31: Toad!
Congratulations on gaining the allegiance of the Mystic Winged Eagle (D-rank). You have gained 314 Influence Points! Current remaining Influence Points: 914!
Lu Yu's Influence Points instantly soared to 914, leaving him less than 100 points away from unlocking the Influence Shop.
"Follow me!"
With a command, Lu Yu turned and flew towards the direction of the next D-rank ferocious beast's aura.
The Mystic Winged Eagle sensed the disappearance of Lu Yu's imposing aura, finally let out a sigh of relief, and quickly spread its wings to fly, following closely behind Lu Yu.
Compared to Lu Yu's beautiful, shimmering golden feathers, the Mystic Winged Eagle's entirely black feathers looked somewhat unattractive.
To accommodate the Mystic Winged Eagle's speed, Lu Yu deliberately flew a bit slower.
After a while, Lu Yu arrived at a puddle.
Just as Lu Yu was about to speak, the Mystic Winged Eagle, which had followed Lu Yu all the way, seemed to understand Lu Yu's intention.
Out of a desire to show off in front of its new boss, it immediately chirped a few times at Lu Yu, requesting to fight.
Seeing this, Lu Yu nodded. The Mystic Winged Eagle had surrendered too quickly earlier, and he still didn't know its abilities. Now that it wanted to act, Lu Yu naturally had no objections.
As the saying goes, when the boss has a task, the subordinate bears the burden!
Isn't taking on subordinates for getting things done?
Lu Yu flew directly to the side, shrinking his body, intending to watch the Mystic Winged Eagle's performance.
Having received permission, the Mystic Winged Eagle flew directly above the puddle. With a flap of its wings, a nearby boulder was propelled by spiritual power and shot directly towards the puddle.
Bang!
The next moment, a stream of green liquid sprayed out from the puddle, hitting the stone directly.
Lu Yu clearly saw that this green liquid was highly corrosive. The moment it touched the stone, it corroded and melted the entire stone, dissipating into the air.
"Croak!"
With a croak, a massive toad nearly ten meters long leaped out of the puddle.
The Mystic Winged Eagle chirped, proudly declaring: "I've just recognized a new big brother whose power is extremely formidable. He now thinks highly of you and intends to take you in as a subordinate. Why don't you quickly bow down in submission?"
The toad was enraged by the Mystic Winged Eagle, opening its mouth and spewing out countless green mists. These mists quickly spread over the entire puddle, assailing the Mystic Winged Eagle.
As these mists spread, the surrounding plants instantly withered and died, demonstrating the potent toxicity of the mist.
Facing the signature move of an opponent of its own rank, the Mystic Winged Eagle naturally dared not resist it head-on, as its poison resistance was not high.
The Mystic Winged Eagle immediately elevated its position, escaping the mist's influence, then, with a flap of its wings, a tornado appeared out of thin air, sweeping towards the toad.
Lu Yu was initially surprised, thinking that this Mystic Winged Eagle, like himself, possessed the talent to control Wind Spiritual Power. However, after carefully sensing it, he found that although the tornado did indeed mobilize Wind Spiritual Power, the method of use was very crude.
This should be one of the Mystic Winged Eagle's skills, with the effect of summoning a tornado or similar, rather than direct control over Wind Spiritual Power.
Among ferocious beasts, different ranks have different requirements.
Generally speaking, E-rank ferocious beasts comprehend one skill.
Upon reaching D-rank, they will master two skills.
These are all automatically comprehended during the evolution process, depending on the specific ferocious beast.
The Mystic Winged Eagle and this toad were both D-rank, meaning they each possessed at least two skills.
The toad spewing poison mist and the Mystic Winged Eagle summoning a tornado were clearly among them.
Under the sweep of the tornado, the poison mist was instantly cleared away, directly drawn into the tornado, and in turn, swept towards the toad.
This was clearly a case of being countered.
If the Giant Ox were here, it would certainly be helpless against the toad's poison mist.
The toad pushed off with its hind legs, leaping to dodge the tornado, then opened its mouth, a foul odor wafted, and the toad's tongue directly lashed out at the Mystic Winged Eagle.
