Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

The Raven God was filled with questions. It had only briefly lost track of its target when it turned around, but when it looked again, the target had not only changed color, but its aura had also changed. It no longer carried the aura of the curse it had left behind, nor did it exude the aura of a ferocious beast. Instead, it exuded the aura of a divine beast.

The Raven God's mind, which had no brain, could not comprehend this transformation.

In its understanding, mythical beasts belong to the friendly faction.

Should we continue the attack, or stop here?

For a moment, the Raven God was at a loss as to what to do.

On the other side, seeing that the Raven God had stopped attacking and stood there in a daze, Green Ape knew that he had guessed correctly.

Just as Red Ape was about to regain control of the body, he saw this and said with some surprise, "Why is it that when you're in control of the body, this bird-like thing just stops moving? Is it targeting me?"

Green Ape replied, "What Bai Jie said earlier might be true."

"Huh? That guy actually worked? What did he say?"

"..."

Green Ape was silent for a moment, then replied, "Bai Jie said earlier that the Raven God was formed from the lingering resentment of fallen soldiers. The reason we were cursed by the Middle-lower realm for no reason is because of you, and the aura he exuded when using your power reminded the Raven God of his mortal enemies from his past life."

"So it's my fault?"

"..."

Hearing Red Ape's flippant tone, as if he didn't take his words seriously at all, Green Ape suspected that he would be caught in a situation of internal and external troubles, needing to deal with Raven God while also being wary of Red Ape taking over.

Fortunately, Red Ape's behavior and inner thoughts often don't match. All I heard him say was, "Alright, you handle things outside. Call me if you can't handle it."

After saying that, Red Ape turned its attention to another version of itself.

Even after being kicked out of the account, Xiao was still in a state of "airsickness," feeling dizzy and reacting very slowly.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, and even though Hongxiao stood beside him and scrutinized him for a while, he did not give any reaction.

Looking at her other self's blank expression, Red Ape suddenly felt a little itchy.

He always did whatever came to mind, rarely hesitating. So, the moment a thought arose, he squatted down in front of Xiao, raised his hand and pinched the other's face, turning it left and right as if admiring some precious porcelain.

Looking at it this way, my other self seems even more bewildered.

Unlike physical contact, contact between souls is often accompanied by indescribable, subtle sensations, which finally made Xiao, who was suffering from motion sickness, react.

He looked at the red demon, his eyes filled with confusion, and then he saw the other smile slightly as it softly uttered two words:

"Real food."

elf:?

Is this statement entirely unexpected?

Xiao gave a muffled "hmm" and pressed his weight onto the hand that was pinching his face—if he even had a concept of weight in this state.

Green Ape wasn't paying attention to what the two in his mind were doing. He was just staring silently at Raven God, an indescribable sense of menace emanating from him.

This is the kind of imposing presence that only a seasoned general can display.

The already hesitant crow god became even more indecisive, as it suddenly realized that this blue roc seemed to be of the same kind as itself in its previous life.

Just as the Raven God was struggling to make a decision, a huge roar came from afar, and even the ground shook violently.

Green Ape tilted his head slightly and looked in the direction of the sound. The sound was coming from the direction he had come from.

In the brief moment of his distraction, a shadow darted into his field of vision and vanished into the blood mist in the blink of an eye.

Green Ape turned its head, but the Crow God was no longer in sight.

He shrugged and let out a soft breath.

This world is somewhat strange; there is always an invisible force restricting the recovery of Green Ape's power, so much so that even after being awakened for so long, his condition is still far from his peak.

If a battle were to actually break out between him and the Raven God, he would not gain any advantage.

Moreover, the situation here is complex, with many entities that pose a threat to us. To avoid falling into a situation where we fight each other and someone else benefits, it would be best to avoid a battle with the Raven God.

Fortunately, in the end, things turned out as he wished.

Green Ape's formidable strength has always been his reliance, but now that this reliance has been stripped away, it's inevitable that at times—like now—it will make him feel a little insecure.

He couldn't cover the losses.

Unfortunately, Green Ape had no clue about how to restore his power and could only put it aside for the time being.

Thinking of this, Green Ape turned its head again and looked in the direction from which the noise had just come.

He was quite a distance away from the source of the commotion and couldn't confirm what had happened there by his senses, but judging from the Raven God's reaction, he could guess the general idea.

Something must have happened to the Blood-Crowned Willow, something even more serious than when he himself fled with the tree crown, which is why the Raven God rushed back.

Speaking of tree canopies...

Green Ape looked down and couldn't help but frown.

The tree canopy looked rather... strange at that moment.

Countless willow branches emerged from the thick blood mist in the tree canopy, drooping towards the ground like the legs of insects, supporting parts of the blood mist. At first glance, it looked like a blood spider with many extra legs.

At this moment, new branches continued to sprout from the blood mist, lashing out at the figure nearby.

Green Ape naturally recognized the figure. The instant he saw the familiar figure, he felt his control over his body decrease slightly.

It's Red Demon trying to take his body again.

With the Raven God's crisis resolved, Green Ape had nothing left to do, so it readily relinquished its body.

In an instant, the azure wings seemed to be scorched by the flames of murderous intent, turning into black.

The moment Red Demon took control of its body, it swooped down toward the familiar figure on the ground.

He'd wanted to kill this guy for a long time.

However, he had only darted a few dozen meters when another voice of his own rang in his mind.

"and many more."

The voice sounded weak and listless, clearly indicating that the owner of the voice had not yet fully recovered from motion sickness.

Red Ape sneered: "Heh, you're not trying to beg for mercy on behalf of this blind fool, are you?"

Although he was very rude, he immediately stopped in mid-air.

"How could that be? He's cheated us several times already."

Red Demon heard another version of himself explain, "Bai Jie knows a lot of things, so perhaps he knows how to harvest the Lunar Eclipse Fruit."

"You mean..." Red Ape's eyes flickered, gradually revealing a playful glint, "Fine, whatever you say."

With that, he flapped his wings and turned to plunge into the depths of the blood mist.

At the same time, Bai Jie, who was dodging attacks from the tree canopy on the ground, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if he were being watched by some terrifying being.

His body trembled slightly, and the next moment his sleeve was torn by a willow branch, revealing the fair skin underneath.

Sensing that a presence had disappeared from his perception, Bai Jie glanced up at the sky and saw Hong Xiao's departing figure.

As for the Raven God, it had long since vanished without a trace; the aura that had disappeared from our senses was its.

Bai Jie had never seen Xiao in his beast form. Furthermore, in the minds of cultivators, complete beast transformation was tantamount to suicide. Therefore, although he was puzzled by the familiar aura emanating from the roc whose feathers changed color, he simply assumed that the roc was a contracted beast of some acquaintance and did not consider that the roc was Xiao himself.

While dodging the attacks of the Blood-Crowned Ghost Willow Tree Crown, Bai Jie thought to himself, "Logically speaking, the Peng Bird clan was almost wiped out in the great war ten thousand years ago, and its descendants were cleansed by the Heavenly Dao when they were stranded in the ancient wilderness. There shouldn't be any Peng Birds in the world anymore. Could it be... that some genius's contracted beast obtained an opportunity and experienced a reversion to its ancestral form?"

Although it appeared that only Bai Jie and the menacing Blood-Crowned Ghost Willow Tree Crown remained, he remained unchanged and did not take any immediate action.

A dozen minutes passed in a flash. Suddenly, Bai Jie stopped retreating and dodged the willow branches, rushing straight toward the treetop.