Chapter 165 Chapter 165
“Boom—!”
White lightning meandered deep within the dark clouds, its dazzling white edges tinged with a majestic purple light, shrouding the entire cliff in pitch-black shadows.
Thunder rumbled, everything was silent, and the white-faced geese on the branches also felt something vaguely. One of them slowly stood up and shook its wings resolutely.
Its wings are only as long as two finger joints and are covered with fine hairs, reminiscent of soft and harmless dandelions.
It was really soft. Xia Muqing had come into contact with many baby birds in the nursery before, and knew that their little wings, which had not yet grown, were like cotton balls, light and weightless.
Although this made them lighter, such wings were unable to cut through the wind or split the clouds. As the white-faced goose chick slowly moved toward the end of the branch, the branch beneath its feet became thinner and thinner, and the amplitude of its trembling became more and more violent.
Seeing this, Xia Muqing below held her breath.
——It’s too close to the side, I’m going to fall!
She asked quietly, "Is this just your mysterious beast?"
Xue Yao's palms were sweaty. "No, not yet. My house is in the back..."
Before he could finish his words, a bolt of lightning suddenly flashed in the air!
“Boom!!”
The sky suddenly changed color, and a thick lightning flash visible to the naked eye struck down from the sky, landing right on the head of the white-faced goose chick.
Amidst the piercing crackling sound, the electric arc stirred up sparks along the fur. The crackling sound was mixed with the cub's painful whine: "Chi--!"
Its tiny body trembled violently on the narrow dead branch, its tiny claws barely able to hold on to the branch. From a distance, it looked like a dead leaf swaying in the wind.
Everyone below was heartbroken, but luckily, the "dead leaf" shook horribly and finally managed to stay on the branch.
The electric current melted into the scorched edges of the feathers, and the white lines on the young bird's forehead gradually spread, from just a few strands at first to gradually covering the entire cheek.
The dark clouds turned into a barrier, and the thunder stored energy for it. The energy obtained from the catastrophe of heaven and earth helped it grow rapidly. Its wings grew to three or four times their original size at a speed visible to the naked eye. When it raised its head and howled, the painful scream gradually became higher and higher.
Like a melody of ups and downs, gradually rising to its highest note, pain and fear vanished, replaced by the longing and heroic spirit of soaring into the sky. With a final, blinding flash of thunder, the enormous white-faced goose suddenly spread its wings and leaped from the high cliff!
“Crash!”
The splashing water from the waterfall dances in the air, and the fragile little goose falls in mid-air, but before hitting the pool, it stretches its wings suspended in the air, drawing a beautiful and sharp "V" in the air.
What doesn't kill it makes it stronger.
Below, Xia Muqing and Xue Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The first white-faced goose has successfully transformed, which is a good start.
But before they could relax for long, the second, the third... more and more white-faced geese moved carefully towards the end of the dead branch. The thunder in the sky was like a flying dragon, and one thunderbolt after another fell, making the cloudy sky as bright as day.
The probability of white-faced geese surviving the disaster safely is about 40%.
The white-faced goose cubs in the alien secret realm are more talented, so the probability will be higher, but there are still some little guys who cannot avoid the fate of failure - when the thunder strikes on their heads and the electric current hits them, not all cubs can remain calm.
Some of the young birds lost their footing, panicked and unable to steady themselves, tumbling headfirst from the branches. Their underdeveloped, furry wings flapped frantically, unable to withstand the intense wind pressure, or were swept away by the surging current of the waterfall, plunging into the water with a loud plop.
A group of people watched with anxiety, but in the face of the iron law of nature, all things are equal, and there was really nothing they could do. Xia Muqing looked at Xue Yao's face and asked carefully: "This one..."
Xue Yao shook his head with a heavy expression.
This failed white-faced goose was not the little chick he wanted.
That means it’s still behind, Xia Muqing nodded.
She stood on tiptoe slightly, looking past the increasingly surging water to the other side of the waterfall - there was only flying sand and rocks and swaying trees, and there was no sign of the "King You" that Feng Gunjing had mentioned.
Aren’t the characteristics of the white-faced goose enough to attract that guy?
Xia Muqing was a little confused, but her attention was soon diverted by another thing. Amidst the thunder and lightning, Feng Luo Lord suddenly came close to her and gently rubbed his head against her forearm: "Awoo..."
