The Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle is an Elementary Lord. Although it's much stronger than an Advanced Beast General, it isn't completely impossible to deal with. But it's too fast, and it can fly. That makes it harder to handle than demonic beasts of the same level.
There's no escaping through the air. There's nothing to hide behind up high, and the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle is incredibly fast. At my flying speed, I wouldn't have a hope of getting away. Facing a flock of avian demonic beasts in the air would mean certain death!
That leaves me with only one choice: use the maze of buildings on the ground to make it lose track of me, then slip away in hiding.
Zhang Junbao remained calm, his feet on soft pads as he dodged frantically through the streets and alleys.
There were plenty of demonic beasts, but the area they had to search was vast. Spread out as they were, there would always be blind spots they couldn't cover.
The Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle itself kept circling overhead. At its speed, it could make a round trip across dozens of kilometers in a matter of seconds.
Zhang Junbao calculated the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle's patrol intervals while keeping out of sight of the other demonic beasts in the sky.
Before every move, he chose his next hiding place. He spread out his Spiritual Force and personally scanned every inch of ground, not daring to overlook a single possible hiding spot.
Whoosh!
Zhang Junbao hid beneath the reception desk in an office building. He could still see a pair of high heels left there by the receptionist years ago.
Just before he slipped inside, an avian beast happened to glance his way. Startled, Zhang Junbao abandoned any thought of conserving Spiritual Force and sped up again, narrowly avoiding disaster.
He steadied his pounding heart a little and was about to look for his next hiding place when he noticed a huge One-Horned Wild Boar ambling inside. It was actually coming toward him.
He was at the reception desk in the first-floor lobby. The entire lobby was wide open, and this was the only place to hide. A group of demonic beasts had also patrolled through not long ago, which was why Zhang Junbao had thought the place was safe.
He hadn't expected a One-Horned Wild Boar to turn up.
The One-Horned Wild Boar was only an Intermediate Beast Soldier. Zhang Junbao could kill it with a casual move, but the moment a fight broke out, the other demonic beasts would arrive at once.
Just as Zhang Junbao was agonizing over what to do, the One-Horned Wild Boar unexpectedly turned around and slowly backed in, rear end first, completely unaware of Zhang Junbao behind it.
Its enormous body stopped about thirty centimeters from Zhang Junbao. It bent its legs and lay down to sleep. In less than half a minute, Zhang Junbao heard it snoring.
It just wanted to find a place to slack off. A pig really is a pig, but what am I supposed to do with you here?
Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Junbao's forehead. He had never imagined that an ordinary Beast Soldier would trap him here, unable to move.
Zhang Junbao carefully studied the One-Horned Wild Boar in front of him.
The One-Horned Wild Boar was a full three meters long. Its fat belly had more than enough room to fit Zhang Junbao's entire body. Its enormous rear faced him, and its tail swished from time to time.
Clearly, the One-Horned Wild Boar had done plenty of slacking off before. Its movements were very practiced.
Wait, its belly is big enough to hide my whole body? Then why not hide inside it?
An idea flashed through Zhang Junbao's mind. Sorry, little fatty. Who told you to pick such a bad time to sleep?
Spiritual Force spread out from Zhang Junbao's mind and enveloped the One-Horned Wild Boar's head. Then he suddenly increased its power. The tremendous Spiritual Force exploded inside the boar's pitifully tiny brain, completely destroying the little spiritual power it possessed in an instant.
Enveloped by the Spiritual Force, the One-Horned Wild Boar died without making a sound. It slipped away in its sleep, passing very peacefully.
The Dragon Roar Sword flashed in his hand, slicing open the One-Horned Wild Boar's belly. Its fat-covered organs tumbled out all at once.
Zhang Junbao used his Spiritual Force to scoop out the One-Horned Wild Boar's organs, hollowing out enough space to fit his body.
He hid inside, even finding a few pieces of wire to sew the wound shut before using Spiritual Force to stop the bleeding completely.
To keep the other demonic beasts from smelling the blood, he even smeared some of the One-Horned Wild Boar's excrement over the wound.
After all that disguise work, no one could tell from the outside that this One-Horned Wild Boar was dead.
Hidden in the One-Horned Wild Boar's belly, Zhang Junbao slowly sent his Spiritual Force into its brain, stimulating its nerves and trying to control its body.
After some attempts, Zhang Junbao finally got the One-Horned Wild Boar to walk slowly.
Hehe, now I can walk right out in the open. Even if the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle is as intelligent as a human, I don't believe a demonic beast like it has ever seen a trick like this.
Now, time to start my patrol. I'm a conscientious, responsible One-Horned Wild Boar, after all.
Zhang Junbao controlled the One-Horned Wild Boar as it ambled outside. Although he couldn't see through its eyes, a Spirit Reader didn't need to rely on sight. Spiritual Force could completely replace his eyes.
In the original story, the Spirit Reader Phantom Demon Katelan, whom Li Yao had invited, had covered even his eyes with the Black God Set and could still fight.
When he reached the entrance, Zhang Junbao first looked around himself, then deliberately showed his face to a few weaker demonic beasts.
Seeing that he was a demonic beast like them, they paid Zhang Junbao no attention. After a few grunts, they left.
Seeing this, Zhang Junbao grew bolder. He controlled the One-Horned Wild Boar as it walked down the street, rummaging here and there. Whenever he encountered a stronger Beast General, he slipped into a building and pretended to search it.
He didn't know whether powerful demonic beasts could detect anything wrong, but he had no intention of courting death by trying.
Because it was covered in excrement, the other demonic beasts didn't want to go near it. Avian demonic beasts in particular were generally fastidious and were even less willing to approach a creature covered in excrement.
To Zhang Junbao, this was good news. It stank a little, but it was safe enough.
As for the smell of blood, there was very little left after he covered it up. Besides, a chaotic battle had just taken place, and nearly all the demonic beasts here had blood on them, so none of them paid it any attention.
To escape openly while surrounded by thousands of demonic beasts-he wondered whether he was the first to do it.
Disguised as the One-Horned Wild Boar, Zhang Junbao traveled nearly ten kilometers. Just as he was about to leave the area, another furious cry rang out from the sky.
All the demonic beasts erupted into a frenzy, crashing wildly into buildings as though they meant to destroy every possible hiding place.
The Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle really couldn't hold back. After searching for over an hour without finding me, has it finally lost patience?
But I'll be out of here soon. You just keep going mad!
Zhang Junbao had been fleeing with his back to the direction of the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle's patrol, and by now he was already some distance from the horde. As long as he kept going, he could speed up once he was out of their sight.
But with the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle's roar, the other demonic beasts also went mad. Demonic beasts were violent by nature; keeping them searching quietly for more than an hour had already been their limit.
Now, at the Sword-Beaked Dragon Eagle's command, the demonic beasts could no longer suppress their instinct to kill. They attacked anything they disliked on sight.