This is one of the flying savage beasts, with the head of an owl and a lion's body with four eagle claws.
The thunderbird is closely related to the gryphon, and their genes are very similar, both belonging to beings with extremely high-level abilities from birth.
Moreover, such savage beasts appearing in the sky are almost considered to have very few natural enemies.
[Thunderbird]
[Gender: Male]
[Race: Beastkin]
[Level: C-level]
[Talents: Thunder and lightning, agility, wind blade]
Chu Tian calculated in his mind and then quickly flew down between the tall buildings.
The thunderbird saw Chu Tian descending and clearly didn't want its potential meal to escape, so it quickly followed.
Chu Tian spotted a tall building not far away and flew directly into it.
The thunderbird, following closely behind, flew through the broken glass windows of the building.
Upon landing, the thunderbird's owl-like eyes stared intently at Chu Tian from a distance.
"Well, if it were before, I might have been afraid of you. But now, sorry, tonight I'd like to taste wings as big as yours."
After hearing these words, the thunderbird seemed provoked. After all, as a C-level savage beast, it might not speak human language, but it could understand it to some extent.
The provoked thunderbird made a sound like an owl and swiftly flapped its wings, sending a wind blade towards Chu Tian's waist.
However, Chu Tian's figure suddenly moved, and he disappeared from the thunderbird's sight.
The thunderbird also realized the danger and quickly turned its body. It saw Chu Tian, who had used Blink, already appearing behind it, blocking its only escape route, the window.
Though both were C-level, the thunderbird's talents were not as varied as Chu Tian's, who possessed the system.
Feeling the impending danger, the thunderbird's feet started to freeze.
But Chu Tian wouldn't let the thunderbird escape. He intensified the output of his ice talent, causing the ice that had formed on the thunderbird's feet to spread further.
Desperate, the thunderbird tried to fly upward, but the distance between the floors of the building wasn't enough to allow it to fully spread its wings and take off.
After two failed attempts to break through the ceiling, the thunderbird's body became surrounded by electric sparks. It then opened its beak and released a lightning bolt towards Chu Tian.
Chu Tian also had the Thunder and Lightning talent. He summoned his own lightning to counter the attack from the thunderbird.
Seeing that its lightning attack failed, the thunderbird frantically swung its body, attempting to break the ice on its feet.
However, Chu Tian wouldn't allow the thunderbird to escape. He increased the output of his ice talent, and a few seconds later, the thunderbird turned into an ice sculpture.
At this moment, the system's notification finally appeared in Chu Tian's mind.
After gaining 180 talent points, Chu Tian chose to decompose the thunderbird.
Even though all four of his attributes had broken through the 200 mark, he couldn't easily face B-level savage beasts in this area.
Although Chu Tian had already achieved a significant level of power, the dangers here were on a completely different level compared to the four-task zones. Most of the savage beasts here were within the top fifty ranks.
Chu Tian took out twenty spirit energy crystals from the system's space and began absorbing them.
After absorbing all twenty crystals, he took out another twenty and continued the process. He absorbed nearly a hundred spirit energy crystals before feeling that his body was saturated with spiritual energy.
He released his grip, and the spirit energy crystals, which were now devoid of energy, turned into ashes and dispersed.
The city of ruins was now engulfed in darkness as night had fallen. Chu Tian had absorbed enough spiritual energy crystals and was ready to leave this area and return to his base.
However, just as he was about to leave, he heard the sound of approaching footsteps from below.
He immediately extended his spiritual perception and sensed thirteen mercenaries with heavy firearms and high-defense exoskeleton armor advancing towards his floor. Three B-level talent users led the group.
The leader was a burly man named Yang Weili, possessing steel-like physique and the Fire talent. The other two were named Costa and Reggie.
Costa had the Ice talent, while Reggie possessed the talents of Invisibility and a talent called Purification, which could eliminate most negative effects.
Chu Tian promptly copied Reggie's Purification talent and activated invisibility. He quietly descended to a corner and observed the surrounding area using his spiritual perception.
At that moment, his spiritual perception detected a savage beast on the outskirts. It was a B-level savage beast, ranked twentieth, known as the Venomhorn Lizard. It had a lizard-like head with a poisonous horn on top.
The Venomhorn Lizard resembled a horse, covered in thick scales with powerful and clawed limbs.
This savage beast had strong defenses and, in addition to its poisonous horn and claws, possessed terrifying talents, including high-speed regeneration and a fear-inducing sonic wave.
Chu Tian already had the ability to regenerate, so he immediately copied the fear-inducing sonic wave.
Although this talent was not particularly powerful, it was ineffective against higher-level savage beasts and warriors.
"Everyone, get into formation for defense."
The group of mercenaries had now reached Chu Tian's floor and formed a peculiar defensive formation. The three B-level talent users were in the front, while the rest of the team members held heavy firearms behind them in three rows.
"Prepare for suppression," said Reggie, one of the mercenaries. He then took out a large machete from his spatial ring, and at the same time, his figure quietly disappeared.
At that moment, the Venomhorn Lizard gradually revealed its figure. It was about three meters long, with a sturdy body, lizard-like head, and sharp teeth in its mouth.
The Venomhorn Lizard shook its head and then sniffed around with its two large nostrils before quickly making way for its body.
A loud metallic sound was heard.
Reggie reappeared, and his attempt to decapitate the Venomhorn Lizard had been easily evaded.
The leader, Yang Weili, released a large burst of flames that exploded in front of the Venomhorn Lizard, forming a wall of flames that separated them from the beast.