Chapter 10: The Storm Eagle

The world was finally quiet!

After spending these past few days together, Su Yang had learned the Storm Eagle's temperament!

This little thing was a hot-tempered brat, and extremely proud!

The Storm Eagle let out a cry beside Su Yang's ear; after Su Yang nodded, it flew away.

Not long after, Su Yang heard the system prompt: "Ding~ Congratulations, host! You've slain the corrupted sparrow and rescued the child, successfully completing the quest. Your pet, the Storm Eagle, gains 100 XP and evolves to Black-Iron Mid-Grade!"

Ferocious beasts possess extraordinarily resilient lifespans.

Just now, that corrupted sparrow, though it lost its wings and fell from the sky, had not yet died.

Su Yang gazed toward the direction where the Storm Eagle had vanished, and soon the Storm Eagle reappeared!

It flew low, struggling to grip a prey seven or eight times its own size, refusing to let go!

Yes, it was that corrupted sparrow!

"I feel Su Yang's pet is incredibly brutal—more brutal than any other beast-tamer's pet I've ever seen, and it's so tiny…"

"Yes! I think so too!"

"…"

The Storm Eagle flew the corrupted sparrow down to Su Yang's feet, then unceremoniously tore into its corpse with its hooked, razor-sharp beak.

As the Storm Eagle swallowed the corrupted sparrow's flesh and blood, Su Yang could sense its strength rising.

The Storm Eagle's rank had indeed risen to Black-Iron Mid-Grade, but it still needed more energy to become a true Black-Iron Mid-Grade pet!

At that moment, Su Yang heard wolf howls.

He looked up and saw three beast-tamers riding Qingfeng Wolves appear in his sight.

These beast-tamers all belonged to the White Ant Town beast-tamer corps; their daily duty was patrolling near White Ant Town, driving away and killing low-level ferocious beasts that approached the town's borders, and guarding against incursions by powerful ones.

The three beast-tamers held extremely high status in White Ant Town; every villager knew them!

Soon, the three beast-tamers arrived before them.

The leader, Wang Tianlang, asked: "Where is the corrupted sparrow?"

Clearly, they had received the alert.

A villager said: "Dead!"

"How did it die?"

"Killed by a beast-tamer!"

"Who?"

"Su Yang!"

The villagers parted to make way, and Wang Tianlang saw Su Yang—and the Storm Eagle, pecking at the corrupted sparrow's corpse.

Su Yang was no stranger to Wang Tianlang.

Among the town's boys, this child was the cleverest, leaving the deepest impression on Wang Tianlang!

But for Wang Tianlang to believe Su Yang had killed that corrupted sparrow? He didn't believe it.

Just by size alone, he knew the dead corrupted sparrow had at least Black-Iron Mid-Grade power, possibly even Black-Iron High-Grade!

And Wang Tianlang knew Su Yang had just completed his Awakening Ceremony; he'd probably only bonded with his pet a few days ago!

Wang Tianlang said: "How is this possible? Don't fool me!"

"My lord, we saw it with our own eyes!"

"Yes! We saw it ourselves!"

"Su Yang's pet—it may be small, but when it goes berserk, it's terrifying!"

"…"

With every villager saying the same thing, even Wang Tianlang began to believe it.

He dismounted from his Qingfeng Wolf, stepped up to Su Yang, and asked: "Su Yang, did your pet really kill it?"

"Yes!"

Wang Tianlang looked at Su Yang, then at the Storm Eagle, and suddenly asked: "So, the boy who scavenged a Golden-Potential pet from the Seven Stars City ferocious beast egg warehouse the day before yesterday—that was you?"

"My lord, how do you know?"

"How wouldn't I know? Everyone in Seven Stars City knows!" Wang Tianlang laughed. "I wondered who that lucky bastard was—turns out it's you!"

"Yes, it's me!"

"Don't call me 'My Lord' anymore—call me Brother Wang!" Wang Tianlang said, eyeing the feeding Storm Eagle with envy. "Born barely a few days ago and already killing an adult corrupted sparrow—your pet is incredible. It must have tremendous combat talent!"

Su Yang frowned: "Combat talent?"

"Yes, combat talent—you'll learn about it in First Middle School," Wang Tianlang explained. "Just as humans have different talents, ferocious beasts have different innate abilities. The stronger the combat talent, the greater the advantage in battle! Some exceptionally gifted beasts can even fight above their rank!"

"Beasts with combat talent are usually elites—or even kings—of their species," Wang Tianlang said, staring at the Storm Eagle. "Your pet is definitely one—killing a Black-Iron Mid-Grade corrupted sparrow right after birth? That's truly remarkable!"

Black-Iron Mid-Grade corrupted sparrow?

Facing Wang Tianlang's misunderstanding, Su Yang said nothing.

At that moment, Wang Tianlang's Qingfeng Wolf seemed drawn to the corrupted sparrow's blood and flesh; but as it neared the corpse, the Storm Eagle leapt up, flapped its wings, slashed with its claws, and let out a threatening screech at the Qingfeng Wolf.