Unconsciously, Xiao Teng had returned to the area where he had first undergone Rebirth.
Suddenly, a clear eagle cry came from ahead.
Listening closely, the eagle cry carried a hint of sadness.
"It's that Golden Eagle!"
After his strength increased, Xiao Teng was naturally not afraid of the Golden Eagle.
He completely disregarded the eagle cry coming from the sky.
Although he wasn't afraid of the Golden Eagle, he couldn't hit it either; Xiao Teng still didn't have any means of long-range attack for now.
Xiao Teng chose to ignore it.
"Hmm? It seems to be looking for the culprit who killed its young."
After walking for a while, Xiao Teng noticed the eagle cry was still there.
Xiao Teng looked up and saw that the Golden Eagle had been following him the whole time.
Moreover, Xiao Teng had already seen the Golden Eagle occasionally dive down and then grab a snake and smash it to death.
It was a blatant provocation.
"Scram!"
Xiao Teng transmitted his voice to the Golden Eagle in the sky.
"Caw—"
The Golden Eagle let out an unwilling cry, glared at Xiao Teng with hatred in its eyes, and then flew away weakly.
Xiao Teng had left his scent when he ate the young, so the Golden Eagle already knew who the killer of its child was.
And the killer even dared to appear brazenly in its territory.
What was even more frustrating was that it couldn't do anything to this killer.
A ten-meter-long python could already swallow an eagle.
...
"So you're here."
Xiao Teng extended his tongue to sense the scent, then pulled out a two-meter-long large flowered python from a burrow.
The large flowered python tilted its head, flicked its tongue to analyze the scent, and then wagged its tail in a friendly manner, clearly recognizing him.
"Hiss, hiss!"
Xiao Teng didn't waste any more words and directly transmitted his voice.
"Come with me, I'll protect you. The mountains are very dangerous now."
"Hiss, hiss?"
"A group of two-legged beasts has come here. They are very powerful; you will die if you encounter them."
After speaking, Xiao Teng threw a remaining wild boar leg to it, showing his sincerity.
The large flowered python happily ate the wild boar leg, then rubbed affectionately against Xiao Teng.
Xiao Teng pushed it away in disgust, then transmitted his voice again.
"My name is Xiao Teng. You probably don't have a name yet, do you?"
"I'll give you a name. You'll be called A'Huang."
A'Huang was the name of Xiao Teng's dog in his previous life; that old dog had already passed away.
A'Huang nodded to indicate acceptance, then rubbed against Xiao Teng again, "Hiss, hiss~"
Xiao Teng pushed it away helplessly, "Don't get so close."
In the afternoon, Xiao Teng and A'Huang caught a lynx, then raided a rabbit hole. Although they didn't Devour any talents, their Evolution Points successfully reached over a hundred.
Closing the panel, Xiao Teng exhaled contentedly, "Over a hundred, I can advance again."
"System, I want to advance!"
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for reaching Tenth Order of Mortal Body. The next rank, First Order of Metamorphosis, requires 300 Evolution Points!"
"Three hundred Evolution Points, the Evolution Points required for advancement are getting more and more."
"The rank name has changed; the next rank is First Order of Metamorphosis."
Xiao Teng had a premonition that when he advanced next time, his body would undergo earth-shattering changes; it would be a sublimation of his life level.
After advancing one rank, Xiao Teng's body also grew by a circle, reaching eleven meters, and his strength also increased accordingly.
An eleven-meter-long python is probably the limit that wild pythons can reach.
Throwing a remaining lynx leg to A'Huang, Xiao Teng raised his head and looked at the sky.
"It's almost time. Let's go see if Zheng Qiang has arrived."
Xiao Teng climbed a large tree to observe his surroundings, and A'Huang also learned from Xiao Teng and climbed a large tree.
Xiao Teng instructed A'Huang, "Don't move around."
Then he waited nervously.
Actually, Xiao Teng wasn't very confident that Zheng Qiang would come. He had given Zheng Qiang a Mental Manipulation before, but there were many variables.
After all, Zheng Qiang was currently among a group of people.
Sneaking out of the camp alone in the middle of the night was very suspicious behavior.
The worst outcome would be if Zheng Qiang broke free from the Mental Manipulation and brought a group of people to encircle Xiao Teng.
However, fortunately, Xiao Teng's worries did not materialize.
As soon as the time came, Zheng Qiang arrived as scheduled.
Xiao Teng noticed that Zheng Qiang looked very sluggish, and he wasn't carrying any weapons, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, the Mental Manipulation effect is still active."
After Zheng Qiang finished writing on the dirt with a branch and then put down a bag of meat.
Xiao Teng felt it wasn't safe enough, so he expended more energy to strengthen his Mental Manipulation over Zheng Qiang before letting Zheng Qiang leave.
"Forget about seeing me. Come again tomorrow."
After waiting for two hours, and confirming that no one had followed, Xiao Teng nimbly slid down the tree.
He stared at the bag of beast meat, his heart unable to contain its excitement.
"Looks like a considerable amount."
Picking up the bag, Xiao Teng opened his large mouth and ate all the meat.
This pile of meat included the hunting results of the mountain-sweeping team for an entire day, a mixture of various wild beast meats such as wild boar, goat, and tiger.
Immediately, a series of System prompts appeared in Xiao Teng's ear.
"Endless Devour talent is active..."
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for Devouring F-rank talent Stamina Enhancement!"
"Ding! Strength Enhancement F-rank, Speed Enhancement F-rank, Stamina Enhancement F-rank have been merged into D-rank talent Comprehensive Enhancement!"
"Comprehensive Enhancement (D-rank): Your strength, speed, and stamina are increased by 50% based on your base attributes."
Hearing the System prompt, Xiao Teng was also stunned.
"Holy cow~ Talents can actually be synthesized! Three F-rank talents synthesized into one D-rank talent."
Xiao Teng remembered that the description for the original F-rank enhancement talents was a slight increase, and at that time, Xiao Teng hadn't experienced much change.
But as soon as this talent was acquired, Xiao Teng clearly felt a surge of power within his body, and his entire Qi became sharper.
This talent directly enhanced Xiao Teng's combat power.
And that wasn't all.
The next moment, another System prompt came.
"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for Devouring C-rank talent Lightning Element Affinity!"
"Lightning Element Affinity (C-rank): You have gained the favor of the Lightning Element. You will find it easier to master Lightning Element talents, the power of Lightning Element attacks will increase, and the stamina consumed for casting will decrease."
"Lightning Element, what is that?"
Xiao Teng stared blankly at this talent.
This was clearly something that would only appear after the Inspiration Recovery.
He hadn't mastered Lightning Element attacks yet, so this talent was useless to him for now.
"However, perhaps I will master the Lightning Element in the future."
Tonight, Xiao Teng had Devoured these two talents, one of which directly increased Xiao Teng's physical quality by half.
Xiao Teng felt that his current strangling force could easily twist steel.