Divine Beast Adventures

by Srtyi

The world experienced a cataclysmic change, and countless spatial gateways appeared out of thin air. Exotic beasts of all shapes and sizes swarmed out of those aforementioned spatial gateways, forcing the humans to face the crucial moment for their survival. In order to search for a chance at survival, brave warriors from the army and scientific researchers risked their lives and

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Chapter 347: Horned Electric Python

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"Just look at you!" Zhang Che nearly burst out in laughter seeing the pitiful look on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's face.

He shifted his gaze to the scarlet sword in front of him, his eyes filled with joy.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't try to dodge the scarlet sword's slash earlier, and he didn't gather the abyssal cold aura in his body to resist it, it was undeniable that the scarlet sword had gained the ability to slay mid-tier legend-quality beasts.

Zhang Che was confident that as long as he was within a hundred meters of any legend-quality exotic beasts, with his superb control of the sword and the sword's speed, there shouldn't be any beasts that could avoid their attacks.

Well, space-attributed exotic beasts might be an exception…

However, space-attributed exotic beasts were extremely rare. Were they found so easily?

Zhang Che knew that up until today, he had only met one of them, the Four-Winged White Tiger he ran into when he was tricked by the Miyazaki Clan.

Not only that, space-attribute was only the sub-attribute of the white tiger. Its main attribute was mental-attribute. As such, its space-attribute didn't prove to be very useful, only giving it the ability to perform micro-instantaneous movements.

If it was the type of space-attributed exotic beasts which could teleport long distances, it could be imagined how terrifying their survivability was. Unless you were far stronger than them, it was impossible to slay the beast.

Shoo! With a thought, Zhang Che recalled the scarlet sword into his spiritual sea. Immediately, a white streak of light shot out from the same place.

The scarlet sword had innate fire elemental attacks. In that case, the white sword should have innate ice elemental attacks, right?

Alas, he didn't have a target to experiment on. Zhang Che could only make guesses for now.

Earlier, he didn't know how powerful the scarlet sword was, and nearly wounded the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon gravely. Now that he understood how terrifying it was, Zhang Che naturally wouldn't test it on his babies again.

Although he wouldn't have killed them directly, he couldn't bear to hurt them when he saw their pitiful faces.

-Forget it. A merciful master like me shouldn't always hurt my own babies.-

As if he sensed what Zhang Che was thinking, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's immediately revealed a hint of disdain in his sapphire eyes.* -You can be called freaking merciful? I was almost done in by you, alright?!-*

"Tsk, what's with that look in your eye?" Zhang Che glared at the dragon. Afterwards, he jumped up onto his pet's back, pointing in the direction where the giant stone man was, and he commanded mightily, "Come, we'll go find and exact our revenge on that lump of stone!"

Although it was getting late, and it was impossible for them to reach the area where the giant stone man was in the day, Zhang Che couldn't wait any longer.

At the very least, he had to find a legend-quality or a high-tier dark gold-quality exotic beast to test the blade… or rather, to see how strong the two reborn anew swords had become!

Without testing them in actual combat, Zhang Che didn't feel confident at all.

Zhang Che became more daring now that his equipment had upgraded. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at a thousand meters in the air, speeding in the predetermined direction as he looked out for any situation in the mountains below.

Afterwards, Zhang Che commanded the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to descend whenever he spotted any exotic beasts which he thought were passable. Once they were within a hundred meters, Zhang Che would direct a streak of light, cutting them up.

As such, the decent exotic beasts in the mountain range were in for some tragic times…During their travels, none of the beasts Zhang Che set his eyes on were able to withstand more than a single slash.

Only a single streak of sword light would flash every time, and the exotic beasts below would fall, contributing beast card after beast card to Zhang Che.

He was ecstatic! It was simply like picking up money, and couldn't get any easier.

In the past, he would have to go down and have his babies fight a few rounds with the exotic beasts. Now, he didn't even have to waste an ounce of his strength. Any beasts he laid his eyes on would be easily slain with a single slash.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew over a thousand kilometers, and Zhang Che collected about over thirty gold or dark gold-quality beast cards in total!

At present, only low-tier dark gold-quality or mid-tier gold-quality and above exotic beasts would interest him. With that, he could guarantee every exotic beast he hunted would drop a beast card!

Zhang Che wasn't confident in his pathetic luck at all if he had to depend on chance. Therefore, he didn't bother himself with those low-tier trash exotic beasts.

The sky gradually darkened.

"Is my luck for today all used up? I flew over a thousand kilometers in this direction, and yet I did not come across a single legend-quality exotic beast?"

Zhang Che creased his brow slightly.

Without testing the swords on a legend-quality exotic beast, Zhang Che couldn't rest assured, after all.

The giant stone man was an epic-quality exotic beast! It wouldn't be an easy hunt.

Since that fellow's False Domain was a gravity field, the effects on his babies' strength would simply be too great.

Zhang Che only had one chance.

If the two swords weren't able to slay the giant stone man right away, being within a hundred meters of such a ferocious beast would be akin to him dancing on the edge of a blade. Any slight carelessness would lead to his death.

At that moment, a long narrow ravine whose end couldn't be seen suddenly appeared ahead in his sight.

Zhang Che thought to himself, -I'll go take a look in this ravine. If there's no legend-quality exotic beast, then that's that for today.-

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly swooped down , carrying Zhang Che on his back, flying just above the ravine. After slowing down slightly, they descended further into the large ravine, tall cliffs now rising on both sides.

The skies above the ravine were shrouded in fog; they couldn't tell the situation below when flying above. Zhang Che could only have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at a controlled speed. They flew through the layer of fog, advancing through the ravine at only about a hundred meters above ground.

For safety's sake, Zhang Che summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise and had it turn into armor, covering him.

If they came across any powerful exotic beasts here, wearing the Purple Crystal Armor would ensure that Zhang Che wouldn't receive any overly severe injuries if they were caught unprepared. Only then would there be a chance for them to escape if they wanted to.

After entering the ravine, before they flew another thousand meters, Zhang Che was pleasantly surprised to find that there was indeed a legend-quality exotic beast here![Horned Electric Python]

Level: Five Star (Level 48)

Quality: Legend

Characteristics: Its Horn Can Shoot Lightning Attacks

Weakness: Dark-Attributed Attacks

Innate Attribute: Lightning Mastery. Able to Control the Lightning Elements, Turning Them Into Rays of Lightning and Dealing Fatal Strikes to Enemies.

Skill: Chain Lightning. Releases a Bolt of Lightning that Attacks in Sequence After Activation. All Enemies Within a Hundred Meter Radius Will Be Struck By Lightning in Order. Cooldown Time: 20 Minutes.

Halo: Lightning Resistance

Potential: E RankAfter seeing this huge Horned Electric Python's attributes, Zhang Che felt his scalp turning a little numb. That freaking skill was a little too strong! A bolt of lightning that could actually attack all enemies within a hundred-meter radius!

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Chapter 348: The Legend of the Three Slashes

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In Hua Xia, Bei Du…

Huang Tielan woke up early in the morning. After washing up, she went on to do her weight loss routine.

She realized her weight was rebounding slightly. If she didn't keep up her weight loss work out, she might regain all the weight she had lost bit by bit.

That was something Miss Tienan didn't want to see the most. Who would be willing to return to their chubby state in the past after finally slimming down?

After her weight loss work out, Huang Tielan had a simple breakfast, then took out a beast card and started scribbling on a piece of paper.

At present, the Bei Du University's pre-school term training had ended. Huang Tielan was pouring all her energy into studying the attributes of beast cards.

She was someone who was aiming to become the best beast card cultivator. How could she not work hard?

Yesterday morning, she had pretty much uncovered the beast card's attributes by summoning it. For the whole day, she was thinking about the ingredients and their ratios to cultivate the beast card. Now, she had a good idea of it, along with a certain amount of confidence.

-Hmm, this time I should have gotten at least three ingredients, as well as their ratio, correct, right?-

Indeed, it wasn't easy to become a qualified beast card cultivator!

During the past few days, Miss Tienan would first come up with a recipe for the cultivation fluid for every beast card, then compare it with the "model answer" Zhang Che left behind for her. And every time, she would be completely beaten down.

Her best result so far was only getting two ingredients and their ratios correct. As for her other works, either she didn't choose the most optimal ingredients, or the ratio she chose to use was totally off.

With that, it would be almost impossible to successfully level up a beast card!

However, Miss Tienan didn't feel discouraged at all.

Backwhen she was pursuing Zhang Xiaoche, her determination wasn't something ordinary people had. Now, she was using that same determination of hers to focus on researching cultivation fluid recipes for beast cards.

"Woah, I got four ingredients right this time!" Huang Tielan nearly jumped in joy when she looked up the answer Zhang Che left for her.

This was truly a historic progress!

Miss Tienan immediately felt a surge of confidence. She felt that she should be able to become an official beast card cultivator within the year, which meant that she could reach a one percent success rate!

A one percent success rate might sound abysmally low, but this was based on picking out a hundred beast cards out of the countless variations in the world at random, and concocting at least one cultivation fluid successfully.

What this signified was that the beast card cultivator had memorized almost all of the discovered ingredients, and had reached a certain level of understanding of beast card attributes. That success rate was only achieved after all that.

"Hah, I should tell Zhang Xiaoche immediately, and let him…"

Just as she thought that, Huang Tielan's face sank a little. She just recalled that Zhang Xiaoche had entered the beast world to hunt exotic beasts again. How could he possibly receive her call?

"Forget it. I'll continue working hard at this and strive to give him a huge surprise when he comes back!" A glint of determination shone in Huang Tielan's eyes as she pumped her fist in the air.Around the same time, at the military zone in Qian Wei City…

Huang Juyun looked at the information gathered, a look of shock on his face.

-The Miyazaki Clan is in a fight with a large faction from Bei Mei region?-

Huang Juyun immediately thought of Zhang Che, wondering if this matter was connected to that brat somehow.

Thinking back, didn't the Miyazaki Clan and the Bei Mei faction's conflict arise just two days after that brat said he was going off to the beast world?

Also, that brat returned from the Bei Mei region back when he disappeared. Perhaps he got to know some powerful figures over there and asked them to help him?

However, he felt that was unlikely afterwards. Huang Juyun shook his head in the end, letting go of that matter.

In any case, regardless of whether this matter was connected to Zhang Che or not, the Miyazaki Clan probably wouldn't be finding trouble with him in the future. That was enough.When Zhang Che discovered the Horned Electric Python, it had also noticed him on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. It directly shot out a streak of lightning from its horn, blasting at him.

"The hell, I really don't like your way of welcoming me!"

The two parties were too close together. It was already too late for Zhang Che to get the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dodge. He could only watch as the lightning struck his dragon.

A loud noise rang out. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body jerked a little… and nothing happened.

Due to the angle the attack was coming from, the streak of lightning didn't catch Zhang Che, leaving him heaving a sigh of relief.* -Looks like the Horned Electric Python didn't use its skill right away.-*

At the same time, a scarlet streak of light shot out from Zhang Che's brow, directly flying towards the Horned Electric Python below.

It was impolite to only be on the receiving end. Zhang Che was not one who would only passively take hits from others.

The moment the scarlet sword appeared, the Horned Electric Python felt a grave sense of threat.

Afterwards, tiny snakes of electric crackled on its horn. It immediately released its killer move. A much stronger bolt of electric suddenly shot out, striking the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon once more.

At the same time, the scarlet sword flew to the front of the Horned Electric Python. Facing such a quick attack, it couldn't dodge at all, and received a deep slash from the scarlet sword. Its body was nearly sliced in half, fresh blood gushing out from the wound.

Zhang Che had no time to be happy about the scarlet sword cutting through the Horned Electric Python's scales so easily at all. That powerful bolt of lightning had struck the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

A loud rumble rang out, and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon trembled violently. A dense cloud of abyssal cold aura rose from where he was struck by the Chain Lightning.

That bolt of lightning nearly shattered his body!

After the blinding bolt of lightning struck the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it didn't stop there. It arced away slightly and struck the Purple Crystal Armor on Zhang Che.

Although the Purple Crystal Armor could nullify a portion of elemental attacks, lightning was a very unique element. Despite the Purple Crystal Armor absorbing a fraction of it, a portion of its destructive force remained, which passed through the armor and struck Zhang Che.

In that instant, Zhang Che felt his thoughts numbing. His body jerked a few times violently as a rampant current of energy coursed through him, making him nearly cry out loud.

Of course, that was if he could still make a sound!

It had been many years since Zhang Che experienced that feeling. In his previous life, when he was still young, he was accidentally shocked by electricity while changing light bulbs, and clearly experienced what it was like.

However, compared to this moment where his entire body was convulsing, that little shock was nothing!

Luckily, that electric shock went away as quickly as it came. Zhang Che only felt that sensation for two seconds before the remaining electricity disappeared without a trace.

Even so, Zhang Che went all limp on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. He didn't have the strength to even move his finger.

"Damn you, I'll cut you into pieces!" Zhang Che cursed, seething with rage. This was the first time he had suffered such a huge loss. He immediately focused his attention on the golden vortex, controlling the hovering scarlet sword in a state of God's perspective, directing it to streak towards the heavily wounded Horned Electric Python.

This time, the Horned Electric Python wasn't able to dodge in the end. The scarlet sword pierced through the python at seven inches behind its head, leaving a rather smooth hole behind. Crimson blood gushed out like a burst pipe, spattering everywhere.

With its heart destroyed by the scarlet sword, not even the Horned Electric Python could continue, despite being a mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast. Its huge body immediately fell to the ground, spasming violently.

A scarlet streak of light flashed past like lightning once more. A large savage snake's head rolled off to the side.

Three slashes was all it took to cut down a mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast!

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Chapter 349: Another Way to Attack

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Three slashes to cut down a mid-tier exotic beast. This held great significance to Zhang Che.

This meant that from now on, he had the strength to take down mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts without relying on his babies.

Perhaps even among high-tier beastmasters, there wouldn't be many who had reached such a height.

Not only that, the two swords could become more powerful!

Then, other than consuming the remains of those top-tier exotic beasts, were the two swords able to become more powerful by consuming rare minerals?

Humans were seldom content with what they have. Zhang Che immediately thought of that.

With an idea, naturally he wanted to turn it into reality.

Therefore, Zhang Che had the Purple Crystal Tortoise spit out a pile of scarlet meteorite. Afterwards, he looked at the scarlet sword hovering at his side, filled with anticipation, hoping it would show a reaction.

Alas, facing the extremely rare mineral, the scarlet meteorite, the scarlet sword didn't show any desire to consume it.

"This is tricky… You're so picky. Where am I supposed to find food for you?" Zhang Che sighed. It seemed like it wouldn't be easy to continue upgrading the two swords.

The remains of divine-quality exotic beasts was something only encountered by chance.

Not only that, Zhang Che guessed that the remains they consumed might not be divine-quality. Perhaps it was super divine-quality!

In that case, to find similar remains in the future would be akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

He no longer thought about it. For now, the swords were good enough for him.

He walked forward quickly, picking up the Horned Electric Python beast card from the ground.

After a closer look, Zhang Che couldn't help but widen his eyes, and his jaw fell loose.[Horned Electric Python]

Level: Five Star (Level 48)

Quality: Legend

Type: Weapon Type

Characteristics: Able to Shoot Lightning to Attack Enemies. Has a Range of 50 Meters

Skill: Chain Lightning. Releases a Bolt of Lightning that Attacks in Sequence After Activation. All Enemies Within a Hundred Meter Radius Will Be Struck By Lightning in Order. Cooldown Time: 20 Minutes.

Halo: Lightning Resistance

Potential: E RankIt was actually a weapon-type beast card!

Zhang Che felt a surge of excitement. He held the beast card between his palms, triggering spiritual resonance with it. Afterwards, he stashed it in his spiritual sea and branded his spiritual imprint on it. With a burst of will, a five-colored ray shot out, materializing into a foot-long spiral horn with countless purple patterns on it.

He shifted his gaze to a fern a few dozen meters away. As he willed it, a dazzling electric light shot out from the tip of the horn, striking the fern and instantly turning it to ash.

"Ha, I didn't expect such a surprising harvest!"

Zhang Che was in a great mood!

Practically speaking, the beast card would display more power if it was an Original Combat Body-type card. After all, as a mid-tier legend-quality beast, the Horned Electric Python's basic strength wouldn't be anything to laugh at.

However, how could it compare to the feeling it gave as a weapon?

As long as Zhang Che was being a little more stealthy, his enemies wouldn't realize the danger it posed when he brought it out. He could then make use of the opportunity to shoot out lightning as an underhanded move or something. It couldn't feel any better than that!Zhang Che toyed with it indulgingly for some time before stashing the Horned Electric Python back into his spiritual sea.

With this unexpected gain, Zhang Che had another method of attacking. He was truly happy. He even wondered if there was any unique object in the ravine that drew the Horned Electric Python to use this place as its nest.

After all, under normal circumstances, exotic beasts at such a level wouldn't stay at the same place for a long time, unless there was something that greatly benefited them.

Take that giant stone man, for example. It stayed in that mountain with almost no vegetation for such a long time. It was surely because the environment was greatly beneficial to its growth.

"It is totally worth looking around here…"

A glint shone in Zhang Che's eyes. With a wave of his hand, every one of his babies were summoned, spreading out grandly in the ravine.

He only gave an extremely simple command to his babies: inform him immediately if they discover anything unusual.

Zhang Che wasn't worried about them getting into any danger.

The only exotic beast here was slain by him. There wouldn't be any other creatures here in the short run.

Of course, Zhang Che didn't forget to have the frisky monkey activate its skill, scanning the surrounding five kilometers to see if there were any spiritual herbs nearby.

The results were disappointing, however. The Horned Electric Python didn't choose to nest here because of a spiritual herb. The frisky monkey didn't discover anything after using his skill.

"In that case, maybe it's minerals?…"Time slowly passed. Although his babies discovered quite a few strange places, after Zhang Che went to investigate every one of them, he realized nothing turned out to be useful. They merely looked unusual.

In the end, it was thanks to the Purple Crystal Tortoise's unique talent that they found the Horned Electric Python's cave. Zhang Che finally discovered something there.

Seeing the pieces of crystals with sparkles of purple flashing in it which the Purple Crystal Tortoise "retrieved" from within the mountain, Zhang Che looked through the memories left behind by his predecessor, but was unable to find any information that matched them.

In the end, he could only stow the pile of purple-colored crystals into the Purple Crystal Tortoise's spatial pocket with some regrets, and wait until he returned to Hua Xia to ask his father-in-law to take a look at it. Perhaps he would recognize what the crystals were.

However, no matter what it was, Zhang Che knew that these crystals were likely to be needed to concoct cultivation fluid for the Horned Electric Python.The sky had yet to turn fully dark, but it was unsuitable for Zhang Che to continue on his journey.

Having just acquired a new toy, Zhang Che was eager to get familiar with it. Thus, he rode the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and flew around within a couple dozen kilometers. Whenever he saw any weak exotic beasts, a devious smile would appear on his face.

Going forward, glaring electric light would flash in the mountain range from time to time. Exotic beasts would cry out miserably following the flashes…

When the sky was about to turn fully dark, Zhang Che finally returned to the ravine, feeling satisfied. After enjoying a meal of roasted meat prepared by the Scarlet Flame Drake with the frisky monkey, Zhang Che went into the body of the mountain to rest.

After his earlier experiments, Zhang Che had a good grasp on the Horned Electric Python's strength.

First, its normal attack. Exotic beasts below mid-tier were basically unable to withstand a single flash of lightning, and would directly turn into a streak of light from the shock.

For mid-tier exotic beasts, as their quality increased, it was unable to kill gold-quality beasts in one strike. However, they would be severely injured.

As for the more powerful Chain Lightning skill, even five-star dark gold-quality beasts were unable to resist it when struck. The weaker ones would even be killed directly.

Zhang Che was incredibly satisfied, and at the same time, thankful. Luckily he had put on the Purple Crystal Armor before he entered the ravine, or he would have been turned into ash by the Horned Electric Python immediately!

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Chapter 350: Direct Confrontation with an Epic

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The next morning, Zhang Che set off once more, heading in the direction of the giant stone man.

During their journey, Zhang Che remained apprehensive of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at his fastest.

At present, he was already several thousand kilometers deep into the beast world. He might find himself wandering into the territory of some powerful exotic beasts if he was careless. Being negligent of his surroundings was something extremely dangerous.

Determining whether there were any exotic beasts that were troublesome to deal with in the area was actually very simple: just see if there were large amounts of exotic beasts nearby!

If the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon entered an area with no exotic beasts within a wide radius by mistake, Zhang Che would immediately realize he was heading into the territory of a powerful exotic beast. He had to stop and turn back immediately.

On his way, Zhang Che really came across such an area.

They flew a few dozen kilometers in before Zhang Che noticed something amiss, and he immediately had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon turn around to escape.

Although he didn't know exactly how strong the exotic beast in the area ahead was, Zhang Che decided not to investigate for safety's sake. Curiosity didn't only kill cats; it killed people, too!

After slowing their pace, Zhang Che discovered another advantage. He could slaughter the mid-tier exotic beasts they came across to the best of his ability.

Zhang Che wanted to reach Tier Six as soon as possible, so he could equip the legend-quality armor he had snatched from the black man previously, and improve his defense.

That was a six-star legend-quality armor! Not only that, it was one with a good balance of physical and elemental defense, and its attributes were extremely satisfying!

The armor's skill, Elemental Protective Barrier, was especially noteworthy. It could block off 100% of elemental attacks, and non-divine-quality or below elemental attacks weren't able to penetrate the barrier. When met with powerful exotic beasts that specialized in powerful elemental attacks, it could provide Zhang Che with an absolute defense!

Take his encounter with the Horned Electric Python yesterday, for example. The Chain Lightning skill nearly ended Zhang Che right there. If he had the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor on, he wouldn't have to be afraid of elemental attacks of that level at all.

"In the end, my beastmaster tier is too low!"

Since he could make his way to the giant stone man's area today with time to spare, Zhang Che was in no hurry. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stop intermittently, sending down a bolt of lightning whenever he spotted any mid-tier or higher exotic beasts.

For those that the lightning couldn't electrocute, Zhang Che didn't have to trouble his babies, either. The scarlet sword would directly fly in the exotic beast's direction, supplementing the lightning with a slash. That was all it took to slay a mid-tier exotic beast.

By the time a certain lonely mountain finally appeared in the afternoon, Zhang Che had made great harvests.

Although the accumulation of soul force points was far from enough to reach Tier Six, Zhang Che had obtained quite a number of mid-tier exotic beast cards.

Even though there weren't any dark gold-quality or above among them, there were many silver and gold-quality cards. When he returned to Hua Xia, he could totally open a high-end beast card shop!

"Right! Why don't I get great-aunt's family to come to Bei Du and help me manage a beast card shop?" Zhang Che was immediately moved when he thought of that.

In the past, he would sell the beast cards he obtained to the large shops in a batch. The prices he got for them would naturally be lower than if he sold them himself, but Zhang Che didn't have the time nor energy to do that.

Now that he had reconnected with some relatives, he could let them manage this project. This was simply killing multiple birds with one stone!

His mother wouldn't have to live alone in Bei Du from now on. This would be greatly beneficial to her health.

Also, the price difference he earned from opening his own shop could be used to pay his great-aunt's family as a salary, and thus help them live a better life.

Of course, the crucial point was if they were willing to move to Bei Du. After all, they had lived in Tian Xing City their entire lives. Perhaps they might not be willing to migrate.

Shaking his head, Zhang Che purged those thoughts from his mind. He looked at the looming mountain ahead, feeling complicated inside, unable to keep calm.

Some time ago, he was forced into a sorry state by that giant stone man, and could do nothing but run with his tail between his legs.

Now, he was finally back here!

Zhang Che felt proud of himself, like he had finally made it. With a wave of his hand, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was summoned. After checking on its skill cooldown time, Zhang Che realized there was still about two hours to go.

That giant stone man was incredibly powerful; Zhang Che had no intentions of summoning his other babies to help out. He would only be wearing the Purple Crystal Armor and riding the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to confront it.

Zhang Che had placed all his hopes of slaying the giant stone man on the two swords. If the swords were unable to cut through the giant stone man's body, he could only try to escape as soon as possible within the one hour duration of the Purple Crystal Armor skill.

Speaking of which, if he activated the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword's skill, it could definitely penetrate the giant stone man's defense easily…

However, the sword was too big. Zhang Che couldn't guarantee he could accurately hit its vitals.

Moreover, if he wanted to use the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword to attack the giant stone man, Zhang Che first had to get next to it. That was definitely impossible. Zhang Che wouldn't dare do something like that, no matter what!

The giant stone man was a few dozen meters tall. With a slap, even if the Purple Crystal Armor could withstand a physical attack of that degree, Zhang Che would be smacked into the earth. The shockwave would directly destroy his organs!Two hours went by quickly.

Riding on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the Purple Crystal Tortoise at his side was on standby at any moment. They flew into the core of the empty area carefully.

At present, a few low-tier exotic beasts were held in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's claws.

Zhang Che was going to use them to determine where the giant stone man was. That fellow usually hid itself within the mountain. He had no idea where it would emerge, and try to sneak a devastating hit from.

As they flew at a controlled pace, when the third exotic beast was tossed out from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's claw, Zhang Che finally saw that terrifying gigantic stone man again.

It suddenly emerged from the ground of the mountain. With just a punch, it smashed the low-tier exotic beast the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon threw out into blood spray. Fresh blood and mangled meat covered half of the giant's arm, looking especially scary.

Without any sound or signs, the single diamond-like eye on the giant stone man's flat face quickly locked onto Zhang Che, who was a thousand meters away.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon stopped in the air. The Purple Crystal Tortoise turned into a streak of five-colored light, covering Zhang Che from head to toe in the form of a tortoise shell-like armor.

Facing the epic-quality beast, Zhang Che had a calm expression.

He had already experienced fighting an epic-quality exotic beast. Although he made use of the fact that the Wind God Leopard was about to conceive and fell into an extremely weakened state to slay it at the time, making it an unfair victory, it was still an epic-quality beast nonetheless.

"Whether I have the strength to fight against a mid-tier epic-quality beast will depend on the next hour!"

Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon under him quickly shot forth, flying close to the ground.

At the same time, a rock spear as thick as a pillar streaked across a thousand meters like lightning, stabbing into the earth where the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was just a second ago with a loud rumble, leaving only a big, pitch black hole behind.

And so, the toughest battle Zhang Che had ever fought in his life began!

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Chapter 351: Earthen Rock Demon

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"Quick, get there at once!" Zhang Che roared. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon under him flew, nearly scraping the ground, wiggling his way forward like a fish in the water, quickly closing the distance between them and the giant stone man.

Whoosh! A violent sonic boom rang out. Another huge rock spear came flying at them.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly changed direction, dodging the rock spear again, and shortening the distance between the two parties.

At this moment, Zhang Che was less than five hundred meters away from the giant stone man.

"We're almost there!"

Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly, ready to summon the scarlet sword at any moment.

At that instant, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew into the giant stone man's gravity field.

A heavy pressure suddenly fell upon Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, weighing down on them. Zhang Che nearly had to lay flat on the dragon's back.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed was greatly affected, too. He was originally flying close to the ground to begin with, and he very nearly came into contact with the ground with the sudden weight pressing onto him.

-Damn it!-, Zhang Che cursed inside. He could only let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon try his best to carry on.

Things had progressed to this point. Other than going straight forward, there was no other path for Zhang Che to take.

Whoosh! Another tremendous sonic boom rang out. A rock spear plunged into the ground with a rumble, almost scraping the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body. The tiny rocks raised by the impact struck the dragon, directly exploding into even tinier bits.

The rock spears were incredibly powerful!

Due to the giant stone man's gravity field, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flying speed was greatly affected. He was now flying less than half as fast as before.

Seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon dodging its rock spears one after another, the giant stone man let out a furious roar. Its two legs were like pillars reaching the sky and suddenly strode forth, crossing close to thirty meters with a single step.

Dong! A loud noise was made the moment it hit the ground. The earth shook like an earthquake was happening, shocking them.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The giant stone man never stopped once it started moving. Its pillar-like legs kept striding forward, running in Zhang Che's direction.

At the same time, the giant stone man's arms weren't idling, either. A mass of dirty yellow light rose from the ground, along its legs, and quickly formed a rock spear in its hand. Its thick arm shot forward, throwing the spear at Zhang Che.

Currently, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was not even three hundred meters away from the giant stone man.

The rock spear brought with it a tremendous sonic boom, reaching the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Che's pupils expanded. A sharp, deep glow was shining on the tip of the thick rock spear.

He had no doubt that if he was struck by the rock spear, even if the Purple Crystal Armor remained intact, he would be knocked dozens of meters back, followed by death from ruptured organs.

Sometimes, when physical attacks reached a certain level of destructive power, just blocking the attack wasn't the end of it. The impact carried by the massive force could directly penetrate any armor and apply to your body, destroying your vulnerable flesh.

The martial art move, Striking a Bull Beyond a Mountain, wasn't as senseless as it seemed in the movies…

Zhang Che's heart leapt up to his throat. He quickly leaned his body back, directly laying back on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

At the same time, the dragon let go of all resistance against the gravity field. He was like a nail attracted to a magnet, instantly pressing against the ground.

A wave of violent, rampaging wind blew past. Despite wearing the Purple Crystal Armor, Zhang Che clearly felt how strong the wind brought about by the rock spear was.

"Receiving the beating and being unable to fight back. How stifling!"

It could be seen how high an epic-quality exotic beast's combat strength was.

When he hunted the Wind God Leopard, that fellow happened to be in a weakened state after giving birth, and thus the battle didn't leave too deep of an impression on Zhang Che. Now, he finally understood how lucky he and Luo Wenjun's party was.

If that Wind God Leopard had been able to utilize its False Domain, let alone claiming victory over it, they might not have had even a chance of escaping!

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! The giant stone man quickly approached, step by step. At the same time, another rock spear appeared in its huge palm.

"Since it's difficult for me to close in, I might as well just let you come to me!"

Zhang Che immediately switched up his plan. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon move by slithering on the ground like a snake. He wasn't hoping to get closer to the giant stone man, only aiming to not get struck by that terrifying rock spear.

As expected, another sonic boom rang out in the next moment. The rock spear in the giant stone man's hand came flying at them, cutting through the air a hair's breadth away from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, plunging into the earth. A spread of small rocks was raised by the impact, hitting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Zhang Che's Purple Crystal Armor produced a wave of crisp tings from the shrapnel.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't flying forward, every step the giant stone man took would close their distance by a couple dozen meters.

A few seconds later, after Zhang Che had dodged three rock spears from the giant stone man, the distance between them had finally shrunk to about a hundred meters.[Earthen Rock Demon]

Level: Six Star (Level 57)

Quality: Epic

Characteristics: Born from the Energies of the Earth, Gifted with the Ability to Manipulate the Rock and Soil from Birth. Possesses Extremely Tough Physical Defense.

Weakness: Rather Slow Movement Speed

Innate Attribute: Earth Elements Assimilation. Able to Blend into the Earth as it Wish, and Borrow its Strength to Attack and Defend.

Skill: Earth Spike. Countless Sharp Spikes Formed From the Earth Elements Rise from the Ground After Activation. Contains Devastating Power, Controllable Range: 500 Meters, Maximum Height: 300 Meters, Cooldown Time: 15 Minutes.

Skill: Lightning Rock Spear. Activation of Skill Grants a Rock Spear with the Speed of Lightning, Making it Extremely Difficult to Dodge. Attack Range: 1000 Meters, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

False Domain: Gravity Field. Forms a Powerful Gravity Force Field in a 500 Meter Radius, Increasing the Gravity Within the Field By Ten Times or More.

Potential: D RankFinally, Zhang Che got a look at the giant stone man's… oh, no, now it should be called the Earthen Rock Demon's, attributes.

His pupils constricted slightly, growing very wary.

