The Bird Beast struck the ground with explosive force.
Dust flew. Rocks cracked. Something screamed.
A moment later, the creature—a bird-like beast easily ten meters from beak to tail—rose into the air again, carrying a hyena the size of a tiger in its talons.
Han Yu's jaw dropped.
The beast rose into the sky, wings beating like thunder, and then swallowed the hyena whole with one tilt of its head.
He slowly turned and looked around the plateau again, suddenly feeling very small.
"That thing has to be… Nascent Soul realm. Or at least Peak Core Condensation."
It didn't really matter which. Either way—
"If it sees me, I'm bird chow."
He immediately dropped to one knee and rolled behind a large rock, watching the beast disappear into the sky. Only when it was just a speck did he breathe again.
"Why does everything in this region want to eat things the size of carriages?" he muttered, clutching the side of his head. "And why am I the small thing in every scenario?"