Xia Muqing: “……?”
Xia Muqing was very surprised: "Xiaofeng, are you saying that the aura of the thunder in the sky is helpful to your ability? Do you also want to overcome the tribulation of the white-faced goose?"
Lord Feng Luo blinked his big ice-blue eyes and nodded vigorously.
This is really... Xia Muqing frowned worriedly.
Lord Fengluo has always been calm and reliable, unlike the little golden dragon who talks nonsense. Since he said that robbing the pass would help him, he must have felt it carefully and thought it over.
Being able to find a way to further enhance Xiaofeng's strength is undoubtedly a great achievement - but when the White-Faced Goose is going through the tribulation, the enclosed area created by heaven and earth is airtight, leaving no room for intervention at all?
And for the future of the white-faced goose, they shouldn't interfere...
Just as he was struggling, Xue Yao next to him suddenly shuddered all over.
He breathed rapidly: "Here it is, this is it!"
Finally it was the turn of the little white-faced goose that he had chosen!
Xia Muqing quickly looked up and saw a particularly stumbling little fur ball high in the sky, embarking on its "journey." The white stripes on its head were more distinct than those of other white-faced goose chicks, but its jumping posture was awkward and it limped.
Xue Yao clenched his fists: "Its leg injury just healed..."
"It has excellent aptitude," Xia Muqing reassured him. "The white stripes on the white-faced goose's head are the core of its power, and the center for conducting and storing lightning power. The more stripes, the greater its ability to withstand lightning."
Hearing her say this, Xue Yao's nervous expression eased a little, but he still looked worried: "I'm worried that it won't be able to hold on to the charred wood."
"It told me before that the tree on the cliff that looks like a branch has actually been struck by lightning for many years and has become a special material like steel."
"It's slippery when you step on it, and it will conduct electricity, shocking the beast from top to bottom. Otherwise, the little white-faced geese in front wouldn't have failed so easily..."
As he spoke, a blinding flash of lightning flashed across the sky.
“Boom!”
The two watched as lightning descended from the sky, sharper than any previous bolt of white-faced goose. The beam of light was as thick as a bucket and could cover two or three chicks at once.
Xue Yao: “!!!”
He was horrified: "Why did he suddenly become so fierce!"
Garbage robbery, is there water leaking in front?
"..." Xia Muqing whispered, "The difficulty of the escaping level has increased, which means that the cub you chose has really good qualifications..."
Xue Yao was so upset that he almost wanted to cry. It was true that he wanted a powerful mysterious beast, but the prerequisite was that the beast could survive safely!
He clenched his fists tighter, and in the sky, dense thunder crackled mercilessly.
——But the little goose on the branch is indeed brave.
No matter how many lightning strikes on its body, it stands firm and refuses to lower its head. It puffs out its chest and stares at the sky, its white fur fluttering in the biting wind.
The thunder turned into a crimson-purple pool at the branch tip, and the cub, whose body was covered by it, seemed to be bathing in lightning. Its body grew rapidly, and gradually became several points taller than the average white-faced goose, with its wings spread out, like sturdy wings.
Finally, the thunder gradually weakened.
This extremely dangerous wave of challenges is finally coming to an end.
The anxious hearts of the people below finally calmed down, and Xia Muqing said with a smile: "Congratulations."
Xue Yao looked at the majestic figure in the sky, his mouth wide open with joy, but he still coughed lightly a few times: "It's not completely over yet, let's wait until it lands safely. We can't afford to open champagne midway..."
As he spoke, the white-faced goose in the sky suddenly shook a few times and fell headfirst from the charred wood on the cliff!
The incident happened suddenly, leaving both of them stunned. Xue Yao's blood pressure instantly soared to 280: "Holy crap!!"
How come they opened the champagne halfway through?
Xue Yao subconsciously rushed forward—and with a bang, he slammed into the wall of air. The other white-faced geese were still trying to stop him, and the blockade between heaven and earth had not yet been lifted. He couldn't get through!
The little white-faced goose in the distance was still struggling. When it fell in mid-air, it spread its wings desperately, but the numbness brought by the strong thunder was still spreading throughout its body. Coupled with the dull pain from the old injury on its leg, even if it took off, it was still crooked like a paper airplane.
