Chapter 533 Light Gold
Nearly thirty meters in front of the crowd, there was a creature with a wingspan of more than three meters, similar to a weasel, with three eyes on its head and a pair of small wings on its lower body and legs. The wings were folded as it squatted on the body of a dead explorer.
The organ that makes sound on this strange bird is also very strange. It is not its mouth - the mouth of this strange bird is not a normal beak, but a black tentacle that can be used as a straw to suck the body fluids of other creatures.
At this time, the strange bird was sucking the blood from the corpse beneath it.
So how does it sound?
There are many round holes on the back and chest of the strange bird. From the surface, they do not penetrate each other, but they seem to be connected inside, so air can pass through them.
The strange bird controls the opening, closing, expansion and contraction of several holes on its chest and back, thereby controlling the flow rate of air through them. It uses the sounds of wind of different frequencies and combines them to simulate a variety of sounds, even the crying of a human.
Such a creature, if it has a strong cultivation base, can be much more terrifying than the soul beasts in the outside world!
"This is--"
Wang Sheng looked at this strange bird in surprise, which looked like a fox but had wings on all four limbs, and couldn't help but speak out.
however.
Before he finished speaking, the holes on the back of the strange bird shrank slightly, and it stopped sucking blood. Its eyes suddenly looked towards the woods where Zhou Qing and the others were hiding. It even aimed the vertical pupil on its forehead at them, which was trembling slightly like a small drum.
"Found us?"
This even surprised Xiao Wu.
You know, they all have controlled their soul power, but Liko's soul power is very weak. In the outside world, it is only about level five or six. As long as she stays quiet and motionless and hides the smell on her body, even a thousand-year soul beast will find it difficult to detect.
However, there was clearly no soul power fluctuation in this strange bird's body, yet it was able to detect their presence. This was truly incredible.
As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, the strange bird moved, flapping its wings and flying towards them.
"not good!"
Riko was a little panicked, but still held on to the soul conductive rod, with arcs of electricity flashing. She stared directly at the strange bird flying over, ready to find the right opportunity and kill it with one blow.
However, Xiao Wu jumped out like an arrow, and her speed was seven times faster than that of the strange bird.
Before the strange bird could adjust its direction, Xiao Wu had already kicked it in the neck, sending it back the way it came. It hit a towering rock fifty meters away, creating a big hole, and finally fell to the ground without a sound.
"Okay...so awesome!"
Li Ke's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran to Xiao Wu's side. She glanced at the strange bird that had already stopped making any sound in the distance, and said admiringly, "It actually defeated the Weeping Corpse Bird in one fell swoop!"
The Weeping Corpse Bird is the name given to this strange bird by the Abyss people.
"I thought this strange bird was so powerful. Its senses are quite sharp, but its reaction ability is not good." Xiao Wu clapped her hands and looked at the weeping bird that was dead as hell with a disdainful sneer.
In fact, Xiao Wu also used her soul skills.
Although ordinary soul masters cannot use soul skills and even their soul rings cannot be manifested in the abyss ruins, after the soul rings are refined for the second time, the soul rings and martial souls become one, so even if they are not revealed, soul skills can still be used.
At this time, Zhou Qing walked to the side of the weeping corpse bird, looked at the holes on its body, thought for a while, and then said: "It can sense our presence, probably not by relying on its eyes, but by relying on these holes on its body."
"Hole?"
Tang San also walked over and squatted, examining the corpse of the weeping bird, and found that the number of holes on the chest and back were the same. They did not go directly through the chest, but were connected from both sides of the ribs. There were many fine hairs inside the holes, as well as some round protrusions, similar to the uvula in the human throat.
"Lingshu. Anger and Speechlessness": "The uvula is the key to speech."
It is obvious that this kind of weeping bird can imitate the sound of human crying by relying on these hole organs, and these organs should be extremely sensitive to changes in airflow.
Therefore, the Weeping Corpse Bird was able to discover them not because it heard Wang Sheng’s voice, nor because it saw their figures with its eyes, but because the change in air flow at the moment Wang Sheng spoke caught its attention, and when Xiao Wu opened her mouth, it confirmed their presence and flew at a low altitude, swooping down.
Moreover, after Tang San's inspection, he found that the eyes on the head of the weeping corpse bird were not real eyeballs, but a transparent membrane. When congested, it would tremble slightly due to the airflow. It should be to cooperate with the holes and organs on the body to determine the specific location of the prey.
At this time, Riko also trotted over and said, "I remember Abo said that the Weeping Bird is very sensitive to air currents. If a novice explorer encounters one, the best way is to crawl on the ground, breathe naturally, and don't shout. But this method requires you to stay a certain distance from the Weeping Bird, because if you get too close, it will see you..."
Ying Ying Ying!
Suddenly, dozens of weeping corpse birds flew in from a distance, hovering above Zhou Qing and others, making strange noises.
"Social creatures..."
This situation was within Zhou Qing's expectations, and he immediately took out the Soul Guide Zhuge Shen's Wrath Third Edition from his gray bag.
The third version has the same effect as the second version. The only difference is that a soul power storage device, namely the soul pool, has been installed to save soul power consumption.
Therefore, even ordinary people can use this weapon as long as they can withstand the recoil.
Except for Riko, the other five aimed their Soul Guide Zhuge Divine Crossbow III at the Weeping Corpse Bird hovering in the sky and pulled the trigger.
Whoosh whoosh!
Countless soul power arrows were shot out in an instant.
"Gah!"
Suddenly, a group of weeping birds fell from the sky and crashed onto the grass.
Some died instantly, while others are still wailing.
In less than thirty seconds, the number of weeping birds in the sky was reduced by half. The remaining weeping birds realized the danger of Zhou Qing and others, and no longer stayed, but fled into the distance.
After Zhou Qing put away the Soul Guide Zhuge Divine Crossbow Version 3, he explained to the stunned Riko: "This is a soul guide for our self-defense."
"Oh."
Riko finally came to her senses and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she ran happily to the corpse birds, took out a pair of pliers from her backpack, and began to pluck out the feathers from the corpse birds' limbs one by one.
The feathers of the corpse bird are natural daggers. They are very light but as hard as steel. They can be used as weapons, but their greatest value lies in the fact that a metal called "light gold" can be extracted from them, which can be used to make close-fitting soft armor.
However, since the material can only be extracted from the strange creatures in the abyss ruins, the output of light gold is not high and it is rarely sold outside.
Most of the feathers on these corpse birds belong to Zhou Qing and others, while the remaining small part belongs to the guide Gui Like.
Regarding this, except Tang San who was slightly curious about the so-called light gold, the others had no objection.
Especially Zhou Qing, he is more inclined to study the body structure of the weeping corpse birds to understand why they are not affected by the "rising curse"...
(End of this chapter)
