Subduing the Green-Scaled Eagle, Xue Ye Sighed: If Only Shi Yan Could Marry into My Xue Family, I Would Gladly Bestow a Prince's Title on Him!

Meanwhile, in the old forest outside Stone Village.

"Screeech-!"

A piercing cry, sharp enough to cut through metal and split stone, tore across the sky.

A gigantic Ferocious Beast, a monstrous bird covered from head to toe in green scales, soared overhead on wings spanning more than fifteen meters. Its cold, vertical pupils were fixed on several small figures fleeing through the dense forest below.

It was the Green-Scaled Eagle!

In the forest, Shi Dazhuang, Skinny Monkey, and a group of other children were running for their lives.

"Run! It's coming down again!"

Seeing the Green-Scaled Eagle dive at them again, bringing a howling gale in its wake, Skinny Monkey cried out in terror.

The frightened children hurriedly rolled to the side, barely dodging it.

The Green-Scaled Eagle missed, but its steel-like wings sliced straight through more than ten meters of towering ancient trees, while its sharp talons left ten deep gashes in the ground.

"This way! Run where there are more trees!"

Shi Dazhuang shouted through gritted teeth and led the charge into a dense stretch of forest.

Using the thick trunks for cover, the children fled in a sorry state but made it out of the woods without suffering any serious injuries.

The woods, however, had been ravaged by the Green-Scaled Eagle. Great swathes of trees had fallen, leaving the place in a complete mess.

"Oh, mama!"

Several of the younger children were so frightened their legs had gone weak, and they ran with tears in their eyes.

"Don't be scared! I remember there's a cave up ahead!"

Shi Dazhuang looked around as he ran.

"Little One mentioned it. It's right in that stone forest!"

Sure enough, after they passed through the stone forest, a cliff appeared ahead.

A narrow cave lay among a tangle of enormous vines.

Shi Dazhuang's eyes lit up. Pointing at the vine-covered cliff ahead, he shouted.

"There! The cave entrance is right there!"

The children soon rushed over.

"Quick! Everybody inside!"

Shi Dazhuang reached the entrance first and yanked aside the hanging vines, urging his companions to hurry in.

The children scrambled to squeeze inside, crawling and tumbling over one another, gasping for breath.

Just as the last child slipped into the cave, the Green-Scaled Eagle swooped down.

Its enormous body came to an abrupt stop at the entrance. It beat its wings in anger, and the gale sent the vines whipping wildly.

The Green-Scaled Eagle tried to poke its head into the cave, but the entrance was too small. It could only fit half its beak and half its head inside.

"Ha ha! It can't get in!"

Skinny Monkey sat slumped inside the cave, panting heavily. Watching the Green-Scaled Eagle shove desperately at the entrance to no avail, he could not help grinning and laughing.

The other children joined in.

But their laughter did not last long before a thunderous crash interrupted it.

The Green-Scaled Eagle backed up several steps, a vicious light flashing in its cold, vertical pupils. Its curved, saber-sharp beak suddenly shone with a dazzling white light, with runes faintly flickering and flowing across it.

"Wh-what's it going to do?"

a child asked in a trembling voice.

The next second, the Green-Scaled Eagle jerked its head down and pecked viciously at the rock wall around the cave entrance with its rune-lit beak.

"Boom!"

Stone fragments flew everywhere as a huge chunk was forcibly gouged out of the entrance.

The Green-Scaled Eagle then clawed at it with its talons and slammed it with its iron wings, frantically widening the entrance blow after blow.

"I-is it really going to come in?!"

The smiles froze on the children's faces, replaced by looks of terror.

Shi Dazhuang went deathly pale. He instinctively shielded the animal-hide bag behind him and squeezed farther back, his heart pounding.

But just then,

a streak of golden light came flying swiftly across the distant sky.

Qian Renxue had arrived!

When Qian Renxue saw the Green-Scaled Eagle frantically attacking a cave, she immediately realized the children were probably inside.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qian Renxue swooped down, picked up a huge boulder, and hurled it with all her might.

"Bang!"

The rock struck the Green-Scaled Eagle squarely on the head.

Dazed by the blow, the Green-Scaled Eagle whipped its head around and fixed its crimson eyes on Qian Renxue.

"I'm over here! Come and chase me!"

