The immense inertia made Jiang Yuan lose control of his body, but Ning Yanlan remained surprisingly calm at this moment. She continued to accelerate, trying to regain control of the vehicle.
Perhaps out of familiarity with her beloved motorcycle, Ning Yanlan started riding the red motorcycle, whose front end was mostly damaged, again.
Blood trickled from Ning Yanlan's lips. Sitting in the front, she was the first to bear the brunt of the impact. Not only did Jiang Yuan's power nearly overwhelm her, but the shattering of her spiritual shield also severely injured her.
Just when Jiang Yuan thought he had escaped death, he discovered an even more terrifying scene: a raptor with a wingspan of five meters had its eyes on them.
"Identified by the Heavenly Eye!"
"A Blood-bellied Eagle, a second-tier lord monster, awakened from a common Red-bellied Eagle. Talents: Claw Strike, Sharp Beak. Weakness: Head."
"Hiss!" Jiang Yuan gasped. This was a second-tier lord monster. He knew intuitively that lord-level monsters were significantly stronger than elite-level monsters, and this one was only second-tier.
The Blood-bellied Eagle's burst of speed surpassed that of the two cyclists, and it was rapidly closing in.
Ning Yanlan also spotted the Blood-bellied Eagle, but she was powerless to do anything because the car was too badly damaged to go over 200 km/h.
"Now, I really have to go to the Yellow Springs with you!" Ning Yanlan gave a bitter smile.
In just a few seconds, the Bloodbelly Eagle can snatch two people, and because of its enormous size, it does so with absolutely no effort.
Jiang Yuan made his decision. He opened his goggles and whispered earnestly in Ning Yanlan's ear, "If you ever meet a girl named Yan Yixuan, tell her where I died!"
After saying that, Jiang Yuan drew his Tang sword and stood up from the back seat. The moment he entered combat mode, he pounced on the Blood-bellied Eagle behind him.
Ning Yanlan was stunned when she realized what was happening behind her. She never expected that Jiang Yuan would give up his life for her!
Without Jiang Yuan, the car's speed actually increased, and Ning Yanlan had already passed several hundred meters in a daze.
Unlike Ning Yanlan, Jiang Yuan was truly in a terrible predicament. He was forced to jump out of the car. If the two of them still didn't make a move, death would be the same for them, it was only a matter of time. It was better for him to stay and face the Blood-bellied Eagle, giving Ning Yanlan a chance to live.
Jiang Yuan, wielding a Tang sword, slashed at the head of the Blood-bellied Eagle, but the eagle's claws, larger than a human foot, instantly tore apart Jiang Yuan's chest.
Intense pain spread throughout his body, almost causing his neurons to collapse. His bones were clearly visible, and his intestines were faintly visible beneath the wound. Such terror from a single claw strike—no wonder it was a second-tier lord monster.
But facing death, Jiang Yuan's killing intent surged even higher. "Want to kill me? You'll have to see if you can afford the price!"
He grabbed the Blood-bellied Eagle's feathers with one hand and plunged his Tang sword into the eagle's neck with the other, then flipped over and mounted the eagle's body.
During their fight, the man and the eagle crashed diagonally into a roadside utility pole.
Eagles are not as strong as one might imagine, but only if you can't let them take the initiative. Their sharp claws and beaks are deadly weapons, so even after being slashed, Jiang Yuan endured the pain and climbed onto the Blood-bellied Eagle's back.
The Blood-bellied Eagle flew backward, and Jiang Yuan clung tightly to its neck. However, the Blood-bellied Eagle, with its agile body, still managed to slam Jiang Yuan hard into a telephone pole. Although the Blood-bellied Eagle was also injured, it could afford to wait.
"puff!"
Blood gushed out like it was free, and Jiang Yuan felt that he was really going to die, but he knew that he couldn't die like this. He had to kill the second-tier lord monster beneath him first, otherwise how could he be satisfied?
The Tang sword left countless holes in the Blood Belly Eagle's body, and Jiang Yuan also messed up the organs inside the Blood Belly Eagle's stomach. However, as a second-tier lord monster, it was not so simple. The Blood Belly Eagle flew up to a height of a thousand meters and roared loudly.
Chirp
With a loud song, Jiang Yuan fell into a daze, and even most of the monsters on both sides of the highway lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to put up any resistance.
Lord-level monsters are like that; they have an overwhelming power over lower-level monsters.
Jiang Yuan loosened his grip, and just as he was falling, the Heavenly Eye warned: "Host is on the verge of death, please take immediate action!"
"The Balance Messenger is activated. The probability of force majeure has been corrected. The mortality rate for a fall from a height of 1,000 meters is 99.9%. The probability is being modified. The 50% survival probability is being adjusted!"
It took Jiang Yuan a good ten seconds to fall from the sky before he crashed into the mud with a thud.
"Correction successful! The host has won the life-or-death balance for the first time. We hope the host will continue to work hard!" Tianyan's voice rang out happily.
When Jiang Yuan regained consciousness, he discovered that an invisible force had enveloped him the moment he landed, which was why he hadn't died.
As for the Heavenly Eye, he completely ignored it and, like a god, pressed on. If he succeeded this time, he'd be responsible if he failed next time!
Chirp chirp
The Blood-bellied Eagle circled twice in the air, seemingly announcing to the world that this was the consequence of provoking it—being smashed into a bloody pulp.
Jiang Yuan lay still, but he gripped the Tang sword tightly in his hand, believing that the Blood-bellied Eagle would come down and eat him.
Sure enough, after circling twice, the Blood-bellied Eagle landed beside Jiang Yuan. It glanced disdainfully at 'Jiang Yuan's corpse'. Although it was puzzled as to why its prey hadn't been smashed after falling from such a height, its avian instincts made it choose to eat its prey.
So, the Blood-bellied Eagle stretched its head toward Jiang Yuan. Just as the Blood-bellied Eagle was about to devour Jiang Yuan, Ning Yanlan, who had already left, unexpectedly returned.
"You beast, I don't want to live anymore either! Come at me if you dare!" Ning Yanlan shouted, just as the Blood-bellied Eagle turned its head.
But at that moment, Jiang Yuan suddenly sprang into action, slashing wildly with his Tang sword. The first strike almost shattered the Blood Belly Eagle's skull. However, he forgot how many strikes he made in the second and third strikes, but the Blood Belly Eagle's head was already completely mangled.
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