Zhang Che didn't expect the Earthen Rock Demon's attributes to be that strong. Both its skills were powerful offensive moves, especially that Lightning Rock Spear. It was worthy of being called a super strong single target skill.

Able to attack as fast as lightning; how many people would be able to dodge such an attack?

Up until now, the Earthen Rock Demon had yet to use any of its skills. Did that mean that Zhang Che wasn't worth its attention?

After all, Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon were already struggling to dodge its normal rock spear attacks. If he continued closing their distance, it could simply smack these two insects to their deaths with a slap. Was there a need to use its skills?

This fellow obviously knew the principle of not wasting effort on a trifling matter…

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Chapter 352: Combination Play, Slaying Epic Beast

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The Earthen Rock Demon not wanting to go all out against Zhang Che had given him an opportunity.

When it was only a couple dozen meters above him, Zhang Che no longer hesitated. A surge of killing intent rose in him. A scarlet streak of light shot out from his brows, flying straight towards the Earthen Rock Demon's neck.

Looking over the whole of the Earthen Rock Demon's body, it seemed like its neck was where its defense was the weakest.

It couldn't be helped; the fellow was too massive. It stood about fifty meters tall, like a mini mountain. Not only that, its whole body was made of thick, dense rock. Where would he find a real weakness?

At the same time, another streak of light, this one five-colored, shot out. The Horned Electric Python was in Zhang Che's hand, sending a bolt of lightning at the Earthen Rock Demon.

Lightning elemental attacks had a natural advantage when it came to speed!

Before the scarlet sword could reach the Earthen Rock Demon, the lightning had struck its house-sized head.

Crackle! Countless snakes of lightning dispersed across the Earthen Rock Demon's head.

However, this exotic beast's body was different from the others. The lightning attack didn't do any damage to it at all, only causing a thin layer of powder to fall from its head.

Although it wasn't hurt, the Earthen Rock Demon felt like its dignity was being challenged. That diamond-like single eye on its head emitted a furious glint.

That wasn't a glint of rage, but a sign of the Earthen Rock Demon activating its skill!

Zhang Che immediately sensed it, and he quickly laid down against the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back tightly, ordering the dragon to slither as best as he could.

Kacha! A loud noise rang out. At the moment the Earthen Rock Demon unleashed its skill, the scarlet sword slashed down violently at its pillar-like neck, drawing a deep gash on it.

Large pieces of rock fell. A dense aura of earth came flooding out of the wound.

-This… is probably the Earthen Rock Demon's blood?-

Zhang Che didn't have time to think about this, because sharp rock spikes covered with a layer of deep earth-yellow light suddenly rose from the ground.

Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng! Loud noises rang out one after another. The rock spikes pierced the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's abdomen, shattering the length of his crystallized body. His slim body was instantly broken into multiple sections.

This terrifying Earth Spike skill had easily smashed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body to pieces. Abyssal cold aura gushed out madly, barely keeping his head from shattering, and he fell to the ground along with Zhang Che.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon possessed an undying body of abyssal cold, an attack of such degree still felt terrible. Without a certain amount of time, he wouldn't recover.

Left without a choice, Zhang Che could only recall the broken sections of the dragon's body into his spiritual sea. Afterwards, while resisting the heavy gravity field, he started running on his own.

"Now, I only have to worry about that guy's Lightning Rock Spear attack!"

Zhang Che believed that as long as he withstood the Earthen Rock Demon's second skill, the epic-quality exotic beast would basically be unable to do a thing against him.

After all, although that fellow was big and tall, it wasn't fast. Its agility was lacking, too. Despite Zhang Che being affected by the gravity field, it wouldn't be easy for the exotic beast to catch up to him.

Just as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was severely wounded by the Earthen Rock Demon's Earth Spike skill, the scarlet sword launched another attack, slashing the mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast's neck a second time. Another bunch of rocks fell down.

The Earthen Rock Demon finally felt threatened. It quickly raised its arms, swinging them about like windmills, trying to strike down the scarlet sword.

However, the scarlet sword was swift as lightning, and nimble as a fish in water under Zhang Che's direction. How could the clumsy fellow possibly hit it?

Kacha! The scarlet sword struck the Earthen Rock Demon's neck for the third time…

More elemental aura gushed out from the wound on the Earthen Rock Demon's neck. It looked just like dirty yellow blood was spattering.

Perhaps, for the Earthen Rock Demon, that was its blood!

The mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast finally realized it was only possible for it to neutralize the threat of the scarlet sword by eliminating Zhang Che.

As such, it no longer paid attention to the annoying scarlet sword flying around it like a fly. Instead, it strode forward with long steps, chasing after Zhang Che, who was lingering about a hundred meters away from it.

Every step this fellow took would cover thirty meters of ground. It could catch up to Zhang Che with just a few steps.

However, Zhang Che was running slyly in an S-shaped path. Every time the Earthen Rock Demon was about to catch up to him, he would veer off to the side, leaving it no choice but to slow down and turn to continue chasing him.

Looking down from the sky, Zhang Che was like a nimble grasshopper, while the Earthen Rock Demon was a big clumsy man chasing after that grasshopper. Although it was larger than him by countless times, it just couldn't catch up to Zhang Che.

During all this, Zhang Che could direct the scarlet sword through the golden vortex, slashing at the Earthen Rock Demon's neck time after time, gradually expanding the wound there.

-It'd be great if I could control both the swords to attack at the same time. I would be able to slay this Earthen Rock Demon in the shortest time possible…-

Although the scarlet sword could penetrate the Earthen Rock Demon's defense, the fellow was too huge. Zhang Che wasn't sure if he could last until the end.

Just as the thought flashed through Zhang Che's head, the Earthen Rock Demon suddenly stopped in place. A dense dirty yellow light suddenly rose from the ground, rising along its huge body. In the end, it condensed into a huge spear in his hand almost entirely golden in color.

Zhang Che felt a chill in his heart. He quickly leapt to the side on reflex, and rolled twice on the ground.

There was an explosion at his side. An unstoppable force slammed against Zhang Che's back, directly sending him flying a few dozen meters ahead.

Although the Purple Crystal Armor absorbed most of the damage, Zhang Che still felt like he was dying. Nearly half his bones were broken, and his organs seemed to have shifted positions, too.

He suddenly opened his mouth, coughing up a mouthful of blood, but it was covered by his helmet, and ended up splashing over his face.

-I'm going to kill it!- Zhang Che yelled inside. He knew he had arrived at the most dangerous moment!

In his spiritual sea, the golden vortex suddenly accelerated, emitting a resplendent golden light.

In the next moment, the white sword originally swimming in Zhang Che's spiritual sea suddenly rushed out, emerging between his brows and flew to the scarlet sword in the air at lightning speed, joining together. The two intertwined, turning into a mass of scarlet white light, and circled once around the Earthen Rock Demon's neck.

The Earthen Rock Demon was chasing after Zhang Che a short distance behind him, and had its leg reached out, intending to turn Zhang Che into meat paste with a stomp. It suddenly stopped moving.

A neat gash suddenly appeared around the Earthen Rock Demon's neck. A mass of extremely dense earth elemental aura rose to the sky, gushing out from its head.

The Earthen Rock Demon's headless body was like a collapsing mountain, suddenly falling away. Before it hit the ground, it had turned into a rainbow streak of light.

Its fallen head had turned into a streak of light at the same time. It quickly fell, gathering into the larger mass of light, and condensed into a rainbow card in the end, floating down to the ground from a few dozen meters in the sky.

At the crucial moment, Zhang Che aroused the golden vortex's powerful energy and employed both swords at the same time. The swords combined into one, slaying the Earthen Rock Demon with a single slash.

This was Zhang Che's first slaying of an epic-quality exotic beast in the truest sense, a historic moment!

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Chapter 353: Slumber. Return.

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The Purple Crystal Armor dispersed. The Unicorn flew out from Zhang Che's brows, and immediately shot a milky white ray at its master, healing his injuries.

That hit he took earlier wasn't followed up by the Earthen Rock Demon with the Lightning Rock Spear, but his injuries weren't light, regardless.

If it wasn't for his superhuman physique, he wouldn't have made it through this time.

"How dangerous!" Zhang Che couldn't help but sigh in fear after his injuries were thoroughly healed.

Originally, he was fully confident of taking down the Earthen Rock Demon. Looking back at it now, it was a little too risky…

Although the golden vortex displayed its might at the last moment, letting the two swords combine into one and unleash a devastating attack to directly kill the Earthen Rock Demon, the situation was beyond Zhang Che's calculations.

In other words, if the golden vortex hadn't suddenly erupted, other than running away with an injured body, there was nothing Zhang Che could do, not to mention losing the chance to slay the mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast.

"Looks like I have overestimated my overall strength a little…"

Shaking his head, Zhang Che walked towards where the epic-quality beast card had fallen.

At the same time, the scarlet and white swords descended from the sky in a spin, then hovered around Zhang Che in a circle slowly. At present, Zhang Che had lost his control over the swords again, and he could only let them remain in their original forms.

At his will, the two swords were recalled into his spiritual sea. While Zhang Che walked, he focused his mind into his spiritual sea. He saw the golden vortex had turned into a tiny origin, its aura extremely weak, not moving at all.

Zhang Che was shocked. -Is the golden vortex crippled?-

He immediately stopped, focusing on the golden vortex. He actually didn't enter that profound state!

-This… is it really crippled?-

Zhang Che was truly at a loss for words. If that sudden eruption from before led to the crippling of the golden vortex, then he had truly suffered a huge loss!

Despite him successfully slaying the Earthen Rock Demon as he hoped to, the crucial thing was that the fellow was a six-star exotic beast! Zhang Che didn't know when would he be able to finally make use of it!

Now that he had lost the golden vortex, and in turn, the ability to direct the swords, Zhang Che was significantly weakened. Although he could rely on his babies to gang up on mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts, if he encountered any epic-quality beasts, he would have no way of obtaining victory!

Therefore, be it in the short-term or the long-term, it seemed like it wasn't worth it.

Zhang Che's complexion started to turn ugly.

He continued checking for a long time. In the end, he realized the golden vortex shouldn't be crippled forever. However, due to it exhausting too much energy, it had fallen into a deep slumber.

"This sucks. I was originally planning on breaking through in this beast world to Tier Six as before I returned."

Zhang Che felt like crying, but no tears would come out. Although the golden vortex was only sleeping, and he could be considered to have made it out on the winning side overall, for the next few days, his overall strength had decreased instead of increasing. That was the solid truth, and nothing could be done to change it.

"Forget it. You win some, you lose some! How can everything be perfect?"

Zhang Che could only sigh. Shaking his head, his resumed walking and picked up the beast card on the ground, taking a look at the Earthen Rock Demon's attributes.[Earthen Rock Demon]

Level: Six Star (Level 57)

Quality: Epic

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Born from the Energies of the Earth, Gifted with the Ability to Manipulate the Rock and Soil from Birth. Possesses Extremely Tough Physical Defense.

Weakness: Rather Slow Movement Speed

Innate Attribute: Earth Elements Assimilation. Able to Blend into the Earth as it Wishes, and Borrow its Strength to Attack and Defend.

Skill: Earth Spike. Countless Sharp Spikes Formed From the Earth Elements Rise from the Ground After Activation. Contains Devastating Power, Controllable Range: 500 Meters, Maximum Height: 300 Meters, Cooldown Time: 15 Minutes.

Skill: Lightning Rock Spear. Activation of Skill Grants a Rock Spear with the Speed of Lightning, Making it Extremely Difficult to Dodge. Attack Range: 1,000 Meters, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

False Domain: Gravity Field. Forms a Powerful Gravity Force Field in a 500-Meter Radius, Increasing the Gravity Within the Field By Ten Times or More.

Potential: D RankSeeing the excellent attributes once more made Zhang Che feel much better inside.

As he had expected, the Earthen Rock Demon was indeed an Original Combat Body-type beast. Once his beastmaster tier rose to Tier Six, his fighting strength would immediately double.

Just with this, Zhang Che would totally have a fighting chance if he came across another mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast. Although it wasn't guaranteed that he would slay the mid-tier epic-quality beast, he could at least place himself in an undefeatable position.

And so, the problem was back to the same point. Zhang Che had to advance to a Tier Six beastmaster before his strength would truly reach new heights.

"Forget it. Now that the golden vortex is recovering, heavens knows when it will recover. I better not continue staying around here. I'll return first and prepare to open my own high-end beast card shop."

Zhang Che was really hoping that he could successfully "swindle" his great-aunt's family to migrate over to Bei Du with his idea of opening a beast card shop.

Otherwise, with him always being away from home, he didn't have much time to keep his mother company. With no other friends or relatives around, Sun Lan's psyche might be affected negatively when she lived alone for too long. This would greatly affect her health.

Not only that, Zhang Che even thought that at the most he'd cough up a portion of the beast card shop's profits as salary for his great-aunt's family. That was totally doable.

In any case, he didn't need that bit of money at all.

Just that huge piece of spiritual jade alone was worth way more than what ordinary people could imagine. Some mid-tier exotic beast cards really couldn't be counted for much against it.

Since it was already getting late, naturally Zhang Che wouldn't set off right away.

He rested a night in this empty mountain peacefully, not having to worry about any exotic beasts coming to harass him.The next morning, Zhang Che got on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and sped off in the direction he came from.At dawn five days later, Zhang Che finally returned to Bei Du airport.

"The moon is brighter in one's hometown, and the people more familiar. The people from ancient times were right!"

Once he returned to Hua Xia soil, Zhang Che immediately felt his entire being relax, feeling an indescribable carefreeness.

Of course, the main reason he could relax was because the Miyazaki Clan would never come find trouble with him again.

After he exited the beast world, Zhang Che saw the news regarding the Miyazaki Clan on his personal terminal.

Although many suspicious areas could be seen in the conflict between the Miyazaki Clan and the faction from Bei Mei after the matter started, both parties had already fully committed themselves to the fight. Who would bother about whether it was suspicious or not? All that mattered was to screw the other party!

As long as they beat down the opposite party and obtained the results of their research regarding exotic beast genetics evolution fluid, the war wouldn't be considered a failure.

That's right; during their extended fight, both sides had realized the other party was actually conducting similar research!

This was also the crucial reason as to why neither of them had any intention of coming to a truce, despite realizing the cause of their conflict was suspicious.

"Now, I can finally rest assured!"

Zhang Che was very glad to see such a result. No matter how the fight between the Miyazaki Clan and the mysterious faction from Bei Mei played out, he was completely safe. He didn't have to worry about someone coming to do anything to his closed ones in the dark. That was enough!

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Chapter 354: Shocking Father-in-Law

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After walking out of the airport, Zhang Che made a call to his mother, and learned that his great-aunt and the others had gone back to Tian Xing City.

This left him with no choice but to hold off on telling his mother about his plan. It was better to talk to her in person about such an important matter after returning home, then have her contact Sun Shaoying to ask about her opinion.

Even after they agreed to it, Zhang Che still had to scout for a shop, renovate it, register the business, and a bunch of other administrative work to take care of.

Zhang Che proceeded to call Huang Tielan. Now that the school term had officially started, she was at her busiest. Even her meals and accomodations were at school. She probably wouldn't have the time to come back except on weekends.

What Zhang Che felt the most gratified about was that during this period of time, her hard work had led to a tremendous improvement in her studies of beast card concoction fluid recipes. She could now correctly point out at least two ingredients from the recipes Zhang Che left behind for those low-tier exotic beast cards. Her best result was getting five ingredients correct for a rather ordinary beast card.

If she continued improving at this pace, Huang Tielan would become an official elementary beast card cultivator within a year.

Not only that, but with Zhang Che's help, Miss Tienan's improvement would only get faster and faster.

Perhaps one day she just might become the best beast card cultivator in the world!

Who knows? Maybe she would even reach that height before Zhang Che became the strongest beastmaster!

At that time, their family would consist of the strongest beastmaster, and the most outstanding beast card cultivator. They would simply be the most perfect couple!

Thinking of that, Zhang Che couldn't resist showing a wistful smile on his face.When Zhang Che got home, he told Sun Lan about his idea.

"You're saying you want to open a beast card shop in Bei Du, and have your great-aunt's family help manage it?" Sun Lan's eyes shone excitedly after hearing what Zhang Che said.

She immediately understood her son's intentions.

First, he could help their family and provide them with a better life. Second, when they came to Bei Du, Sun Lan wouldn't have to stay at home alone all the time. With friends and family around, she could go out more often. Naturally it would be much better than her current situation.

"Sure, I'll contact your great-aunt right away, and see what they think of it."

Seeing her son being so sensible and thinking of her well-being, Sun Lan felt very gratified. She immediately opened her personal terminal and called Sun Shaoying.

After hearing Sun Lan's proposal, Sun Shaoying was excited too!

However, this matter concerned her family's living environment in the future. She couldn't possibly make a decision right then. Therefore, she stated that she'd have a discussion with her family that night before giving Sun Lan an answer.

"Xiaoche, your great-aunt will discuss the matter tonight before deciding whether to come over or not. But I think they will probably agree to it. Your aunt and the others are only working ordinary jobs. It's nothing much for them to change jobs. The main thing is your Uncle Wenshan's girlfriend. Her family had been against their relationship from the start. Perhaps this opportunity might loosen them up!" Sun Lan was very optimistic about this.

Zhang Che nodded, not saying a word. This was only a little kind intention from him. If they were truly unwilling to migrate here, it was nothing to him.

Given his fortune, if his mother was sick of staying here, she could totally take a sky shuttle flight to Tian Xing City to have fun for a few days whenever she wanted to.After eating lunch at home with his mother, Zhang Che contacted his future father-in-law. Huang Juyun happened to be in Bei Du for some matter, and Zhang Che immediately drove over to the Huang's ancestral home.

Keeping the spiritual jade with him would be a waste of its value. It was better to let them handle it to maximize its worth.

Moreover, there was that snow lotus, too. Zhang Che didn't understand its properties at all. It would be too much of a waste if he just fed it to his babies like that. GIving it to his father-in-law to have his men research it and hopefully concoct some pills would be for the best.

When he arrived at the Huang family's ancestral home, Zhang Che first greeted the two Huang elders, then followed Huang Juyun to the front hall.

"You're acting all mysterious. Did you obtain something good in the beast world again and want to show off?" Huang Juyun had already guessed Zhang Che had discovered some treasure which he didn't really understand and wanted him to take a look at it, and so teased him about it.

"Hehe, I really did obtain two items, and wanted to have Uncle Huang help take a look at them." Zhang Che didn't put on airs. With a chuckle, he waved his hand and brought out the spiritual jade and the snow lotus growing on top of it.

Huang Juyun's attention was drawn to the snow lotus the moment it appeared. He walked up to it to take a closer look, and even took a whiff at it. He exclaimed, "Hmm? This flower is extraordinary!"

"What do you think about the flower, Uncle Huang? How does it compare to the scarlet lotus from last time?" Zhang Che asked with an anticipatory look.

However, Huang Juyun shook his head slightly and said, "Not quite as good. That fire lotus grew by absorbing the essence of innate fire elements. It was a top-tier spiritual herb. Although this snow lotus doesn't look simple either, it is just a little worse."

After a short pause, a hint of doubt showed on his face. He asked, "Right, didn't you say you got two items? Where's the other? Quickly take it out, don't leave me hanging!"

At present, the roots of the snow lotus had grown so dense that the entire spiritual jade was covered by them. Huang Juyun didn't notice the priceless treasure hidden right under his nose at all!

Zhang Che's lips drew back into a smile. He didn't say anything and took two steps forward, reaching out for the snow lotus and parted the roots, revealing a gap below. The translucent, beautiful spiritual jade was immediately revealed.

"Eh? This…"

In the instant the small corner of the spiritual jade was revealed, Huang Juyun's eyes immediately went wide. He crouched down in disbelief and took a closer look. Afterwards, his whole body started trembling.

Huang Juyun had an agitated expression. He turned around to look at Zhang Che, asking him with great anticipation, "Th-this, this… the whole chunk underneath is the same?"

Zhang Che nodded, "Of course. If it wasn't, why would I bring it along?"

"Attaboy, you're really something!" Huang Juyun slapped down hard on Zhang Che's shoulder excitedly. He said excitedly, "Xiaoche, Uncle has something to discuss with you. Can you loan this thing to me for a period of time? There are some immature spiritual herbs at the herbal research institute. The researchers have spent countless efforts on them, but the spiritual herbs are barely growing in the lab, with no hopes of maturing at all. If we have this spiritual jade, we'll surely be able to concoct much better pills!"

Zhang Che shook his head slightly. He chuckled, "Look what you're saying! What do you mean by renting? Just use it as you want. There's no way for me to bring out a greater value of it other than selling it off. But, I only hope that if the lab produces any pills that is beneficial for ordinary people, like extending their lifespan or whatever, please do keep a portion for me."

"Hahaha, great! I wasn't wrong about you!" Huang Juyun patted Zhang Che's shoulder again, saying with a bright expression, "Take it as our Huang family borrowing the spiritual jade from you. If there's any new products at the lab, just take however many you want. Treat it as rent! Hahahaha!…"

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Chapter 355: Great-aunt's Family Moves to the Capital

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Zhang Che left after dinner. Huang Juyun instructed someone to come take the spiritual jade and the snow lotus on it away, showing a look of lamentation.

It seemed like every time that brat Zhang Che returned from the beast world, he would have a bunch of treasures with him. It was like the beast world was his home.

Huang Juyun had truly never seen anyone else with such luck. This prospective son-in-law of his was indeed no ordinary dragon among men, but a legendary five-clawed golden dragon!

Other matters aside, just the things Zhang Che brought back from the beast world the past two times were worth more than the Huang family's entire fortune!

"Indeed, our Lanlan has a good eye for people!" Other than lamenting about his daughter's unique eye for treasure, there was nothing else Huang Juyun could say.

Perhaps, during the next beast swarm, that brat would rise to become the brightest star in the sky.When Zhang Che got home, he gave Sun Lan two ceramic bottles containing medicinal pills that were beneficial for ordinary people's health. This was the newest product from the Huang family's lab.

Although it was said that the pills were good for ordinary people's health, they were definitely something true common people couldn't afford.

Even though the ingredients used to concoct these medicinal pills were only some of the lowest grade spiritual herbs, they were spiritual herbs nonetheless. Adding on the research and development costs, the cost to produce the pills had reached the staggering price of a few thousand dollars each!

In other words, a single pill was equivalent to a one-star black iron-quality beast card!

Let alone commoners, even some low-tier beastmasters would feel the sting of eating something that cost a one-star black iron-quality beast card every day!

This was merely medicinal pills that ordinary people could consume to improve their health. If it were the kind of pills that could improve the physique of high-tier beastmasters, increasing the speed at which their soul force nourished their body, their price would be so high that the common people could only look on in admiration, not even daring to think about it.

If it were in the past, Sun Lan would never be willing to consume such pills after learning about their price.

However, now that her son had become a big earner, her view was slowly changing. She gladly accepted the gift and said that they needed to find a day to invite Huang Tielan's parents over for a meal to thank them.

However, Zhang Che could tell that his mother was only using it as an excuse. When both parties' parents met, would they not be talking about the matters concerning their children?

-Hehe, it's torturing for me waiting for the day when Miss Tienan wears that tight-fit soft armor and shows me!- Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly, nearly chuckling out loud.Far off at Bei Du University, Huang Tielan suddenly felt an inexplicable chill on her back. She turned around to look, but discovered nothing. In the end, her eyes widened as she thought to herself, -It must be Zhang Xiaoche thinking something bad about me again…-That night, Sun Shaoying phoned a reply to Sun Lan.

Their family had discussed things and arrived at the decision to come to Bei Du.

After all, only Xi Wenshan was a beastmaster in their family, and he was only a Tier Three beastmaster, achieved by accumulating kills on low-tier exotic beasts over a long period of time. There probably wouldn't be any further breakthroughs for him in this aspect.

Although Sun Shaoying's family each had their own careers, there wasn't a path for them to advance further.

Although Xi Wenshan found a rich man's daughter for his girlfriend, her family wouldn't agree to their marriage. If they continued on that path, it would be hard for their relationship to come to fruition.

After all, marriage wasn't like dating. What needed to be considered wasn't only their own circumstances. Their families and other elements were also involved.

With all these factors, his relatives came to a consensus very quickly.

After all, when they came to Bei Du, they didn't have to start from scratch. Zhang Che would arrange everything for them. They only needed to manage the beast card shop well.

Beast cards were unlike ordinary products. The demand for them would always be massive, especially the higher quality ones. The supply was far from satisfying the demand.

Obviously, the batch of beast cards on Zhang Che, as well as the beast cards he would obtain in the future, were definitely of excellent quality!

"Xiaoche, your great-aunt's family has booked the 9 AM tickets for the flight to Bei Du tomorrow. We'll go receive them at noon."

Sun Lan was very happy that her aunt's family was willing to migrate to Bei Du.

"Alright, mom, we'll go receive them tomorrow then," Zhang Che nodded with a smile. All that mattered was that his mother was happy. Him doing all this was so that she would not feel lonely, and have someone to talk to.

When the beast card shop opened, it was enough for his uncle and the others to run the shop. His great-aunt could totally keep his mother company all the time, walking, chatting, whatever.

Not only that, if they were willing to, leaving Hua Xia and going to other regions for a holiday wasn't anything difficult, either. There was the sky shuttle, after all.

When it came to safety, sky shuttle flight accidents were unheard of.

That night, Zhang Che didn't idle around. After giving some thought to it, he contacted Huang Juyun in the end and asked him for help.

After all, Zhang Che didn't have that much time to spend on taking care of those trifling matters.

Huang Juyun agreed to his prospective son-in-law's request right away. He immediately instructed his subordinates to go handle it.The next morning, someone from the Huang family came and delivered a contract for a shop in the nearby business district to Zhang Che, as well as other things, like the business license.

Not only that, Huang Juyun even contacted the relevant companies for things like renovation. They only needed to wait for three days before Zhang Che's shop was ready to officially go into business.

"Indeed, the old saying is right. It's easier to do things when you know someone in court. If I had to do all these things myself, I would have needed two weeks or so," Zhang Che lamented. Afterwards, he had Liu Gang and Yi Chong drive the two beastly cars and bring him and his mother to Bei Du airport to receive his great-aunt's family.When Sun Shaoying walked out of the airport and saw those two beastly cars Zhang Che had, she was shocked once again.

That kind of car wasn't something you could get just because you had money!

What surprised Zhang Che was that not only did that uncle Xi Wenshan he had never met come, even his girlfriend came along.

Zhang Che took a glance at her and could immediately tell that she was a very well-taught rich girl. She stood quietly and politely with his great-aunt's family. There wasn't a trace of the arrogant nature that most girls from rich families had.

That was probably why she ignored her family's objections and insisted on being together with Xi Wenshan.

What came after was all kinds of trifling matters. They had to look for a place for their family, find a kindergarten for his cousin Lin Xin'er, and so on and so forth…

Zhang Che decided to not trouble himself over these matters. Since he already asked his father-in-law for help, he'd just do it again. In any case, Huang Juyun only had to say the word and someone would settle it for him.

Finally, on the third day after his great-aunt's family came to Bei Du, Zhang Che's beast card shop, known as Premium House, silently opened for business in downtown Bei Du on a commercial street.

This matter thus came to an end. Zhang Che had rested a few days, and now he was preparing to enter the beast world again, striving to advance to Tier Six as soon as possible.

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Chapter 356: Zhang Xiaoche, Why Do You Use Such Wicked Things?

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Zhang Che had something else he had to take care of before doing that.

Today was the weekend. Miss Tienan would be coming home from school!

Of course, that wasn't the main point. The main point was that Zhang Che wanted to see how good she was at concocting beast card cultivation fluid now.

The three-star gold-quality Gale Wolf King and Swamp Crocodile King cards had risen to dark gold-quality over the past few days. Zhang Che wanted to let Miss Tienan try if she could successfully concoct the cultivation fluid that would advance them to mid-tier.

Although Zhang Che basically had no use for these low-tier mid-quality beast cards any more, it would only prove beneficial to him if he could raise their strength.

Well, he'd just treat it as letting Miss Tienan get some practice in.

After all, buying beast cards from outside all the time to practice formulating a recipe for the cultivation fluid cost money, didn't it?

However, after Zhang Che looked up on the required ingredients for the two beast cards to level up, he realized that he wouldn't be able to find so many things in a short time.

Of course, some of the ingredients could be substituted with something else.

However, Zhang Che had no knowledge at all regarding beast card cultivation. Even Huang Tielan had yet to become a full-fledged beast card cultivator herself. It wasn't such an easy thing to find a proper substitute AND to make those two cards rank up successfully.

Helpless about it, Zhang Che could only check all his other cards that were around three-star gold-quality. In the end, he discovered that only all of the ingredients needed to rank up the Rotten Ent Prowler to four-star could be directly bought in the Bei Du market.

For the others, there would always be a couple of ingredients lacking, and substitutes needed to be found for them.

This gave Zhang Che a huge headache. They were only three-star beast cards! When he needed to level up his mid-tier beast cards in the future, wouldn't it be even harder to find the required ingredients?

From the looks of it now, he could only hope Miss Tienan would become an accomplished beast card cultivator as soon as possible, and be able to find substitutes for the missing ingredients.

"Zhang Xiaoche, are you going to check on my homework?"

Huang Tielan was dragged to the lab the moment she returned from school. This left her a little unhappy.

This bad boy hadn't seen her for such a long time. Shouldn't he be acting all naughty and trying to get handsy with her?

-Why did he pull me to the lab for? Does he not believe in my hard work?

-Hmph hmph, I'll have your jaws dropped later!-

Zhang Che felt his scalp going a little numb. -This tone of hers sounds a little off…-

He thought for a while. -Hmm? I seem to have forgotten some procedure.-

As such, Zhang Che suddenly pulled Miss Tienan into his embrace and chuckled, "Right, I'm going to check if there's any problem with my future wife's 'granaries'."

As he spoke, he pushed his chest out. When he felt a strong rebound, he lamented, "Not bad, not bad! My future wife is blessed. She's definitely not starving!"

"Zhang Xiaoche, you're looking to die!" A hue of red immediately colored Miss Tienan's face. She scolded him with a smile on her face, but she took the initiative to stick her body close to Zhang Che.

"Siii…" Zhang Che almost couldn't hold himself back. This was forcing him to commit a sin!

His hands started acting naughty.

"Hey, hey, hey. Zhang Xiaoche, you're being a little too much…" Huang Tielan warned softly, but she didn't move away. Instead, she brought her face closer, her red lips parted slightly, and her narrowed eyes were filled with charm.

Zhang Che only felt his mind racing. Afterwards, his disappointing heart started pumping furiously. Without a second thought, he immediately brought his tilted head closer.

"Ah!" Zhang Che cried out miserably. He hurriedly withdrew his tongue, his hands covering his mouth. Tears were welling up in his eyes from the pain.

"Hmph hmph!" Huang Tielan humphed smugly, looking at Zhang Che's pathetic face with her head tilted. "I see if you dare to act so dishonestly again."

Zhang Che wanted to cry, but no tears would come out.* -Where did my pure and innocent Miss Tienan go? When did she become so evil?-*

"You used so much strength! What if you bit off my tongue and made me unable to eat food in the future?"

Huang Tielan chuckled, not falling for his tricks. "If you can't eat, just chug it down."

Zhang Che lost all interest. Shaking his head, he walked into the lab and took out the ingredients that had just been delivered from the store.

"Come, I really do want to check on your homework today. See if you can concoct this cultivation fluid."

While speaking, he took out the Rotten Ent Prowler card and placed it on the table.

"Eh? A three-star gold-quality card! Looks like it'll be very challenging," Huang Tielan said, her eyes lighting up. She walked forward with quick steps and picked up the beast card on the table, studying it carefully. Then, she suddenly asked, "Zhang Xiaoche, can you wipe off your spiritual imprint on the card? I want to see exactly what kind of subdued beast this is. I'll be more confident when I concoct the fluid later."

