Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 495 - 494: Five-Headed Monster Bird

Chapter 495: Chapter 494: Five-Headed Monster Bird

This was a valley.

The bushes rustled tremulously as a fox with snow-white fur sprang out nimbly, stopping on the bare rocks in front of the cliff, casting a spirited glance behind it as if with a hint of urgency.

"The footprints end over here."

"With the messenger’s guidance, we have almost come straight here, taking us a whole day."

Low conversations murmured.

With Xia Yu and Jin Tien Shun braving the elements and sheltering in the open, they tried to tread lightly as they felt their way to the edge of the cliff, peering out. Directly in front of them was a deep valley with at least several hundred meters of drop, entwined with the hazy mist of clouds. If one were to focus a drone camera on their footing, the vastness and splendor of the valley would be revealed, with Xia Yu and Jin Tien Shun concealed within the dense jungle, barely noticeable.

Opposite them, a silver waterfall cascaded down from above with a thunderous roar of water that was deafening.

"No, this isn’t right!"

Jin Tien Shun felt the smooth stone beneath his foot and even leaned out halfway, looking down below the cliff, then exclaimed in a lowered voice, "There’s a cave down there, hidden in the wall, very secret!"

"So, should we go down?"

"Go down?"

Returning an idiotic look, Jin Tien Shun said, "Imagine a ferocious beast falling to the bottom of the valley, likely to be seriously injured, with a slim chance of death. But if we accidentally fall, we would be crippled at the least!"

"We have firearms!"

Patting the powerful shotgun in his hand, the unkempt mercenary uncle then grinned, "Lure it out, I’ve specially equipped high-explosive rounds!"

"Lure?"

Xia Yu, unsure of how to proceed, saw the mercenary uncle straighten up, casually picking up a pebble. He aimed at the cave below and threw it with force. Crack—the stone collided with the rock wall, the sound loud enough to be clearly heard above.

"Fantasy creatures don’t easily move from their lair, so they have a strong sense of territory. Not to mention humans, if even a rabbit defecates on its turf and it catches the scent, it would still be pulled out and slapped to death!"

No sooner had the voice fallen.

An angry cry resonated through the valley.

This sound, with immense penetration, even overpowered the waterfall’s flow on the opposite side of the valley, turning all listeners’ complexions.

"Just by the sound of it, you can tell it’s a raptor!" Xia Yu gripped his firearm tightly; in his hand was also an AA-12 automatic shotgun. His backpack was equally equipped with magazines of high-explosive rounds, a weapon support provided by Jin Tien Shun.

But the issue was, even with a gun in hand, Xia Yu felt an inexplicable unease.

The fantasy creatures he had encountered before, the hunting levels were mostly only ’Level 1’. Take the fierce ’Bull-Pig Bird’ from the last contest for example; this strange livestock bred by humans, in IGO’s assessment, has a hunting level of less than ’Level 1’. However, if a few adult men without weapons were to face an angry ’Bull-Pig Bird’, they would probably be forced to flee in terror.

Xia Yu had no time to think further.

"Fall back—"

Jin Tien Shun ordered in a deep voice, turning his head to run. The Silver Fox had long since disappeared, and although Xia Yu was not yet paralyzed with fear, he followed Jin Tien Shun closely and quickly put some distance between them and the danger.

Whooosh—

A fierce wind struck suddenly.

This was not a natural wind, but the wind from wings.

The grass and trees on the mountain bent as if a helicopter were approaching, and at the same time, the shadow on the ground rapidly enlarged. Sensing the ferocious breath from behind him, Xia Yu turned his head, his pupils suddenly shrinking.

Rumble.

A monster bird the size of a small pickup truck landed on the ground, its body barely covered in feathers, its bald wings flapping. Its ugly skin was exposed to the sunlight.

But the key point was, this bird had five heads!

A five-headed monster bird!

Xia Yu was startled yet wanted to laugh.

The sketch of this five-headed bird was indeed like an enlarged version of an ostrich. If one ignored the five fierce heads, its already degenerate meaty wings looked comical.

Seeing this, Xia Yu’s heart steadied a bit.

Degenerate wings, good.

He feared being beaten by creatures skilled in flying. Whether you could defeat it was one thing, whether it could be captured successfully was another!

