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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The smoke and dust gradually settled. The fire on both sides of the road slowly died as well.

Rains were more frequent recently, and the forest was extremely humid. Other than where the cannon shells had fallen catching fire, it was difficult for the vegetation at other places to ignite.

Given how big of a commotion there had been, the military camp at the spatial gateway was long aware of this. A group of soldiers were currently rushing over in an armored vehicle.

However, by the time they got here, the battle had already ended. All they saw was the ruin left behind where Zhang Che was ambushed.

Not only that, the fog of poison from the poisonous shell had yet to fully scatter. The soldiers who got out of the vehicle to investigate all felt various degrees of dizziness, some of them even vomiting.

The soldiers were astonished. They quickly got back into the vehicle and got treated.

Luckily they were in a spacious valley. The mountain winds were strong and had scattered the poisonous air into the forests at the sides of the road. Otherwise, the soldiers might have died here for no reason.

The matter was quickly reported to the military in Yuanshan City. Not long after, the rumbling of engines were heard from far away. A series of military helicopters quickly arrived. Afterwards, teams of soldiers wearing gas masks jumped off the helicopters and investigated the situation.Zhang Che had never suffered such a huge loss before. After returning to Yuanshan City, he immediately notified Huang Juyun about the matter of him being ambushed.

Huang Juyun was shocked, and quickly came to a realization. "No wonder! The southwestern military just reported that a cannons-fired incident happened in the suburbs of Yuanshan City. The military there is still investigating this.

"Very well. I'll relay the information to them immediately and have them investigate these so-called Freemasons and see what kind of organization they are. They actually dared to ambush our Huang family's men. We'll definitely remove them, stem and root!"

After understanding the truth about this ambush, Huang Juyun suddenly remembered something. He asked, "Oh, right, Xiaoche, are you injured?"

He didn't seem to be too worried about Zhang Che's safety. After all, they had only used cannons and missiles. It was almost impossible for them to hurt Zhang Che with just those. Also, Zhang Che had mentioned that they were prepared to mobilize epic-quality subdued beasts, but were scared off by him in the end!

A streak of black lines appeared across Zhang Che's forehead. His father-in-law asked about his well-being only now? Wasn't he a little too confident of Zhang Che?

"I'm fine, mostly, just that I suffered some slight internal injuries from the explosions. I'll recover in a few days after consuming some spiritual honey. Luckily they didn't use any nuclear warheads this time, or I might not have made it out alive."

-As I expected. I knew this kid wouldn't be in too bad shape,- Huang Juyun thought. Afterwards, he chuckled, "Don't worry. Not just anyone can get their hands on nuclear warheads in Hua Xia. Thorough checks are made even if the government wants to use nuclear weapons. You don't have to worry about anyone using nuclear weapons to attack you in the future."

It made sense to Zhang Che, when he thought about it. Hua Xia wasn't like other regions, after all. Except for the government, it really was unlikely for individuals or factions to obtain strategic military weapons like nuclear devices.

If those who wanted to ambush Zhang Che were really someone or some faction with the ability to get their hands on nuclear weapons, they wouldn't have to use it anyways. The high-end forces they would have would be enough to ensure Zhang Che had no chance of escaping alive.After ending the call with Huang Juyun, Zhang Che remained in the hotel and took out a bowl of spiritual honey, treating his injuries.

His organs were injured from the resulting shockwaves of the explosions. It wasn't a small matter. If it were any other beastmasters in his place, they'd need to spend quite a lengthy amount of time to recuperate without any medicinal pills or spiritual herbs.

Of course, for a stupidly rich man like Zhang Che, not only was he not lacking in spiritual herbs, he even had spiritual honey, which was something anyone would drool in greed for. Recovering from his internal injuries was too easy.

At the side, the elemental queen was fighting a tough battle on her personal terminal. Zhang Che gulped down a bowl full of spiritual honey in one go, then drove the incredibly pure energy to slowly heal his injuries.While Zhang Che was healing himself, the military in Yuanshan City was completely mobilized, sweeping through the city in search of members of the Freemasons.

Regrettably, after the ambush failed, the three high-tier beastmasters had already notified the higher-ups in this branch. They had already escaped from Yuanshan City, leaving only a bunch of low to mid-level members behind.

That night, military vehicles rumbled all over Yuanshan City. Countless soldiers fully equipped with firearms, along with powerful beastmasters, scoured the streets, imposing martial law and arresting people. In the end, they arrested hundreds of ordinary members of the Freemasons. Not only that, the military and investigated the source of the weapons and ammunitions of the Freemasons thoroughly.

The Freemasons had actually recruited a few members in Yuanshan City's military. One of them was an officer from the logistics department. The large number of cannon shells and missiles originated from that logistics supervisor and his subordinates!The sky brightened up the next morning. After Zhang Che woke up, washed up, and ate his breakfast, he made his way to the airport in Yuanshan City. On his way, he received a call from Huang Juyun.

"What? The Freemason organization is actually an evil cult?" Zhang Che was astonished. Afterwards, he came to a realization, saying, "No wonder. Those people were saying I was possessed by a devil when they ambushed me. Evil cults like that can only use things like that to fool the people. Oh, right, Uncle Huang, has the mastermind been caught?"

"The Freemasons in Yuanshan City is only a branch of the evil cult. At present there is still no news on the location of their headquarters." Huang Juyun replied in a low voice. "After the incident, they have withdrawn their important members from Yuanshan City. Although the cult's branch in Yuanshan City has been uprooted, none of their important members were apprehended.

"Hundreds of ordinary members were caught, however. But those people didn't have much intelligence on the organization, nor did they know who the higher-ups of the Freemasons were, nor the headquarters of the organization.

"The military will continue to strike at the organization in every city and try to find the main nest of this evil cult. Also, you have to look out for your own safety for the future. Since they have already infiltrated Yuanshan City's military, there's no guarantee of them not having any fiercer methods. Although their ambush on you failed this time, I'm afraid they might continue taking actions against you in the future."

After listening to Huang Juyun, Zhang Che felt somewhat regretful about not capturing any important members. It seemed like this evil cult couldn't be underestimated!

However, it'd be best if they dared to continue ambushing him. They might not be so lucky the next time about the mastermind escaping!

"Rest assured, Uncle Huang. I'll look after myself!"

"Mmm. It's best if you directly pilot Dijiang-hao to your destination when you move around in the future. It's precisely because they caught onto the opportunity of you not doing so that they managed to ambush you this time," Huang Juyun reminded Zhang Che for a while before ending the call with him.

Zhang Che was deeply convinced. Indeed, he was a little careless on his part, resulting in them finding an opportunity on his way back to the city. If he had directly left on Dijiang-hao after exiting the beast world, they could have done nothing but watch him go.

That lesson would be kept in mind. When Zhang Che went to beast worlds in the future, it would be safest for him if he directly piloted Dijiang-hao into the military camps next to the spatial gateways.

As for whether his enemies ambushed him in the beast worlds, Zhang Che didn't care at all. They might have a chance at injuring him if they ambushed him with scientific weapons, but if they tried using subdued beasts to do so, it would be impossible unless they were using a divine-quality subdued beast.

However, how could an evil cult like them, living like rats, possibly have a strategic force like a divine-quality subdued beast? In all of Hua Xia, there were probably less than ten divine-quality subdued beasts in total!

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Chapter 508: Finally Tier Seven!

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The ambush incident was already over; the military and the government would investigate the evil Freemasons cult.

The most important matter Zhang Che had to attend to was to fully focus on venturing into the different beast worlds and make the best use of his time to hunt exotic beasts, striving to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster as soon as possible.

As long as he wasn't at Tier Seven, it would be very difficult for Zhang Che to grow any stronger. Once he achieved Tier Seven, not only could he employ stronger subdued beasts, he could also use his spiritual force, which would experience a qualitative change at that time, to strengthen his physique. From then on, he would truly develop at a super human level, possessing greater personal combat prowess.Day after day passed. Zhang Che could sense that he was much closer to breaking through to achieving Tier Seven. He should advance within the next few days.

During the past few days, Zhang Che had gone to the beast worlds near four different cities. The number of exotic beasts he had killed was simply uncountable. A mountain of beast cards had accumulated in his spatial storage. When he brought them back, the Premium House would have no need to worry about their inventory for a few months, at the very least.

What remained unchanged was Zhang Che's subdued beasts and pets. None of them rose in quality.

It was nothing strange when he thought about it. His subdued beasts and pets were all at dark gold-quality and above. Naturally it wouldn't be as easy as before for them to advance from absorbing the rainbow crystal's energy. To put it in perspective, it had taken three months for a gold-quality beast card to advance to dark gold-quality with this method!

Based on prior experience, breaking through from dark gold to legend-quality would take at least half a year! Of Zhang Che's dark gold-quality subdued beasts and pets, the ones that had followed him for the longest time, the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander, were only at three-stars. Unless they advanced to four-stars, they would be under a restriction, and wouldn't be able to break through to legend-quality no matter how long they stayed in Zhang Che's spiritual sea.

As for his other dark gold-quality subdued beasts or pets, they were either obtained afterwards, or through advancement from a lower quality level. They were nowhere near to the six month limit they needed in Zhang Che's spiritual sea.

As such, Zhang Che still couldn't confirm exactly how long it took for a dark gold-quality beast to advance to legend-quality.

During his free time, Zhang Che calculated thoroughly. In the end, he discovered both the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander had been with him for more than half a year. Counting the time, these two beast cards should have been with me for more than half a year. Too bad I have to put all my attention into breaking through to Tier Seven beastmaster, otherwise I could make a trip back to Bei Du and ask Miss Tienan to concoct cultivation fluid for them and level them up to four-stars. That way, I'd learn how long it takes to advance from dark gold to legend-quality.

Even so, they were restricted by their levels. It was impossible for them to break through in quality unless they advanced in level.

Even so, Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry regarding this matter.

On the one hand, given his current strength, having two more legend-quality subdued beasts wouldn't bring about a qualitative change in his strength. Basically, he could do with or without them.

On the other hand, he could vaguely sense that he was very close to advancing to Tier Seven beastmaster. With Miss Tienan helping him when he returned to Bei Du afterwards, he'd naturally find out how long it took to advance from dark gold to legend-quality.

"It's been such a long time. Miss Tienan's skills at concocting cultivation fluid should have increased again, right?" Zhang Che guessed that Huang Tielan should be able to concoct the cultivation fluid for three-star dark gold-quality beast cards rather easily now.

After all, she could concoct cultivation fluids for mid-tier low-quality beast cards previously. With this period of time to practice, her skills should be around that level…Evening came again. Zhang Che flew back to the safety zone on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, then crossed the spatial gateway together with the elemental queen. He directly started up Dijiang-hao, which was parked in the military camp nearby, and flew to their next destination during the night.

If they travelled during the night, Zhang Che would be able to directly enter the beast world the next morning, saving a lot of time.

During the past few days, Zhang Che had been making the best use of his time this way, managing to hunt in four different beast worlds.

With the experience gained during this period of time, Zhang Che could clearly sense that his spiritual sea had accumulated to a full state. He could advance at any moment now.

The sharp-eyed elemental queen could tell the difference in Zhang Che. "Master, are you about to advance to Tier Seven?" she asked, looking at Zhang Che, her face filled with admiration. -My master is really too strong!-

This humanoid pet, who was so deeply interested in the internet, had celebrated on more than one occasion that she had surrendered to Zhang Che and followed him back then. It was simply the best choice she had ever made!

Zhang Che nodded, showing a smile of anticipation, "That's right. If all goes well, I should be able to make it to Tier Seven tomorrow in the next beast world after killing another bunch of mid-tier and higher exotic beasts!"

-It hasn't been easy; I'm finally about to reach Tier Seven!-

That night, Zhang Che was hunting exotic beasts crazily even in his dreams. He advanced to Tier Seven and his strength increased by leaps and bounds. Shortly after, his beasts advanced one after another, becoming divine-quality subdued beasts and pets, rising in status into the king of the world!…In northwestern Hua Xia, to the north of Dahuang City, in the extreme depths of a beast world…

The elemental queen, Scarlet Flame Drake, Earthen Rock Demon, and the frisky monkey armed with the Falling Star Model X Mk III were each standing in their positions. Some dark gold-quality and above subdued beasts and pets were following behind them, separated into four teams.

As for Zhang Che, he was on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, looking at the four teams in front of him. He waved his hand in high spirits and said, "Come, everyone, let's move out! We'll sweep through every exotic beasts here before nightfall! Whether I break through to Tier Seven or not depends on you guys!"

At his command, the four teams turned and ran off in different directions, eliminating the mid-tier and above exotic beasts in this area according to the areas chosen by Zhang Che on the map previously. Zhang Che wasn't slacking off, either. He immediately flew in another direction on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

According to the information provided by Huang Juyun, this beast world near Dahuang City had huge numbers of exotic beasts, and they were distributed in a very broad area.

Zhang Che estimated that as long as he could finish sweeping through this massive area today, it was likely he'd advance to Tier Seven beastmaster!

After Zhang Che separated all his subdued beasts and pets into five teams, including himself, their efficiency at killing exotic beasts kept increasing. The mechanical notification sounds kept ringing in his head almost constantly. Soul force kept streaking through the empty space and entering his spiritual sea.

In order to breakthrough to Tier Seven beastmaster today, Zhang Che had gone all out. After all, it was very likely to have casualties among his beasts when he separated his teams like that if they accidentally ran into a powerful exotic beast. However, it was only for today. His luck wouldn't be so bad, right..?

While thinking about all that, Zhang Che didn't slow down at all. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly flew past mountains and rivers as Zhang Che controlled the scarlet and white sword light, cutting down every exotic beast within a hundred meters.

Masses of light kept glowing between the mountain ridges. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would also open his mouth and suck in from time to time, vacuuming all the beast cards through the air, slowly filling up Zhang Che's spatial storage.Time passed by quickly as they slaughtered mindlessly.

Zhang Che didn't know exactly how much time had passed. In any case, he only remembered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flying past many mountains and rivers. The number of exotic beasts he had killed with the scarlet and white sword was uncountable.

Suddenly, a hint of strange light flashed across Zhang Che's eyes. He hurriedly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to stop, then had the dragon guard him while he sat cross-legged on an exposed rock on a mountain, silently feeling the changes in his spiritual sea.

Massive amounts of soul force were gathered inside Zhang Che's spiritual sea. At this moment, the soul force seemed to have accumulated to a critical point. It quickly stirred all of a sudden, shaking Zhang Che's spiritual sea.

Zhang Che smiled faintly. He sat on the mountain rock with his eyes closed, like a statue, not moving at all.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a soundless explosion suddenly erupted in Zhang Che's spiritual sea. The space in his spiritual sea expanded considerably again.

At the same time, the spiritual force that seemed rather illusory in the past had finally become real.

Zhang Che knew that he had finally advanced to Tier Seven! He slowly opened his eyes, a radiant smile on his face.

"At long last, I'm finally at Tier Seven! Hahahaha!…"

The sounds of laughter suddenly stopped. Zhang Che's expression changed slightly. He sensed the golden vortex in his spiritual sea suddenly spinning crazily as it started to devour the spiritual force that had turned into a real substance.

"This is?…"

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Chapter 509: Mutated Spiritual Force

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Jingzhou, Hua Xia…

This was the southernmost area of Hua Xia. Even with the climate change, the winter being more than ten degrees celsius colder than before, it was still as warm as spring in Jingzhou.

Looking down at the city from high up in the sky, the whole island was covered in lush greenery. There were few human settlement areas.

After the arrival of the new age, due to the island being surrounded by the sea in all directions, the exotic beasts here were mostly water-based, or amphibious, able to live in the water and land. They were unusually strong.

Due to that, there were only a few cities left on the whole island. Xinjing City was newly established by the surrounding towns and villages after the arrival of the new age, situated in the west central area of Jingzhou. Its population numbered less than two million, but it was the most populous city in all of Jingzhou, and had become the new center of Jingzhou.

Today, a series of military large transportation aircraft came from the far north to the Xinjing City's military airport, along with an escort of dozens of the newest fighter jets, filling up the spacious military airport.

A series of large trucks were waiting at the airport. After the transportation aircraft landed, the trucks drove up at the same time. A group of soldiers operated all kinds of unloading machinery, moving large amounts of materials from the transportation aircraft to the trucks. Afterwards, the trucks drove off towards a spacious, empty area northeast of Xinjing City.

At the spacious, empty plot of land, a row of new buildings were erected. This place was the new location the Huang family had finally decided on for the herbal research institute.

The weather in Jingzhou was naturally extremely suitable for the growth of spiritual herbs. At the same time, Xinjing City had healthy population numbers, and the troops stationed here were at division-level, in addition to having a big group of high-tier beastmasters.

In order to facilitate the smooth development of the new herbal research institute, Huang Juyun had applied to be transferred here, and had become the commander of Xinjing City's military forces.

Today was the moving day of the herbal research institute.

Large numbers of experimental apparatuses, as well as the spiritual jade and spiritual herbs from the original herbal field, were all transported here from Bei Du with the transportation aircraft. Under the research staff's instruction, the soldiers moved the materials into the new research institute in an orderly manner.

The various devices for experimentation were reinstalled in an orderly manner. The soil of the plot of land spanning dozens of hectares wide had already been dug up. Another group of people were burying the spiritual jade, which had been cut into smaller pieces, evenly across the field, then began planting the spiritual herbs one by one.

Of course, there weren't that many spiritual herbs. After transplanting them all, they only took up a tiny, insignificant corner of the herbal field, covering less than a thousand square meters.

Seeing everyone working so diligently, Huang Juyun was filled with anticipation. He didn't know how much longer that kid Zhang Che needed to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster… well, that wasn't the main point. The key thing was, that kid had been giving his all in the beast worlds during this period of time. He must have gathered a lot of spiritual herbs, right?

Of course, this new plot of land spanned dozens of hectares; even if Zhang Che had a subdued beast with the ability to sense spiritual herbs, it'd take him a long time to fill up the whole field. Perhaps, this process would last a few years…If Zhang Che, who was currently experiencing the joys of advancing, learned what his father-in-law was thinking right now, he'd probably not be able to keep it in and tell him the truth, scaring him.

In the secret plane, spiritual herbs were practically everywhere! Zhang Che only needed a month at most to dig up enough spiritual herbs to fill up the new herbal field!

Of course, even if Zhang Che wanted to transplant the spiritual herbs as soon as possible to produce large amounts of spiritual honey, he couldn't really bring out too many herbs in one go.

After all, spiritual herbs weren't like cabbages in the market. If he brought out too many of them at once, it'd be too shocking. At that time, he'd surely draw the eyes of others. Even with the Huang family's strength, it would be a very difficult task to defend so many spiritual herbs.

As the saying went, wealth draws the hearts of others. When benefits reached a certain level, it was inevitable that someone would take action to seize it for themselves unless you had absolute power over them.At present, Zhang Che was still sitting cross-legged on the protruding mountain rock. Although his eyes were open, his expression was serious, yet surprised.

After his breakthrough to Tier Seven beastmaster, his spiritual force had started to materialize after absorbing the essence refined from the large amounts of soul force accumulated. It looked like a mass of white, blurry fog, faintly scattered in his spiritual sea.

At that moment, the originally calm golden vortex suddenly started spinning crazily. A strong suction was born, devouring all of the spiritual force which had just materialized.

"What the heck? What trick is it playing now?"

Zhang Che didn't feel very confident. He truly didn't know what was going on with the golden vortex right now.

Although Zhang Che believed the golden vortex wouldn't harm him, he felt uneasy about this new phenomenon and was at a loss for what to do.

After his spiritual force was devoured by the golden vortex, Zhang Che felt empty, with an indescribably terrible feeling. He felt incredibly flustered.

"Could it be that the golden vortex can devour my spiritual force and grow stronger?" Zhang Che couldn't help but start guessing. If that was true, it couldn't be said to be a bad thing…

In any case, spiritual force could be produced slowly, and once the golden vortex grew stronger, the range with which he could control the scarlet and white sword would surely expand. This was extremely beneficial to his growth.

The golden vortex didn't stop spinning after absorbing all of Zhang Che's spiritual force. A golden light was gradually spreading from the inside of the vortex.

Zhang Che couldn't help but feel some anticipation. He felt like the golden vortex was probably going to grow bigger.

However, as the golden light grew denser and denser, the golden vortex still showed no signs of growing bigger. After a short while, traces of golden fog spread out from inside the vortex.

"This… is my spiritual force?" Zhang Che was both surprised and happy.

He could sense that the traces of golden fog were indeed his spiritual force, but after it was refined by the golden vortex, the level of the energy had far surpassed the original white spiritual force.

If he were to compare the two, likening the original spiritual force to water, then the golden spiritual force was like mercury. It was many times better!

"Alright! I didn't expect the golden vortex to have such an ability! With this, the level of my spiritual force's energy is probably higher than even Tier Nine beastmasters, right? If I used it to temper my body, the benefits would be unthinkable!"

Zhang Che was pleasantly surprised. He carefully drove the traces of golden spiritual force out of his spiritual sea and directed them into his flesh and blood.

Although Zhang Che had not learned the proper cultivation method to temper his body with his spiritual force, when the traces of golden spiritual force passed through his flesh and blood, an extremely pure energy automatically started tempering his body.

Not only that, the energy was very gentle. Zhang Che didn't feel any pain at all, and he could faintly tell that his flesh, blood, and bones were becoming more refined.

Although there wasn't any tests to convert the difference into numbers, Zhang Che felt that this tiny bit of golden spiritual force had increased his strength by about one percent from the tempering!

Of course, this was the first time his body was tempered by the mutated spiritual force. The effects were naturally extremely obvious. It was impossible to get such quick results again.

Even so, Zhang Che was very pleasantly surprised!

After he learned the proper cultivation methods to temper his body with spiritual force and continued to do so, his body would develop to a degree much better than ordinary beastmasters sooner or later.

Perhaps when he grew to a certain level, he would be able to withstand the attacks of mid-tier dark gold-quality exotic beasts, even without the defense of a beast card armor?

Anticipating such a beautiful future, Zhang Che's lips gradually drew back and he laughed silently.

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Chapter 510: Huge Improvement

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Zhang Che couldn't be any more satisfied with the mutated spiritual force.

He truly didn't think that the golden vortex would have the ability to refine his spiritual force like that, increasing its level by multiple times.

Even though the amount of his spiritual force was reduced to only one-tenth after the refinement, there was no problem at all. In any case, Zhang Che could feel that there was still spiritual force being slowly produced inside his spiritual sea.

Sooner or later, a day would come when the amount of his spiritual force returned to its peak. The only regrettable thing was Zhang Che's hope didn't come true. The golden vortex didn't grow any bigger, and the range he could control the scarlet and white sword remained at only a hundred meters around him.

This restricted Zhang Che's ability to display his strength on a certain level. This wasn't a problem, however. The demonic army would return to Mercury again for sure. At that time, he could go slaughter them again, obtaining huge amounts of their energy and growing the golden vortex.

After finally breaking through to Tier Seven beastmaster, Zhang Che ordered his babies to start returning to him via their spiritual link.

Truthfully speaking, during this period of time he was so tired of hunting exotic beasts he could vomit at the thought of it. He really didn't want to hunt any more for the foreseeable future.

However, it was already this difficult to advance to only Tier Seven. Wouldn't the difficulty of advancing to Tier Eight, or even Tier Nine, be so high it'd make him desperate?

Not right! It seemed the total amount of spiritual force of a beastmaster would automatically increase after advancing to high-tier. When their spiritual force had accumulated to a new critical point, they'd be able to advance even without hunting exotic beasts and obtaining their soul force points.

Of course, the difficulty in purely relying on the passive increase in spiritual force to advance was no different from hunting exotic beasts. It only provided another avenue of gaining spiritual force, and it was a passive method of improvement, unlike before, where a beastmaster could only actively hunt exotic beasts to advance in their beastmaster tier.

-Hmm, in that case, I should be able to advance to Tier Nine in ten or twenty years, even if I stopped hunting exotic beasts completely. Of course, the advancement speed is too slow this way. When I have nothing to do, I should continue to make trips into the beast worlds,- Zhang Che thought. He'd need even stronger subdued beasts and pets in the future, and they could only be obtained in the beast world. He didn't have to fully rely on the natural growth of his spiritual force to increase his strength.

After realizing that, Zhang Che took two beast cards out from his spatial storage. These two beast cards were both at seven-stars, but one of them was rainbow-colored. It was the epic-quality Demonic Energy Large Boar. Although it was slightly weaker than the average exotic beast at the same level and quality, it was stronger than ordinary six-star epic-quality exotic beasts regardless!

The other beast card was five-colored, at only legend-quality. It was the Berserker Bear card. However, this beast card was the extremely rare Fusion Transformation type. Its attributes were extremely outstanding. After fusing with it, Zhang Che would gain one-fifth of the Berserker Bear's strength, and one-third of its physical defense!

Although the Berserker Bear was only at legend-quality, based on that point, its worth was even higher than seven-star epic-quality beast cards!

Zhang Che triggered the Demonic Energy Large Boar first. After branding his spiritual imprint on the card, with a thought, a rainbow ray shot out from his brow. A savage boar as big as a tank appeared, standing in front of Zhang Che.

After it appeared, the Demonic Energy Large Boar grunted happily at Zhang Che. At his order, it lowered its head, keeping its huge tusks pointing straight ahead and charged towards a huge mountain rock at the side.

The Demonic Energy Large Boar's acceleration from a state of rest was shockingly fast. In the blink of an eye, its large body collided against the huge mountain rock.

The first point of collision was the Demonic Energy Large Boar's two huge tusks. With great momentum, its tusks instantly stabbed into the rock. Afterwards, the Demonic Energy Large Boar's snout, which was even tougher than steel, slammed violently into the rock as well!

A loud boom went off. Zhang Che saw that rock directly explode, shattering into countless smaller bits that scattered in all directions. Meanwhile, the Demonic Energy Large Boar didn't slow down at all, and directly rammed into the cliff behind the rock, producing another deafening boom before finally stopping.

Dust rose, filling the air, and rocky bits fell everywhere.

A huge spider web-like fissure had appeared on the surface of the cliff where the Demonic Energy Large Boar collided with it. At the center of the fissure, a big area was shattered, as if a large cannon shell had struck there.

That was only the result of the Demonic Energy Large Boar's normal charge. If it was truly using its skill, the Boar King's Ram, it would have been several times stronger. The collision would have smashed a huge hole directly into the cliff!

"If this fellow was used for dismantling, it'll surely be much better than any excavator. A house would be torn down in just seconds!" Zhang Che couldn't help but sigh, feeling very satisfied with what he saw.

From now on, he'd have another epic-quality combatant. His strength had received a huge boost!

"Next, let's see how much stronger I'll become after fusing with the Berserker Bear card!"

Zhang Che had the Demonic Energy Large Boar rest at the side, then triggered the Berserker Bear card and branded his spiritual imprint on it. Afterwards, he directly fused it with his flesh and blood.

Once the fusion with the Berserker Bear card began, Zhang Che immediately felt an enormous energy entering his body. A feeling of enormous power filled his mind.

Zhang Che felt like he could destroy a car with a punch. He clenched his fist suddenly. The air around his palm was pushed away fiercely, popping sharply as it did.

He swept his gaze in front of him. Zhang Che saw a rock as big as a study table laying on the ground among the piles of rubble left by the Demonic Energy Large Boar. He walked up and bent his knees, squatting down. He grabbed onto that huge rock with both hands, exerting strength with his whole body, and directly lifted up the huge rock.

"Well, damn! It's actually not very tiring; this rock must weigh ten tons, at the very least!" It was hard for Zhang Che to recover from his shock. He only had one-fifth of the Berserker Bear's strength… after he activated its skill and gained the full strength of the Berserker Bear for a short period, wouldn't he be able to carry dozens of tons?

That was truly too terrifying!

With such strength, let alone smashing a car with his fist, even a heavy tank would be turned into steel plate if Zhang Che punched it!

An idea came to Zhang Che. Holding this huge rock, he twisted his waist, strength gathered in his feet, and together with the strength at his core, it travelled to his arms. With a shout, he threw the huge rock that weighed more than ten tons more than a dozen meters away. Afterwards, it bounced down the mountain's slope.

What was superhuman? This was superhuman!

A cloud of flames quickly flew closer. While it was still far away, the elemental queen shouted loudly, "Congratulations, Master!"

Afterwards, Zhang Che's babies returned from all directions, one after another, bringing a bunch of beast cards along with them.

Laughing loudly, Zhang Che raised his head and looked at the sky. He recalled his subdued beasts and pets back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand, then mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and directly flew back in the direction he came from.

Since he had already advanced to Tier Seven, Zhang Che didn't want to stay in the beast world any longer. When he returned to Bei Du, he could ask Miss Tienan to start concocting cultivation fluid to level up the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander to four-stars. Afterwards, they would be able to advance to legend-quality.It was getting late. After travelling for some time, Zhang Che had to stop and find a place to rest.

Although he had advanced to Tier Seven and grown much stronger, Zhang Che still didn't dare to challenge the nights of the beast world. If he was careless and an accident happened because of it, everything he had accomplished up until now would be for naught.

-When I finally get a divine-quality subdued beast or pet one day, maybe I won't have to be apprehensive about the nights in the beast world…-, Zhang Che thought.

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Chapter 511: Herbal Research Institute Relocated South

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

It was already deep into the night, but Zhang Che still hadn't recovered from the joy of advancing to Tier Seven. He lay in his sleeping bag, his eyes open, his head filled with all kinds of complicated thoughts.

"Tsk, tsk! If this is an immortal cultivation world, obviously my temperament is lacking, and I would be easily influenced by stray thoughts and suffer from qi deviation…"

Zhang Che really wanted to force himself to fall asleep as soon as possible, so that he could continue on his way early tomorrow morning and return to Mercury. Alas, it was like that sometimes. The more you wanted to fall asleep, the more your sleepiness slipped away.

After tossing and turning for some time, Zhang Che grew frustrated. As such, he crawled out from his sleeping bag and said to the elemental queen at the side, "Come, come, let's play chess!"

The elemental queen's eyes shot open, not a hint of sleepiness visible in her eyes. As a fire elemental creature, naturally the elemental queen didn't need to sleep. It was just that she had followed Zhang Che for a long time and learned the "skill" of sleeping, although she would never actually fall asleep.

No matter what was moving outside, she could easily sense it. Zhang Che's actions had actually surprised her greatly. She remembered how Zhang Che was no longer willing to play chess with her after being tormented a few times some time ago, leaving her incredibly bored during the nights in the beast worlds. She could only play by herself, pitting her left hand against her right, playing as both white and black in the game.

-Why did Master take the initiative to ask to play chess with me tonight all of a sudden? Could it be that Master's chess skills has increased along with his advancement to high-tier beastmaster?-

Although she had a very good understanding of the human world by now, the elemental queen wasn't a real human, after all. As such, she didn't know whether Zhang Che had really grown smarter after breaking through to a high-tier beastmaster, perhaps improving his chess skills.

However, this didn't stop the elemental queen from being happy. "Hah, that's great!"

The elemental queen immediately crawled out from her sleeping bag. Meanwhile, Zhang Che had already taken out a chess set from his spatial storage, and put it on the empty ground between their sleeping bags.After a quick game of rock, paper, scissors, it was decided that Zhang Che went first as black.

As the game went on, the elemental queen felt something wasn't quite right. The skills displayed by Zhang Che were just like the past. Not only that, he even made more mistakes in certain minor areas.

"Hmm? This isn't right… Master's chess skills didn't improve at all. Rather, it seems to have grown a little worse?"

As a result, the game quickly ended after it progressed to the mid-game and a big area of Zhang Che's pieces were killed.

The elemental queen looked at Zhang Che with a doubtful gaze. Just as she was about to ask the questions gnawing at her, Zhang Che suddenly pushed the chess board forward and made his way back into his sleeping bag, closing his eyes.

"Alright, time to sleep!"

Soon, Zhang Che's breathing gradually calmed down and stabilized. He actually fell asleep.

The elemental queen was stunned. She gradually understood the situation. It turned out her master didn't look for her to play chess with and see if his intelligence had increased after advancing to high-tier beastmaster. Instead, he was too excited and couldn't sleep. So, he looked to get tortured by the elemental queen in a game of chess to get rid of his excitement so he could fall asleep?

"Master is really… too strange!"

The elemental queen was at a loss for words. She felt like she couldn't keep up with her master's thoughts.The next morning, Zhang Che had totally forgotten about his depression from losing the chess match. He was back to feeling the excitement from his advancement to high-tier beastmaster. After a quick breakfast, he continued on his way with the elemental queen, flying out on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon sped across the land. Before noon, they had returned to the safety zone. Shortly afterwards, Dijiang-hao slowly rose from the ground at an empty space in the military camp near the spatial gateway. It suddenly accelerated, whistling through the air to the northeast.At about 4 PM, Zhang Che arrived back in Bei Du.