Zhang Che smiled faintly. He nodded and said, "Mhm, I already wiped it just now."

Huang Tielan immediately held the beast card between her palms and triggered a spiritual resonance with it. Afterwards, she branded her own spiritual imprint on the card. As she willed it, a huge, savage club covered in barbs appeared in her hand.

"Wow, what a fierce beast card weapon!"

Seeing the sharp barbs covered all over the half-meter-long purplish-brown club, Huang TIelan's body shivered uncontrollably.

If she used such a cruel weapon and dragged it along her enemy, wouldn't she tear a big piece of flesh off their body? During the ancient warring era, those savage clubs were probably something like this…

Hearing Huang Tielan's surprised yelp, Zhang Che chuckled and explained, "Actually, this isn't a club."

Huang Tielan was immediately confused. -What else could it be, if not a club?-

"Mhm, actually, this is a long whip. You can extend and shrink it as you wish," Zhang Che introduced earnestly.

"Is that right? Feels pretty interesting!"

Miss Tienan didn't know she was being tricked. With a thought, the club in her hand indeed extended forward and turned into a savage long whip.

She immediately grew interested. She willed it again, and the long whip quickly shrunk, becoming a club again.

Seeing her having so much fun, Zhang Che suddenly asked, "Do you like it? How about I give it to you?"

Huang Tielan bit her lower lip. After thinking for a bit, she shook her head, "Nah, I don't know how to use a whip. I'll be fine with the Mutated Puffersword."

Zhang Che chuckled, "It's fine! The whip has an idiot-proof skill. You can use it well even without learning it!"

Huang Tielan's eyes lit up instantly. The skill of such a whip must be very powerful, right?

When she heard Zhang Che explain the skill, "Poison Drill", no matter how innocent Miss Tienan was, she finally sensed something amiss. As such, she suddenly raised the whip and lashed it at Zhang Che.

"You're disgusting, Zhang Xiaoche. Why do you use such a wicked thing?"

Translator's Note:

1: The Chinese words for Poison Drill is also a slang term for ass rimming.

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Chapter 357: Setting Off Again. Target: Tier Six

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In the end, Huang TIelan didn't accept the gift.

However, this didn't affect her passion for researching the beast card's cultivation fluid. After working hard for some time, she really managed to concoct the cultivation fluid and helped raise the Rotten Ent Prowler to four-star.

At the moment she succeeded, Miss Tienan finally let out a long sigh of relief.

-Now that the beast card has risen to four stars, I won't be able to use it. Zhang Xiaoche, that wicked fellow, will have no way to force the beast card on me!-

Zhang Che was very excited to see Huang Tielan succeed, too. He couldn't resist going up to hug Huang Tielan tightly, praising her, "Hah, our Miss Tienan is indeed the best!"

If she could continue growing at this speed, a day would come when she became a super good beast card cultivator. At that time, it wouldn't be too hard for him to level up his mid-tier beast cards.

After all, the cultivation methods provided by his data eyes were the most optimal, ignoring whether Zhang Che could get his hands on those ingredients.

Without an experienced beast card cultivator to find substitutions for some of the ingredients, the recipes were only that: recipes. There would be no way to put them to practical use.

The two rubbed their heads together for a long time… well, Zhang Che didn't dare to get all handsy again. Even now, the tip of his tongue was still hurting. Zhang Che suddenly said to Huang Tielan in a whisper, "I'll be making a trip to the beast world again to raise my beastmaster tier to Tier Six. I'll have more time to keep you company afterwards."

Huang Tielan could tell how sorry Zhang Che was from his voice. She couldn't help but gave him a peck on the lips, smiling, "Dummy, we'll have plenty of time together in the future. Of course we should strive to get stronger now. Moreover, school has officially started. I don't have much time to be at home, either."

Zhang Che was moved. He didn't speak any further. Instead, he tilted his head and brought it closer.It was now noon.

Zhang Che stood outside a spatial gateway in the Bei Du suburbs, a determined glint in his eyes. He pumped his fist in the air, mumbling to himself, "Do your best, I'll definitely make it this time!"

He had come to a firm decision to not return from the beast world before advancing to Tier Six.

In any case, there was nothing to worry about at home any more.

Although the conflict between the Miyazaki Clan and the mysterious faction from the Bei Mei region had come to a halt due to the intervention of some large factions, they were severely weakened nonetheless. They could only keep to themselves and lick their wounds for the foreseeable future. It was impossible for them to remember someone insignificant like Zhang Che.

His great-aunt's family had come to Bei Du, too, and were doing their best to manage Zhang Che's beast card shop, Premium House. At last, Sun Lan didn't have to stay at home alone all the time.Some distance away, a few middle-aged beastmasters saw Zhang Che's young appearance. They couldn't help shaking their heads, sighing, "Ai, another young boy filled with aspirations. Hopefully he doesn't die in the beast world."

The youngsters nowadays were becoming more and more ignorant of the heights of the world.

Judging by this young boy's appearance, he was only ten years old during the previous beast swarm. He wouldn't have seen the terrifying scene of that endless spread of exotic beasts everywhere.

Did he think that going into the beast world to hunt the exotic beasts was something so simple?

It wouldn't be so bad if he was lucky. If he was unlucky and encountered an exotic beast whose strength far exceeded his, this fine young man would find himself never coming out again.Zhang Che had no idea that he had become a typical teenager in the eyes of others. Harboring excitement and aspirations in his heart, he crossed the spatial gateway. He didn't stay in the safety zone at all, and directly passed through the lively crowd, picking a random direction and summoned the Purple Jade Condor, flying off to the distance.

Behind him, the middle-aged beastmasters who were just discussing how long he could survive in the beast world froze one after another, standing there, and were left speechless for a long while.

In the end, it turned out he wasn't an ignorant teenager, but a mighty beastmaster!

Zhang Che, who had unknowingly fooled others with his appearance, didn't care about what others thought of him. At this moment, all he was thinking about was to raise his beastmaster tier to Tier Six as soon as possible. His overall strength would increase greatly at that time.

In terms of defense, the six-star legend-quality armor he reverse-robbed from that strong black man would guarantee Zhang Che's safety to a much higher degree. After all, just relying on the Purple Crystal Tortoise's Purple Crystal Armor skill was too risky!

The skill only lasted an hour, but its cooldown time was a whole day! If Zhang Che came across two powerful exotic beasts in a row, it would be very dangerous for him.

Not much needed to be said in terms of attack power.

If he successfully advanced to Tier Six, he would be able to employ the six-star epic-quality Earthen Rock Demon. Zhang Che would truly step into the ranks of the mighty at that time, especially since the Earthen Rock Demon's False Domain was a large area gravity field, able to slow down his enemies greatly. This would enable his other babies to display much greater offensive strength.

After Zhang Che left on the Purple Jade Condor, he didn't notice that in the safety zone, a man with concealed hostility had looked at him a few times, sizing him up.

"That's the kid aunt talked about?" Zhen Long watched as Zhang Che gradually disappeared into the horizon. A faint killing intent rose in his heart.

In the past, the matters between Zhen Manting and Huang Juyun had led to the relationship between the two families badly worsening. Although they didn't fight openly, there were many struggles under the surface.

Of course, if that was the extent of it, Zhen Long wouldn't have much of an opinion about Zhang Che. Alas, he saw Huang Tielan some time ago by coincidence, and was immediately attracted to her.

From his point of view, if he managed to pursue Huang Tielan, not only would he get the beauty, he could also help his aunt get back at them in the dark. It was simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, this country bumpkin suddenly popped out of nowhere and had shamelessly married himself into the Huang family, becoming Huang Tielan's boyfriend!

With his reputation as one of the top three geniuses of the younger generation in Bei Du city, did he have to worry about failing to pursue the Huang family's daughter otherwise?

"A pity that Aunt doesn't let us help get back at them, nor make a move on that kid casually. If not…"

Thinking about this, a strange glint suddenly flashed in Zhen Long's eyes.

"Aunt only forbids us from taking action in Hua Xia, because people would find out what happened in the end, and the consequences would be out of our control! But what if I killed that kid in the beast world without anyone knowing? Are there any satellites in the skies of the beast world?"

Thinking of that, Zhen Long immediately became eager. With a wave of his hand, he beckoned the three high-tier beastmaster bodyguards his family had arranged to protect him over. The group mounted their flying beasts, chasing in the direction Zhang Che disappeared into.

Unbeknownst to him, he would never make it back alive from this trip…

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Chapter 358: Shocking News of Low-Tier Storage Exotic Beasts

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Zhang Che had no idea that there were people chasing after him.

However, with his usual cautiousness, when the Purple Jade Condor flew to a deserted mountain, he immediately changed his appearance, donned the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor, and changed his mount to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, before continuing on his way.

With that, no one would know his true identity.

Well, except for those people who had seen the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, of course. If the mysterious faction in the Bei Mei region had such remarkable foresight to send people to find him in this beast world, Zhang Che could only chalk it up as them being amazing.

It was impossible, thinking about it. He didn't reveal his identity back then, and they didn't even know of his ethnicity. How could they possibly come here to look for him?

There were countless spatial gateways scattered across Mercury. It was impossible for them to mobilize such great numbers to search in every one of them, hoping to find any clue, or that miniscule possibility of finding him!

If they wanted to look for him, they would have gone to Japan.

After all, the mysterious faction would probably think he was from some large Japanese faction after setting them up. Perhaps he was trying to deal an indirect blow to the Miyazaki Clan and thus caused trouble twice at the secret base in San Diego?

Since he hadn't gone deep into the beast world yet, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about his safety. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at his highest speed, at about a thousand kilometers per hour, for over half an hour before gradually reducing their speed.

Mid-tier exotic beasts were starting to appear in the areas ahead.

Since Zhang Che's purpose was to raise his beastmaster tier, naturally he wouldn't go looking for those especially powerful high-tier exotic beasts. As long as the beasts would yield him some soul force points, he would go hunt them.

Moreover, although part of the reason for him to open the Premium House was to have his great-aunt's family move over to Bei Du to keep his mother company, since the shop went into business, he definitely hoped to profit from it.

In which case, it became necessary to gather more beast cards!

When Zhang Che started hunting those mid-tier low-quality exotic beasts, Zhen Long was chasing after him a few hundred kilometers away.

"Strange, why did that kid go missing all of a sudden?" Zhen Long grew confused.

-That kid's aerial beast wasn't flying very fast. I was only a couple dozen kilometers behind him when I started giving chase, and I had my subdued beast fly at top speed all the way; why haven't I caught up to that brat yet?-

-Could it be that he changed direction and flew somewhere else?-

Zhen Long shook his head, thinking, -It shouldn't be. From the way he seemed earlier, since he chose to fly in this direction, he must have wanted to directly head deep into the beast world to start hunting. Why would he change direction for no reason and waste his time?-

-Then, the only possibility is that brat didn't let his flying beast move at top speed from the start. That's why I didn't catch up to him all this time.-

Seeing the ever-changing expression on Zhen Long, the leader of the three high-tier beastmaster bodyguards turned to look at him and asked, "Long-shao, do we continue chasing?"

Zhen Long's eyes narrowed slightly. He nodded deliberately, "Chase! Of course we're chasing! Once he goes deep into the beast world, that brat would definitely slow down. We'll catch up to him for sure."

Zhen Long was right. As he thought, he'd surely catch up to Zhang Che sooner or later. In truth, he had indeed caught up to Zhang Che already!

However, when they saw Zhang Che commanding a group of powerful babies to slaughter mid-tier exotic beasts, they veered off quickly.

It couldn't be helped; Zhang Che had changed his appearance and build. Even though he was wearing the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor, from the outline of his figure, they weren't the same person at all.

Moreover, in order to advance to Tier Six as soon as possible, Zhang Che had summoned all his legend-quality subdued beasts and pets. His Original Combat Body-type and Weapon-type beasts added up to eight of them!

In the eyes of Zhen Long and the bodyguards, that person was a genuine high-tier beastmaster!

While avoiding where Zhang Che was, Zhen Long kept criticizing inside, -Is that guy sick in the head or something? He has such a strong group of subdued beasts and yet he's here hunting mid-tier exotic beasts. How cheap!-

Judging from their auras, that beastmaster's group of subdued beasts were all legend-quality, except for the armor he was wearing. It was simply even more enviable than someone suddenly striking it rich!

When he thought of how he didn't have nearly as many legend-quality subdued beasts despite being a descendent of the Zhen family, a wave of jealousy and hatred immediately rose in Zhen Long's heart.

Even so, this strange person was definitely someone they couldn't offend. If he misunderstood them, even with the four of them combined, they might not be a match for him!

Moreover, even if they managed to defeat him, they would surely pay a huge price in doing so. Only someone with a damaged brain would do something silly like making an enemy out of an unknown expert.

Zhen Long didn't think something was wrong with his brain. Moreover, he still had to go chase after that kid surnamed Zhang. How could he waste his time here? So, he immediately went around the area this weird guy was at and continued on.

At this moment, however, a figure suddenly came flying in their direction and quickly landed in Zhen Long's group and Zhang Che's view.

That figure was a young beastmaster riding on a flying beast. His body was covered in blood stains, and even the flying beast under him was heavily injured.

When he caught sight of Zhen Long's group, as well as Zhang Che, who was hunting exotic beasts with a group of powerful subdued beasts, his eyes lit up and yelled out, "Everyone, large amounts of low-tier storage-type exotic beasts have appeared in the Five Poisons Mountain Range a thousand kilometers out. Don't miss it!"

Zhang Che didn't pay attention to this man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He had his guard up slightly, directing his babies to narrow the distance between him and the beasts.

On the other hand, Zhen Long couldn't resist bursting out in laughter, "Do you take us for fools? If large amounts of low-tier storage-type exotic beasts really appeared, would you be so kind as to tell others about it?"

However, that young man gave a distressed smile and said resentfully, "Hehe, of course I wouldn't spread such information under normal circumstances. How do you guys think I got all these injuries? Haha, I'm not afraid of you mocking me for it, but this was the handicraft of the people from Black Locust Tree Hall. Originally, me and my companions noticed the anomaly at Five Poisons Mountain Range, and just as we were about to harvest those low-tier storage-type exotic beasts, we were discovered by people from the Black Locust Tree Hall, and they drove us away by force."

Speaking up to this point, two trails of tears rolled down the young man's cheeks and said with hatred, "Our group, close to ten people, were nearly wiped out by them. Only I barely made it out alive thanks to my flying beast's speed. Hahahaha, although I can't take revenge for this, I won't let them get their hands on the storage-type exotic beasts at the Five Poisons Mountain Range, either! On my way here, I've already told this information to every beastmaster I came across. I'm going to rush over to the safety zone as well and let everyone know about this!

"Everyone, excuse me now. I hope you'll make your way over as soon as possible, or it won't be easy for you to get more storage-type beast cards when more people come to snatch the exotic beasts!"

After saying that, the young man flew off in the direction of the safety zone on his injured subdued beast.

Zhen Long was stunned. A moment later, he exchanged looks with his three bodyguards.

It would be a lie to say that they weren't moved. Despite the low drop rates and the small storage space, low-tier storage-type beast cards would definitely raise some waves when put into the market.

Moreover, even if that man was lying, and there were traps ahead, they only had to be more cautious. There was nothing to fear.

Also, it was very easy to determine if that man was lying or not. They just had to keep moving forward to see if there were other beastmasters moving in that direction, and the truth would come to light.

Zhen Long communicated with the three bodyguards with his gaze. Afterwards, the group nodded in unison, and flew off ahead riding on their own flying beasts.

After Zhen Long's group left, Zhang Che went into deep contemplation with furrowed brows. He recalled his babies with a wave of his hand and mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, following along unhurriedly.

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Chapter 359: Introspection. Five Poisons

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After flying a distance, Zhang Che suddenly felt something was amiss.

He couldn't put his finger on what exactly was wrong, however. After thinking for a long time, he suddenly came to a realization.

-Damn, I almost died from my stupidity!-

Zhang Che suddenly recalled he had exposed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back when he was headed for the secret plane!

So what if he changed his appearance now?

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was totally different from ordinary exotic beasts. He was simply like a firefly in the dark night, destined to draw the attention from everyone nearby. If he came across anyone with ulterior motives, his identity would be exposed right away if they investigated a little!

Zhang Che suddenly felt the chills inside. Afterwards, he hurriedly had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon land and recalled the dragon, then summoned the Golden Elephorse King, Hanxue, who hadn't had a breather outside for a long time.

Hanxue was overjoyed. He was locked up in Zhang Che's spiritual sea for a stupidly long time, and he finally got the chance to come out here. He immediately started galloping around.

Now that Hanxue had advanced to dark gold-quality, his running speed was much faster than before. Although it was still far from comparable to flying beasts, he could reach the speed of over three hundred kilometers per hour, like a supercar.

-Looks like it's necessary for me to look for another flying beast in the beast world. Both the Purple Jade Condor and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon are at risk of exposing my identity. It's fine if I use it occasionally, but it might bring me huge danger at crucial times.- Zhang Che reflected on his mistake, and started to plot for a new flying subdued beast or pet.

Unbeknownst to him, just a little while ago, he had a brush with life and death.

Zhen Long didn't deliberately look for Zhang Che's information. Otherwise, he would surely found out that Zhang Che's flying mount was that distinctly featured Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Of course, the main reason was that Zhen Manting didn't want to enter into a huge conflict with the Huang family, and had no intentions of killing Zhang Che. As such, she didn't mention much about Zhang Che's information to her family members, and she even warned them sternly to not find trouble with Zhang Che in private.

Naturally it wasn't out of goodwill that Zhen Manting didn't want to hurt Zhang Che. The truth was Zhang Che's battle with the Four-Winged White Tiger after being tricked by the Miyazaki Clan had given her too big of a shock.

Such a figure was almost impossible to defeat without any epic-quality subdued beasts. Even if they had epic-quality beasts now, it wasn't guaranteed that they could take Zhang Che down!

It was because of all these reasons that Zhen Manting subconsciously held back on telling her clan members information about Zhang Che in detail, afraid that someone might not be convinced and go find trouble with him in secret.

Sometimes, people were strange like that. When facing someone who was weaker or equal to them, they would habitually choose to ignore them. However, when facing someone of the same age stronger than them, a strong sense of envy would be born inside them, wishing to step on them to establish their dominance.

After switching his mount to Hanxue, Zhang Che finally let out a long sigh of relief. Riding on Hanxue, they galloped off into the distance in the predetermined direction.

Hanxue was probably stuck in Zhang Che's spiritual sea for too long. As he galloped, he grew more and more into it, and his speed rose by a large margin, approaching close to four hundred kilometers per hour.

"Slow down, slow down. Are you trying to shake my stomach acid out?" Zhang Che hurriedly slapped the back of Hanxue's head lightly, signalling for him to go slower.

Even though Zhang Che had a superhuman physique, Hanxue wasn't a car, after all. When the latter brought his speed up, the bumping was truly too much; Zhang Che couldn't take it.

Since his master daddy had given the order, Hanxue neighed excitedly and slowly reduced his speed.

Even so, he still maintained his speed at about three hundred kilometers per hour, streaking through the flatlands between the mountains like a scarlet bolt of lightning.

From time to time, they would come across ravines. Hanxue would actually leap into the air, jumping over ten meters into the air and crossing them, not putting those little ravines in his eyes at all.

Zhang Che was truly on edge watching this unfold, afraid that this fellow might slip up and throw him off the cliff. Even if he didn't die from this, it would be devastating.

A thousand kilometers sounded really far away, but with Hanxue speeding through the lands, they arrived in front of an endless mountain range after 4 PM.

Zhang Che knew he finally reached his destination.

The two groups of people in a stand off at the outskirts of the mountain range ahead very clearly indicated Zhang Che was at the right place.

One of the groups was small in numbers, but every one of their members were at least mid-tier beastmasters. They should be from the Black Locust Tree Hall. The other group, however, was highly varied. There were many smaller groups among them, obviously the beastmasters called here by that young beastmaster Zhang Che had seen earlier.

From the looks of it, quite a lot of people were hoping to strike a windfall here.

Zhang Che noticed Zhen Long's group, too, but they were obviously not intent on standing out. Rather, they stood at the back of the group, observing the situation.

Due to Hanxue's speed being inferior to flying beasts, by the time Zhang Che arrived here, it was obvious that the Black Locust Tree Hall had come to an agreement with the rag-tag group of beastmasters.

"Everyone, we, the Black Locust Tree Hall, aren't unreasonable people. We have nothing to say against you guys wanting to enter the Five Poisons Mountain Range and get a slice of the pie yourselves."

Within the Black Locust Tree Hall's group, their leader was a tall middle-aged man with a cold and stern appearance. His gaze swept across the disorganized group on the other side as he said coldly, "However, this one surnamed Xu will say this in advance: This path here was cleared up by our Black Locust Tree Hall's men after expending great efforts. You aren't allowed to enter the Five Poisons Mountain Range through here. Please look for another way to get in yourselves."

After saying his piece, he no longer paid any heed to the bunch of beastmasters at the bottom of the mountain, and he turned around and headed into the mountain range.

At the same time, the men from the Black Locust Tree Hall followed him and retreated up into the mountains, leaving the disorganized beastmasters behind, exchanging looks among themselves.

" Pei! The Five Poisons Mountain Range doesn't belong to the Black Locust Tree Hall. By what right do they forbid us from entering here? Let's rush up together! We'll see if they dare to make a move against us!" someone from the crowd immediately cried out.

However, none of the beastmasters present responded to him.

Everyone had their own calculations in mind. The Black Locust Tree Hall was a first-rate faction in northern Hua Xia; it wasn't something they could afford to offend so easily.

Since they had already made concessions and allowed them to enter the Five Poisons Mountain Range from another path to hunt the storage-type exotic beasts, should they really try to skimp out on that little bit of effort?

Instead of risking offending the Black Locust Tree Hall, why not spend some effort to clear the path into the mountain range from another direction? That was the safest path to take.

In any case, the mountain range was so wide. With only this small number of people going in, it was like throwing a handful of sesame into a wide river. It wouldn't affect anything on the grander scale.

"Let's go, let's go. We'd better hurry to find another way into the mountains. That beastmaster from earlier was heading towards the safety zone. It'll be more troublesome when more people come rushing over to vie for the storage-type exotic beasts."

A small squad finally walked out of the crowd and mounted their flying subdued beasts, flying off to the side of the mountain range.

With someone making the first move, since the group wasn't united to begin with, they immediately went their separate ways, each of them choosing a different direction to fly to.

"This place is called the Five Poisons Mountain Range. There should be huge amounts of poison-type exotic beasts in the mountain range, then." Zhang Che narrowed his eyes slightly, signalling Hanxue to set off as well, galloping towards the other side of the mountain range.

Zhang Che would join in on such a lively occasion no matter what. He was very confident that with his army of capable babies, he wouldn't run into any real danger if he acted more cautiously.

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Chapter 360: A Flying Snake

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Truthfully speaking, Zhang Che was really not afraid of poisonous exotic beasts. He had the Unicorn in his arsenal; as long as it wasn't the kind of poison that killed instantly, it was impossible to kill him that way.

In addition, no poisonous substance could reach Zhang Che quickly if he was wearing armor. With the two layers of protection, what was there to be afraid of?

Hanxue sped across the lands, galloping along the outskirts of the mountain range.

Zhang Che wasn't interested in working with others to enter the mountain range, in case anything happened and he had to kill again.

They were of the same ethnicity, after all. Zhang Che wasn't willing to kill others for some minor conflicts.

Obviously the other beastmasters had similar thoughts, too. Other than those who were already in a group to begin with, very few people chose to enter the mountains with other beastmasters. There were truly too many unknown variables.

As for what they should do when they encountered other beastmaster teams after they entered the core of the mountain range and started hunting the storage-type exotic beasts, their strength would do the talking at that time.

If there were enough storage-type exotic beasts around to split among the people, naturally it'd be an easy matter to settle. If it was a case of having too many monks and too little food, then they'd have to settle it with a fight. No one would be afraid of trouble.

Hanxue ran for about an hour in one go. When there were no more beastmasters in sight, Zhang Che stopped and summoned his capable babies, sweeping his way deeper into the core of the mountain range.

Before he advanced a thousand meters deeper, Zhang Che witnessed why this mountain range was called the Five Poisons Mountain Range.

As his babies made their grand entrance into the forest, all kinds of poisonous insects quickly gathered from all sides.

There were colorful snakes, spiders, centipedes, poisonous frogs, and even some poisonous exotic beasts that Zhang Che couldn't identify. It was simply like colorful waves crashing down on him one after another.

Zhang Che's scalp went numb at the sight of it, but at the same time he felt regret.

This was simply made for Miss Tienan's little rainbow spider! Delicacies were spread out everywhere!

As long as that little spider had the appetite, it was extremely likely he could directly mature into an adult in this mountain range!

"A pity the Fiery Scorpion's potential is too low. Its level is already at the highest rank; this would be a great opportunity for it to grow stronger otherwise."

Zhang Che shook his head. He sat on the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, directing the Scarlet Flame Drake, Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and the Mutated Giant Ape, massacring the practically endless wave of poisonous exotic beasts coming at him.

The Unicorn followed closely at the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' side. Once Zhang Che showed any signs of being poisoned, it would be able to administer help at the earliest possible moment.

Zhang Che looked closely. He discovered that most of the poisonous exotic beasts came crawling out of valleys. Far fewer of them came running down from the mountains. As such, he immediately ordered the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus to run up the mountain.

Luckily, the foothills of the mountain range weren't very tall. They were like mounds, which the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus could run up easily. As for the vegetation they crushed on their way, since this was the beast world, there shouldn't be any environmentalists here pointing fingers at him.

As for the numerous poisonous exotic beasts, Zhang Che really wasn't very interested in them. Their level and quality were a little too low. It wasn't worth it to waste his time here.

Although Zhang Che didn't know why large amounts of storage-type exotic beasts would suddenly appear here, this wasn't something he was concerned about. What was important was for him to quickly get into the core of the mountain range to harvest the storage-type exotic beasts.

Storage-type exotic beasts were extremely rare. Unless they were members of a large group, ordinary mid-tier beastmasters might not have a storage-type beast card.

This was also why the prices of storage beast cards were valued highly, second only to healing-type beast cards. The prices of storage-type beast cards were at least five times higher than beast cards of the same level and quality!

"This is too slow!"

The Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus was too big, after all. Although he wasn't afraid of the vegetation obstructing him, it greatly affected his speed.

After pondering for a short while with deeply furrowed brows, Zhang Che summoned the Purple Jade Condor with a wave of his hand, and had it soar high up into the air to scout, paying attention to the situation around them at all times.

Then, he recalled his subdued beasts and pets, and directly got on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, flying close to the gaps between the hills towards the depths of the mountain range.

With the Purple Jade Condor scouting, Zhang Che could recall the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately if others drew near, ensuring that his identity wouldn't be exposed.

Just like that, Zhang Che advanced at a much faster pace, and soon advanced a few kilometers deep into the mountain range.

During this time, he discovered a few poisonous exotic beasts that were stronger than usual. However, he chose to ignore them all, and shook them off with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's superior speed.

"Since we're here for the storage-type exotic beasts, it's better to not waste our time here." Zhang Che naturally understood the principle that being overly greedy would lead to a loss in the end.When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had flown about a hundred kilometers in, Zhang Che suddenly saw a white silhouette flashing across his view.

"What the heck is that? It's so fast!"

Zhang Che focused his gaze. When he found that white silhouette again, his entire being froze. "Bai Suzhen?"

Uh, not right. That was a little snake flying in the air. It was only about a meter long… well, for exotic beasts, a one-meter-long snake was indeed a small snake. Its entire body seemed white in color, but actually wasn't.

Zhang Che immediately grew very curious. He quickly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to give chase.

The white snake seemed to have sensed his hostility, and it quickly slithered into the sky. Its speed was only a tiny bit inferior to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!

"A snake that can actually fly! I'm going to find out what exactly is it! If it grew a pair of wings, wouldn't it directly soar to the nine heavens!?"

Zhang Che stopped looking for the storage-type exotic beasts. He felt that this white snake… not right, this translucent, crystal-clear flying snake, which looked white probably because of the light, was not simple at all. Perhaps it might be a rare species!

Although the white snake, or rather, the crystal snake, was slightly slower than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it was extremely nimble. It actually knew to slither in a Z-shape pattern, leaving the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon unable to catch up to it in a short time.

"I can't believe it!" Zhang Che's brow furrowed. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue chasing, while he took out the Fallen Star bow. He nocked an arrow on the bowstring, closing his eye and aiming at his target.

When that crystal snake drew another arc in the snake, a glint suddenly shone in Zhang Che's eye as he loosened his fingers. The alloy metal arrow immediately shot out with a twang, flying towards the head of that crystal snake like lightning.

This method of firing was a high level technique Zhang Che had practiced for a long time before mastering. The fired arrow shot forward with a spin applied to it, guaranteeing better accuracy and its trajectory would be less affected by the air currents.

However, that crystal snake's sense for danger was truly too sharp. Just as Zhang Che loosed the bowstring, it twisted its nimble body in the air once more, narrowly dodging the quickly approaching arrow.

"Chase! I don't believe I can't catch up to it today!" Zhang Che could only grit his teeth and give the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon the order to chase at full speed after failing to hit the little crystal snake.

Although that little snake was nimble, it was slower than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon by a bit, after all. They would definitely catch up to it in the end!

Translator's Note:

1: Bai Suzhen is a white snake spirit in the Chinese folklore story, Legend of the White Snake , also known as Madame White Snake .

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Chapter 361: Jet-style Flying Snake

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As the distance between them and the little crystal snake shrank bit by bit, Zhang Che suddenly heard a strange noise.

He didn't know how to describe that sound. It was like a tire leaking air. The noise produced wasn't loud, but a little sharp.

"Strange. What's that noise?" Zhang Che perked his ears up to listen closely. Afterwards, his eyes widened uncontrollably.

That noise actually came from the crystal snake ahead!

-How strange!-

Zhang Che couldn't help but grow even more interested in that snake. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon continue chasing, hellbent on capturing that snake. He wanted to see exactly what species it was.

The crystal snake was escaping quickly. Before he knew it, Zhang Che had chased it a few hundred kilometers into the mountain range.

"Heh, this little thing can really run!" Zhang Che felt that he had never encountered such a slippery exotic beast, leading him on a chase for a few hundred kilometers.

It was only then that he realized the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon being faster than that snake was only his own imagination.

"Could this snake be luring me?"

Zhang Che suddenly thought of that possibility. He felt a chill inside and hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to stop. Afterwards, he looked to his surroundings warily, but he didn't discover anything.

-That's strange!-

Seeing Zhang Che had stopped, the crystal snake suddenly reduced its speed too. It slithered about, looking back and taunting Zhang Che, as if saying "Continue chasing me if you dare! You're a dog if you don't!"

Zhang Che looked on coldly, not falling for its trick.

He felt that this crystal snake wasn't simple. It was better for him to make better use of the time to hunt the storage-type exotic beasts.

Thinking of that, he had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately turned around and flew off in another direction.

At this moment, streak after streak of white silhouettes shot out from the nearby forest, quickly surrounding them. After looking closely, he realized they were actually all little snakes flying in the air!

However, those flying snakes' bodies weren't fully crystallized. They looked to be sculpted from a kind of murky crystal.

"Heh, I didn't expect that crystal snake to really be baiting me!" Zhang Che's pupils shrank, but he wasn't afraid.

He could sense that those flying snakes weren't very strong. Even that crystal snake was only faster and more agile. As for its attacking power, it shouldn't be anything terrifying.

Just as he was thinking that, Zhang Che immediately saw for himself how powerful those flying snakes were in the next moment!

As close to a hundred flying snakes closed in on him, barely two hundred meters away from him, they suddenly opened their mouths one after another, shooting out a tiny black dot of light simultaneously.

