Chapter 816: God-Class Top-Tier Ferocious Beast! Omen God Crow!

Mi Shan risked his life to seize the black-winged cloud tiger cub to raise his grandson.

Su Yang felt awkward about taking the one with better talent.

Seeing Su Yang choose the smaller one, Mi Shan sighed with relief and felt a small warmth.

If Su Yang had taken the larger one, he couldn't have objected.

After all, it was he who told Su Yang to choose.

He had decent eyesight; though not as extraordinary as Su Yang's, his vast experience allowed him to know the larger cub was stronger and more energetic, likely possessing slightly superior combat talent than the smaller one.

Not long after, Xia Na returned.

This time she wore camouflage fatigues, her hair tied back, and combat boots—her spirit clearly improved.

She probably preferred this attire.

"Let's go!"

"City Lord Su, please visit Xincheng often in the future!"

Mi Shan saw Su Yang off to the city gate, watching as the giant eagle seized Xia Na and flew far away until she vanished from sight.

Xia Na looked down and realized she was growing farther from the ground, the storm eagle's lightning speed filling her ears with howling wind.

She grew weak with fear and screamed loudly.

"Ah~"

Su Yang heard her screams but paid them no mind.

A Silver-ranked Beast Tamer had never ridden a flying beast before; it was normal to react this way when suddenly lifted high by a Storm Eagle.

Keep screaming, and you'll get used to it!

Sure enough, three minutes later, Xia Na's voice went hoarse.

Ten minutes later, she fell silent.

Su Yang sensed her—she hadn't fainted; that was good.

Su Yang unfolded the military map Mi Shan had given him; it was color-coded, marking numerous overlapping zones surrounding Xincheng and the outer and middle regions of Hushan.

These zones were the territories of various ferocious beasts.

Or rather, their domains!

Starlight-tier, King-tier, and suspected Emperor-tier beasts active in these areas were all marked.

This military map's intelligence was extremely valuable.

It was written in blood over two centuries by Xincheng's Beast Tamers exploring the wilds.

It was also of great use to Su Yang.

After acquiring this precious map, Su Yang resumed hunting ferocious beasts.

Xia Na had fallen completely silent, hiding within the Storm Eagle's claws, watching Su Yang slaughter Starlight-tier beasts as easily as chopping vegetables!

All afternoon, the Storm Eagle never engaged, never landed—only scouting.

Around five p. m., Xia Na said she needed to use the toilet, so Su Yang finally let her down.

Su Yang packed the beast corpses and had the Storm Eagle chop down a large tree, then sat directly on the tree stump.

The western horizon blazed with evening clouds; tomorrow should be another good day.

Seven minutes later, Xia Na ran out from using the toilet.

She saw Su Yang staring into the distance, lost in thought, and dared not disturb him.

Two minutes later, Su Yang turned to look at her.

"Tell me about your background—I need to understand," said Su Yang, pointing to the Rainbow Illusion Butterfly that suddenly appeared beside him. "Don't lie—my beast is highly sensitive to falsehoods!"

"So fat!"

Xia Na glanced at the beautiful Rainbow Illusion Butterfly and swallowed hard.

Xia Na was born in Yushui City in the south; her mother died in childbirth, her father—a common city guard—died in battle when she was four, and she was raised by her grandmother.

When her grandmother died at age seven, her paternal uncle's family took her in.

Her uncle treated her poorly, adopting her only for the compensation money, forcing all household chores onto her while she went hungry and cold daily.

At age eight, her uncle died accidentally while moving cargo.

Her aunt, heartbroken, branded her a "cursed star."

Later, it turned out she wasn't being falsely accused.

After her uncle's death, her aunt was even more reluctant to lose the compensation money tied to Xia Na.

Soon after, she slipped accidentally and broke her thigh!

At that point, her aunt grew terrified and drove nine-year-old Xia Na out of the house.

Then Xia Na's maternal uncle took her in; he was kind, but ever since she entered his home, his household was plagued by misfortune after misfortune…

Yet none of these troubles were fatal.

By age eleven, Xia Na left her uncle's home voluntarily and entered an orphanage.

Any child near Xia Na suffered bad luck; gradually, she became isolated.

At thirteen, Xia Na successfully awakened her Beast Tamer talent, completed three years of schooling, and by graduation, her strength had risen to Bronze rank—she even accidentally found a Treasure-Hunting Rat.

After joining the military for half a year, misfortune after misfortune plagued her; the "Cursed Star" label spread widely in Yushui City, and her third superior forced her out.

She then became a mercenary.

As a Bronze-rank mercenary without a team, it was extremely dangerous.

Yet no mercenary group in Yushui City dared accept Xia Na.

She narrowly escaped death in the wilds multiple times, eventually leaving Yushui City and wandering between southern and southeastern cities.

She occasionally joined mercenary teams, but all of them suffered bad luck.

【61】 Recently arriving in Xincheng, all three mercenary teams she traveled with died in accidents—this made her begin doubting herself.

Su Yang fell silent.

The Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly told Su Yang that Xia Na was not lying.

This kind of constitution that was born with bad luck made even Su Yang feel a chill run down his spine!

After all, bad luck—this sort of thing was too bizarre!

"City Lord Su, I'm grateful that you can help me, but if you want me to stay by your side, you'll have to be careful. I'm a jinx—anyone who gets too close to me has terrible luck!"

Su Yang stared at Xia Na with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Where did the Wind Cloud Eagle come from?"