Liu Gang had come to receive them. When he first laid eyes on Zhang Che, his expression froze for a moment, then he smiled faintly and said, "Congratulations, Zhang-shao!"

As a veteran high-tier beastmaster, naturally he was able to clearly sense that the current Zhang Che was also a Tier Seven beastmaster like himself!

It was terrifying when he thought about it. Zhang Che hadn't even passed his nineteenth birthday, right? Also, he had only become a beastmaster a little more than half a year ago. In less than a year, he had grown into a high-tier beastmaster from an ordinary person! It truly was incredible!

Liu Gang was certain he wouldn't have believed it if someone had told him such a genius actually existed in this world if it wasn't for him witnessing it for himself!

This was simply beyond common sense!After returning to the villa, Sun Lan was also very surprised to learn that Zhang Che had advanced to Tier Seven. She knew that her son would be much safer when he went out in the future.

Well, as a mother, Sun Lan didn't think of how talented Zhang Che was as a beastmaster. She only felt gratified at the fact that he would be safer.

Zhang Che was like a child who had just gotten a new toy. He couldn't wait to tell all his close friends and family that he had advanced to Tier Seven!

Although Miss Tienan wasn't at home, it was like she was the one who made the breakthrough after hearing the news. She was incredibly excited, saying that she would come back from school immediately to cook a few dishes to reward him.

Actually, Miss Tienan had a little bit of talent in cooking. Usually, she would personally go into the kitchen to make a few dishes, no matter if she was at the villa or at her own home. Her skills were totally presentable.Afterwards, Zhang Che gave a call to his father-in-law, informing him that he had advanced to Tier Seven, and had also returned to Bei Du.

Unsurprisingly, Huang Juyun was also a little shocked to learn that Zhang Che had advanced to Tier Seven, despite having some understanding of his strength.

After congratulating Zhang Che, Huang Juyun took the initiation to bring up the matter about the herbal research institute's relocation. After all, this project was was Zhang Che's suggestion. He had to inform Zhang Che about the progress.

"Oh, right, Xiaoche, the relocation of the herbal research institute is complete. It's been moved to Xinjing City in Jingzhou. You rest at home tonight. Make a trip here tomorrow and see our new herbal field."

"Ah, the relocation is complete? Alright, then. I'll make my way over first thing in the morning tomorrow." Zhang Che was very surprised, too. He had thought Huang Juyun would discuss with him about where to relocate the herbal research institute after he came back from the beast world. He didn't expect everything to be done already.

This was fine, however. It saved Zhang Che from thinking about all this. Going forward, he only had to transplant a batch of spiritual herbs to the herbal research institute every once in a while.

-Jingzhou, huh? It's a good place, indeed. Even though the climate has been affected by the invasion of the demon world's energy, making the winter colder than before, Jingzhou is in the tropical zone, after all. It won't be too cold even if the temperature is lower.

-With that, the production of spiritual honey will definitely break through a critical point, reaching a terrifying degree. Perhaps it wouldn't be long before me and the Huang family will be earning over ten thousand purple crystal points a day…-

Ten thousand purple crystal points a day could be achieved with only one thousand grams of spiritual honey. Zhang Che had the secret plane to produce spiritual herbs for him. It really wouldn't be difficult to achieve this target.

In the future, as the scale of the herbal field continued to expand, perhaps it wouldn't be a problem to produce ten thousand grams of spiritual honey a day!

Zhang Che wouldn't let the time drag on for too long. At the most, he'd achieve this target before the arrival of the fifth beast swarm. At that time, a portion of spiritual honey would be sold as luxury item, earning him and the Huang family a great fortune, while another portion of it would be used as materials, producing large amounts of medicine to prepare for the fifth beast swarm.

Zhang Che was thinking of discussing this matter with Huang Juyun. At that time, they'd sell the medicine at a low profit margin to strengthen all the beastmasters, giving them a better chance at surviving.

That way, during the fifth beast swarm, as well as the possible invasion of the demonic army, the beastmaster's casualties would be greatly reduced, preserving much of Hua Xia's strength!

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Chapter 512: Entering the Secret Plane Again

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Huang Tielan stared at Zhang Che for quite a while. In the end, she shook her head, not feeling any obvious changes after he advanced to Tier Seven beastmaster.

"Nothing seems to be different..?"

Of course, her beastmaster tier was only at Tier Three. It was only natural that she couldn't tell the difference.

"Really, nothing changed?" Zhang Che rolled his eyes. An idea came to mind. The Berserker Bear card was already in effect, and he activated its skill as well. An aura that seemed to come from a wild exotic beast suddenly rose from Zhang Che. A faint pressure spread out.

This time, Huang Tielan's expression changed instantly. "Zhang Che, yo-you… you're not possessed by an exotic beast, are you? Why is the aura of an exotic beast on you?"

If it wasn't for the fact that she could feel the affection Zhang Che had for her from his eyes, Miss Tienan would probably have turned around and fled without hesitation.

Zhang Che laughed. He immediately contained his aura and told Huang Tielan about the Berserker Bear card and its attributes. Her mouth opened wide from shock, unable to recover for some time.

"There's actually such a powerful Fusion Transformation-type beast card?" Huang Tielan mumbled to herself. Afterwards, she immediately grew excited and asked, "Then, Zhang Xiaoche, is it possible that a Fusion Transformation-type beast card that keeps one energized exists? After becoming an intermediate beast card cultivator, I realized there's actually a whole lot of things that I still don't know. I really want to use the time for sleep to study instead!"

After hearing this, Zhang Che felt ashamed. If he had to study and research like that, he'd probably find that there was no meaning in living any longer.

However, Miss Tienan looked like she would endure the hardship gladly, wanting to use the time for sleep to study instead. That was probably the biggest difference between a straight-A student and a failing student, right?

Zhang Che rubbed Huang Tielan's head, replying to her in a tone that was both amused and irritated. "What are you thinking? How can such a beast card exist?"

Given Zhang Che's current height, rubbing Huang Tielan's head was now something very natural for him. In the past, Miss Tienan was half a head taller than him. He'd have to raise his arm to rub her head; that was too awkward.

"No? Then forget it. I'm going to the kitchen to cook!" Huang Tielan said, sounding a little disappointed. She turned around and walked into the kitchen, preparing to personally whip up a few dishes to reward Zhang Che and celebrate his advancement to Tier Seven beastmaster.After dinner, the couple went to the villa next door together to check on some ingredients in stock.

Zhang Che had decided to configure the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander's cultivation fluid. Although their levels weren't high, their quality wasn't low. Many ingredients were needed. Zhang Che and Huang Tielan had to confirm whether the ingredients in stock were complete. If not, they'd have to go around buying ingredients from tomorrow on.

At the same time, Huang Tielan needed to get familiar with the recipe for the two beast cards' cultivation fluid. After all, she had never concocted such a high level cultivation fluid before. She had to mentally prepare herself first, so that she wouldn't mess up during the actual procedure and was confident about it. That way, she wouldn't make a minor mistake and fail in making the concoction.

As expected, after checking through the inventory, they found out they didn't have a few ingredients from the recipe in stock, and they needed to buy them outside.

After they were done with the proper business, the two suddenly fell silent, staring at each other. There seemed to be flames burning in their eyes.

Zhang Che had gone into the beast worlds for more than ten days this time. Naturally he would miss Huang Tielan after not seeing her for so long.

As the two locked gazes, they slowly got into an embrace. Afterwards, their heads came together and started twisting about. Their lips and tongues interlocked, the temperature between them quickly shot up, like the lightning of the heavens striking and causing a fire. It nearly couldn't be stopped.

Of course, it was impossible for a real lightning fire to occur. The almighty god of harmony was looking on coldly from the side.After a short moment of intimacy, the two returned to their home. Zhang Che stayed in his own room, not sleepy in the slightest. In his heart, he was thinking whether he should ask his mother to find a day and make a trip to the Huang mansion to talk about marriage properly, finally settling their affairs?

They couldn't possibly wait until the fifth beast swarm was over before taking care of their marriage, right? But, would it be too soon now? He and Miss Tienan weren't even nineteen yet.

His mind wandered for some time. Zhang Che suddenly remembered he had to go to Jingzhou tomorrow. At that time, he couldn't possibly go empty handed to the huge herbal field planned out by his father-in-law and the others, right?

However, during this period of time Zhang Che had been fully focused on hunting exotic beasts. Other than gathering a few spiritual herbs on the way, he didn't get the frisky monkey to deliberately look for spiritual herbs. That tiny amount of spiritual herbs was surely too embarrassing to bring out. Even so, this wasn't a problem for him.

With a casual thought, a faint ripple spread from the rainbow crystal in his spiritual sea. A tiny purple gap suddenly opened in the space in his room, drawing Zhang Che in before quickly disappearing.

After the secret plane was taken over by the rainbow crystal, it became extremely easy to open it. There was no need to open the whole spatial gateway. All that was needed was a tiny crack in space big enough to let Zhang Che in!Entering the secret plane once more, Zhang Che directly appeared at the floating mountain range he was at just before he exited the last time.

There was obviously not a very strong connection between the secret plane and Mercury. It was around 10 PM in Hua Xia, Mercury, but inside the secret plane, it was still daytime. The whole world was bright.

Although this floating mountain range wasn't as big as the one Zhang Che had first entered, which housed the control center of the secret plane, it was the largest floating mountain he could see.

-Let's see if there are some spiritual herbs here.- At that thought, Zhang Che immediately summoned the frisky monkey out. He didn't order the monkey to activate his skill. Instead, they sensed their surroundings with his innate ability.

The frisky monkey was obviously very excited to come to the secret plane again. He could remember that spiritual herbs were everywhere in here, with many fruits, too!

Although the frisky monkey loved roasted meat, he still had a liking for spiritual fruits as well. However, seeing as his master daddy wanted him to check the situation of the spiritual herbs around them, he wasn't in a hurry to go searching for spiritual fruits. Instead, he used his innate ability to scan the surrounding three thousand meters. Afterwards, he cried out loud, "Daddy, spiritual herbs, so many spiritual herbs!"

Zhang Che's face lit up. As he had expected, the secret plane's floating mountain range was filled with spiritual herbs everywhere!

With this, there would be no problem expanding the spiritual honey business to a larger scale.

"Come, we'll go gather herbs first, then look for spiritual fruits for you afterwards!" Zhang Che waved his hand, mounting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon together with the frisky monkey. They flew around as they wished above this floating mountain range, landing from time to time at various places, be it mountain ridges or valleys, and swinging the herbal hoe earnestly.

All kinds of spiritual herbs were quickly harvested by Zhang Che, stowing them all into his spatial storage.

Although the spiritual herbs here weren't at a high grade, they were abundant. Zhang Che made some rough calculations. He realized he would find a spiritual herb about every hundred meters. Sometimes, he would even find a few of them growing in the same area.

After working for over an hour, Zhang Che gathered more than a hundred spiritual herbs before stopping. Afterwards, he found a spiritual fruit tree with the frisky monkey and they stuffed their faces, covering their hands and faces with fragrant fruit juice.

It wasn't that Zhang Che didn't want to dig out more spiritual herbs, but he truly couldn't take out too many herbs in front of others in one go, or he would draw attention.

Although Huang Juyun knew Zhang Che had a subdued beast with the ability to sense spiritual herbs, his main objective in the beast worlds this time was to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster. He couldn't possibly have spent much time on gathering spiritual herbs. Some things needed to be done in moderation…

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Chapter 513: Appearance of Another Dark-Attributed Exotic Beast. Arriving at Jingzhou. [Two in One]

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

The next morning, Zhang Che started0 up Dijiang-hao after breakfast and flew off to the far south.

Huang Tielan didn't go back to school. Instead, with Liu Gang accompanying her, she went around shopping throughout Bei Du City.

A few ingredients were still missing for the cultivation fluids for the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander. She had to go searching for them in different exotic beast material shops.

If she couldn't find those ingredients in Bei Du City, Huang Tielan would have to expand her search range to include the nearby large cities. The cultivation of those two beast cards was a pretty huge challenge for her.

If she could concoct the cultivation fluids for those two beast cards successfully, then Huang Tielan would become an experienced intermediate beast card cultivator. It was extremely beneficial to her growth in the art.

As such, compared to looking for those ingredients, going to school or not wasn't as important for her. In any case, Huang Tielan had already learned what was being taught by the professors on her own. Taking a leave from school wasn't a problem at all.

The teachers from the beast card cultivation faculty in Bei Du University naturally wouldn't impose the requirements for ordinary students on a genius like Huang Tielan.

If everything progressed well, there was a chance Huang Tielan would become the first student in Bei Du University to become an advanced beast card cultivator while still a student in the school's history! It was a great honor to both Huang Tielan and the Bei Du University's beast card cultivation faculty!After handing the task of looking for the ingredients to Huang Tielan, Zhang Che piloted Dijiang-hao south. Jingzhou was tens of thousands of kilometers away. Even Dijiang-hao needed a few hours to get there.

In the plane cabin, the elemental queen was comparing notes with someone else on chess over the internet.

In the short span of a month or so, the elemental queen's chess skill had quickly increased. She had actually achieved seventh-dan online. According to the standards of the real world, she was at about the level of third-dan for amateur players!

As for Zhang Che, even with his skills from his past life, he was only at the first-dan for amateur players at the most. Compared to the elemental queen, it was simply like heaven and earth!

Of course, Zhang Che had wisely avoided comparing himself with the elemental queen on this.

The journey was long. In his boredom, he started appreciating the scenery outside through the glass windows. However, Zhang Che only looked out for a short while before losing interest.

Having explored the beast worlds for such a long time now, what kind of scenery hadn't Zhang Che seen before? He really didn't feel anything looking at the mountains and rivers of Mercury.

From time to time, Dijiang-hao would overtake a commercial plane flying a few thousand meters below them, leaving Zhang Che especially satisfied.

"Hmm? What's that?" Just as Dijiang-hao was about to overtake another commercial flight, Zhang Che suddenly noticed two black silhouettes from the corner of his eye, flying in from the horizon and chasing after the commercial flight.

At this moment, Zhang Che finally got a clear look at them. The two silhouettes were actually the same dark-attributed exotic beasts he had killed before!

Obviously, the two exotic beasts had taken the commercial flight as prey, and were about to go destroy it and eat the passengers inside.

"Well, food is here!" Zhang Che's eyes lit up.

The Umbra WInd God Leopard's growth had always been a huge problem troubling him. Heavens knew how long that fellow would take to finally mature just by relying on absorbing the rainbow crystal's energy before it gained the strength of divine-quality?

Zhang Che had tried other methods, but the Umbra Wind God Leopard wasn't interested in spiritual herbs at all. Otherwise, he'd have fed the cat large amounts of spiritual herb long ago and forcibly hastened his growth.

Not only that, the Umbra Wind God Leopard wasn't interested in most exotic beasts, either. He was only interested in wind or dark-attributed exotic beasts. The latter especially aroused his desire to eat.

Unfortunately, exotic beasts belonging to those two attributes were rare. Zhang Che had no means to accelerate the Umbra Wind God Leopard's growth for some time.

Now that those two exotic beasts had suddenly appeared, it was simply like a ferocious tiger suddenly discovering a fat pig after starving for a few days. Zhang Che was incredibly excited!

Furthermore, he could also save a flight full of people. That would give him a greater sense of accomplishment.

Zhang Che quickly piloted Dijiang-hao with almost no hesitation, changing directions and chasing after the commercial flight below.The commercial plane's radar had already noticed the two dark-attributed exotic beasts chasing after it from over a dozen kilometers away. Its alarms were blaring. All defensive weapons were activated, and the plane's engines were operating at full power.

The dark-attributed exotic beasts had caused several incidents in the recent months, and their notoriety had spread to every airline company. As a result, their arrival had put the commercial plane's crew on high alert.

It wasn't that the military had never tried to eliminate the raiding beasts. However, they came and went like shadows, and they were extremely fast. Even the newest fighter jets couldn't catch up to them. As such, the military's multiple attempts at hunting the exotic beasts down ended in failure.

The commercial flight's crew was deeply aware of the dark-attributed exotic beasts' ferocity. As such, they had told the passengers this sad news, and that they should contact their relatives and friends and leave their last words behind.

Immediately, the flight cabin fell into chaos. Crying and wailing noises rose everywhere. The shadow of death engulfed everyone.

The flight crew didn't realize a sky shuttle installed with the latest technologies was currently flying towards them at top speed.

Dijiang-hao had the ability to conceal itself. It was truly impossible to notice its presence unless they had the best military radar.

"Luckily I discovered them early. I should be able to save them in time."

While flying towards the commercial plane, Zhang Che used Dijiang-hao's computer to make some calculations. It concluded that the commercial plane shouldn't be in any danger.

Even so, neither the crew nor the passengers knew about this. The crew, shrouded by a huge shadow of death, quickly launched a desperate attack on the two ghostly dark-attributed exotic beasts when they saw the exotic beasts rushing at them on the screen.

For a period of time, the rapid-fire cannons installed on the plane shot out tongues of flames. At the same time, a few miniature missiles flew out, dragging tails of flame behind them as they headed straight for the two dark-attributed exotic beasts.

Although they knew these attacks were basically useless, the crew had no other methods to deal with the situation. Even though they had sent out an urgent signal for help through the public channels, jets sent from the nearest military facilities would take more than fifteen minutes to arrive.

By that time, this plane would have been blown up by the two exotic beasts, turned into wreckage and scattered across the land below.

In the cabin, wailing sounds were still rising. However, the passengers had already made peace with their fate. They began to make good use of their last moments and contacted their close ones, leaving their last words behind.

An incredibly somber atmosphere filled the whole plane."Ten thousand meters, nine thousand meters… five thousand meters, they have come within attack range!"

On Dijiang-hao, Zhang Che was watching the operation interface closely. Once the distance between Dijiang-hao and the two exotic beasts was inside the laser cannon's effective range, he immediately pressed the button without hesitation. Two beams of blazing light instantly streaked across thousands of meters of space, landing on the two exotic beasts' bodies.

The two dark-attributed exotic beasts didn't pay any heed to the commercial plane's desperate attack earlier. The cannon fire was too slow and were unable to keep up with their flight speed at all. As for the miniature missiles, the exotic beasts shot out rays of dark light when they came within a hundred meters and detonated them. The missiles couldn't reach their targets at all.

They were powerful exotic beasts that even the military's jets had trouble hunting. How could a commercial plane pose any threat to them?

The two power exotic beasts seemed like they could already see the scene of the passengers' flesh and blood entering their stomachs. Their long, narrow eyes shone with a hint of their bloodthirst.

At this moment, however, they suddenly felt a huge threat approaching!

Before they could make any evasive maneuvers, two beams of intense light struck their bodies, instantly burning through their slick black scales. The flesh, blood, and bones underneath were similarly unable to withstand the heat from the beams of light.

Almost instantly, the two dark-attributed exotic beasts suffered heavy injuries.

Even so, this was the result of Zhang Che seeing the commercial plane about to fall into danger, and he hadn't bring Dijiang-hao into the optimal attack range. The strength of the lasers had weakened a lot at that range. Otherwise, the lasers might have been able to kill off the two exotic beasts instantly!

Even so, not killing the exotic beasts instantly was no problem. The rate of fire for the lasers was very high, and they were quickly recharging. Only a few seconds was needed to fire the weapon again.

The two dark-attributed exotic beasts no longer cared about the commercial plane. They quickly changed directions at the same time, rushing towards the culprit who had injured them, roaring fiercely.Almost everyone on the commercial plane saw the two blinding beams of light, and watched the two powerful exotic beasts, looming like the gods of death, directly abandon them and fly in another direction.

It was only then that the crew members of the plane saw Dijiang-hao horizontally above them, quickly diving down towards them.

Without a doubt, it was that sky shuttle that struck the two exotic beasts earlier and saved everyone on the plane. The flight crew quickly informed the passengers of this exciting news.

Loud cheers rose from the cabin. Those who were weeping just moments earlier were suddenly laughing out loud.

They knew that everyone had just escaped from the gates of Hell!Aboard Dijiang-hao, Zhang Che drew his lips back into a disdainful smile when he saw the two exotic beasts flying in his direction. The private sky shuttle was installed with lasers; it wasn't something exotic beasts could casually stand against, unless they were divine-quality. Zhang Che had nothing to worry about.

The lasers were done recharging. Dijiang-hao's radar system locked onto the two exotic beasts once more. At Zhang Che's command, another two beams of burning light shot out.

This time, the exotic beasts were within a thousand meters from Dijiang-hao. The power of the laser was at maximum at that distance!

Without any warning, the beams of light streaked through the air. Parts of the exotic beasts' heads were instantly vaporized. The remaining brain matter and the flesh and blood on its head were charred from the heat.Thousands of meters away, another wave of cheering rose on the commercial plane.

The flight crew watched the two terrifying exotic beasts get killed when the sky shuttle attacked again. This time, they relaxed fully.

Moments later, the flight crew connected to Dijiang-hao on the public radio channel and expressed their sincere thanks to Zhang Che.Zhang Che didn't have the time to pay them any heed. He quickly had Dijiang-hao chase after the exotic beasts' corpses, descending quickly.

Those two exotic beasts' corpses concerned the Umbra Wind God Leopard's growth. If he didn't keep an eye on them and they fell into the mountains or rivers below, Zhang Che might not be able to find them.

As a matter of fact, Zhang Che's worries were not unfounded.

The two dark-attributed exotic beasts' corpses actually fell directly into a fast-flowing river below, sinking into the water and disappearing from sight.

Zhang Che had witnessed the process of the corpses falling into the water. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been easy to retrieve them.

He landed Dijiang-hao on the mudflat next to the river. Zhang Che immediately leapt out of the cabin, and a rainbow light shot out from his brow. At his command, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon directly plunged into the murky river waters to retrieve the two dark-attributed exotic beasts' corpses.Soon, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon broke through the water's surface, his two hind claws each grabbing onto a corpse, and flew back to Zhang Che's side.

Zhang Che broke into a wide smile upon sensing the dense dark-attributed energy left on the exotic beasts' corpses. He quickly summoned out the Umbra Wind God Leopard and let him enjoy a meal that belonged only to him.

This time, after consuming the two dark-attributed exotic beasts' corpses, the Umbra Wind God Leopard didn't fall into a deep slumber again. He only let out a few satisfied burps.

Zhang Che knew that the two dark-attributed corpses weren't enough for this little fellow to have a breakthrough. Even so, he was helpless about it. He didn't know any place that had dark-attributed exotic beasts. Even if he wanted to go look for them, he had no clue where to begin his search.

Seeing the Umbra Wind God Leopard looking at him with an incredibly longing gaze, Zhang Che couldn't resist patting him and consoling him, "Don't lose heart, little guy. Some time soon, we'll go find information on dark and wind-attributed exotic beasts specifically. At that time, I'll definitely let you have your fill!"

Now that Zhang Che have successfully advanced to Tier Seven beastmaster, he didn't have to travel around the beast worlds specifically to kill exotic beasts for the foreseeable future. He could go around finding news on dark or wind-attributed exotic beasts, and work to help the Umbra Wind God Leopard grow up.After this little interlude, Dijiang-hao rose to the skies once more, continuing its flight towards the southernmost corner of Hua Xia.

Slightly after 3 PM, an endless spread of sea appeared in front of Zhang Che's sight. Dijiang-hao continued flying for a while, and a huge island entered his vision soon after.

After a few hours of flight, Jingzhou was right before Zhang Che.

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Chapter 514: New Body Tempering Pill

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Shortly after Dijiang-hao entered Jingzhou's borders, it was picked up by the military's radar. Huang Juyun contacted Zhang Che through the military's communication system, telling him that two jets would immediately come guide him to Xinjing City.

"I knew it…"

Zhang Che couldn't help but curse silently inside. Unsurprisingly, the stealth upgrades on Dijiang-hao couldn't hide from the military's radar. Dijiang-hao's information must have been entered into the military's database, and as long as he was still within Hua Xia's territory, he wouldn't be able to hide from them.

Although he felt a little dissatisfied about that, Zhang Che didn't care. Naturally the military wouldn't allow any aircraft to fly Hua Xia's skies without eyes on them. It would be too naive of Zhang Che to think he could ignore everything just because Dijiang-hao had two layers of stealth systems installed.

Even if the Huang family was a faction from the military, they had to obey the rules!Since Jingzhou's military would send jets to guide him, Zhang Che had Dijiang-hao slow down. After waiting a few minutes, two of the latest jets came flying in at high speed, appearing on the horizon and sending a signal to Zhang Che. Afterwards, they drew an arc in the sky and flew southwest.

Dijiang-hao followed closely behind. After another half hour of flying, a huge city entered Zhang Che's sight, surrounded by mountains.

This was most likely Xinjing City.

Indeed, the two guiding jets slowly decelerated and lost altitude, descending towards a corner of the city.

Dijiang-hao landed in Xinjing City's military airport. Zhang Che walked out of the cabin. A beast-armored military vehicle was already waiting outside, together with a young officer with a captain's insignia on his shoulders.

Seeing Zhang Che coming out, the captain immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Sir, please get in the car. Commander Huang is waiting for you at the new herbal research institute."

-Hmm? He's calling me sir? I don't remember serving time in the military before..?- Zhang Che found it strange. He didn't expect to be called that.

Although it was strange, Zhang Che didn't feel he wasn't worthy of being addressed like that. Given his strength, he was totally comparable to other powerful high-tier beastmasters.

In a world where strength was above all, like the new age, becoming an honorary colonel was nothing if Zhang Che wanted to develop in the military.

What surprised him even more was how the Captain addressed Huang Juyun.

-Commander Huang? Since when did father-in-law become a commanding officer?-Half an hour later, Zhang Che met Huang Juyun at the new herbal research institute, and finally learned that his father-in-law had applied to be transferred to Xinjing City's military to be in a position to take care of their herbal field, which was bound to be expanded to a massive scale in the future. He had taken on the position as the commanding officer.

In other words, hadn't his father-in-law received a promotion?

"Congratulations, Uncle Huang. When you formally take office, you should be a Lieutenant General then, right?"

Xinjing City was currently the second largest city in all of Jingzhou. There were a dozen smaller cities and towns in its surrounding area. The military divisions here would naturally have different specifications, and thus a Lieutenant General or higher would hold the position of commanding officer.

Huang Juyun smiled, not speaking about this topic.

Ultimately, his promotion to Lieutenant General was, to a very large extent, thanks to the merits of this prospective son-in-law!

Previously, when Zhang Che had submitted the relevant information regarding exotic beast genetic evolution fluid, although he was the one entered into the list of protected people in Hua Xia, from another perspective, it was the Huang family's merits as well!

It was only that Huang Juyun's seniority at that time was a little low, and he wasn't promoted immediately. However, just recently, the Huang family developed a new series of medicinal pills using spiritual honey as the catalyst, together with dozens of spiritual herbs and some materials gathered from exotic beasts. The higher-ups immediately attached importance to this matter.

Using the matter of the Huang family's relocation of the herbal research institute, in addition to Huang Juyun himself asking to be transferred, the higher-ups of the military decided to go along with it and promoted him to the position of division commander of Xinjing's military forces.

During the past few days, Huang Juyun had been busy with the relocation of the herbal research institute, and had yet to take office. When he was done with the matters here in a few days, he'd receive his promotion to Lieutenant General formally and settle into his new position as the commanding officer.

"Come, come! A large piece of the land for the new herbal field has been dug already. We're just waiting for your spiritual herbs now." Huang Juyun said with a smile, pulling Zhang Che over to the edge of the uncultivated land, pointing to a corner of dug soil.

The spiritual herbs from Bei Du had all been transplanted to that corner. Although their environment had suddenly changed, with the spiritual jade buried in the soil, the herbs showed no signs of withering. Instead, due to the improved weather, they seemed even livelier.

In this corner of the herbal field, about seven hundred square meters of soil had been dug up. It was prepared for the spiritual herbs Zhang Che brought back from the beast world, ready to be transplanted the moment he took them out.

Zhang Che's mouth opened slightly in surprise at the sight. -Damn. Father-in-law is really confident of me! About seven hundred square meters of land is prepared; how many spiritual herbs does it take to fill that up?-

Fortunately, he had gotten control of a secret plane by chance, and could obtain countless spiritual herbs from it. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have so many spiritual herbs laying in his spatial storage after only about two weeks' time in the beast world.

It was precisely because Zhang Che spent almost all his time hunting exotic beasts that he managed to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster so quickly. Heavens knew when he'd achieve that goal otherwise…

"Uncle Huang, where do I find so many spiritual herbs to fill such a big plot of land?" Zhang Che showed a bitter expression. With a wave of his hand, he took out every spiritual herb he dug out last night from the secret plane from his spatial storage, forming a small pile on the ground.

"Look, I only got this much this time. I'm afraid it's impossible to fill up seven hundred square meters of land."

Seeing Zhang Che bringing out a pile of spiritual herbs at one go, although they were all low-grade stuff, Huang Juyun smiled brightly nonetheless, laughing, "Not bad, not bad! Although it's not enough to fill the land, we have plenty of time ahead! We can slowly fill it up going forward!"

Huang Juyun knew Zhang Che had a subdued beast with the ability to sense spiritual herbs. As long as he travelled around in the beast worlds, would he need to worry about not finding enough spiritual herbs?

Zhang Che was directly left speechless. -It's all my fault for being a loudmouth Why did I have to say it is easy for me to find spiritual herbs?

-Although it is indeed very easy for me to obtain spiritual herbs now, I cannot let anyone else find out about this, or I'll have to change my occupation to herb digger…-

It went without saying that Huang Juyun and Zhang Che didn't have to do the transplanting of the spiritual herbs themselves. At their command, the staff waiting at the side immediately went to work with various equipment, sweating it out on the seven hundred square meters of cultivated land.

"Come with me. The herbal research institute had used spiritual honey as a catalytic agent and developed a new body tempering pill. After conducting tests, it was found that their effects are really decent. You've entered the ranks of high-tier beastmaster, as well; from now on, you can use this type of body tempering pill in conjunction with your spiritual force to temper your body. The results will surely be much better."

Huang Juyun brought Zhang Che into the research institute, leading him through a secret room with tight security. He took out a fist-sized white jade bottle from a huge safe made from metals from the beast worlds, then put it in Zhang Che's hand.

-A new body tempering pill, huh?- Zhang Che's eyes lit up. After receiving the bottle, he directly twisted the stopper open. The faint fragrance of medicine immediately spread from the bottle.

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Chapter 515: I'm a Genius!

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After taking only a whiff of the aroma, Zhang Che felt the spiritual force slowly tempering his flesh and blood immediately become a tad more active.

This was only a whiff of the medicinal pill's aroma! If he swallowed the pill, how strong would its effect be?

Zhang Che's eyes went wide. He looked at Huang Juyun in astonishment, saying, "Uncle Huang, this medicinal pill must cost a fortune, right?"

Huang Juyun chuckled, "But of course! The spiritual honey only acts as the catalyst. More than twenty other spiritual herbs, in addition to over a dozen materials from exotic beasts, are in the recipe. The cost of materials alone is more than a thousand purple crystal points to make a single pill!"

Hearing this, Zhang Che immediately sucked in a breath of cold air.

With that said, wouldn't the factory price of the bottle of new body tempering pills reach tens of thousands of purple crystal points?

Well, measuring the price of this medicinal pill with purple crystal points didn't seem impactful enough. Converting it to alliance dollars, the cost to make one of these new body tempering pills was ten million dollars. If it was to be sold outside, it had to be priced at twenty or thirty million dollars each to be considered normal, right?

Even high-tier beastmasters couldn't easily afford it at such a sky-high price! After all, more than one or two of the pills needed to be consumed. It needed to be taken over long periods of time to show material effects.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Che asked, "Uncle Huang, how often does a person have to consume this new body tempering pill?"

It was Huang Juyun's turn to think for a moment before replying, "This… it varies depending on the individual. Some people can absorb the pill faster, while some slower. On average, however, three days is more than enough for the medicinal pill to run its course fully on anyone.

"Not only that, no resistance to this pill will be developed after consuming it. In other words, you can keep consuming the pill for its full effects as long as you're willing to spend the money. You can even treat it as candy."

When he heard this part, Zhang Che couldn't resist grinning.

Taking a pill every three days would average out to ten million dollars a day. If someone was to take it over an extended period of time, it would cost them over three hundred thousand purple crystal points a year!

It wasn't much for the stronger high-tier beastmasters, but for those who had just achieved high-tier and didn't have a powerful subdued beast, it would sting!

To put it in perspective, a mid-tier legend-quality beast card was worth about a million purple crystal points, and less than one percent of the population of mid-tier and higher beastmasters possessed a legend-quality beast card!

