"Damn it… it's still not dead?!"
Zhou Quan muttered angrily as he stared at the Heavenly Sun Bird.
Then, without hesitation, he shot into the sky at great speed.
Remaining close to that monster in its current state was pure suicide.
From above, he shouted a warning:
"Jian Long! Be careful!"
"Your defensive Gu has most likely been damaged… it may not work right now!"
His words were enough to make the situation clear.
If Jian Long took even a single direct hit now—
he would die.
His life was hanging over the edge of death.
Any small mistake…
any moment of hesitation…
could become his end.
So would he retreat?
Would he withdraw now while he still had the chance to survive?
But—
"No. Of course not."
Jian Long thought without the slightest hesitation.
During the months he had spent in the wilderness, he had danced with death over and over again until its presence had become familiar to him.
And besides—
this battle had already cost him too much.
He had poured tremendous effort into it and suffered serious injuries just to reach this moment.
So how could he retreat now…
and let someone else reap the fruits of all his work?
He clenched his teeth.
Then he gathered his courage and charged back into battle once more.
The Heavenly Sun Bird was still staggering from the violent blow it had received moments earlier.
Its vision was blurred, and its focus unstable.
Jian Long instantly seized the opportunity.
He rapidly closed the distance before continuously unleashing lightning attacks toward the beast's head.
And in truth—
the Heavenly Sun Bird's head had already begun to deform from the repeated shocks.
Burn marks covered most of its face.
And scorching blood continuously dripped from its wounds before coagulating across its body under the intense heat radiating from it.
The Heavenly Sun Bird quickly lowered its head and completely covered it with its wings, until its head disappeared behind the dense silver feathers.
In the next instant—
the lightning blasts slammed directly into its wings.
Its silver feathers were as hard as steel, shining beneath the flames like living metal.
But with every lightning strike—
the feathers shattered and scattered through the air like torn strands of silver.
As the attacks continued, the damage rapidly accumulated.
If this continued—
it would no longer be able to fly after a few more strikes.
Then suddenly—
its massive body spun clockwise at high speed while the tip of its right wing scraped violently across the ground.
Another gigantic flaming blade shot forth.
But this time—
the bird was not even looking toward Jian Long when it launched the attack.
So the blade was not aimed in any specific direction.
In fact—
Jian Long did not even need to dodge it.
Because the true purpose of the attack was never to hit him in the first place…
but to block his sight.
To obstruct his vision for a brief moment—
and give the Heavenly Sun Bird a chance to escape back into the sky once again.
Jian Long instantly noticed what the Heavenly Sun Bird was trying to do.
He immediately charged toward it at full speed, using Rabbit Feet Gu to rapidly close the distance between them.
And as he ran—
he continuously unleashed lightning blasts toward the bird's right wing.
The bolts exploded across the wing one after another, tearing apart the silver feathers and leaving charred wounds everywhere.
Burning feathers scattered through the air like fragments of molten metal.
But strangely—
the Heavenly Sun Bird did not even try to resist.
Nor did it attempt to dodge the attacks.
Its entire focus was concentrated on a single thing—
flying.
Then, at that very moment—
something descended from the sky once again.
"Half Ton!"
Zhou Quan shouted as he crashed down toward the beast like a meteor.
But this time—
the Heavenly Sun Bird had learned its lesson.
Its massive body suddenly tilted aside, narrowly avoiding Zhou Quan's strike at the last instant.
Zhou Quan slammed violently into the ground, creating a small crater beneath his feet.
But the moment he steadied himself—
the Heavenly Sun Bird's eyes locked directly onto him.
In the beast's mind, Zhou Quan was a dangerous opponent.
Someone capable of flying…
and someone who could threaten it even in the skies.
And so—
it decided to eliminate him first.
Flames rapidly ignited inside its mouth as terrifying heat gathered between its jaws.
It was about to unleash fiery breath upon Zhou Quan like a true dragon, burning everything before it—
but suddenly—
a bolt of lightning shot forth and pierced directly through its right eye.
"Kshhhhh!"
The eye exploded instantly.
Blood and flames scattered together as its attack was interrupted before completion.
The Heavenly Sun Bird released a sharp scream of agony that pierced the skies
before crashing heavily down toward the ground.
The pain caused by the explosion of its right eye, along with the lightning still raging inside its skull, was beyond unbearable.
The Heavenly Sun Bird writhed violently across the ground, completely unaware of its surroundings.
Jian Long instantly seized the opportunity.
He moved closer—
then continued bombarding its right wing with lightning blasts without pause.
Strike after strike…
until the wing was completely torn apart, no longer capable of carrying its massive body through the skies.
Then suddenly—
flames erupted across the bird's entire body.
The fire surged wildly, and the temperature began rising at a terrifying rate.
The sign was obvious.
The beast was about to unleash a large-scale attack that would burn everything around it.
Both Zhou Quan and Jian Long realized this immediately.
Zhou Quan instantly flew away toward the sky without hesitation.
But Jian Long—
did not retreat.
His defensive Gu was no longer functioning, and he had no means left to protect himself.
Yet despite that—
he continued advancing without stopping.
He clenched his teeth, then leapt onto the bird's right wing—
and from there, charged directly toward its head.
The heat radiating from the Heavenly Sun Bird's body was so terrifying that parts of Jian Long's hair, skin, and even his clothes began burning as he approached.
But he did not stop.
And when the Heavenly Sun Bird sensed him standing atop its head—
it violently shook its head, trying to throw him off.
"Shut up bitch!"
Jian Long roared in hysterical fury.
In the very next instant—
he drove his left hand with all his strength into the bloody cavity where the bird's eye had once been.
Then—
he unleashed a savage barrage of lightning blasts directly into its skull.
The Heavenly Sun Bird's massive body convulsed violently.
It released one final scream of agony that tore across the battlefield—
before its enormous body finally collapsed onto the ground, completely motionless.