Chapter Seven: The Strong Remain Alone

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This world truly is a brutal realm where the strong devour the weak!
Staring at the pitiful snake egg, Jiang Xuan’s eyes gleamed with gold, saliva nearly dripping from his mouth.
He never expected that Mother Eagle’s first return to the nest would come bearing a gift!
Crack!
Although Jiang Xuan’s belly was already nearly full, this snake egg was different from ordinary snake meat. Its essence was concentrated, a treasure, and wouldn’t fill him up like mere flesh!
With a peck from his beak, the fresh, savory yolk shimmered under the sunlight, releasing an aroma that made Jiang Xuan close his eyes in bliss.
The next moment, he buried his head into the snake egg, eagerly savoring this sudden delight.
“Why is this unfair!”
“Aren’t we her children? Why don’t we get any?”
“That fat bird is mighty, no doubt, deserving of good resources, but are we not even worthy of the lesser ones?”
Seeing Jiang Xuan enjoy the egg so contentedly, the Demon Lord was furious, stomping his feet.
As the Demon Lord, he understood the law of the jungle well enough.
Yet, Mother Eagle gave no resources whatsoever to them, which was unbearable. A bold thought began to blossom in his mind.
When he turned, he was startled to find that the little white bird was staring right back at him.
“Hmph! I am the Supreme Emperor, ruling over tens of millions of humans—I will not suffer such humiliation here!”
“Today, that fat bird got the resources. Tomorrow, it will drive us out of the nest! No, it will exterminate us!”
“Better to leave now while I still can!”
The Empress fumed angrily. The snake egg brimmed with spiritual power, making even her mouth water.
Yet Mother Eagle had simply tossed the egg to Jiang Xuan, utterly disregarding her two children.
As Empress, she knew she could not sit idly by any longer.
Otherwise, the day might come when she herself would become that fat bird’s meal!
“That black bird seems to share my thoughts, but the weak gather in flocks; the strong remain solitary!”
“Leaving will require careful planning—if we anger that fat bird, it might bring deadly consequences…”
Seeing the little white bird remain motionless, the Demon Lord could not fathom its thoughts.
But their intentions were aligned.
For the Empress and the Demon Lord, teaming up with others was a disgrace to their pride!
With this realization, the Demon Lord cast a cold glance at Jiang Xuan, who was still drinking the yolk, and sneered inwardly.
“That fat bird just eats and sleeps. Once he finishes feeding, he'll probably fall into a deep slumber.”

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“When that happens, I will slip away quietly.”
Now that he had the ability to fly, he was not afraid of the abyss below.
Listening to the sound of Jiang Xuan slurping the egg yolk, the Demon Lord gritted his teeth in frustration, increasingly unable to contain his urge to flee immediately!
In front of the nest, Jiang Xuan relished the delicacy, completely unaware of the listening function of his system being turned off, and thus oblivious to the scheming of his siblings.
Elsewhere, deep within the Beast Forest, a fifth-rank golden-armored snake demon radiating a mysterious black glow returned to its damp lair.
“Child, come out for dinner! I caught a deer demon today and left it outside!”
“You love dragging your food around, so hurry before other snakes snatch it!”
The golden-armored snake demon was in high spirits—capturing a third-rank Red Cloud deer demon was no easy feat.
The deer was fleet-footed and cautious; even a fifth-rank snake demon struggled to chase such a nimble third-rank beast.
No one knew how long this snake had been lying in wait before finally catching the deer demon.
After a while, the snake demon noticed no response from inside the lair.
“Damn it, the wife and kid aren’t home?”
The lair was empty, devoid of family members.
An ominous feeling welled up within the fifth-rank snake demon.
“How strange… Why aren’t they home today? Didn’t we agree I would go hunting?”
“The Beast Forest is perilous—what if they ran into some powerful demon?”
Flicking his tongue, the golden-armored snake demon’s mood grew complicated.
Fortunately, by scent, he determined they hadn’t been gone long and likely hadn’t ventured far.
Following the trail, the fifth-rank snake demon moved outside the lair.
Meanwhile, on the cliff’s edge, Jiang Xuan had finished savoring the snake egg.
“Refreshing! This egg tastes way better than snake meat!”
“System!”
“Merge the Golden Crow’s Essence Blood! Initiate Evolution!”
After eating, Jiang Xuan didn’t collapse to sleep but planned to merge the Golden Crow’s essence blood first.
“Host, shall I proceed to merge three drops of the Golden Crow’s Essence Blood directly?”
“At your current cultivation level, you may not withstand the enhancement effects of that much essence blood on your body.”
Truly befitting the sacred beast Golden Crow!

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As an ancient sacred beast, the Golden Crow’s power was formidable.
Though it was also a bird, the title “Sacred Beast” set it far apart from ordinary avians!
Most impressively, the Golden Crow possessed extraordinary vitality and could harness the power of the sun!
Its attack was the blazing, terrifying solar flames capable of incinerating all!
Jiang Xuan knew there was no need to overreach now.
If the process backfired, the losses would be unbearable.
“System, how much of the Golden Crow’s Essence Blood can I safely merge now?”
Humbly, Jiang Xuan inquired.
“Host, at your current level, the system recommends merging only one drop of Golden Crow’s Essence Blood, consuming just a single Evolution Point.”
“One drop will surely suffice to break through the fifth-rank beast cultivation barrier.”
“Then let’s do it! I can’t wait any longer!”
With a howl that echoed through the Beast Forest, Jiang Xuan’s body suddenly radiated golden light!
Like a rising crimson sun, wings spread wide, his aura surged wildly yet warmly, brimming with life force that spread far and wide!
Within seconds, the Golden Crow’s Essence Blood fully integrated into Jiang Xuan’s veins, rapidly elevating his cultivation to the fifth-rank beast level!
“Ah—! This hurts like hell!”
“Is the Golden Crow’s Essence Blood really this fierce? It’s tough to endure!”
As the essence blood infused every corner of his body, Jiang Xuan felt as if a blazing fire consumed him, writhing in pain.
Yet alongside the pain came overwhelming joy!
He could distinctly feel the remarkable leap in his strength!
“What’s all the noise? So annoying!”
At this moment, the Demon Lord, resting and conserving energy, lazily opened his heavy eyelids.
In an instant, only two words filled his mind: “Damn it!”
At the other edge of the nest, the Empress also stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what she was witnessing!
“This infuriates me! I have been utterly defeated!”
“That fat bird! What kind of powerful being have you reincarnated as? Ah!”