Chapter 100 Approaching Perfection of the Qi-Gathering (2/2)

”Young man, where is the lady?” the second brother asked.

”Gone,” sighed Zhou Donghuang.

”Gone?” hearing this, the two eagles' eyes perked up. They excitedly circled the lake, before returning to the sky above Zhou Donghuang.

”Young man, since you can talk to us, why don't you stay here with us… you'll enjoy yourself here!” said the second brother, as if he wanted to take him as his younger brother.

”I'm not a demon, why would I stay in your Lost Forest?” Zhou Donghuang shook his head as he turned to leave the forest and return to the city. It was getting late, and it would probably be dark by the time he returned.

”Lad, you can't just come and go within our territory!” laughed the elder brother coldly. ”You can either stay here to become our younger brother, or die here… you'd better consider carefully.”

”What? If I don't agree to stay here, you'll kill me?” Zhou Donghuang turned and glanced at the two eagles. He smiled, ”I want to see… how will you kill me?” After making the leap to Great Consummation of the Qi-Gathering, Zhou Donghuang had gotten a huge boost in his qi. Seeing the two eagles try to pick a fight, he could not help but feel excited.

”Brother, let me teach him a lesson!” the second brother called out to the other eagle as he dived towards Zhou Donghuang.

His black wings sliced through the air like a knife, but the real weapon of the golden-crowned eagle was not in those wings, but in its pair of razor-sharp talons.

Whoosh!

The eagle flew behind Zhou Donghuang like a bolt of lightning, his talons about to land on Zhou Donghuang's body.

Hoo!

With a swift sidestep, Zhou Donghuang stepped out of the way of the eagle's talons, the movement fluid like water.

Whoosh!

The eagle attacked again. Once again, Zhou Donghuang dodged.

”Is that all you got?” With his first-grade swiftness technique, Zhou Donghuang's footwork was ghoulishly fast as he dodged all of the eagle's repeated attacks.

Finally, the eagle was exhausted, while Zhou Donghuang seemed entirely unfazed.

”Second Brother, you're really useless!” Seeing this, the older brother scolded the other eagle and joined in on the attack.

But even when both eagles attacked together, they could not touch Zhou Donghuang, not even the sleeves on his clothes.

”Lad, do you only know how to hide?” cried the second brother of the eagles.

”Of course not,” replied Zhou Donghuang calmly. ”I just wanted to see if you could touch me… looks like I overestimated you.”

As he spoke, Zhou Donghuang suddenly stopped and stood at his spot. As the two eagles rushed towards him, he stretched out his hands like a pair of talons. Using the first-grade attack technique ”Pincer Hands,” Zhou Donghuang pushed away the talons of the two eagles rushing towards him. His hands latched onto each of their wings like a pair of pincers.

When the two golden-crowned eagles tried to attack once again, Zhou Donghuang brought his hands together, swinging the eagles around in the air before throwing them against a huge tree across the lake.

Bang! Bang!

The two eagles crashed heavily into the tree, causing it to shake. They awkwardly flapped their wings and narrowly avoided crashing to the ground.

”Lad, we didn't expect you to be so strong… I admit that on the ground, we're not your match,” called the elder brother as he flew above Zhou Donghuang, as if taunting him. ”But we specialize in flying… once we take to the skies, you can't do anything to us!” His voice was filled with arrogance.

”Is that so?” Zhou Donghuang's feet moved as he kicked a fist-sized stone up into his hands.

”What? You want to hit us with that stone?” laughed the golden-crowned eagle.

Whoosh!!

The stone flew out of Zhou Donghuang's hand like a target-locking missile, flying straight towards the eagle. Even as it accelerated and ducked, the stone struck its head accurately with a loud whack.