Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 590 Eagle's Eyes - Wounded Soul
Gao Dongxu clenched his fists, feeling the increased power, his eyes became incredibly bright, and his joy was palpable.

He got out of bed, stretched his muscles and bones, and then practiced Bajiquan with a steady and powerful movements.

It is indeed stronger than before, but unfortunately, the guardian spirit is only a soul and cannot transform him into a giant bear.

Looking at the bear totem spirit stone in his hand, Gao Dongxu produced a dagger in his left hand and, without hesitation, pierced his fingertip, smearing the blood onto the spirit stone totem.

The next moment, a thought flashed through his mind, and a large amount of white fluorescence appeared beside him, quickly converging into a phantom image of a giant bear, two and a half meters tall, on all fours. As Gao Dongxu felt a sharp pain from his soul, the phantom image solidified.

Gao Dongxu frowned and rubbed his temples hard. Looking at the giant bear beside him that was nudging him with its head, he reached out and stroked the bear's head, patting it lightly twice.

Well, it feels like patting your own head; it's ultimately just his consciousness.

Looking at the two additional wolf and eagle totem spirit stones in his hand, Gao Dongxu couldn't help but chuckle.

His extraordinary power is almost entirely derived from external sources. Apart from his own martial arts and internal energy, it seems that the spiritual energy absorbed from antiques is his core power.

Now that he has a totem guardian spirit, he finally possesses truly powerful extraordinary abilities.

Sitting cross-legged, Gao Dongxu began to replenish his depleted internal energy, while the giant bear obediently lay down beside him, its paws folded and resting on its chin, its eyes closed, with only its two bear ears twitching occasionally.

After 108 breaths of breathing exercises, Gao Dongxu opened his bright eyes, exhaled a breath of stale air, reached out and patted the bear's head lying next to him. The next moment, with a thought, the giant bear turned into a point of light and split in two, entering the totem spirit stone and Gao Dongxu's body respectively.

Gao Dongxu reached out and pinched the space between his eyebrows, feeling a slight fatigue in his mind. Although the effect was small, it was still there. This showed that controlling the totem guardian spirit was not without its costs. No wonder the Frenchmen knew that one person could control multiple guardian spirits, but none of them did so.

Ultimately, it comes down to a lack of soul and spiritual strength.

However, for Gao Dongxu, who has merged the powers of two souls, this pure soul power is precisely the most suitable.

Gao Dongxu was eager to obtain the second guardian spirit. He lay back on the bed, holding the eagle totem spirit stone in his palm.

The surface of the spirit stone is engraved with a lifelike flying eagle pattern. The pattern is very abstract, but the eagle's eyes are very expressive, gleaming with a sharp light in the sunlight.

"With the experience gained from the Bear Totem, this time should go more smoothly." Gao Dongxu took a deep breath and slowly channeled his spiritual energy into the spirit stone. The spirit stone immediately emitted a faint bluish-green light.

The dizziness arrived as expected. Gao Dongxu felt his consciousness being pulled by a powerful suction force, passing through a tunnel formed by a raging wind. The wind howled in his ears, he could feel the tearing airflow on his skin, and even breathing became difficult—this was completely different from the experience when he entered the Bear Totem.

When Gao Dongxu regained the tactile sensation of solid ground, he immediately realized something was wrong. He was lying face down on a protruding rock, barely two feet square, just large enough to accommodate his body. The rough rock beneath him was digging painfully into his chest. Even more terrifying was—

Gao Dongxu cautiously tilted his head to look down, and immediately gasped. Below was a bottomless abyss, with clouds and mist swirling around his feet, making it impossible to see the bottom. A gust of wind swept up from the bottom of the cliff, making his clothes flutter loudly and almost throwing him off the cliff.

"Holy crap!" Gao Dongxu immediately gripped the crack in the rock with his fingers like hooks. He slowly adjusted his posture, changing from lying prone to crouching, his back pressed against the cliff face, only then did he feel a little safer.

Only then did he notice a huge bird's nest made of dry branches less than an arm's length away beside him. Inside the nest lay a gray and white egg, about the size of a human head, its surface covered with dark red spots.

"Eagle's Nest?" Gao Dongxu's heart stirred, and he vaguely understood the purpose of this trial. But before he could think about it further, a piercing eagle's cry came from above, the sound so sharp it could almost pierce eardrums.

Gao Dongxu suddenly looked up, his pupils contracting sharply—

An eagle with a wingspan exceeding two meters was circling overhead. Sunlight streamed through its outstretched wings, casting a massive shadow on the ground. Its golden eyes, sharp as knives, were fixed intently on him, the intruder. Even more terrifying were its talons—each claw as sharp as a dagger, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

Suddenly, the eagle folded its wings and, like an arrow released from a bow, swooped down on Gao Dongxu! It moved so fast that it left a blurry gray shadow in the air.

"So fast!" Alarm bells rang in Gao Dongxu's mind. In this confined space, he had almost no room to dodge or move. In the nick of time, he leaned against the cliff face, planted himself in a horse stance, and planted his feet firmly on the rocks as if rooted to the ground. His right hand protected his face, while his left hand curled into a claw, assuming the "Tiger Emerging from the Forest" stance—a deadly move from the White Eyebrow Fist, specifically designed to attack the enemy's throat.

However, the eagle seemed to sense the danger. When it was less than three feet away from Gao Dongxu, it suddenly spread its wings, and the huge wingspan created a gale that nearly blew Gao Dongxu off the cliff. At the same time, its sharp talons changed course and viciously grabbed at Gao Dongxu's outstretched left hand.

