Near noon, sunlight pierced the clouds and mist, casting enormous patches of light through the air. In the dust-filled air, countless tiny galaxies drifted in slow motion, like the miniature universes in slides shown in geography class.
Yet this was no illusion.
In this age of resurgent Spiritual Energy, colorful, dreamlike Spiritual Qi permeated the air.
Those with unusual minds could catch traces of fluctuations in Spiritual Qi, and could even see this Spiritual Energy.
As a First Order being, Yu Ziyu could naturally "observe" Spiritual Qi.
Gazing blankly into the sky, Yu Ziyu could not help being drawn to its dreamlike colors.
"So beautiful."
With a smile, Yu Ziyu shifted his gaze back to the Canyon.
At that moment, thick mist filled the entire Canyon. It seemed to gush from the earth's crust, rising ceaselessly from the Canyon floor before surging into the distance in waves like ocean tides once it reached midair.
"In just a few days, all these mountains will be my hunting ground."
His words were full of anticipation, and Yu Ziyu made no attempt to conceal it.
He was the only person in the entire Canyon.
The rest were all animals, or even ghosts.
Who could understand his joy at that moment?
The mist was another pair of eyes for him.
With the mist, Yu Ziyu's perception would undergo a qualitative improvement.
Although he would not be able to discern every tiny detail, he would still be able to detect major disturbances.
When that time came, Yu Ziyu would truly be able to rest easy.
At least until humans deployed medium-range missiles or even intercontinental missiles, his safety would be assured.
That would give him enough time to grow.
Just as Yu Ziyu was lost in thought, a sudden howl startled him out of his reverie.
Looking up, he saw several gray wolves confined in tree cages push themselves up one after another.
"Awoo, awoo, awoo..."
They howled incessantly, their green eyes glinting fiercely.
Wolves were pack animals.
At night, in the open mountains and tranquil forests, as long as one wolf howled, the others would stretch their necks and howl as well. Their cries resounded in every direction, making anyone who heard them shudder.
Now, the gray wolves confined in the tree cages bared their sharp fangs and stuck out their long, blood-red tongues, their gazes fixed on the Golden Giant Eagle's corpse nearby.
"Are they hungry?"
Somewhat speechless, Yu Ziyu slowly extended a branch.
A moment later, with a twist, the branch reached into a tree cage.
"Awoo..."
With a howl, the wolf in the tree cage bent its hind legs slightly and stretched its forelegs forward, poised to lunge upward. Its fiercely gleaming eyes stared fixedly at Yu Ziyu's outstretched branch.
"Want to try?"
With a cold laugh, even though he knew the gray wolf could not hear him, Yu Ziyu conveyed the meaning of his words through his actions.
Like a human finger, the branch curled in a beckoning gesture, looking utterly arrogant.
"Awoo..."
With another howl, the gray wolf took an uneasy step back.
It had witnessed this Tree Demon's fearsome might.
Its ingrained awe of the "powerful" made it hesitate.
However,
Grrr, grrr...
Ravenous, it could no longer resist the temptation of the food in the distance.
With a thump, its hind legs struck the ground, and the gray wolf leaped high into the air. Opening its foul-smelling mouth, it viciously bit at Yu Ziyu's branch.
Crack!
A crisp sound suddenly rang out through the thick mist.
As though to let the other animals see clearly, Yu Ziyu deliberately thinned the dense mist around him.
In a tree cage nearby, a gray wolf huddled in a corner, trembling uncontrollably.
A lash mark deep enough to expose bone stood out starkly on its body.
Whimpering softly, the gray wolf's eyes were filled with terror.
Just then, that branch slowly extended toward it again...
Little by little,
It drew closer, little by little, until it was almost upon the wolf. Instinctively, the gray wolf bared its sharp fangs again.
Whoosh!
The branch accelerated in an instant and abruptly struck its body.
With a crack, another bloody welt deep enough to expose bone appeared on the gray wolf's body.
"Still. Want. To bite?"
Laughing coldly, Yu Ziyu slowly extended his branch again.
This time, however, he was disappointed.
Looking at the gray wolf, which had lowered its head and was trembling uncontrollably as it allowed his branch to approach, Yu Ziyu finally shook his head.
"At least you know what's good for you."
As he spoke, Yu Ziyu shifted his gaze, only to see that the other animals, such as the white cranes and the other gray wolves, were utterly silent inside their tree cages.
"That really was a good way to make an example of one to warn the others."
Yes, making an example of one to warn the others.
Yu Ziyu's patience had nearly worn thin, and it was about time to tame these animals.
From the looks of it, though, the results were good.
With a smile, Yu Ziyu abruptly snapped his branch.
Immediately afterward, a glistening trickle seeped from the break.
The moment that glistening trickle seeped out, every animal in the tree cages opened its eyes.
Some went further. The bison with crescent-shaped black horns slowly pushed itself up, its forelegs beginning to scrape the ground.
Elsewhere, the little monkey in the treetop let out a shriek and began bouncing around among the branches.
At the same time, the honey badger, which had been desperately digging into the ground, stopped moving. It slowly emerged from the deep, dark hole in the ground, smacking its lips involuntarily.
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