Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1040: Chapter 1039: The Legend of the Golden Crow, Born for Brutality

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In the blink of an eye, it traversed the heavens and earth, its wings spread wide, blocking out the sun and sky!

These twelve words merely outline the silhouette coming from the horizon, yet they are enough to leave Ye Tianchen and Master Fang Yi speechless with shock. It’s simply too powerful, such formidable strength and figure they are witnessing for the first time—what kind of colossal entity is it? When it soared across the sky, it could obscure the heavens and earth. Such a vast momentum, an overwhelming mighty force, this Ancient Alien Race fierce bird is truly beyond imagination...

Faced with such a scene, Ye Tianchen and Master Fang Yi were both stunned and couldn’t help but eagerly look at the picture below, truly wanting to know what kind of species this domineering Ancient Alien Race is, what exactly is this fierce bird?

Bang!

The heavens and earth seemed to explode, as this gigantic bird silhouette rushed from the horizon, traversing the sea of flames in an instant, arriving before the eminent monk of the Buddhist Sect, revealing its form to the Buddhist monk, allowing Ye Tianchen and Master Fang Yi to behold the true face of this fierce bird from the Ancient Alien Race.

”This... this... this...” Master Fang Yi paused three times but still couldn’t utter the name of this fierce bird.

As for Ye Tianchen, he was equally dumbfounded, staring blankly. He had no knowledge of what kind of Ancient Alien Race fierce bird this was. With limited understanding of the Martial Arts World, especially those ancient and prehistoric legends, Ye Tianchen knew very little. However, he was shocked, truly astounded, for the first time in history, he was stunned like this. This expression appeared for the first time as he stared wide-eyed at the picture. The fierce bird before the Buddhist monk’s predecessor was an enormous bird, its entire body blazing with flames, even its eyes were burning with two strong flames. Particularly on top of this huge bird’s head was a fiery red crest, looking extremely intimidating, emitting waves of divine power, all fiery red, astonishing beyond belief.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The huge fire bird’s eyes suddenly shot out two beams of fire light, a kind of light capable of annihilating and melting everything, piercing through the void as if traversing through it, heading straight for the Buddhist monk.

This time, faced with the attack of the huge fire bird, the eminent monk of the Buddhist Emperor Realm dared not be careless, quickly retreating a few steps, sweeping the golden Kasaya on his body, blocking it in front of himself, stopping the fire beams shot from the bird’s eyes outside his Kasaya. At the same time, the Buddhist monk was the first to strike, punching towards the huge fire bird.

Bang!

As the Buddhist monk’s punch blasted towards the huge fire bird, the bird did not just sit around waiting—it spread its wings with a fierce tremor, from which a fiery red sword radiance shot out, striking towards the monk’s punch power.

Despite standing still, the Buddhist monk left the huge fire bird shaken and thrown a few meters back, barely stabilizing itself, though it appeared inferior. This left Ye Tianchen and Master Fang Yi speechless. An Emperor Realm figure, how powerful is that? Although there are deeper realms above the Emperor Realm, few throughout history could transcend, so in the minds of all martial artists, someone of the Emperor Realm is invincible, the master of this Martial Arts World, and indeed it is so. Upon reaching the Emperor Realm, even without being invincible under heaven, one is absolutely capable of traversing the Martial Arts World, the vast universe entirely within their reach.

Yet, this huge fire bird, in the span of a breath, rushed from the edge of the sky to the Buddhist emperor realm monk, leaving nothingness in its path. Such destructive power is astonishing, beyond imagination, engaging in direct combat with the monk and not falling behind, not defeated by a single punch, it is indeed powerful. Even those previous fierce birds of the Ancient Alien Race fought the Buddhist monk for long, with lengthy descriptions in over ten paintings, yet none could display such might. It’s due to the monk’s merciful nature, unwilling to unleash a great carnage, that this Ancient Alien Race was not obliterated before the return of this huge fire bird. The mercy of this Buddhist monk, wishing to redeem this Ancient Alien Race, left room for negotiation; he did not wish to pursue a path of destruction, exterminating all living things.

”What kind of Ancient Alien Race is this, a bird aflame all over, so powerful?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

”Golden Crow!” Master Fang Yi heavily uttered these two words.

”What? Golden Crow? Is this the legendary Three-legged Golden Crow?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but ask in shock.

