Chapter 237: Lightning Fruit!

Flying all the way, Gervas first arrived at the Eagle Mountain Range, then continued flying west for about ten li.

Thanks to precise intelligence, Gervas found that mountain waterfall very smoothly.

However, because the gray fog on the Death Mountain Range today seemed a bit denser, it should be re-blocked in a few days.

So, Gervas could not observe the Lightning Fruit from high altitude and could only order Zhuoyue to descend.

When descending to only seventy or eighty meters from the mountain waterfall, a streak of silver-white light suddenly flashed into view.

"That's it! Zhuoyue, let's go over!"

Gervas felt a surge of joy, clearly understanding that was indeed the magical light emitted by the Lightning Fruit.

And so it was; as Gervas drew closer and closer, until he was less than forty or fifty meters from the Lightning Fruit, all the details of the fruit were fully revealed.

It was a fruit growing on a cliffside vine.

The fruit was milky white, apple-sized, hidden within the dense green leaves of the vines.

If it did not emit white light after ripening, no one would ever be able to spot it on that steep cliff hundreds of meters high.

And just as Gervas and Zhuoyue drew closer, intending to take the Lightning Fruit, a sharp whistle suddenly roared from above!

Gervas's expression changed; he drew his long sword and swung it upward without hesitation, simultaneously uttering a light shout, "Zhuoyue!"

Zhuoyue immediately changed direction, gliding sideways to dodge.

With a clang, Gervas's long sword struck something sharp from the upper diagonal; it was a huge gray sparrow with a wingspan of six meters!

Of course, this was no ordinary gray sparrow, but a Fifth-Rate Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow.

Gervas did not expect to encounter this creature; obviously, it had come for the Lightning Fruit as well.

Fortunately, among all magical beasts, sparrow-type beasts are the weakest.

Even some First and Second-Rate sparrow-type magical beasts are not much different from the Magical Swift Eagle.

Thus, this Fifth-Rate Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow is actually not much stronger than a Third-Rate magical beast.

Only after breaking through to the Sixth Rate does it become a truly terrifying creature.

At that time, its speed would increase to a terrifying level, allowing it to become a true aerial lightning hunter.

Fortunately, after the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow's sneak attack missed, it did not single-mindedly pursue Gervas and Zhuoyue.

Instead, it took the opportunity to strike directly for the Lightning Fruit.

And this precisely gave Gervas an opportunity.

If it had continued to pursue relentlessly, Gervas would have turned around and left without hesitation.

After all, he did not even have time to fight back.

But this Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow actually turned its head and headed toward the Lightning Fruit.

This gave him enough time to gather his fighting qi.

"Zhuoyue, turn back!"

While giving the order, Gervas began to gather his fighting qi.

As the fighting qi gathered, the momentum on Gervas's long sword grew increasingly powerful, completely exceeding the momentum Gervas's current realm could exert.

Clearly, Gervas had used a fighting qi secret technique.

At this moment, the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow, which was about to approach the cliff edge, also seemed to sense the threat from behind.

Daring no longer to ignore this human and horse, it flapped its wings, made a sharp turn, and charged toward the human and horse on the side.

"Flame First-Strike!"

The flame seemed to condense into substance, burning fiercely on the long sword.

As the long sword slashed out, it collided with the dark-glowing sharp claws of the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow.

With a boom, a wave of red, scorching heat suddenly exploded outward.

Chirp!

As a bird-type magical beast with thick feathers, it fears fire and burning the most.

Amidst the smell of burning feathers, the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow quickly retracted its sharp claws and changed its flight direction.

"Zhuoyue! Now!"

Gervas likewise would not foolishly pursue the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow.

With his and Zhuoyue's strength, there was no way to kill it now!

So, now that the Lightning Fruit was in hand, escaping was the best outcome.

Zhuoyue's wings flapped hurriedly, and the human and horse arrived right in front of the white berry.

Gervas, with quick eyes and fast hands, grabbed the Lightning Fruit and plucked it off!

Roar!

Seeing the Lightning Fruit in Gervas's hand, the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow let out a roar and swooped back around.

"Go!"

Gervas hurriedly urged Zhuoyue to flee.

However, although Zhuoyue's speed was obviously fast, it still could not compare to that of the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow.

Moreover, the Lightning Fruit was extremely important to the Swift Eagle-Billed Sparrow; it was determined not to give it up under any circumstances.

"Since you are unwilling to give up, then do not blame me!"

Seeing this, Gervas decided to go all the way, directly shoving the Lightning Fruit into his mouth!

Crunch! Crunch!

Gulp!

In just three or four bites, the apple-sized Lightning Fruit was completely swallowed into his stomach.

Chirp chirp chirp!

The Swift Hawk-Billed Sparrow, which had watched all this unfold with wide eyes, let out a series of sharp, piercing cries.

"Hmm, that's some filthy cursing. Are you saying 'Newborn! Newborn'?"

However, regardless, the Lightning Fruit had already been swallowed.

And the Tier-5 Swift Hawk-Billed Sparrow was not a beast fond of fighting; after cursing a few times, it turned its head and vanished into the sky.

Knight Mi Gen naturally let out a huge sigh of relief, only then having the time to carefully feel the warm surge brought by the Lightning Fruit.

He could clearly feel that his entire body's muscles seemed to be gently writhing, while simultaneously emitting astonishing heat, some of it scarily hot.

Fortunately, this situation lasted only a few minutes, after which everything returned to normal.

After about half an hour, once they had left the range of the Death Mountain Range, Knight Mi Gen could no longer wait and had Zuiyue land at the edge of his territory.

The instant he flipped off the mount, his eyes immediately lit up!

Was it really this easy?

He found that with just a light push, he had agilely flipped down to the ground.

Although he could do this in the past, he would never have been as light as a swallow as he was now.

At this moment, Knight Mi Gen happened to be standing by Swan Lake; when he glanced at the calm, waveless surface of the lake and saw his own reflection, he froze again.

Did I grow taller?

In fact, it wasn't just that he had grown taller; Knight Mi Gen's figure had also become more coordinated!

That is, the legendary golden ratio.

After all, for a living creature to exert its strongest power, just like a machine, the coordination between its various parts must reach a perfect proportion.

Knight Mi Gen, having undergone modification by the Lightning Fruit, had now been fine-tuned.

Although one fruit wouldn't cause a massive change, he was definitely more symmetrical than before, and his height had increased by four or five centimeters.

If he could find a few more Lightning Fruits in the future, perhaps his body proportions could become even better.

Just like the Elf race.

Why are they all handsome men and beautiful women?

Besides their looks, their body proportions are also the most perfect.

This is the racial advantage of the Elf race, which has evolved for countless years!

It is also the foundation of their swift figures.

After observing for a while longer, Knight Mi Gen simply sat cross-legged right where he was.

The environment here was as beautiful as a painting, and with no one to disturb him, he couldn't wait to practice the Swift Movement Technique.

As the Battle Qi circulated, a look of joy quickly appeared on Knight Mi Gen's face.

Before consuming the Lightning Fruit, when the Battle Qi circulated within the meridians, it would always stop abruptly halfway due to the feeling of blocked meridians.

But now, the stagnation in the latter half of the Battle Qi circulation was completely gone, replaced by an incomparable sense of smoothness!

"Swift Movement Technique!"

Knight Mi Gen let out a soft shout, and his figure suddenly leaped up from his seated position.

This leap actually sent him soaring more than two meters high, almost level with Zuiyue's head.

Keep in mind, this was while he was sitting cross-legged.

If he were standing, leaping five or six meters would probably be no problem at all!

"Zorro Elf, you're awesome! YYDS!"