87: Yellow-legged Fishing Owl

“You devoured a Carp and gained 3300 evolution points.”

“evolution points: 11400 / 14000” (Devouring psionic energy in progress)

“Hmm, not bad. If it had special abilities, the evolution points might have been even higher.”

Su Yuan nodded, his gaze sweeping towards beyond the river. The flock of Bird of Prey had already arrived, swooping down to attack the panicking crowd.

These Bird of Prey were entirely brown. Su Yuan couldn't identify their species, but they were quite large. When they landed on the ground and folded their wings, they were no smaller than a typical large dog.

Before the crowd could fully hide in the houses, these Bird of Prey had already arrived and were attacking the people.

“These little birds, are they really that aggressive?”

Su Yuan was a bit surprised. Logically, this size should be comparable to ordinary large Bird of Prey like golden eagles.

But he had never heard of golden eagles or other large Bird of Prey injuring people before.

Yet now, these Bird of Prey were attacking humans in groups.

Most importantly, Bird of Prey of this size normally shouldn't possess the strength to lift a human, unless they had all mutated to have stronger power.

If they wanted to hunt humans, they could only do so on land, which didn't align with the hunting behavior of Bird of Prey.

After all, when Bird of Prey face large prey, their primary method is to drop the prey from the sky to kill it.

Su Yuan guessed that these Bird of Prey might have become more aggressive under the influence of psionic energy.

Even if the probability of successfully hunting humans was extremely low, they would still act.

“Ah! Help!”

“Get lost!”

Around the riverbank, a group of Streamer were attacked by Bird of Prey. Flesh flew, and chaos erupted.

Some people fought back, tightly gripping a Bird of Prey's neck, raising their fists, and furiously pounding the Bird of Prey.

“Get lost! Do you really think Brother Niu is easy to mess with?!”

Brother Niu shouted, disheveled, his arm bleeding. Holding a short knife in both hands, he roared and, with a horizontal slash, decapitated one of the Bird of Prey.

“These beasts, get lost!”

Around him, several burly men also revealed their weapons, yelling and chopping fiercely, forcing the Bird of Prey back.

“Go! Hurry and go!”

Brother Niu shouted, his sharp eyes spotting black dots approaching in the distant sky.

The other people around, seeing how powerful they were, frantically moved closer.

In this emergency, Brother Niu and the others couldn't bother to say anything.

A group of people ran frantically towards the distant houses.

Su Yuan quietly watched the group of people move away. In the air above, a flock of Bird of Prey was still chasing them.

Even in the distant mountains, Bird of Prey were emerging, but their appearance was somewhat different; they weren't the same species.

“Whoosh!”

Several Bird of Prey even dove down from high altitude at extreme speed, targeting several large fish in the upper water level!

“Speaking of which, the only Bird of Prey I’ve ever eaten is chicken.”

Su Yuan glanced at the river. Several terrifying tentacles instantly shot out, bursting from the water, coiling around these Bird of Prey, and dragging them into the river!

These tentacles were even more terrifying than the legendary Titan Pythons. Their horrifying constricting power instantly crushed most of the bones of these Bird of Prey.

The next moment, Su Yuan's beak opened, and he swallowed one of the Bird of Prey whole.

“Hmm, it tastes so good! It feels much better than any KFC chicken I’ve had before.”

Su Yuan's eyes lit up. The taste of this mutated Bird of Prey pleasantly surprised him.

“You devoured a Yellow-legged Fishing Owl and gained 5 evolution points.”

“Hmm, so few evolution points?”

Su Yuan's eyes flickered, then he recalled the difference between birds and terrestrial animals.

To be able to fly, birds weigh far less than terrestrial animals of the same size.

For a bird of this size, if it were a terrestrial animal, it would probably yield at least ten or twenty evolution points.

“Forget it, just treat it as a harmless fast-food delicacy.”

Su Yuan also sent the other captured Bird of Prey into his mouth and devoured them.

“You devoured a Yellow-legged Fishing Owl and gained 5.2 evolution points.”

“You devoured a...”

Soon, the several Bird of Prey Su Yuan had caught were eaten by him like small snacks.

This unusual phenomenon also made the flock of Bird of Prey flying in the distance become wary.

Except for one Bird of Prey.