Forget it. It was better to leave this headache to the others. This was their business anyway. Zhang Che wouldn't feel the slightest heartache even if he consumed a whole bottle of body tempering pills every day.Afterwards, Zhang Che found a quiet room in the research institute and consumed one of the new body tempering pills. The pill melted the moment it entered his mouth, turning into an extremely gentle fluid that flowed down his throat.

When this gentle fluid flowed into his stomach, it quickly vaporized and turned into a gush of energy, spreading all over his body. With the addition of the energy contained in this medicinal pill, the effects of the golden spiritual force inside Zhang Che tempering his body almost doubled!

The effects were truly too good! With this, Zhang Che was confident of catching up to the cultivation of experienced Tier Seven beastmasters in the near future!

Of course, it was limited to the progress of his cultivation. As for the strength of his physique, others couldn't compare to a monster like him!

Ignoring the effects granted by the Berserker Bear card, his physique from before had already surpassed some Tier Seven beastmasters. After all, it was altered by the demonic flower, not to mention him eating two Poison-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon eggs. His physique couldn't be measured by normal standards.

If the Berserker Bear card's effects were to be included, just strength… that really couldn't be compared. Even Tier Nine beastmasters wouldn't have strength comparable to Zhang Che. Just looking at toughness of physique, there really weren't many who were comparable to him among Tier Seven beastmasters.Time slowly passed. An hour later, Zhang Che opened his eyes, ending his short cultivating session.

It didn't mean that he had fully absorbed the new body tempering pill's effects, but the medicine had fully dissolved, settling in his flesh and blood. The medicinal pill was still in effect, but Zhang Che didn't have to maintain a cultivating state.

"But it seems like I have already absorbed a third of the medicinal strength over this past hour. Although it has weakened by quite a bit, from the looks of it, I will have fully absorbed this body tempering pill in another five or six hours!" Zhang Che made some rough calculations, the conclusion shocking even him!

In other words, wasn't he able to digest more than three of these new body tempering pills a day? Huang Juyun's data had shown that a Tier Seven beastmaster would take around three days to fully digest a pill. Even those who could do it faster would only be able to absorb one pill per day at the most!

Even so, Zhang Che was three times faster than them!

"Am I really a genius?" Zhang Che shook his head. He was no genius. At the most, his spiritual sea was naturally wider, and had stronger spiritual force than others due to the souls of him and his predecessor combining into one.

It was absolutely impossible that he was three times better than ordinary geniuses. Since that was so, there could only be one reason… Spiritual force!

It must be because Zhang Che's spiritual force was several times stronger than that of others after being refined by the golden vortex, and was displaying such powerful effects here.

It made sense, thinking about it. After the golden vortex's refinement, Zhang Che's spiritual force was left with only one-tenth of the original amount. There had probably been a qualitative improvement to Zhang Che's spiritual force after being refined to such a degree.

Regrettably, it had only been thirty-some years since the arrival of the new age. Research on this was pathetically scarce. Zhang Che didn't know whether his situation was an anomaly, or if there were others like him.

However, even if such mutation had occurred in others, their numbers could surely be counted with his fingers. It would be extremely difficult to learn anything about it.

"I'll just see how this goes. It's fine even if I don't understand anything. Big boss rainbow crystal still lives inside my spiritual sea, anyway. Under its secret influence, even if I don't understand things now, a day will come when material effects are displayed. At that time, everything will become clear."

Zhang Che didn't waste any more time on this. He'd slowly come to understand things naturally, so there was no need to hurt his brain over this now. In any case, judging from his current situation, it was definitely not a bad thing.When Zhang Che came out of the cultivation room, Huang Juyun asked curiously, "Xiaoche, how much of the medicinal effect have you absorbed? And how's the absorption rate of the remaining medicinal strength?"

Zhang Che decided to not tell his father-in-law the truth, since it might shock him. Thus, he said, "I absorbed about one-fifth of the medicinal strength. I'll probably take half a day or so to fully absorb the rest of the pill."

Huang Juyun immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise. "You absorbed one-fifth of it in one go? And you need less than twenty hours to fully absorb the medicinal strength? You're amazing!

"According to the data we've gathered so far, less than ten percent of the beastmasters could absorb the medicinal pill completely in one day!"

Huang Juyun was truly shocked. In truth, far less than ten percent of those who underwent the tests were able to fully absorb the medicinal strength in a day. Otherwise, the average time taken wouldn't be as long as three days!

Even so, Huang Juyun had no idea that Zhang Che had already heavily understated the time he needed to do so. If he were to learn that Zhang Che only needed about six hours to fully absorb the medicinal strength in a pill, and he could take three pills a day, excluding the time for sleep, his jaw would probably dislocate from the shock!

In order to save his father-in-law from the embarrassment, Zhang Che decided to tell a little lie…

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Chapter 516: Sale of Private Sky Shuttles Suddenly Spike

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"Fully absorbing the energy in a pill within a day… Kid, you're really amazing!" Huang Juyun praised him once more, an irresistible smile on his face.

The greater a genius his prospective son-in-law was, the happier Huang Juyun was. Perhaps a day would come when this kid became a divine-tier beastmaster?

At that time, the Huang family would become a top-tier clan in Hua Xia… or even all of Mercury!

A divine-tier beastmaster! It was the strongest combat force in the human world at present. Every divine-quality subdued beast was an extremely scarce strategic resource.

Although divine-quality exotic beasts weren't especially rare in the beast worlds, they were simply too powerful. Even the strongest epic-quality exotic beast was no match at all for a divine-quality exotic beast, unless they were two star tiers above them.

Moreover, when an exotic beast's quality reached divine-quality, there was a chance of them gaining a True Domain, a much stronger version of an epic-quality beast's False Domain, encompassing attack and defense into one.

It was precisely due to the existence of True Domains that some divine-quality exotic beasts weren't something human beastmasters could hunt at all. Even though beastmasters could attempt to fight with their numerical advantages, they could only defeat a divine-quality exotic beast at the most. It was truly too difficult to actually kill it.

After lamenting inside for a while, Huang Juyun shifted his gaze to the safe. A brief pause later, he took out ten bottles of the new body tempering pills from the safe and gave them to Zhang Che.

This kid could absorb a medicinal pill a day; it was better to prepare more for him!

The current production rate of the new body tempering pill wasn't very high, so there weren't many in stock at the moment. Otherwise, Huang Juyun would have directly given Zhang Che dozens, or even hundreds of bottles, and let him eat the pills like candy in the future.

After stashing the ten bottles of body tempering pills into his spatial storage, Zhang Che smiled widely. -Indeed, father-in-law's herbal research institute is really capable.-

All those spiritual herbs and whatnot could only be converted into cash if Zhang Che was alone, and would not bring about any increase in his strength. But now, with these ten bottles of body tempering pills, the speed and efficiency at which Zhang Che tempered his physique within the next two years would be at its highest!

Two years from now, disregarding whether he could advance to Tier Eight beastmaster, the increase in his strength, physique, and other aspects of his body would totally surpass any other ordinary high-tier beastmaster, reaching an astonishing degree.

-At that time, maybe I can really withstand the attack from a high-tier high-quality exotic beast with my own body! As for scientific weapons, perhaps even ordinary miniature missiles wouldn't be able to cause any material harm to me?- At the thought, Zhang Che grinned in anticipation.

Of course, he wouldn't be satisfied with just that. His aim was to withstand attacks from high-tier high-quality exotic beasts with only his body!The two walked out of the building. Huang Juyun's personal terminal suddenly vibrated. He opened it up and listened to the call for a short moment. A hint of surprise flashed across his face, then he cast a glance at Zhang Che and replied politely before ending the call.

"Kid, you killed two extremely fast and powerful exotic beasts with Dijiang-hao and saved a commercial flight when you were on your way here?"

Zhang Che was slightly taken aback. That matter was found out so quickly?

He nodded, saying, "Mmm. I happened to notice two shadowy exotic beasts were about to attack a commercial plane, and so I used the laser on Dijiang-hao and killed those two creatures. But, I clearly remember that I didn't stay there, and left immediately; how did they know it was me?"

A hint of a smile was apparent on the corners of Huang Juyun's lips. He pointed to the sky, and explained, "There are observation satellites in outer space. Your Dijiang-hao is only able to avoid detection from radar; it's not like it can really turn invisible. They only needed to retrieve the satellite footage at that time and they would immediately know it's you from Dijiang-hao's appearance."

Zhang Che was embarrassed. Dijiang-hao was truly too eye-catching, after all. At present, he was probably the only person in all of Hua Xia to own such an extremely pricey luxurious object like Dijiang-hao…

Although Hua Xia Airlines had sold many private sky shuttles of the same model, they were all a cut-off version of Dijiang-hao. Their accessories paled in comparison, falling more than a generation behind.

Dijiang-hao was able to withstand attacks from epic-quality exotic beasts. The lower configuration units, however, would probably have trouble withstanding attacks from even mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts!

Most notably, the high-efficiency laser installed on Dijiang-hao possessed terrifying attack power. Even high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts would be severely injured if struck, perhaps even killed directly!

The two started talking about private sky shuttles. Truthfully speaking, it was impossible for Huang Juyun to not feel any envy towards Zhang Che owning a top-tier luxurious product like Dijiang-hao.

However, Dijiang-hao was truly too expensive, so much so that people would shy away upon learning its price.

With a selling price of over a hundred million purple crystal points, Zhang Che was probably the only one who could take out such a huge sum and buy it without twitching a muscle…

But, after this incident, Hua Xia Airlines might find themselves laughing all the way to the bank. This kind of private sky shuttle with the highest speed in the world, in addition to possessing powerful attack power and defenses, was simply too attractive to those who were truly rich.

The reason why no one had bought it previously was because such an incident like today had yet to happen.

Those two shadowy exotic beasts were existences that had been huge headaches for the military in many different places over the past few months. Heavens knew how many aircraft had been destroyed. The military had tried on multiple occasions to get rid of them, but they managed to escape in the end every time. It went to show how fast and powerful they were.

Even so, those two insufferable exotic beasts were actually easily killed by Zhang Che's Dijiang-hao today, fully displaying Dijiang-hao's strength.Developments after the incident was as Huang Juyun had expected. From that day on, many wealthy people started calling the Hua Xia Airlines one after another, inquiring about the price for a private sky shuttle like Dijiang-hao.

For a period of time after then, more than double digits of private sky shuttles like Dijiang-hao's were sold to buyers across Hua Xia, earning a huge fortune for the Hua Xia Airlines.

Not only that, rich men from other regions also wanted to order one for themselves. However, it was impossible for Hua Xia to sell products of that level to them.

Of course, since all of Mercury had established the alliance government in name, Hua Xia Airlines couldn't reject them directly. They could only do so in a roundabout way, saying that the materials to build sky shuttles like Dijiang-hao were exhausted, and they could no longer produce such a top-tier version.

If the rich from other regions insisted on buying a less valuable model, Hua Xia Airlines could still barely sell some to them.

After learning about this, Zhang Che couldn't help but feel very frustrated by the fact that he couldn't go to Hua Xia Airline's headquarters and ask them to pay him advertising fees.

Without that indicent, how could Hua Xia Airlines have earned such a fortune?!

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Chapter 517: Why Don't I Get You An Epic-Quality Subdued Beast?

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The next day, Zhang Che remained in Xinjing City, wanting to see how the newly transplanted spiritual herbs from yesterday were growing, and to see the bees producing spiritual honey.

As for Huang Juyun, he'd be formally taking office in two days. He had to rush back to Bei Du to be officially promoted to lieutenant general.

To make Huang Juyun's travels back and forth more convenient, Zhang Che lent Dijiang-hao to his father-in-law.

Well, that was the main reason why Zhang Che remained in Xinjing City. After he got used to the freedom and speed that came with Dijiang-hao, Zhang Che wasn't interested in taking commercial flights at all.

As for directly flying back to Bei Du on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, that idea didn't cross Zhang Che's mind at all. Although the dragon could ward off the oncoming wind, and his flight speed was over Mach 2, not losing to the advanced jets, the experience was incomparable to travelling inside Dijiang-hao.

Also, Huang Tielan had yet to gather a complete set of ingredients. It was impossible to concoct cultivation fluid for the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard for now.The weather today was great. Zhang Che strolled around the herbal field, and he saw the spiritual herbs transplanted yesterday were showing no signs of incompatibility with the environment. The spiritual jade was a heavenly treasure, indeed! There was simply no better item to cultivate spiritual herbs with!

It was no wonder spiritual jades were priced so highly. Compared to the value they could generate, their price didn't seem so high…

Zhang Che also saw the dozens of mid-tier beastmasters who had retired from the military due to various disabilities. They controlled the dozens of huge bees together, and the bees buzzed through the blooming spiritual herbs like unmanned aerial vehicles, gathering the nectar from those spiritual herbs with well-practiced moves. Afterwards, they returned to the large beehive built at the side of the herbal field and started producing spiritual honey.

-This little bit of spiritual herbs is too few. I need to increase the rate of transplanting spiritual herbs if I want to produce spiritual honey on a larger scale.- Zhang Che lamented inside after watching for a short while.

Although more than a thousand square meters of land was filled with spiritual herbs, not all of them were in bloom. The amount of spiritual honey produced every day was pathetically little. Furthermore, many spiritual herbs actually wouldn't bloom.

"Right, the heck is wrong with me? Why did I forget about that?" Zhang Che nearly slapped himself when he thought of that. All he cared about was digging up as many spiritual herbs as possible in the secret plane, and he had neglected the most important aspect. There were all kinds of spiritual herbs dug out, and a large fraction of them wouldn't blossom, or their flowering window was very short.

Those spiritual herbs could only be used as medicine, it wasn't feasible to use them to produce honey! Fortunately, Zhang Che noticed this in time. When he went digging for spiritual herbs in the future, he'd surely have to look for bigger herbs with long flowering windows. That would increase the production of spiritual honey to the largest extent!

As for those spiritual herbs that wouldn't bloom, he'd only pick some varieties that were necessary. After all, those low-grade spiritual herbs were much less valuable compared to spiritual honey!After seeing the spiritual herbs' growth and the process of producing spiritual honey, Zhang Che was no longer very interested in anything else. He decided to fly to the beach at the edge of Jingzhou on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and have fun surfing.

The beach here had been deserted since the arrival of the new age. Large numbers of exotic beasts might wash ashore at anytime; no one dared risk their lives to take a vacation at the beach.

Naturally, those weak water-attributed exotic beasts were no threat to Zhang Che at all. In the end, although he didn't get to have fun at the beach, he obtained a bunch of water-based exotic beasts, killing a variety of them and filling up dozens of cubic meters in his spatial storage, bringing them back to the herbal research institute in Xinjing City.

As the saying went, it was better to share the fun with everyone. Zhang Che took out all the seafood he had obtained and gathered the staff in the base, holding a unique seafood party. As a result, everyone warmed up to him.

Speaking of those water-based exotic beasts, they tasted several times better than the natural seafood on Mercury. They were quite a delicacy! Although they could be bought in the market, their prices were frighteningly high.

This time, the staff in the herbal research institute got to enjoy a free gourmet meal thanks to Zhang Che. Naturally they would have a much better opinion of him.

At the very least, when Zhang Che took over the herbal research institute in the future, he wouldn't treat any one of them badly, given how generous he was.The night went by quietly. Before noon the next day, Huang Juyun, who was now a Lieutenant General, returned to Jingzhou on Dijiang-hao in a hurry. He would officially be stationed in Xinjing City tomorrow.

However, Huang Juyun didn't seem very happy after being promoted. The reason was none other than him being looked down upon by others when he returned to Bei Du.

The person who looked down on him was a fellow lieutenant general from another faction. He was at a similar age to Huang Juyun, and they could be considered to have known one another since they were young.

His clan's standing was similar to the Huang family as well, but their vision on how their clan should develop was obviously different from the Huang family's. Almost all their high-end combat forces were in the possession of the family members.

As a result, although that lieutenant general wasn't very strong, he had a seven-star epic-quality subdued beast, and quite a few legend-quality subdued beasts as well.

As for Huang Juyun, due to the difference in their developmental vision, he rarely took part in battles at the frontline personally. The best subdued beast had had was only at legend-quality, and it was only a mid-tier beast. After all, the cost involved in arming a high-tier beastmaster was so high that even large clans needed to consider the matter carefully.

Other than Grandpa Huang, the rest of the family members weren't equipped with very powerful subdued beasts. It wasn't necessary, after all.

However, the lieutenant general had said something unpleasant directly to Huang Juyun. He said that Huang Juyun was now the commanding officer of a large city; how could he not have a powerful subdued beast?

Huang Juyun naturally understood this. As a lieutenant general, it was true that he needed a powerful subdued beast to back up his status and position.

Even so, was a high-tier epic-quality subdued beast so easily obtained?

Hearing Huang Juyun talk about this, Zhang Che couldn't help but smile, "Uncle Huang, this is just a small matter. Leave it to me!

"Get your men to go through the information and see which epic-quality subdued beast you want. I'll go to the beast world and help you get it!"

Zhang Che spoke very confidently. It seemed like hunting a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast was as simple as slaughtering a chicken to him.

In truth, however, Zhang Che had grown much stronger. Although hunting a seven-star epic-quality exotic beast wasn't as simple as killing a chicken, it wouldn't be very difficult for him, either.

Huang Juyun looked very moved. After muttering to himself for a moment, he said, "This… wouldn't it be very risky?"

Although he was confident in Zhang Che's strength, it was still rather dangerous to hunt a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast.

"Don't worry, Uncle Huang. As long as it's not a divine-quality exotic beast, I'm not afraid of them at all. They won't be a match for me even if two, or even three, came at me at once!"

Seeing Zhang Che so full of confidence, Huang Juyun agreed to it without question. "Alright, then. I'll get my men to gather information on high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts. I'll inform you again when I make my choice."

Huang Juyun told Zhang Che about this matter because he wanted to see if the latter had the strength to hunt high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts. However, as a senior it was awkward for him to bring up the subject directly.

With Zhang Che taking the initiative to handle this for him, in addition to his promise of it not being dangerous, Huang Juyun naturally and gladly accepted his help!

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Chapter 518: Ingredients Are Complete

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Given the Huang family's strength, it wasn't like they couldn't hunt a high-tier epic-quality exotic beast by themselves. However, they needed to gather many high-tier beastmasters for an operation like this, and it was likely casualties would appear among them, too.

Moreover, epic-quality exotic beasts were usually very good at escaping. Once they realized the situation wasn't going well for them, they'd run for their lives. Without overwhelming power, it was very difficult to kill such an exotic beast.

The two generations of the Huang family had been sympathetic to their subordinates. Naturally they weren't willing to risk sacrificing their people just to hunt an epic-quality exotic beast.

If one of their own had the ability to hunt high-quality exotic beasts, however, that was another story! However, in all these years, only Grandpa Huang had killed an epic-quality exotic beast by chance and obtained an epic-quality beast card.

That beast card had always been with Grandpa Huang as he kept watch in Bei Du, ensuring the Huang family wasn't provoked by others.

Since Zhang Che had the ability to hunt epic-quality exotic beasts, although Huang Juyun was embarrassed to directly ask for his help, once he expressed his meaning, naturally Zhang Che agreed to help.

Truthfully speaking, even before advancing to Tier Seven beastmaster, Zhang Che totally had the ability to hunt epic-quality exotic beasts, especially after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight speed rose to Mach 2. Most epic-quality exotic beasts wouldn't have a chance of escaping.

Now that Zhang Che had risen to Tier Seven and grown even stronger, he was even more confident in doing so. Of course, epic-quality exotic beasts weren't so easily found. This matter had to be put on hold until Huang Juyun gathered information and picked out a suitable target for him. Only then would Zhang Che enter the beast world and help his father-in-law get what was needed to put up appearances in front of others.

"But, the Huang family's reserves on high-end combat forces is really a little too low. They are reluctant to even take the risk to hunt epic-quality exotic beasts; they're a little too kind…"

Although Zhang Che didn't agree with their way of doing things, he was rather impressed by how the Huang family adhered to the principle of human lives being more important than everything else.

Only this kind of clan could nurture someone as approachable and gentle as Huang Tielan, not showing any of the arrogance common to nobles.

Unbeknownst to Zhang Che, this virtue of hers really didn't have much connection to that. At the very least, Miss Tienan had two good-for-nothing male cousins from the main house. Their talents were ordinary, unable to become high-tier beastmasters even though they were already in their twenties. Not only that, they were extremely cowardly, not daring to venture into the depths of the beast worlds.

If Zhang Che hadn't gotten together with Huang Tielan, the Huang family was destined to gradually decline. At the very least, Huang Juyun wouldn't have been promoted to lieutenant general!After dinner, Zhang Che came to the herbal field once more, and was strolling through the faint aroma of the herbs when Huang Tielan gave him a call.

"Zhang Xiaoche, I've gathered all the ingredients!" Huang Tielan sounded very excited and proud of herself.

Although the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander's levels weren't high, and their qualities weren't at the highest, the two beast cards required a few very rare ingredients in their recipes.

Huang Tielan had travelled around the whole Bei Du market over the past two days, spending a ton of effort before finally gathering all the necessary ingredients, and immediately calling Zhang Che to be praised for her work.

"You've found all the ingredients? Alright, then! I'll rush back first thing tomorrow morning. You study the two beast cards' recipe first and memorize the steps so you won't make a mistake tomorrow!"

Zhang Che was very excited to learn that Huang Tielan had gathered all the ingredients needed, and was greatly looking forward to tomorrow.

The significance of concocting the cultivation fluid was very different this time.

If she succeeded, it meant that Huang Tielan's skills in concocting cultivation fluids had greatly improved again, and she had become an experienced intermediate beast card cultivator. Also, Zhang Che could then start to slowly gather the ingredients in the cultivation fluid recipes for his legend-quality subdued beasts!

When Huang Tielan's skills improved even further, and his legend-quality subdued beasts were at that quality for a long enough time, he could proceed to improve those subdued beasts' strength at the same time!

Zhang Che's plan was to not delay the upgrade of any of his high-quality beast cards, and keep improving them to their peak!

As for his pets, although they couldn't use this method to increase their levels, Zhang Che wasn't in a hurry. With the exception of the Umbra Wind God Leopard, who was too picky of an eater, the rest of his pets could advance through consuming high-grade spiritual herbs. In the future, he only needed to spend time in the secret plane to search for the herbs; he'd definitely find suitable high-grade spiritual herbs for them!The next morning, Huang Juyun was in his uniform, bearing two stars on his shoulder as he headed to Xinjing City's military headquarters to officially take up his post, becoming the commanding officer and entering the ranks of the upper echelon of the military.

In this chaotic age, a major general was a little lacking. It could hardly be considered a high-ranking officer.

After all, among the military factions, as long as one's strength reached a certain standard, they could obtain the honorary rank of major general. As a result, it made the rank less impressive.

Take Zhang Che, for example. With his current strength, if he was willing to enter any department of the military, he'd definitely be able to obtain the honorary rank of major general.

Alas, Zhang Che's ambition lay elsewhere. He couldn't stand the restrictions, not to mention he had too many secrets of his own. It wasn't a good idea to reveal his strength in front of others. It would be too easy to expose some of his secrets!

Huang Juyun went off to the military in Xinjing City early in the morning. When Zhang Che woke up, he went to the canteen at the herbal research institute, ate a simple breakfast, then packed up his belongings and returned to Bei Du.

What surprised him was that before he left, some of the herbal research institute staff actually came to see him off very warmly.

It was most likely because of the seafood feast yesterday, which had greatly improved their opinion of Zhang Che.

After all, the ingredients for the feast yesterday really were not cheap! Zhang Che would surely be a very generous and amiable boss in the future if he was willing to share with the staff without hesitation!

After thanking the staff who came to send him off, Zhang Che got into the staff car and sped off to Xinjing City's military base.

The Xinjing City military base was on high alert today. All the soldiers on duty stood at attention like statues, and there were even some high-tier beastmasters on standby in the dark. If any unexpected situations occurred, they'd immediately summon out their powerful subdued beasts to deal with any possible dangers.

Today was their commanding officer's first day at his new position, after all. Naturally the soldiers had to put on their best display.

It went without saying Zhang Che wasn't interested in any of this. After passing through three checkpoints, he directly entered Dijiang-hao and started its engine. The private sky shuttle slowly gained altitude. After reaching a certain height, it suddenly accelerated, piercing further into the skies diagonally, heading off in Bei Du's direction.

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Chapter 519: Visitors From Tian Xing City

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The ingredients were complete, and Huang Tielan had studied the recipe of those two beast cards' cultivation fluid repeatedly the past two days.

Everything was ready, only waiting for the eastern wind. They could start immediately when Zhang Che got back.Aboard Dijiang-hao, the elemental queen was uncharacteristically not playing chess on her personal terminal. She asked Zhang Che curiously, "Master, can we break through that way too?"

The elemental queen was a little jealous seeing Zhang Che's beast cards were able to level up through the cultivation fluid method.

Hearing the elemental queen's anticipatory question, a streak of black lines appeared on Zhang Che's forehead. Leaving the elemental queen aside for now, although his other pets could be recalled into his spiritual sea, that was the work of the rainbow crystal.

In other words, pets couldn't exist inside his spiritual sea like beast cards did. Naturally they couldn't increase their strength quickly through the cultivation fluid method.

As for the elemental queen, her lifeform was fundamentally different from exotic beasts. Zhang Che couldn't even see her attributes; much less talk about increasing her level with that method.

As for the elemental queen killing exotic beasts being similar with Zhang Che's pets, leaving only corpses behind, Zhang Che didn't think it was related to her being his pet. It was mainly determined by her lifeform.

As such, Zhang Che directly shook his head to the elemental queen's question, saying, "You're not a subdued beast. How can you become stronger by using cultivation fluid?

"But, as a fire elemental spirit, you should naturally know what items are beneficial to your growth, right? I don't recall hearing you say anything about that, though."

Since they were on this subject, Zhang Che thought of this matter. He was very curious to whether the elemental queen had some unique methods to increase her strength other than absorbing the rainbow crystal's energy.

Take the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, for example. That guy could devour all cold-attributed energy, exotic beasts, and spiritual herbs to quickly increase his strength.

The Umbra Wind God Leopard could also devour other dark or wind-attributed exotic beasts to power up.

However, those two fellow's attributes were a little too rare. Finding large amounts of food for them was obviously not realistic.

Otherwise, with how many exotic beast corpses left behind during this period of intense exotic beast hunting, it should have been enough for those two pets to advance to divine-quality!

The elemental queen immediately displayed a look of helplessness at hearing Zhang Che's words, saying, "Aiya, just talking about this saddens me. This servant can consume fire-attributed energy to increase my strength, but the requirement for that fire-attributed energy is too high! If Master can find me innate fire-attributed exotic beasts, or various flames of heaven and earth, I can indeed become a little stronger."

Zhang Che immediately fell silent. What a joke! Zhang Che had entered countless beast worlds, and he had seen very few exotic beasts with innate fire elements! Even the Scarlet Flame Drake didn't have its innate fire attributes when he first obtained it.

As for the natural flames, it was obvious they weren't ordinary stuff just by the sound of it. The only thing that resembled flames of heaven and earth from what Zhang Che had seen thus far was the flaming mountains in the desert where he found the elemental queen.

Also, it was certain that the flame essence contained in the flaming mountains was all absorbed by the elemental queen, bringing about her epic-level combat ability. It was impossible for any to be left there, or the elemental queen would have brought the matter up earlier.

Although Zhang Che knew his chances were slim, he wasn't willing to dash the elemental queen's hopes of becoming stronger. He consoled, saying, "Hmm, then I'll pay more attention to look out for information on this regard when we enter the beast worlds in the future. If we come across any innate fire-attributed exotic beasts, or discover any flames of heaven and earth, I'll reserve them all for you."

"Really? That's great!" the elemental queen cheered. Afterwards, she mumbled softly, "Master, you sound so patronizing. Maybe you can fool the stupid exotic beasts with that, hahahaha…"

Veins popped up on Zhang Che's forehead. -She's really asking for a beating!-

His gaze settled on a certain unspeakable part of the elemental queen's body for a moment, wondering to himself what it felt like if he slapped her there… But he decided to forget about it after thinking things through. Playing with fire would be troublesome.Zhang Che didn't encounter any incidents on this trip back to Bei Du. It was a smooth journey.

It went without saying that exotic beasts at the shadowy beasts' level were rare. Zhang Che was already very lucky to have run into them twice and killed a total of four of them. How could he keep running into them?

Zhang Che was about to arrive at Bei Du when his mother Sun Lan gave him a call, surprising him. The parents of his cousin's girlfriend actually travelled to Bei Du from Tian Xing City, and came to the villa for a visit.

Speaking of which, when his great aunt's family shifted to Bei Du, his uncle Xi Wenshan's girlfriend came with him and had been helping out at Premium House.

Zhang Che had met the girl before. Her name was Qu Wenjing, and like her name suggested, she was gentle and quiet, but she had strong opinions.

( TL Note: wen jing means cultured and quiet)

It made sense, thinking about it. Her parents were extremely against it when she first started dating Xi Wenshan, but she insisted on being together with him. Although she met with much resistance from her family, she never left Xi Wenshan's side.

This kind of girl was very admirable. After all, Qu Wenjing's family was rather influential in Tian Xing City, and was in a much better position than Sun Shaoying's family.

Afterwards, the Qu family slowly understood the changes to her family, and gradually loosened their resistance to the two's relationship, especially after learning Zhang Che's identity.

Her parents' purpose for coming to Bei Du was, on the one hand, to visit their daughter after not seeing her for so long, and on the other hand, for the two's marriage. After all, the two were already in their late twenties. They weren't considered young anymore.

Sure enough, when Zhang Che returned to his home in Bei Du, he saw Qu Wenjing and Xi Wenshan's parents discussing the marriage of the two.

The Qu family elders were helpless about it. Their daughter had followed her boyfriend to Bei Du, and stayed for a few months, only returning home once very briefly recently before heading back to Bei Du in a hurry. It was obvious she was treating Bei Du as her home now.

Not only that, when Sun Shaoying's family returned to Tian Xing City for the relocation of the graves, they had paid a formal visit to the Qu family and raised the matter about the two's marriage. That time, Qu Wenjing's parents didn't give them a clear answer. Them visiting Bei Du indicated they had already made their decision.

While the elders were discussing about Xi Wenshan and Qu Wenjing's marriage, naturally it wasn't appropriate for Zhang Che to listen in as a junior. As such, he and Huang Tielan walked over to the villa next door and started concocting the cultivation fluids for the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander.

Seeing the childishness slowly fading from Huang Tielan's face and her looking more and more mature, Zhang Che started thinking to himself. -Tsk. Should I ask great aunt to find a day and make a trip to the Huang family to propose marriage?

-Hmm, this matter should be put on the agenda as soon as possible. Father-in-law would be happy to see that, right?-

Zhang Che was right on the money. As he displayed greater and greater strength, and his talent shone brighter and brighter, Huang Juyun had already acknowledged Zhang Che as his son-in-law. He did feel complicated about it, not willing to see his daughter married off elsewhere, yet hoping to see the two settling down as soon as possible.

"Zhang Xiaoche, why do you keep looking at me like that?" Huang Tielan asked coquettishly blushing slightly after seeing Zhang Che staring at her. She thought he was daydreaming about something dirty again.

"Hmm, Tielan, I realize you seem to have become much prettier after not seeing you for a few days!" Zhang Che replied glibly. Naturally he wouldn't say what he was thinking directly.

"Tch, your words lack sincerity. You don't even make any practical moves!" Huang Tielan quipped, rolling her eyes at him.

"Tsk, tsk. You want practical actions? Of course that goes without saying!" Zhang Che chuckled, scanning left and right. The two had already walked into the lab, and he immediately hugged Huang Tielan, bringing his mouth to her face…

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Chapter 520: Failure is the Mother of Success

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Edited by Aelryinth

With the gods of harmony keeping watch on them, Zhang Che was intimate with Huang Tielan for only a short while before they stopped and started working seriously.

While the two were moving the ingredients out from the store room, Zhang Che suddenly asked, "Right, did you buy enough ingredients?"

"What?" Huang Tielan couldn't react to his question immediately. Afterwards, she stared at him harshly, saying, "Are you asking this on purpose? Do you not trust my skills or what?"

However, she sounded a little lacking in confidence. Huang Tielan paused for a moment, then said, "Hmm, I have already calculated things when I bought the ingredients. I can concoct three sets of cultivation fluid, at the very least. Succeeding is definitely not a problem."

Zhang Che relaxed after hearing this.

With three whole sets of ingredients, in addition to Zhang Che providing Huang Tielan with the perfect recipe, it would have been impossible for her to become an intermediate beast card cultivator at such a young age if she couldn't concoct the cultivation fluid despite all that.

"Alright, then. Everything's here. Let's start," Zhang Che nodded after moving all the ingredients out and stood at the side very tacitly. There was nothing he could help her with for what was to come. Naturally he could only watch from the side.