"What kind of an attack is that?" Zhang Che was a little confused. He truly couldn't feel any threat from those dots of light, nor could he understand what exactly those black dots of light were.

However, a tremendous change suddenly happened in the next moment.

The black dots of light didn't shoot towards Zhang Che. Instead, they quickly gathered somewhere, and they formed a black ball of light about the size of a face basin in the end.

Just as the black ball of light was formed, a terrifying suction suddenly erupted from inside of it, trying to draw Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon inside.

Zhang Che's complexion fell right away. It wasn't because of the peculiarity of the ball of light; the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could totally resist the suction. Instead, the strange energy emitting from the inside of the ball of light reminded him of the black door that sucked him into the spatial tunnel.

There were too many similarities between them!

-Could it be that these strange flying snakes aren't from the beast world?-

-No, no. Although the two are similar, it was only limited to the energy they used. Their natures are hugely different.-

Zhang Che ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly to the side, his eyes staring at the face basin-sized black ball of light, and breathing a sigh of relief.

It was fine as long as it wasn't related to the mysterious force behind the demonic flower.

In that case, it was very obvious that these flying snakes were a kind of exotic beasts with a spatial-attributed attacking skill, and their skills could be stacked with one another, unleashing much greater power.

Thinking up until that point, Zhang Che felt shocked.

If those small fries were this powerful already, then what about that crystal snake?

Zhang Che suddenly heard a sound resembling air leaking from tire from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw the crystal snake had come within a hundred meters without him realizing it. At this moment, it opened its mouth and similarly spat out a black dot of light.

The black dot of light was like a balloon, expanding as it met the wind, instantly becoming a ball of light as big as a face basin. It echoed what the ball of light the group of small fries created with their combined strength were doing, quickly flying towards Zhang Che.

"Retreat, retreat!" Zhang Che, who had already seen the crystal snake's attributes, hurriedly gave the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon the order to run, not daring to get close to the two black balls.

After learning the crystal snake's attributes, Zhang Che tried to avoid it like a plague. He wouldn't dare allow them to get close to him!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon sensed his fear. His slender body twisted in the air and immediately brought out his fastest speed, flying towards the other side of the mountain range. From time to time, the dragon would activate his Darkfiend Cold Energy Wave skill, shrouding the group of little flying snakes behind them.

Those little flying snakes were obviously very apprehensive of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's skill. As the wave of cold energy swept towards them, they were like frightened fish, quickly scattering.

The two balls of light, however, continued flying ahead without reservations, chasing after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon by relying on the force between the two.

"My god, this time I've really hit the jackpot!"

While directing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dodge, Zhang Che was feeling ecstatic inside. He didn't expect such great luck!

He immediately felt his heart tingling when he thought of the crystal snake's attributes.[Nirvana Snake King]

Level: Five Star (Level 48)

Quality: Legend

Characteristics: Spatial Attributed Exotic Beast, Born with the Ability to Control Space

Weakness: Darkness Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Jet Flight. The Inside of Its Body Contains a Space of Its Own, Able to Take in the Air from Outside and Quickly Expel it. Flight Can Be Attained With the Huge Force Generated, Or It Can Be Shot as a High Speed Current of Air to Hurt Its Enemies.

Skill: Nirvana of Nothingness. After Activation, Releases a Spatial Ball of Light with Powerful Suction, Pulling Its Prey In and Uses the Power of Nirvana to Tear Any Prey to Pieces. Lasts 1 Minute, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

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Chapter 362: A Bunch of Unexpected Intruders

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Without a doubt, the bunch of Nirvana Snakes were probably the objective of everyone who came here… the storage-type exotic beasts!

Not only that, if Zhang Che's guess was right, this was an extremely rare type of storage-type exotic beast, because they had an attacking skill!

Zhang Che's Purple Crystal Tortoise, although it had an attacking skill, was a proper Original Combat Body-type subdued beast, and not a beast that could only be used as storage equipment. There was a fundamental difference between the two.

Zhang Che had seen two species of storage-type beast cards.

One of was naturally the storage bracelet Huang Juyun gave him. The other type was the Meso Worm he looted from the black guy in the secret plane.

The two were both purely storage equipment, with only a function of storing items.

However, the Nirvana Snakes Zhang Che was facing right now were definitely different. Even if they were an equipment-type storage beasts, they had a decent attacking skill. It truly was an extremely rare species.

It was no wonder Black Locust Tree Hall's men wanted to take this mountain range for themselves in the beginning.

Alas, they didn't manage to capture the beastmaster who got away. Otherwise, Zhang Che wouldn't have had the chance to meet such unusual exotic beasts!

"The skill lasts a minute. Once I get through this, I'll be able to launch a counterattack against these Nirvana Snakes without fear!"

Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew in circles around the mountain range, trying their best to avoid the pursuit of the two balls of darkness, while counting down inside.

He didn't know exactly how powerful the combined Nirvana of Nothingness from those ordinary Nirvana Snakes were, but the Nirvana of Nothingness from that Nirvana Snake King was simply terrifying, based on the attributes he saw earlier.

To be able to tear everything drawn into the ball of light to pieces… did that include the bodies of those impossibly strong exotic beasts?

Zhang Che thought for a while, and he felt that this possibility was very likely.

After all, this was an attack that borrowed the power of Nirvana space. Other than exotic beasts of the spatial-attribute, perhaps nothing could withstand it!

Of course, the speed of the Nirvana of Nothingness was limited. The truly powerful exotic beasts could totally avoid it, which was the tactic Zhang Che was currently using. He would immediately launch a fierce counterattack after the skill ended.

Perhaps epic-quality and above exotic beasts didn't even have to dodge such an attack intentionally. They might be able to depend on their terrifying strength and their False Domain to kill the Nirvana Snake King with a single attack, ending the problem by the most basic method.

Regrettably, Zhang Che didn't have the strength of a Tier Six beastmaster. Otherwise, he could summon the Earthen Rock Demon and let the snake try ripping THAT to pieces!

With a body that stood several dozens meters tall, just that face basin-sized ball of light wouldn't be able to rip much of it apart in sixty seconds, even if the Earthen Rock Demon stood there unmoving.

Sometimes, having a large frame was very useful!

"In the end, I'm still limited by my Tier Five beastmaster rank. Otherwise, I wouldn't be suffering here!"

While directing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dodge the attacks, Zhang Che swore to himself that he wouldn't return to Mercury before he rose to Tier Six, no matter what!

The Nirvana of Nothingness gradually picked up speed. Zhang Che realized that it was becoming impossible to avoid it.

In his panic, he suddenly had an idea. Zhang Che summoned the Purple Crystal Tortoise and had it spit out a few pieces of exotic beast meat and threw it behind him.

Afterwards, he finally witnessed the terrifying strength of the Nirvana of Nothingness.

After the exotic beast meat was thrown out, they instantly became like iron filings attracted to a strong magnet, accelerating towards the two black balls of light. Afterwards, they were silently torn into tiny bits that the naked eye couldn't distinguish in Zhang Che's sight, scattering in all directions.

After that short interruption, the two black spheres suddenly paused for a moment.

Zhang Che's eyes lit up. Seeing this idea was working, he ignored the pain of losing the exotic beast meat and kept throwing piece after piece out behind him, finally slowing down the two Nirvanas of Nothingness, preventing them from catching up to him.

During all this, the Nirvana Snake King tried to control the two dark spheres to circle around the pieces of exotic beast meat Zhang Che threw out, directly aiming for him and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Alas, both of Zhang Che's hands were moving simultaneously, tossing a wide spread of exotic beast meat, and the two balls of light had no way of avoiding them. Their advance could only be passively hindered by those pieces of meat.

A minute was fast, and it would pass by before you knew it. It was also slow, definitely longer than just a few moments.

Zhang Che felt like this particular minute went by as slowly as a century. Flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, he circled in the skies above the mountain range for gods-knew-how-far, before he finally saw the two black globes bursting like bubbles a short distance behind them, disappearing without a trace.

"Good, now it's my turn to torture you!"

Zhang Che finally got his break. He summoned the Scarlet Flame Drake with a wave of his hand. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly turned around and flew towards the Nirvana Snake King aggressively.

Seeing its attack had failed to catch up to Zhang Che, the Nirvana Snake King's body suddenly jumped in the air and quickly changed directions, speeding off towards the depths of the Five Poisons Mountain Range.

Even though they were a few hundred meters apart, Zhang Che could hear the sharp whistling noise the Nirvana Snake King produced when flying.

Ugh, this exotic beast that had a "jet engine" installed, its speed was truly in a league of its own!

As for the those Nirvana Snakes that numbered close to a hundred, seeing their leader was making a run for it, they immediately went into a panic and scattered in all directions.

Zhang Che cursed inwardly. He knew it was now impossible to catch them all in one fell swoop, and could only choose to pursue the Nirvana Snake King. As long as he successfully took down that fellow, this trip today wouldn't be a waste.

The Nirvana Snake King was also aware that it would surely meet a miserable end if Zhang Che caught up to it. It aroused its innate attribute desperately, operating its "jet engine" to the extreme, producing an unending sharp screech.

Zhang Che quickly realized that he wouldn't be able to catch up to it anytime soon!

Not only that, the Nirvana Snake King was too small, and extremely nimble. Even if the Purple Crystal Tortoise shot its bone spikes, it might not hit it accurately.

"If I can't catch up to it soon, once that fellow's skill cools down in half an hour, won't I be the one running again?"

Thinking of that, Zhang Che nearly broke down.

Wouldn't this become an unending cycle then? He'd be the one chasing for a while, then it chasing him. It wasn't like they were a young couple teasing one another!

"Come on, bring out your potential! I won't give it a rest unless we catch that snake today!"

Zhang Che slapped the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, demanding it to bring out his speed.

Although he never tried it before, Zhang Che guessed that this fellow should be able to go into SEED mode for a while, right? {TLN: Gundam reference.}

It didn't need to last long, just for them to catch up to the Nirvana Snake King.

In the end, before the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could go into SEED mode, Zhang Che nearly exploded!

He suddenly discovered two teams of beastmasters about a dozen kilometers away had noticed the commotion on this side, and they were quickly closing in on their flying beasts.

-I hope you're only here to watch the spectacle. If you think of snatching beast from me, don't blame me for disregarding the fact that we're of the same ethnicity and having you people remain in this mountain range forever!- Zhang Che, who was already bottling up a stomach full of anger, cursed inside with gritted teeth, his eyes red.

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Chapter 363: A Tragedy Triggered By a Little Snake

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Zhang Che truly didn't expect his luck today would be this bad.

Putting aside failing to catch up to the Nirvana Snake King, a bunch of intruders even popped up all of a sudden, obviously here to snatch his prey.

Since he was already seeing red with anger, if this bunch of people really were to act tactlessly, Zhang Che didn't mind getting his hands dirty.

As for whether he had the strength to handle the two teams of beastmasters, Zhang Che wasn't worried at all.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise was his biggest trump card.

This fellow, together with the bone spikes, was simply an existence akin to the bane of beastmasters. Unless beastmasters had epic-quality armor, there was basically no chance of them surviving the Purple Crystal Tortoise's skill.

While Zhang Che was praying for the beastmasters not to come to their deaths, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon finally went into SEED mode.

Inside his crystallized body, the abyssal cold aura suddenly erupted. His speed received a huge boost, breaking through the sound barrier. A loud rumble exploded as they flew towards the Nirvana Snake King like a bolt of lightning.

"It's best that we catch up, or there'll be tons of trouble afterwards!"

Zhang Che knew that given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength, it would be damaging itself to maintain supersonic flight. If they didn't catch up to that slippery snake soon, things would get complicated when the groups of beastmasters got involved.

The Nirvana Snake King ahead suddenly received a huge shock when it sensed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon behind it approaching faster.

It truly didn't think that fellow could still put up a chase despite its "jet engines" operating at maximum horsepower. It was too shocking.

However, it glanced ahead and quickly made a turn with its nimble body, changing its bearing slightly.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon changed its direction at the same time, too, following behind it closely, emitting a wave of loud rumbles.

The oncoming beastmasters ahead had noticed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying at supersonic speed, too, and were astonished at the fact.

However, would they give up so easily after finding a boss tier storage-type exotic beast?

Every one of them only hesitated for a bit before deciding to go ahead with their original plan.

"Long-shao, are we joining in, too? It doesn't seem to be a good choice to offend that beastmaster," the leader of the bodyguards at Zhen Long's side asked in hesitation.

At present, the Nirvana Snake King was all that was in Zhen Long's eyes. Nothing else mattered to him. He immediately answered firmly, "What's there to be scared of with so many people going together? We just have to find an opportunity to steal the beast and make a run for it immediately afterwards. That man's flying beast must have erupted its potential; it surely can't keep it up for long. Otherwise, he wouldn't have arrived at this mountain after us."

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's features were too distinct, after all. Zhen Long only had a brief encounter with Zhang Che earlier and had a clear impression of this subdued beast. Not only that, he had accurately deduced that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's supersonic speed was only a temporary burst, unable to last long.

Moreover, they were not the only ones here to snatch prey. There were a few more groups of beastmasters nearby. No matter how strong that beastmaster was, how much could he do on his own?

If Zhang Che was smart, he could only give up on that boss-tier Nirvana Snake obediently, or he would be the first to die!

After the Nirvana Snake King made the turn, the few groups of beastmasters who the Nirvana Snake King was originally flying towards were suddenly in a race against Zhang Che, chasing behind the sly exotic beast.

"Everyone, I discovered this exotic beast first. I ask for you to stop here immediately to prevent a misunderstanding!" Zhang Che shouted loudly, his brow deeply creased.

Although he knew these beastmasters were determined to come pick up scraps, Zhang Che decided to give them a chance. It all depended on whether they treasured it.

Alas, these intruders were not willing to give up on such a precious beast just like that.

A rather cunning-looking young beastmaster from one of the groups sneered, rebuking Zhang Che's words. "Hahaha, you're speaking so lightly. This Nirvana Snake boss was obviously discovered by everyone at the same time. We'll just contest for it with our own abilities. If you were the first to discover it, how could it still be alive?"

"Right, right, it's obvious everyone discovered the snake at the same time. By what right are you claiming it for yourself?"

"Yeah, as the saying went, treasures don't belong to anyone to begin with. Anyone with the strength could claim it for themselves. You're obviously unable to catch up to the exotic beast. Why can't we try it for ourselves?"

The beastmasters replied one after another.

Their intentions were clear as day. They wanted to scare Zhang Che into backing off with their strength in numbers, then everyone would contest for it with their own strength. Whoever had the capability would get it in the end.

Zhang Che was huffing in anger. -Every one of you are just relying on your numbers. You're really intent on snatching!-

"I'll give you a last warning. I was the first to discover this Nirvana Snake King. Please get out of the way, or don't blame me for not giving you any warning in advance if any accidental injuries occur!"

"Hahaha, come. I'll see how you're going to injure us by accident!"

A wave of laughter rang out from the groups of beastmasters immediately. They finally understood this kid was only putting up a strong front. If he truly had any method to speak of, he would have used them long ago to slay the exotic beast. Would he need to be making a scene right now?

"How stubborn!" A cold glint flashed in Zhang Che's eyes. Sensing that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer, in order to make sure he wouldn't be affected in his hunt for the Nirvana Snake King, he could only steel his heart and gave the Purple Crystal Tortoise the order to attack.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise immediately opened its mouth. A deep golden streak of light invisible to the naked eye flashed. The head of one of the beastmasters in the group closest to him suddenly exploded. Even his high-tier dark gold-quality armor wasn't able to withstand the powerful penetrative attack!

"Shit, what happened?!"

Seeing their companion suddenly losing his head, followed by his corpse silently falling to the ground, the group of beastmasters were astonished. They hurriedly ordered their flying beasts under them to fly in an arc.

"It must be that brat's doing! Everyone, go! Kill him!"

The Purple Crystal Tortoise's sneaky attack had given those beastmasters a bad scare. However, their eyes were clouded by their greed, and they didn't choose to leave immediately. Instead, they all rushed up together towards Zhang Che, trying to kill him.

In their minds, such a terrifying attack was surely the skill of Zhang Che's subdued beast. Once it expended its skill, there wouldn't be any threat to them. Who didn't know that subdued beasts' skills had a cooldown time?

Since that was so, everyone could rush up at once and kill that brat. Afterwards, it wouldn't be too late for them to go chase that little flying snake.

Seeing the beastmasters were all flying towards him on their aerial beasts, a cruel smile flashed on Zhang Che's face. He gritted his teeth, saying, "You're the ones looking to die. Don't blame me!"

In the next moment, everyone suddenly felt an extreme sense of danger in their hearts, causing their faces to change greatly as they directed their flying beasts to evade.

Alas, everything was too late by then.

At Zhang Che's command, the Purple Crystal Tortoise opened its mouth once more.

An invisible storm shot out from the Purple Crystal Tortoise's mouth. A hundred and seven bone spikes darkened the sky as they shot towards every one of the beastmasters at supersonic speed.

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Chapter 364: Finally Getting His Way

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"Haha, this kid really knows how to bluff!" one of the beastmasters immediately laughed out loud when he saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise opening its mouth again, thinking that Zhang Che was only scaring them.

In the end, his smile froze on his face. For eternity.

A few bone spikes moving so fast that they were invisible to the naked eye punched through his body. One of them even shot through his neck, throwing his head high up into the air, leaving him watching as his headless body fell to the ground.

On the other hand, Zhen Long's bodyguards immediately sensed a great threat the instant they saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise opening its mouth. The chief bodyguard's complexion darkened as he cried out loudly, "Long-shao, watch out!"

Even so, everything was too late.

An invisible storm swept in their direction, shrouding the few separated groups of beastmasters within.

A total of a hundred and seven bone spikes shot out at the same time. Even though there were over twenty beastmasters separated into a few groups, none of them could dodge the attack. Each of them were given their share of bone spikes.

Mists of blood erupted in the air at the same time, like crimson, blood-colored flowers blooming simultaneously.

A short wave of miserable screams rose, and subsided just as quickly.

Immediately after hearing his bodyguard's warning, Zhen Long felt the hair on his back standing on end. Without sparing a moment to think, he laid down flat on the back of his flying beast, trying to dodge the unknown attack.

Even so, his actions were futile in the end.

A single bone spike penetrated Zhen Long's armor from the shoulder, traveling through his body and punching a hole through to the other side, instantly rupturing his organs to bits.

Of course, he could no longer feel any pain. At almost the same time, another bone spike had directly punctured the helmet of his armor, blowing his head apart.

"Long-shao!" the chief bodyguard cried out. He was a high-tier beastmaster, after all. Although the high-tier dark gold-quality armor he wore couldn't withstand the bone spike attack, he didn't die right away.

Sensing the two wounds that had punctured through his body were quickly draining his vitality away, in addition to witnessing Zhen Long dying without a complete corpse, he immediately cried out miserably, then used the last of his strength to turn to look at Zhang Che and screamed, "Kid, I don't care who you are, but you dare harm our Zhen family's descendant! You can forget about escaping from our Zhen family's investigation! You're dead!"

-Zhen family?- Zhang Che's eyes narrowed slightly. He didn't expect to reap such a harvest. -Tsk, tsk. Looks like I should change my nickname. How about the 'Terminator of Large Clans' Descendents'?

-It sounds pretty awesome, doesn't it?-

Zhang Che looked at the dying chief bodyguard and mocked, "So what if you're from the Zhen family, or the Jia family? Do you think we're on Mercury, with satellites observing us from outer space? I don't even have to destroy the evidence here; large amounts of exotic beasts will soon pick up on the scent of blood and come over, feasting on your corpses until not even the bones are left. I'll see who can find out anything."

(TLN: Zhen is a homonym for real, and Jia is a homonym for fake)

"You..!" The chief bodyguard's eyes went wide, the whites became bloodshot. He finally roared furiously, "Brat, don't be happy so soon! A day will come where the Zhen family will learn of what happened here! You'll be dead! Dead!"

"How noisy!" Zhang Che dismissed his words. He couldn't be bothered wasting any more time here. The Nirvana Snake King was about to be gone from his sight after this interference.

With a wave of his hand, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly crossed two hundred meters and came to the dying chief bodyguard's side. He swung the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, cleaving the bodyguard's body in two, which then fell towards the forest below.

Zhang Che pushed the Purple Crystal Tortoise off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, commanding it, "Go retrieve every one of the bone spikes, then wait for me at the top of the tallest mountain ahead!"

Zhang Che flew off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, chasing the Nirvana Snake King, who was about to disappear from his sight.

At this moment, that little snake was already a few kilometers away. If he didn't hurry, the snake would really get away.

"Damn it, those people really deserved to die. They nearly messed up my matters!"

Zhang Che really wished he could kill those people all over again. If the Nirvana Snake King really got away, where was he supposed to go find it?

Now, Zhang Che could only hope for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to put in more effort and try to catch up to that cunning little snake while the dragon's body could still withstand it. Otherwise, everything he had done on this trip would really be for naught.Fortunately, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon pulled through this time. After catching up to it, they finally cornered the Nirvana Snake King a few dozen kilometers away. With a breath of fire from the Scarlet Flame Drake, the cornered little snake was directly burned to ash.

Seeing the Nirvana Snake King finally turning into sparkles of five-colored light, Zhang Che finally felt a huge rock lifting from his chest.

"Luckily this fellow's defense is pathetic, or it'd be hard to say if I could successfully kill it."

At that moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suddenly let out a cry. He turned into a five-colored ray and flew back to Zhang Che's spiritual sea, and Zhang Che fell a few dozen meters to the ground.

In his panic, Zhang Che summoned the Rotten Ent Prowler and lashed it at the crown of the tree below, coiling around it to secure his fall, feeling some fear inside. "Shit, that was close!"

If the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had tired out just a few seconds earlier, he really would have failed to kill the Nirvana Snake King today.

While lamenting in his heart, he ordered the Purple Jade Condor in the sky to come down and pick up the Nirvana Snake King card. He swept his gaze across it.

"All the Gods in the heavens, please let it be a storage-type beast card!"[Nirvana Snake King]

Level: Five Star (Level 48)

Quality: Legend

Type: Original Combat Body, Storage Dual Types

Characteristics: Spatial Attributed Exotic Beast, Born with the Ability to Control Space, Contains 200 Cubic Meters of Space in its Body

Weakness: Darkness Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Jet Flight. The Inside of Its Body Contains a Space of Its Own, Able to Take in the Air from Outside and Quickly Expel it. Flight Can Be Attained With the Huge Force Generated, Or It Can Be Shot as a High Speed Current of Air to Hurt Its Enemies.

Skill: Nirvana of Nothingness. After Activation, Releases a Spatial Ball of Light with Powerful Suction, Pulling Its Prey In and Uses the Power of Nirvana to Tear Any Prey to Pieces. Lasts 1 Minute, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

Halo: Amplified Nirvana"Original Combat Body, Storage Dual Type!"

Zhang Che was stunned for a while, then his face flushed red from his excitement as he roared out in laughter uncontrollably.

His efforts today weren't in vain, indeed. He didn't expect the Nirvana Snake King to give him such a huge surprise!

A dual type beast card; as its name suggested, it meant that this fellow could either materialize into its original form to take part in combat, or turn into a storage equipment to keep his things.

This truly was an all new type of beast card, the first he'd ever seen!

Zhang Che had seen the Nirvana Snake King's combat form earlier. Although its defenses were a little poor, its attack was very scary. It had the ability to turn the situation around at crucial moments.

As long as the Nirvana of Nothingness could hit its target, even a divine-quality beast would have to suffer a huge loss!

As a storage-type beast card, this fellow's storage ability was shocking, too, with two hundred cubic meters worth of space. It could be considered a mobile storage unit!

For comparison, the five-star dark gold-quality Meso Worm storage equipment he had only had fifty cubic meters of space!

The difference was simply too great. It seemed like different species of storage-type exotic beasts had differing amounts of space inside their bodies.

Of course, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was considered an outlier. It was only a four-star legend-quality beast, a rank lower than the Nirvana Snake King, yet the space in its body was five times greater than the Nirvana Snake King had!

-Mmm, that fellow is a strange one. It can't be compared with other storage-type exotic beasts…,- Zhang Che thought to himself. He immediately activated the beast card and branded his spiritual imprint on it. Afterwards, as he willed it, a translucent snake-shaped belt appeared in Zhang Che's hand.

"Hmm? It's actually a belt. Interesting!"

Zhang Che wasn't used to wearing a belt. Usually, to accommodate his beast card armor and not having a belt restrict him, Zhang Che wore leisure sportswear. He never had to wear a belt.

"Looks like I have to consider changing my clothing habits from now on!" Zhang Che sighed. He willed it once more, and the translucent belt suddenly transformed and turned into a nimble little snake, swimming in the air around him happily.

Zhang Che could hear a soft, engine-like sound coming from the Nirvana Snake King's body. It seemed like this fellow truly relied on expelling the air at high speed to gain the ability to fly.

"Here, open your mouth. Let me see if you can store things this way."

An idea struck Zhang Che. He picked up a random little rock on the ground and brought it in front of the Nirvana Snake King, trying to have it store the rock into his body.

However, the Nirvana Snake King didn't show any reaction at all, only swimming around happily.

Zhang Che let out a sigh, a little disappointed, "As expected, in its Original Combat Body form, this fellow can't use its storage ability."

Although he was already expecting it, when he found out this fellow couldn't get the best of both worlds at the same time, Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a little regret.

"Tsk, tsk. I knew exotic beasts like my unique little tortoise, who can both fight and store objects at the same time, are too rare. Not only that, it can also provide a tough defense to its owner. It's simply the best subdued beast in the world!"Faraway, the Purple Crystal Tortoise, having just retrieved all the bone spikes after much effort, was currently moving through the earth towards the tall mountain ahead. It suddenly felt a grave chill.

-What's going on? Is there another powerful exotic beast that can move through the earth nearby? –

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Chapter 365: Who Has the Best Snake Catching Skills

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Although he was lamenting that the Nirvana Snake King wasn't as good as the Purple Crystal Tortoise, Zhang Che was very satisfied regardless.

If he exposed such a beast card, surely he would attract many mid or high-tier beastmasters to come snatch it from him. If Zhang Che was still not satisfied with that, his greed really knew no bounds.

Moreover, this was the first time Zhang Che had seen a beast card with dual types.

Having an Original Combat Body form and a Storage Equipment form, it truly is… um, well, compared to the monster that was the Purple Crystal Tortoise, it truly couldn't be considered much.

That fellow clearly only had an Original Combat Body-type, yet it had storage ability and a defensive form. It was simply like a bug in the system.

After getting his way and killing the Nirvana Snake King, Zhang Che turned around and flew off once more on the Purple Jade Condor, heading back to the area he was at originally. He found the Purple Crystal Tortoise already waiting for him at the top of the tallest mountain.

Speaking of it, that fellow really deserved to be praised.

The bone spikes were shot out in a sixty-degree cone. Those that struck the beastmasters and subdued beasts were still fine, exhausting much of their momentum and not flying too far away.

Some of the bone spikes that missed their targets flew out several kilometers further. Now, only about half an hour had passed, and the Purple Crystal Tortoise had already found all of them. Zhang Che truly felt gratified.

He didn't have to worry about losing things in the future!

"Now, let's go capture those little snakes."

Zhang Che didn't forget about those ordinary Nirvana Snakes. They were four-star gold-quality exotic beasts with two different forms, after all. Their prices could definitely compare with ordinary five-star gold-quality cards.

If he could get more of them, Zhang Che's beast card shop would finally have a batch of high-end products, and a bustling business would be something he could look forward to.

Having lost their leader, the Nirvana Snake King, the little snakes were scattered all around. Every one of them was hiding in the forest. To capture them truly wasn't something simple.

Zhang Che finally found one with much effort, but he realized he couldn't catch up to these little things in the forest.

It couldn't be helped; the Purple Jade Condor had too great a wingspan. It couldn't spread its wings out in the forest at all.

Meanwhile, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was still recovering his energy in Zhang Che's spiritual sea. He had nearly damaged his foundation this time. Without an hour or two of rest, it was impossible for the dragon to recover to his peak.

Luckily Zhang Che had the rainbow crystal. Otherwise, heavens knew how long the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would need to recover.

"Tsk, tsk. I'm too short-handed after all, and now the only flying beast I have left is the Purple Jade Condor. Wanting to capture those little snakes is really…" Zhang Che suddenly froze for a moment, then slapped the back of his head. -Is my brain damaged? Didn't I just obtain a flying beast!?-

Although the Nirvana Snake King's flying method was a little too high-tech, it could fly nonetheless, couldn't it?

Not only that, the subdued beast was the king of those Nirvana Snakes! It must be very familiar with their habits, and its speed was naturally faster than them. Wouldn't it be just like a game for it to capture those little snakes?

-I'm too smart!,- Zhang Che praised himself. He quickly summoned the Nirvana Snake King and gave it the order to capture those little snakes.

In the next moment, a sharp engine sound rang out. Zhang Che saw the Nirvana Snake King instantly accelerated to supersonic speed, chasing after the little snake in the forest ahead with unusual nimbleness. A few white threads shot out from its body, and instantly destroyed the little snake.

There really wasn't much to be said about a five-star legend-quality beast bullying a four-star gold-quality beast. It was like a violent grown man bullying a baby. The difference in strength between the two was simply too huge.

The small white snake's speed and nimbleness, the areas which the Nirvana Snakes were proud of, were similarly outclassed by its ex-king. Being decimated instantly was nothing strange.

"Awesome!" Zhang Che had a wide smile on his face, his eyes narrowed into slits. He quickly ran up and caught the falling golden beast card in his hand, checking its attributes right away.

For the beast card to be valuable, its attributes had to be the same as the Nirvana Snake King.

Fortunately, there wasn't anything surprising on the beast card. Its basic attributes were pretty much the same as the Nirvana Snake King. Although it was a worse version, it still had ten cubic meters of space. For ordinary beastmasters, it was enough for use.

"I'm rich, I'm rich!" Two golden rays of light shone out of Zhang Che's eyes. He summoned the Purple Jade Condor and jumped on its back, flying over the forest, and ordered the Nirvana Snake King to look for the other little snakes in the forest.

Afterwards, what gave Zhang Che a headache was that after giving his command, the Nirvana Snake King gave him some clear feedback. Those little snakes, having lost their king, were like sheets of loose sand. They had scattered in all directions throughout the mountain range; it would be almost impossible to look for all of them.

Moreover, there were many other beastmasters in the mountain range, and they were similarly looking for the Nirvana Snakes.

-Hmm? Right, other than this bunch of Nirvana Snakes, I wonder if there are any others?-

After all, that young beastmaster who was chased by the Black Locust Tree Hall had said that there were many storage-type exotic beasts in this mountain range. There shouldn't be just this bunch Zhang Che had encountered, right?

If that was true, he could make use of his advantage of having a Nirvana Snake King to find other groups of Nirvana Snakes before others did!

Regrettably, after the Nirvana Snake King had become his subdued beast, it lost all of its past memories. Only its basic abilities were left, leaving it unable to provide any help to Zhang Che.

"Let's continue towards the core of the mountain range, then. It'd be best if I can find another Nirvana Snake King. If not, we can hunt for those scattered Nirvana Snakes, too!"

Thinking of that, Zhang Che flew off towards the center of the mountain range on the Purple Jade Condor, while the Nirvana Snake King followed them from the forest below, tracking the Nirvana Snakes who were escaping in the same direction.

After advancing about ten kilometers, the Nirvana Snake King found another Nirvana Snake, and got Zhang Che another beast card without much effort.

Zhang Che was at a loss for words from smiling. He was only thinking to himself, -Who has the best snake catching skills? Come to Lanxiang in Hua Xia, Shandong…

-Ah, not right. Why did I think of that?- Zhang Che quickly shook his head. Sitting on the Purple Jade Condor's back, he narrowed his eyes, feeling the wind rushing against him in an incomparably satisfied mood.

At present, the sky had started to turn dark.

