Chapter 鬼车,又被称之为九头鸟,在远古时代就已是路人皆知的凶鸟,它有许多传说与源流,无人可以清晰知晓这一神鸟真正的起源,唯一可以确认的是,它同样源自最强大的神鸟‘凤’,但却并非是九凤的直系,更不是九凤本身. Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day

Perhaps their ancestor was indeed a Jiu Feng who fell into the path of evil, but after transforming into the Gui Che lineage, most of the relationship was severed.

Gui Che is a synonym for disaster and ferocity, fond of eating young ones, causing disasters with dripping blood, and possessing powerful strength and supernatural powers. It can capture souls, flap its wings like a Peng, and its multiple heads can warn each other, making it a relatively powerful species among divine birds.

The divine bird Gui Che, occupying the beast god realm, the main city of the feathered race, now possesses the strength of the Transcendent Peak. It does not have the nine heads like its legendary ancestor, but only three. Upon advancing to the leader rank, it can have six heads, and when it reaches the Overlord level, it can recreate the power of its ancestor.

Each head of the Gui Che has a different personality and its own relatively independent will. Its first head is the most active. After learning that the multinational action team from Earth had entered, it immediately made a decision: "That little peacock told us this news, definitely intending to divert the trouble. It wants us to fight with those immortal realm visitors, preferably to both our detriment."

"Speaking of which, these immortal realm remnants are really strange. The immortals and gods left long ago. It's already good that we haven't invaded them, so how dare they come to invade us?"

"Don't underestimate the opponent. The previous Peacock King was killed by them, which proves that the other side also has experts of the same level as the Beast Kings. Otherwise, the little peacock wouldn't be diverting the trouble so openly—because they have such strength, if we don't attack, they will take the initiative to attack us."

The second head shook its head, good at analyzing: "So we can naturally divert the trouble too—the previous Peacock King died, and the scaled and furred races are eyeing our territory. I know that there are hidden troops of theirs at the border... Let out the news, saying that there are treasures left by the Peacock King there. This is the absolute truth, no matter how you verify it!"

Saying so, its tone was eerie: "To ensure authenticity, we'll pretend not to know the existence of those hidden troops, and send some guards over, disguising it as escorting secret messages. Let the scaled and furred races 'accidentally' obtain these messages, and they will take action on their own."

As for the guards who were sacrificed as a bitter ploy, it was clear that they were not under consideration by the Gui Che. As for the other divine birds, the struggles among their feathered race's high-level members also adhered to certain limits. They could fight each other, but if they encountered the other four races, even if they didn't agree, they wouldn't interfere.

The third head was the simplest and most direct. It raised its head, full of blood, and laughed wildly: "When they fight, we'll eat them all!"

One could hear that within the language spoken by the divine bird Gui Che, one could faintly discern some shadows of Chinese, even a strangely accented ancient Chinese.

This was not strange.

In the past, the immortals and gods intended to civilize the beast god realm, elevating all divine beasts, spiritual beasts, and even purely wild beasts into intelligent species, and taught them their civilization before leaving.

Although, later, powerful creatures, mainly divine beasts, forcibly erased the results of this civilization, but ultimately, they still didn't completely create their own language and writing, but simply repaired and reorganized the civilization brought by the immortals and gods, transforming it into its current appearance.

And just as the three heads of the Gui Che were communicating with each other, finalizing the next plan, they were still eating.

And its food was a huge yellow ox with the strength of an awakened high-rank, a full twelve meters long and seven meters high. Even though the three-headed Gui Che had a wingspan of nearly thirty meters and a height of more than ten meters, that was still a rich feast.

The hierarchy of the beast god realm is divided into offering species, servant species, production species, combat species, and divine beast species.

In the beast god realm, the vast majority of the yellow ox race are offering species and servant species, without intelligence, only using their rapidly growing bodies and the relatively powerful strength among spiritual beasts of the same rank as food and servants for the upper-level combat species and divine beast species.

However, a small number of the yellow ox race, due to the grace of some divine beasts, were able to possess intelligence and enter the ranks of the production species, existing as blacksmiths and artisans.

Now it seems that this kind of grace may not be a good thing.

This was a mother yellow ox, currently pregnant, but it was clear that this was instead to add to the Gui Che's enjoyment, or it was deliberate, because the Gui Che was originally a ferocious bird fond of devouring young ones.

One could hear that, due to excessive blood loss, the mother yellow ox was already in a daze. It didn't realize that its unborn child had been eaten clean by the Gui Che, and was still pleading in a muddled language.

"Lord, Lord...please don't eat me... A leg is fine, half a body is fine, I can offer it..."

"I still have a family, still have children, let me go back, I can continue to work for the lords..."