Having entered working mode, Huang Tielan's face was serious. She moved the ingredients to the side in an orderly manner, then turned to look at Zhang Che and asked, "Which beast card am I working on first?"

Zhang Che nearly slapped himself; he had forgotten to take out the beast cards! He hurriedly took out both the Purple Jade Condor and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander beast cards and placed them on the table, then said, "Let's work on the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander first, then. This one uses fewer ingredients."

After waiting for a short while, seeing Huang Tielan still not getting to work, Zhang Che looked at her, confused. He saw Huang Tielan frowning. She hesitated for a moment and said, "Get your humanoid pet to come help. This is my first time concocting cultivation fluid for such a high quality beast card, after all. I'm afraid I'll mess up."

It was a dark gold-quality beast card! Even though Huang Tielan had some confidence in concocting the cultivation fluid, she didn't dare to be careless about it. It was better to have the elemental queen help her wherever she could.

After all, the elemental queen's refinement efficiency for several ingredients was far higher than using machines. This time, Zhang Che actually slapped himself on his head, saying, "Aiya, just look at me. I actually forgot about this matter. Wait a moment."

Done speaking, he beckoned for the elemental queen through their spiritual link. Soon, the elemental queen came walking in from the other villa. She didn't show any dissatisfaction on her face, although she was in the middle of an intense chess match online, with a few long strings of chess pieces tangled together. However, she immediately made her way here when her master called for her.

She clearly understood what was important and what was not.

With that, all the preparatory work was done. Zhang Che nodded at Huang Tielan, and she started operating some machines on the lab's main table.

Immediately, Huang Tielan began extracting the essence from some plant ingredients. After extracting three types of essences, she asked the elemental queen to help her refine a fist-sized mineral that resembled crystal, refining it into creamy-white translucent powder.

Of course not all of the powder was needed to concoct a set of cultivation fluid. Huang Tielan picked up an exquisite scale at the side and measured out some of it, then added it into a petri dish.

Zhang Che couldn't understand the process at all, so he couldn't offer any help, and could only stand at the side to watch. He realized a different kind of beauty was exuding from Miss Tienan when she worked seriously, dazzling him so much that he couldn't bear to blink his eyes.Time ticked away by the seconds. A little less than half an hour later, all the ingredients were extracted and refined. They were added into the petri dish in a specific order.

At this moment, however, the fluid in the petri dish suddenly boiled. The color quickly turned cloudy. In the end, many tiny droplets visible to the naked eye appeared.

"Aiya, why did it fail?" Zhang Che sighed regretfully. He felt the whole process went by very smoothly. Why did it turn out like that at the end?

Huang Tielan seemed to have expected this, however. She furrowed her brow slightly, explaining, "There are too many ingredients, and the timing to add them in is very precise as well. I might not have done very well in several areas."

-Ugh… this… could it be my foul mouth attribute in effect?-

Zhang Che couldn't help but think of what he said earlier. He smiled awkwardly and consoled Huang Tielan, "It's fine. Isn't there an old saying that went 'failure is the mother of success'? We've got its mother in our hands. Success will surely come to us obediently now!"

Huang Tielan clicked her tongue and said in frustration, "Tch, what kind of stupid analogy is that!?"

Afterwards, she swiftly poured the ruined cultivation fluid into the recycling bin at the side and cleared the things away on the table, ready to try again.

Zhang Che hurriedly stopped her. "No hurries. Take a short break and clear your mind first."

Huang Tielan thought for a moment and went with Zhang Che's suggestion. She stopped what she was doing, and the two came out of the lab and took a walk in the villa's courtyard. When her mind was clearer and she was feeling confident again, she returned to the lab.This time, Huang Tielan's expression was even more serious. Her handling of the ingredients was meticulous. The timing of when she added the various ingredients was calculated precisely in her heart, ensuring no mistakes were made.

As for the elemental queen, her control of flames was already top tier. While helping Huang Tielan refine ingredients, she could even spare attention to watch the screen on her personal terminal, which was displaying a chess match between two famous ninth-dan players.

Even so, all the ingredients refined by the elemental queen fully met Huang Tielan's requirements. No mistakes were made by her.

Zhang Che gasped in amazement at the elemental queen's ability, feeling ashamed of himself at being so inferior.This time, all the ingredients' essences were added into the petri dish after more than half an hour.

When the final ingredient was added into the petri dish, Zhang Che was even more nervous than Huang Tielan. He stared at the petri dish, worried that something would go wrong.

Fortunately, like Zhang Che had said earlier, the mother of success was in their captive, and success had no choice but to come redeem her! The cultivation fluid was successfully concocted. Inside the transparent petri dish, a faint milky fluid was emitting a starry luster, giving off a sense of mystery.

"We should have succeeded this time, right?" Zhang Che asked carefully, as he didn't understand anything about this.

Huang Tielan showed a faint confident smile and nodded. She affirmed him, "Mmm. We've succeeded. There should be no problem from here on."

While speaking, Huang Tielan placed the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander card into the petri dish, then quickly put the cover on.What followed was waiting. The two didn't want to just stare at the petri dish. They decided to go stroll around the courtyard again.

It was already close to midnight. Various noises were reduced, but faint conversation could still be heard from the villa next door.

It seemed like his mother Sun Lan and his great aunt, Sun Shaoying, and the others, were still in discussion with Qu Wenjing's parents about the couple's matters.

They were probably confirming their marriage, since they discussed for so long.

At that thought, Zhang Che looked at Huang Tielan at his side, his heart stirring again. -Looks like I have to find a day and ask great aunt to make a trip to the Huangs.-

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Chapter 521: Double Legends

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

When the two returned to the lab, Huang Tielan looked inside the petri dish. The fluid inside had already turned colorless and transparent, and the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander card that originally had only three hexagrams on it had gained another one.

"See, like I said, success has come to save his mother!" Zhang Che smiled, talking more nonsense.

"Tch, if it wasn't for your foul mouth, I'd have succeeded the first time, okay?!" Huang Tielan rolled her eyes at him. She quickly removed the petri dish cover and took out the beast card, feeling incredibly excited.

This was the first time she had ever leveled up a dark gold-quality beast card! The sense of accomplishment was naturally incomparable to anything she had experienced before.

After Huang Tielan picked up the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander card and handed it to Zhang Che, he rebranded it with his spiritual imprint and immediately noticed the card was absorbing the rainbow crystal's energy much faster now.

-Indeed, my calculations from before are right. Advancing from dark gold-quality to legend-quality takes twice the time of going from gold to dark gold-quality; half a year!-

At that thought, Zhang Che hurriedly put the beast card away in his spiritual sea, waiting for it to automatically upgrade.

"Hmm? Why did you put it away already? Let me take a longer look at it; it won't revert back to three stars, okay?" Huang Tielan rolled her eyes at Zhang Che seeing him stashing the beast card impatiently, not understanding the real situation.

Naturally Zhang Che had no way to explain his secret. He could only change the topic, saying, "It's upgraded, and that's that. What's there to see? You can look at it for as long as you want when you can level up legend, or even epic-quality beast cards. Oh, right, it's late now. Why don't we continue to work on the next card tomorrow?"

Due to their prior failure, they spent close to three hours to level up the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander card. It was close to 11 PM now. If they continued, they might be busy until 1 AM, and that was assuming everything went well with no accidents.

However, Miss Tienan wasn't afraid of hard work. She directly rejected Zhang Che's suggestion. "Nah, I'd better finish all the work in one go while I'm in good form!"

She promptly tidied up the table and got ready to concoct the cultivation fluid for the Purple Jade Condor card.

Zhang Che didn't try to persuade her otherwise after her insistence. He retreated to the side and kept quiet.

Although Zhang Che knew nothing about the concoction of cultivation fluid for beast cards, watching Miss Tienan working seriously was an inexplicable enjoyment.

-Although I don't understand what I'm seeing, looking at it from another angle, isn't this pretty nice?-Time passed by just like that, quickly approaching midnight and crossing to the next day.

This time, concocting the cultivation fluid for the Purple Jade Condor went unexpectedly smoothly. Huang Tielan succeeded on her first try, her serious face lighting up into a radiant flower.

"Hah, Zhang Xiaoche, your foul mouth didn't work on me. I did it on the first try!"

Zhang Che was about to share the joy with Huang Tielan, but when he heard that, he immediately lost all enthusiasm. "Say, can you not be such a downer? Although I do admit I have an unlucky mouth, it didn't come into effect tonight. You could forget about succeeding otherwise. All your attempts would have ended in failure and you would have wasted all the ingredients!"

Those words came from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Che was aware of his foul mouth attribute. Its effectiveness simply left one wanting to cry, but no tears would come out.

"The beast card will take some time to absorb the cultivation fluid. Let's go have some midnight snacks first. I'm a little hungry after working for a few hours." Huang Tielan smiled after hearing Zhang Che's words. She pulled him and walked out of the lab, walking into the villa's kitchen.

Since Liu Gang's squad was living here permanently, there were all kinds of foods in the kitchen. There was no need to worry that they wouldn't find anything to eat.

"Ah, that's right. I almost forgot about the good stuff I brought for you." Zhang Che slapped his head when the topic shifted over to midnight snacks. He stopped Huang Tielan from taking food from the refrigerator, and quickly took out a pile of seafood from his spatial storage.

These were his gains from the beach at Jingzhou from a few days ago. Zhang Che intentionally kept a portion of it, weighing hundreds of kilograms in total, and brought it back for Miss Tienan and his family to try.

"Woah, Zhang Xiaoche, you think I'm too skinny, huh? You're actually suggesting we eat seafood in the middle of the night!"

Huang Tielan was aware she put on weight very easily. She didn't dare to eat so thoughtlessly. What would she do if she couldn't keep herself in check and quickly put on weight again? She was rather afraid at the thought of her old appearance!

Zhang Che smiled and said, "No worries. You can't get fat from eating this, no matter how much you eat."

If ordinary people ate exotic beast meat, they would indeed grow fat with the accumulation of nutrition and energy. However, the energy and nutrition contained in the exotic beast wouldn't turn into fat for beastmasters.

Huang Tielan immediately understood when he said that. Her eyes lit up, and she asked, "These are from water-based exotic beasts?"

When she saw Zhang Che nodding in response, Huang Tielan immediately grew excited and quickly moved all the meat into the kitchen, busying herself.

She knew how fresh and delicious the exotic beast meats that could be categorized as seafood were. They were so tasty one could even swallow their tongues!

This seafood supper left Huang Tielan gasping in amazement. In the end, she decided to stuff the large refrigerator in this villa full of the seafood exotic beast meats Zhang Che brought back, storing a few hundred kilograms of them.

Miss Tienan might come to the lab to concoct cultivation fluid at any time. Preparing more delicious foods was a pretty good enjoyment, wasn't it?

Seeing the seafood exotic beast meat he brought back being so popular, Zhang Che couldn't help but think that he should bring back more seafood the next time he went to the seashore.

After their supper, the two returned to the lab once more. Unsurprisingly, the Purple Jade Condor card had also risen to four-stars successfully!

"I knew it; we succeeded again!" Zhang Che praised, smiling faintly. Huang Tielan quickly came forward and took the Purple Jade Condor card out from the petri dish.

With prior experience, Zhang Che knew this was going to happen. He didn't immediately rebrand the card with his spiritual imprint. Instead, he let Huang Tielan play around with the card for a while and satisfy her sense of accomplishment before stashing the card in his spiritual sea.

Afterwards, the two said their goodbyes intimately. They didn't return to the villa next door. Instead, they each found an empty bedroom to rest for the night.Laying on the bed, Zhang Che focused his mind inside his spiritual sea.

The Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander had completed its transformation. The card turned from dark gold to five-colored, successfully advancing to legend-quality.

Meanwhile, the Purple Jade Condor card Zhang Che had just put away inside his spiritual sea was quickly devouring the surrounding rainbow energy and turning into a dark golden cocoon of light, entering the state of transformation.

"Nice, another two legend-quality exotic beasts, and they were nurtured by myself, to boot!" Zhang Che sighed in praise, rubbing his palms together and feeling very excited.

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Chapter 522: Target: Metal-Attributed Epic-Quality Exotic Beast [Two in One]

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Edited by Aelryinth[Purple Jade Condor]

Level: Four Star (Level 40)

Quality: Legend

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Excels in Diving Attacks, Flies as Fast as Lightning

Innate Attribute: Keen Eyes, Outstanding Observational Abilities in the Sky, Able to Perceive Active Small Creatures 50 km Away

Weakness: Low Resistance Against Lightning Elemental Attacks from Beasts of the Same Level and Quality

Skill: Wing Blade. Instantaneously Strengthens the Feathers on its Wings, Turning Them Into Blades, Cutting Its Enemies at Lightning Speed. Extremely Destructive. Skill Lasts For 5 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 20 Minutes.

Halo: Poison Resistance

Potential: D RankZhang Che waited until the Purple Jade Condor was done transforming before going to sleep. He had to see the new attributes of the two beast cards before he rested.

He checked the Purple Jade Condor card first. This was the first dark gold-quality beast card Zhang Che had ever had, after all. It had been a great help to him!

The Purple Jade Condor's attributes didn't change much after advancing to legend-quality. Its basic attributes were almost unchanged. Its innate attribute, however, underwent a shocking change. It could actually scout fifty kilometers away now!

That was terrifying!

With the Purple Jade Condor's scouting ability, as long as they weren't in extremely complicated terrain, Zhang Che could get a handle on the situation from fifty kilometers away. It was totally like a mini radar with an imaging system.

Also, the Purple Jade Condor's Wing Blade skill had grown even stronger. Both its duration and cooldown time had improved. Its power was definitely far beyond before, too.

This fellow was now at four-star legend-quality, after all. It was many times stronger than when it was still at low-tier dark gold-quality.

What Zhang Che looked forward to the most was the Purple Jade Condor's new flight speed.

This subdued beast's forte was its speed. When it was at three-stars dark gold-quality, its flight speed was already over two hundred meters per second. It must have increased by at least half, reaching over three hundred meters per second, right? (Ed. Note: Which would be about Mach One.)

Although Zhang Che didn't test it, he believed his guess was right. Not only that, he could also tell that when the Purple Jade Condor advanced to epic-quality in the future, its flight speed would definitely surpass the speed of sound!

Having flight speed above the speed of sound was an extremely important indicator of strength for flying-type exotic beasts.

If their speed couldn't exceed Mach 1 at epic-quality, then that flying exotic beast's talent and strength was nothing to be scared of. They could only belong to the weaker category of epic-quality exotic beasts.

On the other hand, exotic beasts whose speed could reach Mach 2 or higher at epic-quality were the rare "royalty", with extremely high potential!

The flight speed of Zhang Che's Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, for example, exceeded Mach 2 after rising to epic-quality. Taking only flight speed into consideration, there weren't many exotic beasts who could compare with the dragon, even among high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts!

"Although the Purple Jade Condor is far from comparable to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it's pretty good compared to the average exotic beast."

Zhang Che didn't overvalue the Purple Jade Condor's improvement. In truth, his current main combat forces were the epic-quality pets and subdued beasts. Truthfully speaking, legend-quality beasts really weren't very useful at this stage.

After looking through the Purple Jade Condor's attributes, Zhang Che took out the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander card and held it in his hand. Sweeping his gaze across it, the beast card's new attributes were immediately displayed before him.[Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander]

Level: Four Star (Level 40)

Quality: Legend

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: Scale Defense is Unparalleled, Possesses Extraordinary Strength

Weakness: Ice Elemental Attacks from Beasts of the Same Level and Quality

Innate Attribute: Earth Element Reinforcement, Borrows the Strength of the Earth to Strengthen Defense

Skill: Earth Displacement, Able to Move Freely in Shallow Earth and Rocks after Activating Skill, Catching Enemies by Surprise. Skill Lasts for 10 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 15 Minutes.

Halo: Earth Elemental Armor

Potential: D Rank"The heck, is this a joke!?"

Zhang Che, who originally had a look of anticipation, nearly vomited a mouthful of blood when he saw the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander's attributes.

What was the meaning of this? So be it if the Purple Jade Condor didn't get a new skill, it could be attributed to his bad luck. But the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander did not get a new skill either!?

-Am I really that bad of a person? This is simply outrageous!-

With that, Zhang Che wasn't the slightest bit interested in the Dark-Scaled Lizard Commander's tiny increase in its other attributes.

He felt like his good luck was all used up when he went to Jingzhou. Otherwise, why would he encounter these two extremely rare shadowy exotic beasts that even the military had trouble eliminating?

With his luck all used up, his subdued beasts' advancement actually gave them such a minor upgrade in strength. It seemed rather not worth it…

It was indeed not worth it. The Umbra Wind God Leopard was still a little bit away from an upgrade in level or quality after eating the two shadowy exotic beasts. Heavens knew what kind of fortuitous encounter Zhang Che needed to have to strengthen him, and his good luck was already all used up.

"I'm sleeping. This is really too tragic. I was still feeling a little excited. It suddenly vanished just like that…"

Zhang Che was depressed. He could only shut his eyes helplessly, trying to enter the land of dreams.

In his dream, Zhang Che saw those two subdued beasts had actually rose to epic-quality together. They slaughtered their way through groups of exotic beasts, showing off their impressive powers. However, he knew deep in his heart that these were all fake. Everything was but his fantasy.

Given those two beasts' standards, they would only be average at best after advancing to epic-quality. How could they possibly slaughter their way around?The next morning, Zhang Che sent Huang Tielan to school. She noticed his complexion seemed a little off, and she hurriedly asked, "What wrong? Did something happen?"

Huang Tielan found this very strange. Didn't she successfully help Zhang Che level up two subdued beasts to mid-tier last night? Why did he look so unhappy?

Zhang Che shook his head slightly, sighing, "Let's not bring it up. Although those two subdued beasts leveled up, there wasn't any obvious increase in their strength. They can't increase my overall strength at all. Looks like I still have to rely on those stronger subdued beasts.

"So, my Miss Tienan, you have to keep working hard to become an advanced beast card cultivator and become able to level up mid-tier legend-quality beast cards. That'll be perfect, then."

After hearing Zhang Che airing out his grievance, Huang Tielan pursed her lips and said, "Learn to be content, you! They're only leveled up from three-stars to four-stars. Although their strength has increased, of course they can't be compared to legendary, or even epic-quality subdued beasts!"

Huang Tielan had a point. Given Zhang Che's current strength, how great of a difference was there between a three-star dark gold-quality subdued beast and a four-star dark gold-quality subdued beast?

Even so, Zhang Che thought helplessly, -The problem is that they didn't just level up; even though their quality rose to legend-quality, their strength is still nothing noteworthy.-

After a short pause, Huang Tielan continued, "Also, an advanced beast card cultivator is unlike an intermediate one. It's not like I can break through just because I want to. It's really difficult. I think I'll need at least two or three years to achieve that, and that is provided I'm learning every beast card cultivation fluid recipe from you. If it were any other beastmasters, they'd need at least a few times longer than that!"

Huang Tielan's words made a lot of sense. The reason why she could become a beast card cultivator so quickly, and even improve to the level of intermediate beastmaster, was because aside from her amazing talent, she had the help of the cheat-like existence that was Zhang Che.

If she didn't have the help of Zhang Che's data eyes, she couldn't improve so rapidly even if she was the most talented person in this field!

With a few years' time, according to the speed at which Zhang Che's pets and subdued beasts rose in quality, it was probably enough for them to rise from dark gold-quality to epic-quality, right?

In that case, it seemed a little too long. Some of his subdued beasts would be limited by their levels. At that time, they'd be stuck in dark gold or legend-quality, unable to advance to epic-quality.

Although he felt a little disappointed inside, Zhang Che didn't show any of that on the outside. Instead, he showed a smile and encouraged Huang Tielan, "Then you have to keep working hard and surprise everyone! An advanced beast card cultivator who isn't even thirty! You'd probably be the only one in the world to achieve that!"

"Of course! I'm destined to become the best beast card cultivator there is!" Huang Tielan raised her head proudly, her chest sticking out a little more, stirring a wave of heat inside Zhang Che when he saw her.Zhang Che didn't go anywhere on his own today. He acted as a driver, driving his mother and the others, playing host to Qu Wenjing's parents as they played around in Bei Du City.

After all, Tian Xing City was ten thousand kilometers away from Bei Du City, and it wasn't that safe to travel. Even though the Qu family had some small fortunes, they wouldn't be so extravagant as to travel ten thousand kilometers for no rhyme or reason just to play at Bei Du City.

Obviously, the Qu family and the Sun family had reached a consensus regarding the wedding of their children. Zhang Che could even tell from their conversation that the wedding between his uncle Xi Wenshan and Qu Wenjing would be held around the end of the year.

This had left Zhang Che feeling envious. It made him firmer in his decision to ask his great aunt to make a trip to the Huang family after this matter was over.

It was about time for Zhang Che and Miss Tienan's marriage to be up on the agenda, right?

Although the couple was still young, both not even twenty yet, Zhang Che was already an bachelor close to reaching his thirties from his past life in his heart.

Moreover, in an era as unique as the new age, due to the huge deaths in previous years, the government encouraged its people to get married and have kids early. Getting married at twenty years old was absolutely not considered too early.That night, Huang Tielan didn't come back home from school. Recently she had been busy with matters regarding the concoction of cultivation fluid and had taken a few days of leave. She had to stay a few days at school to make up for it.

After all, despite her having some privileges in school, as a student, she should try her best to stay in school if there was nothing going on.

Zhang Che was incredibly bored. He wasn't interested in the entertainment activities of this world. He didn't want to play chess with the elemental queen, either. That was purely looking to get tortured. So, he decided to go into the secret plane to explore a little.

The world of the secret plane was too vast. Zhang Che still had no idea what resources were produced inside. Was there nothing other than large amounts of spiritual herbs? Or was there something to be found? It was good for Zhang Che to explore, no matter what.However, before he could proceed with his plan, Huang Juyun gave him a call.

-Did father-in-law confirm his target already?- Previously, Zhang Che had promised Huang Juyun to hunt an epic-quality exotic beast for him, giving him an epic-quality subdued beast to keep up appearances. It had been two days since then. He had probably decided on his target.

The Huang family's information network wasn't something Zhang Che could compare to. Surely they had a lot of news and information on powerful exotic beasts.

Indeed, when Zhang Che accepted the call, Huang Juyun didn't stand on ceremony and came to the point directly, saying, "Xiaoche, I have chosen an epic-quality exotic beast. I'll send the information to you in a bit. See when you're free and make a trip there. I'll send a team of high-tier beastmasters to help you."

It was pitiful to see that as the current patriarch of the Huang family, someone with influence in the military, Huang Juyun actually didn't have an epic-quality subdued beast even now. Although he wouldn't go fight in the beast worlds personally, it felt shameful when compared to others.

His daughter possessed keen eyes and found a dragon among men as her significant other, and he was even willing to help Huang Juyun go hunt an epic-quality exotic beast. Naturally he hoped the matter would be done with as soon as possible.

Huang Juyun wouldn't feel embarrassed about this or whatever. He would only feel proud that his future son-in-law could help him get an epic-quality subdued beast.

Zhang Che could hear the anticipation in Huang Juyun's voice. He couldn't help but smile. "I don't have much going on right now, and it's boring to stay at home. I'll set off tomorrow, then. Get them to come meet up with me tomorrow."

Although Zhang Che felt like puking at the thought of hunting exotic beasts previously, when he actually took it easy, he felt uncomfortable all over. Now that he had something to work towards, naturally he felt much better!

Moreover, hunting epic-quality exotic beasts were pretty exciting. It was completely different from massacring those garbage exotic beasts, who provided not the slightest sense of accomplishment.

Zhang Che didn't reject Huang Juyun's proposition to send a small team of high-tier beastmasters to help him. Although he didn't think they would be of any help even if they went, it was always nice to have someone to chat with!

When the elemental queen engrossed herself into the profound world of Go, there was hardly any chance to talk to her. It truly felt a little lonely and cold.

"Why don't you rest a few more days at home first? This matter isn't urgent."

Zhang Che pursed his lips. Huang Juyun wasn't sincere with his words. Zhang Che could sense his father-in-law's anticipation even though they were speaking through their personal terminals.

"It's fine, Uncle Huang. I'm used to being busy. On the contrary, I feel uneasy doing nothing at home. Tell them to meet me at Bei Du Airport at 9 AM tomorrow. We'll directly set off on Dijiang-hao."

"That works. Uncle Huang is relying on you this time!"The two ended their call. Zhang Che checked his personal terminal. Indeed, Huang Juyun had sent the information on their target over.

The target Huang Juyun had chosen was a metal-attributed epic-quality subdued beast. It was extremely powerful. Huang Juyun had designs on it previously, but he was worried the casualties might be high, and the matter was left at that.

Now that his prospective son-in-law had the power to hunt epic-quality exotic beasts, what was there to wait for? That epic-quality exotic beast wouldn't always remain at the same place. If it went away, or someone else had killed it, he'd have no one to cry to.

"A metal-attributed epic-quality exotic beast, huh? It definitely won't be weak. But I have two epic-quality combat forces, the Scarlet Flame Drake and the elemental queen, in addition to the scarlet and white sword. No matter how powerful it is, it shouldn't be a problem to bring it down."

Metal-attributed exotic beasts were the type that excelled at killing, not to mention it was epic-quality. One could imagine how powerful that exotic beast was.

However, Zhang Che smiled faintly when he thought of his strength, and he didn't put the matter to heart.

As long as it wasn't a divine-quality exotic beast, there wouldn't be any beast that could possibly be a match for him! Zhang Che was very confident of that!

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Chapter 523: Set Off. Mt Fallen Star [Two in One]

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Zhang Che woke up early the next morning and rushed to Bei Du Airport with the elemental queen. The men Huang Juyun had arranged to go with Zhang Che were already there waiting for him.

Those guys were really early…

Of course, it was possible they had been waiting at the airport since yesterday night, to prevent wasting any time. After all, they were the Huang family's beastmasters. Even though they had reached high-tier, they didn't dare to put on airs when dealing with Zhang Che.

Putting aside their statuses, Zhang Che's strength could make others stare in shock. The beastmasters knew about the arena deathmatch at the northwestern desert, naturally.

If they had been the ones who had to fight against the Zhen family's Zhen Liu, they wouldn't have been able to withstand his assault at all, even if the Zhen family didn't use that mysterious mental attack beast card weapon!

Whether a high-tier beastmaster possessed an epic-quality subdued beast or not had great influence on their combat strength. It could be said that only beastmasters with epic-quality subdued beasts could be considered true experts. Otherwise, it was useless no matter how high a beastmaster's tier was.

A total of four beastmasters were sent to go with Zhang Che to hunt the epic-quality exotic beast. They hurriedly greeted him when they saw him. "Hello, Zhang-shao!"

All four of them were in their thirties. Every one of them had firm and tough appearances. One look and you could tell they were men trained in the military. Although they were respectful when facing Zhang Che, they were definitely not humble.

"Hello, everyone. Let's board the plane first. We can talk on the way there." Zhang Che nodded at them, smiling faintly. He didn't stand on ceremony, either, and directly took the lead to walk into the airport.

"As Zhang-shao wishes." The leader of the four, a man with a buzz cut, nodded and led the others to follow Zhang Che.

As for the elemental queen, the four acted like they could not see her.

They had heard about this world-class beauty from Huang Juyun. Although they were surprised that humanoid pets actually existed in the world, they didn't show any strange looks on their faces.

This woman possessed fighting ability on the level of epic-quality beasts, and her intelligence wasn't any lower than humans. It wouldn't be good if they offended her…The group walked into the inner area of the airport, and the four high-tier beastmasters soon caught sight of Zhang Che's transport, Dijiang-hao.

As high-tier beastmasters, they had certainly had seen their fair share of things. Even so, the four of them were still stunned at the sight of the science fiction-like private sky shuttle. They had heard that this sky shuttle model was made from an immeasurable amount of purple-gold crystals, in addition to many other rare minerals. Its defense was unparalleled; skills from non-epic-quality exotic beasts wouldn't leave a scratch on it!

Also, they have heard the recent news of Zhang Che using Dijiang-hao's laser to kill two powerful exotic beasts. When they finally saw the real object, naturally they were stunned.

After boarding Dijiang-hao, the four were no longer as ill at ease as before.

What made this aircraft so expensive was its material. The facilities inside weren't too advanced, nothing unimaginable to them.

After Zhang Che piloted Dijiang-hao to take off and head flying in the direction of their destination, he made a simple self-introduction to the four.

The four were like Liu Gang's squad. All of them were Tier Seven beastmasters, and they belonged to the same high-tier beastmaster battalion, which was the most elite force of the Huang family.

The leader with a buzz cut was called Zhao Wu, and the other three were called Qian Chunhe, Sun Ming, and Li Ruigang.

"So, you guys know Liu Gang's group?" Zhang Che asked casually after hearing their introduction.

Zhao Wu nodded, and replied respectfully, "Yes, Zhang-shao. We belong to the same battalion, but are in a different company. Although we didn't interact much, we do know one another."

Speaking of Liu Gang's group, Zhao Wu was actually a little envious of them.

He heard that those three lucky fellows each received legend-quality subdued beasts after they were assigned to protect Zhang-shao's family. Not only that, they were given two epic-quality subdued beasts to share among themselves, receiving a huge boost in strength. They were no longer the same as before.

Meanwhile, the four of them weren't even able to swap out their subdued beasts to legend-quality as the normal standard. Even though they were members of the most elite forces, they only had one legend-quality subdued beast each, which they had only received recently from the higher-ups.

On the way, Zhang Che chatted with Zhao Wu's group intermittently, mainly discussing the environment at their destination.

The metal-attributed epic-quality exotic beast Huang Juyun had chosen was at a place known as Mt Fallen Star. Of course, it wasn't that a meteorite had really fallen there. According to what Zhang Che knew, there weren't any stars in the skies of the beast worlds.

The reason why that place was called Mt Fallen Star was because the terrain there was very unusual. There was almost no vegetation growing within several hundred kilometers of it. Even soil was almost non-existent. It was like the area was a mountain of metal covered in rust. There were many craters on those mountains, large and small, like they were created from the crashing of meteorites.

Not only that, there wasn't just the epic-quality exotic beast on Mt Fallen Star. There were many other weaker exotic beasts around.

Those exotic beasts were growing in the unique environment of Mt Fallen Star. They were all metal-attributed, and were extremely strong!

Zhang Che couldn't help but furrow his brow when he heard Zhao Wu mention this. The information Huang Juyun gave him last night wasn't so detailed. As such, he asked, "Are you sure there's only one epic-quality exotic beast on Mt Fallen Star, and no stronger exotic beasts around?"

This had to be clarified. It would be a huge trouble if there was a divine-quality exotic beast hiding here. Zhang Che would definitely turn to leave without hesitation. He wouldn't treat his life as a joke!

A divine-quality exotic beast, even if it was only at seven stars, wasn't something Zhang Che could win against currently, even though he had several epic-quality combatants.

Divine-quality was, to a certain extent, the peak exotic beasts could reach. Compared to epic-quality, there was a qualitative increase in both attack power or defense, not to mention that divine-quality exotic beasts had a chance of gaining a True Domain. They would become even stronger if they did. Zhang Che really couldn't afford to provoke such a beast with his current power.

Zhao Wu shook his head firmly, saying, "There aren't any divine-quality exotic beasts around. High-tier beastmasters have scouted out Mt Fallen Star before. Although it was only a quick scan, the scouts would never have made it back alive if there was a divine-quality exotic beast around."

Zhang Che relaxed a little when he heard Zhao Wu saying that. As for multiple epic-quality exotic beasts living on Mt Fallen Star, Zhang Che really didn't care about that.

As long as there weren't any divine-quality exotic beasts, so what if a handful of epic-quality exotic beasts came? Even if Zhang Che couldn't win, he could totally escape!

At the end of their conversation, Zhang Che said, "This time, your role is mainly to help me keep those weaker exotic beasts away. Just leave the stronger ones to me."

After he understood more about the situation on Mt Fallen Star, he realized why Huang Juyun sent Zhao Wu and the others to assist him. There were many mid-tier and above high-quality exotic beasts on Mt Fallen Star. He was worried Zhang Che might not be able to handle all of them by himself.

Although Zhao Wu and the others weren't very strong, they had a fighting chance as long as they weren't going up against epic-quality exotic beasts. Also, when facing a large number of mediocre exotic beasts, they could be extremely useful.

With the large numbers of babies Zhang Che had, whether Zhao Wu and the others were here or not didn't make much of a difference. However, naturally it would be better if there were a few more helpers around.Mt Fallen Star was located several thousand kilometers inside the target beast world. During their flight, Zhang Che had Dijiang-hao fly at full speed, and reached his destination in less than three hours.

As usual, he parked Dijiang-hao at an empty space in the military camp around the spatial gateway. Afterwards, under the guidance of Zhao Wu's group, they crossed over the spatial gateway.

