In a mountain range outside Golden Feather Village, a burly man rode astride a Shadow Wolf King. Behind him, a host of bandits likewise rode Shadow Wolves, gripping weapons of every description.
Cold glints blossomed amid the dense forest.
Chen Xiong raised his saber and pointed it forward, his voice brimming with temptation. "Brothers, women and treasures are waiting up ahead. Charge!"
"Kill them all! Take everything!"
Those words stirred a thousand waves. Every man stared ahead with bloodshot eyes, cruelty written all over his face.
Rumble-
The earth-shaking cries immediately reached the ears of the villagers in Golden Feather Village.
Li Kai's heart sank into an abyss. Turning to the others, he said, "Perhaps this calamity was destined to befall Golden Feather Village today. Since that's so, let us charge alongside our honored Sacrificial Spirit!"
Screee-
The moment he finished speaking, a bird's cry powerful enough to pierce metal and shatter stone rang out from deep within Golden Feather Village, soaring into the clouds.
An enormous bird, roughly ten meters long, with golden feathers covering its body and bright, piercing eyes, swept through the air toward the outskirts of the village.
It was Golden Feather Village's Sacrificial Spirit, the Golden Feather Eagle, a Ferocious Beast of the inscription pattern realm.
Its aura, however, was somewhat unstable, and a deep saber wound across its chest was leaking blood and vital energy.
"Hmph, you damned beast! Today, you won't leave here alive. I'll refine you alive into a vicious weapon!"
Chen Xiong rubbed the neatly aligned scars on his cheek, murderous intent surging in his eyes.
The Golden Feather Eagle understood his words, and man and beast immediately collided.
It was as though two blazing suns had slammed into one another. The ripples that swept outward cracked the earth inch by