Swallowing the Stars: Sacrifice to Become Stronger, Fiancée is Alluring

Chapter 27 Roasted Bird Eggs 1

Jiang Lan toyed with the body-tempering pill, which looked like a glass ball, and after thinking for a moment, she put it directly into her mouth.

The elixir transformed into a stream of heat that entered his body, gathering at Jiang Lan's dantian, and then spreading throughout his limbs and bones.

The heat lasted for less than ten seconds before disappearing completely.

Jiang Lan clenched his fist and carefully felt the sensation.

The improvement isn't significant; in terms of strength alone, it's only about a 3% to 5% increase.

Moreover, the Black-crowned Golden Eagle's Body Tempering Pill back then had a lasting effect that lasted for two full days, unlike now, which was almost completely absorbed in less than ten seconds.

"Tsk..."

This reward is a bit meager.

He originally thought that after sacrificing the Iron-Hoofed Bull, he would at least receive some other reward, if not a full set of items like the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, such as a Body Tempering Pill, a secret manual, and a weapon.

Jiang Lan shook her head and stopped worrying about it.

After all, the Iron-Hoofed Bull was just a low-level beast soldier, while the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, no matter how weak, was still a lord-level monster, and its speed was much faster than that of a typical planetary-level monster.

It doesn't matter if the reward is small; as the saying goes, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Even if this Iron-Hoofed Bull only increases his strength by 3%, killing more than 30 people would double his current strength. What more could he ask for?

Jiang Lan looked up and saw that Zhuge Tao said that this place was about 17 kilometers away from county-level city number 0201.

It may seem far away, but for Jiang Lan, it's nothing at all.

At his current speed of 200 meters per second, he can reach the destination in less than a minute and a half at full speed.

Of course, this is only the ideal situation. There will definitely be other monsters blocking the way, but these are minor problems.

Enter the city! Slay the beast general!

Jiang Lan's eyes blazed with intense fighting spirit, and he charged rapidly toward county-level city number 0201, wielding his golden-feathered battle halberd.

Ten minutes later.

Jiang Lan fiddled with five or six glass marble-like objects while looking around.

Unlike the highway he had just passed, he was now near a cluster of low-rise buildings.

Looking further ahead, you can vaguely see some relatively tall buildings.

County-level city number 0201, we've arrived!

Faint roars of beasts could be heard in the distance.

However, the sounds were all far away, so Jiang Lan didn't pay much attention to them.

He casually poured the beads in his hand into his mouth, closed his eyes, and silently savored the sensation.

About a minute later, Jiang Lan opened her eyes again.

Strength increased by about one-tenth, and speed also increased slightly.

It's hard to give an exact number, but after becoming a martial artist, Jiang Lan's control and perception of himself improved significantly.

So even if the data he obtained is not precise, it is certainly close to the truth.

These six Body Tempering Pills were obtained from the six ignorant beast soldiers he had just hunted down.

From this perspective, the Iron-Hoofed Bull's strength is quite formidable among beast soldiers.

The physical enhancements these six monsters brought him were roughly equivalent to those from three Ironhoofed Bulls.

"唳——"

Just as Jiang Lan was pondering, a sound that sent chills down his spine rang out from above him.

"I'll blanch it!"

The bird's call clearly reminded Jiang Lan of something unpleasant.

Looking up, he saw a large golden bird flapping its wings and circling continuously not far above him.

"唳——"

Seemingly sensing Jiang Lan's gaze, the large bird let out a mournful cry and swooped down towards Jiang Lan.

He then realized that only the lower half of the bird's body had golden feathers, while the upper half was black, and it faintly reflected a silvery-gray luster under the sunlight.

Golden vulture!

Jiang Lan gritted his teeth slightly; he didn't feel anything for other types of monsters.

But the sight of birds always made him furious.

The golden vulture was extremely fast, almost on par with Jiang Lan when he unleashed his full power.

Jiang Lan, however, showed no fear. He raised his halberd and leaped into the sky to meet the golden vulture.

The golden vulture hadn't expected that the seemingly weak human below would not only not run away, but would instead charge towards it.

Being a bloodthirsty beast by nature, its ferocity was further aroused by Jiang Lan's reaction.

The golden vulture bent its claws and aimed straight for Jiang Lan's head.

Its claws are forty or fifty centimeters long, and the tips reflect a cold glint, extremely sharp.

If that were pinched on someone's head, there would probably be no need for emergency treatment.

Jiang Lan and Jin Wujiu were both extremely fast, and in the next instant, the man and the bird collided violently.

"laugh!"

"Bang."

A person and a bird landed together on the ground.

Jiang Lan gripped the Golden Feather Halberd tightly, while the Golden Vulture in front of him was pinned to the ground by the halberd.

"唳——"

The golden vulture twisted and struggled frantically, but its struggles were not only ineffective, but only hastened its death.

Fresh blood gushed out from the wound on the golden vulture, pooling on the ground.

Looking at the golden vulture in front of him, Jiang Lan's eyes hardened, and he gripped the halberd handle with his right hand and spun it around half a circle.

"唳——"

As if electrocuted, the golden vulture convulsed violently before falling silent and dying.

"call……"

Jiang Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the battle just now lasted only a brief moment, it was the most dangerous battle he had ever experienced.

When I was with Yao Rao before, it wasn't this difficult to deal with that mid-level beast general-level armored bull.

It wasn't for any other reason than that the golden vulture was simply too fast.

If his reaction time had been any slower, it probably wouldn't have been him pinning the golden vulture to the ground, but rather the golden vulture crushing his head.

After confirming that Jin Wujiu was completely dead, Jiang Lan took two steps forward and walked to Jin Wujiu's body.

Since the black-crowned eagle eggs didn't bake properly, I'll use yours instead.

A true man keeps his word!

If you're talking about roasted bird eggs, then roasted bird eggs!

Jiang Lan reached out and rummaged through the golden vulture's feathers for a while, his expression somewhat strange.

"Braised, female."

Disdainfully withdrawing his hand, Jiang Lan wiped it a few times on the golden vulture's feathers, when a system notification sounded in his ear.

[Sacrificeable item detected: Golden Vulture (corpse). Do you wish to sacrifice it?]

献！

[Sacrifice successful. Host has obtained 1 Body Tempering Pill (Golden Vulture) and 1 Roasted Bird Egg]

?

Jiang Lan was filled with questions.

Not a buddy?

Opening the system inventory, I found a transparent Body Tempering Pill and a round egg.

With a thought, two round objects appeared in Jiang Lan's hands.

"Hiss..." Jiang Lan's hand trembled. "Hot, hot, hot."

He quickly threw the Body Tempering Pill in his left hand into his mouth, and then Jiang Lan's two hands were busy fiddling with the roasted bird eggs that the system had rewarded him with.

After a short while, the temperature of the bird eggs gradually cooled down.

Peel back the eggshell, and the egg white inside is crystal clear, emitting bursts of heat.

"Even though it's not the same egg I was talking about, I'll just eat it anyway."

Jiang Lan took a bite, and her eyes lit up.

"Cumin flavored?"

(End of this chapter)