After walking out of the safety zone, a rainbow ray of light shot out from Zhang Che's brow. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon made his first appearance in front of Zhao Wu's group, bringing about a slight change in their expressions.

If their memory served them right, this subdued beast was only at legend-quality when Zhang Che fought the arena deathmatch. It had actually grown to epic-quality now!

Indeed, this guy Zhang Che wasn't simple at all!

Seeing the astonished looks on Zhao Wu and the others when they saw the magnificent Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Zhang Che couldn't help but chuckle, "Come on, everyone get on my subdued beast's back. It'll be faster this way."

Originally, Zhang Che didn't really want to let others ride on his pet. However, he invited Zhao Wu's group to get on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back in order to get to Mt Fallen Star today.

Unexpectedly, however, they shook their heads in rejection and said, "Thank you, Zhang-shao, but Commander Huang has already prepared aerial mounts specialized in flying for us. Their flight speed isn't lower than the latest jets."

A five-colored ray shot out from Zhao Wu's brow, transforming into a savage-looking black falcon. This falcon's wingspan was over ten meters wide, and its back wide enough to accomodate Zhao Wu's group of four.

However, this aerial beast probably didn't have an ability to ward off the oncoming wind like the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, right? The force of the gale could only be imagined when flying at Mach 2. Even if Zhao Wu's group were all high-tier beastmasters, flying under such circumstances would be a torture.

Zhang Che hesitated for a moment. Just as he was about to invite them to get on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon once more, he saw them each taking out a set of fully enclosed suit resembling spacesuits from their respective spatial storages and put them on.

Zhang Che immediately shut his mouth. With that, the four didn't have to worry about being blown by the howling wind. At the most, they'd feel restricted when trying to move while flying, but with their strength, they'd definitely not fall from the falcon's back.

After they were done putting on the suit and jumped onto the black falcon's back rather clumsily, Zhang Che nodded at them and jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back together with the elemental queen, signalling for them to lead the way.

The flight speed of the black falcon Huang Juyun had prepared for Zhao Wu's group shouldn't be underestimated at all. Although it was only at mid-tier legend-quality, it actually wasn't much slower than the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!

-Although it looks like the Huang family didn't have an epic-quality subdued beast, they have quite a number of good legend-quality beasts!- Zhang Che sighed inside, but he wasn't really shocked at the fact.

After all, the Huang family was an extremely important faction of the military, and the Huang family hadn't been weak since Grandpa Huang's generation. It was only natural that they had some good stuff!

On their way to Mt Fallen Star, they avoided the dangerous areas, and after about three hours of flight, a vast and barren land appeared in front of them.

Zhang Che knew this place was most likely Mt Fallen Star after just a glance. Although he had already learned about the rough situation here from Zhao Wu, Zhang Che was still shocked when he actually saw such a bizarre land in person.

Indeed, the beast worlds' geography was really too amazing. There were all kinds of strange areas. If there weren't so many powerful exotic beasts, and the lands were turned into tourist attractions, it would definitely be packed with tourists. Perhaps all the tourist attractions on Mercury would have to close down!

Looking ahead of him, there was an endless spread of peaks rising and falling. There was almost no vegetation in sight. The colors of the peaks were all a rusty dark red, like the lands were heads affected with favus, making anyone who saw it want to avert their gazes.

After arriving at the edge of Mt Fallen Star, Zhao Wu suggested, "Zhang-shao, it's better for us to travel inland on foot. The exotic beasts here possess powerful long-range attacks. Flying would turn us into easy targets for the exotic beasts below."

They were rather well-informed on the basic situation here. They knew Mt Fallen Star housed many exotic beasts, and their attacks were very strong. If any living creatures invaded the mountain range, they would be met with endless assaults.

If they were to fly in directly, they'd surely attract the attention of all the exotic beasts in Mt Fallen Star. It would be inconvenient for them to fight in the sky, and it wouldn't be easy to land after that. It would be quite troublesome!

Zhang Che didn't oppose Zhao Wu's suggestion. He nodded readily, willing to accept his advice.

Although Zhang Che wasn't afraid of any exotic beasts here, heavens knew whether there was really only one epic-quality exotic beast here, and whether there were many dark gold and legend-quality exotic beasts?

If there was a high population of high-quality exotic beasts, and all of them excelled in long range attacks, it would be very dangerous!

Zhang Che might not mind, but Zhao Wu's group would definitely not be able to withstand it.

Before entering the mountain range, the group exchanged looks with one another, then summoned their respective subdued beasts.

As Tier-Seven beastmasters, Zhao Wu and the others had eight subdued beasts each, at the very least. However, after subtracting their beast card armor, weapons, and spatial storage, each of them only summoned around four combat-type subdued beasts. Every one of them had a legend-quality subdued beast, and their overall strengths weren't low.

However, when they saw Zhang Che's subdued beasts, even though they were mentally prepared for it, they were still shocked at the sight!

Freaking hell, there was one, two, three… four epic-quality subdued beasts! In addition to the elemental queen, who was another epic level combat force, that made five in total!

Comparing oneself with another really only brought endless frustration!

To be on the safer side of things, Zhang Che summoned all his epic level combat forces out. Every one of them emitted powerful auras, astonishing Zhao Wu and his men.

Zhang Che had already held back, not wanting to expose the real number of subdued beasts and pets he owned. He didn't summon any of his weaker subdued beasts or pets. Otherwise, who knew what Zhao Wu's group would look like after the shock?

"Let's go; we'll just kill our way in!" Zhang Che waved his hand, commanding them heroically.

Zhao Wu and the others had no objections. After seeing Zhang Che's babies, they understood that Zhang Che totally had the confidence and strength to back up his words!

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Chapter 524: Inspect. Everywhere as Far as the Eye Can See [Two in One]

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Xingjing City, Jingzhou…

It was a day with a gentle wind and warm sunshine…

Today, the area within several kilometers of the herbal research institute was on high alert.

Many teams of fully armed elite soldiers were stationed all around the research institute. Some beastmasters emitting powerful auras were also scouting out the situation around the area. If anything seemed amiss, they'd summon out their powerful subdued beasts to kill anyone who dared trespass without mercy.

More than half of the spiritual herbs in the herbal field were in bloom. Dozens of unusually large bees were buzzing back and forth through the flowery field, gathering the tiny amount of nectar in flowers and returning to the huge beehive at the side of the herbal field.

A group of people were gathered at the side of the field, two of which had stars on their shoulders. One of them had two shiny golden stars on each of his shoulders. It was none other than Zhang Che's future father-in-law, Huang Juyun. Standing next to him was a grey-haired elder. His complexion was a healthy pink, his face showing signs of being an old veteran from the military, very serious and unsmiling.

However, his tone of voice was hinting at some joy….

He pointed at the herbal field in front of them, feeling a surge of emotions, and asked, "Juyun, these spiritual herbs and bees were all obtained by that kid Zhang Che alone from the beast world?"

Huang Juyun answered respectfully to the elder with three shiny golden stars on his shoulder, "That's right, General Fu. Not only that, the spiritual jades buried in the herbal field were also obtained by Zhang Che. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the herbal field to have grown to this size."

The elder wasn't some outsider. He was the Huang family's ally in the military, Fu Tianjiang, and was also Grandpa Huang's close friend. However, unlike Grandpa Huang, who had already retired to the backlines, Fu Tianjiang still held a specific position and bore certain duties. This time, he was here on orders from the military to inspect the herbal research institute and see the production of spiritual honey.

"Tsk, tsk. He's really a man of great fortune! This old man is really looking forward to the future. Perhaps another divine-tier beastmaster will be produced in Hua Xia in a few years' time!"

Actually, Fu Tianjiang had read through Zhang Che's information very thoroughly. After learning that the spiritual honey produced by the Huang family was also Zhang Che's merits, he felt another surge of amazement inside.

He knew youngsters like Zhang Che, who possessed incredible talent and luck, would surely become legendary figures if nothing untoward happened to them!

The two chatted a little more about Zhang Che's matters before Fu Tianjiang returned to the main topic, asking, "How much spiritual honey can be harvested from the herbal field, and how many of those new body tempering pills can be produced per day?"

That was the main objective Fu Tianjiang was here for.

The new body tempering pills developed by the Huang family were extremely effective in helping high-tier beastmasters with their cultivation, and had received great attention from the military.

If some ordinary little clan had developed such high grade medicinal pills, they'd probably be targeted by others immediately. Even if they weren't eaten alive, they'd never be able to enjoy the benefits by themselves.

The Huang family was different, however. The clan wasn't weak to begin with, in addition to having an ally like the Fu family. No one would dare have designs on them.

However, the military still hoped to obtain more medicinal pills from the Huang family to nurture the elites in the military, wanting to gain some initiative for the upcoming fifth beast swarm.

In the battles against exotic beasts, beastmasters were merely Summoners. They didn't possess much killing power, and were totally reliant on the strength of their own subdued beasts.

If there was a kind of medicinal pill that could greatly increase the combat ability of beastmasters, it would be akin to combining a Warrior and Summoner class together. The overall combat ability they could display wasn't something as simple as one plus one equals two.

As such, the military placed such high importance on the new body tempering pills, and had sent Fu Tianjiang, who was close to the Huang family, to come inspect things.

Huang Juyun thought for a moment before replying, "Regarding the spiritual honey, the herbal field was relocated to Jingzhou only recently, and many spiritual herbs are still not in their flowering period yet, so the production rate is less than a hundred and fifty grams per day for now. However, when the spiritual herbs have adapted to the weather here after some time, they will become more and more prosperous. Production will definitely increase at that time.

"But, as you are aware, General Fu, spiritual honey is only used as a catalyst in the production of the new body tempering pills. The required amount actually isn't that high. What's really restricting the production of the body tempering pills are the other few rare ingredients."

Huang Juyun wasn't lying. Even if they only had a hundred grams of spiritual honey, they could produce about a thousand body tempering pills if there were sufficient supporting ingredients. However, due to the lack of a few types of supporting ingredients, the production of the new body tempering pills was only at about two hundred pills per day!

Two hundred pills a day might sound a lot, but after distributing them, it was only enough to support the cultivation for six hundred high-tier beastmasters at the most!

Let alone the whole of Hua Xia, the military alone had way more than six hundred high-tier beastmasters. Providing two hundred body tempering pills was like throwing a cup of water into a burning cart of firewood.

Fu Tianjiang squinted for a moment, then asked, "Which ingredients are you lacking, specifically?"

Huang Juyun's eyes lit up upon hearing that. However, he wasn't sure which few ingredients were lacking. He immediately beckoned for a staff member next to him and had the staffer give Fu Tianjiang the specific data.

While listening, Fu Tianjiang also waved his hand toward his side. An attendant immediately entered the ingredients mentioned by the research institute staff into a miniature computer. After checking for a bit, he nodded at Fu Tianjiang firmly.

Fu Tianjing nodded slightly in return, then said to Huang Juyun, "In that case, the military will fully provide the lacking ingredients, but can you sell the entire difference in body tempering pills to the military? Rest assured, you can sell them at market price."

Huang Juyun immediately smiled, "That's no problem! If the military will provide for the few lacking ingredients, the production of body tempering pills will increase to over a thousand per day! We can provide more than eight hundred of them to the military."

Since the pills were to be sold at market price, what difference did it make who they sold them to? Huang Juyun was naturally glad to see this come to fruition. He agreed to the proposition straightforwardly. That was all money! The profit wouldn't be as high if he only sold spiritual honey in its base form!

With that, the Huang family stood to profit from the deal, and Fu Tianjiang would be considered to have accomplished the mission assigned to him by the higher-ups. Eight hundred body tempering pills a day was enough for the military to nurture about two thousand high-tier beastmasters! That was very helpful in increasing the overall strength of the military.

As for negotiation about the price, since Fu Tianjiang wasn't spending his own money, so he had no consideration for it at all. Putting aside the fact that he was close to the Huang family, even if he wasn't, he wouldn't want to waste time discussing the price. This was completely a seller's market, with only that many body tempering pills produced a day. How many people were looking to buy them and were willing to pay a higher price for the pills?

If the Huang family felt that the price wasn't right and decided to not cooperate with the military, only the military would be suffering a loss!

After they were done discussing this matter, Fu Tianjiang strolled around the herbal research institute with Huang Juyun accompanying him, then went back to Xinjing City's military division.

As a high-ranking officer, since he was already at Xinjing City, he'd definitely have to go take a look at the local division. The Xinjing military was sent into a fluster again, busying themselves for some time to receive General Fu Tianjiang!Zhang Che had no idea his father-in-law had just clinched a huge deal. At present, he was with Zhao Wu's group, accompanied by an army of subdued beasts, and advancing into Mt Fallen Star.

Since they were sure there weren't any divine-quality and higher exotic beasts in the mountain range, Zhang Che wasn't afraid of drawing any danger to them with their flashy movement.

As long as the exotic beasts on Mt Fallen Star didn't charge at them all in one go, with the epic-level combatants Zhang Che had, in addition to the support from Zhao Wu's group, there was nothing for them to be afraid of.

Similarly, Zhao Wu's group was originally somewhat wary, but they relaxed a little after seeing how strong Zhang Che's babies were, and charged into Mt Fallen Star feeling a little excited.

As they entered the outskirts of Mt Fallen Star, what greeted them was the smell of rust. It was only then that Zhang Che realized the rust-like things exposed on the surface of the ground might actually be rust!

-Could it be that the entire land is a huge lump of iron ore?- Zhang Che was frightened by his own thoughts. If this huge piece of land spanning hundreds of kilometers all around was filled with iron ore, even if it was only the surface of the ground, the amount of iron was unbelievable!

While walking, Zhang Che summoned out the Scarlet Meteorite Huge Sword and casually slashed at a rusty red mountain rock.

With a crisp sound, a big rock fell from the slash. The cut surface glittered with metal.

"Si…" Zhang Che sucked in a cold breath of air. He was really a little shocked now. He looked at Zhao Wu in disbelief and asked, "Could it be that the rocks here are all iron ore?"

Zhao Wu nodded. He said, "That's right. The scouts who came to survey the area gathered some samples and brought them back to study. They are indeed iron ores of very decent quality, and it is very easy to smelt them. However, this place is too far from the safety zone. It's not very realistic to mine them."

Although Mercury was incredibly huge, the mining of iron ore had reached a terrifying degree in the few hundred years since humanity went through the industrial revolution. Relevant data had shown that there were still iron mines on Mercury with mining value, probably enough to support mining for a hundred years or so.

When the iron mines on Mercury were exhausted in the future, sights would be set on the beast worlds. Even though the mining and transportation conditions were harsh, people would surely work in this direction regardless.

Zhang Che thought that it would be very suitable if he could gather a batch of high-level high-quality storage-type beast cards and use them to transport this iron ore.

Let alone others, a mid-tier epic-quality storage-type beast card had to have about a thousand cubic meters of space available, right?

Calculating based on the weight of iron ore, a cubic meter of it would be about thirty to forty tons. A mid-tier epic-quality storage-type beast card could store tens of thousands of tons of iron ore!

Even if it were storage-type beast cards of a slightly inferior grade, if he could gather hundreds, or even thousands or them, the amount of iron ore that could be transported at one go would be astronomical.

Of course, Mercury was filled with crises. Whether it could endure until that day was a problem… Moreover, compared to this worthless iron ore, the other products of the beast worlds were the most important things.

The geographical features of Mt Fallen Star were very complicated. The mountain peaks here weren't high, and weren't huge, either, but they were indeed countless numbers of them, and they were densely crowded. The gullies between the peaks were interconnected, spreading as far as the eye could see, making it difficult for people to look beyond.

Although there were almost no vegetation, the complicated geography made it difficult to spot exotic beasts as long as they weren't moving, even though there were many hiding in this mountain range.

As a result, even though Zhang Che had Summoned out the Purple Jade Condor to survey the land from thousands of meters in the sky, it didn't discover many exotic beasts. Despite having advanced to mid-tier legend-quality, the subdued beast was limited by its species' attributes and could only see active creatures. Its scouting ability had a glaring weakness.

"Hmm? There still aren't any exotic beasts coming at us?" Zhang Che couldn't help but show a confused look after walking for some time and crossing a few hills. They hadn't encountered a single exotic beast yet!

It was normal when he thought about it, however. Even places with a high population of exotic beasts was only in a relative sense. They couldn't possibly be everywhere.

Take those areas Zhang Che had visited to hunt mid-tier exotic beasts. It was considered to have a high population density if there was only one exotic beast every hundred meters.

However, before this idea was dropped from his mind, the Purple Jade Condor sent out a warning from the skies. There really were tons of exotic beasts a few kilometers away, like they had just crawled out from the ground. They were gathering from all everywhere, then swarmed in Zhang Che's direction.

It went without saying that the huge commotion caused by Zhang Che's group had alarmed the exotic beasts ahead, especially the Earthen Rock Demon. Its massive figure would produce a dull sound with every step it took, spreading for kilometers.

Through their spiritual link, Zhang Che could almost share the Purple Jade Condor's observation. As such, he could vaguely sense the densely packed exotic beasts sweeping in his direction.

Zhang Che felt his scalp going a little numb.

-This damn foul mouth is really effective!- Zhang Che cursed himself inside. He couldn't help but hesitate.

If he was alone, he wouldn't care how many exotic beasts there were, as long as there wasn't a single exotic beast whose strength overwhelmed him. With the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, Zhang Che could go anywhere he wanted.

However, at present, Zhang Che was accompanied by Zhao Wu's group of four, whose strength was only mediocre. It would be bad if he couldn't keep them safe and casualties appeared among them.

Well, in Zhang Che's mind, any beastmaster without an epic-level combatant could only be described as mediocre at best.

Who knew if Zhao Wu and the others would cover their faces and cry if they were to learn what Zhang Che thought of them…

Zhao Wu immediately noticed the strange look on Zhang Che's face and couldn't help but ask worriedly. "Zhang-shao, is there a situation ahead?"

He saw Zhang Che Summon out the Purple Jade Condor earlier, and gathered that it should be a scouting-type flying subdued beast. Surely it had discovered the tracks of exotic beasts ahead. Not only that, the situation might not bode well…

-Could it be that exotic beasts above epic-quality might really exist in Mt Fallen Star? If that is true, we have no choice but to turn back immediately, and to never have any designs on the exotic beasts here again.-

Zhang Che's expression was a little strange. He didn't answer Zhao Wu, but posed a question in return, "You guys have fought in the beast worlds for a long time. Have you ever seen a situation where exotic beasts are spread everywhere as far as the eye can see?"

-What? Exotic beasts are everywhere?-

Was that a joke? Most exotic beasts didn't gather in groups, and were enemies with one another. How could such a situation happen?

Zhao Wu and the others still thought Zhang Che might be teasing them, but they immediately thought of the unique environment here, and their expressions finally changed.

-Could there really be an army of exotic beasts ahead?-

The truth was exactly that. Meeting the shocked gazes of Zhao Wu's group, Zhang Che nodded firmly.

The four of them couldn't help but suck in a long breath of cold air. This was simply a situation of Hell difficulty, alright?

The term 'everywhere, as far as the eye could see' was mostly used to describe armies, especially the Hua Xia military. It was the first time Zhao Wu and the others ever heard of it being used to describe exotic beasts.

But the problem was, there really was an army of exotic beasts charging at them from the mountain ridges ahead!

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Zhao Wu and the others felt their scalps tingling when they saw the densely packed spread of exotic beasts rushing at them.

Truthfully speaking, this was the first time they had ever seen such a dense pack of exotic beasts.

Despite knowing Zhang Che possessed multiple epic-quality combatants, and was most likely able to handle the wave of exotic beasts, they still didn't feel confident about this situation. After all, who knew how strong those exotic beasts were?

What if there were a few epic-quality exotic beasts mixed into this tide of beasts, or if there were also a large number of legend-quality exotic beasts? Zhang Che wouldn't be able to defend against that, no matter how strong he was!

"Zhang-shao…" Zhao Wu turned to look at Zhang Che, seemingly wanting to speak but was holding himself back.

Zhang Che knew what they were worried about. He smiled confidently, not minding their lack of confidence in him at all, and he said, "It's fine. We'll just push our way in."

After a short pause, Zhang Che was worried that they were still worried, and he added, "Hmm, you guys just follow behind me and help me clean up those that slip past me."

That sounded dominating enough, and immediately calmed Zhao Wu and the others.

"We'll listen to Zhang-shao, then!" Zhao Wu nodded. The hesitation on his face disappeared without a trace. What took its place was a faint excitement.

Just thinking about it excited him! It was Zhao Wu's first time facing off against such a dense pack of exotic beasts directly. If he could charge in and out, and kill a few on the way, he'd have earned the capital to boast to his peers when he returned to the base!

Even Zhang Che felt his heartbeat speeding up seeing the wave of exotic beast ahead drawing closer and closer.

Looking into the distance, all those exotic beasts were shining with hints of metal. They were most likely affected by the unique environment; every one of them was metal-attributed!

Since that was the case, letting the Scarlet Flame Drake and the elemental queen lead would be fine!

Done thinking, Zhang Che waved his hand. The elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake played the role of vanguards, and took the lead in attacking the exotic beasts ahead. The other powerful subdued beasts and pets followed closely behind, each of them with a strong intent to fight, their bodies emitting a murderous aura.

The hands of every one of Zhang Che's subdued beasts and pets were dyed red with blood after following him for so long. The number of exotic beasts they'd killed had simply reached an uncountable level. Not only that, they'd already gotten addicted to the feeling of slaughtering other beasts. They felt no fear at all when facing so many exotic beasts.

The whole group charged forward as one. Zhao Wu and the others kept Zhang Che's instructions in mind, following closely behind him. None of them dared to rush to the front. It wouldn't be a funny situation to be in. Given their mediocre strength, although they might not be scattered by the exotic beasts' rush, it was extremely dangerous. They'd have to fight blindly if they were even slightly careless and got surrounded by the exotic beasts.

In any case, after witnessing Zhang Che's strength, they realized they were only here to accompany the crown prince, so to speak. They only had to adhere strictly to their role.

Not only that, Zhao Wu and the others even thought of a point on a deeper level. That was, Huang Juyun was preparing for when he handed the reins over!

After all, Zhang Che was only Huang Juyun's son-in-law, no matter how strong he was. According to the traditional views of the Chinese, he was still considered an outsider. To hand their family business to an outsider, let alone what others might say about it, there would be noise from some people from the Huang family.

To paint a clearer picture, Huang Juyun's elder brother had two sons who both wished to take over the family business in the future. As such, if Huang Juyun wanted no trouble from the Huang family, what he needed to do now was slowly shift the clan's strongest forces over to Zhang Che's hands.

With that, even if there was noise from other members of the Huang family in the future, Zhang Che wouldn't have to worry about any shenanigans from the two good-for-nothings if he had the support from their most elite forces.

While Zhao Wu and the others were letting their minds wander, the group finally clashed head on with the exotic beast army.

The first to make a move wasn't either of the vanguards, the elemental queen nor the Scarlet Flame Drake.

When they were still a few hundred meters away, the Earthen Rock Demon suddenly raised its huge arm and hurled a rock spear forward.

The rock spear whistled through the air, instantly crossing hundreds of meters and violently struck a huge exotic beast that seemed to be made up of countless lumps of metal.

A loud explosion occurred. A big hole was punched through that exotic beast's body, despite it emitting a metallic luster from head to toe.

The rock spear didn't lose any momentum, and continued flying on its trajectory. It punctured through a few more exotic beasts before finally stopping in the abdomen of another.

There wasn't any blood flowing out from the wounds of the exotic beasts punched through by the rock spear. The punctured holes that left fissures around them seemed like metal plates shot through by armor-piercing bullets. The metallic bodies were twisted, giving off a creepy vibe to anyone who saw it.

Due to that, although the exotic beasts' injuries seemed rather heavy, it didn't affect their movement. Other than one whose leg was blown away, the other injured exotic beasts continued charging ahead like nothing had happened.

Zhao Wu and the others couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. That was an attack from an epic-quality subdued beast! Those exotic beasts didn't look very strong, but they weren't killed off instantly; how terrifying!

It seemed like the mission this time would be rather difficult to complete. Seeing the Earthen Rock Demon's attack not achieving any merits, even Zhang Che furrowed his brow slightly. He didn't expect the Earthen Rock Demon's attack to not kill a single exotic beast!

With that, the Earthen Rock Demon's fighting strength basically could not be fully displayed. Of course, that was a long-ranged attack. If it fought in a melee, with its massive size, it only needed to tear those exotic beasts apart. No matter how impressive their vitality was, the exotic beasts could never hope to endure something like that.

In these few short moments, the distance between the two parties shrank further. Everyone could already see the exotic beasts' savage looks and their bared teeth, as well as the intersecting sharp spikes on their bodies.

Those exotic beasts' appearances had a huge difference compared to other exotic beasts. They seemed more like a type of unique lifeform that had accumulated from the metal elements. There were all kinds of sharp edges and spikes on their bodies that were advantageous to attacking.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to refer to them as metal elementals. Just like those fire elementals from back then, who were the elemental queen's subordinates, when compared to ordinary exotic beasts, a stark difference between them was observable.

But, if things were as he had thought, would those exotic beasts still drop beast cards after they were killed? Zhang Che suddenly thought of this grim problem, and grew a little nervous.

It'd be too much of a tragic if killing those things wouldn't provide Zhang Che with any benefits in the end!

At this moment, the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake made their moves.

The two powerful fire elemental combatants shot out balls of flame like two batteries, unleashing their firepower at the exotic beasts who had come within their attack range.

Both the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake's attacks were innate fire elemental attacks. Their power was absolute. Even exotic beasts of the same level and quality would have to watch out, not daring to take their attacks head on easily!

Those metal-attributes creatures were restrained by the fire element to begin with. Naturally they were in an even worse position to take their attacks.

Anyone who came into contact with the flames, no matter how strong they were, let out sharp cries. Their metallic bodies quickly melted, turning into masses of light.

At the sight of this, Zhang Che's mind was finally at ease. The situation was settled. Although those metallic lifeforms were a little strange, they weren't considered pure elemental lifeforms. They were still categorized as a type of exotic beast!

As long as they were exotic beasts, then when he killed their epic-quality variant later on, there was no need to worry that no beast card would drop.

Indeed, as the metallic exotic beasts died one after another, Zhang Che could clearly see those who were killed by the Scarlet Flame Drake's attacks turning into glowing lights. The lights quickly collapsed into the center of their bodies, finally turning into beast cards of various colors.

After eating the mind-easing pill, Zhang Che no longer hesitated. He waved his hand, commanding all his capable babies to begin their fierce assault.

{ TLN: The mind-easing pill is a metaphor similar to the chill pill.}

As for the beast cards, those exotic beasts weren't very strong after all. They really didn't interest Zhang Che at all, and he only cared about killing his way forward.

Zhang Che's babies displayed their godly might. Zhao Wu and the others relaxed about their situation. After seeing the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake's terrifying powers, the last bit of worry in their hearts disappeared without a trace. They fully believed Zhang Che's babies could handle the assault of those exotic beasts, and did not worry about any danger that might come to them.

Afterwards, the four kept Zhang Che's instructions in mind and followed closely behind him, taking care of any exotic beasts that slipped past him, preventing them from interfering with Zhang Che's commands.

As for whether those exotic beasts could threaten Zhang Che… Zhao Wu and the others weren't worried at all. Zhang-shao's babies were all so strong. Killing exotic beasts was like slaughtering a chicken to them! Also, they were now fully confident they could hunt down the epic-quality exotic beast in Mt Fallen Star in the end and complete their mission.

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Chapter 526: Following Zhang-shao is Great!

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Since those metal-attributed creatures were indeed exotic beasts and would drop beast cards after their deaths, it was like Zhang Che had taken a mind-easing pill. He no longer had any misgivings and ordered his subdued beasts and pets to massacre anything that came their way. At the same time, a scarlet and white ray shot out from his brow. The agile sword light swept around him, killing anything that escaped their net.

Following behind Zhang Che, Zhao Wu's group realized there was actually nothing for them to do on the battlefield. -Zhang-shao is really too strong!- was the only thought they had left in their hearts.

In the past, they had spoken with Liu Gang's squad, and had heard of Zhang Che's glorious achievements. However, they thought Liu Gang and the others might be exaggerating things. After all, Liu Gang's squad were now direct subordinates to Zhang Che. It was inevitable that they would be suspected of exaggerating things a bit.

From the looks of it now, Liu Gang and the others were too conservative in their tales!

Zhang Che wasn't just strong at an ordinary level. He could actually pass through the thick net of exotic beasts like a fish in water, not feeling the slightest pressure!

If it was another high-tier beastmaster with epic-quality combat forces in his place, they wouldn't be able to do things at Zhang Che's level.

Even so, Zhang Che didn't care what Zhao Wu and the others were thinking. While massacring the metal-attributed exotic beasts that came rushing at him, Zhang Che used his data eyes to check around him.

He wanted to see how strong those exotic beasts were, and see if there were any worth paying attention to. Although his main objective was the epic-quality exotic beast, it would make his trip worth it if he obtained some dark gold or even legend-quality beast cards.

However, after looking left and right, Zhang Che was left disappointed. Perhaps it was because they had barely entered Mt Fallen Star, but high-tier high-quality exotic beasts had yet to appear. Those that came were only cannon fodder; the strongest ones among them were only at mid-tier gold-quality.

Given the strength of those exotic beasts, it was an easy task for Zhang Che's babies to kill them with the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake at the fore.

"Zhang-shao, watch out!"

While Zhang Che was checking the attributes of the exotic beasts around him, Zhao Wu suddenly noticed an especially savage-looking exotic beast ahead whose body suddenly swelled up rapidly. The metal spikes on its body resembled those of a hedgehog and shot out directly towards Zhang Che.

Obviously, that exotic beast's level and quality wasn't low. It realized Zhang Che was the master of those powerful subdued beasts. As long as they killed him, all their problems would be solved.

Even so, how could a sneak attack of that level slip past Zhang Che's senses? His expression remained unchanged. He swept his gaze across, the scarlet and white sword formed a screen of light in front of him at lightning speed, pulverizing every one of the sharp spikes that came flying at him.

After blocking the exotic beast's sneak attack, the scarlet and white sword shot dozens of meters forward in an instant and decapitated that savage metallic exotic beast hiding in the pack.

A resplendent light shone. That savage metallic exotic beast soon turned into a dark gold beast card and fell into the crowd of exotic beasts.

Even though they were dozens of meters apart, Zhang Che's sharp eyes noticed there were actually six hexagrams on that dark golden beast card!

"Hmm, not bad! It's actually a six-star dark gold-quality exotic beast. Finally, a small gain!" Zhang Che nodded to himself. He couldn't be bothered to tangle with those weak exotic beasts any longer, and he ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake to activate its skill. A column of golden scarlet flames immediately shot out from its mouth, quickly spinning around and clearing a wide area.

After the devastation of the flames, the light from the deaths of all the exotic beasts shone at the same time, like they belonged to a single creature, nearly blinding Zhao Wu and the others.

It was the first time they had ever seen the skill of an epic-quality subdued beast! Their hearts raced, feeling overwhelmed.

If they were the target of such a terrifying fire attack, they wouldn't last a second before turning into ash!

Indeed, fire-attributed exotic beasts were the strongest in terms of attack power!

After all the exotic beasts within a few thousand square meters were cleared, all kinds of beast cards slowly fell to the ground like leaves in deep autumn, shocking Zhao Wu's group once more.

They had never seen a scene of beast cards falling like leaves before!

"Come, let's go find the epic-quality exotic beast!" Zhang Che shouted while they were still stunned at the sight, charging forth once more.

As for the beast cards scattered everywhere, naturally the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon used his vacuum ability to suck them all in.

Truly, using the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's ability to pick things up was perfect. Zhang Che no longer had to waste any time and effort on that.

Zhao Wu and the others blanked out for a moment before answering and going after Zhang Che. "Ah? Okay…"

-Just look at Zhang-shao. He's so different from others. Which other high-tier beastmaster dares to act like him, thinking the exotic beasts weren't strong enough for him and continue charging into the deeper areas?-

More importantly, at this moment Zhao Wu and the others firmly believed that Zhang Che had the ability to handle any situation that might come their way. So what if the exotic beasts ahead were twice, or even thrice, as strong as this wave? Wouldn't they be cleaned up by Zhang-shao easily regardless?

After this short battle, Zhao Wu's group idolized Zhang Che, a kind of blind, unconditional admiration for him.

Zhang Che had no idea that he gained a few more middle-aged fans after that short battle. Of course, it was better if he didn't know about it. If he knew, he wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry…

Since a large area was cleared by the Scarlet Flame Drake, Zhang Che led the others and easily broke through the encirclement, killing their way deeper into Mt Fallen Star.

