Halfway through his drinking session with Tuo Feng, Xiao Yu suddenly felt a tremor in his heart. He found an excuse and brought their gathering to an early end.
After seeing off a thoroughly puzzled Tuo Feng, he immediately headed to the Spirit Beast Room.
The moment he entered the stone chamber housing the Thundercloud Vulture, Xiao Yu saw that the bird had awakened. Its body had grown a size larger, and arcs of lightning curled around it as it radiated an aura somewhere between Level Seven and a Level Eight Demon Beast.
"Master, I can barely suppress my cultivation anymore. I have to face the transformation tribulation as soon as possible!" A young child's tender voice sounded in Xiao Yu's mind.
"All right. How many more days can you hold out?" Xiao Yu asked.
"About... seven or eight days!"
"Good. I'll take you out right away."
A Demon Beast's transformation lightning tribulation generally caused a tremendous commotion. His cave abode was hardly a suitable place to weather it.
Three days later, Xiao Yu appeared on a deserted wasteland. Aside from a few scattered blades of grass, all he could see were weathered gray-black stones of every size.
"This will do. I've already checked everything within ten thousand kilometers. There are practically no cultivators here," Xiao Yu said quietly.
"Yes, Master. I'm sorry for the trouble, but I'll need you to stand guard for me now," the Thundercloud Vulture standing beside him said through voice transmission.
"Don't worry. You should be able to handle the first few waves yourself, right? I'll help you with the final ones!" Xiao Yu asked.
"Yes. The first waves aren't very powerful, so I can get through them myself. For the later ones, please intervene as you see fit, Master," the Thundercloud Vulture replied. Then