The blue sky was adorned with a dazzling golden sun, and a white cloud drifted like a lone sail across the clear sky.
At this moment, deep within a secluded canyon, mysterious and ghostly mountain mists rose, like a magical veil of delicate silk, intricately and elegantly painting a landscape scroll, faintly revealing a wild, untamed atmosphere.
No—actually, it was not faint at all.
Towering trees soared into the clouds, their canopies blocking the sky and sun, and from time to time, distant roars echoed as if from ancient times.
Perhaps this deep canyon had long since truly entered an age of wilderness.
"Yin..."
A cry resounded, instantly causing the mountains and valleys to echo, the sound shaking the clouds and sky, almost piercing through the stones.
Looking up, it was a golden eagle breaking through the clouds.
However, what was terrifying was that an ordinary golden eagle, even when spreading its wings, only measured about two to three meters in wingspan.
But this one had a wingspan of a staggering five meters.
Especially seeing its entire body covered in golden feathers that looked as if cast from pure gold, Yu Ziyu couldn't help but be shaken inside.
Was this really a beast that could exist in this world?
"Is it back again?"
With slight tension, a willow tree about thirty meters tall shivered, its branches fluttering like a waterfall.
[Species: Mutated Golden Eagle
Lifespan: 2/60 years.
Rank: Entry Level, Stage 7.
Innate Talent: Piercing Cry — Its call can rupture eardrums and intimidate prey. (Extremely terrifying talent, but unfortunately, its killing power against you is nearly zero. After all, you're just a willow tree.)
Special Abilities: Sharp Claws — Its claws can tear through dozens of centimeters of steel plate.
Golden Wings — Wings strengthened repeatedly through evolution, with hardness comparable to alloy.]
A very detailed introduction.
So detailed that even after several readings, Yu Ziyu's heart was still shaken.
In terms of combat power alone, this golden eagle was truly terrifying.
If not for his presence, Yu Ziyu had no doubt that in years to come, this canyon would breed a true apex predator.
It's well known that the golden eagle is called the "king of raptors," and trained golden eagles can even chase down wolf packs on the grasslands.
There was even a terrifying record of a golden eagle having caught fourteen wolves in succession.
This clearly showed how fearsome these raptors were.
And now, after several evolutions, who knows how terrifying this golden eagle was?
According to Yu Ziyu's guess, if not for the terrifying aura he emitted, this golden eagle would have already pounced.
...
Indeed, Yu Ziyu's guess was correct.
As the apex predator of the food chain, the golden eagle was undoubtedly the ruler of this canyon, and because it had awakened a bit of intelligence, it had assumed its current posture.
Yet, even though it was already immensely powerful, when looking down at the very peculiar willow tree on the ground, it shrank slightly back, full of caution.
In its eyes, Yu Ziyu was unlike other prey.
An aura, or rather a kind of pressure.
Plants and animals more or less possessed it.
And now, with the revival of spiritual energy and life leaping forward, this invisible aura was even more terrifying.
Its prey had auras reaching a meter, or even spreading two to three meters wide.
But Yu Ziyu was different.
This strange creature's aura extended deeply for ten meters in all directions.
In other words, the willow tree was enveloped in its aura for a radius of ten meters.
It was precisely because it could sense this aura, or pressure, that the golden eagle lingered in the sky for half a lunar cycle.
With its intelligence, although it could not understand the anomaly of the tree, its instinct to seek benefit and avoid harm was clear.
However, despite all this, the faint fragrance wafting from below still made it pause its departure.
Observing, waiting—
As a predator, the golden eagle had enough patience to watch this "unknown prey" that stirred its blood until it found a moment for a lethal strike.
"Not going to pounce yet?"
Watching the circling golden giant eagle in the sky, Yu Ziyu muttered to himself.
There was no denying it; being stared down by an apex predator like this was an unpleasant feeling.
Whenever he sensed the golden eagle's presence, Yu Ziyu instinctively became alert, each branch ready to strike.
Not only him, but in the bird's nest beneath Yu Ziyu's canopy,
"Screech screech screech screech..."
The sharp, incessant cries also triggered his nerves.
The falcons—
A truly terrifying species of raptor—
were now wildly calling and jumping in the basin-sized nest, looking quite tense.
Compared to the golden eagle, they were clearly inferior.
Not to mention, they were only at Entry Level Stage 3, a full four ranks below the golden eagle.
The level gap might be made up for by other means.
For example, the falcons could handle land beasts ranked higher than them.
But they absolutely could not deal with this "air overlord" — the golden eagle.
After all, even as fellow raptors, the falcons' aerial advantage and terrifying speed seemed insignificant before the golden eagle.
At this time, there was no need to even mention the red fox.
Although it had crawled out of the den, looking up at the circling golden giant eagle, its body trembled uncontrollably.
The fox was just one of the golden eagle's menu items.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]