Destiny is ashes

Chapter 967 Golden-Winged Roc, get daze (33)

boom--! ! !
The moment the palm touched Yingpeng's body, an enormous circular shockwave spread out in all directions from its center, blowing away all the clouds in the sky and forming a huge and perfect hole!

The eagle that was hit didn't even have time to let out a scream before its entire body transformed into a blinding crimson-gold ray of light and plummeted heavily to the ground below!
A deafening roar resounded as a crimson-gold beam of light, like a meteor from outer space, struck the remains of an ancient divine beast the size of a mountain. The pale skeleton, which had withstood the erosion of countless years without wear and tear, instantly shattered and crumbled upon impact!
The impact continued, blasting a giant hole in the earth. The earth of Zhaolin Realm was extremely solid due to its high density of spiritual energy, but even so, it was pierced through, and spiderweb-like cracks spread in all directions!

"what?"

"Who?"

"The 'Golden-Winged Roc' of the Golden Sun Forest is fighting with humans? Who's so blind as to provoke it?!"

The cataclysmic earthquake and the violently spreading spiritual energy fluctuations undoubtedly attracted the attention and astonishment of the surrounding 'beings'. Many eyes, filled with surprise, astonishment, and a hint of schadenfreude, looked toward the direction from which the impact occurred.

The Zhaolin Realm is vast and boundless, containing countless spiritual treasures of heaven and earth. Even a small stream may contain extremely rare and precious 'Three-Evolution Wonderful Water' that can enhance the essence of water. However, the level of spiritual lands is different from that of the outside world.

Golden Sun Forest is one of the high-level spiritual lands, and the guardian beast kings within it are naturally of an extremely powerful type.

Previously, several powerful figures had come to challenge him, but none of them emerged unscathed. One of them was even seriously injured and on the verge of death, and perished shortly after being rescued.

Because of this, the Golden Sun Forest was called a 'forbidden land' by many trial participants who arrived in the Scale Realm ahead of time.

And now, has anyone dared to challenge the forbidden area again?

Humans are unaware of this, but the other spirit beasts in the Golden Sun Forest are much more aware.

First came tranquility, then a massive uproar, and finally, tranquility returned.
In the Golden Sun Forest, there are also several powerful savage beast groups. Their individual strength is not as good as that of the Golden-Winged Roc, and they will be hunted by the Roc. However, if the Golden-Winged Roc insists on fighting their groups, their fate is uncertain.

These ancient mythical beast clans were all powerful and proud, but upon sensing the terrifying power that had defeated the Golden-Winged Roc, and the faint, ancient and profound bloodline emanating from within them, they instantly abandoned all thoughts of fighting, or even fleeing.

For a moment, all beasts fell silent, and the forest was utterly still.

All the wild beasts obediently lay prostrate on the spot, not daring to move an inch.

In mid-air, above the golden crater, An Jing's figure slowly descended.

He hovered at the edge of the huge crater, raised his eyebrows and said, "Although the spacetime of the Zhaolin Realm is also very dense, it is still different from that of Huaixu... The earth is much more solid, but the activation of Taixu and Zhouguang Divine Power is much more convenient."

With a casual gesture, he pointed to the center of the pit, where the Golden-Winged Roc, which had already fallen into a deep coma, slowly floated up.

It was enormous; compared to it, Anjing was like a small mountain and a person. However, the roc had lost most of its feathers, and its body was fractured and deformed in many places, making it look extremely disheveled and lacking any of the majesty of a guardian beast.

Anjing held it up in mid-air, lifting it by the neck, making it look a bit like a giant roast duck.

"It has a soft texture. It seems that it only hardens when a supernatural power is activated."

Stepping forward, the young martial artist pinched the other's wing flesh with interest, finding it felt like a glowing gel.

Then, he continued to observe carefully and made new discoveries.

“I see, that’s how it is.” An Jing nodded slightly, his eyes understanding: “They are completely semi-luminous spiritual wings. The feathers themselves are a condensation of light, and outside the feathers, there is a layer of spacetime composed of pure energy, simulating the ‘Void’.”

This layer of spacetime forms a sophisticated magical structure at the level of the void, which can directly exchange momentum with the heavens and earth themselves, accelerating extremely fast. It also allows the roc to complete the ethereal transformation, only materializing at the moment of hunting to launch an attack. It is the 'Golden Roc Escape Technique', which can be used for both surprise attacks and protection.

"I feel like I can use it on my White Comet, and the Taibai Battle Armor can also be upgraded."

An Jing couldn't help but sigh, "Are all the divine beasts of the wilderness structured like this? No wonder they were so powerful in the wilderness. This kind of high-energy, non-pure matter, semi-spiritual creature, also known as the 'ancestral divine beast,' can only be born in such a time."

Later generations of rocs, although they also possessed similar supernatural powers, all degenerated into physical bodies, and their original power greatly diminished. Only when they cultivated to the level of divine treasure or even manifest sainthood could they barely compare to their ancestors.

After analyzing the situation to himself, he looked back at the Golden-Winged Roc, which was almost out of breath and seemed about to die. He said in a calm tone, "Oh dear, we originally planned to use it as a mount, but now this Golden-Winged Roc seems to have heatstroke. Why don't we take it to the river, pluck its feathers, wash it clean, and stew a pot of Roc soup?"

"It feels...it must taste delicious."

The voice just fell.

The Golden-Winged Roc, which was on the verge of death, suddenly trembled, and its tightly closed, glassy eyes opened instantly, filled with terror.

It suddenly broke free from An Jing's hand, which had been deliberately loosened.

Then, the roc that had regained its freedom did not turn into light and escape—it did not even fly. Instead, it endured the excruciating pain all over its body, buried its head deeply, and respectfully prostrated itself on the ground with its huge body, its wings folded, adopting an extremely humble and submissive posture.

Simply put, it's like a hen bowing its head to incubate its eggs.

"Haha."

Fu Xie laughed and said, "Even such a proud divine bird has been subdued by you—An Jing, this is the highest level of submission. It now practically treats you as its king!"

An Jing smiled and nodded, "Indeed, it is wise."

He walked up to the giant roc, whose head was already lowered, so he didn't need to look up.

An Jing looked at the behemoth that had completely lost its temper and said calmly, "Judging from your aura, you should be the beast king of this area, right?"

"Chi..."

Not daring to utter even a sharp sound, the roc lowered its head even further and let out a low groan indicating its acquiescence.

"very good."

An Jing nodded, put his hands behind his back, and said calmly, "Just like we said at the beginning, I won't kill you."

"From now on, you will be my mount—lead the way and introduce me to this world."

(End of this chapter)