Lin Yun rode the Demon-Slaying Sword's light to the center of the formation. Looking ahead, he saw a Silver Bird Skeleton sprawled across an enormous ravine.
The skeleton was immense, over a hundred zhang long. Silver spiritual light flickered over it, occasionally releasing arcs of silver lightning. At the same time, the pressure of a superior demon beast radiated outward from the skeleton, leaving the ground within several hundred zhang utterly barren.
Despite its imposing aura, the skeleton was badly shattered. Its hundred-zhang spine had broken into several sections scattered across the ground, and some unknown force had blasted a great hole through its enormous skull.
Its most striking feature, a pair of enormous skeletal wings, was even more damaged. One was missing the bones of its tip, while the other had shattered into several pieces, with some fragments missing as well.
Beside the Thunder Roc Skeleton, a humanoid demon beast stood near the skeletal wings, repeatedly examining their broken remains with an eager gaze. From time to time, he reached out to stroke them with his somewhat pointed fingertips.
This demon cultivator wore blue-green robes and a small silver crown, cutting a rather presentable figure.
A closer look, however, revealed what set this humanoid demon cultivator apart. Most conspicuously, a sharp bird's beak grew where his mouth and nose should have been, and blue-green feathers covered part of his face. Below his calves, instead of human feet, he had a pair of strange, sharp claws.
This humanoid demon cultivator was none other than Feng Xi, the Noble Bird whose true form was a Wind-Splitting Beast.
He was thrilled to have obtained a pair of Thunder Roc skeletal wings. The sight of them had sparked an idea: once he reached the second transformation stage, he could use the artifact-refining techniques