Chapter 279: The Human-Headed Strange Bird

That wretched girl!

Luo Zijun's figure flashed instantly, and he darted out through the window. As she ran toward the small door and prepared to shout a second time, he clamped his hand over her mouth!

Then, he grabbed her by the back of her neck, hauled her back into the room, and threw her onto the floor.

"Dare to spout nonsense again, and I'll have your tongue cut out!"

Luo Zijun threatened viciously.

Fenfen looked at the two of them from the floor, then immediately covered her eyes with both hands and said, "Wuwu, Brother-in-law, Third Miss, I didn't see anything, please don't kill me to silence me..."

Bai Qingtong, who was to the side: "..."

"Don't pay her any mind."

Fearing that a long delay would lead to complications, Luo Zijun took out a knife directly, walked over, grasped his sister-in-law's finger, and made a light cut, causing fresh blood to flow out.

Bai Qingtong let out a startled "Ah."

Luo Zijun hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle and placed it beneath her finger.

Fenfen's ears twitched, and she peeked through the gaps between her fingers.

Luo Zijun put away the blood, then walked over and kicked her, saying, "Listen well, what this brother-in-law wants is the fresh blood from Third Miss's finger, not from anywhere else."

Fenfen lowered her hands, blinked her lively, large eyes at him, and said, "Brother-in-law, what kind of 'anywhere else' is that?"

Bai Qingtong, to the side, also looked at him.

Luo Zijun pinched Fenfen's soft, delicate cheek and said, "The 'anywhere else' is exactly this place."

As he spoke, he pinched it hard again.

Fenfen immediately let out a series of miserable screams.

Luo Zijun hauled her out directly, threw her into the corridor, and threatened, "If you dare to go back and talk nonsense, I'll make you regret it tonight!"

Fenfen covered her face and ran away, sobbing.

Bai Qingtong said from the side, "Brother-in-law is so impressive. This girl Fenfen fears nothing under the heavens, yet she was actually subdued by you. How did you subdue her, Brother-in-law?"

It was clearly a question asked while knowing the answer.

Luo Zijun said, "One word: beat; two words: beat hard; three words: beat very hard."

Ziyuan and Xiaohuan, who were to the side, both let out a "Puchi" laugh and covered their mouths.

Bai Qingtong chatted with Luo Zijun for a while longer before bidding him farewell and leaving.

Luo Zijun ate some lunch casually, then returned to the backyard to continue practicing his punches, while simultaneously channeling his Soul Power to practice the Object Manipulation Technique.

The sun soon set.

After nightfall, while Luo Zijun was in his room practicing the art of disguise in front of the mirror, a soft sound suddenly came from the wooden door in the courtyard.

Someone was pushing the wooden door.

But before nightfall, he had already gone over and slid the bolt onto that wooden door.

It was clearly that girl Fenfen again.

That girl was always saying one thing while meaning another, and she was impatient.

Luo Zijun ignored her and continued his practice.

It soon became quiet outside.

At the third watch.

He performed Soul Out-of-Body, flew onto the roof, and looked toward the neighboring courtyard.

Fenfen was no longer there; she must have returned to her room.

The entire mansion was silent and soundless.

Luo Zijun flew to the back garden and waited for about a quarter of an hour before the Moon Palace Fairy arrived slowly and landed before him.

"Fairy, the task is complete."

Luo Zijun took out the porcelain bottle and handed it to her.

The Moon Palace Fairy glanced at him, took the porcelain bottle, opened the stopper, sniffed it under her nose, and then looked at him again. She said nothing and walked toward the entrance to the Diyuan.

"Can it be used?"

Luo Zijun followed and asked.

The Moon Palace Fairy put away the porcelain bottle and still ignored him; she seemed even colder than the night before.

"Could it be that she is in a bad mood again?"

Luo Zijun guessed secretly in his heart.

"Swish!"

A pillar of light appeared.

The two soon arrived at the Diyuan and walked toward the Ghost Realm ahead.

When they reached the bridge, the Moon Palace Fairy finally said coldly, "I cannot guarantee that the Flying Sword will definitely be successfully forged."

Luo Zijun said, "It's fine. Nothing can ever have a one hundred percent success rate, let alone something like forging a Dharma Artifact."

The Moon Palace Fairy suddenly looked at him and said, "The main thing is, none of the three portions of essence blood you collected are the best."

Luo Zijun was stunned, his face full of confusion: "What is considered the best?"

The Moon Palace Fairy let out a low hum, but did not answer; her figure looked exceptionally cold.

Luo Zijun followed behind, his heart full of doubts.

After they passed through the tunnel and he prepared to continue walking toward that Yougu, the Moon Palace Fairy suddenly said, "Follow me tonight; it is time for you to go hunting in other places."

Upon hearing this, Luo Zijun was delighted and said, "Can I hunt those demonic creatures tonight? I don't have a Flying Sword right now, will that be a problem?"

The Moon Palace Fairy said, "If you are afraid, you do not have to go."

Luo Zijun said no more and immediately followed behind.

The two of them quickly crossed a stretch of barren black land and arrived at a mountain forest filled with low-growing trees.

In the mountain forest, gusts of eerie wind blew, and wailing sounds rose and fell one after another.

Luo Zijun carefully observed the low trees in the surroundings and discovered that the appearance of their trunks, branches, and leaves was clearly not much different from trees outside, yet they looked grey and dull, appearing completely lifeless.