Whether those weak exotic beasts would turn back and give chase to them was not a problem at all. They had to be able to catch up to them to be a problem. Moreover, Zhao Wu's group was guarding their rear.

Although they were weak compared to Zhang Che, they were high-tier beastmasters who possessed legend-quality subdued beasts, after all. It was totally not a problem for them to guard a direction, especially when most of those exotic beasts were only mid-tier gold-quality and lower.

Just like that, the group steadily pushed their way forward. Although they weren't moving quickly, they were indeed progressing through the dense numbers of exotic beasts.

In Zhao Wu and the others' opinion, this was already quite a difficult feat to achieve. If a few other high-tier beastmasters were in Zhang Che's position instead, just see if they could do what he was doing…

It would already be considered not bad to not be pushed back by the wave of exotic beasts!Soon, the group encountered the first legend-quality exotic beast on this trip.

It was a savage and huge beast standing over ten meters tall, its body emitting cold light and shining with a bronze luster. There were sharp spikes all over its body, the six of them on the front of its upper limbs like the sharpest steel swords, glinting coldly.

As a mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast, no other beasts dared to stand within dozens of meters of it, and it was immediately noticed by Zhang Che and the others.

After spotting this exotic beast, Zhang Che's eyes lit up. -At long last! I finally found my first legend-quality exotic beast after travelling thousands of meters into Mt Fallen Star!-

It went without saying that sufficient respect should be given to existences of that level. As such, at Zhang Che's command, the Scarlet Flame Drake immediately rushed forth.

What followed was tragic for this savage mini-boss exotic beast. Both its level and quality were lower than the Scarlet Flame Drake, in addition to suffering a natural restraint thanks to their conflicting elements. After a few rounds, the exotic beast was burned into a resplendent glow by the Scarlet Flame Drake.

After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon retrieved the beast card, Zhang Che didn't even spare a glance at it and tossed it to Zhao Wu, saying, "You guys use it first. We'll surely come across stronger and stronger exotic beasts from here on out. Increasing your strength will help me better guard our rear."

Zhang Che wasn't trying to act generously. He truly didn't think highly of Zhao Wu and the others' strength, and thought it was necessary to strengthen them.

Afterwards, when they entered deep into Mt Fallen Star, more and more high-tier high-quality exotic beasts would surely appear. At that time, no matter how strong Zhang Che and his babies were, it would be incredibly exhausting to look out in all directions.

At present, while the exotic beast army were still weak and they could get a few legend-quality beast cards, it was very necessary to use them to boost Zhao Wu and the others' strength!

"Thank you, Zhang-shao. Please rest assured. Even if we die, we won't let the exotic beasts break through our defensive line and get behind you!"

Zhao Wu's group was grateful. Their faces were so excited they couldn't relax.

Indeed, Liu Gang's squad was right. Following Zhang-shao had many unexpected benefits, and the surprises were endless!

As such, they expressed to Zhang Che, one after another, that he didn't have to worry about his flanks.

Since the king was willing to treat them as a pillar of society, they'd definitely repay him in a manner expected of one! Although this saying was a little inappropriate here, Zhao Wu and the others understood the principle well.

"Alright, then. Let's continue forward and strive to find the epic-quality exotic beast as soon as possible!" Zhang Che nodded, waving his hand.

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Chapter 527: Devastation. Epic Appears

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Zhao Wu and the others basically didn't do much, and they received a legend-quality beast card, just like that! Naturally they were overjoyed!

Although they were four, and Zhang Che only found one legend-quality beast card, they believed that with Zhang Che's strength, they'd each receive a legend-quality beast card when more of them appeared.

As for epic-quality beast cards, they didn't even dare think about them. Liu Gang's squad had to protect Zhang Che's family; that was why Zhang Che had given them epic-quality beast cards. Zhao Wu's squad wasn't qualified to receive them!

After all, epic-quality beast cards weren't like cabbages you could find in the market, even for Zhang Che. If he wasn't lucky enough, he might not find one even if he stayed half a month in the beast world.

After killing that legend-quality exotic beast, Zhang Che let Zhao Wu's group take care of his flanks and waved his wand, continuing his rush forward.

Wasting his time on ordinary exotic beasts was truly not worth it.

Now that Zhang Che had become a Tier Seven beastmaster, it wasn't an easy matter for him to advance to Tier Eight by relying on hunting exotic beasts. He had no choice but to slowly accumulate the required soul force points over a long period of time.

Also, given his beastmaster tier, he had to kill mid-tier and higher exotic beasts to gain any soul force points at all.

Naturally Zhang Che didn't want to begin another endless hunt of exotic beasts now. All he wanted was to find the epic-quality exotic beast here and kill it as soon as possible, completing his mission!

Their warband caused a lot of commotion as they fought their way forward, drawing all the nearby exotic beasts to themselves. Looking ahead, it was like they were surrounded by an endless wave of iron monsters, with almost no openings in sight.

The scene reminded Zhang Che of the war movies he'd seen when he was young. The enemies rushing at them would cover the skies if they raised their hands, and the ground would sink if they moved their legs.

Zhang Che furrowed his brow slightly, reminding Zhao Wu's group, "Follow me closely. The exotic beasts from here on out will be stronger and stronger. I might not have the time to take care of you."

Zhao Wu replied loudly, "Rest assured, Zhang-shao. If it's only those that slip past you, we can handle that much."

What a joke! If the four of them couldn't even clear Zhang Che's leftovers, they wouldn't be worthy of being called elites nurtured by the Huang family!

In fact, even if a legend-quality exotic beast or two charged at them, the four could totally fend the beasts off and would be able to kill them in the end.

However, they had to properly display their skills here, and couldn't make any mistakes. Making a fool of themselves was only a small matter, but it would be bad if they affected Zhang-shao's plan to kill their attackers!

Zhao Wu's group exchanged looks with one another, noticing the burning intent in their eyes. They had to bring out a hundred and twenty percent of their strength here. They mustn't be looked down on by Zhang-shao!

After all, judging by General Huang's arrangements this time, the few of them would definitely be like Liu Gang's squad in the future, with the opportunity to be in Zhang-shao's service. If they performed too poorly here and Zhang-shao had a bad opinion of them, wouldn't they have missed the biggest opportunity of their lives?

Moreover, they were high-tier beastmasters, after all! Although they didn't have an army of epic-quality babies like Zhang Che, they should have a fighting chance against these mediocre exotic beasts at the very least, right?

As such, Zhang Che wasn't the only one slaughtering the exotic beasts. Zhao Wu and the others were also killing at the back, performing the mission Zhang Che gave them, keeping his flanks well guarded, not allowing a single exotic beast to harass Zhang Che from behind.

While Zhang Che manipulated the scarlet and white sword to cut down the exotic beasts ahead, he observed the performances of Zhao Wu and the others with his peripheral vision, nodding to himself discreetly.

Actually, Zhang Che understood that since Huang Juyun had arranged for them to come help him, he wanted them to know their own strength, and let Zhang Che have a look at their strength and see if they were worth placing in important positions.

Well, this could be considered a double-sided observation.

Once Zhao Wu and the others saw Zhang Che's strength, naturally they would acknowledge him from the bottom of their hearts. More importantly, it depended on whether Zhang Che was satisfied with their performance!

The results were not bad. Although they didn't have any epic-quality subdued beasts, their teamwork, coordination, and fighting methods were simple and effective. As long as they were equipped with better subdued beasts, they'd definitely become elites among high-tier beastmasters.

From their performances, Zhang Che could judge that this group of elites from the Huang family were pretty decent.

It made sense, thinking about it. They were elites trained by the Huang family after exhausting high amounts of resources. If they couldn't be taken seriously by Zhang Che, then it would have been impossible for the Huang family to stand tall in the military all these years and not fall from their position.

This was an age where strength was everything. If a clan didn't have a foundation, they'd definitely be suppressed and swallowed by other factions, and slowly drift away from the core powers.The endless tide of exotic beasts didn't seem to reduce at all. Zhang Che's babies were still slaughtering wildly.

It was a massacre, indeed. These exotic beasts, who were only dark gold-quality at the most, truly posed no threat or trouble to an army of epic-quality combatants. At the most, they would feel a little fatigued from all the killing.

The babies were spread out in an arc, pushing their way forward. Meanwhile, Zhang Che was following closely behind them. A scarlet and white light swept around the battlefield. Not a single exotic beast would survive within a hundred meters of Zhang Che, no matter how powerful they were. Every one of them died to a single slash.

Those exotic beasts would either leave behind corpses, turn into lights and disappear, or turn into a beast card whose colors differed based on their qualities as they were killed off one after another endlessly…

As the exotic beasts were eliminated in large numbers, more exotic beasts would come in from all directions and take their spots. It truly seemed endless, like there was no way to finish killing them all.

Zhang Che and the others had already pushed over a kilometer into Mt Fallen Star, and their killing have not stopped for a moment.

Zhang Che was speechless, thinking to himself, -This place is really freaky. Where did so many exotic beasts come from?

-Also, given their massive numbers, and their high density, how do they survive normally?-

Zhang Che was sure that those fellows' food was the abundant metal ore on Mt Fallen Star. Otherwise, if the exotic beasts were killing one another for food, how could there still be so many of them?

It didn't matter, however. Eliminating these exotic beasts wouldn't take much effort. They just had to push their way to the depths of Mt Fallen Star and find the epic-quality exotic beast, then kill it, and they could end this trip!

Done thinking, Zhang Che ordered his babies to tighten the frontlines, changing their formation from a fanned-out arc to a cone, increasing the pace they were pushing in. Afterwards, he called out to Zhao Wu and the others, in case they were separated by the army of exotic beasts.

At the same time, Zhang Che thought of the once-a-decade beast swarm. The density of exotic beasts was already so high at Mt Fallen Star, which didn't occupy a huge area. When the beast swarm erupted, what kind of a sight would that be when they flooded into Mercury?

That scene would truly be boundless. The fifth beast swarm would arrive in just a little over three years. Zhang Che was a little uneasy, yet slightly anticipating the event.

He had to have become a divine-tier beastmaster before then, right?

Calculating things, three years should be enough for a few of his babies with high potential to rise to divine-quality…

With that, even if the beast swarm was incredibly fierce, Zhang Che was confident of ensuring his family's safety, perhaps saving more of his fellow countrymen.

While musing about things, Zhang Che was still able to lead his babies through the tide of exotic beasts with ease, easily killing a path of blood through them with room to spare.

This left Zhao Wu and the others even more impressed.

This truly was expected of the man who was going to become the Huang family's patriarch as an outsider. He wouldn't be able to convince the family if he wasn't so strong!

Suddenly, Zhang Che felt something while he was still indulging in his fantasies. He stopped daydreaming and looked in a certain direction ahead.

A powerful aura was right there, and had locked onto Zhang Che mere moments ago.

It went without saying that was the epic-quality exotic beast on Mt Fallen Star!

After killing heavens knew how many of those metal creatures, he finally laid eyes on the epic-quality exotic beast! Zhang Che sighed inside. A faint smile drew back at the corners of his mouth, and he let out a long breath.

It was fine as long as an epic-quality exotic beast was here. Otherwise, this would have been a wasted trip, and cheated his feelings.

Zhao Wu and the others weren't weak. Although they didn't have subdued beasts as powerful as Zhang Che's, they were high-tier beastmasters with great experience, after all. Their experience in combat wasn't any lower than his.

Not only that, they were much more experienced in fighting in dangerous situations than he was. As a result, they discovered the epic-quality exotic beast's presence very quickly as well.

Going forward, it depended on whether Zhang Che's babies could kill that epic-quality subdued beast while still being encircled by so many exotic beasts.

Zhao Wu and the others weren't worried about that at all. On their way here, they had witnessed the strength of the elemental queen, Scarlet Flame Drake, Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, and other subdued beasts. Naturally it wouldn't be difficult for that group of powerful babies to work together and kill a epic-quality exotic beast!

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Chapter 528: Flood of Steel. Metal Tyrant

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Given how strong Zhang Che's babies were, let alone an epic-quality exotic beast, even if another one or two came, it was no problem, Zhao Wu and the others thought.

On their way here, they had witnessed Zhang Che's strength for themselves. They were very confident of him, not worried at all that he would be afraid of an epic-quality exotic beast.

Zhang Che was of the same opinion. Seeing the near-twenty meters tall epic-quality exotic beast with sharp barbs all over its body, its eyes emitting a metallic light, Zhang Che couldn't help but show a knowing faint smile. – Hmm. This trip wasn't a wasted one. The epic-quality beast card I promised father-in-law is settled.-

However, it seemed like the epic-level beast seemed to have some intelligence. It was aware Zhang Che's babies were strong, and didn't rush at him directly. Instead, it hid within a pack of exotic beasts to observe the situation.

If Zhang Che wanted to kill it, he'd need to spend some effort to do so!

-Hmm. First, I have to have Zhao Wu and the others retreat further to a safe distance.-

The exotic beasts were very densely packed here, with no lack of dark gold-quality beasts among them. It wasn't a problem for Zhang Che, but Zhao Wu's group was a little lacking to take care of the beasts by themselves.

After all, they only had legend-quality subdued beasts. It wasn't easy for them to gain a foothold when facing such a huge pack of powerful exotic beasts.

Zhang Che turned to look at Zhao Wu's group and said in a loud voice, "Big Brother Zhao, I'll hold down the exotic beasts here first. You guys retreat a little. I'm afraid you'll be in danger if I can't control the field during battle."

Although they very much wanted to say that they weren't afraid of death and were willing to guard Zhang Che's flanks, after considering their strength, they felt like they might not be able to help Zhang Che at all in the end, and would add to his troubles instead. As a result, they could only nod bitterly and took the chance to kill their way backwards.

Since when did high-tier beastmasters with legend-quality subdued beasts become burdens?

Back in the day, they were the elites of their squad. They would act as the spear head in every operation they took part in, fiercely breaking through into the heart of the enemy crowd.

Truly, comparing oneself with another would only bring about frustration!

Zhao Wu and the others thought they needed to train harder in the future and work harder to kill powerful exotic beasts in the beast world, striving to improve their strength. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to provide any help at all if they were to become Zhang Che's subordinates. That would be bad…

Zhang Che ordered his babies to pull back from the direction they were attacking in and block the wave of exotic beasts' rush, allowing Zhao Wu and the others to safely retreat. Afterwards, he set his gaze onto that twenty-meter tall steel monster.

That epic-quality steel beast was aware Zhang Che had discovered it, and no longer hid itself. Instead, it commanded the nearby exotic beasts to launch a fiercer assault on Zhang Che's group.

For a period of time, all kinds of steel exotic beasts came together and formed a flood of steel, fiercely crashing their way towards Zhang Che with a momentum that seemed able to devastate all that stood in its way.

"Hmm, what a cunning fellow. It actually knows to send weaklings to deplete my strength first!" Zhang Che narrowed his eyes.

Although he was surprised by the steel exotic beast's intelligence, Zhang Che wasn't scared at all. If he wasn't confident, he wouldn't have dared to rush his way in so openly, and allow the army of exotic beasts to surround him.

Since he was here, naturally he wasn't afraid!

-Let's see how much power they can display when these exotic beasts are fighting without regard for their lives!- Zhang Che thought. Waving his hand, he ordered his babies to shrink their attack circle further. The elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake fought at the fore, spitting out balls of blazing flame at the flood of steel ahead.

The flames flew out at high speed with sharp whistling sounds, like they were twisting the space ahead with their heat.

The elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake's fire attacks were innate to them. Their temperature was terrifyingly high.

Even though the exotic beasts rushing at them weren't weak, when subjected to such terrifying temperatures, they quickly melted as they cried out miserably. They turned into brief flares of light one after another, briefly lighting up the area.

It wasn't just the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake whose attacks were fierce. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's cold breath was devastating to those metal-attributed exotic beasts, too. Stream after stream of cold air swept at them. Any who came into contact with his cold breath would stiffen involuntarily, and fall forward from their momentum, to be trampled on by the exotic beasts behind them.

Under the trampling of their companions, the exotic beasts whose bodies were turned into ice statues would crack and shatter, losing all signs of life.

Compared to these three babies' terrifying attack power, however, the rest of Zhang Che's babies were much less effective in dealing with the exotic beasts. Even the Demonic Energy Large Boar and the Earthen Rock Demon, who possessed epic-quality combat ability, produced much poorer results than the first three.

-As expected, the strongest attacking attributes are ice and fire…- Zhang Che sighed inside. Seeing the flood of steel becoming fiercer and fiercer, Zhang Che grew worried that his babies might not be able to withstand it. He dashed ahead, the scarlet and white sword turned into a near-imperceptible blur and sweeping ahead.

The scarlet and white sword's attack power was a tad above epic-quality. When used to deal with these exotic beasts, who were only dark gold-quality at the most, it truly was like a hot knife cutting through butter. None of them could withstand a single slash.

The phantom-like sword light swept past, and the charging exotic beasts fell like dominoes, then produced resplendent lights, one after another.Watching large packs of exotic beasts falling one by one from hundreds of meters away, Zhao Wu and the others were awestruck by the sight of Zhang Che's all-out assault. They had originally thought the power that Zhang Che had displayed on their way here was already very powerful. They didn't expect him to be this terrifying when he went on a rampage. The waves of exotic beasts were like nothing to him!

They couldn't help exchanging glances with one another, and noticed the shock in each other's eyes, as well as a trace of joy.

If everything went well, they would be working under Zhang Che in the future. Having such a powerful master was truly a great joy in life!

Even moreso, although Zhang Che was already this powerful, he seemed very easy to get along with. Not a hint of the common cold attitude of those in high positions of power could be seen on him.Zhang Che didn't care what Zhao Wu and the others were thinking. Under the massacre of himself he and his babies, a small opening was forcibly wrenched open in the flood of steel formed by the exotic beasts ahead, and they quickly rushed toward that epic-quality exotic beast's position.

Soon, the epic-quality exotic beast was within a hundred meters of Zhang Che. The beast's attributes were instantly displayed before him.[Metal Tyrant]

Level: Seven Star (Level 68)

Quality: Epic

Characteristics: Made Up of the Purest Metal Elements. Possesses Absolute Physical Defense. Non-Divine-Quality Attacks are Unable to Penetrate its Defense.

Weakness: Low Resistance to Fire Elemental Attacks, Especially Vulnerable to Innate Fire Elemental Attacks from Same Level and Quality Beasts

Innate Attribute: Metal Overlord. Able to Turn All Metal Elements Within a Hundred Meters into Exotic Beasts. Able to Summon a Terrifying Flood of Steel in Metal Environments, Launching a Wave of Attacks at its Enemies. Undying Body of Steel. During Battle, as Long as the Heart of Steel in its Chest isn't Shattered, it is able to Recover in a Short Period of Time By Attaching Itself to the Metals in its Surroundings, Even if its Whole Body is Destroyed. Its Strength is Reduced by Half in This State.

Skill: Call to Arms. After Activating Skill, Summons All Metal Elements Within a Thousand Meters as Steel Exotic Beasts. Their Strength is Determined by the Quality and Purity of the Metal Elements. Cooldown Time: 1 Day.

Skill: Metal Storm. Exhausts Half of the Energy in the Heart of Steel to Control the Metal Essence Within a Hundred Meters, Forming a Terrifying Metal Storm Attack. Cooldown Time: 30 Minutes.

False Domain: Metal Manipulation. Able to Control the Metal Components of Any Inanimate Objects Within 500 Meters to a Certain Degree.

Potential: D Rank"Si… so strong!" Zhang Che couldn't resist sucking in a breath of cold air after seeing the Metal Tyrant's attributes.

That fellow's attributes could simply be described as monstrous!

If it wasn't for the fact that this fellow was weak to innate fire elemental attacks, it was simply an invincible existence among epic-quality exotic beasts, especially with its control of the metal element. It truly would cause a huge headache to its enemies, who would not know how to deal with it.

Fortunately Zhang Che could directly see the exotic beast's attributes with his data eyes ability. Otherwise, it truly would be hard to tell if he could successfully slay it if he encountered the Metal Tyrant out of the blue.

Not only that, Zhang Che might even fall to it if he was slightly careless!

-This guy's False Domain is really scary. Luckily my scarlet and white sword has already turned into a sword light, or I might have lost control of it and lost all my attacking ability as a result.- Zhang Che thought, getting more cautious.

Only the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake could threaten that fellow. The rest of Zhang Che's babies wouldn't be able to do much from here on.

Zhang Che's mind spun quickly, adjusting his attacking strategy. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and his other babies retreat, and fully concentrate on dealing with the wave of exotic beasts who still had them surrounded and were pushing forward.

Facing this Metal Tyrant, if one didn't have fire-attributed attacks, it was impossible to do anything against it unless their physical attacks were at divine-quality. Remaining at the frontlines would very possibly lead to getting reverse-killed by the Metal Tyrant.

Zhao Wu and the others couldn't help but be confused when they saw the situation from far away. The epic-quality exotic beast was clearly right ahead; why didn't Zhang-shao order all his babies to rush at it and torment it to death with their advantage in numbers, and instead had most of his subdued beasts retreat?

Could it be that Zhang-shao thought this epic-quality exotic beast wasn't very strong and didn't need to have every subdued beast and pet take part in the fight?

Indeed, the way the powerful did things was different from others!

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Chapter 529: Terrifying Metal Storm [Two in One]

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Zhao Wu and the others thought Zhang Che had a card up his sleeve. Unbeknownst to them, he was still calculating at this moment

Although the Metal Tyrant was weak to fire-attributed attacks, especially innate fire, it was a seven-star high-tier exotic beast, after all. Comparatively, the Scarlet Flame Drake was only six-stars, mid-tier. There was a large realm difference between them in level, and the effectiveness of the Scarlet Flame Drake's attacks against it would be heavily discounted. Whether it could be a match for that terrifying exotic beast was still unknown.

As for the elemental queen, Zhang Che had no way to know her level. However, she shouldn't be much stronger than the Scarlet Flame Drake, or he wouldn't have tamed her so easily back then.

What worried Zhang Che the most was that the Metal Tyrant's physical defense was truly too tough, especially since it still had a skill that had obviously not been used yet.

A metal storm formed from pure metal elements; just thinking about it numbed the scalp. It wasn't something easily defended against.

If they were careless and the Scarlet Flame Drake and the elemental queen lost their lives here, Zhang Che might directly die from heartache.

To fight, or not to fight? This was a very serious problem!

At this moment, given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed Zhang Che could definitely shake off every exotic beast here if he committed to running away.

After all, since the start of their fight on Mt Fallen Star, he hadn't discovered any exotic beasts with the ability to fly. The exotic beasts were all metal-attributed, after all, and naturally lacking in mobility. If they couldn't fly, then they definitely wouldn't be able to catch up to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

If Zhang Che returned just like that without completing his mission, however, he would feel extremely unresigned.

This Metal Tyrant's attributes were truly too amazing. Zhang Che wasn't willing to give up just like that. Moreover, he had boasted in front of his father-in-law and promised to help get him an epic-quality beast card. Now that he had finally encountered the epic-quality exotic beast in question, if he returned without achieving anything, it would be too shameful.

"I'll make a gamble here. First I have to think of a way to bait the Metal Tyrant into using its skill. As long as the Scarlet Flame Drake and elemental queen survive that, I'll surely be able to kill it with all my babies ganging up on it." Zhang Che grit his teeth, deciding to take a gamble.

If he was careful about it, his chance of making it was still very high.

Done thinking, Zhang Che gave an order to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, ordering him to rush at the Metal Tyrant first. That fellow had an undying body of abyssal cold. It was impossible for the Metal Tyrant to kill the dragon with its skill.

Even if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suffered a heavy injury from the attack, Zhang Che could heal him with the help of the Unicorn. He wouldn't have to worry about losing a powerful pet.

It was the first time the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was facing such a strong foe. His will to battle surged. After receiving Zhang Che's order, he immediately roared excitedly, and shot forth like a blue bolt like lightning towards the Metal Tyrant.

The elemental queen at Zhang Che's side was feeling restless as well. She asked, "Master, why didn't you let this servant go as well? That lump of metal is restrained by my flames; this servant will surely kill it!"

It wasn't only the elemental queen acting that way. The Scarlet Flame Drake, as well as the other epic-quality subdued beasts, were also requesting that Zhang Che let them fight through their spiritual link.

Zhang Che shook his head, explaining, "You guys are looking down on the Metal Tyrant too much. That fellow's skill attack is very scary. I think it's impossible to defend against it unless you have divine-quality physical defense. It's better to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon bait out its skill first, then you guys can rush at it and beat it up."

"Si…" the elemental queen sucked in a breath of cold air after hearing Zhang Che's explanation.

-That lump of metal actually has such a terrifying method? A skill that non-divine-quality can't defend against. It's indeed terrifying!-

Although the elemental queen could turn incorporeal, she didn't dare guarantee she'd be immune to such a physical attack.

After thinking for a bit, she felt that she still had yet to experience many exciting things in life, and didn't dare take such a huge risk. It was better to let her master's Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon take this fight. That fellow had an undying body of abyssal cold, anyway. He wouldn't die as long as he wasn't hit by a divine-quality elemental attack.

While thinking that, the elemental queen saw Zhang Che had ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to transform into Purple Crystal Armor and envelope him.

It was a physical attack comparable to divine-quality. To be on the safer side of things, he decided to put on the Purple Crystal Armor. At the same time, to be even safer, he also retreated a hundred meters.

After all, he didn't know if the Metal Tyrant's skill was really at the level of a divine-quality attack. If that was true, even the Purple Crystal Armor might not keep him safe. It would be dangerous if he was careless and got struck by it!Far away, Zhao Wu's group were becoming more and more confused. From the looks of it, Zhang-shao seemed very wary.

Could it be that that epic-quality exotic beast was so strong that even Zhang-shao, who had multiple epic-quality subdued beasts, had to act so cautiously?

-Since that is the case, we'd better hide further away, to prevent any accidents. It'd be troublesome if Zhang-shao can't look after us.-

Of course, they didn't think of running away first. Under such circumstances, it was very unlikely for the four of them to break through the endless wave of exotic beasts and escape safely without Zhang Che's help. They didn't even want to think about that.

Their best course of action was to stay here obediently and wait for Zhang Che to settle that epic-quality exotic beast. Naturally it would become safer afterwards.On the other side, just as Zhang Che put on the Purple Crystal Armor, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon broke through the exotic beast army's encirclement and came face to face with the near-twenty-meter-tall Metal Tyrant covered all over in metal barbs.

Facing the same level, same quality of exotic beast, naturally the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't afraid. He immediately breathed out a stream of darkfiend cold air, shrouding the huge Metal Tyrant.

The Metal Tyrant was extremely furious at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attack. Although it wasn't afraid of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, given its intelligence, it naturally knew that even if it killed this beast, its main enemy was that tiny little bug standing about two hundred meters away.

As long as it killed Zhang Che, all these powerful pets and subdued beasts would fall. But the problem was that the Metal Tyrant had no time to spare to go kill Zhang Che!

It was also very wary of the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake. Those two had fire-attributed attacks. Not only that, they were innate fire elemental attacks! As one of the strongest exotic beasts on Mt Fallen Star, naturally it would treasure its own life and not dare take risks casually.

As for those exotic beasts under its command, naturally it didn't expect much from them. Expecting them to kill Zhang Che was too tall of a task. It was basically impossible.

The Metal Tyrant's mind worked quickly. Facing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's frozen breath attack, some of the metal barbs on its body suddenly flew out, forming a metal shield in front of it and warding off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's breath. Not even a tiny bit was allowed to pass!

Crack! The darkfiend cold air immediately dyed the metal shield dark blue after they came into contact. Afterwards, a wave of cracking noises was heard. Fissures suddenly appeared on the metal shield that was supposed to be incredibly tough, then it shattered into countless pieces in mid air and fell to the ground.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's breath attack was extremely cold. Although the Metal Tyrant's metal shield had blocked the stream of cold air, it wasn't able to endure the terrifyingly low temperature and was frozen brittle.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon roared excitedly, seemingly warning the Metal Tyrant his attack couldn't be blocked so easily, and taunting it to use whatever big attacks it could!

After roaring, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon opened his mouth and shot out a dark blue ray, directly bringing out his strongest single-target attack.

His single-target skill, the Extreme Yin Ray, had a cooldown time of only a minute. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't have to hide it at all, and could afford to use it frequently as a common attack.

Once the Extreme Yin Ray shot out, the Metal Tyrant immediately grew wary. Its huge body directly turned to the side, shifting its chest and head away.

It knew it didn't have the time to form a metal shield to defend against such a fast attack. Naturally it could only use its body to take the attack head on.

In any case, it was confident that it wouldn't be a problem as long as it wasn't struck in a vital spot, even if its body was punctured.

It was the truth. The Extremely Yin Ray shot out and struck the Metal Tyrant, who couldn't dodge in time, on one of its right limbs. A sink-sized area was directly dyed deep blue.

Cracking noises rang out. That part of the Metal Tyrant's body shattered. A large wound appeared on its right limb, with metal particles falling off of it.

Even so, the Metal Tyrant, who also had an undying body, didn't seem to care about this injury at all. The metal elements in its body flowed about, quickly repairing the wound on its limb back to new.

-Hanming, you can't kill it. Bait it into using its skill!- Zhang Che hurriedly ordered through their spiritual link after watching for a while from the back. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't be able do a thing to the Metal Tyrant. It was better to quickly lure it into wasting its skill and let the elemental queen and Scarlet Flame Drake finish the job.

After receiving Zhang Che's order, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately roared, no longer wasting time with the Metal Tyrant. Through his probing attack, he knew he was unable to kill this exotic beast.

As such, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon shifted things to top gear, breathing out stream after stream of darkfiend cold air, shrouding the Metal Tyrant, as well as the surrounding dozens of meters around it.

The temperature in that area fell rapidly. Some of the exotic beasts nearby couldn't dodge in time and froze on the spot, as if struck by a spell. Afterwards, their vitality rapidly slipped away. Their bodies turned into metal fragments, shattering noisily and falling to the ground.

With just this wave of attack, dozens of exotic beasts died on the spot.

As for the Metal Tyrant, its huge body was greatly affected, too. Although its body didn't freeze and crack from the cold, its mobility was greatly reduced. It couldn't dodge at all, and could only receive hits passively.

The Metal Tyrant let out a piercing cry that sounded like metal fragments were violently rubbing against one another. It was thoroughly enraged. It understood that it was almost impossible to kill that insignificant bug if it didn't get rid of this damnable ice-attributed dragon first!

After its roar, all the metal elements within a hundred meters around the Metal Tyrant suddenly began to move abnormally.

Zhang Che's expression was serious, but he was overjoyed inside. -Nice! The Metal Tyrant is actually so quick-tempered and is going to use its skill already?-

At that thought, Zhang Che moved silently, hiding himself behind a metallic rock. Although he was currently two hundred meters away from the Metal Tyrant, who could guarantee the remnants of the upcoming attack wouldn't reach him?

In the next moment, the metal elements around the Metal Tyrant stirred restlessly everywhere. Suddenly, the metal elements flowed out visibly from the ground and formed countless sharp metal fragments in the air.

A powerful force field enveloped those metal fragments, like it was acting as a strong propulsion device. All the metal fragments instantly broke the speed of sound from a state of rest, shooting towards the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and Zhang Che!

It was like a heavy rain of metal was pouring from the sky. No, using rain to describe it wasn't enough to express the speed of those metal fragments!

Countless metal fragments shot towards them. It looked like the space itself was being torn apart.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon felt a chill in his heart. Just as he wanted to dodge, it was already too late to do so even with his speed.

In the next moment, countless metal fragments streaked past the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. His body was directly turned into bits by the whistling noise. Afterwards, he blew apart into a dense deep blue current on the spot.

Zhang Che cursed inside and flung himself down on the ground.

Boom! Countless metal fragments flew at him, hitting the large metal rock in front of Zhang Che like a formless hammer, instantly powdering the rock, which was dozens of cubic meters in size. Without losing any of their momentum, the metal fragments continued sweeping along with the rock powder.

Zhang Che was laying inside a cavity. He felt like the space above him was being cut apart. In that instant, even the air was completely pushed away, nearly turning the area around him into a vacuum.

He couldn't help but rejoice. Luckily he had noticed the danger early and laid down in time. Otherwise, even the Purple Crystal Armor might not have been able to defend an attack of this level!

The Metal Storm was indeed not just a name. It truly was like a terrifying storm, devastating everything within the affected area.

As for the elemental queen and the other epic-quality subdued beasts and pets, they sensed the grave danger right before the Metal Tyrant launched its attack and directly went to hide themselves without needing Zhang Che to instruct them.

As a result, with the exception of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who couldn't dodge in time and was blown apart into a mass of darkfiend cold air, the rest of Zhang Che's army didn't suffer any casualties from the Metal Tyrant's devastating attack.