The impact of this tongue was like a cannonball. The Mystic Winged Eagle spread its wings to fly, trying to dodge, but the tongue inexplicably curved in mid-air, pursuing the Mystic Winged Eagle.
Not only that, after changing direction, the tongue's speed actually increased by more than three times. With this sudden change, the Mystic Winged Eagle couldn't avoid it in time and was directly hit.
Bang—
The tongue rapidly extended, directly binding the Mystic Winged Eagle tightly.
The toad's eyes lit up, its four limbs sinking into the ground, and it used its tongue to pull the Mystic Winged Eagle towards itself. From the looks of it, it seemed to want to swallow the Mystic Winged Eagle whole.
This sudden turn of events infuriated the Mystic Winged Eagle.
It had fought this toad before. Although it couldn't kill the opponent, due to species countering, it could completely suppress it.
It was precisely because it was confident that the Mystic Winged Eagle had actively stepped forward, wanting to decisively defeat the toad and show off in front of Lu Yu.
But it didn't expect that this time, the toad actually used a move it hadn't used before. With this sudden change, it was directly bound. Wasn't this making it lose a lot of face?
How could it tolerate this?
The Mystic Winged Eagle was furious, its spiritual power erupted throughout its body, and its surrounding feathers flashed with streaks of dark light, transforming into sharp arrows. As the Mystic Winged Eagle's body rotated at high speed, it directly turned into a ball of sword light. Its sharp feathers sliced through the toad's tongue, instantly pulverizing the tongue that had wrapped around it.
The enraged Mystic Winged Eagle no longer held back, directly diving towards the toad. Before the toad's tongue could retract, two sharp claws directly grabbed at the toad.
The toad's poison sacs on its back bulged, and the moment the Mystic Winged Eagle approached, the poison sacs burst open one by one, spewing out streams of green venom.
Lu Yu, observing from the side, clearly saw that the toxicity of these venoms was more than ten times stronger than the previous poison mist. If the Mystic Winged Eagle were hit head-on, it would likely suffer severe injuries.
The Mystic Winged Eagle and the toad had fought many times, so it was naturally prepared for such tricks and showed no panic.
The Mystic Winged Eagle's diving body suddenly stopped, then directly ascended, as if playing with the toad, causing all the venom to miss.
The Mystic Winged Eagle smiled smugly. Except for the first battle, where it suffered a setback due to being caught off guard, it had always been able to toy with the toad in every subsequent battle, provoking it to waste its poison sacs, and this time was no exception.
Perhaps this toad was rather stupid, falling for it every time.
The toad, having lost its poison sac attacks, was like a tiger without teeth. The Mystic Winged Eagle once again summoned two tornadoes, both rushing towards the toad. The moment the toad leaped to evade, the Mystic Winged Eagle seized the opportunity and rushed over, clawing at the toad.
Bang!
The Mystic Winged Eagle's claw tore a gruesome wound on the toad's body, simultaneously slamming it to the ground.
The toad let out a mournful cry and turned to flee.
In the past, relying on this toxic puddle, the Mystic Winged Eagle wouldn't dare to stop it, only letting it leave. Otherwise, if it pushed the opponent too hard, it might also get injured. But this time, with Lu Yu watching from the side, the Mystic Winged Eagle naturally wouldn't let it go.
The Mystic Winged Eagle directly charged at the toad, flipping it over at close range to prevent it from escaping back into the puddle.
At the same time, the toad opened its mouth and sprayed a stream of venom. This time, the Mystic Winged Eagle had nowhere to hide, gritting its teeth and preparing to endure the blow.
"Enough!"
Lu Yu spoke calmly, and a spiritual power barrier appeared in front of the Mystic Winged Eagle, blocking the attack for it. The Mystic Winged Eagle quickly expressed its gratitude.
If he hadn't intervened, the Mystic Winged Eagle would certainly have been injured, and he would then have to spend Influence Points to heal it, which would be a complete waste.
Lu Yu came before the toad and asked, "Are you willing to submit to me?"
In response to Lu Yu's question, the injured toad opened its mouth and sprayed a stream of venom.