Guixu Immortal Kingdom

Chapter 83 Blood-Eyed Crows
From its initial radius of three meters to its current radius of eight meters, Baxia Dragon Lord has been constantly growing larger. The speed of expansion is visible to the naked eye. Each time it grows larger, it brings a sense of anticipation, and it can accomplish more. Right now, their dwelling can expand again, making the interior space even larger. Of course, there is no rush.

The Dragon King's size is constantly increasing. When it grows even larger, let alone one house, even two or three houses will be a natural outcome.

Witnessing the changes in the Dragon Lord, both Qi Lin and Su Yue wore genuine smiles.

Now, Baxia is their greatest reliance and most important safe haven. Without Baxia, they are no different from ordinary vagrants. Everyone hopes that Baxia can become stronger and stronger. This expansion of size gives everyone a different sense of security.

Just like being able to step on a rock in a boundless ocean, it gives you a different kind of sense of security.

She felt that following Ji Tianhao was the best decision she had ever made.

Sometimes, following the right person is more important than ability.

During their journey, they encountered some birds and beasts. However, upon seeing Baxia's figure, many ferocious beasts merely watched and dared not approach easily. The pressure of its size was ever-present, and the same was true in the Ruins of Return.

Those that appear during the day are mostly from all the myriad races of the heavens, including birds and beasts.

However, some people still don't care.

For example, at this moment, a flock of black crows flew overhead. These black crows were all huge, each one no less than the size of an adult hunting dog. With their wings spread, they looked like dark clouds. Their eyes were scarlet, and their beaks had sharp, grayish-white teeth. It was clear at a glance that they were not herbivores, but carnivores.

The flock of crows circled over Baxia, like a huge dark cloud gathering.

Quack quack quack!!

The irritating cawing of crows stirred up the restlessness within people, making them feel irritable and anxious. This was already a kind of mental attack. They stared intently at Ji Tianhao and the others who were standing on the second-floor balcony below, with an excitement and anticipation of seeing prey.

Every time it circles, it's looking for an opportunity.

"Hehe, these crows are planning to make us their food. The number is a bit scary."

Qi Lin, with his pipe dangling from his lips, took a puff, his eyes narrowing slightly, and said, "Old Ji, should I release a puff of smoke to blind these crows?"

"No need, let them come. These crows are carnivores, they won't give up our prey that's already at their beck and call. Besides, if they want to eat us, why can't we devour them? These crows are alive, we can extract life essence from them."

Ji Tianhao gazed intently into the void. The circling flock of crows numbered no less than a thousand, a truly frightening sight. Yet, he chose not to retreat. Feeding the Baxia Dragon Lord was important, and he himself needed to cultivate; life essence was crucial. His life essence was already nearly depleted, and the snake corpses stored in his space were dwindling. Under these circumstances, a flock of live crows had delivered themselves to his doorstep; there was no reason to turn them away.

"What? Crows can refine life essence? Then they have already found a way to die."

Qi Lin's expression changed instantly, and he gave a firm and unequivocal response.

"I've been practicing with bows and crossbows recently, and my archery skills are pretty good."

Hu Youni turned around and took out a crossbow from the room. Good heavens, that crossbow looked very similar to the Zhuge Repeating Crossbow. Judging from the shimmering light on it, it was definitely not an ordinary item; it was a high-grade crossbow.

"Hey, where did you get this Zhuge Repeating Crossbow?"

Qi Lin's eyes widened immediately, a look of astonishment on his face.

"I, Hu, though unworthy, have also been embraced by Lady Luck. This is a top-tier magical artifact, the Zhuge Divine Crossbow. It can fire physical crossbow bolts, or it can inject the Qi and blood of the body into the crossbow to condense into energy bolts. Its effective range is 1,500 meters. Aren't you envious?"

Hu Youni raised an eyebrow, tossed her pink hair, and looked incredibly dashing.

What she didn't say was that this divine crossbow contained special runic restrictions that could condense three kinds of special energy crossbow bolts.

These are respectively Armor-Piercing Arrow, Flaming Arrow, and Gale Arrow.

However, she has not yet condensed any magic runes and cannot actively mobilize her qi and blood. All she can use is the crossbow bolts that come with it. Of course, in addition to that, she can also put Guixu coins into the crossbow box of the Divine Machine Crossbow and use the energy in the Guixu coins to activate and condense energy crossbow bolts.

Now, she pressed a Guixu Coin into the energy box of the Divine Crossbow. Runes were flashing all over the Divine Crossbow, making it clear that it was a powerful weapon for killing enemies on the battlefield.

This weapon can penetrate the defenses of Black Iron-level life forms and is even more effective than the firearms brought from Earth.

"Why? Why can't I get anything good? I just want some good tobacco, but you won't even give me any. Lady Luck, please kiss me!"

