108: Mutation

When Qin Shi Lei returned to Luyang Bridge, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli were fighting a Tyrant.

Blazing Fire Slash!

An Qian, with an Oak Shield floating in front of her, forced the Tyrant back with a single move.

Thousand Vine Technique!

Suddenly, ten thick vines flew out from Zhang Xiaoli's hand.

They swiftly wrapped around the Tyrant's limbs.

"Roar!"

The Tyrant roared and transformed into a giant state, over four meters tall.

As the Tyrant grew larger, six or seven of the vines wrapped around its body snapped.

Just as it was about to tear off and discard the remaining vines, An Qian's strongest attack had already struck.

White Rainbow Pierces the Sun!

An Qian, clad in fiery red armor, was like a burning phoenix, striking towards the Tyrant's neck with astonishing momentum.

With its limbs still entangled by vines, the Tyrant could only choose to bend down, attempting to avoid the decapitating blow.

But An Qian seemed to have anticipated its move, pressing her Biyue down with it, striking heavily on the Tyrant's neck.

White Rainbow Pierces the Sun ignores fifty percent of the enemy's defense, plus the double attack effect from the 'Fatal Strike' attribute on her body.

The Tyrant's head was severed by An Qian's single strike, and its headless body crashed to the ground with a thud.

Seeing the powerful Tyrant instantly killed with one move, An Qian was also stunned.

A Licker on the side immediately seized the opportunity to shoot out its long tongue, striking swiftly.

"Bang!"

The Oak Shield automatically rotated to the left, easily blocking the Licker's tongue.

Just then, a Silver Dragon flew out from behind, instantly blasting the Licker into pieces.

"Qin Ge, you're back."

Zhang Xiaoli immediately came forward to greet him.

"Yes."

Qin Shi Lei turned and admonished, "An Qian, how can you get distracted during a battle? If it weren't for the Oak Shield, you might have been injured."

An Qian stuck out her tongue, saying somewhat sheepishly, "I didn't expect to become so powerful, so I was stunned."

Qin Shi Lei was also very surprised by the strength of An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli.

Before fixing their attributes, although An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli could kill a Tyrant, they would likely be injured.

He didn't expect that after only fixing two attributes each, the two women could kill a Tyrant so easily.

Their strength had at least doubled now.

Qin Shi Lei briefly explained the military's request for him to go.

Upon hearing this, An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli strongly urged Qin Shi Lei not to agree to the military's request.

Although they knew Qin Shi Lei was strong, killing the Zombie King among thousands of Mutated Zombies, he might never return if he wasn't careful.

Zhang Xiaoli said, "Qin Ge, you should go back and rest. An Qian and I are here; nothing will happen."

Qin Shi Lei thought for a moment and said, "I'll let Crimson Eagle stay here with you. If the situation becomes urgent, let it carry you to escape."

An Qian frowned and said, "What about Crimson Eagle's eggs? Without Crimson Eagle to hatch them, won't they go bad?"

Just then, Crimson Eagle flew down from the sky, "No, my egg babies have already absorbed enough energy and nutrients inside my belly and will hatch soon. My hatching won't speed up much time."

After a pause, it suddenly said with surprise, "I sensed it! My little babies have already hatched! I'll go back and bring them over now."

Crimson Eagle quickly flew back to Five Villa and brought back two young Crimson Eagle babies, each the size of an adult rooster.

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli immediately each took a baby and began to tease them.

An Qian's baby gently pecked her palm affectionately.

Zhang Xiaoli's baby, however, was not tempted by her beauty at all; instead, it fiercely pecked Zhang Xiaoli's forearm with its tiny beak.

Qin Shi Lei looked at this scene and suddenly remembered that he still had two contract scrolls.

Two days ago, he thought about it and decided to fix the 'Copy' attribute on the contract scroll, so he now had two contract scrolls.

Qin Shi Lei stroked Crimson Eagle's head and asked, "You don't mind if I find two masters for your little babies, do you?"

Crimson Eagle turned its head to look at An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, "If it's them, then it's fine. Otherwise, when they grow bigger, I would also let them leave to live on their own."