It would be very difficult to continue finding the Nirvana Snakes at night, and no one could predict what dangers would appear during nights in the beast world.

Zhang Che only wanted to get to the core of the mountain range quickly, and see if there were any other Nirvana Snake Kings. If he could hunt another one of them, this trip would be very worth it.

When the Purple Jade Condor flew past a few more tall mountains, an extremely lively scene suddenly appeared in their sight.

Many Nirvana Snakes were randomly flying around at low altitude and in the forests, and a bunch of beastmasters were scattered around in a few kilometers radius, each of them riding on their own flying beasts and chasing down those Nirvana Snakes.

A variety of noises came together, making this mountain range look very lively.

Some low-tier exotic beasts were frightened and quickly fled in all directions. However, none of the beastmasters paid any attention to them at all, even though some of them were at gold-quality.

Of course, there would occasionally be a mid-tier gold-quality or higher exotic beast among them, and they would become the targets of some of the beastmasters.

After all, the Nirvana Snakes were too slippery, like loaches in water. It was extremely difficult to catch them. Thinking of not coming in vain, some beastmasters who understood they could only get lucky would set their sights on those exotic beasts.

"Tsk, tsk, why does this scene reminds me of those days in the past of casting a gigantic net to catch fish in the fields?"

One look and you could tell these people didn't have much skill at catching prey. Even though some of them were working together, it was very hard for them to catch a single Nirvana Snake.

Zhang Che observed on the mountain for two minutes, and he saw the beastmasters only managed to catch a handful of Nirvana Snakes. The rest were basically still running all around.

Seeing the crowd spread all over and chasing the Nirvana Snakes aimlessly, Zhang Che really wanted to shout out loud, You're all trash! Do you want to know how to catch these little snakes? I'll show you!

Of course, even if he told the method to those beastmasters, they didn't have the all-important tool, the Nirvana Snake King, to catch them. They would still be helpless.

-But, I can't expose the Nirvana Snake King casually, in case those people gang up on me. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon is still recuperating. Even if I can use the Purple Crystal Tortoise to kill some of them, it's impossible for me to get away.

-Silently making a fortune is the way to go!-

Zhang Che also noticed that there weren't any other Nirvana Snake Kings in this area. In that case, before the sky turned fully dark, he'd make use of this opportunity to catch a few more Nirvana Snakes.

Thinking of that, he had the Purple Jade Condor fly high up into the sky to scout the situation below, while he rode on the Scarlet Flame Drake and snuck into the hunting grounds ahead with the Nirvana Snake King.

With the Purple Jade Condor guiding them from above, Zhang Che avoided places with many people around and specifically went to look for the Nirvana Snakes that were in hiding.

After only a few minutes, Zhang Che caught up to the first Nirvana Snake hiding in the forest.

That little snake's senses were very sharp. Just as Zhang Che got within a hundred meters of it, its little body immediately sprang and shot off in another direction.

However, a translucent silhouette quickly caught up to it with great speed and the sound of an engine rumbling. It bit down on the Nirvana Snake's neck, directly snapping it in two.

"That's it!"

Zhang Che was overjoyed. He couldn't help but think of that famous advertisement slogan: Who has the best snake catching skills…

Translator's Note:

1: A reference to a similar slogan in real life advertising the Shandong Lanxiang Vocational School in Jinan, Shandong, China.

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Chapter 366: The Extraordinary Black Locust Tree Hall

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Sneaking around making a fortune just like that, Zhang Che caught three Nirvana Snakes before he knew it.

This left him incredibly gratified. Hunting the Nirvana Snake King first had truly proven to be a great help.

However, Zhang Che gradually grew curious.

In this mountain range, the beastmasters were separated into gods-knew-how-many groups. Why didn't they start fighting among themselves for the trophies?

Was it because the Nirvana Snakes were hard to catch, and everyone was busy trying to catch the snakes, so no one had the thought to care about others?

Impossible!

Humanity's bad nature was deeply ingrained into them. If someone had gained something, it would surely draw others with bad intentions to them, especially since the Nirvana Snakes were so difficult to catch. The groups who were lucky enough to obtain one or two beast cards would surely attract attention from others before they even got to brand their spiritual imprints on the cards.

However, the Purple Jade Condor was not only helping Zhang Che look for the singled-out Nirvana Snakes, it was also observing the entire battle ground, in case someone discovered Zhang Che's tracks and tried sneaking up on him.

From the Purple Jade Condor's observations, Zhang Che realized the whole situation was incredibly harmonious.

This was too abnormal!

Although he couldn't fathom why this was so, Zhang Che became even more wary. He didn't go fight for those Nirvana Snakes who might be noticed by others, and only went to look for the hidden ones.

He had to admit that the Nirvana Snake King's snake hunting skills were truly too good, not to mention it was fundamentally very familiar with these exotic beasts' habits. The Nirvana Snake King would find the snakes in places Zhang Che would never expect, surprising him.

Suddenly, the Nirvana Snake King discovered the tracks of another Nirvana Snake and quickly pursued it.

However, Zhang Che cursed inwardly, thinking it was a bad idea.

Over there, a few beastmasters were chasing another Nirvana Snake and quickly coming this way. Before Zhang Che could give the Nirvana Snake King the order to come back, they discovered the obviously unusual snake.

"Hmm? There's a Nirvana Snake King over there! We're rich!"

Looks of surprises shone in their eyes when the beastmasters saw the Nirvana Snake King. They directly gave up on their pursuit of the Nirvana Snake they were chasing.

Earlier, they had witnessed the Black Locust Tree Hall's men surrounding and killing a Nirvana Snake King, and they knew it was a legend-quality exotic beast!

Not only that, after obtaining the Nirvana Snake King, the Black Locust Tree Hall's men immediately went chasing another Nirvana Snake King even deeper into the mountain range by relying on the one they had caught.

From the looks of it, that thing was an incredibly useful tool to hunt one of their own species!

If they could successfully hunt this Nirvana Snake King, then they could sneak around in this area and hunt a whole lot of ordinary Nirvana Snakes in this area, making a huge fortune.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, due to his late arrival, he had missed a good show.

He had thought there weren't any Nirvana Snake Kings here. In fact, the Black Locust Tree Hall's men had already killed one thanks to their advantage in numbers, and were currently chasing another deeper into the mountain range.

Of course, even if he didn't know what had happened here earlier, Zhang Che knew the current situation was bad.

Would he tempt the beastmasters into committing malicious deeds now that his Nirvana Snake King was discovered?

He hurriedly gave the order to the Nirvana Snake King, telling it to give up on its chase off the ordinary Nirvana Snake and fly back to him.

"Quickly chase! Don't let that thing run away!"

The beastmasters had no idea the prey they had set their sights on was actually someone else's subdued beast. Seeing the Nirvana Snake King turning tail to run immediately made their hearts tighten. Every one of them quickly directed their flying beasts to give chase one after another.

Despite knowing this was an exotic beast that was incredibly hard to catch up to, how could they be willing to give up without trying? If they got lucky and managed to kill the Nirvana Snake King with a stroke of luck, wouldn't they immediately become rich?

Human always held the thought of getting lucky!

That was, until they saw the Nirvana Snake King flying back to Zhang Che's side.

-What's happening? Is this Nirvana Snake King already owned by someone?-

Seeing them chasing the Nirvana Snake King all this way, Zhang Che had silently grown cautious. The Scarlet Flame Drake and the Purple Crystal Tortoise were guarding at his sides, his hands wielding the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword.

If he saw any suspicious movements from them, Zhang Che would immediately strike first to gain the initiative.

However, what caught him by surprise was that when the beastmasters saw the Nirvana Snake King flying back to his side, they actually stopped a hundred meters away.

"Please don't misunderstand, brother. We thought this Nirvana Snake King was still a wild exotic beast. We didn't expect it to be your subdued beast. Sorry, sorry."

Seeing Zhang Che acting so warily, the beastmasters laughed awkwardly and turned around to leave decisively.

Zhang Che was stunned at the sight.

-That's not right. According to the usual script, shouldn't they threaten me to hand over the Nirvana Snake King in exchange for keeping me alive?

-Even if they could tell that it wouldn't be an easy fight, it's impossible for them to leave so decisively. At the very least, shouldn't they try something?-

Zhang Che couldn't help but recall the scene of everyone trying to catch their own Nirvana Snakes honestly when he first entered this area. There weren't any incidents of snatching prey at all.

This was truly too strange. It was unbelievable!

Something must be going on if such an anomaly had occurred. Zhang Che grew even more wary, and gradually moved towards the outskirts of this area.

The situation here was truly too unusual.

The sky slowly darkened bit by bit. Although Zhang Che had entered this area for less than an hour, with the Nirvana Snake King, he had made great harvests.

Including the Nirvana Snake he hunted on his way here, the number of Nirvana Snake cards he had obtained had broken through double digits, with twelve in total!

Various noises could still be heard in his surroundings, but they were no longer as fierce as before. After an hour's time, many beastmasters had chased the Nirvana Snakes to deeper areas. There were much fewer people in this area now.

Zhang Che's doubts were even greater than before.

Could those beastmasters Zhang Che encountered before really be model citizens? None of them actually had any ill intents against him?

There was simply a stark difference compared to the Zhen family's men and the few other teams of beastmasters he encountered previously at the outskirts of the mountain range.A beastmaster suddenly flew high up into the sky on his flying beast. A deep voice rang out, spreading a dozen kilometers away.

"Everyone, it's getting late. Please mind your safety and do not chase the Nirvana Snakes alone into the depths of the mountain range, in case anything bad happens."

That man was obviously a high-tier beastmaster whose physique was altered to superhuman levels by the nourishment of soul force. Even his voice could be amplified with the use of soul force to reach further. It went without saying he was a very powerful man.

But, wasn't this man acting too kindly?

He actually flew high up into the sky to remind others to watch out for their safety. Wasn't it more advantageous for him in hunting the Nirvana Snakes if more people died?

Although this way of thinking was a little too dark, this was indeed understandable under most circumstances. It couldn't be said that Zhang Che was twisted.

Thinking back on everything he had seen on his way, Zhang Che couldn't help becoming more suspicious. He felt like there was something he didn't understand here.

Soon, Zhang Che's doubts were cleared. The conversations between other beastmasters nearby answered all his unspoken questions.

"Tsk, tsk. Although the Black Locust Tree Hall can be a little tyrannical at times, the way they handle things is really something else!"

"From the sound of it, brother, you must have not come into contact with the Black Locust Tree Hall before, right?"

"Haha, how can ordinary beastmasters like us have the opportunity to come into contact with large organizations like the Black Locust Tree Hall? I have heard some things about them, though. They have always been a little oppressive, but they are very aware of the bottom line. So, the words of that guy that told us to come snatch prey here can't be fully trusted."

"Heh, what do you mean by 'can't be fully trusted'? It can't be trusted at all! Do you know why he was chased by the Black Locust Tree Hall? Of course it's not only because of the large amount of storage-type exotic beasts discovered here. That guy and his team were all wicked people! I heard they always bullied and humiliated ordinary people. The evil deeds they had committed were too many to count, and the Black Locust Tree Hall's people learned about it…"

"Eh? There's actually something like this? Then those people really deserved to die. A pity that guy got away!"

"He can't escape. Unless he's willing to abandon his status as a beastmaster and live in seclusion. The Black Locust Tree Hall's men will find him even if he escaped out of Hua Xia."

After overhearing the conversation between the two, Zhang Che finally came to a realization.

From the looks of it, the Black Locust Tree Hall's beastmasters were pretty similar to the chivalrous warriors from the ancient times. Although their actions might not be the most proper, at the very least, they were righteous in most situations.

"So, the beastmasters here acting so honestly is probably because the Black Locust Tree Hall's people warned them in advance to not act maliciously to prevent chaos," Zhang Che mused. He felt that this seemed reasonable, and was definitely more in line with the Black Locust Tree Hall's interests.

After all, if the beastmasters here were in chaos, the Black Locust Tree Hall would inevitably be greatly affected. Although they had quite a number of experts in this mountain range, there were far more beastmasters that were drawn here by that young beastmaster.

Once the situation fell into chaos, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The warning from that expert from the Black Locust Tree Hall was acknowledged. Although some Nirvana Snakes would fly deeper into the mountain range from time to time, no one went chasing after them.

After all, the beastmasters who could make their way here were at least at mid-tier. They knew dangers lurked everywhere in the beast world. It was better to be as careful when they could.

The sky gradually darkened, and it became even harder to hunt the Nirvana Snakes. The beastmasters in this wide area decided to form groups and found places to rest, preparing to have a simple dinner.

Zhang Che was still worried about those beastmasters from before. If they secretly leaked the information about him having a Nirvana Snake King, wouldn't it be too dangerous if they decided to team up with some people who were used to committing heinous deeds and tried to act against him?

As such, he had the Purple Jade Condor on overwatch find a tall mountain nearby and rode on the Scarlet Flame Drake, heading that way.

For Zhang Che, there was no place safer than the inside of a mountain…

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Chapter 367: Tip Off. Crisis.

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While the beastmasters in this area had settled down and were about to have their dinner, Zhang Che stood on a mountain a dozen or so kilometers away, waiting for the Purple Crystal Tortoise to dig into the mountain and create a safe place for him to rest for the night.

Looking over the lands from high up, the beastmasters' tents could be seen separated into groups, making for an impressive scene.

The young beastmaster they encountered earlier must have hated the Black Locust Tree Hall to the bones. He actually drew so many people here!

Regrettably, if that beastmaster was to learn of the situation here, heavens knew if he would vomit blood from anger.

In his original plan, he hoped to see a huge conflict between the Black Locust Tree Hall and the masses, and a great battle between them leading to the deaths of many. Alas, none of that happened.

The men from the Black Locust Tree Hall weren't silly. Even though deep down in their hearts they wanted to have sole control over the mountain range and enjoy the benefits of all the storage-type exotic beasts for themselves, naturally they would give up on their original plans and share them with the others when they saw so many beastmasters coming here.

In any case, the Nirvana Snakes weren't easy to hunt. Without certain organizational strength, the disunified crowd wouldn't be able to steal too many Nirvana Snakes from their hands.

Moreover, the Black Locust Tree Hall's main objective this time was the rarer Nirvana Snake Kings. Having successfully hunted one of them already, things would only become easier for them later on.

The only regrettable thing was that the sky had already turned dark.

Even though the Black Locust Tree Hall had sent many men here, they didn't dare take action at night either.

First, it was truly too dangerous in the depths of the beast world. If anything happened that led to the loss of their men, it would be really not worth it.

Second, there was no good source of illumination at night. It was almost impossible to rely on torches to find the sly Nirvana Snake Kings…As time passed, darkness gradually shrouded the lands. Zhang Che was in the cave the Purple Crystal Tortoise dug out, enjoying his dinner peacefully.

At the safety zone in this beast world, three beastmasters recalled their respective subdued beasts and crossed the spatial gateway, returning to Mercury.

Although the three were companions, each of their complexions were off, as if there was an argument between them.

Among the three, a muscular man with thick brows and big eyes was looking at a young man with an extremely high hairline. He asked with furrowed brow, warning the latter, "Are you dead set on going to tip off the Zhen family?"

"Have you forgot about that scene? More than twenty beastmasters were wiped out at almost the same time. Will that man be a simple character? Sure, you will obtain huge prizes if you go tell on him to the Zhen family, but you might also offend another powerful faction! Have you thought about that?"

The remaining man at the side with a chubby face tried persuading him as well, "That's right, Second Brother. Big Brother is right. These matters are something people like us without strength or influence cannot get involved with, or endless troubles will haunt us!"

The young man known as Second Brother smiled in reply. "Really, the more experienced you get, the more cowardly you become, Big Brother, Third Brother. I don't understand what are you so worried about. If we tell this information to the Zhen family, we'll obtain huge rewards right away. As for that beastmaster, would he know we're the ones who snitched on him? For the sake of their own face, the Zhen family will surely ensure our safety."

The other two were at a loss for words. The thickly browed man thought for a moment and kept trying to persuade him, saying, "But you saw the situation earlier, too. The Zhen family's men were trying to snatch that person's prey, and were killed instead because of their own weakness. If we go tell on him, aren't we disregarding what's right and wrong?"

The young man scoffed mockingly. He shook his head, replying, "Big Brother, what age are we in now? Why are you still so pedantic? Are you sure that if the Zhen family's men were the first to discover the exotic beast, that beastmaster wouldn't try to snatch it for himself?"

Seeing his two brothers unable to retort to him, the young man continued, "So, there's no such thing as justice or not in this time and age. Everything is for the sake of benefits. If we go inform the Zhen family about this, we're not going against justice, either. We're only looking out for our own welfare."

Seeing as he was unable to convince his brothers, and being afraid that he'd get convinced instead if they continued arguing about this matter, the thickly browed man could only sigh helplessly and say, "Since it's like that, you go on your own. Third Brother and I won't get involved in this."

"Fine, I don't want you to say that I'm dragging you guys down with me, either." The young man was blinded by the great rewards dangling right before his eyes. He smiled coldly, "Since it's like this, we'll split up here. I'll go to the Zhen family on my own, and you guys can go wherever you want."

After saying that, he walked out of the military camp located at the spatial gateway with quick steps, leaving the two behind exchanging glances with one another, not knowing what to say.

"Big Brother, what should we do?"

The chubby man was at a loss. Such a huge rift was born between them all because of a matter unrelated to themselves, leaving him confused.

"What should we do? Let him be. Whether it's a blessing or a calamity depends on his fortune. Such matters are not something shrimps like us can get involved in," the muscled man answered with furrowed brow. Shaking his head, he too, started walking out of the camp.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man in military uniform with the rank of Colonel appeared in their path, asking with a faint smile, "You two, can I have a little bit of your time?"

The two's faces changed all of a sudden, realizing that this man had overheard their conversation.

-But, there was clearly no one within a few dozen meters of them earlier. Could this man be…-

Thinking up until this point, the two's complexion turned even darker.

This meant that this colonel in front of them was a high-tier beastmaster. His physique was altered with soul force, and his five senses were far better than ordinary people, which was why he overheard their suppressed conversation.

However, the muscled man was still hoping things weren't the way he thought. He squeezed out a smile and asked, "Sir, we didn't break any of the rules here, did we?"

The colonel chuckled, saying, "Of course you didn't break any of the camp's rules. But, I'm pretty interested in what you guys were talking about earlier. Can you elaborate on that please?"

The two brothers exchanged looks with one another with bitter smiles, and could only follow the colonel into the camp at the side."What? You're saying the beastmaster who killed the Zhen family's men was riding on a blue dragon?"

The face of the colonel, who originally only wanted to learn about the Zhen family's misfortune for amusement, suddenly changed greatly after hearing what they said. He no longer paid any heed to the two and quickly stood up and left.

"Big Brother, we seem to have really gotten into big trouble…"

The two exchanged looks with one another, garnering a glimpse of something from the colonel's reaction.

Without a doubt, the beastmaster who killed members of the Zhen family was related to this colonel, and their relationship wasn't shallow.

" Ai, we're probably not in much trouble, but Second Brother surely is," the muscled man sighed. He wanted to open up his personal terminal and tell his second brother to come back immediately, but being in the military camp, he didn't dare to do so, afraid that the colonel might misunderstand.

After the colonel walked out, he immediately got someone to look for that beastmaster, but the latter was already nowhere to be found. He probably rushed off in a hurry to the Zhen family to inform them of the news, flying on an aerial beast and heading to their nearest gathering point.

-Damn it, it's already been half an hour. It's impossible to catch up to him now. I can only inform General about this and ask for his opinion.- Thinking up until here, the colonel quickly returned to his office with a grave expression. He took out his encrypted communication device and dialed a number.At the Huang family's ancestral house in Bei Du City, Huang Juyun, who had just entered his study to take care of his work, suddenly creased his brow. He heard hurried footsteps from outside. His adjutant officer came rushing in with an anxious look, holding an encrypted communication device.

"General, an urgent call from Colonel Che Shirong."

"Che Shirong? What matter could it be at this time? Did something unusual happen in the beast world on his side?" Huang Juyun received the encrypted communication device from his adjutant with furrowed brows. After hearing a couple of sentences, his face suddenly changed and he exclaimed, "What?! Are you sure?"

By the time Che Shirong relayed the entire story, Huang Juyun's complexion had turned extremely ugly.

"Alright, I understand. Get a hold of those two first. Their safety has to be guaranteed! Mhm. Alright, that's it for now."

After ending the call, Huang Juyun paced back and forth in his study with a grave expression, his hands held behind his back, mumbling to himself, "Xiaoche is too careless! Why didn't he notice there were others around? This can't do, I definitely can't wait around and let the Zhen family take the initiative. I have to go interrogate them!"

However, after thinking for a bit, he shook his head and directly exited his study, walking towards the back courtyard.

After a short while, Grandpa Huang's vigorous voice resounded in the back courtyard. "What's there to be afraid of? Since that brat from the Zhen family dared to snatch Xiaoche's prey, he's only reaping what he sowed! I'll see if the Zhen family has the face to bite back!"

"Father, it's not like you don't know that Old Man Zhen. He had always been protective of his own. Regardless of who is in the right or wrong, Xiaoche killed his grandson. I'm afraid it won't be easy to put the matter to rest,"

Huang Juyun's concerns were interrupted by Grandpa Huang, "Heh, Old Man Zhen protects his own people, but is this Old Man Huang a pushover? Don't worry, you don't have to care about this matter. I'll go talk to him personally later. He can lay out whatever dissatisfaction he has; am I afraid of him?"

With his father's guarantee, Huang Juyun finally let out a sigh of relief. However, to be on the safer side of things, he took out the encrypted communication device and called a number, ordering, "Huang Hai, there's an urgent mission. Have your group move out immediately and head to the spatial gateway at the western suburb. After entering the beast world, immediately head southeast to the Five Poisons Mountain Range's vicinity and look for that brat Zhang Che. Keep him safe. I'll hold you responsible if anything goes wrong!"

"Yes, sir!"

After ending the call, Huang Juyun finally relaxed.

No matter what the Zhen family was going to do, first he had to keep his people safe, and he didn't need to be afraid of whatever moves they were going to make.

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At night, in Bei Du, the Zhen family's main courtyard…

Lights were shining brightly.

Every important member of the Zhen family in Bei Du was present, their complexions ugly.

They received two pieces of news, one after another, and both of them were bad news.

Before the informant could relay his information, Grandpa Huang came first and "cried foul", directly telling the Zhen family's elder about this matter, clearly indicating that the Huang family would protect Zhang Che to the end.

For this matter, Old Man Zhen nearly vomited blood from anger, cursing Elder Huang.

Although Zhen Long wasn't the most outstanding child among the third generation of the Zhen family, he was Old Man Zhen's grandson, after all. He could have definitely advanced into a high-tier beastmaster in the future and become an important piece of the Zhen family.

Now that he was killed just like that, Old Man Zhen could not take it lying down, no matter what.

Even so, the cause and ending of the matter was communicated by Grandpa Huang clearly. Zhang Che was indeed not the party at fault. It was his grandson who tried snatching other's prey and got himself killed in the end. No matter who was looking at this matter, the finger couldn't be pointed at Zhang Che.

Of course, if Zhang Che was only an ordinary beastmaster with no background to speak of, the Zhen family could go ahead and exact revenge without care.

The problem was, the Huang family had indicated where they stood on this matter very clearly: they would stand behind Zhang Che no matter what. The Zhen family had no choice but to take that into consideration.

"Manting, how is the questioning of the informant going?" Elder Zhen asked with a dark expression. A cold aura emanated from him, forcing everyone present to act carefully, not daring to make any noise. Even Zhen Long's father, Zhen Jinbei, didn't dare to make any noise, despite feeling the ache of his son getting murdered and a burning desire for revenge.

"Father, we've investigated clearly. The matter is as the Huang family had said. It was indeed Xiaolong's group who tried to snatch that Zhang Che's prey first. Two other men who knew about this matter are in the custody of the Huang family right now; it's impossible for us to turn this case around."

Zhen Manting had a dark expression, too. She hated Zhang Che for killing their men, but was also frustrated at the incompetence of their younger generation.

It was fine if they wanted to snatch others' prey. In any case, such matters were commonly seen. But, not only did they fail in doing so, they even forfeited their lives! This was truly too shameful…

"Xiaolong and the others were indeed the ones who crossed the line first, but how can we allow that Zhang kid to not pay any price for killing our Zhen family's men?" Elder Zhen demanded fiercely. "Does he think we can do nothing against him with the Huang family at his back? Immediately order the seventh squad to enter the beast world at Bei Du's western suburbs and head for the Five Poisons Mountain Range. I want that kid surnamed Zhang dead no matter what!"

However, Zhen Manting furrowed her brow and said, "Father, we'll be starting a war with the Huang family then! The brass won't be happy about this. I'm thinking why not apply for an arena deathmatch? That way, we can put that Zhang Che to death openly and the Huang family won't be able to get any dirt on us."

"That's right, father! Sister is right. Although we want to kill that Zhang brat right away too, we'll get ourselves into an irreconcilable situation with the Huang family. It's not advantageous to us."

"Father, I'm in favor of that, too."

Among the Zhen family members present, three of them were Zhen Manting's older brothers. Other than Zhen Long's father, the remaining two spoke out in favor of her suggestion.

Ultimately, this matter was Zhen Long's fault, after all. Although everyone wanted Zhang Che dead, they had to consider the clan's interests.

Elder Zhen furrowed his brow once more. In the end, he nodded slightly. "Alright, I'll go apply with the brass personally then. No matter the right or wrong, ultimately that Zhang kid killed Xiaolong. How can they not account for that?"

The matter was decided just like that.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, he was about to find himself between life and death.The night passed peacefully. Just as the sky was starting to brighten up the next morning, the area became lively again. Countless beastmasters packed their belongings after waking up and had a simple breakfast, then went to look for the Nirvana Snakes again.

Zhang Che naturally didn't want to fall behind the others. However, when he ordered the Nirvana Snake King to start looking for the Nirvana Snakes nearby, to his surprise he discovered very few Nirvana Snakes were left in this area.

"Do I go further in?" Zhang Che was a little hesitant. Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had recovered, the two swords were unusable after all. He wasn't confident in going too deep into the unknown areas of the beast world.

-I'll go a thousand kilometers deeper; if I can't find the Nirvana Snakes, I'll go somewhere else and concentrate on raising my beastmaster tier…-

In the end, Zhang Che decided to advance a thousand kilometers further. It'd be best if he could obtain more Nirvana Snake cards. If not, he'd find a deserted area as quickly as possible and go around massacring mid-tier exotic beasts.

After that battle yesterday, although Zhang Che had wiped out his enemies perfectly, he knew that it was because there weren't any real experts among the teams of beastmasters, allowing the Purple Crystal Tortoise to get them all with a single skill.

If there was a beastmaster among them with an epic-quality subdued beast, it would be hard to say which side would have emerged victorious.

As long as Zhang Che hadn't risen to Tier Six and refined the epic-quality Earthen Rock Demon, he wouldn't be considered as having truly stepped into the ranks of the experts.

This matter was closely linked to his safety!

With the Nirvana Snake King's help, Zhang Che didn't have to venture too far in. He advanced just shy of two hundred kilometers before he came across a huge group of Nirvana Snakes, and he basically hunted them all, obtaining a large amount of beast cards.

With this, Zhang Che was finally satisfied.

Even if he wasn't satisfied, nothing more could be done. Let alone that it was getting extremely difficult for the Nirvana Snake King to find more Nirvana Snakes, if he continued heading in this direction, heavens knew if he would run into an epic-quality or higher exotic beast…

As such, Zhang Che changed directions and flew off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.At about the same time, the group of men Huang Juyun sent entered the Five Poisons Mountain Range and started looking for Zhang Che's trace in secret.

Alas, after a day's search, none of them found anything.

At Bei Du, the Huang family also received an extremely surprising piece of news.

The Zhen family had actually applied for an arena deathmatch with the brass and had obtained their approval.

Grandpa Huang was extremely furious about this, but there was nothing he could do.

This was a method for the upper echelon of Hua Xia to resolve conflicts. It was especially suitable for such situations. It was to prevent the large clans from getting into overly intense struggles due to some conflicts, leading to instability in their society.

The rules of the arena deathmatch was very simple. The party that applied for it could specify any individual they desired and send someone with comparable strength according to the specified individual's beastmaster tier. The specified individual would be granted the choice of the location of the match, and the two would duel one another, until one of them died.

The side that proposed the arena deathmatch was forbidden from sending a beastmaster whose tier was a realm higher than the opponent. In other words, if the specified individual was a low-tier beastmaster, then the proposing party could only send out a low-tier beastmaster for the fight."Father, how could the brass agree to the Zhen family's request? They were obviously in the wrong, and Xiaoche was only acting in self-defense! Does he have to take responsibility for Zhen Long's death?"

Huang Juyun was very dissatisfied. However, since the brass had already agreed to the Zhen family's proposal, the arena deathmatch was already unavoidable.

Grandpa Huang sighed and said, "Although Xiaoche killed Zhen Long and the others out of self-defense, they have an arguing point too… That is, Zhen Long's group hadn't made a move yet. The Zhen family are holding onto this point and demanding the brass uphold justice. If we don't agree to it, I'm afraid they'll really make some moves in the dark. It'll be disadvantageous for Xiaoche's safety in the future either way."

After a short pause, Grandpa Huang continued, "The only question now is exactly how strong Xiaoche is? Although judging from this matter, his subdued beast seemed very powerful, it is only limited to legend-quality. Without an epic-quality beast, he can't be considered a true expert."

Huang Juyun furrowed his brow, and worry could be seen in his eyes as he said, "Epic-quality subdued beasts aren't much; our Huang family can gather a few of them. The key thing is if Xiaoche can reach Tier Six in one month's time. If not, he'll only be able to employ five-star subdued beasts. It's too much of a disadvantage."

Huang Juyun's worry wasn't without reason.

The Huang family could pool together a few epic-quality beasts. As a whole, the Zhen family, who were slightly stronger than the Huang family, could definitely do that, too.

Also, their representative would definitely be a Tier Six beastmaster. With that, naturally they'd have a greater advantage.

After all, a six-star epic-quality beast was way stronger than a five-star epic-quality beast. It'd have no problem taking on two epic-quality beasts at once.

With that, even if Zhang Che could wield two more subdued beasts than other beastmasters of the same rank, he'd definitely be no match for his opponent with such an absolute difference in power.

"There's still a month's time. We can only hope for Xiaoche to advance to Tier Six successfully," Grandpa Huang sighed, then said to Huang Juyun, "Whether or not Xiaoche can advance to Tier Six is his own problem. What we have to do now is to prepare as many powerful six-star epic-quality beasts for him as we can. You go take care of this matter with haste. It's not an easy matter to gather sufficient six-star epic-quality beasts in a month, either."

"Rest assured on this, father, I'll definitely gather enough epic-quality beasts for Xiaoche to use within a month."

If it were in the past, Huang Juyun might not have such confidence. Now was a different matter, however.

If he spread news of that gigantic spiritual jade around, the clans that wanted to cultivate their top-grade spiritual herbs would naturally come forth to offer help.

As such, the problem remained the same… Could Zhang Che achieve Tier Six in a month's time?

They could only hope for Huang Hai and the others to find Zhang Che in the beast world and inform him of this news, and to fully support him in hunting exotic beasts.

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Chapter 369: The Forgotten Vampiric Demon Carpet

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

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Obviously, it was impossible for Huang Hai's group to find Zhang Che, because he had already left the area and flown close to a thousand kilometers away on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

During the two days' time at the area, Zhang Che had obtained a Nirvana Snake King, and more than twenty ordinary Nirvana Snakes, far exceeding his expectations.

It was impossible to find any other Nirvana Snake Kings afterwards. He rarely saw any ordinary Nirvana Snakes, either. As such, Zhang Che didn't want to waste any more time here.

Given his current circumstances, it was better to raise his beastmaster tier as quickly as possible, and break through to Tier Six. As long as he was not at Tier Six, Zhang Che kept feeling like something was pressing on him.

