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[Although, this bird is actually quite beautiful!]

[Xiao Jiu rushed forward! Is she trying to protect the big boss?!]

[It's still a baby... yet it wasn't scared at all facing a bird as big as the mountain, I'm sobbing!]

[Stop talking, Xiao Jiu, my warrior, I'm already getting emotional!]

Ivan was deeply moved:

"That's really bold! From now on, I won't call you Little Nine anymore, Ninth Brother!"

Aurora covered her mouth, her eyes filled with emotion.

In their eyes, the mascot, who usually only knew how to eat and sleep, was now using its frail body to shield its master, bravely roaring at the invincible beast...

"Mine! Mine!"

"Don't look! He's my pet!"

"Don't you dare steal my two-legged creature!"

"And that one too! The one with the gun! The one with the sword, the one with the axe... they're mine too!"

"They're all mine!"

However, the bird did not show any aggressive tendencies.

Based on everyone's survival experience in the wild, the first thing a high-level predator does upon waking up is usually to eat or mark its territory.

But this bird...

It gives off an arbitrary feeling, yet it's like a well-fed and watered hermit who might be about to hibernate at any moment!

"Make way."

He randomly nudged one of Xiao Jiu's legs.

"Let me see its data, I won't steal your thunder."

But Xiao Jiu wouldn't have it.

As if mediating a dispute, one tentacle pushed aside any wrist, while the other pressed down on the bird's outstretched beak and pushed it away.

Random & Bird: "..."

The bird remained unperturbed; like any other bird, it tilted its head and then arched it upwards.

The octopus rolled onto its head, only to be blocked by a tuft of feathers.

Just as Xiao Jiu was completely bewildered...

The giant bird let out a low cry, spread its wings and flapped them violently, creating a gust of wind that swept up from the ground.

The crowd was pushed back several steps by the gust of air.

The ashes scattered all over the ground were blown into the surrounding woods.

At the eye of the storm, a giant bird rose from the ground.

A long, blue streak trailed from its tail feathers as it broke through the clouds and ascended into the sky.

Amidst the dazzling array of light, a black spot clung desperately to the bird's head feather, while its remaining nine tentacles were whipped around like a tattered banner in the gale.

"!!!"

Ivan craned his neck so high it almost broke, until the bird became a tiny speck of light, then he stared in disbelief and asked:

"Has Xiao Jiu been kidnapped?"

"In a sense, it's more like a drive."

Nathan's notebook now has a bird and an abstract image of a little nine, and his tone is full of envy.

"This bird seems to have a... rather lively personality?"

"Let's go." He turned around casually, brushing the dust off his clothes. "They fly so high, they have a wide field of vision. Once they've had their fun, they'll naturally know where we are."

......

An hour later, on the deck of the Abyss.

"hiss......"

Klaus gasped, barely managing to suppress a gasp.

The returning nun had just relieved the burning sensation in his eyes, but he still sees everything double.

Ivan's huge face could appear five or six times in front of him, making his head ache.

"I told you not to spy."

Sean sat on the edge of the deck, swinging his fish tail to help set up the grill.

He was just worried!

Klaus was unable to refute it.

He was wearing a pair of "sunglasses," small round-lens glasses that Jin Maozhen had taken from him. He had coated them with two layers of squid ink, inside and out, so that he could barely open his eyes.

"Yes, the price is that I went blind..."

"You almost went blind, but I lost a set of clothes," Ren Yi casually replied.

He glanced at the engineer again.

This guy looks quite stylish in those small, round black glasses... though he looks a bit like a fortune teller.

"Be content, at least you didn't get that octopus kiss mark makeup like when Xiao Jiu boarded the ship."

Klaus: "..."

Itchy hands every day.

Ivan, who was secretly eating roasted scarlet Naga meat, almost choked and burst into indistinct laughter.

"Just eat yours!" Klaus snapped angrily.

The atmosphere on the deck relaxed again, and the danger and eeriness were temporarily forgotten.

Esting distributed the grilled meat slices and vegetable leaves to everyone, and even Sean, who was afraid of losing too much water, ate a few more bites.

While the group was chatting casually...

The sky suddenly darkened.

A huge shadow was cast on the deck, enveloping the entire ship in gloom, like a sudden sandstorm.

Everyone looked up—

A large, magnificent bird could hover aerodynamically above their heads, its blue tail feathers drooping like tassels, almost touching the sails.

Its feathers, which appear to be real but not quite real, seemed to scatter fine glints of light with every gentle flap of its wings in the sunlight.

"Splash—"

Sean almost knocked over the grill.

The large bird's head feathers trembled, and a small black dot fell towards the deck.

The small figure fell faster and faster, its round head spreading out like a pancake in mid-air, like a parachute catching the wind to help it descend smoothly.

The parachute wobbled and landed in Ren Yi's palm, then quickly bounced back, returning to its round shape.

"See that!"

"I can fly now!"

Ren Yi nodded thoughtfully. So Xiao Jiu could also be used as a parachute?!

I learned something.

The bird folded its wings and gracefully landed beside the glass tree forest.

It called out once, as if to say hello.

Then it brought its pointed beak close to the [Heart of the Sun] on the mast, its amber eyes reflecting the warm light source, filled with curiosity.

But after it gently extended one paw,

The humans on deck immediately tensed up.

"It...it wouldn't be trying to come up here, would it?"

Its claws were also bluish-green and translucent, beautiful and powerful, but also too big!

"etc......"

He hadn't finished speaking yet.

"Crunch...squeak..."

"Click."

【Durability -30】

The guardrail is broken.

The big bird was also stunned for a moment, its claws frozen in mid-air, and its bird face even showed embarrassment and contemplation in a human-like way.

It seems like he's trying to figure out how not to break things.

Soon, the bird shone brightly, its massive body shrinking and deforming within the light, its tail feathers shortening, and its wings folding...

In just a few seconds.

Each of its feathers was like a dandelion seed scattered by the wind, fluttering and dancing. When the last tail feather also turned into a point of light, the swirling light particles condensed into a single point.

Something was slowly drifting down from the sky.

...It was a crystal clear object with golden patterns flowing across its surface like magma, and faint blue flames swirling around it, pulsating gently as if it were alive.

It has no weight, so it floats and lands in any outstretched palm.

Seed of Life (Ember)

[Evaluation: It came from the ashes at your invitation, carrying the warmth of flames and the joy of rebirth. Theoretically, it should be an elegant, serene, and intelligent creature. PS: Theoretically.]