Zhao Wu's group, who was even further away, had already retreated to what they thought was a safe distance. They didn't expect the Metal Tyrant to have such a terrifying skill, and was caught with their guards down. They were struck by the violent wind and powdered rocks. Every one of them fell to the ground and flew a dozen meters back, their bodies in pain from the collisions.

Their group was already at a safe distance away, and they were all strong individuals, defending themselves at the crucial moment. Otherwise, the four high-tier beastmasters might have lost their lives right there!

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Chapter 530: Kill. Shocking Discovery of Divine-Quality

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Rolling and crawling back up to their feet, Zhao Wu's group was frightened. They hadn't expected the epic-quality exotic beast's skill to be so terrifying!

Usually these kind of wide-area attack skills wouldn't have too great a reach. One or two hundred meters would be the limit. This time, they were standing more than three hundred meters away from the Metal Tyrant, yet they nearly lost their lives! It went to show how devastating the Metal Tyrant's skill was!

"Not good… Zhang-shao!" Zhao Wu cried out after getting back on his feet, finally remembering something. He hurriedly looked in the direction Zhang Che was in earlier.

He saw the metal rock Zhang Che was hiding behind was already obliterated by the metal storm, and Zhang Che was nowhere to be seen. Zhao Wu felt a chill in his heart, a layer of cold sweat soaking his back.

-Zhang-shao didn't die just like that, right?- At that thought, Zhao Wu trembled all over. He didn't dare to imagine the consequences.

"Will Zhang-shao be fine?"

The other three looked frightened, too. They walked to the high ground at the side, opened their eyes wide and scanned ahead. When they saw the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's mass of deep blue light surging and forming back into a physical body, the four finally relaxed.

Since Zhang-shao's subdued beast was alright, then it was impossible that something untoward had happened to him.

They didn't dare to imagine the consequences if Zhang Che had accidentally lost his life here. Who knew what would be awaiting them?

"Damn it, Ialready overestimated this exotic beast's skill as much as I could, but I still didn't expect it would actually be this powerful! Luckily I hid myself in the cavity in the ground, or the results would truly be unimaginable!" Zhang Che crawled up out of the ground. His whole body was covered in ash, the shock on his face still showing.

This time, he came really close to dying. He knew his victory wasn't guaranteed when facing those epic-quality exotic beasts with terrifying attack power, given his strength. Any carelessness on his part would risk losing his life!

Fortunately, the Metal Tyrant's skill had already been lured out by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. There was nothing to worry about for the next half hour!

As for the Metal Tyrant's other skill, Call to Arms, Zhang Che didn't put it to mind at all. The tide of exotic beasts it had gathered earlier wasn't able to cause any trouble to him at all. It was impossible for the Metal Tyrant to turn the situation by summoning more of them.

"Go, get it while it's down and end that beast!" Zhang Che waved his hand fiercely. His epic-quality subdued beasts and pets rushed forward at the same time, surrounding the Metal Tyrant who had been left all alone.

The metal storm earlier didn't just devastate Zhang Che's party. The Metal Tyrant had also slaughtered all of its underlings within two hundred meters!

Not only that, the broken terrain was completely levelled and turned into a huge scoured crater with a radius of close to a hundred meters.

Ahead, despite being the hero of this battle, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was reforming his body, and was greatly wounded and could no longer take part in the battle. He directly turned around and flew back to Zhang Che's side, then silently returned to Zhang Che's spiritual sea to absorb the rainbow crystal's energy and recuperate.

-Luckily I had my pet Hanming who isn't really vulnerable to physical attacks. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a good chance to kill this Metal Tyrant…- Zhang Che sighed inside, not going up personally to kill the Metal Tyrant.

Although that fellow had used its skill, its Innate Attribute would still cause great trouble to Zhang Che to a certain extent. He didn't want to take the risk. In any case, his epic-quality babies, especially the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake with innate fire elements, were more than enough to get rid of the Metal Tyrant.The fight afterwards was as Zhang Che had expected.

After losing its powerful physical attacking method, although the Metal Tyrant put up its best resistance, and caused some problems for Zhang Che's babies to a certain extent, it was restrained by the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake in the end, and thoroughly fell into a disadvantaged position.

Although it had a huge metallic body, it was being forced back constantly by the terrifyingly hot flames shot out by the elemental queen and the Scarlet Flame Drake. Afterwards, it still had to deal with the Earthen Rock Demon, the Demonic Energy Large Boar, and other epic-quality subdued beasts' attacks. It had a hard time coping with all of them.

Soon, the Metal Tyrant used its other skill. Once it activated Call to Arms, the metal elements in the ground nearby quickly gathered and formed new metal exotic beasts.

The Metal Tyrant had already fallen into a disadvantaged position. Despite summoning a new batch of underlings, it didn't help the situation at all. They were unable to withstand the fierce assault from Zhang Che's babies.

Hundreds, if not a thousand, metal exotic beasts were wiped out in only a few breaths' time. The Metal Tyrant was back to being a lone fighter.

At that moment, the Metal Tyrant wanted to escape, but it had no way of doing so. First, its body was too heavy. It was naturally disadvantaged in mobility, and didn't have the ability to break through the encirclement of the Scarlet Flame Drake and the other babies. Second, it didn't have the ability to fly, nor could it turn into metal elements and escape. It could only receive a beating passively and slowly head towards death.

Sharp roars of metals rubbing kept ringing out. A faint smile gradually showed on Zhang Che's face. -It's done. I lived up to my promise and will be bringing an epic-quality beast card back for future father-in-law.-

The Metal Tyrant charged left and right, but it failed to break through the encirclement in the end. Its fierce and majestic-looking body slowly descended into an increasingly poor state. The metal barbs on its body were burned away by the terrifying flames, like a stray dog losing all its fur.

Countless wounds, large and small, appeared on the Metal Tyrant's body. They would quickly recover, but exhaust its vital energy greatly in the process.

Whoosh! A large ball of golden scarlet flames shot out. The Metal Tyrant couldn't dodge in time and was struck directly. One of its steel arms directly melted from the heat, dripping to the ground.

The vital energy in its body was completely exhausted. It was no longer able to manipulate the surrounding metal elements to repair itself.

The elemental queen let out a cold laugh, and closed in. A flaming halberd materialized in her hand, violently hacking for the Metal Tyrant's chest. The Metal Tyrant could no longer dodge the attack, nor could it manipulate the metal elements in time to form a shield in front of it to block the attack. It could only watch as the flaming halberd was thrust into its chest, and the terrifying heat erupted inside its body.

Zhang Che raised his eyebrows at the sight. He hurriedly ordered through their spiritual link, "Don't kill it. Let the Scarlet Flame Drake do it!"

It was no joke! Exotic beasts killed by the elemental queen wouldn't drop beast cards. If the Metal Tyrant was killed by her, Zhang Che would probably cry to death.

The rush of fighting and killing got into the elemental queen's head and she forgot about that. Thanks to Zhang Che's reminder, she suddenly snapped out of it and immediately retracted the output of fire elements. The flaming halberd in her hand immediately extinguished.

Fortunately Zhang Che reminded her in time. The core in the Metal Tyrant had been damaged by flames earlier. It would die at any moment. With the elemental queen pulling her punch, the severely injured Metal Tyrant could no longer support its huge body and swayed about, falling to the ground, producing an incredibly loud and dull crash.

A few hundred meters away behind Zhang Che, Zhao Wu and the others completely relaxed. Seeing the elemental queen and the other babies, their eyes were filled with admiration. "Zhang-shao's subdued beasts are formidable, indeed!"

Zhang-shao was indeed extraordinary. He withstood even such a terrifying attack, and now he managed to kill that powerful metal exotic beast so easily!

An excited roar rang out. The Scarlet Flame Drake opened its mouth wide. A column of gold-scarlet flames shot out, instantly enveloping the fallen Metal Tyrant.

Just three seconds later, rainbow light erupted from within the flames. The Metal Tyrant was finally dead. Afterwards, a rainbow card with seven hexagrams was swept up into the air by the wind caused by the flames, drawing the gazes of everyone, like it was the most beautiful object in the world.

Zhang Che finally let out a relaxed, bright smile. He shot forth like a bolt of lightning, crossing a hundred meters in a breath's time and caught the falling beast card in his hand.

With a glance from Zhang Che's data eyes, the Metal Tyrant was confirmed as an Original Combat Body-type beast card, unsurprisingly. His father-in-law would surely be incredibly happy when Zhang Che returned.

After all, the Metal Tyrant's combat ability was definitely at the top, even among high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts, as long as it wasn't fighting against fire-attributed enemies!

Let alone Huang Juyun, not even any of those powerful high-tier beastmasters would find a subdued beast of this level weak!At the death of the Metal Tyrant, the leftover exotic beasts nearby immediately receded like the tide, quickly disappearing into the complicated terrain as if they had never appeared.

Zhang Che raised his head contently, looking deeper into Mt Fallen Star. -Judging by how vast Mt Fallen Star is, perhaps there is more than one epic-quality exotic beast here?

-Then, since it's not considered late yet, should I continue going deeper to check things out in Mt Fallen Star?-

Just as Zhang Che had that idea, his confident look suddenly darkened considerably. In the next moment, he recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake and his other babies into his spiritual sea without hesitation and summoned out the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who had yet to fully recover. He pulled on the elemental queen and jumped onto the dragon, directly turning away and flying off.

When they passed by Zhao Wu and the others, Zhang Che conveniently pulled the confused group onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and sped off towards the outskirts of Mt Fallen Star.

Zhao Wu and the others were confused. They couldn't help but ask, "Zhang-shao, what happened?"

-Why did Zhang Che withdraw all of a sudden? Could it be…- Zhao Wu thought of a possibility. His face paled, so pale from fright that not a tinge of red could be seen!

As expected, what came after was Zhang Che shouting in frustration, "Freaking hell, who was the one scouting for information here?! I'm impressed by how fortunate he was! There's a divine-quality exotic beast here, and yet it didn't kill that guy! Is there something going on between him and the goddess of luck or something?!"

After hearing Zhang Che's words, the others paled even more. Indeed, there really was a divine-quality exotic beast here!

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Chapter 531: Absolute Power. Return.

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Zhao Wu and the others' faces naturally changed greatly when they heard Zhang Che say there was really a divine-quality exotic beast in this area.

Freaking hell, that person who came scouting previously was really fortunate to not alarm the divine-quality exotic beast here!

However, the divine-quality was truly a little slow at reacting to things. Their group had been here for a few hours already, and they slaughtered their way into the mountain range. Heavens knew how many exotic beasts they had killed, and yet that divine-quality exotic beast wasn't alarmed. It was only when Zhang Che's babies had killed the Metal Tyrant that they finally drew it's attention.

Perhaps it was in a state of hibernation?

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew away quickly. The group didn't feel secure at all. It was a divine-quality exotic beast they were running from, after all!

Heavens knew if it would come chasing after them right away and forcibly drag the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to the ground, or even use a super long range skill and blast them all to hell?

After all, a divine-quality exotic beast was a creature of a completely different level. Its methods couldn't be estimated by normal standards. Zhao Wu and the others were feeling uncertain, while Zhang Che focused his gaze and looked deep into Mt Fallen Star behind him, his eyebrows knitting.

In the next instant, a powerful aura finally erupted from the core of Mt Fallen Star. The mountain peaks on the horizon seemed to ripple…

With a loud rumbling noise, a massive creature as huge as a mountain suddenly rose from the center of Mt Fallen Star. Although they were quite far away, Zhang Che and the others could still clearly see that massive creature's majestic figure.

"Is… is that still considered an exotic beast?" Zhao Wu and the others were dumbfounded at the sight, their mouths agape.

Even Zhang Che was incredibly shaken inside. He didn't expect such a massive exotic beast to exist in the beast world. Although they were extremely far apart, he estimated the massive creature stood more than a hundred meters tall. It was truly like a mountain standing up on its feet!

One of the beastmasters at Zhao Wu's side mumbled, "We're already so far away; it shouldn't be able to hit us, right?"

Before he could finish his sentence, large numbers of metal objects suddenly flew out from the massive creature, like a super strong gale was blowing, and swept in their direction.

This was a stronger version of Metal Storm!

The Metal Storm caused by this massive creature and the Metal Tyrant was like heaven and earth, be it in size or power!

Zhang Che was astonished. He hurriedly had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon increase his speed like his life depended on it, flying towards the outskirts of Mt Fallen Star.

Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's injuries had yet to fully heal, and erupting his speed would definitely hurt his foundation, Zhang Che couldn't afford to care right now. It was nothing compared to the lives of everyone here. In any case, the dragon would fully recover in half a day or so after he recalled him into his spiritual sea to recuperate.

Seeing the Metal Storm that covered the horizon was quickly sweeping towards them, Zhao Wu and the others paled. Their faces were completely drained of blood.

If it caught up to them, everyone could forget about leaving here alive. They'd probably be obliterated instantly. There was no chance they could withstand the attack without divine-quality physical defense.

Not only that, everyone thought it would be difficult to come out of an attack of this degree unscathed even if they had divine-quality physical defense!

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon felt the crisis approaching. He immediately erupted all the potential he had inside him. Deep blue flames burned on the surface of his body, his speed increasing considerably.

Everyone gradually felt like the Metal Storm wasn't as fast as before. When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had exited Mt Fallen Star, the Metal Storm stopped suddenly, not chasing them out of Mt Fallen Star's territory.

That unknown divine-quality exotic beast's attack methods seemed unable to leave Mt Fallen Star.

Zhang Che and the others finally heaved out long sighs of relief.

That Metal Storm's power was obviously above the abilities of ordinary divine-quality exotic beasts, although they had never seen the skills of other divine-quality beasts before.

However, no matter how powerful divine-quality was, it was impossible to reach that level, right? Otherwise, when the beast swarm arrived, humanity wouldn't be able to withstand the attack if even just one divine-quality exotic beast like that appeared. Their end could only be extinction.

After flying dozens of kilometers away from Mt Fallen Star, Zhang Che recalled the exhausted Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon back into his spiritual sea. He looked behind in the direction of Mt Fallen Star with a complicated expression and said in a low voice, "When we get back, report to the higher-ups that this place should be listed as a dangerous land of the highest class. No one should come here casually."

Zhao Wu nodded, thinking that this place would become a forbidden land to beastmasters in the future. That divine-quality exotic beast's attack was too terrifying. Perhaps even ordinary divine-tier beastmasters wouldn't be able to match it!Although it was a little too thrilling at the end, Zhang Che and the others completed their mission perfectly. Not only did they obtain the Metal Tyrant beast card so Huang Juyun could become a high-tier beastmaster with a powerful epic-quality combatant, Zhao Wu and the others also gained something. Almost everyone received a legend-quality beast card!

As for Zhang Che, although he didn't obtain any top-class beast cards, his gains were shockingly abundant. He didn't even know exactly how many high-tier gold and dark gold-quality metal-attribute beast cards he had obtained.

This was in consideration of the elemental queen, Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the other pets wasting quite a lot of resources while they slaughtered their way in, since their kills wouldn't yield any beast cards. Otherwise, Zhang Che's gains would be at least twice of what he had actually gotten.

It was safe to say that Premium House wouldn't be lacking in high-end beast cards for a long period of time now. They were even the rarer metal-attributed beast cards; they could set off another wave of hot sales!The time now was close to evening. Although Zhang Che's party knew that there weren't any powerful exotic beasts on their way back, they found a place to set up camp to be on the safe side of things. After resting for a night, they returned speedily on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon once the sky lit up the next morning.

When they exited the beast world, it wasn't even noon. At that moment, their highly taut minds completely relaxed. They were finally completely safe.

Although they did not come into any danger after leaving Mt Fallen Star, that mysterious divine-quality exotic beast was too much of a psychological trauma to Zhang Che and the others.

At that time, if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't able to erupt with speed and leave Mt Fallen Star at the crucial moment, they might have lost their lives right there!Dijiang-hao rose to the skies, flying southeast.

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Chapter 532: Miss Tienan is Going to the Beast World

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On the 15th December, Year 36 of the New Age, 3 PM…

Dijiang-hao arrived at Jingzhou and flew into the Xinjing City's military airport.

Huang Juyun, having received information of their return, was personally waiting outside the airport. His face was filled with excitement, his joy apparent in his eyes. He looked like a child about to receive an amazing toy, whose excitement couldn't be contained.

Of course, an epic-quality beast card actually wouldn't excite Huang Juyun much. The key thing was that this epic-quality beast card was going to be given to him by his prospective son-in-law. The meaning behind it was completely different!

In fact, after learning of the Metal Tyrant's strength through a call earlier, it was impossible to say that Huang Juyun wasn't moved at all. After all, the Metal Tyrant was very powerful even among epic-quality exotic beasts, according to what Zhang Che had said. It was much stronger than ordinary epic-quality beasts.

The Metal Tyrant's control over metals was especially noteworthy. Although it wasn't very useful when fighting other exotic beasts, its effects were too terrifying when fighting another country.

In this day and age, which city wasn't covered in steel everywhere? Once the Metal Tyrant stepped into a modernized city, it could simply bring it to ruin!

No matter how firm a building was, when the metal components inside were drawn away by the Metal Tyrant, the only possible ending was its collapse; just imagine that! As a high-ranking officer of the military, naturally Huang Juyun viewed the Metal Tyrant's abilities with great importance.

Aside from his excitement, Huang Juyun actually felt a little fear inside. He had also learned that there was a terrifying divine-quality exotic beast in the depths of Mt Fallen Star. If Zhang Che and the others had been slightly slow in their reactions, they'd be in very poor shape even if they escaped from Mt Fallen Star in the end, perhaps there might even have been casualties among them…

It looked like they needed to be more thorough in their scouting inside the beast worlds. This time, they were lucky and avoided the crisis. If their luck was a tiny bit worse, and that divine-quality exotic beast who was sleeping for whatever reason woke up just a little earlier, not only would they not have been able to kill the epic-quality Metal Tyrant, they would have been instantly killed by the divine-quality exotic beast!

As countless thoughts went through his mind, Dijiang-hao quickly appeared in their vision. It descended from the sky, and landed smoothly on the tarmac at Xinjing City's military airport.

"Uncle Huang, I'm blessed to have completed my mission safely!" Zhang Che smiled faintly at Huang Juyun when he walked out of the aircraft cabin.

Zhao Wu and the others stood at attention excitedly and saluted, yelling, "Commander, we have successfully completed our mission. Requesting permission to return to our unit!"

Huang Juyun nodded to Zhang Che in acknowledgement, then saluted Zhao Wu's group as well and replied, "You've worked hard. Go back first. I'll give you three days' off."

"Thank you, Commander!" Zhao Wu and the others saluted again, then left the airport. They had been transferred to Xinjing City military division as well, and acted as personal guards for Huang Juyun, keeping him safe.

Of course, it was only a formality. From today on, with a powerful epic-quality subdued beast, Huang Juyun had officially become an expert among high-tier beastmasters. Naturally he didn't need others to protect him.

Also, he didn't normally enter the battlefield personally, and wouldn't come into any danger. His guards would be able to settle any troubles for him.

"Xiaoche, it's really been hard on you guys this time. Luckily that divine-quality exotic beast didn't wake up sooner, or the results would have been unpredictable."

After Zhao Wu's group left, Huang Juyun went up and patted Zhang Che's shoulder heavily, his face filled with gratitude, together with a hint of lingering fear.

If something untoward had really happened to Zhang Che on this trip, Huang Juyun didn't dare imagine how he was going to face his precious daughter in the future.

Zhang Che smiled casually, saying, "It's fine, Uncle Huang. Even if that divine-quality exotic beast woke up sooner, at the most we'd just give up on that epic-quality exotic beast and run immediately."

That was the truth. That divine-quality exotic beast's mobility was obviously under some kind of restriction. As long as Zhang Che noticed it early enough, running away was no problem.

After exchanging a few words, Zhang Che took out a card radiating rainbow light from his spatial storage and presented it to Huang Juyun with both hands.

"Take a look, Uncle Huang. See if this beast card satisfies you."

"Alright, I'll trigger it right here, then!" Huang Juyun immediately activated the Metal Tyrant beast card excitedly, branding his spiritual imprint on the card in his spiritual sea. With a thought, a rainbow light shot out from his brow to an empty space at the side.

The light faded, and a huge, savage steel monster appeared before their eyes. Although the Metal Tyrant was not quite twenty meters tall, and was a far cry from the massive divine-quality exotic beast, it still gave them enormous pressure just standing in front of them, especially with the Metal Tyrant's metallic gleam. Its appearance was extremely eye-catching. It truly left an unforgettable impression on others.

Since it didn't receive any orders, naturally the Metal Tyrant only stood there in silence. Huang Juyun looked up and down at it. After hearing Zhang Che explaining the subdued beast's attributes, he could no longer keep his mouth closed.

-Strong! It's powerful beyond imagination!- , was the only thought left in Huang Juyun's heart after learning the Metal Tyrant's attributes.

It was no exaggeration to say that if there wasn't an epic-quality beast with innate fire attacks among his enemies, Huang Juyun could totally fight one-on-two with the Metal Tyrant, perhaps even one-on-three!

After all, the Metal Tyrant's Metal Storm was too powerful. Epic-quality exotic beasts whose forte wasn't defense would be severely wounded, if not dead, if they didn't dodge in time, and would completely lose their ability to fight.

Of course, in terms of weaknesses, the Metal Tyrant had a very glaring one as well. Not only could it not fly like other epic-quality exotic beasts, its speed was rather slow as well. Its mobility was just too poor. Even so, that didn't affect its strength!

After the Metal Tyrant appeared in the airport, every soldier who saw this subdued beast stood on the spot in shock, then cheered out one after another.

When their commander had such a powerful subdued beast, as subordinates, the soldiers naturally shared his pride. The different military divisions made comparisons with one another. They not only compared the fighting strength of their soldiers, but the strength of their commanders too, intentionally or not.

Since Huang Juyun had taken position as commander, he hadn't been able to control the military division completely due to his own strength. More or less, everyone felt some rejection toward a Lieutenant General who didn't have an epic-quality subdued beast. But now, not only did Huang Juyun have an epic-quality subdued beast, the Metal Tyrant was obviously an incredibly powerful beast at a glance, wiping away the last bit of ill-feeling in the soldiers.

Xinjing City's military division completely accepted Huang Juyun as their commander from this moment on.In the afternoon, Huang Juyun took advantage of this and held a large banquet, to both celebrate Zhang Che's success and to subdue the officers in the local military.

Before the banquet started, Huang Juyun summoned out the Metal Tyrant once more to let the various officers see it. When they finally saw the powerful subdued beast they had been hearing stories about all this while, they were naturally shocked.

It was from that moment on that Huang Juyun finally took complete control of Xinjing City's military forces. This was extremely helpful to his work down the line.Zhang Che only rested for a night in Xinjing City, making his way back to Bei Du the next morning. He wasn't in such a hurry originally, but the night before, while he and Huang Tielan were having a long conversation on the phone, she had told him her school was going to organize a trip to the beast world for the freshmen, wanting to train them and let them understand the dangers of the beast worlds, hoping to inspire them to work even harder in their future studies.

Originally, the school had contacted Huang Tielan and said that she could skip out on the trip if she didn't want to go. After all, she was already an intermediate beast card cultivator. She could be considered a genius among geniuses. They were hoping she would become an advanced beast card cultivator over the next few years.

Naturally the school couldn't treat such a genius like a normal student. Making an exception for her was no big deal. However, Huang Tielan didn't like that, and was worried that she might be outcast by her peers in the future.

Huang Tielan didn't want to see that happen. Moreover, she had been stuck at Tier Three beastmaster for quite a long time now, and she wanted to go to the beast world to hunt some exotic beasts, striving to take a step further in her path as a beastmaster.

There were more and more crises in this world. Miss Tienan wanted to have the strength to protect herself as well. That way, she would be able to be of help to Zhang Che in the future. Otherwise, she would be a burden if she needed Zhang Che to take care of her whenever there was any danger.

Furthermore, Miss Tienan wouldn't be making any huge improvements in her beast card cultivation temporarily. She didn't have to keep studying and researching so rigorously like she had in the past. It would do her good to relax a little once in a while.

Most importantly, Huang Tielan felt like she had the potential to become a powerful fighter in her blood. Why not grow as a beastmaster at the same time? She had reason to believe that she could become the best beast card cultivator in history, as well as a powerful high-tier beastmaster.

Zhang Che was naturally very supportive of this. The situation in the world was tense right now. No one knew when would the demonic army strike again, and the fifth beast swarm would arrive in three years' time. Heavens knew how big of a crisis would envelop humanity at that time!

Of course it'd be for the best if Huang Tielan could grow stronger while it was still safe. Zhang Che was very confident that with his help, Miss Tienan could definitely become a high-tier beastmaster within a short period of time.

Also, after Huang Tielan became a high-tier beastmaster, there was no need to worry about her subdued beasts, either. Zhang Che would go hunt as many epic-quality exotic beasts in the beast worlds for her as she wanted as her subdued beasts.

Given Zhang Che's strength right now, he totally had this capability!

The trip to the beast world organized by Bei Du University was set on the eighteenth. If Zhang Che made his way back today, he could learn about the beast world they were going into before then, as well as spend some quality time with Huang Tielan.

From the eighteenth onwards, he might have to spend a long time in the beast world again…

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Chapter 533: The Student Who Brought Her "Family" into the Beast World

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After returning to Mercury, the elemental queen immersed herself into the online world again, playing chess all the time.

Her skills improved greatly. With no teacher coaching her, she actually played her way to the seventh-dan on the internet. According to the standards of casual players in real life, she was around the level of amateur fourth-dan.

If any senior member of the Go circle learned about this, they'd probably fight to accept her as their student, with hopes of nurturing the number one female Go player in the world.

Of course, if someone really intended on doing so, who knew what they'd think after learning the elemental queen was actually not human?

Well, it went without saying the elemental queen wouldn't go become a professional Go player… although if it was peacetime, perhaps there was really a possibility of that happening.

In any case, no one would know she wasn't human as long as Zhang Che kept her identity a secret. However, Zhang Che was also very curious to see how high a level she could reach in this field. Could she surpass the top human players and reach the level of artificial intelligence?

Speaking of which, the elemental queen's ability to calculate might really be comparable to artificial intelligence, not to mention how gifted she was at the game. If she really were to walk the path of Go, no one could say for sure how far she could go.

Of course, Zhang Che was only wondering about all of this, with no intention of acting on it.

"Perhaps she is really a great Go player impeded by the times?" Zhang Che couldn't help but muse, glancing at the elemental queen seriously playing Go to one side.

Shaking his head, he forgot her matters. Zhang Che piloted Dijiang-hao, flying in Bei Du's direction. He wondered if Huang Tielan would allow him to follow her into the beast world.

Well, although Miss Tienan told Zhang Che about the field trip, she didn't mention anything about him accompanying her inside. The original plan was for the freshmen to enter the beast world according to their classes under the accompaniment of beastmaster teachers, and the military had also arranged for personnel to guard them to a certain extent during their trip.

If Zhang Che really were to follow Huang Tielan inside, heavens knew what others would think. As a student, being too different from others wasn't very good, after all.

Otherwise, Huang Tielan wouldn't have requested to go along on this trip into the beast world. She could totally rely on her status as a genius beast card cultivator to skip the trip to the beast world with her privileges.

Since she had decided on it, then she'd definitely not act too independently.

"What a headache. Although activities organized by the school shouldn't be dangerous, who can say for sure about matters regarding the beast world? If an accident happens, it would be too late for regrets already."

Zhang Che wasn't assured. After all, Huang Tielan was too weak. If they encountered a powerful exotic beast during their trip, the accompanying beastmasters from the school and the military might not react in time.

This time, all the freshmen from this cohort would be entering the beast world. Thousands of students would be going in together. At that time, they would be spread out into groups and operating separately. Even though experts would enter the beast world with them to protect them, how could they protect everyone perfectly?

"Hmm, forget it. I'll just follow them in without them finding out. It'll be fine as long as she doesn't know."

Zhang Che ultimately decided to just not let Miss Tienan find out about this. He'd act on his own and let the Purple Jade Condor scout from the sky. It should be fine…

Not only that, Zhang Che had even planned on acting the day before the trip and entering the beast world in advance, scouting the area Bei Du University was going to thoroughly and eliminating things that posed more of a threat.

That way, there wouldn't be any accidents, right?

As for Bei Du University keeping their plan on entering the beast world highly confidential, Zhang Che wasn't worried at all. He wasn't the only one worried for Huang Tielan's safety. His father-in-law would definitely not feel assured either and he could totally find out all the information he needed.

Well, Huang Tielan probably didn't tell this matter to her father, precisely because she was worried Huang Juyun might worry for her safety and forcibly arrange a few bodyguards for her. That wouldn't be nice….

If things were really going to be like that, she might as well not participate in the trip. As a result, until yesterday, Huang Juyun had no idea of this matter.

Of course, with the "traitor" Zhang Che tipping him off, naturally Huang Juyun had learned of it, and had made use of his connections to gather information on the beast world Bei Du University was planning to go to.

At the same time, in order to be doubly safe, Huang Juyun even communicated with Bei Du University, wanting to send a company of high-tier beastmasters to mix with the personnel the military had originally sent and act as another protective force. Bei Du University was naturally happy to agree with this proposition.

Although the purpose of the school organizing a trip to the beast world was to train the students, the school was not the military, after all. They couldn't allow any casualties to happen!

With the Huang family arranging a company of high-tier beastmasters to join them, naturally there was a better guarantee for the safety factor.

"I wonder if Miss Tienan will beat me to death if she finds out..?" Zhang Che wondered if Huang Tielan would become angry at him if she were to find out that he had tipped off Huang Juyun. It'd definitely be a very frightening situation…

Well, he'd just try his best to not let her find out.

Soon, Dijiang-hao arrived at the skies above Bei Du. Zhang Che followed the directions to the airport and landed there.At the same time, far off in southern Hua Xia, in a plain building…

He Luotu's eyes were emitting dark light. He was listening to a subordinate talk about the activity Bei Du University was planning to host.

"Perhaps this is a good chance to kill the seedlings of humanity with high potential?"

He Luotu immediately thought after hearing this news. Not only that, he immediately decided to make use of this opportunity and send some of his men over, no matter what. It'd be for the best if he could disrupt Bei Du University's training session for the freshmen.

He had naturally come to understand that the freshmen in Bei Du University's beastmaster faculty would also take part in this activity.

After possessing He Luotu, this supreme demon's clones had learned what kind of an occupation beast card cultivators were.

If he allowed those people to develop, they'd definitely bolster the strength of humanity by a lot in the future. Naturally it'd be a great thing if he could kill them now. It'd make it much easier for when the demonic army invaded Mercury again.

Moreover, he had also learned that there was an incredible genius among Bei Du University's beast card cultivator freshmen. She was only in her first year, and had already become an intermediate beast card cultivator!

If a genius like that was to grow up, it was very likely she'd help humanity nurture many more top-tier beastmasters in the future. She was a target who had to be removed!

He Luotu knew it was very rare to have an opportunity to get rid of such geniuses on Mercury. It was completely different if it was in the beast world, however. In the beast world, all technological products were rendered useless. Even though it was certain there'd be experts accompanying them on the trip, thousands of freshmen would be entering the beast world, and would split up afterwards. The Freemasons would surely have a chance to take action!

"Pass my word down. Tell the person in charge in Bei Du to continue gathering information. It's best if he finds out today which beast world Bei Du University has decided to enter, then we can send enough men over and make their way into that beast world in advance.

"This time, our prime targets are the Bei Du University's freshmen in the beast card cultivation faculty, especially the one called Huang Tielan; this person must be eliminated!"

Facing the suspicious gaze of his subordinates, He Luotu explained, "According to a trustworthy source, many freshmen of Bei Du University's beast card cultivation faculty were controlled by the demons, and the girl named Huang Tielan was confirmed to be possessed by the demons. Otherwise, how could she display such talent?"

After hearing He Luotu's words, his subordinates were immediately impressed. Their president was remarkable, indeed! He had actually discovered the demons' spies so easily!

"Rest assured, President. I'll definitely pass down a strict order to those in Bei Du to complete their mission this time no matter what. We can't let those damnable demons escape again!"

His subordinates' faces were fanatical, their eyes shining with abnormal light. They had no idea their minds were being controlled by He Luotu.

If this continued, the higher-ups in the Freemason would completely lose their sense of self and become He Luotu's most loyal fighters in the end.

At that time, He Luotu would no longer need to make up excuses like eliminating the demons' spies. He could casually send an order down, and these people would fight to their deaths for him.