After all, only epic-quality beasts could be considered truly powerful combat forces. Even ordinary large clans might not have them.

Of course, this didn't mean that the large clans couldn't get themselves epic-quality beast cards. The key was whether it was worth it.

Take Zhang Che's future father-in-law, for example. Although Zhang Che knew his father-in-law didn't have an epic-quality beast card, this didn't mean that he couldn't find one.

However, instead of spending a huge fortune to get himself an epic-quality beast card, it was better for the Huang family to spread out their resources and raise the clan's overall strength.

After all, Hua Xia was unlike other regions. The environment was considered decent as a whole. Also, there was an agreement between the upper echelons, making large-scale internal struggles impossible under normal circumstances. There was no need to gather most of their resources on a single person.

Perhaps Grandpa Huang had epic-quality subdued beasts on him.

Zhang Che had always felt that Grandpa Huang wasn't simple. As the linchpin of the Huang family, his strength was surely far greater than Huang Juyun's.

Since his main objective was to raise his beastmaster tier, Zhang Che had no need to look for exotic beasts that were hard to deal with.

Although it wouldn't be too difficult for him to hunt mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts given his babies' overall strength, it was a bit of a waste of time, wasn't it?

If he used that time and energy to hunt mid-tier exotic beasts at around silver or gold-quality, it would simply be a walk in the park. He could kill as many as there were.

Most importantly, legend-quality exotic beasts weren't like cabbages at the market. It wasn't like you could find them just because you wanted to hunt them.

With Zhang Che's current strength, obtaining more legend-quality subdued beasts wouldn't change things much. Even if he had more legend-quality subdued beasts and pets, when confronting an epic-quality exotic beast, he still wouldn't have too great of a chance against them. It was the difference between quality and quantity.

At the Bei Mei region previously, him slaying the Earthen Rock Demon was all thanks to the golden vortex's sudden eruption, making the two swords combine and display powers far exceeding his imaginations, finally killing the Earthen Rock Demon with a single slash.

Otherwise, with just Zhang Che's babies… Heh heh…Zhang Che had no idea on what was happening in Bei Du at all. He didn't know the squad his father-in-law had sent was frantically looking for him. On one hand, it was to protect him, and on the other, it was to warn him to get to Tier Six as soon as possible.

Huang Juyun probably wouldn't have thought that although Zhang Che didn't know all these things, their plans were aligned. Zhang Che was originally planning to raise his strength on this trip to begin with!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew across the lands, avoiding the deeper areas of the beast world, and went searching for places where mid-tier exotic beasts were gathered.

Only places with a higher density of mid-tier exotic beasts would increase the speed of Zhang Che advancing to Tier Six. Obviously, such places weren't easily found.

Zhang Che spent half the day searching. When it was nearing 3 in the afternoon, he still hadn't found a suitable area.

Naturally, during his search, he slew quite a number of mid-tier exotic beasts. However, compared to the vast amounts of soul force points needed to break through to Tier Six, it was like a drop in the ocean.

"Forget it; I'll end my search here today and spend my time in this area. I'll continue my search tomorrow morning."

Zhang Che didn't want to keep searching around like a headless fly. He summoned all his legend-quality babies and slaughtered the exotic beasts in the surroundings. Meanwhile, he rode on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and wandered around in the skies. Every time he discovered any single-out exotic beast, he would immediately send a bolt of lightning with the Horned Electric Python in their direction, guaranteeing a one-shot-kill. His efficiency was even higher than his subdued beasts and pets!

"Tsk, tsk. Looks like I have to find a way to recover the golden vortex! I'm even faster than the babies when it comes to hunting exotic beasts, just by relying on the Horned Electric Python. If the two swords could be used again, would my efficiency be through the roof?," Zhang Che mumbled to himself, lamenting as he sat on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, looking for any exotic beasts his babies had overlooked.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon rolled his eyes in disdain, thinking to himself, -If it wasn't for me, this master dragon, ferrying you around and increasing your speed by countless times… why don't you try hunting by yourself?-

Regrettably, this master dragon had forgotten that as Zhang Che's pet, they were connected spiritually.

Zhang Che slapped the dragon's back, angered from being shamed, and said, "Don't get cocky! I'll be flying too, when I become a high-tier beastmaster!"

That wasn't just Zhang Che dreaming, however.

It was said that when a beastmaster reached Tier Nine, and their soul force had amassed to a certain degree, they could indeed use the power of soul force to take flight. Although they couldn't fly far, ultimately they would be flying without any help from their subdued beasts and pets, wouldn't they?

However, heavens knew how long it would be before the day he became a Tier Nine beastmaster…The next day, Zhang Che continued his search in the beast world on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. Although he still didn't find a place with a high amount of mid-tier exotic beasts, he wisd up and didn't spend all his time on searching for exotic beasts. Instead, he slaughtered his way through while searching, and had quite a decent harvest.

"Why is my luck so terrible? If this continues, not even a month is enough for me to rise to Tier Six!"

Zhang Che was very frustrated, although it was something very worth being excited about and proud of to advance to Tier Six in less than two months for ordinary beastmasters.

Zhang Che was different, however. He felt that with his strength, how could he be pursuing the same speed as the others?

From the third day and onwards, he didn't give up and continued searching in the depths of the beast world on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon…At Bei Du, Huang Juyun received news from Huang Hai from the messengers he sent back.

They had searched for two whole days in the area around the Five Poisons Mountain Range, but they couldn't even find Zhang Che's shadow, and were now searching in other areas.

"Forget it. Go back and find Huang Hai; tell him that he doesn't need to be so uptight on this matter. He can find him slowly; that kid might have gone to other places. The beast world is so vast; it's not very hopeful finding him with so few men."

Since the Zhen family had applied for an arena deathmatch, they would probably not find trouble with Zhang Che before the day came.

However, to be on the safer side of things, Huang Juyun didn't give Huang Hai the order to withdraw his men.

What if the Zhen family played their cards illogically, and sent people to look for Zhang Che in the beast world?

Nothing was absolute in this world. Although Huang Hai didn't have to look as hard for Zhang Che, it was better to let them remain in the beast world just in case. Even if they couldn't find Zhang Che right away, they could come in useful to a certain degree if anything happened.

"Now, I can only hope that kid works harder and strives to advance to Tier Six within a month," Huang Juyun sighed, harboring extremely high hopes for Zhang Che.

Didn't that kid reveal that he had advanced to Tier Five quite some time ago? He should have accumulated quite a bit during this time. If he continued working hard, he should be able to advance to Tier Six.

After worrying about the matter regarding Zhang Che's beastmaster tier, Huang Juyun started worrying about the matter of gathering epic-quality beast cards.

Those things were worthy of being resources at a strategic level, indeed. They really were difficult to gather. He had already spread the news to the clans they were in a better relationship with in the circle during the past two days, and none of them had expressed anything.

It seemed like the clans who had epic-quality beast cards were still observing the situation.

It couldn't be helped. If worse came to worst, they could only raise their offer. At the most, they would have to endure the pain and cut out a part of the spiritual jade to exchange for beast cards. However, they would surely be taken advantage of by greedy people…Night came again…

Although Zhang Che had yet to find an area where large numbers of mid-tier exotic beasts gathered, his harvest was pretty good. The number of mid-tier exotic beasts he had hunted today was much higher than the two days prior.

"Huuu, time to sleep! I'll go a little deeper into this area tomorrow. It looks like there aren't any powerful exotic beasts here anyway. It's a decent training ground."When he woke up, it was a fresh new day.

Just as he was about to make his way out of his sleeping bag, he suddenly raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Hmm? I didn't expect this fellow to have advanced in quality!"

In his spiritual sea, the Vampiric Demon Carpet that was originally only gold-quality had risen to dark gold-quality.

Zhang Che had almost forgotten about that thing.

It couldn't be helped; for one, Zhang Che didn't have much chance to set others up. Second, the Vampiric Demon Carpet's combat strength was falling behind his progress, and so was forgotten.

-But now that this fellow has risen to dark gold-quality, given its unique attacking method, its actual combat strength must be stronger than most four-star dark gold-quality beasts, right?- Thinking of that, Zhang Che immediately felt moved.

If the Vampiric Demon Carpet's strength could keep up with him, this fellow was definitely the number one choice to set others up.

As such, he immediately summoned the Vampiric Demon Carpet from his spiritual sea and looked at its new attributes with his data eyes.

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Chapter 370: The Underestimated Vampiric Demon Carpet

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

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A dark golden ray of light shot out from Zhang Che's brow, forming a dark golden card with four hexagrams in his palm.

"Only its quality increased. It's not enough…"[Vampiric Demon Carpet]

Level: Four Star (Level 37)

Quality: Dark Gold

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Likes Hiding In Damp Areas, Moves Swiftly, Unparalleled Defense

Weakness: Sole Weakness – Innate Fire Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Blood Sucking. The Suction Pads on Its Belly Quickly Peel Off the Scales and Skin of Its Prey, Sucking Away All of Its Blood in an Extremely Short Amount of Time

Skill: Wind Travel. Able to Glide Over The Ground At Extreme Speed After Activation. Effective Range: 50 Meters. Cooldown Time: 3 Minutes.

Potential: C RankAlthough Zhang Che was a little surprised by the Vampiric Demon Carpet's breakthrough to dark gold-quality, he didn't regard it as anything important.

It was only a four-star dark gold-quality card. He was already the owner of a bunch of legend-quality babies; this fellow didn't seem able to display much combat strength, even though it was dark gold-quality.

After looking through the Vampiric Demon Carpet's new attributes, Zhang Che was even more sure of his judgement. There was barely any changes to its attributes.

The only praiseworthy part was that its sole weakness had changed from fire elemental attacks to innate fire elemental attacks. However, that was only limited to situations when its opponent's level and quality was about the same as the Vampiric Demon Carpet.

If its opponent was a more powerful legend-quality exotic beast, the Vampiric Demon Carpet would probably find it tough to defend against their attacks.

As for its attacking attributes, the increase was nothing noteworthy.

The range of its Wind Travel skill had increased from twenty to fifty meters, and its cooldown time was reduced from five minutes to three minutes.

Although it seemed like a significant improvement, it was only an improvement in terms of quantity, and not quality.

Also, although this fellow's attacks were peculiar, it was small. Facing larger exotic beasts, it had no way to wrap around them fully. How much power could it display then?

Done thinking, the dark golden card turned into a dark golden glow and flew to the ground as Zhang Che willed it, transforming into a large carpet.

Zhang Che's eyes immediately widened in surprise.

"If I remember correctly, this fellow was originally only about a meter or two long, wasn't it? Did it take some pills or something?"

Zhang Che couldn't help but be surprised. The Vampiric Demon Carpet before his eyes was very different from before. Its body was about ten meters long when spread open, and the most narrow part was around eight meters across.

In other words, the surface area of that fellow had directly shot up from around two square meters to eighty square meters!

What did that signify?

Zhang Che realized it without having to think much about it.

The Vampiric Demon Carpet mainly relied on wrapping itself around its prey, leaving them unable to break free while it secreted a corrosive fluid from the suction cups on its abdomen, peeling the skin or scales of its prey off in an extremely short amount of time. Afterwards, it'd quickly suck its prey dry of blood, killing them.

It was due to this characteristic that the size of its body had a direct influence on its offensive strength.

Take a large beast like the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus, for example. If the Vampiric Demon Carpet was only as big as it was originally, so what if it had risen to legend-quality? It wouldn't even be able to wrap itself around the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus' leg!

Under such circumstances, even if the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus couldn't tear the carpet into shreds with its frighteningly powerful jaws, he could definitely peel it off his body.

The same couldn't be said now, however. With its surface area increased to about eighty square meters, even a large beast like the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus wouldn't be able to break himself free from the Vampiric Demon Carpet easily if he found himself wrapped up by the carpet.

"Hmm, I seem to have underestimated you?"

Zhang Che looked at the Vampiric Demon Carpet, pondering for a short while with furrowed brow. In the end, he decided to examine its actual combat strength. He would find out whether he had estimated it or not very quickly.

Of course, since he wanted to test the Vampiric Demon Carpet's current combat ability, he definitely had to choose those more powerful exotic beasts. It would be useless if they weren't legend-quality, or high-tier dark gold-quality.

"Hopefully this fellow won't die right away, even if it can't win…"

Zhang Che wavered slightly. However, when he thought of that fellow's sole weakness being innate fire elemental attacks, it should be able to take a few hits against physical or other elemental attacks at the very least, right?

If you think of something, you should put it into action! After eating a simple breakfast, Zhang Che immediately got on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and started looking for powerful exotic beasts nearby.

He was already deep in the beast world. Due to Zhang Che focusing his attention on weaker mid-tier exotic beasts during the past few days, he had purposely avoided the resting grounds of the stronger ones.

Now that he was purposefully going to find trouble with them, naturally it wouldn't be difficult to locate them.Zhang Che searched for less than an hour before he successfully found a powerful exotic beast.

Although it was neither dark gold or legend-quality, its level was high.

It was a seven-star gold-quality beast. Just by its strength, it was stronger than a five-star legend-quality beast. Even the weaker six-star legend-quality beasts might not compare to it!

It was a rare metal-attributed exotic beast, not very very big in size.

Naturally, the Vampiric Demon Carpet was a beast more suited to sneaking up on others, and wasn't suited to facing these powerful exotic beasts head on. Otherwise, there was no chance of it wrapping itself around its enemy.

As such, Zhang Che stealthily summoned the Vampiric Demon Carpet mid-way, and had it hide in a scattered shrubbery. Afterwards, he directly pounced onto the Metal-attributed exotic beast, riding on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

As he approached the beast, there was nothing to be said. Zhang Che took out the Horned Electric Python and directly shot a bolt of lightning at it.

There was a loud crackle. The metal-attributed exotic beast was weak against the Lightning attribute to begin with. After being blasted like that, it was immediately put into a bad position. However, due to its high level, it wasn't injured too gravely. But, the key thing was, it was shameful!

As such, that fellow roared out furiously and immediately gave chase to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

With the dragon's speed advantage, even though Zhang Che could slowly grind that exotic beast to death, he still chose to turn around and leave immediately.

His purpose here was to examine the Vampiric Demon Carpet's combat strength, after all!

The metal-attributed exotic beast ran as if it was flying, quickly chasing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to the place where the Vampiric Demon Carpet was hiding.

Zhang Che grew worried again. The exotic beast was a high-tier metal-attributed gold-quality exotic beast. Its attacking strength should be very high. Would the Vampiric Demon Carpet be able to withstand it?

Even so, things had already progressed to this point. Thinking too much wouldn't help.

Soon, the metal-attributed exotic beast came into the Vampiric Demon Carpet's attack range.

In the next moment, Zhang Che noticed with his peripheral vision that the Vampiric Demon Carpet shot out of its hiding spot like lightning. Just as the metal-attributed exotic beast sensed something amiss, it had no time to react to the sudden situation, and was quickly enveloped by the Vampiric Demon Carpet.

When he saw this, Zhang Che immediately had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon come to a stop, ready to provide reinforcement at any moment.

After the Vampiric Demon Carpet enveloped the metal-attributed exotic beast, it started rolling quickly on the ground. Some areas on its furry body would bulge out from time to time. The exotic beast was obviously putting up a very fierce struggle.

Even so, what quickly calmed Zhang Che was that even though the exotic beast was struggling violently, there were no signs of the Vampiric Demon Carpet faltering at all.

"This fellow's defense is so tough!"

Zhang Che's eyes nearly popped out from their sockets watching this. It seemed like this fellow's defense was seriously and unusually strong. Having said that it's only weakness being innate fire elemental attacks, other attacks really couldn't do much against it, despite the metal-attributed exotic beast being much stronger than it.

-This works! If it continues growing at this rate, when that fellow has risen to legend-quality, wouldn't it be able to trap even non-fire elemental epic-quality beasts, and even kill them?- Zhang Che immediately grew excited at the thought.

This was an incredibly discovery! What was challenging a higher rank? This was it, and it wasn't only just one rank; even challenging two ranks higher was possible!

"Looks like I have really neglected this fellow. If it wasn't for it advancing to dark gold-quality, I would have really forgotten about it…" Thinking of this, Zhang Che grew very excited. He had another high priority subdued beast to nurture from now on!

If the Vampiric Demon Carpet could advance to legend-quality, even if Zhang Che had no epic-quality subdued beasts… of course, that was impossible. It would probably take half a year's time at least for the Vampiric Demon Carpet to rise to legend-quality. At that time, perhaps Zhang Che would have already become a high-tier beastmaster… the carpet would be able to take down an epic-quality exotic beast by itself, although only if it was an ambush.

The metal-attributed exotic beast trapped by the Vampiric Demon Carpet was still struggling fiercely. It even used its attacking skill, but in the end, it only managed to tear a few small openings on the Vampiric Demon Carpet's body, and not deal any heavy damage to this monstrous subdued beast.

As time slowly ticked away, the struggles of the Vampiric Demon Carpet's "package" rolling on the ground became increasingly smaller, and finally came to a stop.

Only ten minutes or so had passed, before Zhang Che received the notification of killing the metal-attributed exotic beast in his head.

"Awesome! A high-tier gold-quality exotic beast was killed in just ten minutes, and it was even a metal-attributed exotic beast that specialized in attack! No matter how I look at this, this fellow is like a cheat!"

Zhang Che was obviously happy that he got a high-tier gold-quality beast card. However, what he was most excited about was none other than the powerful combat strength the Vampiric Demon Carpet had displayed.

From the looks of it, as long as it wasn't an exotic beast with innate fire elemental attack, it would be no match for the Vampiric Demon Carpet, even if its level and quality was a rank higher! Once it enveloped its target, the result was final!

-Hmm, if I find any treasures in the future, no matter how beneficial they are after refining them into medicine, I'll give them to the Vampiric Demon Carpet as long as they are useful and try to get this fellow to rise to legend-quality!- Zhang Che immediately decided. Whatever resources he found in the future, the monstrous beast that was the Vampiric Demon Carpet would be given priority!

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Zhang Che wasn't the type of person who would sit around and wait.

Thinking of that, he immediately summoned the frisky monkey and had him use his skill, searching the surrounding five kilometer radius.

He was thinking to himself, -This is already deep into the beast world. Although I'm a little unlucky when hunting low-tier low-quality exotic beasts, my luck seems to be pretty good when looking for spiritual herbs, isn't it?

-Then, perhaps I have a chance of finding some heavenly treasures, and the Vampiric Demon Carpet can rise to legend-quality in one go!

-With that, not only can I quickly advance to Tier Six beastmaster, I might even have a fighting chance if I encounter a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast..?-

Alas, the results soon left Zhang Che disappointed.

Although the frisky monkey did discover spiritual herbs, judging from his reaction, it was no treasure at all, and was only one or two ordinary ones.

For a place as deep as he was in the beast world, a stalk or two of spiritual herbs growing in a ten kilometer radius area truly wasn't anything strange. The reason why the people from Mercury did not obtain many was because the spiritual herbs weren't easy to find.

The common masses couldn't cheat like Zhang Che, who could have the frisky monkey pinpoint the herbs' exact location. After all, wanting to find a stalk of spiritual herbs within such a large area was impossible without some luck.

" Ai, how can it be so easy for heavenly treasures to appear?"

Ordinary spiritual herbs weren't worth much. Zhang Che couldn't even be bothered to go harvest them. If he had the time, he'd rather hunt a few more stronger exotic beasts and earn everything back.

Regrettably, the frisky monkey's skill had a cooldown time of one whole day. If he could use it multiple times a day, Zhang Che was absolutely confident of finding a heavenly treasure in a short time, and forcibly raising the Vampiric Demon Carpet's quality.

For now, he could only hope the search range of the frisky monkey's skill would expand greatly after he advanced to dark gold-quality.

After counting to himself with his fingers, Zhang Che realized it had already been about two months since the frisky monkey rose to gold-quality.

In other words, the frisky monkey would advance to dark gold-quality in another month's time!

Regrettably, Zhang Che wouldn't remain here for another month. He planned to hunt sufficient mid-tier exotic beasts as soon as possible to advance to Tier Six and return home.

If he spent too much time outside, his mother and the others would surely worry about him.Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, currently Sun Lan was already so worried about him that she couldn't eat or sleep well.

News of the Zhen family applying for an arena deathmatch and specifically requesting the Huang family's future son-in-law take part in the fight had spread in Bei Du for unknown reasons. Not only was the news spread among the upper echelon circle, many ordinary people learned of it.

As such, many lottery-like companies in Bei Du, legal and otherwise, had opened bets for this, both openly and in the dark.

With regards to the odds, since the Zhen family were the proposing party, and were most likely sending a Tier Six beastmaster for the battle, the ratio was pretty much towards their side.

For some larger betting places, betting on the Zhen family's victory only gave a 0.7 times payout, and betting on the Huang family, or Zhang Che's victory, had a payout of nearly 2 times.

The reason why the odds weren't even more ridiculous was because as the Huang family's prospective son-in-law, the Huang family wouldn't watch by and do nothing as he died in the arena. They'd surely think of ways to increase his strength.

However, as the side that proposed the match, the Zhen family wouldn't be so silly as to waste both their men and resources. They would surely select their strongest mid-tier beastmaster to take the stage. So, their odds of winning were naturally higher.

A Passerby A was saying to Passerby B, "Hey, have you heard? Someone from the Zhen family was killed by the Huang family's son-in-law, but since they were the ones in the wrong, they didn't dare to exact revenge directly, and thus applied for an arena deathmatch. Now, every lotto company have opened bets for the fight! Which side are you betting on winning?"

Passerby B showed a look of disdain, answering, "Nonsense! Of course I'm betting on the Zhen family!"

"Ugh, but the odds for the Zhen family is a little low! Betting on the Huang family would give around three times the prize!"

Passerby A wanted to maximize his investments, and seemed to want to make a gamble.

After all, one of them had less than one-to-one payout, while the other was about two-to-one. The difference was too big.

Passerby B looked at Passerby A and said in a low voice, "Brother, seeing as our relation is pretty good, I'll give you a word of advice. Don't even think of trying to win big, or you might find yourself with nothing in the end!"

Passerby A asked with uncertainty, "That might not necessarily be true, right? Although the Huang family is not as strong as the Zhen family, the difference is hardly there. Large clans like these shouldn't have too large of a gap between them if they wanted to equip a mid-tier beastmaster with extreme combat strength, right?"

Passerby B laughed and rebuked, "Do you take the Zhen family for fools? Since they dared to suggest an arena deathmatch, surely they are very confident in themselves! Otherwise, if they lost, not only would they lose a mid-tier beastmaster and a few powerful subdued beasts, they will even have to compensate at least ten million purple crystal points to the Huang family, not to mention their loss in reputation. Would they do it if they weren't confident?"

"But, weren't they trying to get revenge for the Huang family's prospective son-in-law killing their descendent? In that case, their representative might not necessarily be a match for that guy called Zhang Che, right?" Passerby A replied hesitantly. "I heard that the mid-tier beastmaster called Zhang Che is incredible! Not only did he kill the Zhen family's grandson in the beast world, he even killed a few other groups of beastmaster who tried to snatch his prey at the same time. Such a person wouldn't be easy to deal with, right?"

Passerby B shook his head. He sighed and said, "The key thing is, none of those beastmasters who were killed had an epic-quality subdued beast. Otherwise, how can that brat named Zhang Che who lives off of a woman win? You must be joking! Brother, listen to my advice: don't go thinking about those useless things. Betting on the Zhen family won't go wrong!"

After saying that, Passerby B slapped Passerby A's shoulder heavily and left with quick steps.

Passerby A stood on the spot, his expression changed multiple times. In the end, he gritted his teeth and finally came to a decision. -Damn it, I'll bet on the Huang family's prospective son-in-law. Surely he has his trump cards for him to be able to kill so many powerful beastmasters.

-Moreover, the Huang family has his back! Even if the epic-quality beasts they gathered aren't as good as the Zhen family's, the difference shouldn't be that much, right?

-If I want to get rich, I have to bet on the dark horse!-

Those who went with the favorites wouldn't strike it rich even if they bet correctly. On the other hand, if they lost, it would be enough to bankrupt them!

Many would think that betting on the favorites would pretty much be a guaranteed win. As a result, it was very easy for them to neglect the risks, and directly dump most of their money into the bet. Not only that, some would even bet all their money, and even worse, many people would borrow money to bet!

"An arena deathmatch, especially one that involves mid-tier beastmasters from two large clans, will surely be held in the beast world. It's basically impossible for commoners like me to watch it. I can only hope that Huang family's son-in-law won't drop the ball and help me earn a fortune!"

Passerby A couldn't help but close his eyes, praying to all the gods in the heavens for Zhang Che.Such matters didn't only happen to these two people. In Bei Du, other than those who truly shut themselves in, basically everyone was talking about it over the past two days.

The Huang family, including Miss Tienan, chose to keep this matter from Sun Lan for the time being, to save her from worrying. Although they were confident in Zhang Che, nothing could be certain in this world.

It was better to inform Sun Lan about this just before the arena deathmatch happened. At that time, the Huang family's preparations would be complete, and they could prove with facts that Zhang Che wouldn't lose, allowing Sun Lan to be a little more assured.

Alas, they had neglected an element… Sun Shaoying's family!

Although Sun Shaoying and her husband seldom helped out in the beast card shop, the siblings Xi Muyun and Xi Wenshan were almost always there. They would inevitably learn about this matter from the casual conversations between customers.

In the beginning, they didn't show much reaction when they heard something about the Huang family's prospective son-in-law.

However, when they heard the lucky kid that lived off of a woman was called Zhang Che, they grew unsettled and thought of something.

Wasn't that girl who visited their cousin's place surnamed Huang? And from the conversations between Sun Lan and her, that girl's background didn't seem simple.

Thus, everything connected.

The siblings were astonished. After a short conversation, they also chose to hide the matter from Sun Lan.

Regrettably, when Sun Lan saw the strange looks on their faces after returning home, she thought something had happened at the beast card shop.

When Sun Lan asked them about it, naturally they denied everything. However, their expressions betrayed them. Sun Lan felt suspicious and went to the shop personally the next day, wanting to see what troubles there were. If the situation was urgent, she would go find Huang Tielan and ask for help from her family to settle things.

After all, with Zhang Che not yet returned from the beast world, there really wasn't any other paths they could take other than looking for the Huang family for help if there were troubles in the shop.

In the end, naturally nothing was wrong in the shop.

However, Sun Lan unintentionally overheard the huge trouble Zhang Che had gotten into from the conversation of two customers.

Her complexion changed greatly, and she nearly fainted on the spot.

From the conversations of the customers, it seemed that everyone thought it was impossible for Zhang Che to be a match for the Zhen family. Wouldn't that mean he would die in that match in the end?

Xi Muyun and Xi Wenshan didn't expect Sun Lan to come check in at the shop, either, and for her to coincidentally overhear the customers' conversations of all things. Seeing their cousin nearly fainting from anxiety, they could only try to console her and tell her not to believe those people. How could someone as powerful as Zhang Che possibly lose?

Even so, when she thought of their strange looks last night, of course Sun Lan didn't believe them. She directly phoned Huang Tielan to try and learn more about this matter.

Huang Tielan was shocked, too. She didn't expect the rumors to be spreading so fiercely, so that even Sun Lan, who hardly left her house, would learn about it.

Other than choosing to assure Sun Lan, there was nothing she could do. After all, she too, had no idea if Zhang Che could get through this safely. Huang Tielan was similarly worried to death.

However, she couldn't show her worries. She could only try her best to assure Sun Lan that her family was already searching high and low to prepare powerful subdued beasts for Zhang Che, and they wouldn't let Zhang Che lose.

With Huang Tielan's assurance, although Sun Lan was still worried, she wasn't as flustered as before.

Seeing this, Xi Muyun and Xi Wenshan finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

If they were the reasons Sun Lan became sick from worrying too much, they would really have become sinners.

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Chapter 372: Epic. Abnormal Lands

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

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Huang Juyun was fretting about this, too.

Although only a few days had passed, he realized that it wasn't so simple to find suitable epic-quality subdued beasts.

After all, the Zhen family had been around in Bei Du for a long time, with an extensive network of connections. Many clans weren't willing to offend the Zhen family by selling their epic-quality beast cards to the Huang family.

Of course, if the Huang family could pay the price, they wouldn't mind. However, this would practically be like robbing a burning house.

Take the Ou family, for example. They had conveyed the news that they had a six-star epic-quality beast card, but the price they offered had left Huang Juyun cursing: a square foot of spiritual jade in exchange.

This was simply a robbery! A square foot of spiritual jade was worth close to a hundred million purple crystal points! That was almost the price of two seven-star epic-quality beast cards, and yet they dared to offer such an astronomical price for a six-star epic-quality beast card. They were simply asking for too much!

To be fair, clans with epic-quality beast cards weren't usually looking to sell them. Their actual price might be much higher. But, it couldn't be that high!

Huang Juyun didn't agree to their offer right away.

Things weren't at the end of the line yet. He just couldn't endure getting cut so deeply. Otherwise, he would have to be prepared to get cut even deeper to purchase other beast cards.

Moreover, there was still no news of Zhang Che at present. Huang Juyun wasn't sure if Zhang Che could reach Tier Six before he returned.

It'd be fine if he managed to achieve Tier Six. Huang Juyun would have nothing to complain about getting ripped off. That spiritual jade was Zhang Che's to begin with; for the sake of obtaining victory at the match, bleeding a little was still endurable.

But what if Zhang Che failed to achieve Tier Six?

With that, let alone being ripped off, it wouldn't even be of help to Zhang Che at all! Not only would it be a problem for Zhang Che's safety in this battle, even the Huang family's reputation would be affected!

"Hopefully this kid comes back soon and has risen to Tier Six. Otherwise, the match will be really dangerous…"

Naturally, wanting Zhang Che to delay his return to avoid the match was impossible.

Unless Zhang Che had disappeared from the world, whenever he returned, the match would take place as planned.

Not only that, he wouldn't be allowed to delay the match indefinitely, either!

If Zhang Che didn't show up for three consecutive months, then it would be taken as him admitting defeat. In the future, whatever dirty tricks the Zhen family tried to pull, the brass would close one eye to them, or they might even be biased towards the Zhen family!

That was definitely not a solution Zhang Che and the Huang family could afford!

At that moment, Huang Juyun's personal terminal suddenly vibrated.

He opened it in a hurry. A faint look of surprise showed on his face. After the call connected, he smiled, saying, "How is it, Old Chang? Have you decided to sell your family's epic-quality beast card to me?"

"I say, you don't go too overboard with me now. Going by the market price, an ordinary six-star epic-quality beast card cost less than ten million purple crystal points. The spiritual jade I promised you is already worth close to three times that!"

"Alright, I'll give you another thirty percent, but you have to promise the attributes of your epic-quality beast card mustn't be too trash! We're brothers that have known each other for many years. You can't set me up like that, can you?"

"Alright, I'll come over right away then. If your beast card is indeed as good as you said, we'll complete the exchange immediately!"

After the call ended, Huang Juyun had an overjoyed look on his face. He had finally gotten the first epic-quality beast card. It'd be about right if he found two more.

Two for fighting, and one kept for reserve.

Epic-quality subdued beasts were unlike legendary, or dark gold-quality. It wasn't like the more you have, the stronger you were.

Since epic-quality subdued beasts had False Domains, the False Domains of different types of epic-quality subdued beasts would not only greatly affect their enemies, they would also restrain the False Domains of the other epic-quality beasts their owner had to a certain degree, especially epic-quality beasts with conflicting attributes, like fire element and ice element False Domains.

If a beastmaster used those two types of subdued beasts in battle at the same time, not only would their strength not amplify, but due to the two conflicting False Domains, they might even lead to their overall strength being diminished.

In other words, a beastmaster could only use two epic-quality subdued beasts in battle at one time at the most, and the two subdued beasts could not have restraining attributes with one another.

