42: Chapter 42 Unease in My Heart! Crisis Warning! The Red Moon in the Sky

The next day, early morning.

The warm sun rose from the eastern horizon, casting orange light upon the earth, and all things began to awaken...

The climate around Jianghai City was spring-like all year round, very warm and pleasant.

Divine Phoenix Mountain, inside the cave.

Soft sunlight fell into the cave, illuminating a huge white bird curled up on a soft mat.

Ye Yang suddenly opened his sleepy eyes, his golden pupils looking out at the bright scenery outside.

"It's dawn, another day has passed. Time flies so fast..."

At the same time, a familiar system notification sound rang in his mind.

"Notification: Your Supreme Aura Cells have sensed the energy in the sunlight, awakened from their slumber, and begun to function..."

"Notification: Your Basic Breathing Technique has undergone a day of arduous practice, and your proficiency has increased!"

"Notification: Your Basic Breathing Technique proficiency level has increased, successfully advancing from Minor Achievement to Major Achievement!"

Ye Yang was stunned for a moment, then felt a surge of joy!

"The Basic Breathing Technique has leveled up!"

At the same time, a massive suction force emanated from his body, drawing the spiritual energy floating in the air around the mountain peak and gathering it into his body.

The white mist of spiritual energy lingering around the white jade bamboo in the cave and the spirit tree on the mountain peak also converged toward Ye Yang, drilling into his body.

That familiar feeling of soaking in a hot spring appeared again!

Ye Yang carefully felt the changes from before and was pleasantly surprised to find that the efficiency of his Basic Breathing Technique was now more than three times faster than before!

If the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy with the Basic Breathing Technique at the Minor Achievement level was like drinking water with a rice bowl, then now it was like using a bucket!

The efficiency of his body absorbing spiritual energy had increased significantly!

In short, with the Basic Breathing Technique proficiency upgraded to Major Achievement, the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy had greatly improved, and his growth rate had risen accordingly!

"System Panel!"

Host: Ye Yang

Race: White-Feathered Giant Eagle

Level: E+

Bloodline: Unawakened (2,000 Supreme Aura Cells)

Skills: Basic Breathing Technique (Major Achievement)

Half a month had passed, yet the system panel remained this clean, with only a few minor changes.

He had already accumulated 2,000 Supreme Aura Cells, but he didn't know when they would cause a qualitative change like last time, allowing his race to evolve...

The proficiency level of the Basic Breathing Technique had reached Major Achievement, and he was only one level away from the final Perfection level.

"My body is getting stronger rapidly every day now, but why does something feel wrong in my heart today..."

Ye Yang stepped out of the cave with his white jade-colored talons, staring at the silent mountain forest in the early morning, a trace of anxiety flickering in his golden pupils.

For some reason, his calm, laid-back mindset today had some inexplicable fluctuations, and these fluctuations revealed a hint of unease.

"Although I don't know the reason for this emotional change, it certainly isn't a good thing!"

He instinctively trusted his inner intuition; the more powerful an animal was, the more sensitive it was to dangerous things.

Just like wild beasts in the natural world, they have danger warnings for natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes that far exceed those of humans.

Even humans have special reactions to crises at specific times.

Ye Yang racked his brain for a while, but he still couldn't find the source of the unease in his heart...

He inadvertently looked up at the azure sky, and in the other corner from the sun, he could faintly see the shadow of a pale white crescent moon.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he actually saw a faint red glow on the pale white crescent moon!

His golden pupils narrowed... although the pale moonlight was very blurry, careful observation revealed there was indeed a hint of red!

His heart skipped a beat!

A red moon!

This immediately reminded Ye Yang of the murals he had seen in the cave within the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve.

The content recorded in those five murals was entirely a world from myths and legends.

"Could it be that apart from the spiritual energy recovery, something else major is happening in this world?"

He stared at the faint moon shadow in the sky until it disappeared, but he couldn't think of anything else.

After all, the information he currently had was too scarce.

"Forget it, I won't think about it. Anyway, even if the sky falls, there will be taller ones to hold it up. Humans must have noticed the red light emitting from the moon..."

However, after this moment of reflection, he was certain that the trace of unease in his heart had nothing to do with the anomaly of the moon.

"Then what on earth is my heart warning me about..."

Encountering such a situation, Ye Yang decided to use the principle of elimination, assuming he didn't know the answer to the problem.

First, he was currently on the land and in the sky of Blue Star, undoubtedly an existence at the pinnacle of nature, in an unquestionable position as an overlord.

Except for the deep sea, with his current powerful body, he could soar and fly anywhere in the vast world.

This meant that there weren't that many creatures that posed a threat to him...

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

Then it was very simple; the only Blue Star creatures that could threaten him were the masters of Blue Star—humans!

"Are humans coming to deal with me?!"

As soon as this thought emerged, Ye Yang thought of the mercenary squad that the young man had brought to capture him earlier.

Because among the humans he had come into contact with so far, besides the two humans Li Minmin and Ran Xiaoyue, there were only the mercenaries and that young man.

The deceased young man clearly looked like a rich second-generation heir, and his family background was not simple.

"It is very likely that the young man's family is seeking revenge..."

Having figured this out, Ye Yang suppressed the unease in his heart.

If he were currently in a foreign country, he would definitely turn and run, not daring to expose himself to human sight at all.

But this was in the Great Xia Kingdom!

Just like in his previous life, the Great Xia Kingdom could be said to be the country with the strictest ban on firearms and other dangerous weapons on the entire Blue Star; apart from the military, it was impossible for any heavy artillery to appear.

In the Great Xia Kingdom, even a hunting rifle required layers of complex procedures to obtain.

Although Ye Yang had killed that mercenary squad in a few moves, their physical fitness and reaction speed were far superior to ordinary people. If they had possessed massive firepower, Ye Yang would not have dared to attack them head-on.

"Hmph, even that foreign mercenary squad could only sneakily smuggle some rifles and a grenade. Could that young man really have heaven-reaching connections in the Great Xia Kingdom and be able to send planes to bomb me?"

Ye Yang felt disdain, and at the same time, he had a trump card deep in his heart.

That was the feeling that his physical state was almost saturated, indicating that his level was about to increase!

He had a strong premonition that breaking through from level "E+" to level "D" would be an unprecedented, massive improvement!

By then, anyone who came to cause him trouble would simply be courting death!

After the unease in his heart vanished, Ye Yang immediately felt a sense of relief in his breathing. He flapped his wings to a nearby lake, took a morning bath, hunted some prey, and had a delicious meal...

...

But at this very moment, the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, Longcheng, was not so pleasant.

What Ye Yang did not know was that the ironclad rule of the Great Xia Kingdom's citizens possessing no firearms was truly about to be broken this time...