Chapter 504: 27: The Nine-Headed Thunder Eagle

Chapter 504: Chapter 27: The Nine-Headed Thunder Eagle

Lin Feng looked speechlessly at the massive creature blocking the cave entrance—a colossal eagle with nine heads, each head showcasing icy cold eyes staring intently at him.

The nine-headed thunder eagle, a fierce bird descendant from primordial variants, had claws that could easily penetrate a cultivator’s body.

Most importantly, the nine-headed thunder eagle excelled in dreadful Thunder Attacks, capable of launching such attacks from each of its nine heads.

Lin Feng had only read about and seen descriptions of the nine-headed thunder eagles in the “Classic of Mountains and Seas”; this was his first time encountering a real one.

Even cultivators from the Yin Yang Realm wouldn’t engage in battle with such a fierce bird.

Because the nine-headed thunder eagle was not only fiercely aggressive but also extremely fast. Its speed was such that it could even dodge attacks from cultivators of the Yin Yang Realm.

“Dammit, to think it teleported me right into the nine-headed thunder eagle’s nest.”

Lin Feng felt like crying but had no tears, wondering how he could be so unlucky?

After being wrapped in golden light, Lin Feng was instantly teleported deep into the mountains. The teleportation point was random, and terribly so since it was near the nine-headed thunder eagle’s nest. Lin Feng even spotted several newly hatched thunder eagle fledglings. But before he could gather his wits, he was struck by the thunder eagle’s lightning attack.

Had Lin Feng’s physical body not been strong enough, he would have perished immediately. Originally intending to flee, Lin Feng found himself trapped by the superior speed of the nine-headed thunder eagle and was forced to take refuge in this cave.

“Screech…”

The nine-headed thunder eagle let out sharp, piercing cries, its icy eyes occasionally scanning Lin Feng.

It wanted to rush into the cave, but its massive body was too large, blocking its entry. Moreover, its nest was not far away, so the eagle didn’t want to destroy its own nest or the mountain.

“Swoosh…”

Two cultivators flew from afar.

“Look, the nine-headed thunder eagle’s nest, and the eagle seems to be away. My God, it has even hatched fledglings. Let’s grab a couple; raising them could be terrifying later.”

One cultivator said.

“I think we better not. We can’t leave until ten days later, and we still need to find assessment orders. We don’t have time to care for fledglings, and these might not even survive the ten days.”

Another cultivator responded.

“What if they don’t die?” the first cultivator said.

He was clearly excited and wanted to take a fledgling.

“Alright then,” the second cultivator nodded, and both quickly approached the nest.

This nest was massive, with about a dozen fledglings chirping away.

They quickly each grabbed a fledgling.

“Screech.”

But at that moment, an angry roar erupted not far away.

Whoosh…

The nine-headed thunder eagle soared into the sky, its icy eyes fixed on the two cultivators stealing fledglings.

Infinite murderous intent burst forth from the eagle’s eyes.

“Ah, the nine-headed thunder eagle, run!”

The cultivators were terrified, their souls nearly leaving their bodies, and they turned to rush into the woods.

The nine-headed thunder eagle swiftly pursued.

“Damn, real idiots, stealing the thunder eagle’s fledglings they can’t even raise; why steal them if it leads to this mess?”

Lin Feng ran out of the cave.

However, he was thankful for those fools; without them, he wouldn’t have been able to escape.

The two men dashed into the woods, hoping to use the trees as cover to escape the thunder eagle’s relentless pursuit.

As Lin Feng unfolded his Golden Body Feathered Wings and flew towards the distance, he swept his gaze across the nine-headed thunder eagle’s nest. Beneath a few unhatched Beast Eggs, he spotted a Jade Token.

“Could this be the assessment order?”

Lin Feng was shocked.

He hastily descended and picked up the Jade Token.

Written on the Jade Token was the character “Assessment Order.”

Lin Feng revealed a joyful expression. It indeed was the Assessment Order.