”Indeed, who would have thought that the ancient race exterminated by the Buddhist monks of yesteryear was actually the Golden Crow. This is the legendary Divine Bird, Immortal Bird, born at the dawn of the world, always living in the most powerful manner. No strong individual throughout history has dared claim they could exterminate this species. Did the Buddhist monks of the past sacrifice themselves to bring peace for the Human Clan?” Master Fang Yi spoke with deep emotion.

Stunned, shocked, Ye Tianchen didn’t know how to express his feelings. He never imagined that millions of years ago, the ancient alien race eradicated by this Buddhist Emperor Realm monk was actually the legendary Golden Crow Clan. This fierce bird species has existed since the world’s inception, always been formidable, unrivaled in the heavens and earth. Although there was never an ultimate supreme being as the ancient alien race spoke of, each Divine Bird of the Golden Crow Clan is inherently powerful, possessing incredible abilities to soar and navigate the heavens and earth. Just from the sight of this massive firebird clashing with a Buddhist Emperor Realm monk, one can see the might of this Bird Clan.

Although Ye Tianchen had never heard of the legends concerning the Golden Crow Clan, there were many legends on China’s land in the mortal world, proving the strength of this species. However, whether the earthly secular world legends are true, or if they explain some roots, is unknown. Ye Tianchen remembered the story as follows:

”East of Penglai, on Daiyu Mountain, there is the Fusang Tree, towering ten thousand feet high. At the top of the tree is a heavenly rooster, with its nest above. Every night at midnight, the heavenly rooster crows, and the celestial bird responds at midday; when the celestial bird crows, all roosters under the sky crow.” Legend has it this bird is the essence of the sun, residing in its midst.

During the era of Ancient Emperor Yao, ten suns suddenly appeared in the sky, scorching the land and wilting the crops, causing a terrible drought and immense suffering for the people.

Emperor Yao prayed to the Heavenly Emperor for rescue. The Heavenly Emperor sent Yi to aid Emperor Yao.

Yi, also known as Hou Yi, was a deity skilled in archery. As Hou Yi bid farewell to the Heavenly Emperor, the Emperor bestowed upon him a red bow and a white quiver filled with arrows.

Hou Yi, accompanied by his wife Henge, came to the human world. Henge, later known as Chang’e, was an exceptionally beautiful woman. Emperor Yao was overjoyed to see them, extending the warmest welcome, and requested them to immediately wield their divine power to discipline the unruly suns.

Hou Yi, pleased with Emperor Yao’s compliments and request, confidently took out the bow and arrows bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor, headed to the plaza, aimed at one of the ten suns in the sky, and swiftly shot an arrow. Initially, there was no movement, but shortly after, that sun abruptly burst open, scattering chaotic firelight, as golden feathers fell down. With a loud crash, a huge, bright red object fell. When people rushed over to look, it turned out to be an enormous, golden Three-legged Crow, with Hou Yi’s Divine Arrow still lodged in its body. Looking up, there was indeed one less sun in the sky, prompting a joyful cheer from the people.

Emboldened, Hou Yi shot a second arrow, and another sun fell, again stirring thunderous cheers. Then, with the third arrow, the fourth... one arrow after another was shot, causing the suns to fall one by one, and the cheers continued without end. The air promptly cooled, and the disastrous drought seemed on the verge of resolution.

Emperor Yao was naturally ecstatic. However, when he saw only one sun remaining in the sky, and Hou Yi seemingly unrelenting in his eagerness to shoot more arrows, he panicked and quickly removed all remaining arrows from Hou Yi’s quiver. This reminded Hou Yi that leaving one sun was crucial; otherwise, the world would be plunged into darkness, which would be troubling.

Such stories circulated in the earthly secular world. Whether they are true is unverified, but Ye Tianchen and Master Fang Yi know that such a Golden Crow Clan truly existed in the world and that an egg preserved from millions of years ago still exists within the ”Sealing Demon Cliff” in Earth’s Three Ancient Martial Worlds, specifically within the Song Mountain Ancient Martial World. Needless to say, the fierce bird within this egg is certainly the descendant of the savage, human-eating Golden Crow Clan.

The simplest way to recognize a Golden Crow is by fire; their entire body is ablaze with flames, they are monstrous birds with three legs, extremely ferocious, and wish to annihilate any living being they encounter, as if they rule the world, untouchable by anyone. Even from ancient times, some supremes, heavenly kings, and great emperors have emerged — these are titles of the strongest among ancient alien races, demons, and the Human Clan — yet no Supreme Strong like the Buddhist Emperor Realm monk ever truly aimed to eradicate this species...(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation tickets or monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)