Qi Lin's eyes were filled with envy. Compared to others, he felt he was definitely unlucky. Opening the Creation Orb mostly yielded rare and precious materials, and the quality wasn't even high. It was mostly just antidote pills, energy pills, or fasting pills – basically just a minimum guarantee. Trying to get a genuine treasure was pointless, even washing his hands three times a day. Damn it, it had absolutely no effect.

To be honest, I was genuinely envious.

No one can understand the humble mindset of praying that each time the Creation Orb is activated, it will be even slightly better than the Bigu Pill.

Caw! Caw! Caw!

The cawing of crows in the sky suddenly became more rapid; clearly, the crows' patience was wearing thin and they were about to reach their limit.

A crow could no longer contain itself. With a loud cry, it swooped down from mid-air towards the balcony like a shooting star, its long, sharp beak no less formidable than a razor-sharp arrow. As it swooped down, a piercing shriek filled the air, seemingly capable of tearing eardrums.

puff! !

However, before it could even reach the balcony, a golden crossbow bolt pierced its head, killing it instantly. "Excellent archery."

Qi Lin often clashed with Hu Youni, but at this moment, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Dragon Lord, manifest the Dragon Thorn!!"

At that moment, Ji Tianhao decisively issued the order.

brush! !

Almost instantly, sharp barbs suddenly sprouted from the edge of the tortoise shell on Baxia Dragon Lord's back. Each barb was extremely ferocious, varying in length but equally sharp. They emerged densely along the edge of the shell, making his back appear as if it had transformed into a hedgehog out of thin air.

These are not supernatural powers, but rather the dragon spikes that the Baxia Dragon Turtle itself possesses.

They just usually keep it to themselves and don't show it.

Now unleashed, the gleaming dragon spikes are truly awe-inspiring, sending chills down one's spine.

This made the Dragon King himself appear menacing.

"Get down!!"

Ji Tianhao aimed at the flock of crows in mid-air, raised his right hand, opened his palm, and then made a downward pulling motion.

Quack quack quack!!

The flock of crows that were originally pouncing towards the back of the Dragon King suddenly accelerated their swooping speed. The acceleration was completely unexpected, and what terrified the crows was that after this acceleration, their bodies seemed to be out of control, deviating from their original target and trajectory, and crashing straight into the dragon spikes on Baxia's back.

Puff puff! !

His body lost control, as if pulled by some terrifying force, and he crashed hard into the dragon spike.

The dragon spikes were so sharp that there wasn't even the slightest stalemate; upon impact, the bodies of crows were pierced through one after another.

Supernatural power—gravity!!

The crows were already swooping down, and for Ji Tianhao, who controlled gravity, this was a golden opportunity. Without a second thought, he grabbed and pulled at the void, and under the manipulation of gravity, over a hundred crows lost control of their bodies and swooping speed, crashing directly into the dense, sharp dragon spikes. The scene looked like a flock of crows committing mass suicide, crashing into the dragon spikes.

The suicide was made crystal clear.

A flock of thousands of crows was reduced by a small portion.

"Holy crap, did the crow take some kind of drug? I haven't even used any sleeping powder yet."

Qi Lin unleashed his Iron Gallbladder, but unfortunately, its deterrent effect on the crows was limited. He had not yet truly condensed the magic runes, so its lethality against the crows was limited. When it hit him, it could stun the crows, and some of them, in their dizziness, even crashed into the dragon spikes, which could be considered a victory.

But compared to the sight of hundreds of crows falling together, this is utterly insignificant.

"No, I can't just stand by and do nothing."

Qi Lin immediately panicked upon seeing this, as he did not want to lose his reputation as a smoke envoy.

He immediately activated his talent, exhaling two plumes of white smoke from his nostrils. The smoke gathered in front of him and quickly transformed into a giant hand, which reached out and grabbed at the air.

The smoke appeared extremely condensed, and the hand-like shape was terrifying. Its appearance caused the flock of crows to fiercely resist, pecking at it with their beaks, tearing at it with their claws, and flapping their wings. Then, the smoke hand vanished into thin air, wisps of smoke seeping into the crows' bodies.

Puff puff! !

Immediately after inhaling the smoke, some crows, while flying, would close their eyes and fall from the sky. They would land on the dragon thorns, instantly piercing them through the heart.

Dozens of large crows fell instantly.

"Hey, old smoker, your sleeping powder is getting more and more potent. Su Yue, we'd better be careful from now on. Otherwise, if we get knocked out by one puff of his powder, who knows what he might do?"

Witnessing this, Hu Youni said with a teasing expression.

"You vixen, don't you dare ruin my reputation. I, Qi Lin, am a person of integrity and upright character."

Qi Lin was furious. This vixen just couldn't stand to see him doing well.

She's good-looking, but her mouth is so ugly, I wish I could sew it up.

At this moment, as another flock of crows was pulled down from mid-air and landed on the dragon spike, the crows in the air became obviously panicked, squawking as they flew away into the distance.

(End of this chapter)