This Bird of Prey was entirely black-brown, with a wingspan of ten meters, like a small airplane, flying out from the distant mountains.

“Such a big snack, not bad, not bad. I’ll just fish it down.”

“I used to only fish for fish. Today, I’ll try a different game.”

Su Yuan's eyes lit up. A tentacle extended near the water's surface, removing part of its camouflage effect to simulate the shape of a large fish, about five meters long.

He intended to fish for birds, to lure the birds from the sky into the water.

The people in the distant houses also noticed this scene in the sky immediately.

“Holy crap! Such a huge Bird of Prey?!”

Brother Niu's back was sweating, and his heart turned cold. Could he be so unlucky? He just encountered a large fish, and now a huge Bird of Prey appeared?

He didn't mind the big fish; he wasn't afraid of it coming ashore. But with such a large Bird of Prey, he truly worried whether an ordinary civilian house could withstand it.

At this moment, Brother Niu's newly opened Streamer channel was once again bustling, attracting a large number of viewers.

Many people were even asking Brother Niu to go forward and film, to confront the Bird of Prey head-on.

“Brothers and sisters, are you kidding? Didn't you just see? Those Bird of Prey's talons and beaks, if they grab you, it's at least a chunk of flesh!”

Brother Niu shook his head repeatedly, then directly changed the subject: “The most important thing now is to notify the Public Security Office.”

“When the number of Bird of Prey decreases, I, Brother Niu, guarantee you a 1v1!”

“Yes, quickly call the Public Security Office!”

Someone shouted in panic.

“I called, but the Public Security Office only has one person on duty right now, and he's on his way!”

A female Streamer replied.

“One person?!”

Everyone's hearts grew even more anxious. Such a large Bird of Prey, could one person handle it?

Some people prepared to run out to the parking area, intending to drive away from here.

But just then, a Public Security Office vehicle drove over from a distance, appearing in everyone's sight.

This scene somewhat eased people's minds.

The car door opened, and a young Security Officer in his twenties, holding a rifle, stepped out of the Public Security Office vehicle.

He held the rifle, his gaze fixed on the giant Bird of Prey in the distant sky, his expression tense.

He had come because someone reported a giant fish in the river.

But he hadn't expected such a large Bird of Prey to appear here; its size was like a small airplane!

He also noticed the mess on the riverbank, covered in bloodstains, and the bodies of several Bird of Prey.

“Hello, Director Huang, something has appeared here in Laoyu Village...”

“Whoosh!”

Just then, a sharp, piercing cry came.

This made the Security Officer's expression turn serious. He quickly aimed his rifle at the giant Bird of Prey in the sky.

At this moment, the giant Bird of Prey's sharp gaze locked onto the large fish Su Yuan had simulated. It flapped its wings and dove down at extreme speed!

It was like a fighter jet diving!

“Very fast.”

Su Yuan's eyes narrowed. His well-developed tentacles were outwardly relaxed but inwardly taut, already tensed.

“Splash!”

The next moment, the water surface exploded. The giant Bird of Prey had already dived down, its sharp talons gleaming with cold light, grabbing at Su Yuan's tentacles.

“I've been waiting for you!”

Su Yuan's tentacles moved abruptly, instantly Awakening like a prehistoric giant beast, coiling around the giant Bird of Prey's body. A terrifying force erupted, pulling it into the water.

Faced with this sudden change, the giant Bird of Prey was startled and retaliated frantically, flapping its wings horizontally, its incredibly sharp talons grabbing at the tentacles below.

“Insignificant Bird of Prey, becoming my snack is your great mission!”

Su Yuan's eyes were calm. The power erupting from his tentacles instantly increased by a notch; it could even crush an elephant alive!

The giant Bird of Prey's bones were already hollow, far less robust than an elephant's, and could no longer withstand the force, breaking inch by inch!

Its entire massive body was almost twisted into a rope by Su Yuan.

“Let me have a small bite first, to taste it.”

Su Yuan's abyssal maw opened, biting off the giant Bird of Prey's legs at the root!

“Hmm, this one tastes even better!”

With just one bite, Su Yuan's eyes lit up. Then, greedily opening his abyssal maw, he swallowed the remaining body whole, and blood stained the river red.

“You devoured a Yellow-legged Fishing Owl and gained 500 evolution points.”