"Be careful—"

Jin Tien Shun cautioned in a deep voice.

During that one second of distraction, the five-headed monster bird had already spread its wings, charging like a gust of wind.

All five of its heads were raised high, ready to strike!

"Fuck!"

Xia Yu not only didn’t retreat but decisively pulled the trigger—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, several high-explosive rounds were fired.

That’s the beauty of fully automatic firearms, continuous fire as soon as the trigger is pulled, bullets pouring out mindlessly, capable of easily piercing through walls or blowing open thick wooden doors, hissing and striking the Monster Bird Goro Lud.

Shrieks.

Blood spraying.

Even, with a ’snap’, right in front of Jintan Shun’s slightly dazed eyes, high-explosive rounds repeatedly hit one of the long necks of the five-headed Monster Bird, bright blood blossoms blooming, the head of the Monster Bird, along with its neck, snapped off with a sound and rolled onto the grass pile, an extremely bloody scene.

"Your shooting is even more accurate than mine, damn it!"

Jintan Shun burst into laughter and raised his gun, unleashing a torrent of bullets.

The Monster Bird screamed, and incredibly, while running at high speed, it suddenly changed direction, its speed increasing substantially. Xia Yu felt a gust of wind sweep by, and then, it was a scene of birds chasing and pecking at humans. Xia Yu’s heart tightened, ready to step forward to chase the Monster Bird and shoot at its rear, but Jintan Shun’s pained roar came—"Beast!"

The five-headed bird finally backed off, its body dripping with blood.

Xia Yu rushed over, supporting the shaky Jintan Shun, his palm sliding over his back only to find it entirely soaked with blood.

On closer inspection, Jintan Shun’s back had two blood holes, from which fresh blood gushed, revealing chilling white bones.

Now, looking back at the Monster Bird’s sharp beaks, a chill ran up Xia Yu’s feet.

"Fuck!"

"The rhythm at which it could easily peck through a steel plate!"

Knew these fantasy beasts were no easy prey.

"System, give me its data—"

Xia Yu, with cold sweat on his forehead, saw the Monster Bird’s remaining four heads, all looking at him intently, and was even more startled.

"IGO Hunter database is now connected... After analysis, the target creature has a 99% probability of being the Monster Bird Goro Lud."

"Hunting level: 20."

"Note: The eggs of the Monster Bird Goro Lud are listed as Forbidden Ingredients by the IGO organization."

The eggs are Forbidden Ingredients?

Earlier, Xia Yu felt heartache for using a shotgun, and high-explosive rounds at that, to kill this Monster Bird. Once the beast was dead, its body had been turned into a sieve... Its flesh could be eaten, but the quality, just thinking about it was unbearably tragic.

"It is recommended that the host activate the Gourmet Cells to assist in battle."

"Huh?!"

The cold wind blew on his face, Xia Yu turned to run, with a ’snap’, his response was timely, but as his backpack was grazed by the bird’s beak it immediately burst open, spilling guns and ammunition all over the ground.

"Warning, danger warning, please activate Gourmet Cell enhancement mode!" the system mechanically reminded.

"Ahhhhhhhh!"

"Screw it, for Forbidden Ingredients, I’m going all out!"

Xia Yu suddenly came to a screeching halt.

Jintan Shun, pushed down into the underbrush by Xia Yu, watched as Xia Yu almost got caught up by the Monster Bird for a series of pecking deaths, but the abrupt turn of events left him with eyes wide open in shock.

...

"Gunshots!"

"There are gunshots from that direction!"

By coincidence, a climbing team was making its way along a nearby ridge, with Tang Yuqiong among them. A young climber was fawning over her, boasting of the scenic beauty of the valley and the waterfalls as a spectacle, when a series of gunshots shattered the tranquility of the mountains.

"Let’s go—"

Tang Yuqiong felt for her handgun at her waist, still holding the camera stick, and it was a wonder where she had internet access. In these deep mountains, she was still able to live stream, and at this moment, her live broadcast room was filled with dizzying bullet comments.

"Miss Tang!"

The climbers followed her.

A group of people ran along the bare ridgeline to the end, overlooking the valley from above with a clear view of the situation below.

Trees were falling, the signs of battle massive, but as everyone got a clear look at the combatants, they were all petrified, dumbstruck.

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