Chapter 14

Listen, listen, chase again!

At this, the demonic eagle became even more enraged, and it pursued Tanggu's retreating figure without letting up. However, every time a critical moment arrived, Tanggu would turn around and shoot an empty arrow backward.

The demonic eagle, not very intelligent, although it was deceived every time, did not learn from its mistakes. It allowed Tanggu to escape several hundred feet again.

"Hum!"

Finally, when Tanggu used the same trick again, shooting an empty arrow to scare the demonic eagle, the eagle did not fall for it this time. It made a sharp turn and flew above him, opening its mouth to spit out another dark yellow illusory flame.

Tanggu was momentarily terrified. He quickly reached behind him, pulled out a shield covered in patterns, a pale silver shield, and held it in front of him. He then took the opportunity to retreat rapidly.

"Second-grade, Silverlight Shield, worth fifty-six gray stone coins!"

The dark yellow flame landed on the Silverlight Shield. In the next moment, the valuable silver shield softened like mercury, unable to withstand the attack. It soon melted into molten iron and dripped down.

However, during this brief moment, Tanggu finally managed to break free again. Without time to feel sorrow, he flashed and continued to run down the mountain.

He didn't even dare to look back.

After such a long chase, the small canyon at the foot of the mountain finally came into clear view. Tanggu's eyes lit up instantly. He stepped with a peculiar gait and, without hesitation, leaped straight into the center of the canyon's crack.

"Screech!"

The demonic eagle hesitated as it reached the crack in the sky. It had failed to kill the cunning human just now. However, the next moment, the sound of a bow being drawn from below the canyon enraged it even more.

"Whoosh!"

Its figure turned into a black dot and darted into the crack. Soon, it entered, and everything went dark.

However, the next moment, a strange long arrow, completely coated in silver and emitting a faint green light, suddenly appeared before its eyes, spinning faster and faster, getting closer and closer!

This arrow was no longer an empty one but a real one! Although the Illusory Flame Copper Eagle tried to dodge, the small crack was so narrow, with stone walls on both sides. Moreover, it was a moment of changing light, and it had not noticed. It was now impossible to dodge.

Although it inwardly cursed the cunning human for timing it so well, the Illusory Flame Copper Eagle had no choice but to slightly turn its body, allowing the silver-green arrow to pierce its body.

"Thud!"

A muffled sound, blood splattered. However, this time, the eagle found the force of the arrow to be less than the previous one. It only penetrated half an inch into the flesh and stopped.

The eagle was delighted. If all the arrows were like this, with its powerful demonic energy, it wouldn't be a concern. A few days of rest would heal it. But the next moment, it was suddenly terrified. It felt its entire body harden from the point where the faint green arrow hit, and the hardening quickly spread throughout its body.

"Screech!"

A mournful eagle cry. The wings of the "Illusory Flame Copper Eagle" could no longer support it. Without the lift from its wings, its body fell straight from the hundreds of feet high.

"Thud!" It landed directly in a pit that had been dug beforehand.

As it fell, it seemed to hit something. A fist-sized object suddenly popped out, turning into a several-zhang copper net that enveloped it.

The eagle's eyes showed disdain. A mere broken net couldn't trap it. Once it recovered its strength, a mouthful of flames would burn it to ashes. But the next moment, the feeling of hitting the ground made it pause.

What is this?

Beneath its body, three black spheres lay quietly, emitting a fiery smell.

The eagle's small brain hadn't figured out what these three spheres were when, the next moment, the impact of its fall caused the three spheres to vibrate and then explode simultaneously!

Boom, boom, boom!

Three muffled explosions, smoke and dust rolled, the entire pit was instantly filled with dust, blood feathers flying, and a faint smell of roasted eagle wafted through the air.

After a full moment, the dust in the pit slowly dissipated. Tanggu, with a slightly pale face, covering his nose and mouth, approached.

He saw the once arrogant demonic eagle in the pit, now on the verge of death, covered in the marks of the fiery explosion, bloodstained, and looking extremely terrifying.

Even its proud copper feathers had lost their luster, turning black and disheveled, easily broken.

"Chirp chirp..."

Seeing Tanggu approach, the eagle's eyes first showed a glare of hatred. However, after a moment, it seemed to realize its situation and its eyes showed a pleading look.

Clearly, it knew that even if it were saved, it wouldn't live long. It would rather someone put it out of its misery.

Tanggu, seeing the extremely human-like look in its eyes, seemed to understand its plea. He sighed, and a faint purple sword light, like smoke, appeared on his finger.

Then, he gritted his teeth, pointed, and the smoke-like purple sword light, like a dragon or snake, curved and twisted, flying down to pierce the eagle's heart.

At this moment, the eagle was still not dead, but its originally bright eyes gradually dimmed. It nodded at Tanggu, showing a look of relief, and then closed its eyes, dying.

As the eagle died, a pale yellow, palm-sized copper eagle demon soul slowly emerged, rising higher and higher. This was the innate demon soul of the one-turn demonic eagle, the "Illusory Flame Copper Eagle."

Once dead, if no one absorbed the demon soul within half an hour, it would slowly dissipate, eventually dispersing into the world, becoming part of the natural energy.

Tanggu, seeing this, naturally wouldn't let it disappear. He immediately performed a hand seal and used the soul-devouring technique from the "Ancient Soul Technique." He then extended his hand.

As he extended his hand, black rays of light appeared on his palm.

These black rays, upon touching the copper eagle's demon soul, seemed to give it consciousness. It slowly floated up from the eagle's body, drifting toward Tanggu, and finally entered his arm, slowly merging into his body, then into his dantian, forming a small eagle shape.

Tanggu thought to himself, this is the soul-refining technique, truly powerful, attracting the innate souls of other beasts for one's own use. It looks so strange, as if it's not a righteous path.

However, regardless of whether it's righteous or not, as long as it's useful. Now that the demon souls are complete, to break through to the first turn of soul consciousness, he just needed to find a place, refine the remaining few spiritual herbs, and swallow them to officially attempt to cultivate the Ancient Soul Technique.

Of course, now was not the time. With the eagle dead, the "Little Blood Tendon Fruit" was unguarded. It would be disastrous if it matured or was taken by someone else at this moment. Tanggu couldn't bear to let his efforts go to waste. He needed to take care of the "Little Blood Tendon Fruit" first, wait for it to fully mature, and then decide to return to town.

He glanced regretfully at the pit. The eagle's body still had many good materials, such as its beak, its rare copper feathers, and its eyes.

However, the eagle was already mostly destroyed. Even if he took them, they wouldn't be worth much. A one-turn eagle was unlikely to have an inner core. Moreover, the sad look in its eyes as it died made Tanggu unable to bring himself to do it. After hesitating, he decided to give up.

He waved his hand, moved a clod of earth, and filled the pit, burying the eagle and the pit together, serving as its grave.

Then, he flashed and quickly headed toward the mountain and the canyon.

PS: Second update.

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