Qin Shi Lei then took out two contract scrolls from his Qiankun Ring and handed them to An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli respectively.

"Are you really letting us contract the little babies?"

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli asked in unison, surprised and delighted.

After receiving Qin Shi Lei's confirmation again, the two women tore open the contract scrolls and successfully completed the contract.

An Qian took out some crocodile meat and fed the little eagle, "From now on, you'll be called Xiao Qing."

Zhang Xiaoli also named her pet, "From now on, you'll be called Xiao Fei."

After eating the energy-rich crocodile meat and two crystals, Xiao Qing and Xiao Fei's sparse downy feathers actually became dense.

They were much cuter and fluffier than before.

Zhang Xiaoli continued to take out crocodile meat and feed it to Xiao Fei, "Eat quickly, I hope you grow up fast and take me flying into the sky."

Xiao Fei gulped, quickly swallowing the crocodile meat in one bite.

Qin Shi Lei looked at Xiao Fei's bulging belly and said worriedly, "If you keep feeding it, you might accidentally burst it."

"Ugh!" Xiao Fei burped very cooperatively.

"It didn't really get too full, did it?"

Zhang Xiaoli asked Crimson Eagle with some concern.

"It'll grow bigger by being full."

Crimson Eagle said irresponsibly.

What an inexperienced bird mother.

Zhang Xiaoli had no choice but to recall Xiao Fei into her pet space.

Rumble!

Suddenly, several dull thunderclaps came from the sky!

An Qian looked up at the sky, "It's not going to rain, is it?"

It had just been a clear sky, but suddenly the wind swirled, clouds gathered, and the sky gradually darkened.

The thick, dark clouds seemed to be pressing down entirely.

A fierce wind blew, and lightning flashed with thunder!

"Qin Shi Lei, look, what's that?"

An Qian pointed to the west with a surprised expression.

At the other end of Nanzhuang City, a towering pillar of light stood there.

When Qin Shi Lei looked up, the pillar of light was slowly shrinking.

Could it be a rare treasure appearing?

Or a secret realm manifesting?

Qin Shi Lei's eyes lit up, and his heart immediately grew fervent.

"You two be careful, I'm going to see what's happening."

"You be careful too."

An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli cautioned in unison.

Qin Shi Lei waved his hand, jumped forcefully, and landed on Crimson Eagle's back.

Just then, large raindrops began to fall from the sky.

Under the thick, dark clouds, the ground was incredibly dim, and coupled with the obstruction of the rain curtain, visibility was greatly reduced.

Qin Shi Lei could only rely on his impression of where the pillar of light had appeared, instructing Crimson Eagle to fly west.

Half an hour later.

The man and the eagle had already arrived at the westernmost part of Nanzhuang City, where the towering pillar of light had shrunk to only the thickness of a bucket.

Rumble!

A bolt of lightning struck, illuminating the world brightly.

Using the light from the lightning, Qin Shi Lei discovered that the source of the pillar of light was in a small valley.

Just then, the pillar of light suddenly accelerated its shrinkage and then disappeared completely.

"Crimson Eagle, fly over there quickly."

Qin Shi Lei ordered, pointing to where the pillar of light had last disappeared.

As they got closer to that spot, Qin Shi Lei felt the spiritual energy outside his body becoming more and more active.

When he arrived at the small valley, he immediately saw a dark cave appearing in a patch of grass.

The cave was about three meters wide, and Qin Shi Lei peered down, seeing that the cave extended at a seventy to eighty-degree angle down to who knows where.

Just as he was about to throw a stone inside to test it, two blue gems suddenly floated up from the depths of the cave.

As the two blue gems floated closer and closer, Qin Shi Lei finally saw what was floating up.

Those weren't blue gems; they were clearly two eyeballs.

It was an insect!

A huge beetle, resembling a praying mantis, nearly two meters long, with a pair of sharp, scythe-like forelimbs.

As soon as the Scythe Beetle crawled out of the cave, it immediately brandished its scythe-like forelimbs and charged at Qin Shi Lei.