Within the territory of the Xuan Bird, no other birds or beasts dared to approach.
It was close to the third watch, and this sudden noise was particularly jarring.
"Gui Hu?"
Xin Lin perked up, and turned her head back.
But behind her, there was no trace of the Rascal Corpse?
Not a single ghostly presence.
Xin Lin looked suspiciously, glancing at the eggs nearby.
Sothing wasn’t right!
Xin Lin gaped, staring ahead, she couldn’t have seen wrong, could she? One egg was missing.
Xin Lin’s scalp tingled, and she hurriedly looked down, finding that sure enough, beneath the ancient tree, there was a scattering of broken eggshells.
It seed that the earlier noise had been the sound of an egg falling to the ground.
"Could it have been the wind that knocked the egg down? The unlucky little fellow, hasn’t even hatched yet and already t its end."
Xin Lin shook her head.
But just as Xin Lin looked up again, a flash of white appeared before her eyes, and a shadow of an egg rolled down from above her.
Crack—
Another egg fell from in front of Xin Lin’s eyes, crashing down.
This ti, Xin Lin was certain that the egg had not been knocked down by the wind.
Xin Lin’s scalp tingled again, her gaze swiftly turning to the remaining eggs.
Eggs can’t possibly fall down on their own, right?
Xin Lin looked on doubtfully, when suddenly, her eyelids twitched, and she noticed the Grey Egg move!
Yes, it really moved, the out-of-place Grey Egg shuddered, tipped its butt, and bumped an adjacent egg out of the nest.
Crack—
Another crack sounded.
Goodness !
Xin Lin’s eyes widened in shock, eggs were committing fratricide!
That Grey Egg was so arrogant, it was as if it didn’t even notice Xin Lin at all, again and again, it shook its butt, left and right, sweeping down the other Xuan Bird Eggs in the nest like autumn leaves with a swift posture, eliminating five or six of them in one go.
The motion was fluid and utterly shaless.
"Holy moly! Is this the Overlord Egg, a law unto itself?"
When the abnormal is afoot, there must be demonic trickery at play; after the Grey Egg exterminated the other eggs, it joyfully rolled around on the spot.
By now, Xin Lin had seen all too clearly, that Grey Egg was definitely not a Xuan Bird Egg.
Among the Bird Clan, there’s a certain practice where so birds lay their eggs in other birds’ nests, to be incubated by another mother bird, and after hatching, they may even attack other birdlings in the sa nest.
Clearly, this Grey Egg had taken active asures to enjoy the exclusive favor of Aunt Bird by attacking the others.
As the sole witness, one could only imagine how Xin Lin felt at this mont.
"Never mind that, the best plan now is to beat a hasty retreat; otherwise, once Aunt Bird cos back and sees her lineage ended, I’m the one who’s going to get killed."
Xin Lin broke out in a cold sweat.
She could no longer care about where Gui Hu had gone; grabbing handfuls of Wind Breath Grass, she stuffed it about herself in a panic, and hurriedly prepared to descend the tree and flee for her life.
Xin Lin moved quickly, using both hands and feet, and with the cover of night, soon descended the tree.
As soon as she turned around, there was an extra egg in front of her.
"!!!"
With a bewildered face, the Grey Egg hopped along, actually following her out of the nest.
"Overlord Egg, why are you following ? You’re already an only child, go back now."
Xin Lin took off running.
(Mommy... Mommy... don’t leave behind)
The Grey Egg didn’t ss around, the presence of Fu Xi’s Energy on Xin Lin was irresistibly tempting.
It hopped after Xin Lin.
Xin Lin ran all the way, thinking she was already safe, but then, a terrifying screech ca from above.
Xin Lin looked up to see Aunt Bird swooping down from the sky, her multicolored feathers all spread out, and her brown eyes filled with unbridled fury!
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