25: Golden-winged Dapeng

Although the mountaintop had long been plundered by Lu Yu, he had left behind some low-rank ferocious beast carcasses that he was too lazy to clean up. While Lu Yu didn't care for these remains, they were valuable to humans. So, Commander Xu sent people to search the entire mountaintop, and they reaped considerable rewards.

After leading his team back, he handed all the spoils to Old Zhao, hoping for new research breakthroughs, or at the very least, the creation of more Gene Serums.

In this battle, although two of the five super-powered warriors sacrificed themselves, with only three surviving, practical combat proved that in today's warfare, super-powered warriors are infinitely more effective than a hundred times their number of ordinary soldiers.

Future warfare will likely be dominated by super-powered warriors.

Commander Xu wrote a detailed report of the battle, specifically including information about Lu Yu. The higher-ups took it very seriously, holding meetings for several days to discuss the battle, ultimately concluding that:

Humans are strictly forbidden from initiating attacks on Lu Yu in the future!

Meanwhile, on the cliff, five whole days had passed.

Little White Fox gazed at Lu Yu, who was enveloped in a ball of light, her eyes showing a human-like expression of worry.

At this moment, a powerful aura emanated from Little White Fox!

In the past few days, Little White Fox had eaten a lot of the ferocious beast meat Lu Yu left for her, and by staying by Lu Yu's side, she absorbed a lot of inadvertently dissipated spiritual energy. She unexpectedly accumulated enough spiritual power and successfully evolved from within.

Little White Fox originally had E-rank strength, close to D-rank. After following Lu Yu, she gained many benefits and successfully advanced to D-rank.

According to the law of the jungle among ferocious beasts, Little White Fox now possessed the same D-rank strength as Lu Yu did previously. She could have completely defected, escaped Lu Yu's clutches, or even turned against him directly, launching an attack while Lu Yu was in the midst of evolution.

However, the D-rank Little White Fox made no move, still obediently remaining by Lu Yu's side, diligently guarding the surroundings to prevent other ferocious beasts from disturbing Lu Yu.

There was only one reason for this!

The aura emanating from Lu Yu was extremely powerful, so powerful that even after Little White Fox evolved to D-rank, she was completely unable to resist it, and it even made her tremble!

Therefore, Little White Fox dared not harbor any ill intentions, nor even attempt to escape!

Boom—

Just then, the ball of light enveloping Lu Yu exploded with a roar.

A wave of spiritual energy spread outwards in all directions. Seeing this, Little White Fox's pupils contracted. She felt a deadly threat!

Without any hesitation, Little White Fox immediately hid behind a giant rock and activated the spiritual power within her body for defense.

Rumble—

On the cliff, which was originally uneven and covered with giant rocks, these giant rocks now shattered one by one like blocks of tofu.

Little White Fox used all her strength and barely managed to block the residual shockwave after the giant rocks were shattered.

Then, Little White Fox raised her head, looking with utter shock at the figure ascending into the sky.

At this moment, Lu Yu was radiating golden light, his body over a hundred meters long, his feathers shimmering with a golden glow. If one looked closely, they would notice a transparent ripple encircling the edges of his feathers.

This ripple was the materialization of Wind Spiritual Power!

The seemingly beautiful and soft feathers could now cut through gold and jade with ease. Even the powerfully defensive giant bears among D-rank ferocious beasts would struggle to withstand the feathers' cutting power!

Furthermore, Lu Yu's originally ink-black sharp claws had undergone a complete transformation, becoming like gold, shining with a sharp radiance. Lu Yu could clearly feel that the strength of his claws had increased at least tenfold!

Caw!

Lu Yu felt an endless surge of power within him, brimming with surging spiritual energy, and he couldn't help but raise his head and let out a clear cry.

In an instant, a bloodline suppression belonging to a superior being erupted from Lu Yu, startling the entire forest into chaos, with countless ferocious beasts fleeing in panic.

Even Little White Fox, a D-rank, was now prostrate on the ground, trembling.

This was the dominance of a C-rank!

Lu Yu circled the sky, then saw a lake in the distance. He immediately flapped his wings, disappearing from his spot, crossing hundreds of miles in an instant, and arriving above the lake.

Looking at his current reflection in the lake, Lu Yu was overjoyed.

At this moment, calling him a Golden Eagle was no longer accurate.

His current appearance was more like a Great Peng!

In myths and legends, there is the Golden Winged Great Peng, born with a beak and claws as hard as iron, with diamond-like horns, a luminous pearl on its head, eyes that gleam like the sun and moon, an iron-like beak that resembles a hook, and wings like precious swords dancing in the air.

He flies ninety thousand li with a single flap, devours dragons, and can swallow heaven and earth!

Although Lu Yu does not yet possess such immense power, he has a feeling that as long as he continues to evolve, he can certainly become the legendary primordial exotic beast, the Golden Winged Great Peng!

He might even surpass it!

After admiring his handsome posture, Lu Yu spread his wings and flew back to the cliff, landing on it.

As he descended, Lu Yu's body continuously shrank. By the time he landed on the cliff, he had become the size of an ordinary eagle, only he was entirely golden, which was very eye-catching.

During the evolution process, most ferocious beasts' bodies will grow accordingly. Only a few, like Little White Fox, who do not primarily rely on close combat, will not change their body shape.

Furthermore, when a ferocious beast's rank reaches C-rank, it can change its body size to a certain extent. For example, the current Lu Yu can shrink to his original size at his smallest, and grow to over a hundred meters at his largest.

Seeing Lu Yu land, Little White Fox immediately jumped up and ran to Lu Yu's side with a fawning expression. She even human-like raised her two cute front paws to massage Lu Yu's back.

It must be said, it was quite comfortable.

If the demon kings from his previous life, who were beaten to a pulp by the Nine-tailed Demon Empress, were to see this scene, their eyes would probably pop out.

The Nine-tailed Demon Empress, who showed no mercy to any being, was actually fawning over Lu Yu like a pet. It was simply unbelievable.

After enjoying Little White Fox's back massage, Lu Yu nodded with satisfaction.

This little brother, not only is his talent powerful, but he's also so perceptive. He's definitely worth cultivating!

Lu Yu also noticed that Little White Fox had advanced to D-rank, but he wasn't surprised. After all, given Little White Fox's talent, this was completely natural.

Patting Little White Fox's head, Lu Yu opened his panel:

[Name]: Lu Yu [Rank]: C-rank (Evolution points required for upgrade: 0 / 10000 Evolution Points) [Lifespan]: 1 / 3000 years [Skills]: Blade Assault (lv3), Ice Thorn (lv3), Golden Body (lv2), Chidori (lv3), Shadow Strike (lv3) [Talent]: Wind Spiritual Power Mastery (Beginner) [Evolution Points]: 1109