Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor-Chapter 1000: White-Headed Eagle

In the Bitao Mountain Range, the most formidable Spirit Beasts were not those that ran on the ground, but those that flew in the sky.

Those giant flying creatures, with their sharp beaks and talons, could overlook a radius of dozens of miles from ten thousand meters high. Once they spotted their prey, they would swoop down and launch a fierce attack, which was almost impossible to guard against.

At this moment, there were more than a hundred of such birds diving down from the sky, their number comparable to that of the Spirit Beasts chasing after Fang Bai and his companions.

These flying creatures had bodies covered in black, except for a few white down feathers on the top of their heads, earning them the name White-Headed Eagles. They belonged to a particularly formidable category among the flying Spirit Beasts.

These White-Headed Eagles were all fully grown, with lifespans mostly around four hundred years. They were huge in size, with wingspans of more than ten meters wide. Their dive was so overwhelming it could cover the sky and block out the sun, creating an astonishing momentum.

Huang Miao and the others looked up at the descent of the dark swarm of White-Headed Eagles, bringing with them a terrifying presence. They stood there, wide-eyed and motionless, not daring to make a move.

In the blink of an eye, the White-Headed Eagles flew right above their heads, then whooshed past, hurtling toward the hundreds of Spirit Beasts chasing from behind.

"Phew..."

Huang Miao and the others breathed a sigh of relief, now realizing that the White-Headed Eagles’ target was not the five of them, but the hundreds of Spirit Beasts that were pursuing them.

"I’ve heard that White-Headed Eagles are extremely fierce carnivorous Spirit Beasts with a strong propensity for attacking, but why did they let us go and attack their own kind? That’s really strange," Huang Miao muttered to himself with a face full of surprise and puzzlement as he turned his head to watch the hundred White-Headed Eagles that had just swooped past overhead.

Hou Ziping said, "It is very strange. But as long as they don’t come to attack us, we should be grateful."

Liu Liehu asked, "Should we continue forward and enter between those Ice Peaks?"

"It’s very cold there. If we get too close, we might not be able to withstand the chill."

Liu Qingqing was blessed with an Innate Water Spirit Root. Her sensitivity to rain, ice, and snow was many times keener than that of an ordinary Martial Artist. Although she was several miles away from the massive Ice Peaks, she could still feel the wisps of bitter cold emanating from them.

Being able to sense the cold from miles away, one could only imagine how low the temperature would be in the areas surrounded by the Ice Peaks.

Liu Qingqing, with her Innate Water Spirit Root, naturally had no fear of rain, ice, and snow. In fact, she felt a natural affinity for them. If she were among the Ice Peaks, even the lowest temperatures would not affect her. What worried her was that her brother, Liu Liehu, and the others might not endure the cold’s invasion.

Huang Miao looked back at Fang Bai, who was falling far behind, and said, "Junior Brother Fang hasn’t arrived yet; let’s wait for him here. I also feel that there seems to be unknown dangers lurking between those Ice Peaks, so we shouldn’t rashly enter."

So the five of them moved to the side and waited behind a towering tree that soared dozens of feet high.

The hundred Spirit Beasts that pursued seemed to be on the verge of catching up to Fang Bai and surrounding him when the White-Headed Eagles unsuspectingly swooped down from the sky, launching a ferocious attack on them.

Two different types of bloodthirsty, ferocious Spirit Beasts soon became entangled in a fierce battle.

The white-headed eagles in the sky and the spirit beasts on the ground were roughly equal in number, essentially a one-on-one situation. However, in terms of individual combat strength and synchronized coordination, the white-headed eagles, which could freely soar in the air, were obviously a cut above.

Within just a dozen breaths, more than ten of the spirit beasts on the ground had been wounded by the white-headed eagles’ sharp talons like knife edges, their skin turned inside out, blood streaming, and their roars unceasing.

Initially, under Shi Gang’s control, those spirit beasts had been pursuing Fang Bai as their target. Unexpectedly, they were suddenly attacked by the white-headed eagles on the way, thus thrown into disarray, each fending for themselves. Who would still care about Fang Bai’s life or death?

Shi Gang, who was riding a Fire Cloud Leopard and standing on a distant hillside controlling the spirit beasts, had a dark expression on his face.

He had been full of confidence, believing that under the attack of hundreds of spirit beasts, Fang Bai and the others were as good as dead. However, he couldn’t have anticipated that a group of "uninvited guests" would appear midway and ruin his plan.

Watching his controlled spirit beasts being overwhelmed by the white-headed eagles, and with more than half already injured, Shi Gang was shocked, angry, annoyed, and anxious. He couldn’t understand why those white-headed eagles would suddenly go crazy and attack their own kind.

However, Shi Gang quickly noticed something strange, and a look of surprise and suspicion crossed his face.

Those white-headed eagles, seemingly crazed and fearless in the face of death, were attacking with a certain pattern. This was clearly the result of being controlled.

"Who is covertly controlling the white-headed eagles and acting against me?"

Shi Gang’s gaze swept around as he stimulated the divine sense contained within the black jade pendant hanging from his chest, carefully searching for the other party’s whereabouts.

Yet, despite searching the area within several hundred meters, he found nothing. It was evident that the location of the person secretly controlling the white-headed eagles lay beyond the scope of Shi Gang’s divine sense.

This situation implied that the person covertly controlling the white-headed eagles not only understood the way of beast taming but also had a greater range of divine sense than Shi Gang, capable of influencing the white-headed eagles from a further distance.

Shi Gang knew that he was not a match for this hidden adversary in the way of beast taming. The hope of killing Fang Bai and the others by relying on spirit beasts had grown unlikely.

Shi Gang had originally prepared to personally take action if his control of the spirit beasts to kill Fang Bai and others failed, thinking that his true cultivation level of Heaven Level Perfection, comparable to a direct disciple, would still make taking down Fang Bai and the others no problem.

But now, the unknown individual hiding in the shadows controlling the white-headed eagles made Shi Gang hesitate.

Shi Gang did not know who the person controlling the white-headed eagles was, nor did he know whether the opponent’s strength was stronger or weaker than his own. In a situation where the enemy lurked in the shadows while he was exposed, he dared not rashly make a move.

This opportunity was rare, and if he couldn’t kill Fang Bai and the others, it would raise the alarm. Finding another suitable chance to make a move would be far more difficult.

Watching the increasing casualties of the spirit beasts he controlled, and as the divine sense within his chest pendant gradually weakened, Shi Gang hesitated for a moment before finally severing the divine sense and giving up control of the spirit beasts.

The beasts that were being controlled suddenly awoke from their frenzied state, only to find themselves under the ferocious assault of a flock of white-headed eagles, covered in wounds and having no desire to continue fighting, they began to flee in all directions.

The white-headed eagles did not pursue their victory. After Fang Bai withdrew his divine sense and severed his control of them, they circled in the air for a while before flying back into the clouds surrounding the distant Ice Peak.

"The person hidden in the shadows is obviously helping Fang Bai and the others. For me, he is an enemy, not a friend!"

Shi Gang jumped down from the Fire Cloud Leopard, letting it flee, and then, looking up at the flock of white-headed eagles returning to Ice Peak, his gaze dark and intense, his brows deeply furrowed, he pondered how to find the person lurking in the shadows.