Xue Yao watched his child circling low in the sky, nearly falling into the waterfall several times, and even bloodshot eyes. Desperate, he grabbed Xia Muqing and said, "God Xia! Please think of a way!"
Xia Muqing: "...Ah?"
She was also a little confused, but she couldn't bear to see the cute little white-faced goose die. After frowning and thinking hard for a moment, her eyes suddenly caught sight of Lord Feng Luo who was watching her covetously.
The thunder in the sky slowed down, and thick clouds drifted, suddenly a thunderbolt appeared beneath the haze. A flash of lightning flashed through Xia Muqing's mind, and she suddenly shouted, "Let it fly this way! I'll have Xiaofeng try to catch it!"
Xue Yao was stunned. Before he could ask anything, Xia Muqing quickly added, "Don't be afraid. It has already withstood all the thunder and the calamity is nearing its end! A little external help will only help it land safely. It won't have much of an impact—"
"There's no other way, right? We're going to die anyway, so we might as well give it a try!"
Xue Yao gritted his teeth and said, "...Okay!"
He put his hands together to his mouth and shouted to the sky: "Lingbai, come this way——"
There were lightning and thunder, and waterfalls were surging, but there seemed to be a magical connection between the beastmaster and the mysterious beast, allowing Xue Yao's voice to float through the air wall, penetrate countless noises and chaos, and fall into the ears of the white-faced goose.
Its eyes flickered, and it squeezed out a bit of strength from its exhausted body. It flapped its soaked wings, turned around and rushed towards Xue Yao and the others!
The water chases its tail, snow-white foam clusters on both sides like waves, and white-faced geese fly close to the surface of the waterfall, as if gliding on the tip of a knife.
Dangerous yet elegant.
A storm seemed to swirl in the icy blue pupils of the Fengluo Lord, and a cerulean aura surged around him, sending his snow-white fur flying. Mysterious patterns spread from his forehead, quickly spreading across his entire body. Then, a rapidly spinning cyclone coalesced in his mouth, flashing a dazzling blue light as he fiercely struck out!
"boom!"
The blue light hit the air wall, exploding into a large mushroom cloud. The violent air waves spread in circles around, and the strong wind made it impossible for Xue Yao to open his eyes.
But what surprised him was that behind the "sizzling" sound of the high-speed rotating cyclone and the air wall, a subtle sound like breaking glass gradually came out -
"boom!!"
Thousands of high-frequency collisions in one second, coupled with the unique spatial properties of Lord Feng Luo, finally broke through the invisible barrier between everyone and the white-faced geese, and torrential rain and roaring waterfalls splashed out, almost drenching several people.
Even though he was almost drenched, Xue Yao's eyes lit up: "There's hope, there really is hope!"
"Lingbai, hurry! Come here quickly——"
The white-faced geese heard his call and flew towards the gap with difficulty. It couldn't even be said that they were flying, but more like "drifting with the current", relying on the momentum of the waterfall to barely float above the water.
As the white-faced goose drew closer, Xue Yao could clearly see the newly grown white feathers on its cheeks. He was about to cheer when Xia Muqing beside him suddenly gave him a serious look: "No, look up at the sky!"
The mist of thunder swirled in the sky and should have fallen on the next white-faced goose chick that was undergoing the tribulation. However, perhaps because Lord Feng Luo broke through the space barrier and angered the power of heaven and earth, the thunder circled several times and chased after Ling Bai's butt, striking him fiercely.
At this time, Ling Bai had already rushed to the front of the gap. The thunder and lightning behind him were "crackling", like a giant shining dragon, or like firecrackers tied tightly to its tail.
Xue Yao almost looked directly into the lightning. The bright light nearly blinded him. He quickly covered his eyes as tears welled up in his eyes. "Canglang Jiao! Chengtian Turtle!"
The two mysterious beasts had already rushed forward with swift eyes and hands before he could even shout. The Canglang Jiao wrapped its tail around the White-Faced Goose and pulled it outward, while the Chengtian Turtle used its thick shell to block the gap.
“Sizzle!!”
A burning smell spread.
Chengtian Turtle was such a steady turtle, but it was struck by the thunder and was completely stunned. It groaned in a deep voice: "Woo woo..."
