The male supporting role was captured by the protagonist after his rebirth

"Xiaojiu? It's a very special name."

Deng Shentong nodded thoughtfully, looked at the crow again, and seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter further.

He turned around and as he stepped out of the threshold, he heard the girl's relieved voice behind him.

The little crow widened his eyes, staring closely at the back of the strange silver-haired man, praying in his heart: "Go quickly... Go quickly..."

However, in the next second, a silver light suddenly flashed before her eyes, and a cold silver sword appeared at her neck without warning. The sword was flashing with cold light, which made her shiver.

At the same time, the black crow, which was originally lying quietly in the cage and looked a little dirty, was instantly awakened from its sleep as if someone had stepped on its tail.

Its feathers stood up suddenly, and its eyes flashed with anger and vigilance. The black crow opened its sharp beak and made a harsh and angry cry!

The black crow flapped its wings and wanted to rush over to attack Deng Shentong, but was trapped in the birdcage.

Little Crow looked at everything in front of her in horror, screamed, and trembled like a sieve. She seemed to not understand why this silver-haired man suddenly attacked her, and she didn't know how to deal with this situation.

Deng Shentong, contrary to his previous gentle and gentlemanly demeanor, looked at Xiao Ya coldly, the sword in his hand flashing with cold light, as if he could take her life at any time.

He slowly said, "Let me ask again, what is the origin of this crow?"

The little crow's lips trembled as he answered with difficulty: "It...it's just an ordinary crow, nothing special."

Deng Shentong's eyes became even colder, and he said, "Don't try to deceive me, otherwise you will bear the consequences at your own risk."

"Gah!"

The black crow made an even more shrill cry, the sound was so sharp and shrill that it seemed to pierce one's eardrums.

Its eyes flashed with a fierce light, and its wings flapped violently, actually breaking the bars of the birdcage and rushing straight towards Deng Shentong!

"Xiaojiu! Go!" Little Crow panicked and tried to catch the crow back in a panic, "You are no match for him!"

The black crow didn't listen to her at all, as if it was determined to protect its master. Its pair of sharp claws were like two sharp daggers, stabbing straight at Deng Shentong's clear and bright eyes.

However, Deng Shentong simply turned his head slightly and easily avoided the attack.

His movements were so light that they even seemed casual. Then, he spoke slowly, his tone calm and cold: "Don't move, otherwise, I won't guarantee her safety."

The silver sword was still firmly on the girl's neck, and the sharp blade could cut off her head with just a little force.

When Xiao Ya heard this, her face turned pale as paper in an instant. She didn't dare to move, for fear that Deng Shentong would do something bad to her out of anger.

The black crow also stopped attacking, and stared at Deng Shentong with its eagle eyes, as if it would pounce on him and fight him to the death as soon as the opponent made any unusual movement.

Deng Shentong took out a syringe from his arms and stabbed it into the side of Xiao Ya's neck.

The transparent potion was injected into Xiao Ya's body through the syringe. She covered the needle hole tightly, widened her eyes, and stared at Deng Shentong in horror, her eyes full of confusion and fear.

After completing this action, Deng Shentong slowly put down the sword in his hand, turned around, and his eyes were as cold as ice, sweeping straight towards Black Crow and Little Crow.

"Can you tell me now? Tell me why you killed those Yanyun Guards." His voice was extremely cold, with a chilling majesty.

There were tears glistening in Xiao Ya's eyes and tears were welling up in her eye sockets. She looked at Deng Shentong pitifully, her lips trembling, as if she wanted to defend herself.

"I really don't know..." Little Crow's voice was filled with tears, and he seemed extremely aggrieved.

Deng Shentong's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a cold smile.

"Oh? The medicine I injected you just now is a highly toxic drug. Without the antidote, you will die of the poison within a day." Deng Shentong crossed his arms leisurely, looking at the man and the crow in front of him leisurely, with a teasing look in his eyes.

"So, you'd better not let me catch you doing any tricks. Otherwise, there will be consequences at your own risk."

Xiao Ya gritted her teeth and secretly groaned in her heart. She knew that she could no longer hide the truth. Facing Deng Shentong's threat, she could only nod helplessly: "Okay, I'll tell you."

"About three days ago, they appeared at the foot of the mountain..."

Now that she had been exposed, she spoke fluently and told the whole story in detail.

The girl's real name was Wu Ya. Before the end of the world, she was a wandering orphan who made a living by begging and performing around scenic areas.

One month before the end of the world, she found this black crow in the woods of the scenic area. It was seriously injured at the time, and it slowly recovered by relying on the rice soup left by Wu Ya.

What’s special is that this crow has nine long tail feathers, which are as black as ink, so Wu Ya named it Xiaojiu.

After the man and the crow depended on each other for a period of time, the end of the world came without any warning.

Logically speaking, a homeless orphan like Wu Ya, who can barely get enough food and clothing, should be among the first to die at the apocalypse.

But she didn't.

Because after the doomsday, the black crow possessed incredible power. It could change into the size of a tiger and easily tear apart a fully armed adult man.

With the help of this black crow, she could plunder resources from other people and survive.

However, as time went on, more and more aliens appeared, and it became much more difficult for Black Crow to snatch food. He was even pierced through the heart by a weapon once.

Just when Wu Ya thought it was dead and had lost all hope, the black crow suddenly returned to its original size and then began to breathe again!

Although it was still in a very weak state, the fatal wound had healed miraculously.

Later, when Wu Ya was cleaning the birdcage, she unexpectedly found a fallen tail feather.

She hurried to check and found that one of the nine tail feathers on the black crow was missing.

What’s even more surprising is that about a week later, Black Crow fully recovered, and when it transformed again, its size increased several times, and its strength also doubled!

After that, similar things happened several times. Every time the black crow died, it would shed a tail feather, and then be reborn and become stronger.

This series of strange events made Wu Ya gradually realize that this black crow seemed to have nine lives!

Every death and rebirth makes it stronger.