74: Chapter 74 The Lion is Severely Wounded! Deployed

"Holy crap! What kind of badass missile is that?! It took out the Male Lion in one hit?!"

"Our Great Xia actually has helicopters with such powerful firepower?!"

"That's an air-to-air missile! Usually equipped on fighter jets for destructive strikes, they're rarely used in modern combat, mostly for military demonstrations... because the power is immense! Many major nations have banned their use in human warfare!"

"Phew... No matter how powerful the Male Lion is, it's just an animal. We humans are powerful because of our wisdom! Even creatures stronger than the Male Lion are nothing more than pets raised by us humans!"

"Yeah! That Male Lion actually dared to devour people; finally, the Yangguan Village and the dozens of soldiers in the company have been avenged!"

"Never mind one monster Male Lion, even if a hundred came, they would just be souls lost to our missiles!"

Over a million people in Jianghai City watched the scene on their screens: the Male Lion swallowed by waves of fire, the charred earth emitting black smoke, and the sea of fire spreading towards the distant forest.

This scene, like a living hell, actually made them feel exhilarated!

Because these scenes were created by them, the humans!

This magnificent scene instantly dispelled the shadow the Male Lion had cast over them earlier.

Only then did they step out of the fear brought by the monster Male Lion, realizing that they, humans, were the masters of Planet Blue!

At this moment, the tiger helicopter descended slightly, and the camera zoomed in.

The main objective of this mission was to eliminate the Male Lion, and ideally, collect a specimen of its body.

"I hope some recoverable carcass samples remain of that Male Lion after the air-to-air missile explosion..."

A few minutes passed, and the black gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated.

The camera searched back and forth across the scorched earth for the lion pride swallowed by the explosive fire waves, but after several minutes, nothing was found.

"That's strange. How can there be no remains of that Male Lion at all? Could it have been blown to ashes by the air-to-air missile?!"

The tiger helicopter pilot couldn't help but mutter to himself.

He continued searching.

At this time, the black gunpowder smoke surged rapidly in all directions, as if there was some startling movement within the black mist.

Two small blood-red suns flashed within the black mist!

"Not good!"

The tiger helicopter pilot immediately sensed danger. He gripped the control stick with both hands and yanked it upward!

The tiger helicopter rose toward the high altitude with all its might, but it was too late!

"Roar!!!"

The sound of a Thunderous Roar rang out again!

The black mist for hundreds of meters on the ground was instantly dispersed by the massive roar, and a Male Lion, pitch-black as ink, appeared on the screen!

The invisible special vibrations contained in the roar rippled rapidly toward the sky above, catching up to the quickly ascending tiger helicopter in just a few seconds!

The pilot was instantly affected by the roar's special vibrations. His head felt as if it had been struck hard by a sledgehammer, and his mind went blank for a moment...

Fortunately, his large hands remained tightly gripped on the helicopter's control stick, and the tiger helicopter continued its rapid ascent.

It soon rose to an altitude of over three thousand meters. At this point, the pilot inside the tiger helicopter gradually regained consciousness.

"Number One! Number One! Wake up quickly..."

"Mayor, I've recovered..."

Mayor Lin of Jianghai City's anxious shouts came through the communicator. The pilot, responding, felt a lingering fear.

If he hadn't seen the video from Yangguan Village earlier and known that this man-eating Male Lion's eerie roar could affect the human brain, he really would have crashed this time.

There was something even more terrifying...

This Male Lion actually hadn't died!

The tiger helicopter's camera focused on the Male Lion on the scorched earth below.

The Male Lion's originally majestic golden fur and the mane surrounding its neck had all been burned away in the sea of fire created by the missile explosion.

Moreover, its entire body surface was charred black, emitting plumes of white smoke. Blood gushed from its fanged mouth—enough to fill several water jugs—continuously pouring out. As it dripped onto the ground, billows of white smoke actually rose!

This meant that while the Male Lion appeared intact on the outside, its internal organs had been heavily damaged by the missile's explosion!

"My eyes aren't deceiving me, are they? That Male Lion was hit by an air-to-air missile and still survived intact?!"

"With this body density, that's no body of steel; it's practically made of alloy!"

"If I didn't know this Male Lion came from a domestic circus, I'd definitely think it was a biological weapon from the Lighthouse Country!"

"The Male Lion's blood is emitting thick smoke, which means its internal organs were heavily damaged by the thousands of degrees of heat from the missile's shockwave. If another air-to-air missile hits, this Male Lion is dead for sure!"

"Pilot! Fire another one!"

Many people in front of their screens noticed the Male Lion's severely injured state. As an observant tiger helicopter pilot, he naturally noticed it too.

He didn't act immediately, only waiting for orders from his superiors.

A few seconds later, Mayor Lin's voice came through the communicator.

"Number One, please kill the target Male Lion immediately!"

"Yes, sir!"

The pilot took a deep breath and looked through the lens at the Male Lion on the ground, which was panting heavily and constantly spitting out fresh blood.

"Go to hell, monster!"

Just as his right hand was about to touch the missile launch button, his finger suddenly froze in mid-air and stopped moving.

At that moment, a burst of brilliant light appeared on the screen!

This burst of brilliant golden light caused the pilot's mind inside the tiger helicopter to go blank once again!

"It's the Prehistoric White-Feathered Great Eagle!"

"The White-Feathered Giant Eagle is back! This blinding golden light can make our minds go blank!"

"It's over, the helicopter pilot is in danger!"

"The Prehistoric White-Feathered Great Eagle couldn't be here to save the monster Male Lion, could it?!"

The humans in front of their screens saw the figure emitting the brilliant golden light through the lens—it was the eyes of the Prehistoric White-Feathered Great Eagle!

That blinding light made it almost impossible for them to look directly at the screen, as if silver needles were poking at their eyes.

Boom!

With the pilot losing control, the tiger helicopter was hit by a sudden hurricane and crashed into a distant hilltop. Accompanied by the roar of an explosion, the screen instantly went dark.

The power of the helicopter's explosion was far greater than when the missile attacked the Male Lion just now.

In the air, Ye Yang narrowed his golden pupils and withdrew his Deterrence talent aura.

"Fortunately, I was cautious and didn't go to take down the helicopter personally, otherwise there might have been danger..."

From that immense power, he was certain that the helicopter was equipped with powerful firepower; otherwise, it wouldn't have triggered such a violent explosive force.

Then, Ye Yang looked toward the ground.

Looking down at the charred Male Lion with blood constantly pouring from its mouth, there was no trace of its former majestic and domineering self.

"Human technological weapons are truly terrifying..."

This thought flashed through his mind.

Turning into a white shadow, he charged fiercely toward the Male Lion on the ground...