Help, master! It feels like it’s almost cooked!
Canglang Jiao stuffed the white-faced goose into Xue Yao's arms, then turned around and rushed towards Chengtian Turtle: "Aoao!"
It’s okay, let it come!
It clenched its teeth, raised its body high, and its scales glowed with a hard luster like cold iron.
Skill, Tempering!
“Boom!”
Another bolt of lightning struck down on his head.
In a cloud of thick black smoke, the Canglang Jiao, with its charred skin, fell to the ground in a daze.
Xue Yao slapped his head in frustration, "Wrong, wrong, I shouldn't have used this skill—steel conducts electricity!"
Chengtian Turtle was also shocked, his eyes rolling around, and he couldn't help but glance at the weak white-faced goose in Xue Yao's arms.
Even though using the "Tempering" skill wasn't appropriate at this moment—after all, it was a defensive skill the Canglang Jiao was proud of—it still seemed dwarfed by the might of heaven and earth. Neither it nor the Canglang Jiao could withstand such terrifying lightning for long, yet this insignificant little creature before them had actually withstood over a dozen of them?
The white-faced goose raised its head with difficulty.
It saw the protection of Chengtian Turtle and Canglang Jiao. Although it was in pain at the moment, it felt warm in its heart.
“…Chiu?”
Let it come, after all, it has special resistance to lightning.
The white-faced goose struggled a few times, trying to stretch its wings, but ultimately ran out of energy and fell headfirst into Xue Yao's arms. It had just survived the ordeal and was at its weakest, while the lightning pouring from the gap grew stronger and stronger, gradually transforming from white to a thick purple.
That can't even be called thunder, it has to be called plasma.
Xue Yao was so anxious that he was sweating profusely - even if the white-faced goose was good at lightning, wouldn't it be courting death to let it go on the field now?
He turned his head and looked at Xia Muqing pitifully. Xia Muqing was also unambiguous and patted the little golden dragon on his shoulder: "Xiao Jin, can you go and help?"
The little golden dragon flicked its tail and flew up.
The small body gradually expanded in mid-air and turned into a mighty golden dragon several meters high.
Xue Yao stared with his eyes wide open - no matter how many times he saw this scene, he would still be shocked and prostrate himself, and the white-faced goose in his arms also tilted its little head in surprise.
"Chiu?"
It turned out to be a dragon-shaped mysterious beast?
The next second, the golden dragon collided head-on with the thunder!
Skill, Diamond Body!
The purple lightning lava was like magma pouring down on the head, but the layers of scales on the golden dragon's body were shining with colorful diamond-like luster. The tribulation that was so powerful that even the Chengtian Turtle could not withstand a single blow seemed to have no effect on the gilded sky dragon.
Not only that, as the Nether Butterfly behind exerted its strength, a more ethereal purple air fell on the golden dragon, and a hazy halo appeared around both of them.
He was actually trying to absorb the power of thunder.
This made the white-faced goose stunned: "...Chirp!"
Good, so strong!
The mysterious beasts living in the alien secret realm have an indescribable arrogance in their bones. Even if they have formed a relationship with human beast masters, they still have a vague mentality of "being superior to other beasts".
The white-faced goose prided itself on being able to withstand dozens of thunderbolts, even if it needed rescue in the end, it was because it was exhausted. But at this moment, the scene before it shattered its pride.
——What’s the point of enduring more than a dozen thunderbolts?
This mysterious beast in front of me dares to bathe in the lightning of the robbery!
In front of the gap, the golden dragon shook his head comfortably.
It's not that it doesn't hurt, but this level of pain is far less than when it climbs over ten levels of dragon gate!
So what if it is a tribulation created by the power of heaven and earth? Who is not a divine beast that can only cross the tribulation? If the white-faced goose has passed through one level, then it is at the tenth level.
Xia Muqing asked with concern: "How is it, Xiao Jin, can you bear it?"
The golden dragon exhaled a stream of air, blowing up its long beard: "Ao!"
No problem at all, don't worry!
"That's good," Xia Muqing raised the corners of her lips, "Come on, come on, make way, let Xiaofeng go."
Gilded Sky Dragon: “…?”
Gilded Sky Dragon: “???”
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