Leading these countless grayish-brown owls through the clouds was their leader, a grayish-brown owl of even more massive proportions.
It was nearly half again as large as the other grayish-brown owls.
A faint golden Spiritual Light appeared on the grayish-brown owls. As they beat their wings, the dark clouds around them visibly expanded.
These grayish-brown owls were, in fact, all Mutant Beasts, and every last one had awakened a Superpower that allowed them to continuously generate rain clouds.
"Hoot hoot... Keep it up, everyone! Dongwu City is now shrouded in a downpour. Many areas must be flooded by now.
As long as we keep making rain clouds, those humans won’t know a moment’s peace. They won’t be able to live comfortably..." the lead grayish-brown Mutant Beast owl said to its companions.
"Hoot hoot... Yes, Chief," the ordinary grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls responded in unison. Then, with renewed vigor, they used their awakened Superpowers to generate more rain clouds.
Though the awakened Superpowers of these grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls lacked any lethal force, the effect was extraordinary when they all gathered and unleashed their power at once.
These grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls used their awakened Superpowers to generate massive rain clouds, which they then allowed the wind to carry toward Dongwu City to unleash a torrential assault.
If not for the extensive renovations and construction of new drainage systems in East City, the plan of these grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls might very well have succeeded.
Just as these Mutant Beasts were continuing their plan to assault Dongwu City with rain, a silvery-white light suddenly flared in the distance.
’Hoot hoot... What is that?’ some of the Mutant Beasts who noticed the silvery-white light on the horizon wondered.
The doubt in the Mutant Beasts’ minds didn’t last long. The answer was revealed soon enough.
With the speed of a thunderclap, the silvery-white light on the horizon tore through the air from a distance, emitting a piercing shriek as it shot toward the Exotic Beast Group in the sky.
The silvery-white light turned out to be Thunder. When it struck a Mutant Beast in the Exotic Beast Group, a tremendously powerful explosion erupted.
BOOM...
The unlucky soul struck head-on by the brilliant, silvery-white electrical light was a Mutant Beast at the Second Rank Initial Stage.
The lethal power of the electrical light was far beyond what a Mutant Beast at the Second Rank Initial Stage could withstand.
The powerful current killed it instantly, and the Mutant Beast turned to charcoal before violently exploding.
After that Mutant Beast died, the silvery-white electrical light spread outward like a chain reaction, killing dozens of grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls in succession before the terrifying blast of light from the distance finally dissipated.
The grayish-brown owls, who had been following their chief in an orderly fashion to create rain clouds, were scared into scattering in every direction by the sudden attack. The scene devolved into utter chaos.
"Hoot hoot... Everyone, stay calm! Don’t panic! Descend to the ground, all of you!"
Although the lead grayish-brown Mutant Beast owl was terrified itself, worried that the horrifying electrical attack would land on it, it still showed a strong sense of duty.
It didn’t flee alone. Instead, it suppressed its own fear and commanded its panicked underlings not to fly about aimlessly like headless flies.
「A few moments later.」
All the grayish-brown Mutant Beast owls had landed on the ground.
More than a hundred Mutant Beasts stood packed tightly together on the open grassland.
Their flock had originally numbered nearly two hundred, but the electrical attack just moments ago had instantly killed scores of their companions.
For their entire flock, the loss was nothing short of devastating.
Now, some of the more timid members were huddled together, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
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