394 Red Heavenly Eagle (2/2)

”There's a red Heavenly Eagle flying toward your guard post. Someone recognized it as the one that you were looking after. We're not sure if we should kill it on the spot. Come and take a look quick!” yelled the man.</p>

Xu Li was confused. He never recalled raising a red Heavenly Eagle...</p>

”Let's check it out,” said Leng Qing.</p>

The two quickly left Wang Xiaojun's room and went straight to the guard post.</p>

The place was crowded with workers and a few soldiers. They were hesitating if they should consider the beast as hostile.</p>

As soon as Leng Qing and Xu Li reached the place, they saw a red Heavenly Eagle flying toward them awkwardly</p>

The beast seemed to be suffering. It felt like it would slam into the ground at times, but it managed to flap its wings and recollect itself.</p>

Finally, the eagle was less than fifty meters away from the guard post.</p>

Xu Li's eyes widened. They were full of astonishment.</p>

It was true that he could not recall raising any red Heavenly Eagle, as the red covering the beast was actually blood!</p>

It was not a red Heavenly Eagle, but a gray one. Its body was soaked in blood, including its head, its wings, its body, its claws... Not a single body part was free from deep wounds and bruises, not a spot was clear of blood.</p>

The blood was still dripping. It covered its gray feathers, and dyed them thoroughly red!</p>

Xu Li had been in the army for more than ten years. He had seen too many deaths, thus his tears were long dry...</p>

However, when he saw the gray eagle stumbling to land on the platform, when he saw a lifeless young man lying on its back, tears began to burst out from his eyes!</p>

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Leng Qing was stunned, too.</p>

The gray eagle… It had managed to carry Wang Xiaojun back!</p>

Despite the distance, it had managed to weave through the bloodbath of the battlefield and brought its young master back 'unharmed'.</p>

Its fresh blood had already dried up!</p>

The gray feathers were dyed completely red!</p>

The crossbreed Heavenly Eagle did not rise again after it landed. It fell to the ground before the crowd. Its half-broken neck turned toward Wang Xiaojun's body. Its eyes had a blank expression...</p>

It was dead.</p>

Leng Qing had seen many Heavenly Eagles with noble lineage. They had incredible strength and pure white feathers. However, she would only remember the crossbreed, gray-feathered Heavenly Eagle from now on.</p>

Like master, like beast. She could only pay her utter respect with silent tears!</p>