However, he then began to mutter curses under his breath, “Which despicable person actually placed the Assessment Order in such a place? Who would dare to come to such a terrifying place to find the Assessment Order?”

…

Despite there being a thousand Assessment Orders, Lin Feng felt, it would be quite remarkable if seven to eight hundred of them were actually found because according to Azure Cloud Sect’s way of doing things, some Assessment Orders would be placed in extremely dangerous places, making it overly difficult to obtain them.

Lin Feng didn’t dare to stay any longer and quickly flew toward the distance.

Boom boom boom!

In the nearby woods, a Nine-Headed Thunder Eagle unleashed its thunderous fury, emitting a sky-full of Thunder Attacks, instantly killing two cultivators who had stolen its chicks.

“It’s truly terrifying.”

Lin Feng murmured and quickly left.

Two hours later, in another forest, many cultivators rushed toward the depths of the woods.

“What’s going on? Why are so many cultivators rushing over there?” Lin Feng stopped a cultivator and asked.

That cultivator replied impatiently, “Deep in that valley, over twenty Assessment Orders have appeared.”

After saying that, he too rushed toward the valley.

“Assessment Orders, those are really good items. Although I only need one myself, if they were to be sold…”

Lin Feng murmured and moved rapidly toward the distance, seeing this as an opportunity to make a fortune by collecting more of these Assessment Orders.

Hundreds of cultivators from various places dashed in, engaging in a fierce battle with the Fierce Beasts guarding the valley, as a sea of fire engulfed the sky.

Looking closely, the sea of fire in the void turned out to be densely packed small insects.

“Fire Ants!” These were terrifying insects, resembling ants in appearance, roughly the size of a thumb, with four pairs of feathered wings and sharp fangs. The most terrifying aspect was that these Fire Ants lived in colonies and could spit out flames to attack.

The venom in the fangs of the Fire Ants was highly poisonous, and once bitten by a Fire Ant, the body would rapidly lose sensation.

The sky-obscuring sea of fire was the flames sprayed by the Fire Ants.

Many cultivators clashed with the Fire Ants, summoning flying swords to strike at the densely packed Fire Ants.

But there were too many Fire Ants, and they couldn’t all be killed.

“Ah.” A piercing scream echoed as someone, bitten by the Fire Ants and unable to move, was soon engulfed by the swarms of Fire Ants.

In less than a minute, the Fire Ants flew toward another cultivator, leaving only a skeleton covered in bloodstains of the cultivator they first enveloped.

All his flesh had been completely consumed by the Fire Ants.

“Good heavens, these Fire Ants are terrifying.”

“Retreat, retreat quickly.”

Many cultivators with pale faces started retreating from the valley.

…

“Opportunity.” Lin Feng’s eyes gleamed; he wrapped his body in Heavenly Fire and darted into the valley.

“Somebody rushed into the valley,” many exclaimed in surprise, looking toward the valley.

“Is that guy seeking death?” a cultivator murmured.

As swarms of Fire Ants surged forward to attack, Lin Feng summoned the Heavenly Fire “Purple Flame Earth Core Fire,” instantly killing a large number of Fire Ants. Heavenly Fire was extremely oppressive against fire creatures.

The remaining Fire Ants let out terrified screams and scattered in all directions. Lin Feng charged into the Beast Nest of the Fire Ants, collected all twenty plus Assessment Orders, and then he dashed out of the valley and sped toward the distance.

Whiz whiz whiz!

But at that moment, a dozen figures came dashing in, surrounding Lin Feng.

“Brother, you can’t use so many Assessment Orders alone, how about sharing some with us?”

A sword-bearing cultivator spoke, this cultivator was a powerful figure in the Martial King Realm. Seeing that Lin Feng was only at the Martial General Realm, he showed a disdainful expression, his lips curling with indifference, his tone completely commanding as if he wanted to forcibly take the Assessment Orders Lin Feng had obtained.