Qian Renxue waved her little hands and shouted provocatively.

Then she turned and ran, deliberately heading away from the cave.

As she ran, she used the complex terrain of the stone forest to dodge and weave. Occasionally, she beat her wings and took to the air, but she dared not fly too high.

She was afraid that if she lost her cover, the Green-Scaled Eagle would catch up and attack her.

She did not think her current speed could possibly surpass the monstrous bird's.

Sure enough, the Green-Scaled Eagle was enraged. It let out a series of angry cries and beat its wings in pursuit of Qian Renxue, diving at her again and again.

Each time, Qian Renxue only narrowly dodged.

Hurry up... why isn't that guy Shi Yan here yet?!

Qian Renxue clenched her teeth, sweat pouring down her body.

Although she had received the Willow Deity's blessing and obtained a Supreme Bone, greatly improving her aptitude for cultivation and allowing her to enter the Blood Moving Realm,

she was still far from being a match for this monstrous bird!

Just then,

a figure came racing across the distant ground at an astonishing speed, kicking up clouds of dust behind him.

Shi Yan had arrived!

"You puny Green-Scaled Eagle, you're courting death!"

Seeing the Green-Scaled Eagle pursuing Qian Renxue, Shi Yan frowned, his brows drawing together on his handsome face. With a loud shout, he activated the Bone Text that enhanced his physical abilities, and dazzling white light suddenly burst from his entire body.

His speed and strength surged, and he reached Qian Renxue in the blink of an eye.

Qian Renxue's heart leaped with joy at the sight, and she hurried toward Shi Yan.

The Green-Scaled Eagle followed close behind, its crimson eyes blazing with fury. It let out a piercing cry, and its beak lit up with white light once more as it prepared to peck at Qian Renxue's back.

But just then, Shi Yan moved.

Rather than slowing down, Shi Yan accelerated, brushing past Qian Renxue as she ran toward him.

Then he drove off the ground with both legs and launched himself into the air like a cannonball!

"Get-lost!"

Shi Yan roared and slammed his right fist into the Green-Scaled Eagle's head.

"Boom-!"

The punch landed with tremendous force, and the Green-Scaled Eagle let out a mournful cry.

Its enormous body was sent flying. It crashed heavily into the ground and rolled several times before coming to a stop, plowing a long furrow through the earth.

After struggling to its feet, the Green-Scaled Eagle shook its dizzy head. Fear appeared in its eyes as it looked at Shi Yan for the first time, and it beat its wings, ready to flee.

"Trying to run?"

Shi Yan sneered and immediately accelerated after it, activating his exclusive Precious Technique, Heart of Space-Time.

This was the exclusive Precious Technique nurtured by Shi Yan's Supreme Bone, and it possessed the attributes of space and time.

Over the years, Shi Yan had developed three branch Precious Techniques from it.

They were Void Walking, Teleportation, and Bullet Time.

After charging beneath the Green-Scaled Eagle, Shi Yan launched himself upward like a cannonball. A Teleportation in midair brought him instantly onto the back of the Green-Scaled Eagle, which had only just taken flight.

"Behave yourself!"

Riding on the Green-Scaled Eagle's neck, Shi Yan swung his fists at its head.

Punch after punch, every blow struck flesh.

The blows sent stars swimming before the Green-Scaled Eagle's eyes, and it let out repeated cries of pain.

"So you're the little bird that dared to bully our Stone Village, huh?"

"We only stole a few of your eggs, didn't we?"

"You built your nest near our Stone Village, and we haven't even charged you a protection fee!"

Shi Yan shouted as he beat it.

In pain, the Green-Scaled Eagle rolled wildly through the air and kept shaking its body, trying to throw the hateful human off its back.

But Shi Yan's legs gripped the Green-Scaled Eagle's neck like iron pincers.

No matter how the Green-Scaled Eagle struggled, he did not budge an inch.

"Little bird, don't even think about resisting!"

"Be good and serve as my mount from now on, and I won't kill you."

"And I'll also raise those three children of yours into true ancient vicious birds."

"But if you stubbornly refuse to see reason, then you can't blame me!"

While giving the Green-Scaled Eagle a savage beating, Shi Yan also tried to persuade it.

Qian Renxue could fly, but he could not.

That left Shi Yan feeling somewhat unwilling to accept it.