"hiss--"

Gao Dongxu gasped. The eagle's claws were like knives, leaving three deep, bone-revealing wounds on his left hand. Even more terrifying was that the pain didn't originate from his body, but rather struck his very soul! Gao Dongxu trembled violently, cold sweat instantly beading on his forehead, and his vision blurred.

"You beast!" Gao Dongxu cursed through gritted teeth, gripping the protruding rock face tightly with his right hand to avoid falling off the cliff due to the excruciating pain.

Having struck successfully, the eagle didn't linger. It gracefully spread its wings, using the updrafts to soar back into the sky, circling above Gao Dongxu. Its sharp eyes remained locked on him, searching for another opportunity to strike. Gao Dongxu forced himself to calm down. The wound on his left hand wasn't bleeding, but the excruciating pain was real, each heartbeat bringing a sharp ache. Worse still, he was in a desperate situation—behind him was a sheer cliff, in front of him a bottomless abyss, with less than two feet of space to move. Meanwhile, his enemy could fly freely, ready to launch a fatal attack at any moment.

"We must find a way to lure it down." Gao Dongxu glanced at the eagle's nest beside him, staring at the grayish-white egg, and made a plan in his mind.

He deliberately gave himself away, feigning weakness from pain and leaning slightly forward. At the same time, his right hand stealthily reached towards the eagle's nest, his fingertips touching the surface of the egg—cool and smooth.

“Screech!”

The eagle was indeed enraged. It let out a deafening screech, spread its wings fully, and swooped down! This time, it didn't probe, but went straight for Gao Dongxu's face, its sharp talons fully extended, determined to tear this intruder who dared to touch its offspring to shreds!
A fierce wind whipped at his face, and Gao Dongxu could even smell the distinctive stench of an eagle. In this life-or-death moment, his mind was exceptionally focused, and everything around him seemed to slow down—

He could see the trembling of every feather on an eagle, predict the trajectory of its claws, and even feel the airflow under its wings.

It's now!

Gao Dongxu suddenly turned his head, and an eagle claw grazed his cheek, ruffling a few strands of hair. At the same time, he brought his right hand together into a sword-like palm, frantically channeling his inner energy into his fingertips.

"puff!"

His sword-like palm moved with lightning speed, precisely piercing the eagle's back. His middle finger, like a sharp sword, pierced through the feathers and muscles, while the other fingers also plunged deep into the eagle's body. Warm eagle blood flowed down Gao Dongxu's wrist, dripping onto the rock with a hissing sound.

"Screech—!" The eagle let out a shrill cry, frantically flapping its wings in an attempt to break free. The powerful lift almost lifted Gao Dongxu off the rock face; his feet gripped the ground tightly, his knees creaking from the strain.

"Get down here!" Gao Dongxu's left hand moved like lightning, grabbing the eagle by the neck. His hand was covered in rough feathers and hard muscles, and he could feel the eagle's pulse beating in his palm.

The eagle struggled even more fiercely, its wings slapping against the rock face, sending up countless fragments of rock. The man and the eagle engaged in a final struggle in this small space. Gao Dongxu's right hand remained embedded in the eagle's back, while his left hand gripped the eagle's neck tightly. His muscles were taut to the limit, and veins bulged on his forehead.

"Die!" Gao Dongxu's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he suddenly exerted force with his left hand—

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of bones breaking rang out. The eagle's body stiffened abruptly, then went limp. Its once sharp, razor-sharp golden eyes gradually lost their luster.

Gao Dongxu breathed a sigh of relief and was about to let go when a sudden change occurred!

The eagle's carcass began to glow, transforming into countless bluish-green specks of light. These specks, as if alive, circled Gao Dongxu several times before entering his body.

"Ah!" Gao Dongxu cried out in pain. This fusion was even more painful than the bear totem fusion! He felt as if his eyes were being burned by raging fire; his vision first blurred, then suddenly became incredibly clear—

He could see a pebble on a cliff face a hundred feet away, distinguish the movement of every wisp of water vapor in the clouds, and even see an ant crawling on a distant mountain peak!

At the same time, a tearing pain shot through his back, as if something was about to burst out of his body. Gao Dongxu curled up in agony on the rock face.

After an unknown amount of time, the pain finally subsided. Gao Dongxu weakly raised his head and found himself standing on the edge of a cliff, with a bottomless abyss below, yet he no longer felt fear. A thought flashed through his mind, and suddenly a strange sensation came from his back—

"Uh-huh!"

A pair of enormous eagle wings unfolded from his back! The wingspan exceeded two meters, and every feather gleamed with a metallic sheen. Gao Dongxu turned his head in surprise to look at his wings, then looked down at his body, realizing he had transformed into an eagle. Suppressing his excitement, he tried gently flapping his teeth and immediately felt a powerful lift.

“This is the power of the eagle totem,” Gao Dongxu murmured to himself. He looked up at the boundless blue sky, and an unprecedented sense of freedom welled up in his heart.

Just as he was about to take flight, the familiar dizziness returned. The scene before him began to blur; the cliffs, the sky, and the clouds distorted and vanished like reflections in water.
"boom!"

Gao Dongxu suddenly opened his eyes and found himself back in the meditation room. The eagle totem spirit stone in his hand had turned into an ordinary blue-green crystal. He subconsciously touched his back—there were no wings, but the feeling of being able to fly was etched deep in his memory.

"Ah!" A sudden, excruciating pain shot through his right hand. Gao Dongxu hurriedly checked, only to find no injuries on his hand. This pain came from the depths of his soul, the "mark" left by those three eagle claws.

Gao Dongxu gritted his teeth, cold sweat streaming down his face. He understood that this was the price to pay for gaining power. Each totem trial was not only a gift of power, but also a test of will.

(End of this chapter)