Any more than that was unfeasible, because even if you had three epic-quality subdued beasts, and their False Domains didn't restrain one another too obviously, they would still be greatly affected, and their combat strength might not be comparable to just two.

So, the combat strength of beastmasters with epic-quality or higher subdued beasts wasn't like the more you had, the stronger you were. It was the exact opposite. Even if all of your subdued beasts were epic-quality, but if you dared to summon them all out at the same time, the results would be something else. The enemies didn't even have to come attack; your side would plunge into chaos first.

"Hopefully the attributes of the epic-quality beast Old Chang's family has aren't too fierce, or it'd be hard to find a complementary one."

After praying silently, Huang Juyun immediately instructed his adjutant to go prepare a car. At the same time, he cut a small piece off of the large spiritual jade and left in a hurry.

Looking at the spiritual jade worth around forty million purple crystal points in the car, Huang Juyun immediately felt his heart aching.

-Damn it, these people are more cunning than the next. They don't care about relations at all, and are only thinking of ripping a fat one off of me.

-Old Chang was a little better. The price he offered was something I can accept. After all, what goes around comes around. When they're in urgent need of epic-quality beast cards, they'll have to be prepared to get ripped off.

-But, clans like the Ou family, whose relations are better with the Zhen family, are truly trying to loot a burning house. They actually dared make an offer of a hundred million purple crystal points! Their hearts are as dark as coal!-Zhang Che had no idea that Huang Juyun was currently worrying about his matters. He had to get ripped and bled a few times to prepare sufficient beast cards for Zhang Che.

At present, Zhang Che was slaughtering mid-tier exotic beasts without restraint deep into the beast world with his babies, feeling wave after wave of soul force points rushing into his spiritual sea. He couldn't keep his mouth closed from the joy.

After searching this area for a few days, he finally found a place with an abnormally high population of mid-tier exotic beasts.

Under such circumstances, if there were enough exotic beasts in the surroundings, he needed only half a month at most to rise to Tier Six beastmaster.

"Not bad, not bad. If this continues, not only will I advance to Tier Six soon, I'll also get a large amount of mid-tier beast cards. Premium House's business will only get better and better!"

Just as Zhang Che was fantasizing about himself reaching the height of humanity, the area of this army of capable babies was suddenly cleared.

That's right; he cleared it. Barely any exotic beasts could be seen ahead now!

Zhang Che's face immediately sank. He recognized what this situation signified.

There might be a very powerful exotic beast resting ahead, leading to the surrounding relatively weaker exotic beasts keeping away from this area, so as not to become food.

If it were in the past when the golden vortex hadn't fallen into a slumber, perhaps Zhang Che would feel pleasantly surprised and be drawn to go check things out.

After all, he did have a chance of slaying a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast, if that was the case.

He couldn't do it now, however. Without his swords, which had the strongest attacks, although Zhang Che didn't fear epic-quality exotic beasts, there was almost no chance of him obtaining victory.

At present, he only hoped to hunt more mid-tier exotic beasts to raise his beastmaster tier to Tier Six as soon as possible. Since there was no longer an abundance of mid-tier exotic beast here, there was no need for him to waste his time on an epic-quality exotic beast which he was destined to be unable to kill.

However, since he was already here, was he not going to take a look at it?

Zhang Che was slightly hesitant. Just checking it out seemed fine…

In any case, it wouldn't hurt for him to take a look at it from far away to see exactly what kind of exotic beast it was. He could quickly leave on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon anyway, and it wouldn't be a problem even if the exotic beast resting here was shockingly fast.

At the most, he'd let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon go into overdrive again. With the rainbow crystal, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about the dragon not recovering.

Also… -It might not necessarily be a powerful exotic beast. After all, there were so many mid-tier exotic beasts around just now. If there really is a powerful exotic beast, these shrimps wouldn't have gathered here in such large numbers and waited for their turn to become food, right?

-I'll go closer and take a look carefully, then. I don't have to go too deep. Once there are signs of danger, I'll retreat immediately. Not much time will be wasted…-

Zhang Che's curiosity prevailed once again. In the end, he recalled his babies, leaving only the Purple Crystal Tortoise on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, and flew deeper into this area at an unhurried pace.

This was an area with very dense vegetation, but there were no traces of animals at all.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew a few dozens kilometers in one go. Zhang Che didn't discover a single exotic beast, only a couple of small animals appearing in his sight from time to time.

"Strange. I'd better not go in…"

This place was too strange. It didn't seem like a powerful exotic beast was resting here at all. Perhaps there might be some other unknown dangers.

So, Zhang Che decided to not go in and leave while he still could.

Although his curiosity was gnawing at him, ultimately Zhang Che couldn't risk his life for it, or he'd be really stupid otherwise.

However, just as Zhang Che was about to leave…

A hint of a mixture of shock and wild joy suddenly showed on his face.

In his spiritual sea, the golden vortex, which had fallen into slumber for a long time, and heavens knew how long it would be before it fully recovered, actually throbbed a few times!

Although it was very minute, Zhang Che clearly sensed it. That thing existed in his spiritual sea. Of course he'd feel it right away if anything happened to it!

Now, Zhang Che had to go check things out, no matter what!

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Chapter 373: Hopes of Recovery for the Golden Vortex

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Ever since he slew the Earthen Rock Demon, the golden vortex had fallen into a deep slumber. No matter what methods Zhang Che tried, he was unable to awaken it.

Now that he had entered this rather strange land, it actually had a reaction, although it was weak!

Even though the reaction was really weak,nearly causing Zhang Che to think he was imagining things, it had indeed happened.

Zhang Che was overjoyed! Nothing was more exciting to Zhang Che than the golden vortex quickly recovering!

Once the golden vortex recovered and enabled him to control the swords again, Zhang Che's individual fighting strength would rise above any mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast! Even when facing epic-quality exotic beasts, it wasn't like he had no fighting chance.

When he slew the Earthen Rock Demon previously, the reason it seemed incredibly difficult was mainly because of that fellow's enormous size, and there were nearly no weak points on its body. He could only rely on doing things the hard way.

If he had encountered an epic-quality exotic beast with flesh and blood, however, Zhang Che was confident in severely injuring it with the scarlet sword, without needing the golden vortex to erupt with all its energy.

"I have to go take a look!"

At this moment, Zhang Che didn't care if it was dangerous.

If it was really dangerous, he still had a very high chance of escaping with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's mobility. If he didn't go in, there was no hope of the golden vortex recovering rapidly at all.

Done thinking, Zhang Che immediately ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to speed up, not acting as cautiously as before.

Indeed, as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly ventured deeper into this strange lands, the golden vortex in Zhang Che's spiritual sea throbbed a few times again, its frequency speeding up.

"Good, looks like there's really something incredible in here that can refill the golden vortex's energy!"

Zhang Che was so excited that his body started shaking a little.

Just as he was getting so excited, an invisible wave of energy suddenly swept his way.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was caught off-guard. This six-star legend-quality pet which boasted an undying body unless struck by innate fire elemental attacks very nearly failed to maintain his flight, falling with Zhang Che on his back.

At the same time, that mysterious energy also swept over Zhang Che. However, it didn't hurt him in the slightest, but directly rushed towards his brain.

Zhang Che felt his vision darken, and nearly fell off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back.

Well, he didn't have to fall off. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was already falling on his own.

As the remnants of the wave of energy continued rushing towards Zhang Che's spiritual sea, the rainbow crystal suddenly shone, immediately dissipating the wave of energy, allowing Zhang Che to regain his vision completely.

"This was… a mental attack?"

Zhang Che was astonished. At the same time, he thought of the possibility that an exotic beast that specialized in mental attacks might be hiding here, which might be why the golden vortex sensed it!

A hint of doubt flashed in his mind, but he didn't have time to consider all these things anymore. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was quickly falling towards the dense forest below.

If they crashed like this, naturally the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't be hurt, and Zhang Che wouldn't suffer too severe of an injury, but he would find himself in a sorry state regardless!

Luckily, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon finally recovered and quickly regained his balance.

However, Zhang Che no longer dared to advance further with him.

This fellow wasn't under the protection of the rainbow crystal. If that mysterious mental attack grew stronger as they went deeper into this area, it might directly destroy the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's soul!

Although this fellow had an undying body of abyssal cold, what use was it if he lost his soul?

Zhang Che relied on his own two feet and moved through the forest carefully, heading in the direction that the golden vortex had reacted to, advancing resolutely.

He felt that this wasn't very likely to be caused by an exotic beast. If it was, then why had he discovered so many mid-tier exotic beasts at the outskirts of this area? They would have been slaughtered by this terrifying existence long ago.

So, it was very likely to be some unique spiritual herb, or even a mineral!

As for which one was it, Zhang Che didn't waste any time thinking or guessing about it. In any case, he'd see it for himself as long as he continued advancing.

As Zhang Che continued advancing, the powerful mental attack struck more frequently, and the intensity of each attack was stronger and fiercer than the last.

Relying on the rainbow crystal, Zhang Che didn't have to fear any attacks that targeted the mind or soul. Otherwise, heavens knew how many times he would have died…An hour later, after he crossed a mountain and emerged from the forest that had almost no living creatures within, Zhang Che couldn't help but open his mouth slightly in surprise.

The scenery before him was so strange that Zhang Che immediately creased his brow, becoming extremely wary.

At the foot of the mountain, no vegetation grew on a large spread of uneven ground. What lay above the barren ground were strange-looking crystals that gave off an indescribable feeling.

The waves of energy that resembled mental attacks came from those strange crystals, spreading out.

It was no wonder no exotic beasts existed in the surroundings.

Let alone exotic beasts, even ordinary animals were extremely scarce. Only some low-level insects were not affected by those waves of energy, living in the surrounding forest happily and peacefully.

At this moment, the golden vortex in his spiritual sea suddenly throbbed even more frequently, like a patient whose heart had stopped now starting to show signs of life.

"But, how do I extract the mysterious energy from those strange crystal to replenish the golden vortex?" He had never heard of any minerals that contained mental energy.

Weren't minerals inanimate objects? Inanimate objects suddenly gaining mental energy… wasn't that nonsense?!

However, that was indeed happening right before his eyes, leaving him feeling inexplicably shocked.

"Maybe I should try touching those strange crystals and see if that will allow the golden vortex to absorb the mental energy in them…"

Originally, the Purple Crystal Tortoise was the best choice when it came to extracting minerals. However, this situation was too queer. Zhang Che didn't dare risk it.

The Purple Crystal Tortoise wasn't his strongest baby when it came to dealing with exotic beasts. However, it was a first-rate killing machine when it came to dealing with beastmasters without good defensive equipment. That could be seen from when he killed Zhen Long and the others.

If the Purple Crystal Tortoise were to die here, Zhang Che would have no one to cry to.

He quickly jumped off the mountaintop and walked towards the naked rocky mountain ahead with quick steps. He nearly let out a low groan right away.

He didn't feel it before he entered, but once he stepped on the rocky plateau, the mysterious mental attack suddenly became ten times stronger.

Although Zhang Che had the rainbow crystal protecting his spiritual sea, the waves of attacks were too strong. They could nearly attack his body!

If it wasn't for his superhuman physique, he probably wouldn't be able to remain here!

At this moment, it seemed like the golden vortex had thoroughly revived, pumping rhythmically, like a second heart.

Zhang Che also discovered that the rampaging mental energy in the surroundings was actually not fully neutralized by the rainbow crystal. Instead, it sent a portion of it to the golden vortex, turning the energy into fuel for it.

Zhang Che was immediately in high spirits. He quickly walked towards a rock with those strange crystals embedded in it. He raised the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword, slashing down at it.

Unexpectedly, as he swung down at the rocks that seemed like they would be easily cleaved into bits, the strange crystals suddenly shone with an incredibly weak light that gathered to form a tough barrier, blocking Zhang Che's strike.

"The heck? Could it be that these crystals aren't inanimate objects, but have a life of their own?"

Zhang Che was speechless…At Bei Du, the Tri Special Intelligence Bureau…

"Bureau Chief, this information was just gathered. The Huang family had just bought a six-star epic-quality beast card from the Chang family at nearly four times the market price. It is probably for Zhang Che to use at the arena deathmatch." A subordinate stood at the side of the office table, reporting to Zhen Manting, who sat in the chair.

Zhen Manting nodded. She didn't look at the report right away. Instead, she turned her head and asked, "Are you sure the Huang family doesn't have any epic-quality subdued beasts?"

The subordinate nodded very confidently, "Bureau Chief, we've consolidated all the information related to the Huang family we have gathered over all these years. We have indeed not discovered any signs of their family owning any epic-quality beast. This matches the results of what we've investigated so far."

Zhen Manting smiled faintly, "I think they do have epic-quality subdued beasts, but they are in the hands of Elder Huang. It's most likely at seven-stars or so; that kid surnamed Zhang definitely can't use it. That's why the Huang family is looking so frantically for cards to purchase."

As for why the Huang family, a mighty faction in the army just barely considered a first-rate clan, couldn't even bring out a mid-tier epic-quality beast card, Zhen Manting actually knew some of the underlying reasons.

It was precisely because the Huang family was a military faction that they placed more importance on the overall strength of the group than on an individual.

After all, the legend-quality beast cards obtained from exchanging an epic-quality beast card could fully equip the high-tier beastmasters of a whole squad.

Oftentimes, a powerful squad without an epic-quality subdued beast could display more combat strength than an individual with an epic-quality subdued beast.

That was the strength of teamwork!

Zhen Manting didn't continue thinking about this matter and instructed her subordinate, "Continue observing. Once the Huang family buys another epic-quality beast card from whichever family, you must find out the specifics of the beast card."

As long as they knew which epic-quality beast cards the Huang family purchased, and obtained the information on the specifics of the beast card, the Zhen family's chances for the arena deathmatch would be much higher.

Not only that, the Zhen family had made use of some hidden connections and placed heavy bets on themselves through various channels.

They could earn a fortune while exacting revenge. Was there a reason not to do so…?

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Chapter 374: Dark Gold-Quality Myriad Transformation Lizard

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Edited by Aelryinth

Not a single piece of rock was cut by his slash.

Zhang Che stood there, stunned.

Those mysterious crystals could actually form a defensive layer of energy and stop Zhang Che from attacking them!

It was really strange, so strange that it left him speechless.

They were obviously lifeless, inanimate objects. Zhang Che didn't sense any spiritual fluctuations or whatnot from them, either, but they could somehow produce mental attacks, and could even come together to stop his attack!

"But, doesn't this mean that if I can destroy the rocks here, those crystals would lose the link between one another?" Zhang Che instantly conjectured.

-Right! If I can destroy the link between those strange crystals, wouldn't I be able to pry one of those crystals off and test if they were beneficial to the golden vortex?

-Mhm, it's decided then!-

So, Zhang Che raised the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword up high again and exerted all his strength, swinging down heavily.

As he swung down, he lamented inside, -A pity I can't summon my babies. Otherwise, it'd be nice to have the Purple Crystal Tortoise, or the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus with devastating force. They should be able to break the rocks here easily, right?-

Alas, now he could only rely on himself.

Bam! A dull noise rang out. The surrounding strange crystals worked together once more against Zhang Che's slash, forming a layer of defensive barrier at the surface of the rocks, blocking his attack.

Zhang Che stopped what he was doing.

Continuing like this wasn't a solution. If he couldn't destroy the link between those crystals, it'd be useless even if he exhausted himself.

"I'll try one more time. If it still doesn't work, then there's really nothing I can do." Zhang Che shook his head. He raised the sword once more and activated the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword's Unparalleled Sharpness skill. Afterwards, he mustered all the strength he could and slashed downwards.

In the end, his efforts remained futile.

The defensive barrier formed by those mysterious crystals wasn't a type of physical defense. Despite activating the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword's skill, allowing it to penetrate all non-divine-quality defenses, Zhang Che still couldn't do a thing to the barrier.

"I have no way about this. It's up to yourself…" Zhang Che had completely given up. The golden vortex could only rely on itself now. Since this fellow had a reaction towards those crystals, just maybe, perhaps, it should be able to handle the matter by itself?

Unexpectedly, as Zhang Che thought of this, the golden vortex in his spiritual sea really erupted all of a sudden.

Zhang Che felt an incredibly powerful suction born from within the golden vortex. Afterwards, in the surrounding area, wave after wave of mysterious energy that resembled mental energy spread from the strange crystals uncontrollably, and was directly devoured by the golden vortex.

Zhang Che: …

-If you could settle it by yourself, why didn't you make a sound earlier?-

Thus, he took his hands off of this matter.

The golden vortex's suction grew increasingly stronger. In the end, the smaller crystals directly exploded into bits with a loud bang, and they directly turned into waves of pure energy as the golden vortex devoured them.

Zhang Che stood leisurely on the spot, feeling the golden vortex slowly recovering. From the tiny origin that seemed like it would extinguish at any moment it was in the beginning, it grew bigger and stronger, and gradually turned into a dense golden nebula.

At that time, Zhang Che saw that nearly all the strange crystals had shattered. All of them had turned into waves of energy and were absorbed by the golden vortex.

"This…this is simply a super tonic pill, and it came in such a huge form!"

Zhang Che's eyes were narrowed into slits from excitement. If the golden vortex could devour all of the strange crystals here, it would recover to the strength it had before at the very least, and perhaps grow even stronger!

With that, achieving Tier Six would be much faster and easier for Zhang Che!

The end results were as he had expected.

When the large spread of strange rocks suddenly collapsed in the end with a loud rumble and turned into a pile of extremely fine sand powder, all of the strange crystals were consumed by the golden vortex.

The golden vortex at this moment finally looked the part.

Zhang Che felt an inexplicable joy inside. He tried to sense the two swords, and the feeling that he could control them as he wished had finally came back!

"Lucky!"

A scarlet ray suddenly shot out from Zhang Che's brow, hovering around him cheerfully.

This fellow had been left alone in silence all this time. It must be feeling sick from the solitude.

A fire-attributed sword was rather active to begin with. Being unable to come out to roam around had truly left it uncomfortable, unlike the ice-attributed white sword. It had basically no chance to come out, but it didn't show any signs of discomfort at all.

"Hmm? Right, let's see if I can control both the swords at the same time?"

Zhang Che felt that the golden vortex had improved greatly. Would he be able to wield both swords at the same time, like when it erupted?

If he could control both swords at the same time, Zhang Che's combat strength would have more than doubled!

Alas, the white sword showed no reaction at all.

Obviously, under normal circumstances, the golden vortex was not at the level where it could enable Zhang Che to control both swords at the same time.

Zhang Che sighed helplessly. He tested out the scarlet sword's furthest range, and in the end, he discovered it nearly reached a hundred and fifty meters!

Its attack range had directly increased by close to half!

Not only that, Zhang Che's sharp senses let him realize that not only did the sword's range increase, even the it's speed had risen by quite a bit. Although it wasn't very obvious, it did increase by a certain margin.

-Hehe, if I encounter another epic-quality exotic beast right now, I can go fight it without much care!- Zhang Che crooned to himself in satisfaction. Afterwards, he immediately summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. He turned around and began searching for mid-tier exotic beasts.

With his combat strength recovered to as it was, and even improved greatly, what was he waiting for if not to hurry up and push for Tier Six beastmaster?Time passed bit by bit. The news of the Zhen family duelling Zhang Che in an arena deathmatch had spread everywhere in Bei Du.

As the one month deadline came closer, many people couldn't help but grew curious about it.

Why did Zhang Che seem to have vanished from the world? He hadn't appeared in public all this time!

Word was going around saying that that kid had disappeared ever since he killed the Zhen family's descendent, Zhen Long, in the beast world. Was he working hard in the beast world and hunting exotic beasts, or was he avoiding the battle and choosing to hide himself?

All kinds of theories started floating around.

Most of them were saying that Zhang Che was scared of dying and he didn't dare to accept the Zhen family's arena deathmatch. He had decided to live in seclusion and to never appear again. Some were even saying that in his pursuit for stronger power, he had already lost his life in the beast world, but the Huang family didn't make a statement about it.

Of course, those who had insider information scoffed at such rumors.

At the very least, Huang Juyun knew that it was impossible for someone as lucky as this future son-in-law of his to lose his life in the beast world.

As for saying Zhang Che was avoiding the battle and living in seclusion? Hehe, such rumors could only bluff the ignorant fools at best.

If a mid-tier beastmaster with a future as bright as Zhang Che was scared of a battle, it was unlikely he'd ever improve anymore. If that was true, it was better that he died.

The Huang family wasn't worried. Sun Lan, however, was all flustered from worry, afraid that something had happened to Zhang Che in the beast world. She couldn't eat or rest in peace every day, and her recovered complexion quickly took a turn for the worse again.

If it wasn't for the medicinal pills Zhang Che brought back for her from the Huang family which she was still taking religiously, perhaps she would be bedridden by now.

In the end, Miss Tienan often came back from school to visit her, keeping her company and talking to her. She consoled Sun Lan, saying that nothing would happen to Zhang Che. He was only trying to get stronger in the beast world in order to claim victory easily during the deathmatch.

With Miss Tienan's consolation, Sun Lan was much more assured. Although she couldn't help but worry for Zhang Che's safety, she was much better than before, and stopped losing sleep and missing meals.Naturally Zhang Che had no idea that he had become the focus of the whole of Bei Du.

During the past two weeks or so, he had been in the depths of the beast world, searching for places where mid-tier exotic beasts gathered in great numbers and harvesting those pitiful beasts' lives.

"Almost there! I should be able to rise to Tier Six in another week or so, and I can finally return to Bei Du!"

During these dozen days, the three-star gold-quality Gale Wolf King had risen to dark gold-quality. However, this fellow's strength was still underwhelming, and Zhang Che had selectively chose to forget about it.

On the other hand, the Myriad Transformation Lizard card, which had just advanced to dark gold-quality today, gave Zhang Che an extremely huge surprise.[Myriad Transformation Lizard]

Level: Two Star (Level 20)

Quality: Dark Gold

Type: Fusion Transformation Type

Characteristics: When Using This Beast Card, One Can Freely Transform Their Physical Features (Limited to User's Race), Alter Their Vocal Features, and Perfectly Disguise Themselves as Others. Can Also Transform into Exotic Beasts, Obtaining the Basic Attributes and Abilities of the Template Exotic Beast. (Can Only Construct 3 Templates, and the Template's Original Form Cannot Exceed the Myriad Transformation Lizard's Level and Quality.)

Skill: Invisibility. Grants User the Ability of Invisibility for a Period of Time After Activation, Lasts 30 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 10 Minutes

Potential: C RankAs of now, the Myriad Transformation Lizard had used up all its quality upgrades.

However, the dark gold-quality Myriad Transformation Lizard had made Zhang Che incredibly happy.

First, the Invisibility skill's duration had extended to half an hour, and its cooldown time was reduced to only ten minutes. Its practicality had increased countless times over.

Also, the Myriad Transformation Lizard now allowed Zhang Che to make templates of exotic beasts and transform into them, even gaining their basic attributes and abilities. It was truly an unexpected delight.

Although he had no idea what this ability was useful for right now, Zhang Che could faintly think of the ability being very useful in some special situations!

Regrettably, the exotic beasts he chose as templates couldn't have a higher level and quality than the Myriad Transformation Lizard. Otherwise, Zhang Che would simply become invincible!

"If this limitation didn't exist, I could directly turn into an epic, or even divine-quality exotic beast. Even if I couldn't get their skills and Domain, my strength would increase by countless times just by relying on their defense and basic attacks!"

Zhang Che felt it was a pity.

Regrettably, the Myriad Transformation Lizard's quality could no longer be upgraded. Even its level could only increase to five-stars at the most.

How strong of a defense and combat strength could a five-star dark gold-quality exotic beast have?

Zhang Che was very dissatisfied with this.

"I wonder if the rainbow crystal can allow my babies to overcome their original potential in the future? I don't ask for much; I'll be very satisfied if they can break through a level or two and allow the Myriad Transformation Lizard to rise to mid-tier epic-quality!"

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Chapter 375: Finally Tier Six

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Mhm, Zhang Che wasn't asking for much, only for the Myriad Transformation Lizard to be able to mature into a mid-tier epic-quality beast. His safety would be increased by a huge margin when that happened.

Of course, if he could transform into a divine-quality exotic beast some day, his defense would be even greater.

It was hard to say when facing exotic beasts, but if he was against beastmasters, there shouldn't be anyone that could do a thing to him, right?

Alas, it didn't seem like the rainbow crystal could raise the potential of subdued beasts and pets.

Perhaps to put it in another way, from the looks of it now, the rainbow crystal didn't have such an ability.

Zhang Che then thought of the time when he was in the secret plane. The rainbow crystal devoured the secret plane's aura of origin. Did it not grow at all?

Unfortunately, this thing wouldn't give Zhang Che a reply. Otherwise, he would have a glimpse of what changes there were to it.

With the Gale Wolf King and the Myriad Transformation Lizard's advancement, it wouldn't be long before the Rotten Ent Prowler rose to dark gold-quality, too.

With that, all of Zhang Che's subdued beasts and pets, except for the frisky monkey, Fiery Scorpion, and the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly, would have risen to dark gold-quality and above. If he were to speak about this to others, perhaps no one would believe that basically all of his babies were at dark gold-quality or higher!

Regardless of his subdued beasts' level, just the fact that most of them were at least at dark gold-quality would shock anyone who heard about it.

"What a pity. It's already been over a month and a half. Why didn't the Umbra Wind God Leopard advance in quality? How strange!"

What puzzled Zhang Che was that the Umbra Wind God Leopard, who was destined to become incomparably terrifying after he matured, actually didn't advance from silver to gold-quality.

"Is it because he is still an infant?"

Zhang Che could only chalk it up to this.

It was most likely that newborn pets would require much more energy to grow compared to adult subdued beasts and pets, which was why he hadn't risen from silver to gold-quality after close to two months.

Even though the Umbra Wind God Leopard would take more than a couple years to reach adulthood if he grew at a normal pace, Zhang Che couldn't help but feel regretful about this. If it could mature soon, Zhang Che's strength would experience an immense change.

At that time, with a nine-star super divine-quality pet, was there anywhere in the beast world he couldn't go?

Shaking his head, Zhang Che no longer thought about this problem. In any case, there was nothing he could do in the foreseeable future. He could only wait.

Going forward, Zhang Che devoted all his energy into hunting mid-tier exotic beasts. He accumulated more and more soul force points, and he gradually started to feel he was on the fringe of achieving Tier Six beastmaster. Although he still hadn't made the breakthrough, it was only a matter of time within the next few days.

As for the Myriad Transformation Lizard's ability to let Zhang Che transform into exotic beasts, he didn't try to experiment with it for now. He wanted to raise his beastmaster tier before thinking about it.

After all, he didn't know if he could erase the three templates after using them. If he couldn't, it would be a great loss! Such an ability must be used to its greatest efficiency!As the one month time limit slowly approached, Zhang Che still haven't returned from the beast world. Not only were the rumors spreading more wildly, even Huang Juyun and the others were starting to worry.

Over this weekend, Huang Tielan returned home and asked Huang Juyun worriedly, "Dad, Zhang Che wouldn't have met with some dangers in the beast world, would he?"

Other than his unexpected departure from Hua Xia previously, this was the longest Zhang Che had stayed in the beast world. Almost a month had passed, and there was still no news of him. Could it be that he really met with danger in the beast world?

Thinking up until this point, Huang Tielan couldn't help but worry deeply.

Huang Juyun's brow was furrowed slightly, too.

During this period of time, Huang Hai's squad didn't give up on their search. Even so, it had been so many days, and yet they still couldn't figure out where Zhang Che went to in the beast world.

Although it was said that the beast world was vast beyond imagination and that it was nothing strange if they couldn't find someone, that place was too dangerous, after all. If that kid had overestimated himself and wandered into some powerful exotic beast's territory, wouldn't he be in grave danger?

However, Huang Juyun couldn't speak about what he was thinking in front of his daughter.

"Don't worry. Didn't he say he wanted to break through to Tier Six beastmaster in one go before he entered the beast world? The way I see it, it should be about time after so long. He'll probably return in a few days' time."

Huang Tielan nodded silently. She was very conflicted inside, too.

She was hoping Zhang Che would remain in the beast world and not come back for the arena deathmatch, but she was also worried that he had encountered some unpredictable danger in there.

After all, even a powerful high-tier beastmaster could not guarantee that they could come and go in the beast world safely. In a place so fraught with dangers, they would remain there forever, dying without a complete corpse, if they were even slightly careless.

"Lanlan, you rest assured and go back to school. You don't have to worry about Xiaoche's matters. He'll naturally come back when it's time to. Moreover, it's nothing even if he's a few days late. At the most, we'll go apply for the postponing of the match. As long as it's not over three months, it should take place as normal."After persuading Huang Tielan to return to school, Huang Juyun couldn't help but sigh.

Now that things had come to this, he too, had no idea if anything had happened to Zhang Che.

However, this didn't stop him from doing whatever he should.

After purchasing a six-star epic-quality beast card from the Chang family at a high price, another clan had sold their six-star epic-quality card to Huang Juyun. Although the price was similarly ridiculously high, he couldn't not accept it.

After all, epic-quality or higher beast cards were treasures of the clans. Their price couldn't be calculated with just their combat strength.

Oftentimes, such high-end goods would be traded at a much higher price than their practical value.

Take the Wind God Leopard card Luo Wenjun had obtained, for example. Calculating by its strength, it was probably worth around fifty million purple crystal points. However, if he chose to sell it, there might be willing buyers even if it was priced at seventy or eighty million purple crystal points.

"Hopefully that kid has risen to Tier Six beastmaster and is about to return from the beast world. There's a good chance for him to win this duel with the two epic-quality beast cards, in addition to the many legend-quality subdued beasts he has."

Huang Juyun had some understanding of Zhang Che's combat strength, especially the Purple Crystal Tortoise's terrifying strength. Although no one knew about it in the beginning, everyone in a certain circle knew about it after Zhang Che's battle with Zhen Long and the twenty-some beastmasters.

A legend-quality subdued beast with a ridiculously powerful offensive skill like that, some people even thought that it was invincible among those of the same rank.

If it wasn't that most epic-quality beasts had False Domains, having a qualitative difference in strength over to legend-quality beasts, the payout for Zhang Che winning wouldn't be so high at all!As Zhang Che remained nowhere to be seen, the payout for Zhang Che winning grew increasingly higher at most lottery companies, reaching close to one-to-four.

In other words, those who bet on him would earn nearly four times their bet in the end if they won!

This was attributed to many people wanting to bet on the dark horse recently, and placing bets on Zhang Che winning in the end. Otherwise, the odds would have grown even higher, reaching a terrifying degree.

In contrast, betting on the Zhen family's victory would yield barely anything.

For people who didn't have much capital, wouldn't it be better to make a gamble? They'd live a wealthy life if they won, and it didn't matter if they lost, either. In any case, their daily lives wouldn't be affected. At the most, they'd have to work harder for a period of time.

On the other hand, those who were wealthy, as well as the larger clans, chose to pursue stability. They didn't choose to bet on Zhang Che, but the Zhen family instead.

After all, even if they would only receive twenty percent or so of their bet in winnings, if their capital was high enough, the return on their investments would be a very considerable sum. After all, what businesses were there that had a safe, more than twenty percent return on investment in a month?

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, countless people in Bei Du were hoping to make a fortune off him!Currently, he was at the last stretch.

He could faintly tell that he was about to break through the barrier and advance to Tier Six!

It would either be today or tomorrow!

"Counting the days, today is already the twenty-eighth of September. It's been almost a month since I entered the beast world. Time really flies!" Zhang Che couldn't help but lament as he was about to hit Tier Six.

Finally, he was about to become a true expert!

Despite being a long way off from becoming a high-tier beastmaster, with the epic-quality Earthen Rock Demon, most high-tier beastmaster would probably not be a match for him. They could only stand there and wait to get killed.

How many people would own an epic-quality subdued beast?

