu and Shi Lan both turned deathly pale and even felt waves of suffocation.
Lin Mo showed no fear whatsoever. He simply sat on the Heavenly Horse's back and met the giant eagle demon's gaze with a smile.
After several breaths of confrontation, the giant eagle demon spoke coldly. "I am Ying Tianxiao, chief of the Eagle-Fighting Tribe."
"Who are you, and why have you intruded upon the territory of our Sky Island?"
"So you're the chief of the Eagle-Fighting Tribe. No wonder you have such an imposing air."
Lin Mo smiled. "I am Lin Mo, a cultivator of