But, Li Xiaotian leaped up directly, even more fierce and faster than the giant eagle swooping down. He extended his hands, leaving the eagle no escape, and grabbed it.
"Human, let go, I do not wish to be your enemy!"
The giant eagle roared, shaking the mountains. Its ominous death knell possessed a terrifying penetrative power, causing some peaks to crack. It wanted to break free from this formidable human.
From its sharp talons, cold light blazed, enough to make an ordinary sixth-tier being resent and explode to death.
However, Li Xiaotian remained unmoved. Instead, he firmly gripped the giant eagle's talons, and his hands began to exert force, making the eagle feel its bones breaking. Blood splattered, and an irresistible great force surged upwards, about to split it in two!
This might was too terrifying, directly spreading and vibrating upwards. The person holding its legs wanted to rip it apart, their power instilling fear.
"No!"
The giant eagle cried out. It had roamed several star domains, rarely encountering an opponent, and had never felt such a threat of death. For the first time, it felt such fear.
This human looked ordinary, but within his not-very-large, slender body, there was such power, like a volcano, like a vast ocean. Grabbing it was as easy as lifting a chick.
*Bang!*
Li Xiaotian released his grip, but his arm hooked onto one of its bloody wings. He flipped onto its back, sitting cross-legged, calm and steady, unmoving like a boulder.
The giant eagle was furious. It was a trial participant, peak sixth-tier, a genius and prodigy, a top contender below the higher tiers. It was powerful and arrogant, otherwise, it wouldn't have qualified to reach this place. It never imagined being treated like this.
It harbored endless killing intent. In all these years, who dared to sit on its back? It wished to immediately spread its wings and tear this person apart with its unparalleled strength, devouring them on the spot.
However, reason made it calm down. Although it was so enraged that its feathers trembled, it forcibly restrained itself.
"Go deeper!" Li Xiaotian said.
The giant eagle was furious, treating it as a mount, and its tone was so calm, without a ripple of emotion, which only made it more enraged.
It soared upwards, its feathers bristling as if about to ignite. A terrifying power fluctuation emanated from its body, its muscles and bones rippling, capable of destroying everything.
Unfortunately, it had encountered Li Xiaotian. It was impossible to shake him. No matter how violently it thrashed, Li Xiaotian merely struck it with his palm, causing it to crack all over and cough up blood.
Moreover, what was more important was Li Xiaotian's utter indifference, as if he were doing something trivial, not even furrowing his brow throughout the entire process.
This feeling made the giant eagle extremely fearful, as if it were facing a high-tier expert, not an equal opponent. The person's demeanor was also the same.
Seeing that the giant eagle was not yielding, Li Xiaotian struck it with another palm, almost shattering it in the sky.
"If you don't want to die, obey!"
The giant eagle trembled with fear upon hearing this. It knew that if it harbored any more hostility, it would likely be coldly shattered by this person and turn into a mist of blood.
For some reason, its body betrayed its will, involuntarily convulsing with terror.
"Who are you? Humans rarely have such powerful individuals!"
The giant eagle spoke, eager to know the person's identity.
"Li Xiaotian." The youth on its back replied calmly, sitting on it unmovably like a boulder.
Upon hearing this, the giant eagle's body trembled, its feathers stood on end, and its voice quivered, "Which... Li Xiaotian?!"
"The one you think it is," Li Xiaotian said lightly.
"Li Xiaotian! The Li Xiaotian who killed Mo Lin?! Is it really you?"
At this moment, the giant eagle was trembling all over, its bones feeling like they were falling apart, cracking with a *ka-ka* sound. It couldn't believe it, its heart filled with shock.
It finally understood why this human was so powerful. Human Li Xiaotian, who had killed Mo Lin and destroyed the projection of a high-tier expert. It had long heard of Li Xiaotian's name.
Subsequently, the giant eagle's consciousness sank into the stone tablet in its mind. It saw Li Xiaotian's name on the stone tablet and immediately regretted it. If it had known earlier that Li Xiaotian had also come, it wouldn't have attacked just now.
Originally, when it saw Li Xiaotian, it thought he was human and surely not strong, so it wanted to kill him casually. But who would have thought it had kicked an iron plate?