Determined in his heart, the other eight black giant spears also tore through the air, fiercely stabbing into the body of the golden giant eagle.
The eagle's wings were indeed invulnerable.
But other areas without feather coverage? Yu Ziyu did not believe those spots had the same defense.
Thus, the remaining eight spears targeted the eagle's abdomen—the most vulnerable part of a bird of prey.
"Yin..."
The sharp, sorrowful cry of the golden eagle suddenly echoed throughout the valley.
Flapping its wings, the golden eagle tried its last struggle. Blood sprayed from the wounds as its body was dragged backward.
However, with a determination for a killing blow, how could Yu Ziyu let such an opportunity slip?
"Explode."
With a shout, the nine black giant spears, twisted to their limit, suddenly released all their accumulated power.
This was based on the principle of a "twisted spring."
Using the prior twisting motion, energy was stored.
And upon piercing the eagle's body deeply, the energy was explosively released.
In this way, the black spears caused maximum secondary damage.
With a "puchi" sound, the rapidly spinning spears brought a shower of blood.
Yu Ziyu was even splattered all over.
At that moment,
A crisp "ding" rang in his ear—a cold system notification.
"Ding, you killed a level-seven mutant golden eagle. Evolution points +70."
"Ding, first-stage evolution conditions met. Current evolution points: 70/10. Activate next stage evolution?"
First stage? Evolution?
A flash of joy crossed Yu Ziyu's mind. He realized something.
Just as he had suspected, there was a first stage.
And if he guessed correctly, there would be a second stage, third stage, and so forth.
Thinking this, Yu Ziyu glanced at the golden eagle, now completely pierced by the black spears and lifeless in the sky.
He felt somewhat relieved and quietly said to himself:
"Confirm evolution."
As the words left his mouth, Yu Ziyu suddenly felt a surge of energy flood his body.
The energy was so overwhelming and vigorous that the moment it entered, his entire body trembled.
'Crackling' sounds rang rapidly and briefly as Yu Ziyu's bark continuously cracked.
More incredible was that his entire tree body kept expanding.
In just a few breaths, it grew thick enough to be embraced by two people.
Not very thick, but…
The transformation was still ongoing.
Yu Ziyu could deeply feel every inch of his body being strengthened.
The surging energy destroyed cells, then a warm current passed through, repairing them.
The repaired cells were stronger.
A faint sense of a fundamental life transformation had begun.
Indeed, Yu Ziyu's evolution was a leap in life itself.
His branches lengthened, fiercely reaching for the sky.
They grew greener and faintly shimmered with starlight, much like the enhanced branches from before.
Even during daytime, the glow was clearly visible.
From afar, at the valley bottom, a giant tree about twenty or thirty meters tall gleamed with starlike light.
At the same time as the light flickered, its countless branches twisted as if tumbling across the sky.
For a moment, the entire valley was bathed in a glow uniquely his own.
Birds took flight, beasts trembled...
In a daze, a true valley overlord was rising.
…
In a place unseen by the world, even greater changes were happening.
Yu Ziyu's countless black sub-roots spread and grew rapidly.
As they broke the soil, they burrowed back underground like earth dragons turning over.
The valley's ground cracked and ridges rose everywhere.
But these were only the sub-roots.
Yu Ziyu's lifeline—the main root—was the big part.
The main root plunged deeper underground.
No solid rock could block its path.
With the valley shaking, the main root had reached about a hundred meters underground before stopping.
"Boom..."
Upon touching, Yu Ziyu clearly felt a chill.
"Is this an underground river?"
Suspicious, his heart trembled slightly.
But moments later, Yu Ziyu sensed countless fine rootlets tightly clinging to the rocks like a spider web.
They covered about fifty meters.
Immediately, even stronger chills flowed continuously.
Not just an underground river.
Yu Ziyu could clearly feel an unknown substance endlessly flowing in.
"This can't be… a spiritual river full of unknown substances, right?"
His heart shocked as he speculated.
A hundred meters deep underground, brimming with mysterious materials—it could well be a spiritual river.
However, now was not the time to dwell on this.
Because…
Screech, screech, screech...
With earth-shattering cries, eight falcons nesting on Yu Ziyu's canopy, each about as big as a basin, rose with the wind.
As if affected by Yu Ziyu's evolution.
Indeed,
Now centered on Yu Ziyu's tree body was a small "spiritual energy" storm.
The falcons closest to Yu Ziyu naturally benefited greatly.
Not only the falcons, but a red fox beneath the tree was also undergoing a new transformation.
Its claws lengthened bit by bit.
The fire-red pupils in its eyes grew brighter and more dazzling.
Its fur thickened and grew shinier by dozens of percent.
From afar, this red fox, now the size of a calf, seemed bathed in flames.
Both sacred and terrifying.
"Howl..."
A long howl suddenly echoed across the valley.
The flaming fox leapt onto a large rock and then coldly stared across the valley, as if on alert.
Meanwhile,
"Screech, screech, screech..."
The sharp cries of eight adult falcons, each about seventy centimeters long with wingspans of one to two meters, filled the air.
They spread their wings and took to the sky.
"Screech..."
Their united piercing cries shook the valley to its core.
The eight falcons spread out, each covering a direction, with eagle-like cold eyes endlessly scanning every corner of the valley.
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