SPLASH.

A faint gurgling sound echoed on the scene. Then, a water ball the size of an apple materialized in front of a large white goose Mutant Beast, its eyes glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light.

The shop owner and his employees stared, stunned. Even Lin Li, who was watching the spectacle from outside the fence, was no exception.

’A Superpower?!!! I can’t believe this goose, which just turned into a Mutant Beast, actually awakened a Superpower.’

"Boss, be careful!" Seeing the goose Mutant Beast unleash its Superpower, the owner’s employees grew even more worried and shouted anxiously.

SWISH.

The moment their worried cries faded, the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast launched the water ball it had created.

THUD.

The water ball was incredibly fast. The shop owner, who was barely stronger than an ordinary person, had reflexes that were no match for its speed. Even if he wanted to dodge, he couldn’t.

The apple-sized water ball struck him squarely in the stomach. The immense force sent the tall shop owner reeling backward before he crashed heavily to the ground. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Agh!"

Sharp pain radiated from the point of impact, spreading through his body. The shop owner couldn’t help but cry out.

"HONK HONK HONK..." Seeing the shop owner taken down by its newly awakened Superpower, the goose Mutant Beast with the glowing golden eyes let out a triumphant cackle.

Yes, its honks were filled with smug triumph. Everyone who heard the goose Mutant Beast could feel the arrogance in its cries.

"You bastard." Humiliated by a goose from his own farm, the shop owner was furious.

He scrambled up from the ground, quickly picked up the bamboo pole he had dropped, and charged once more at the smug, glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast.

SPLASH.

Another apple-sized water ball formed.

SWISH.

THUD.

"Aaargh...!"

The shop owner, charging at the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast, was once again, unsurprisingly, knocked down by a water ball. He couldn’t help but let out another wretched cry of pain.

SWISH.

SWISH.

SWISH.

After knocking the shop owner down, the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast didn’t even wait for him to get up. It immediately fired three more water balls in quick succession, pummeling the fallen man.

"Aaargh...!"

The shop owner, hit by the barrage of water balls, let out a series of miserable screams.

He was completely powerless to fight back. He curled into a ball, covering his head with his arms to protect his vital spots from getting hit and seriously injured.

"Boss..." Outside the goose farm, the owner’s employees watched in horror as the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast viciously beat their boss with its Superpower. The color drained from their faces.

"We have to get in there and save him! If this keeps up, someone’s going to get killed...!"

One of the employees, a man with glasses, shouted to his colleagues and was the first to charge into the goose farm. He was going to rescue his boss, who was getting thrashed by the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast.

Seeing this, the other employees, though scared, followed suit. The boss usually treated them well, and they couldn’t just stand by and watch him die.

So, they gritted their teeth and rushed into the goose farm after the man with the glasses.

"Boss, we’re here to save you...!" the employees shouted as they entered the farm. Immediately, their cries were followed by screams of pain. "Agh! Oof...!"

THUD. THUD. THUD...

Seeing more humans charge into the farm, the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast, which had been attacking the owner, immediately switched targets, attacking the employees who had come to the rescue.

Even the shop owner, a cultivator at the First Rank Initial Stage, was no match for the goose Mutant Beast that had awakened a Superpower. The employees, who were just ordinary people, stood even less of a chance.

A few water balls later, all the employees who had come to the rescue were knocked flat.

Unlike the owner, who could at least get back up after a wave of Superpower attacks, these employees were completely defenseless.

’Sigh, I should have listened to that old auntie...’ Curled up in a ball with his hands over his head, the shop owner was filled with regret.

If he had just listened to her from the start and called the Superpower Administration Bureau to let an Investigator handle this goose-turned-Mutant Beast, he and his employees wouldn’t be in this dangerous mess.

Just as the shop owner and his employees thought they were going to die at the hands of the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast, a piercing sound suddenly tore through the air in the goose farm.

WHOOSH.

"HONK HONK—?!!!"

Seeing the humans who had taken its kin all defeated by its Superpower, the glowing-eyed goose Mutant Beast’s heart swelled with even greater pride.

Just as it was about to charge forward and attack the shop owner—the one it hated most—with its red beak, a crescent-shaped Cyan Wind Blade shot toward it from behind at incredible speed.

SLICE.

The razor-sharp, palm-sized, crescent-shaped Cyan Wind Blade sliced through the smug goose Mutant Beast’s long neck.

The triumphant honking abruptly stopped, and a dead silence fell over the goose farm.

THUD.

The head of the half-meter-tall, plump, and ferocious goose Mutant Beast simply fell to the ground.

A moment later, its body swayed a few times before it, too, collapsed.

’The killing power of this Wind Blade is just as I thought. Like the Fireball, it’s reached a whole new level...’

Lin Li muttered to himself as he watched the goose Mutant Beast, which he had killed instantly with a casually cast Wind Blade. Then, he turned and left the farm.

The terrified shop owner and his employees, still lying on the ground, suddenly realized the Mutant Beast was no longer attacking them. They couldn’t hear its triumphant honking either. A wave of confusion washed over them.

After waiting a moment, they lowered the hands protecting their heads and looked toward where the ferocious goose Mutant Beast had been.

"Huh?!!!"

The shop owner and his employees saw the ferocious Mutant Beast lying decapitated in a pool of blood, as dead as could be. Their faces were masks of pure shock.

"What happened? How did it die? Who killed it?"

「...」

After Lin Li said he would go take a look at the farm, the old auntie processing the Luhua Chicken Beast felt most of her worries subside.

She focused on finishing the job for Lin Li, and once done, she packed the prepared Luhua Chicken Beast into a red plastic bag.

She stood up, and after a moment’s thought, was just about to head to the farm behind the shop to check things out when she saw Lin Li walking over from the distance.

"Young man."

"Ma’am, it’s all taken care of."

"Taken care of? You mean that big white goose that turned into a Mutant Beast... you dealt with it?"

"Mhm." Lin Li nodded with a smile, then glanced at the red plastic bag beside the old auntie.

"Young man, thank you so much!" The old auntie was overjoyed to hear Lin Li’s words.

"I’ve finished preparing your Luhua Chicken Beast. Let me go grab a duck and prepare it for you, too. Consider it a thank you gift!"

"Ma’am, there’s no need. It was nothing at all." Lin Li shook his head with a smile, politely refusing the duck she offered.

He then bent down, picked up the red plastic bag containing the prepared Luhua Chicken Beast, said goodbye to the old auntie, and left.

’What an outstanding young man! If Lan didn’t already have a boyfriend, I would definitely introduce her to him.’

The old auntie murmured to herself as she watched Lin Li’s departing figure.

「...」