But how could the Gui Che feel pity because of such words? It didn't care about the yellow ox's pleas at all, and just commented: "The blood food of the offering species is bland and tasteless, only filling the stomach, and has little spiritual energy. Although the servant species has a little bit of spiritual energy, in the final analysis it has no soul, and tastes like a little sugar was added."

"The production species are very comfortable, the angry soul is a stimulating taste, the begging soul is a sweet taste, the hateful soul is a sour taste... Never tire of eating, each is different!"

And its most active first head seemed to be unable to bear the yellow ox's endless murmuring, and it sighed with pity: "Alas, don't worry, little ox, your family is already complete, don't worry, you will all reunite in my belly."

At this moment, it could be seen that in the divine bird hall of the feathered race's main city, the Gui Che's guards and descendants were enjoying a rare feast of blood food with souls. One by one, yellow oxen, large and small, were torn apart, their skins peeled off, and hung aside as raw materials for making leather armor.

Blood flowed, and the sweet taste of spiritual flesh overflowed, and all the carnivorous and omnivorous races couldn't help but breathe heavily, while the herbivorous races had no reaction.

All of this was made public, and all the production species and combat species around the main city who saw this scene were accustomed to it, and even some production species bent their limbs towards the divine bird hall, prostrating on the ground, as if praying and congratulating.

"To be eaten by the lord, to fill its stomach, is such a great blessing. The Niu Kuan family being eaten will surely be able to reincarnate under the gaze of the Life Lord God in the future, and become combat species!"

The one who said this was a large snake of the scaled race. It was a physician in charge of refining herbal medicine. There were creatures of other races in the territories of each race, but the ruling divine beast decided which race this territory belonged to.

There were even some production species who were also of the ox race, who were both jealous and painful, roaring and angrily hitting the ground: "Why isn't it me? Lord, I also have a strong body, eat me, even if it's just one leg!"

Regarding all of this, the yellow ox being eaten was just trembling.

It didn't dare to resist, and even never had the consciousness of resistance in its heart. In the last moments of its life, it just murmured: "All of this is a gift from the Life Lord God... But Lord Gui Che, after I die, will my soul really return to the Life Lord God, waiting for reincarnation and rebirth?"

--Of course not, your souls are just the seasoning for my banquet, and besides, the Life Lord God died long ago, only you stupid beasts would believe it.

Although thinking so, the divine bird Gui Che revealed a compassionate 'smile'.

It stretched out its head and plucked a piece of internal organ from the yellow ox. This action not only didn't have the slightest hint of ferocity, but instead appeared sacred and solemn: "Of course."

While swallowing the yellow ox's internal organs, the Gui Che said with compassion: "After you die, you can reincarnate according to your blessings - the blessing of being eaten by me is enough for your whole family to reincarnate as combat species."

"...Is...that...so..."

Exhaling its last breath, the yellow ox died happily.

It had the strength of an awakened high-rank, and although the cultivation technique it practiced was crude and rough, it was not weak with brute force alone.

Even if it couldn't do anything to the Transcendent Peak Gui Che, it was enough to make the other party not eat so happily and smoothly—it could resist.

But it didn't.

It even deliberately suppressed its body's instinctive reactions, not daring to move around randomly, so as not to affect Lord Gui Che's mood and reduce its blessings.

After a full meal, the three heads of the Gui Che cried out loudly. It laughed and flew into the sky, overlooking its city, a city of towering towers belonging to the feathered race, from a height of a thousand meters.

From the offering species to the servant species, from the production species to the combat species.

From flesh to soul, from faith to civilization.

Everything, all the buildings, all the property. Whether it was the food planted by the beasts, the weapons and tools they made, the authority and glory they enjoyed, or their lives themselves.

Everything in the beast god realm belonged to the divine beasts - even the Living Lord Tree, which was ostensibly respectfully worshiped by all the divine beast beast kings, was actually just a long-dead tree.

Only divine beasts were the only ruling class. Even the combat species that ostensibly shared the glory of the divine beasts were just watchdogs.

Could the civilization blueprints left by the immortals and gods provide this kind of authority, this kind of power, this kind of supreme status?

"The civilization of the immortal realm, even the supreme Celestial Venerable, must plan and think for the immortals, gods, and ordinary mortals, and even a Dragon King of one realm must perform cloud and rain for the mortals—this kind of civilization simply regards the strong and the Dao of Heaven as nothing."

The divine bird Gui Che would forever reject the civilization of the immortals and gods, and would forever support the civilization of the beast god realm. Its will was the will of all the divine beasts of the beast god realm.

"Natural evolution, survival of the fittest, this is the right path."