But if he could subdue the Green-Scaled Eagle, he would be able to fly too!

Unfortunately, although the Green-Scaled Eagle was quite intelligent, it still could not understand human speech. It continued to struggle angrily, crying out again and again.

"Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

Shi Yan frowned and wasted no more words. Eight spinning Grotto Heavens instantly appeared behind him, and a terrifying devouring force enveloped the Green-Scaled Eagle, frantically draining its life essence.

This time, the Green-Scaled Eagle was finally afraid.

Feeling its life force rapidly ebbing away, the Green-Scaled Eagle trembled all over and hurriedly let out a mournful cry full of fear. It stopped struggling.

Instead, it slowly descended and landed steadily on the ground, lowering its head deeply in a posture of submission.

"Wasn't that easy?"

Shi Yan nodded in satisfaction, swung himself down from the Green-Scaled Eagle's back, and dusted off his hands.

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded in the distance.

Shi Linhu came rushing over with several members of the hunting party.

When they saw Shi Yan riding on the Green-Scaled Eagle's back, they could not help freezing in surprise.

At that moment, Qian Renxue also arrived with Shi Dazhuang, Skinny Monkey, and the others, who had left the cave carrying the Green-Scaled Eagle's eggs on their backs.

When Shi Dazhuang, Skinny Monkey, and the others saw Shi Linhu's group, they felt a little panicked, but they nevertheless put on ingratiating smiles and called out.

"Uncle Lin Hu!"

"Hmph! Once we get back, I'll settle accounts with you brats!"

Shi Linhu's face darkened as he gave a cold snort.

These little rascals were getting bolder and bolder. They had even dared to sneak off and steal the Green-Scaled Eagle's eggs without telling the adults!

But when he turned to Shi Yan, Shi Linhu's face immediately broke into a smile full of admiration, and he said,

"Xiao Yan, you tamed this Green-Scaled Eagle?"

"That's right!"

Shi Yan grinned and nodded in satisfaction.

"It may be a vicious bird, but it's still afraid of dying."

"Once I beat it into submission, it behaved."

Douluo Continent.

As everyone watched this, the entire continent fell silent.

Inside the imperial palace in Heaven Dou Imperial City,

Yu Xiaogang had never expected that Shi Yan, whom he had thought no match for the Green-Scaled Eagle, would climb right onto its back in the sky-screen footage, give it a savage beating, and even succeed in subduing it.

For a moment, Yu Xiaogang could not help clenching his fists, his face flushing red.

He felt as though his face were being slapped again and again, and he was both shocked and furious.

Damn it!

How could this kid be so strong?!

This kid really is strong, but that's only compared with our Douluo Continent.

This Green-Scaled Eagle is a Ferocious Beast from the sky-screen world too!

According to Shi Linhu, they were only able to hunt those Ferocious Beasts, such as the Dragon-Horned Elephants, because they had been gravely injured.

Under normal circumstances, even their entire hunting party would have trouble killing a single Ferocious Beast.

Back then, Shi Linhu wouldn't let Shi Yan join the hunt, which should have proved that Shi Yan wasn't all that strong either.

This Green-Scaled Eagle shouldn't be weak, and it can fly too.

Under normal circumstances, Shi Yan shouldn't have been a match for it!

His reputation as Grandmaster had been thwarted by Shi Yan time and again, despite his expectations.

This made Yu Xiaogang hate Shi Yan to the bone.

Can't this kid just die?!

Meanwhile, inside a bedchamber,

Xue Ye, who had just had the poison removed and was still very weak, lay in bed, also watching the sky-screen footage of Shi Yan riding the Green-Scaled Eagle and beating it.

For a moment, he could not help looking on with envy, sighing endlessly in his heart.

"I fear this child called Shi Yan is even stronger than the Limit Douluo of our Douluo Continent!"

"Though our Xue Family is the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, our inherited Swan Martial Soul is far too weak, leaving our imperial family unable to produce even a single Titled Douluo."

"Otherwise, I would not have remained unaware that my child had been replaced for so many years!"

"Ah! If only this child called Shi Yan could come to our Douluo Continent!"

Xue Ye's eyes were full of anticipation.

"I would gladly bestow upon him the exalted rank of prince, asking only that Shi Yan marry into my Xue Family and bring the strongest bloodline to our family!"