Let alone epic-quality, there weren't many beastmasters who owned legend-quality subdued beasts. Many small clans might not even have one!

Take the Qian Wei City's Ding Feng Corporation, for example. They were considered a first-rate faction in Qian Wei City, and were an existence Zhang Che had to look up to. Their wealth should be robust, but other than their clan master, they might not own a legend-quality subdued beast, including their successor Zhang Yujie!

During his journey to the secret plane, Zhang Che had saved Zhang Yujie once. He didn't see the latter using any legend-quality subdued beasts, only two mid-tier dark gold-quality beasts!Whoosh!

Zhang Che flew over a large spread of hilly area on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. The scarlet sword was like a scarlet bolt of lightning, shuttling everywhere within a hundred and fifty meters of Zhang Che. Every time it changed course, it would claim the life of at least one mid-tier exotic beast.

In addition, there was also a group of legend-quality babies slaughtering their way through the surrounding area. The speed at which Zhang Che obtained soul force points could truly shock someone to death!

Similarly, the number of mid-tier beast cards he obtained would scare others to death if he spread word of it…

During this time, the total number of mid-tier beast cards he had gathered was about to break through four digits!

This was only because exotic beasts below mid-tier gold-quality dropped beast cards by chance. Otherwise, this number would be a few times higher!

Finally, when the scarlet sword slashed the head off of an exotic beast, Zhang Che suddenly felt a rumble in his mind. The massive amount of soul force points he had accumulated thus far had finally broken through the bottleneck, expanding his spiritual sea by a lot!

Zhang Che had finally achieved Tier Six beastmaster!

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Time flew by. It was already the first of October of the thirty-sixth year of the new age.

There were less than five days to the promised date of the arena deathmatch.

Seeing as so much time had passed, Huang Juyun couldn't help but be very worried.

Although he knew Zhang Che had extraordinary luck and it wasn't very likely for something to have happened to him in the beast world, who could be certain of such matters in this world?

If something had happened to the kid, wouldn't his daughter be heartbroken?

Over this period of time, Huang Juyun left many voice messages for Zhang Che, hoping that he'd see them immediately when he came out of the beast world and not be held up by other matters.

At this moment, his personal terminal suddenly vibrated.

-Could it be that the Wang family has finally agreed to sell me their mid-tier epic-quality beast card?- Huang Juyun was moved. There was a look of surprise on his face.

He had only purchased two epic-quality beast cards previously, after all. He still felt it was a little lacking, with no spares. If any one of them received too severe of an injury, it would become much more troublesome for Zhang Che to claim victory in the deathmatch.

So, once he learned that the Wang family in Bei Du also had a epic-quality beast card, he immediately contacted them and offered more than three times the market rate for it.

Even so, they obviously knew he was in urgent need of the beast card and didn't agree to it immediately, wanting to make even more.

After all, the Huang family and the Wang family's relationship wasn't that good. Who would reject an opportunity to make a fortune? It was already very kind of the Wang family to be willing to sell their epic-quality beast card to them.

To put it in perspective, the number of clans in the whole of Hua Xia who had mid-tier epic-quality beast cards wasn't small. However, most of them would not sell them, because they were considered strategic weapons. It was basically a seller's market, with demand and no supply. Who would be willing to sell their beast card if not for a good relationship?

When Huang Juyun opened up his personal terminal and took a look, a look of incredible happiness and surprise came over his face.

"Xiaoche, you little brat, you are finally back!"At a plaza not far away from the spatial gateway in Bei Du City's northern suburbs, Zhang Che narrowed his eyes slightly after ending the call with Huang Juyun.

"I didn't expect that my killing that group of people was actually seen by others. How careless of me…"

Zhang Che totally didn't think that someone would be hidden nearby at the time.

Even so, so what if he was seen? Was he afraid of the Zhen family?

As for that arena deathmatch or whatever, if Zhang Che hadn't risen to Tier Six, he really wouldn't know how to handle it.

Now that he too was a Tier Six beastmaster, he could employ the Earthen Rock Demon in combat, in addition to the two swords which he had regained control over. He really wasn't afraid of anyone at the same rank.

Moreover, his father-in-law even tried all methods and helped him purchase two six-star epic-quality beast cards. He'd be much more confident now.

"It's about time for me to bare my fangs. Otherwise, who knows what other troubles will find their way to me!" A strong killing intent suddenly flashed in Zhang Che's narrowed eyes.

No matter what the Zhen family had prepared, Zhang Che wasn't afraid of them. He had already decided that he would kill his opponent right away in a dominating fashion, and let the world bear witness to his strength.

Done thinking, Zhang Che phoned his mother Sun Lan, and Miss Tienan, in that order, informing them of his safe return and telling them not to worry about him.

After ending the calls, the car Huang Juyun had arranged for him came out of the military camp and stopped at Zhang Che's side quietly.

"Mr Zhang, please get in!"

A Captain got out from the driver's seat and pulled the door open for Zhang Che respectfully. After the latter got in the car, the Captain drove the military vehicle out of the military grounds and headed in Bei Du city area's direction.

Zhang Che didn't go home right away. Instead, the Captain drove him directly to the Huang family's ancestral house.

Although Zhang Che was confident in winning the arena deathmatch, he couldn't skimp out on his preparations. At the very least, he had to learn the rules.Huang Juyun was already waiting at the entrance when Zhang Che arrived at the ancestral house.

"Uncle Huang, I've worried everyone during all this time," Zhang Che sighed. He knew that Huang Juyun and everyone else must have been very worried for his delayed return.

"What's there to worry about? I know a brat like you would return safely. Come, let's talk inside," Huang Juyun smiled. Since Zhang Che had returned, there was nothing to worry about anymore.

"I have already told you about the basics of the situation over the phone earlier. Now let's talk about the specifics."

The two sat down in the study. Huang Juyun started introducing Zhang Che to the matters regarding the arena deathmatch with a grave expression.

"Since the Zhen family are the ones who proposed the arena deathmatch, and have grasped the initiative with them having appointed you as our representative and them being able to appoint a mid-tier beastmaster of their choice, it doesn't mean that we have no advantages to speak of.

"We can choose the location of the fight!

"This is something no other factors can compare to. Once we consolidate the characteristics of your subdued beasts and chose a location advantageous to you, putting other things aside, we have at least secured the advantage of time and place.

"That's why, Xiaoche, you don't have to be too worried."

Zhang Che smiled faintly. He said confidently, "Uncle Huang, I'm not worried. If anything, it should be them who needs to be worried. I heard that if the party who proposed the arena deathmatch were to lose, they are required to compensate the other party with a large sum. I wonder how much exactly is that?"

Seeing Zhang Che acting so confidently, naturally Huang Juyun knew that the former had some sort of hidden trump. He finally relaxed thoroughly and smiled, "About this… the sum is different for every arena deathmatch. Various factors have to be taken into consideration.

"This time, in order to exact revenge against you, the Zhen family paid ten million purple crystal points to propose the arena deathmatch. This sum of money will be transferred to the related department of the government before the fight.

"As long as you obtain victory in the end, this sum of money is yours."

-Ten million purple crystal points!- Zhang Che's eyes widened immediately when he heard the amount. -Is the Zhen family the freaking angel of fortune?-

Ten million purple crystal points was definitely not a small amount, even for a clan as large as the Zhen family. Even if it wasn't enough to cripple them, it was definitely heavy bleeding!

Also, if the beastmaster the Zhen family sent out were to lose, naturally Zhang Che wouldn't let them go. He had to kill that beastmaster. With that, the epic-quality subdued beasts bound to them would also vanish.

That loss was far greater than ten million purple crystal points.

In that case, there was a question. The Zhen family were no fools. Why were they willing to pay such a huge price to initiate the arena deathmatch?

Although Zhang Che had killed their descendent, and this feud was indeed large enough they had to take revenge for it, for a large clan like theirs with so many members, oftentimes they had to put their clan's overall interests at the front before considering these matters.

Without the confidence of a guaranteed win, would the Zhen family dare to do something like this?

When the two discussed this, Huang Juyun couldn't help but grew a little worried. He said, "Although I know you should have a powerful hidden ace up your sleeves, they might have some secret weapon, too. You have to be careful."

Zhang Che nodded heavily, saying, "Rest assured, Uncle Huang. I will take note."

Truthfully speaking, Zhang Che really wasn't afraid that they might have some sort of secret weapon.

It was only a duel between mid-tier beastmasters. At the most, his opponent would have a few epic-quality subdued beasts. What other tricks could they pull?

Could the Zhen family possibly have a divine-quality beast?

Even if they really did have a divine-quality subdued beast, it would be a high-tier beast at the very least. Mid-tier beastmasters had no way of employing them, and would be unable to use it against him.

Moreover, if the Zhen family owned a divine-quality subdued beast, they wouldn't have proposed an arena deathmatch against him, and would have demanded the Huang family simply hand Zhang Che over instead, right?

Done talking about all this, Huang Juyun told Zhang Che about details related to the arena deathmatch. Although they weren't very important, it was still beneficial to know about them beforehand.

While the two conversed, Huang Juyun's personal terminal suddenly vibrated. He opened it up to take a look and his complexion changed slightly. After accepting the call, he heard Zhen Manting's deadpan voice.

"Huang Juyun, I heard your son-in-law is back. How is it? Have you decided on the time and location?"

Huang Juyun's expression stiffened slightly. Afterwards, he chuckled, saying, "You don't have to worry about this. There's still a few more days until the deadline. I'll report the time and place to the related government departments at that time and you can go see for yourself."

After saying his piece, Huang Juyun didn't want to continue his conversation with Zhen Manting anymore and directly ended the call. Afterwards, he looked at Zhang Che and asked, "Xiaoche, do you need a few days to prepare yourself?"

After all, Zhang Che had just returned from the beast world. Perhaps he might need a couple of days to prepare before he could fight at full strength at the arena deathmatch.

Zhang Che smiled slightly in response, saying, "The time doesn't matter to me. There's nothing much for me to prepare, either. But, I would prefer the location be set at a mountainous terrain with scarce vegetation. It's best if the terrain is all rocks."

In order to display the full might of the Earthen Rock Demon, naturally the optimal location would be the kind of terrain with no vegetation, or even soil.

"Hmm, like that? Alright, I'll immediately give the order and have my subordinates pick a good place."

A glint shone in Huang Juyun's eyes. He already knew that this should be one of Zhang Che's trumps. Perhaps this kid had a powerful subdued beast and needed that kind of terrain to display its greatest might.

"Oh, right, these are the two six-star epic-quality beast cards I prepared for you during this period of time. Familiarize yourself with their attributes over the next couple of days, if not you might not be able to display strength to their fullest." Huang Juyun finally remembered the most important thing. He smoothly took out two rainbow-colored six-hexagram beast cards out from his spatial storage equipment.

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Chapter 377: Three Epics. Heavy Bet

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Seeing his father-in-law taking out the two epic-quality beast cards, Zhang Che didn't show any change in expression. Instead, he was thinking to himself, -Looks like Miss Tienan really didn't say anything about my secret. Mhm, not bad, not bad. This is what you call a good wife! She's worthy of my trust!-

-This brat does have hidden trumps on him indeed! He actually didn't show any surprise when he saw the two epic-quality beast cards. Heavens knows exactly what good stuff he has on him…- Huang Juyun guessed inside as he pushed the two beast cards in front of Zhang Che. He said, "Xiaoche, get yourself familiar with the two subdued beasts' attributes in the next two days. We'll set the date to three days from now."

Zhang Che thought inwardly, -What's there to familiarize with? I can see the comprehensive attributes of these two cards with a glance and directly display their fullest strength!-

Naturally he wouldn't voice those thoughts out loud. He nodded and smiled, "Thank you, Uncle Huang. I'll go back and familiarize myself with them."

"Mhm, go on. Prepare yourself well. We can't afford to lose this arena deathmatch," Huang Juyun sighed. After sending Zhang Che out, a cloud of darkness fell over his face.

Although he believed that Zhang Che had a powerful hidden ace, how could the Zhen family not have their own if they dared to initiate the arena deathmatch?

Thinking about all this now was useless. He could only pray that Zhang Che's ace was stronger than his opponent's. No accidents would happen then.After leaving the Huang family's ancestral house, the captain who drove him there continued playing the part and sent him home. After being absent close to a month, Zhang Che finally saw his mother Sun Lan again.

Over this period of time, Sun Lan's complexion had deteriorated by quite a bit. After all, she had heard that the Zhen family was an extremely powerful clan in Bei Du. Her son had killed their descendent, and the arena deathmatch was sure to be extremely dangerous. It was impossible for her to not worry.

"Xiaoche, are you confident about this?" Sun Lan immediately asked, her face full of worry when she saw Zhang Che return.

Zhang Che smiled faintly, showing a nonchalant look and replied, "Rest assured, mom. Your son will surely be the final victor."

After assuring his worried mother, Zhang Che returned to his room and took out the two beast cards Huang Juyun had given him, studying their attributes closely.

Both of the epic-quality beast cards were six-stars, and each of them had their own False Domains. They should be considered decent among mid-tier epic-quality subdued beasts. It was no wonder Huang Juyun had paid a huge price for them.

In order to buy the two beast cards, close to one-tenth of the spiritual jade Zhang Che brought back was cut off. It was worth tens of millions of purple crystal points.

"Although it's a little expensive, they were epic-quality beast cards, after all. Usually, I might not be able to buy them even if I had the money," Zhang Che shook his head, smiling. He didn't mind it.[Winged Dragon Wind God]

Level: Six Star (Level 58)

Quality: Epic

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Wind-Attributed Exotic Beast. Born with the Ability to Control the Wind Elements, Using Their Power to Fly and to Attack.

Weakness: Vulnerable to Lightning Elemental Attacks of the Same Level and Quality.

Innate Attribute: An Affinity for the Wind Elements. Able to Ride the Winds and Soar Above the Nine Heavens. Born Gifted with Wind Blade Attacks

Skill: Fatal Tornado. Manipulates the Surrounding Wind Elements After Activation, Forming a Devastating Tornado and Striking a Severe Blow to Enemies. Skill Range: 1,000 Meters, Duration: 3 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

Skill: Wind Assimilation. Able to Blend into the Wind After Skill Activation, Zipping Ten Thousand Meters Away Instantly. Cooldown Time: 20 Minutes.

False Domain: Tempest Field. Affects the Wind Elements within 500 Meters Radius, Forming a Chaotic Tempest Field, Making it Difficult for Enemies to Move and Attacking Them with Countless Concentrated Tiny Wind Blades"Hmm? It doesn't have a Potential attribute?"

Zhang Che was rather satisfied with the Winged Dragon Wind God's attributes. Although only one of its two skills were offensive, its False Domain was pretty good. At the very least, it could greatly affect his enemies' movements.

Also, this fellow's False Domain could work together with the Earthen Rock Demon's Gravity Field, further restricting his enemies' mobility!

If he was up against epic-quality exotic beasts that weren't considered very powerful, under the double restriction of the two subdued beasts' False Domains, they would probably only be passively taking hits. This simply had too great of an effect towards the end results!

The only thing that left Zhang Che a little dissatisfied was that the Winged Dragon Wind God no longer had any room for development. Its current level and quality were already at the limit.

"But, even so, this fellow's value is not low!"

Zhang Che already had a bunch of babies with great potential. He wasn't demanding the Winged Dragon Wind God break through into high-tier and divine-quality.

For a long part of the foreseeable future, this subdued beast would be very useful to him! Zhang Che truly didn't have anything he wasn't satisfied with.[Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise]

Level: Six Star (Level 57)

Quality: Epic

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Its Shell is Like Jade, With Unparalleled Physical Defense. Excels in Wielding Water

Weakness: Vulnerable to Innate Fire Elemental Attacks of the Same Rank and Quality or Higher

Innate Attribute: Born with an Affinity to the Water Attribute. Able to Control the Water Elements to Attack and Defend.

Skill: Water Screen Heavenly Splendor. Manipulates the Water Elements in a 600 Meter Radius, Forming Veils of Water with Tough Elemental Defense. At the Same Time, Countless Tiny Water Arrows can be Shot Out from the Water Screens that Contain Powerful Force. Skill Duration: 5 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 35 Minutes.

Skill: Water Assimilation. In Situations Where Water is Present, Instantly Turn into Vapor and Blend Into the Water After Activating Skill, Quickly Escaping. Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

False Domain: Water Origin Manipulation. Able to Control All Water Elements within a 500 Meters Radius, Causing All Water Elements in Enemies Weaker than User to Go On a Rampage, Wreaking Destruction from Within.

Potential: E Rank"This Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise is pretty interesting. Its attack and defense is very well-balanced." Zhang Che was a tiny bit surprised after he saw the second epic-quality beast card's attributes. Putting its attacking power aside for now, this fellow's life-saving ability was very decent.

However, the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise's False Domain had forced Zhang Che to take a second look. It was actually able to affect the water molecules in its enemies' bodies and attack them with that. It truly gave him the chills.

Regrettably, this fellow was also about to hit the limits of its potential. At the most, it could reach the level of seven-star divine-quality. Not only that, in order for it to advance to divine-quality, first it had to breakthrough to seven-stars.

For a beast card of this level to rank up, the ingredients needed to concoct its cultivating fluid would be very difficult to assemble. Heavens knew how long it would take to do so…

"Ah, what a headache! I wouldn't be so troubled if the rainbow crystal could increase my subdued beasts and pets' level too!," Zhang Che shook his head, not thinking about this matter for now.

In any case, with these two epic-quality subdued beasts, in addition to the Earthen Rock Demon, Zhang Che owned three epic-quality subdued beasts. Zhang Che was much more confident of obtaining the final victory in this arena deathmatch.

After checking the two beast cards' attributes, Zhang Che informed his mother and left the house, driving to his beast card shop.

This time, not only did he advance to Tier Six beastmaster in the beast world, he also reaped abundant harvests. The beast cards were stacked into a small hill inside the Meso Worm storage equipment, replenishing what the shop had sold.

There were also the twenty-some Nirvana Snake beast cards. They could be used as the Premium House's signature product to attract a large number of potential customers here.

"A pity the amount is too little. Even if I set the prices higher, it wouldn't be long before they're all sold out…" Zhang Che shook his head as he drove. He thought to himself, -It's better if I don't sell these twenty-some Nirvana Snake cards singly. I should set a barrier, like every customer will have to reach a certain amount of spending before they're eligible to purchase a Nirvana Snake card.

-That way, I should be able to avoid selling out those beast cards that are sure to be very popular too soon, and bring up the Premium House's sales to the largest degree.-

When Zhang Che arrived at the shop, he took out all the beast cards and told his Uncle and Auntie about his idea, which was immediately met with Xi Muyun and Xi Wenshan's approval.

Afterwards, Zhang Che let the siblings decide the specifics regarding how much spending the customers had to achieve before they were eligible to purchase a Nirvana Snake card. In any case, he had not come to the shop once since the opening of the store. Naturally his understanding of the business wasn't as good as theirs.

After handing all the beast cards to them, Zhang Che shopped around outside, wanting to observe how his shop's business was doing.

In the end, Zhang Che was very satisfied with the results. The quality of the beast cards he left behind the last time were very decent. Although it wasn't like the shop was filled with customers, at the very least it wouldn't be empty at any point in time.

However, this didn't stir any emotion from Zhang Che. After all, Zhang Che didn't care about that little bit of sales, even if the business wasn't doing well.

Out front, he had unintentionally overheard the conversations between a few customers. His eyes widened so much they nearly fell out of their sockets.

"Damn, my odds are actually so high!"

It was only now that Zhang Che realized the outside world was actually thinking so little of him in the upcoming arena deathmatch. The odds of him winning had exceeded four to one!

"This is the Bei Du's masses trying to give me money! I can't not accept it!"

Zhang Che didn't think he would lose. Since that was so, why not place a heavy bet on himself, and earn a fortune from it?

Mhm, first, he had to check his assets.

In his purple crystal account were nearly thirty million purple crystal points. If he bet it all on himself, it shouldn't affect the odds too much. That would be over a hundred million purple crystal points of income!

Zhang Che naturally wasn't satisfied with that.

He then looked inside his spatial storage equipment. He realized the fifteen tons of scarlet meteorite were still unsold. Calculating according to the market price, that was another twenty-five million purple crystal points.

The miscellaneous objects weren't worth much. Zhang Che couldn't be bothered with them. He directly found a large beast world minerals trading center and sold all the scarlet meteorite.

As such, his purple crystal account suddenly exceeded fifty-five million purple crystal points!

With such a large sum, Zhang Che was afraid that a single lottery company wouldn't be able to accept his bet. He split it into four portions and placed his bets at the four largest lottery companies.

"Huhuhahaha, I'm finally going to strike a windfall!"

According to the current odds, with his bets, Zhang Che would earn over two hundred million purple crystal points, not including his capital!

When he thought of that astronomical sum about to fall into his purple crystal account, Zhang Che couldn't help but burst out in laughter, his eyes narrowed into slits.

From a certain perspective, the Zhen family initiating the arena deathmatch was really them doing him a huge favor!

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Chapter 378: Old Friends. Qin Zhou

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At the thought of having at least two hundred million purple crystal points going into his account, Zhang Che smiled so widely that his eyes could no longer be seen.

The Zhen family was really the angel of fortune… oh, no, strictly speaking, the money wasn't given to him by the Zhen family. But, without the Zhen family making this move, it was impossible for Zhang Che to receive such a huge fortune for no rhyme or reason.

Naturally Zhang Che didn't know that the Zhen family thought they were guaranteed to win the match, too, and had similarly placed heavy bets on themselves at the various large lottery companies.

So, if Zhang Che really were to claim the final victory, the money he won could really be counted as the Zhen family gifting him.

After placing his huge bets, just as Zhang Che was planning to take advantage of the lunch break to visit Miss Tienan at Bei Du University, he received a call from Luo Wenjun.

"Damn, Brother Zhang you're awesome indeed! You actually got into a fight with the Bei Du city's Zhen family!" Luo Wenjun's boisterous voice came over the moment the call connected.

"I just came back from the beast world, and this news is everywhere. You're really something! How is it, are you confident in the fight? Although there's nothing much this brother can help you with, I can help you gather two mid-tier epic-quality beast cards if I sell off the Wind God Leopard."

Zhang Che felt very moved after hearing this.

The Wind God Leopard was a high-tier epic-quality subdued beast! Although it was only seven-stars, many people would be willing to exchange two mid-tier epic-quality beast cards for it.

After all, the Wind God Leopard wasn't considered weak among the seven-star epic-quality beasts. It was totally worth two mid-tier epic-quality beast cards.

"I appreciate Brother Luo's sentiments, but I already have enough mid-tier epic-quality beast cards. I won't be able to use them even if I had more," Zhang Che replied. He wasn't being pretentious; he truly didn't need them.

Under normal circumstances, two epic-quality subdued beasts were enough to let a beastmaster display his strength to the fullest.

The False Domains of the epic-quality beasts would basically restrain one another if there were more than two, and would instead fail to display the might they could have.

As such, using two for battle and one as reserve was totally enough.

Moreover, what Zhang Che was truly counting on was definitely not epic-quality subdued beasts.

That would be the case if he was facing powerful exotic beasts; he would need to rely on powerful subdued beasts to take them on. However, when facing beastmasters, Zhang Che was absolutely confident he could find an opportunity to cut down his opponent with the two swords.

After all, mid-tier beastmasters were unlike high-tier beastmasters, whose physiques were altered with soul force, developed to superhuman standards. Facing the lightning-quick swords, they could only withstand them if they were wearing an epic-quality or higher armor.

However, how could such epic-quality exotic beasts that focused on defense be so easily killed?

Even Zhang Che didn't dare to guarantee he could slay a defensive-type epic-quality exotic beast!

"But, if Brother Luo trusts me, you can use this opportunity to earn a fortune. Do you dare to?"

After he heard that he could earn a fortune, Luo Wenjun's breathing hastened. He immediately replied loudly, "Hahahaha, since Brother Zhang has said that you can let me earn a fortune, then this brother has to give it a try no matter what!"

Luo Wenjun was very confident in Zhang Che's strength. He could still vividly recall the scene of them hunting the Wind God Leopard.

That was a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast! Although it wasn't able to employ its False Domain due to childbirth, its defense wasn't affected greatly after all.

In the end, Zhang Che managed to slay the Wind God Leopard with a single slash! What level of an attack was that!?

Seeing Luo Wenjun being so confident of him, Zhang Che told Luo Wenjun about the bets by the lottery companies in detail.

In the end, Luo Wenjun immediately decided to use all the assets under his name, including the high-tier epic-quality Wind God Leopard, as a security for a loan and bet it all on Zhang Che's victory.

"Brother Zhang, it's you who introduced this opportunity to me. When the time comes, I'll split all revenue with you equally. Let's get rich together! Hahahaha!"

Zhang Che was immediately moved.

Although he didn't know how much were Luo Wenjun's other assets worth, just the high-tier epic-quality Wind God Leopard should be able to exchange for forty-million purple crystal points at the very least, right?

With just that, Luo Wenjun would be able to earn a hundred and fifty million purple crystal points! If he split half of it with Zhang Che, that was at least seventy million purple crystal points!

However, Zhang Che suppressed his thoughts and shook his head, rejecting him, "No, no, no. This brother has already placed heavy bets on myself. Thank you for your kind sentiments, though!"

"No, no. You have to accept it. If you didn't tell me about this, I might not dare to bet everything I have on it!"

Luo Wenjun knew that since Zhang Che dared to persuade him to place the bets, this proved that he was sufficiently confident in this battle.

The two exchanged words back and forth. In the end, they agreed on giving Zhang Che a third of whatever Luo Wenjun earned.

After ending his call with Luo Wenjun, Zhang Che was smiling so brightly that his eyes could no longer be seen.

-I wonder if those who bet on the Zhen family will want to kill me after finding out about this?

-But, who freaking told you to bet against me?

-You deserve it, even if you lose everything!-

Zhang Che wouldn't pity those people. Every one of them bet against him; didn't that mean they thought he would die during the battle?

If he calculated things that way, they were all his enemies. So what if he won a little bit of money off them?That night, Huang Juyun sent news to Zhang Che, informing him that they had decided where the arena deathmatch would be set three days from now. The location was somewhere in the desert over at Qin Zhou.

Of course, Huang Juyun only told Zhang Che the exact location. He didn't report it to the brass with the date, afraid that the Zhen family would play some tricks.

The Huang family would only inform them of the location the day before the match, leaving just enough time for them to hurry over.

"Three days from now at Qin Zhou, huh?" Zhang Che nodded. He was very satisfied with the Huang family's efficiency.

The desert at Qin Zhou was simply too suitable for the Earthen Rock Demon to display its strength! Zhang Che didn't care that such terrain would affect the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise's strength negatively.

In his opinion, those two epic-quality subdued beasts were only going to be used to confuse the Zhen family. Although even Huang Juyun didn't think it would, wouldn't it deceive the Zhen family even more effectively? It would be great if it could display its strength, but it didn't matter even if it couldn't!The next day at noon, Zhang Che went to Bei Du University during lunch break and found Miss Tienan. The two had their meal together at the school canteen, and Zhang Che assured the worried and frightened Miss Tienan, telling her not to worry about the duel two days from now.

"Zhang Xiaoche, I'll ask for a leave to go cheer you on!" Huang Tielan said with an indisputable tone as she took a small bite of her food.

This matter was related to her boyfriend's life and death. Of course Huang Tielan wouldn't be willing to skip the event.

Zhang Che was taken aback. Afterwards, he nodded and smiled, "Okay, remember to apply for your leave. If not, your teacher will think I abducted his student and come looking for me. I don't want to die an innocent death!"

Before leaving for the beast world, Zhang Che gave Huang Tielan a lot of "homework" to do. With his reference sources, Huang Tielan's cultivation fluid concocting improved by leaps and bounds. Although she still couldn't come up with a working recipe by herself, her progress was hopeful.

It was very likely that Huang Tielan could become an official beast card cultivator by the end of the semester. With such success, it wasn't strange that Miss Tienan received much attention from the teachers at school.After finishing their lunch, Huang Tielan still had classes in the afternoon. Zhang Che had no choice but to leave Bei Du University unwillingly and drive home.

During the two hours in school, although the two had attracted the gazes of many youths, there weren't any bullshit incidents of male students challenging Zhang Che, despite Miss Tienan being the belle of the freshmen of Bei Du University.

Well… the title was given to Huang Tielan by Zhang Che. There wasn't a vote on that in school, be it official or only between the students.

On his way home, Zhang Che received a call from an unknown number on his personal terminal.

He creased his brow, thinking. He didn't know who else knew his number. In the end, he connected the call, and heard a slightly familiar voice on the other end.

"Brother Che? It's great that you're fine!" Zhang Che recognized the voice. It was Zheng Hongru's.

Thinking back on it, it had been over three months since he was sucked through the black door. Zhang Che had honestly almost forgotten about the four of them.

When he came back from that incident, all kinds of matters came one after another. Zhang Che really didn't have the time to contact the four greenhorns he had to babysit.

"Mhm, Old Zheng, are you and the others doing well? I had too many things to take care of after I returned and forgot to contact you guys. I'm really sorry about that. Find a day and come to Bei Du together, I'll apologize properly to you then!"

"What are you talking about, Brother Che? We weren't able to help you when the incident happened, and we all felt very sorry to you. We're all really happy now that you've finally returned safely!" Zheng Hongru sounded very excited.

After the incident, the four of them called Zhang Che every day for a period of time. In the end, there was no response and they gradually gave up hope, thinking that Zhang Che would never return.

It was only recently, after the news of the Bei Du's arena deathmatch spread, that the few of them discovered there was someone called Zhang Che involved.

The four of them had enrolled into the beastmaster major in a university in the southeast. They basically stuck together, be it eating, living, whatever. After a discussion among themselves, they had Zheng Hongru try to call Zhang Che's number again, and this time the call really went through!

Zhang Che couldn't help but lament after hearing Zheng Hongru talk about this. -Did news about the arena deathmatch spread throughout Hua Xia?-

First it was Luo Wenjun, and now it was Zheng Hongru and the others. It seemed like the news had really reached everywhere.

Immediately, Zhang Che thought of another problem.

With the news spreading so wildly, information on his Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Purple Crystal Tortoise had probably spread as well, right?

After all, the informant had probably witnessed the scene of him killing Zhen Long and the twenty-some beastmasters. Naturally he would have seen those two capable babies of his clearly, too.

"Then, will the news spread to Bei Mei?"

Thinking up until this point, Zhang Che couldn't help but crease his brow tightly.

There was no need to doubt this. Large factions all over the globe were probably paying attention to the details of the conflict between the two large clans in Hua Xia.

With that, the Miyazaki Clan and that mysterious pharmaceutical company in Bei Mei would probably realize that the culprit responsible for their fight was Zhang Che. After all, no matter if it was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon or the Purple Crystal Tortoise, their features were too obvious. Anyone who had seen them wouldn't forget them.

"So what if they know? Times are different now. Do I still have to be afraid of them?"

Zhang Che narrowed his eyes slightly. Let alone the fact that both the Miyazaki Clan and the mysterious faction from Bei Mei region were severely weakened after their fight, even if they were still at their peak, Zhang Che wasn't afraid of them.

No matter how wide their influence was, it was impossible for them to come to Hua Xia and find him for revenge openly. At the most, they would only send a few experts to sneak around in the dark.

Zhang Che truly wasn't afraid of that.

With his current strength, it was almost impossible for anyone to kill him, no matter how strong they were, save for a high-tier beastmaster with a divine-quality subdued beast.

As for his mother's protection, Zhang Che could totally hand over the two epic-quality subdued beasts his father-in-law had given him to Liu Gang's squad after the arena deathmatch.

With that, Liu Gang's tiny squad would be strong enough to ensure his mother's safety.

Moreover, as long as Zhang Che killed the Zhen family's mid-tier beastmaster representative in a dominating fashion, the Miyazaki Clan and the mysterious faction from Bei Mei would have to think twice before exacting revenge on him!

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