At the same time, when the eerie wind blew, those branches and leaves seemed like individual tentacles, twisting and swaying.

As the leaves shook, there was no rustling sound.

Aside from the wailing sounds coming from nowhere in the surroundings, the entire grey mountain forest was deathly silent, as if there were no living creatures at all.

Of course, there were no true living creatures here to begin with.

"Caw—"

Just at this moment, a hoarse cry suddenly came from overhead.

Luo Zijun looked up and discovered a black-feathered monster bird with a wingspan reaching five meters, its pair of emerald, cold eyes flickering as it swept past overhead.

There are birds in the Ghost Realm?

Ghost birds?

Just as Luo Zijun was looking up, he suddenly felt an eerie wind fly in from his right side, moving at extreme speed!

"Swish!"

He had almost no hesitation; he immediately flashed his figure and dodged backward.

At the same time, a black shadow swept past the spot where he had just been standing like lightning, its pair of sharp claws as keen as knives, and with a "Bang," it sliced into a tree on his left.

Only then did Luo Zijun see clearly that it was actually a monster with a human head and a bird's body!

On this monster's human head, there was no hair at all; it was smooth and bald, its pair of eyes were small and scarlet, cold and sinister light flickered in its pupils, its nose was high and sharp, but its mouth was split open, revealing two blood-red, sharp fangs at the corners of its mouth.

Its entire body was covered in pitch-black feathers, and its pair of sharp claws were long and large, almost bigger than its own body.

At this moment, its pair of sharp claws were already deeply embedded into the tree trunk.

It turned its head, those scarlet and cold eyes staring at him gloomily, and on those two blood-red fangs at the corners of its mouth, there were a few drops of green liquid flickering with an eerie light, clearly containing deadly poison.

"Fairy, this is... hmm?"

Luo Zijun suddenly discovered that the Moon Palace Fairy, who had been in front just a moment ago, had disappeared at some unknown time.

It seemed that, just like last time, she had abandoned him here.

However, this place was clearly much more dangerous than the Yougu from last time.

Luo Zijun clearly felt that this monster that had ambushed him was not weak in strength, and it was very fast.

He immediately took a step back, channeled his Soul Power, and stood ready for battle.

"Caw—"

At this moment, the cry of that black-feathered monster bird from before suddenly came from overhead again.

That black-feathered monster bird actually turned back, then suddenly spread its sharp claws and dove toward him!

Luo Zijun had just looked up when the human-headed monster bird clinging to the tree immediately seized the opportunity and shot toward him!

So these two monster birds were hunting in coordination!

Luo Zijun did not hesitate, immediately throwing a punch toward the human-headed monster bird that had lunged first; the Soul Power he had already accumulated erupted, emitting a deafening explosive sound.

"Boom!"

That human-headed monster bird was knocked away by the punch.

The sound of breaking air overhead was sharp and piercing, already close by; Luo Zijun rolled on the ground, arrived under a tree, and then, without looking back, ran directly toward the dense mountain forest ahead.

That black-feathered monster bird diving from mid-air missed with its claws, and after its sharp talons carved a few marks into the ground, it flapped its wings and flew back up.

As for the human-headed monster bird, it leaped rapidly through the trees, chasing behind Luo Zijun.

Luo Zijun looked back and discovered that this human-headed monster bird seemed unable to fly, relying only on leaping through the trees; its sturdy leg muscles were bulging, looking very powerful.

It was very fast, even more agile than an ape, and soon caught up to behind Luo Zijun.

Unable to shake it off, Luo Zijun ran a few more steps at high speed, then suddenly leaped up, darting toward a large tree ahead; he lightly tapped his toe against the trunk, and with a "Swish," his body changed direction and flew backward!

At this moment, the human-headed monster bird behind him also leaped from a large tree, lunging toward him!

"Halt!"

Just as the man and the bird were rapidly closing in, a sudden roar erupted from Luo Zijun's throat!

Soul-Shocking Art!

This roar landed in the ears of the human-headed monster bird like a thunderclap, suddenly ringing inside its head!

The human-headed monster bird faltered instantly, a look of momentary terror and confusion appearing in those scarlet pupils.

Just at this moment!

Luo Zijun seized the opportunity and slammed a punch into its smooth, bald head!

"Boom!"

A loud explosion!

The human-headed monster bird's bald head instantly emitted a crisp crack and caved in.

Its body shuddered, and it fell straight down from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the ground.

It twitched a few times on the ground, and its wings spread as if it wanted to jump up again, but by then Luo Zijun had also landed, and with a "Boom," he slammed another punch into its head.

This time, its bald head, which had already been caved in, was instantly shattered, and it breathed its last!

"Caw—"

At this moment, the black-feathered monster bird overhead had just passed through the canopy nearby and dove down.

However, when it saw its companion on the ground with its head shattered and dead, it had almost no hesitation; it flapped its wings, immediately traced an arc in mid-air, and flew back up rapidly, soon flying into the high sky and disappearing from sight.

The human-headed monster bird on the ground, though already dead, still had its two wings flapping from time to time, as if it could not rest in peace.

Luo Zijun clenched his fist and immediately struck its body with another punch.

At this moment, a black shadow inside the human-headed strange bird suddenly shattered, and then, the entire body of this strange bird rapidly shrank, turning into a mass of black mist, which was blown away without a trace by the Yin wind.

At the same time.

Luo Zijun immediately felt clearly that a strange energy was rapidly surging into his body.

(End of this chapter)