Amidst the game of chess, a thunderous explosion erupted outside, causing the glass to tremble as if it had entered overdrive mode. If it weren't for this glass being characterized by its ability to withstand attacks of a gold level, it would have shattered into glass shards.

People hurriedly covered their ears; some, not quick enough, were knocked out by the sound, with blood streaming from their ear canals, their eardrums shattered.

Fortunately, this was an exceptional world imbued with supernatural powers, where shattered eardrums could be healed.

Li Cunxu was relatively lucky because the materials used inside the airship could absorb sound waves and prevent damage from sonic attacks.

As everyone was dumbfounded and covering their ears, the culprit behind the explosion revealed itself, perching atop the airship's balloon.

The culprit was the blue-black bird that had attacked the airship.

No one knew when it had landed on the airship's balloon, completely bypassing the Overlord Beastmaster on guard.

The blue-black bird accelerated its dive, its giant body unexpectedly agile. In the blink of an eye, it captured Beidao Yu, who had a slender frame among the crowd, and quickly flew off. The movement was so swift, without hesitation or delay.

"Big bird, how dare you commit such atrocities?"

The Overlord Beastmaster guarding the airship shouted furiously and instantly summoned his Thunder Bird.

The Overlord Thunder Bird flashed like a thunderbolt, lighting up the sky with a rapid streak of lightning. The Thunder Bird spread its wings to form a wall of blue lightning in the sky.

The blue-black bird flapped its wing, instantly knocking out the Overlord Thunder Bird that had previously managed to drive it back, then took it away as well.

The Overlord Beastmaster was momentarily stunned, then realized this blue-black bird was playing the fool to eat the tiger; it was of King level, as only a King-level beast could so easily subdue his Overlord Thunder Bird.

The Overlord Beastmasters stationed at the airport wanted to help, but seeing the Overlord Thunder Bird subdued and taken away in one move, they were frightened and hesitated for a few seconds.

In just that few seconds, the blue-black bird had already flown far away.

The King stationed at the Mechanical City heard the commotion and set out to pursue, but being on the outskirts of the city, there was still a slight delay.

By the time the King caught up,

a thunderous boom echoed.

The blue-black bird transformed into a splendid purple lightning bolt and flew off.

The King who pursued was left only with its vapor trail.

"No need to chase with the Swift Electric Fighter; the opponent's talent is Swift Purple Thunder, and we can't match that speed,"

shaking his head in resignation, the pursuing King said.

Swift Purple Thunder, a purple epic, inherently mastering an alien purple lightning capable of extreme speeds.

The event happened so rapidly that Li Cunxu hadn't even stood up from his chair before the blue-black bird had escaped the Mechanical City.

It was only afterward that Li Cunxu learned from others.

The police questioned everyone present, though there wasn't much to ask. The incident happened in plain view, and the airport's surveillance recorded the entire process, but they still asked as a formality.

After questioning, they allowed everyone to leave.

In the taxi, Li Cunxu placed a hand by the window, pondering vacantly over the purpose of the blue-black bird.

"It took Beidao Yu away, and Beidao Yu has a little Thunder Bird. Could that blue-black bird be a mutated Thunder Bird, and the little Thunder Bird its offspring, and it's merely bringing its young back home?"

"No, if that were its true purpose, it wouldn't have made additional troubles by capturing the Overlord Thunder Bird guarding the airship."

"Could it be thinking the Overlord Thunder Bird was imprisoned by humans, forced to serve them, and wanted to rescue it?"

Li Cunxu searched online for information on the habits of Thunder Birds and found that they weren't particularly caring towards their offspring; instead, they were quite indifferent, laying the egg and leaving it on thunderclouds without concern.

If the egg falls from the thundercloud, it shatters for real, though occasionally, there's a lucky chance it falls into a river and is spared, so every few years, someone lucks out and finds a Thunder Bird egg.

"Not caring for offspring, then what's it want with the little Thunder Bird?"

"Could its target be Beidao Yu? Is it dispatched by Beidao Yu's enemies? But it shouldn't be! It's an unowned King-class pet, so it's unlikely anyone could command it. Besides, to target a minor like Beidao Yu doesn't require a King-class, does it?"

Li Cunxu was certain the blue-black bird was an unowned pet because he saw its status panel. Despite the large level disparity, making the content unreadable, the very presence of a panel indicated it was unowned.

If it were an enemy, sending out a Lord-class pet would suffice, while deploying a King-class pet would be extravagant unless someone exceedingly wealthy just didn't care.

"Could it... be for eating?"

A sudden thought crossed Li Cunxu's mind.

In his memory, there is indeed a bird that preys specifically on Thunder Birds, known as the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird, the boss of version 4.0.

"Is the blue-black bird the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird?"

"Admittedly, there is a slight resemblance. The color scheme is the same, blue and black, only the blue-black bird lacks the striking beauty of the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird."

"Divine Beast" updates once a year, and version 4.0 marked the fourth year since the game's launch.

"There's still four years until the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird appears; perhaps it's evolved from the blue-black bird."

The Thunder-Loving Demon Bird is terrifying, with its talent being Thunder-Loving Demon Body (Golden Legend), capable of devouring various alien lightning and mastering them swiftly.

Upon its debut, the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird had already mastered eighteen kinds of alien thunder.

If not for the game's storyline weakening the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird, with a group of Kings severely injuring it and reducing its power to a gold level, sealing half of its alien thunder, players wouldn't stand a chance against it.

The Thunder-Loving Demon Bird is formidable, yet defeating it yields substantial rewards.

Firstly, it drops seeds of eighteen types of alien thunder. By refining these seeds, pets can master the alien thunder.

Secondly, it drops treasures not inferior to imperial tools, namely [Thunder Refining Pearl] and [Thunder-seeking Compass].

Thunder Refining Pearl can grant immunity to thunder-type damage below King level, accelerating the refining of alien thunder, and shielding the pet from the rebound of alien thunder during refining.

Protecting from rebound is crucial, as alien energies are volatile, especially alien thunder and fire, which are extremely volatile, with rebound force attacking the pet's most vulnerable body part, making refining alien energies perilous, with alien thunder being the most perilous of all.

This protection against alien thunder's rebound allows pets to refine without worry.

The Thunder-seeking Compass can sense alien thunder appearing within ten kilometers.

Lastly, the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird drops a demon bird egg carrying the legendary talent Thunder-Loving Demon Body.

Thinking of the bountiful goodies the Thunder-Loving Demon Bird drops, Li Cunxu salivates with greed.

Thus, he called for a driverless taxi to stop by the roadside and headed to a nearby mechanical barbecue restaurant to eat barbecue.

The barbecue made by the barbecue mech was quite tasty, with evenly heated grilled meat, though it lacked a sense of soul. Moreover, all barbecue across Mechanical City adhered to this standard, meaning every barbecue place in the city tasted the same.

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