Seeing his subordinates leaving, He Luotu's gaze was deep and dark, feeling some regrets. -Regrettably, due to the unique force field in these lands, it's still too difficult for all my clones to combine. It's impossible to do so without taking some time to prepare for it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to act so cautiously and directly control some of the human elites, making them fight among themselves. I could control a huge group of people to enter the beast world and lay down a huge array to destroy the spatial barrier, letting our demonic army in directly!-

There existed a unique energy and force field in this world. Not only did it place restrictions, forbidding the stronger demons from crossing over into this world previously, it had also affected the fusing of his clones. Otherwise, when all of his clones combined, he would have become the strongest entity in this world, even if he didn't recover to the peak of his strength. He wouldn't have to act as cautiously as he was doing now, afraid of letting the humans figure out there was something wrong.After returning to Bei Du, Zhang Che made his way home first, and spent the day with Huang Tielan. He'd say he had something to do tomorrow and needed to leave Bei Du for some time.

Huang Juyun had already spoken to Bei Du University and learned which beast world they were planning on entering, and soon relayed the news to Zhang Che.

Huang Juyun's men would enter the beast world together with the freshmen, claiming they were sent by the military to protect them. No one would know they were actually the elites of the Huang family. Their main purpose was to keep Huang Tielan safe, and they would strengthen the security forces for Bei Du University at the same time.

As for Zhang Che wanting to enter the beast world to protect Huang Tielan in the dark, Huang Juyun naturally agreed to it happily. He wouldn't feel it was too much no matter how many people were sent to protect his precious daughter! Zhang Che entering the beast world with them would naturally add another layer of security.

There were already signs of chaos appearing in Mercury. Putting aside whether the beast world would be dangerous, there were traces of evil cults appearing in many places recently among humanity.

Heavens knew if those evil cults would find out news about the younger generation of some large clans and try to assassinate them?

Wasn't there an assassination attempt on Zhang Che by the evil cults just recently?

Although Zhang Che was strong and managed to repel the evil cult's beastmasters in the end, he was injured nonetheless. Not only that, the authorities had yet to find out where the headquarters of that evil cult known as the Freemasons were, and some of the branches of the Freemasons had relocated underground. It had become much harder to get rid of them.

Under such circumstances, to be on the safe side of things, letting Zhang Che enter the beast world with the freshmen wasn't considered too much at all.

Just like that, Huang Tielan had unknowingly became a student who brought her "family" into the beast world.

Even Bei Du University was only aware of the Huang family's arrangements. They didn't know Zhang Che had entered the beast world to act as security and protect Miss Tienan in the dark as well!Dijiang-hao flew a circle in the skies above Bei Du, then stealthily landed near a small city in the suburbs to the southwest.

A spatial gateway stood in a ravine about thirty-some kilometers away from the small city. Naturally there was a huge military camp constructed nearby.

After landing Dijiang-hao in that camp, Zhang Che spoke with the military personnel here. Soon, an officer piloted Dijiang-hao to a secret military base nearby. Meanwhile, Zhang Che silently entered the beast world, together with the elemental queen.

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Chapter 534: Everyone is On the Move

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After entering the beast world and leaving the safety zone, the elemental queen suddenly said, "Master, actually you can let this servant infiltrate Bei Du University's student groups. That way, I can protect Lady Master at her side."

Zhang Che turned to look at her in surprise, saying, "You, mixing among the student groups?"

What a joke! With the elemental queen's looks that could bring a country to ruin, let alone mixing into the students of Bei Du University, she'd be like a white crane within a flock of chickens even if she was thrown into a crowd of tens of thousands, or a firefly in the dark night. One glance was all it took to notice her.

It would be the greatest joke of the century if she could remain undiscovered!

The elemental queen chuckled, explaining, "Master, didn't you know this servant can actually change her appearance?"

Done speaking, the elemental queen's body turned into a phantom. When her figure returned to human shape, she had become a young and inexperienced-looking girl with an ordinary face, standing at about a hundred and sixty centimeters.

The elemental queen's current appearance was truly ordinary to the extreme. She could truly mix into any group of female students casually and not be discovered.

Zhang Che was astounded at the sight, unable to speak from the shock.

-Since when did she have such an ability?-

The elemental queen had followed Zhang Che for such a long time, yet he truly had no idea this humanoid pet of his had an ability similar to the Myriad Transformation Lizard beast card, able to shapeshift herself.

"Kaka, is Master very surprised?" The elemental queen was very satisfied when she saw Zhang Che's surprised look, giggling to herself. Her body turned immaterial again, and when she returned to human shape once more, she actually turned into a young man with an ordinary appearance!

"Look, Master. This servant can not only turn into any women, I can also turn into men as I wish!"

Zhang Che felt a chill in his heart, thinking, -You were not a freaking male creature from the beginning, were you?-

The elemental queen seemed to understand the meaning behind Zhang Che's gaze. She spat lightly, then said delicately, "What are you thinking about, Master? Although this servant isn't human, my gender is indeed female!"

Zhang Che shivered all over. Although he was well aware this unfamiliar-looking man in front of him was the elemental queen, the feeling of witnessing a young man acting so coyly and speaking with a woman's voice was truly like he had seen a ghost.

Zhang Che shook his head violently, thinking, -So what if you can turn into a man? Your master, I, can also turn into a woman, just that I'm not willing to!-

Of course, Zhang Che wouldn't say that out loud, no matter what. Otherwise, what should he do if the elemental queen threw a tantrum, asking to see him become a woman? Should he transform or not?

Zhang Che felt the chill growing in intensity at the thought of transforming into a woman. His whole body trembled slightly uncontrollably.

However, in order to protect Huang Tielan in the dark afterwards, Zhang Che didn't intend to show himself in his current appearance, either. It was very necessary to slightly alter his appearance.

As such, Zhang Che's body looked like it was a dough being kneaded by someone and started transforming. In the blink of an eye, he had turned into a man with an ordinary appearance.

Regarding this ability of Zhang Che's, the elemental queen had been by his side for a long time and knew about it. She wasn't surprised by it.

Well, if Zhang Che turned into a woman without warning, perhaps the elemental queen would be astonished at the sight, just like how Zhang Che was when she turned into a man.

"Master, should this servant revert my transformation?" the elemental queen asked, looking at Zhang Che with a man's face, but speaking with the sweet voice of a woman.

"Yes, you turn back into a woman immediately! Hmm, make your appearance a little more ordinary. Our main objective is to protect others in the dark. Having too striking of an appearance would draw the attention of others easily."

Zhang Che really couldn't take it any longer. He directly ordered the elemental queen to turn back into a woman. It'd be too gross if a man was always by his side speaking in a woman's sweet voice. Zhang Che couldn't take it at all.

"Kakaka, as Master wishes!" the elemental queen giggled. Her figure transformed, turning back into an ordinary-looking woman.

Zhang Che finally felt much better inside.The area Bei Du University had planned on going into was about six hundred kilometers to the southeast inside the beast world. It was a mountainous forest area with a rather complicated terrain. Due to the frequent visits from beastmasters, the exotic beasts in the area weren't strong, and their numbers were far less than before.

This was the reason why Bei Du University chose this site; everything was considered for their safety. They wanted to let the students experience the beast world's environment and atmosphere under safe circumstances.

The students were all favored children of the heavens. Even if some of them would sacrifice themselves in the future, they definitely shouldn't die casually here!

The mountain forest spanned a rather wide area, ranging over a hundred kilometers from north to south, and close to two hundred kilometers from east to west. Its total surface area was approximately twenty thousand square kilometers.

Back on Earth where Zhang Che came from, it was about the size of a relatively large prefecture-level city.

In an area as wide as this, there would be some hidden dangers, even if there were few exotic beasts, and how weak their individual strengths were.

After all, in the beast worlds, many exotic beasts were nomadic. They wouldn't stay in a certain place for a long time, and could change their area of activity at any time.

With that, who could guarantee there would be no relatively strong exotic beast suddenly deciding to come to this area and tour around?

As such, Zhang Che planned on going there in advance to scout things out. He'd eliminate any troublesome exotic beasts beforehand. On the one hand, he'd gain some beast cards for himself, and on the other hand, he'd be doing a favor for the Bei Du University freshmen.At the place where the spatial gateway was located, many beastmasters were coming and going. It was inevitable, as it was near the Bei Du metropolitan area, after all. Even if it was located at some remote corner, many beastmasters would come train themselves or look for materials.

A big bus suddenly stopped outside the military camp. Dozens of people got off the bus in a grandiose manner. Their auras were mixed; some strong and some weak. They looked like a grassroot beastmaster group coming to this beast world to train themselves. It didn't seem suspicious at all.

The group of beastmasters consisted of men and women, young and old. While going towards the spatial gateway, they even gathered into small groups to chat among themselves. It seemed as normal as could be.

No one noticed that after the dozens of people entered the beast world, they quickly split up into small groups of three to five, leaving in all directions. After they left the safety zone, they started changing directions and followed different paths, heading to the southeast of the beast world.

One group consisted of three people. They were all middle-aged men in their thirties or forties, sharp lights in their eyes. They were all high-tier beastmasters. The man with an especially wide forehead was their leader, and the other two stood at his sides, walking half a step behind him toward the southeast unhurriedly.

Gradually there were fewer beastmasters around them. Suddenly, a brightly-colored and fierce tiger-like exotic beast jumped out from the woods at the side silently, pouncing at the three.

The three acted as if they didn't notice it and continued walking forward. An unusual light flashed across the tiger-like exotic beast's eyes, saliva nearly flowing out of the corners of its mouth. Obviously, its target was very weak this time, and didn't notice its sneak attack at all.

It'd have a sumptuous lunch very soon!

However, just as the thought rose in the exotic beast's heart, in the next moment, the man walking on the left with narrow eyes suddenly waved his hand casually towards the back of his palm. A cold light flashed.

The brightly colored tiger didn't even manage to cry out in time before its whole body was split in two from the middle, falling into the bushes at the side of the road.

It was only at this moment that bright fresh blood suddenly sprayed out to the left and right along with its organs, splattering all over the ground.

Until its last moment, the exotic beast's eyes, which were separated by the cut, showed a hint of its confusion. It couldn't understand even in death why the seemingly easy prey became so terrifyingly strong. It didn't know what happened as the man waved his hand.

The three middle-aged men didn't care about the sneak attack of that weak little exotic beast. They didn't even summon out their subdued beasts and got rid of that low-tier exotic beast easily, then continued on their way.

When there were no more traces of other beastmasters in their surroundings, the man with the wide forehead whispered, "The President views this mission very importantly. We have to be very cautious and not leak any intelligence. Otherwise, everyone will be punished if this operation fails, you know."

"Yes, Branch Head. We have repeatedly emphasized this point to the others before we left. Nothing will go wrong. We're only thirty-some men strong in total, and with everyone scattered, no one will suspect anything even if we stayed in that area," the two subordinates answered respectfully. Recalling how the president punished some members who committed mistakes, the two felt chills on their backs. It truly wasn't punishment people could withstand. Just by looking from the side one would feel their hair standing on end, and shiver uncontrollably.Zhang Che and the Freemasons weren't the only ones who entered the beast world and came to scout the situation in advance. In fact, Bei Du University had also sent a few powerful beastmasters to the area first, wanting to confirm there weren't any dangerous exotic beasts here.

If there were any dangerous exotic beasts spotted, they were responsible for either killing them or driving them away. In any case, the students' activities couldn't be affected.

Since the participants for this trip were all freshmen, it was normal for some little accidents to happen, and they would be very difficult to avoid. If there were too many casualties, however, the school wouldn't be able to bear such heavy responsibilities.

These separate groups of people, each having their own thoughts, entered the same mountainous forest area and began scouting the situation in this wide area.

Dozens of, if not a hundred, people thrown in an area close to twenty thousand square kilometers wide really wouldn't be able to cause any splash. Nothing would happen even if they encountered one another.

After all, it was impossible for Bei Du University to reserve the area. It was only normal that some beastmasters were active in the area. Also, logically speaking, ordinary beastmasters wouldn't dare come find trouble with a huge entity like Bei Du University, unless they really didn't want to live any longer.

No one expected that the Freemasons had already infiltrated the area silently, and were carrying out an unimaginable plan.Naturally Zhang Che didn't notice this, either. He was flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in the skies above the area, letting the Purple Jade Condor scout the area beside him.

It would be impossible for Zhang Che to survey such a huge area in a day or two by himself. He could only rely on the Purple Jade Condor's amazing scouting ability to check the area as best as it could. If they discovered anything dangerous, then he'd get rid of it. If there wasn't anything, then it couldn't be any better.

In any case, after the staff and freshmen from Bei Du University arrived, Zhang Che would still have the Purple Jade Condor scout in the skies the whole time, while he and the elemental queen would try to stick close to Huang Tielan's group.

With such arrangements, there would not be any danger. Moreover, there was also the high-tier beastmasters from the Huang family's elite forces sent by Huang Juyun. With them around, there was another layer of security; they could rest assured that Huang Tielan's safety was guaranteed.

Even if she was really unlucky enough to come across any powerful exotic beast, Zhang Che and the Huang family's elite forces would have enough time to react and come save her.

However, be it Zhang Che, the Huang family, or Bei Du University, no one realized that an uncontrollable force had snuck in there…

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Chapter 535: Dark-Attributed Unicorn

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High up in the skies, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying leisurely. At his side was the Purple Jade Condor, working hard to scout the situation below them.

How long had it been since the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had enjoyed such relaxing times? He could no longer remember. In recent days, Zhang Che had been running around crazily in various beast worlds and killing exotic beasts, whether to advance to high-tier beastmaster or to hunt powerful creatures.

As Zhang Che's flying mount, as well as a powerful combatant, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't get a single moment of rest. If it wasn't because he could absorb the rainbow crystal's energy even while outside of Zhang Che's spiritual sea, he would have felt dissatisfied long ago.

Now, he was finally basking in leisurely times. He didn't have to rush somewhere, nor do battle. He only needed to fly leisurely in the skies of the beast world in an area not very far from the safety zone. He didn't have to worry about any powerful exotic beasts disturbing his relaxation, either. It was so exciting for him, comparable to finding a nice water area to play in.

Even a naturally battle-crazed pet had started enjoying leisurely times! It went to show how busy Zhang Che had been during this period of time, and how long he had fought.

Of course, Zhang Che didn't know about any of this. He was similarly making use of this rare opportunity to relax. He laid back on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, his eyes half-closed, looking like he had fallen asleep.

As for the elemental queen, she was holding onto a chess manual and studying the art. How hard she worked really left Zhang Che blushing in shame. He almost thought a genius chess player was going to be wasted by him.

Fortunately, the elemental queen wasn't human. Otherwise, Zhang Che would really consider letting her change her occupation to go play chess professionally.

Suddenly, the Purple Jade Condor transmitted a spiritual wave from the side. It had discovered a silhouette in the ravine below that seemed to be a powerful exotic beast.

Well, that fellow couldn't confirm whether the exotic beast was really powerful, and could only use the words "seemed to be" in its report.

"Ai, the Purple Jade Condor is a little too weak, after all. Although it has become legend-quality, it can't be considered a high-end combat force as long as it's not at epic-quality. It's lacking in even its ability to sense its enemies' exact strength," Zhang Che sighed, shaking his head. He ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to dive down in the direction pointed out by the Purple Jade Condor.

The ravine was deep and dark, with steep cliffs on both sides, and shrouded in a layer of fog. It was impressive that the Purple Jade Condor was able to discover this seemingly powerful exotic beast from a thousand meters in the sky.

Truthfully speaking, if it hadn't been a scouting-type exotic beast, the Purple Jade Condor wouldn't have been able to notice it, let alone determine the target's strength.

"Tsk, tsk. Looks like I have set too high a bar for this fellow. Its abilities are already amazing!" Zhang Che lamented. He ordered the Purple Jade Condor to circle in the sky and continue scouting, while he and the elemental queen dove directly into the thick fog of the ravine on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Zhang Che wasn't worried at all about his reckless charge in. This area was only a few hundred kilometers away from the safety zone. Would a divine-quality exotic beast even appear here?

If there was really a divine-quality exotic beast active here, this area would have become a forbidden zone long ago, with countless beastmasters having lost their lives here. It wouldn't have been chosen by the Bei Du University as the place to train their freshmen.

"So, what's there to worry about?" Zhang Che mumbled casually. He let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon rush straight into the ravine without slowing down at all, instantly breaking through the fog in the skies and entering the dark ravine.

"Hmm? What's that? Why is it so fast?"

Zhang Che caught sight of a silhouette instantly disappearing from his sight just as he entered the ravine. Its speed truly surprised him.

Although he wasn't able to estimate exactly how fast that silhouette was moving, Zhang Che believed that fellow was definitely not any slower than ordinary flying exotic beasts. In terms of agility, it was even much better!

After all, the ravine had very complicated terrain. It was very easy to crash into protruding rocks when moving at high speed. That silhouette, however, was like a ray of light, instantly drawing a curved line in the air, not touching even a blade of grass!

-Could that be the figure the Purple Jade Condor discovered in the sky?- Zhang Che suspected. He didn't stop moving, however. He let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon follow the direction the silhouette was heading in, giving chase.

As a dragon, not only was the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight speed extremely high, his agility wasn't low, either. Zhang Che believed they would successfully catch up to that silhouette in the end, and see exactly what kind of creature it was.

Zhang Che's objective was to get rid of some hidden dangerous elements to begin with. That figure was very likely to be very strong. To prevent any unwanted accidents, it had to be eliminated, no matter what!

Although this area was vast and Huang Tielan was unlikely to come here coincidentally, who could say for sure about these matters?

If she really came here, and the staff couldn't protect her in time, wouldn't that lead to a lifetime of regret? Zhang Che definitely wouldn't allow any accidents to happen!

That figure seemed to have sensed Zhang Che chasing it from behind. It zipped left and right nimbly in the complicated ravine like black lightning, constantly dodging and hiding. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't able to catch up to it.

"Hmm, this is interesting. That fellow is actually this fast!" Zhang Che was astonished.

At present, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was already flying very close to the speed of sound. Due to the terrain, the dragon didn't bring out his fastest speed. Even so, it was much faster than many flying exotic beasts.

Despite that, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't able to catch up to the figure. It truly left Zhang Che flabbergasted.

The chase went on for a few minutes. Zhang Che still hadn't gotten a clear look at the creature's appearance. He didn't even recognize what species that exotic beast belonged to.

As such, Zhang Che's competitiveness was thoroughly ignited. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon speed up, wanting to catch up to that fellow no matter what.

"That thing doesn't look very strong; I don't believe it can really escape from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!"

Zhang Che was sure the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would surely catch up to that exotic beast in the end. Although its speed and agility was almost on par with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, its endurance would surely be incomparable, right?

However, it seemed like Zhang Che was happy a little too soon.That unknown exotic beast's endurance was really something. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon chased it for half an hour, and yet it showed no signs of exhaustion, making Zhang Che feel depressed and nearly giving up on it.

Fortunately, Zhang Che wasn't someone who admitted his losses easily. He had decided that he would catch up to that exotic beast, even if he had to waste all his time here today!Minutes and seconds slowly ticked away. Zhang Che had lost count of how many times he circled around this complicated ravine, but the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon still hadn't caught up to the exotic beast despite accelerating past Mach 1!

The only consolation was that there seemed to be a problem with the target's endurance, allowing Zhang Che to finally see its figure.

"Hmm? It's actually a unicorn?" Zhang Che's eyes nearly popped out.

That's right; he didn't see wrongly. That exotic beast was indeed a Unicorn! It looked extremely similar to Zhang Che's healing-type Unicorn!

-Strange… why is there a Unicorn here?- Zhang Che was filled with questions.

That wasn't the main point. The problem that this Unicorn was covered in black, and shrouded in a thick layer of black fog. It was this layer of black fog that made it so quick and nimble, so much that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon hadn't caught up to it even now, after chasing it for so long.

"This exotic beast is surely different from my Unicorn!" Zhang Che was certain of that. This black exotic beast that looked so similar to his unicorn wasn't actually a real Unicorn, its appearance was just similar.

Although Zhang Che had seen the exotic beast's true appearance, he hadn't closed the distance between them. His data eyes were unable to see its attributes, and he was temporarily unable to confirm exactly what kind of exotic beast it was.

However, all of this was only a matter of time.

The black exotic beast was getting fatigued. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would catch up to it sooner or later.As he had expected, as time dragged on, the exotic beast grew increasingly slower.

Finally, the figure came within the range of Zhang Che's data eyes.[Dark Unicorn]

Level: Four Star (Level 38)

Quality: Legend

Characteristics: A Species Loved by the Dark Elements. Born With the Ability to Control the Dark Elements, its Speed and Agility Shockingly High

Weakness: Fears Light-Attributed Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Dark Energy Blessing. Able to Control the Dark Elements, Gaining Sustained Flight at High Speed. Also, Able to Resist All Elemental Attacks Except the Light Element From Same Level and Quality.

Skill: Shadow Cloak. Casting this Skill Allows the Dark Unicorn to Bestow a Cloak of Dark Energy on a Target, Granting Them the Same Elemental Defense as the Dark Unicorn Itself. Skill Lasts for 1 Hour. Cooldown Time: 2 Hours.

Skill: Dark Energy Corrosion. Consumes the Dark Energy in User's Body to Unleash a Pure and Concise Ray of Dark Energy, Carrying Out a Powerful Corrosive Attack on the Enemy, Reducing Their Overall Attributes. The Reduction Varies According to the Enemy's Strength, and is Ineffective Against Divine-Quality Exotic Beasts. Cooldown Time: 10 Minutes.

Potential: B Rank"This is good stuff! A four-star legend-quality; it'd be the perfect flying mount to gift to Miss Tienan!" Zhang Che's eyes shone brightly after seeing the Dark Unicorn's attributes. Without a doubt, this fellow was a top-tier existence among mid-tier legend-quality exotic beasts, be it in terms of its supporting ability or attacking ability!

Although Zhang Che was already at the level where the Dark Unicorn's abilities didn't really interest him, giving it to Huang Tielan would increase her strength greatly.

As for Huang Tielan still being a Tier Three beastmaster, Zhang Che wasn't worried at all. Although ordinary beastmasters would need to spend some time to advance from Tier Three to Tier Four, with Zhang Che helping her out, she really wouldn't need much time to do so.

Zhang Che instantly came to a decision. He couldn't let this Dark Unicorn go, no matter what. He had to kill it and make it drop its beast card!

Seemingly feeling the killing intent from Zhang Che, the Dark Unicorn sensed a grave danger, quickly accelerating and pulling away from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.

Zhang Che wasn't worried at all. This was merely the Dark Unicorn's final struggle!

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Chapter 536: Caught and Killed. Enter

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The chase went on for another ten-plus minutes. Finally, the Dark Unicorn ahead was completely exhausted and could no longer maintain its super speed up.

"Let's see if you can still escape now!" Zhang Che laughed. He ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to directly rush forth. At the same time, the scarlet and white sword shot out from his brow, circling around him, ready to cut down the Dark Unicorn at any time.

"Congratulations, Master! You've gained another powerful subdued beast!" the elemental queen said sweetly from behind Zhang Che. Of course she was able to tell that the Dark Unicorn was a top-tier creature among legend-quality exotic beasts, especially in regards to its defense and flight. It wasn't a small addition, even for Zhang Che.

Of course, Zhang Che didn't tell her that he didn't intend on using the Dark Unicorn for himself after killing it, and would be gifting it to Huang Tielan instead.

Sensing the imminent arrival of a grave danger, the Dark Unicorn cried out in grief and indignation. It finally stopped its meaningless attempt in escaping and turned around, aiming at Zhang Che and shot out a dark ray.

It went without saying that the ray was its skill, Dark Energy Corrosion!

Although Zhang Che didn't really care about the attack from a legend-quality exotic beast, he didn't want to get hit by this kind of strange skill. As such, he directly ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to raise his head, blocking that dark ray for Zhang Che..

In any case, that ray would only lower his overall attributes. The actual destructive power of that skill wasn't very strong. Given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength, he shouldn't be affected too harshly, right?

As he had expected, after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was struck by the Dark Energy Corrosion ray, no wounds appeared on his body, but his flight speed suddenly fell by a fraction.

Of course, at the same time, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's defense, attack power and other attributes were also lowered by about a third. His strength was greatly affected.

The scale of the battle would surely tip to the other side if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was fighting an exotic beast of similar strength after being struck by that.

However, the Dark Unicorn was only an exotic beast at mid-tier legend-quality. Even if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's overall strength was reduced by a third, taking care of it was no problem for him at all.

Well, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wouldn't do a thing, and neither would the elemental queen. Those two were both pets; Zhang Che didn't want to waste such an excellent beast card. Naturally he had to kill the beast himself.

Despite the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attributes falling by a third, they still caught up to the Dark Unicorn very quickly. The Dark Unicorn knew it was already facing its final moments. It let out another sorrowful cry and lowered its head, pointing its sharp horn shining with dark light straight at them and charged forward.

"What a fierce temper!" Zhang Che sighed. The scarlet and white sword circling around him suddenly streaked across the air, passing through the Dark Unicorn's neck; it couldn't dodge in time at all.

Fresh blood spattered everywhere. A black horse's head with a single horn flew out. While the head was still in the air, it turned into a five-colored light along with the headless corpse behind it, and quickly condensed into a five-colored card with four hexagrams on it.

Although this was a very excellent legend-quality exotic beast, it wasn't difficult for Zhang Che to kill it at all as long as he caught up to it, given his current strength. After all, his own strength was comparable to a powerful epic-quality exotic beast. Killing a legend-quality exotic beast was truly no trouble for him at all.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly flew over. Zhang Che reached his hand out and caught the falling card. With a glance at the card with his data eyes, a faint, happy smile appeared on his face.[Dark Unicorn]

Level: Four Star (Level 38)

Quality: Legend

Type: Original Combat Body

Characteristics: A Species Loved by the Dark Elements. Born With the Ability to Control the Dark Elements, its Speed and Agility are Shockingly High

Weakness: Fears Light-Attributed Elemental Attacks

Innate Attribute: Dark Energy Blessing. Able to Control the Dark Elements, Gaining Sustained Flight at High Speed. Also, Able to Resist All Elemental Attacks Except the Light Element From Same Level and Quality.

Skill: Shadow Cloak. Casting this Skill Allows the Dark Unicorn to Bestow a Cloak of Dark Energy on a Target, Granting Them the Same Elemental Defense as the Dark Unicorn Itself. Skill Lasts for 1 Hour. Cooldown Time: 2 Hours.

Skill: Dark Energy Corrosion. Consumes the Dark Energy in User's Body to Unleash a Pure and Concise Ray of Dark Energy, Carrying Out a Powerful Corrosive Attack on the Enemy, Reducing Their Overall Attributes. The Reduction Varies According to the Enemy's Strength, and is Ineffective Against Divine-Quality Exotic Beasts. Cooldown Time: 10 Minutes.

Potential: B RankUnsurprisingly, the Dark Unicorn was an Original Combat Body-type beast card. With that, he could gift the card to Miss Tienan and boost her strength considerably. In the future, she could escape if she was ever in any danger, even if she couldn't win.

To be clear, the Dark Unicorn's flight speed was higher than Mach 1. Very few ordinary flying beasts could reach such a speed, unless they were at epic-quality.

Afterwards, all that was left was to help Huang Tielan advance to Tier Four beastmaster as soon as possible!

Of course, it couldn't be done on this trip. Zhang Che didn't want her to find out he was following her in secret. He could only wait until the Bei Du University's activity was over and find a more suitable place to help Miss Tienan advance to Tier Four.

"Now, it's time for proper business!" Zhang Che sighed contently. He finally remembered what he was here for. Still flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, he directly broke through the fog in the skies above the ravine, ascending back to the skies.

The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was still affected by the Dark Unicorn's skill. His flight speed was a third lower than usual, but that didn't affect what Zhang Che was going to do next.

In any case, he was mainly relying on the Purple Jade Condor to scout the situation below. It wouldn't affect him in the slightest, even if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying a little slower.

Also, after what had just happened, Zhang Che was very satisfied with the Purple Jade Condor's scouting ability. It had even managed to find the Dark Unicorn hiding behind the fog in the ravine. What other exotic beasts could possibly hide from it, unless it was some lazy fellow who couldn't even be bothered to move?

However, the truly powerful exotic beasts wouldn't sit still and do nothing if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and the Purple Jade Condor flew past. They would definitely be found by the condor, no matter what!Time slowly passed. The sky suddenly turned dark. Another day had gone by.

Zhang Che slew a few dark gold and legend-quality exotic beasts throughout the day, and roughly cleared the area. There wasn't anything too dangerous here anymore. Even if he missed some of them, it wouldn't affect the trip too much.

The Bei Du University and the military would also arrange for sufficient men to patrol and protect the students. The students' safety wouldn't be compromised as long as it wasn't some overly powerful exotic beast.The next day, Zhang Che continued circling in the skies. At noon, he saw a huge group of people approaching from the north. It was the freshmen coming into this area to train themselves under the arrangements of the university.

Zhang Che flew off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with the elemental queen and found a place to rest. He kept the Purple Jade Condor flying ten thousand meters in the air. After finding where Huang Tielan was, the condor kept flying above her, monitoring the situation below.On the mountain ridge a few kilometers away, three middle-aged men were also looking coldly at the huge group of students from Bei Du University travelling in their direction.

After watching for a short while in silence, the man in the middle with a wide forehead whispered, "Our target has entered the area. Pass the instructions down to have everyone get ready. When the Bei Du University students have split up completely, start moving as per the plan. No failures are allowed; we have to kill all the demon spies hiding among humanity!"

"Yes, Branch Chief!" the other two responded respectfully. Afterwards, they left the mountain ridge silently, going off in separate directions to notify the other groups.Within Bei Du University's huge group, all the students were looking around curiously. It wasn't the first visit into the beast world for many of them, but it was their first time taking part in this kind of organized activity. It was a novel experience for them.

At the very least, it was much warmer inside here compared to Bei Du. They couldn't feel the slightest chill, making everyone feel relaxed. Moreover, the air in the beast world was fresh. Everyone was almost treating the activity as a vacation.

Wasn't that true? According to the school, there weren't any exotic beasts that were too strong here. It wouldn't be dangerous as long as they acted a little more careful and did not run about casually.

Perhaps they might even get to kill some exotic beasts and obtain some beast cards they fancied, maybe even finding spiritual herbs and other materials!

As the talented students of the university, even those who were not studying beast card cultivation would learn about many ingredients in the beast world during their lessons. Everyone felt they would be smiled upon by the goddess of luck and obtain huge harvests on this trip.

Huang Tielan was also very excited, chatting with the students around her and looking around curiously. Being the most talented student among them, her understanding of the various ingredients from the beast world wasn't inferior to some of the teachers at all. Just by looking around, she discovered a few kinds of ingredients. However, their value was limited and didn't draw her interest at all.

"But, I'll definitely find some decent ingredients. Maybe even spiritual herbs!"

Huang Tielan naturally knew about her family's herbal research institute being relocated to the south. At the same time, she also knew that Zhang Che would harvest a huge number of spiritual herbs every time he entered the beast world. Her understanding of spiritual herbs wasn't any lower than Zhang Che; surely she'd have some decent gains…

Of course, Miss Tienan didn't know that Zhang Che was actually a cheater. In fact, he didn't know many spiritual herbs. It was all thanks to the frisky monkey that he returned with rich harvests. Otherwise, given Zhang Che's knowledge, he'd have to burn incense to thank the gods if he could obtain a single spiritual herb with his own abilities for every three times he entered the beast worlds…

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Chapter 537: "White Knight" Jiang Chao

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aelryinth

Among the members of the military personnel sent to protect the students, Zhao Wu's four-man squad was mixed inconspicuously within a group of beastmasters, their gazes never shifting away from where Huang Tielan was.

She was the precious girl of the Huang family's third generation, and the girlfriend of Zhang Che, whose achievements in the future would be unimaginable, as well as probably becoming the next patriarch of the Huang family. The matter of her safety couldn't be taken lightly at all!

As elites of the Huang family's elite forces, Zhao Wu's group could defend against even epic-quality exotic beasts for some time. Huang Juyun had arranged for them to protect Huang Tielan in the dark this time, showing his trust in their strength, especially since their trip with Zhang Che to Mt Fallen Star. The four of them had each gained a legend-quality subdued beast, their strength rising a level.

Even if an epic-quality exotic beast suddenly appeared and went on a rampage, wanting to harm Huang Tielan, Zhao Wu's group could totally react in time and stop it for a short while.

As for what to do after they could no longer hold on… well, there was still Zhang Che's protection in the dark.

They believed that given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed, Zhang Che could totally rush to them in a very short time once he discovered anything amiss. Zhao Wu's group would only need to delay it for a time.

Moreover, Zhang Che had already scouted the area beforehand. If there really was that kind of powerful exotic beast, it would have been eliminated already!

Of course, this matter was of utmost importance. Even though they knew there wouldn't be anything too dangerous appearing, Zhao Wu's group had always kept themselves within a certain distance from Huang Tielan, acting casually. Not even the tiniest of mistakes was allowed on this matter.Unbeknownst to them, a powerful faction had already set their eyes on Huang Tielan in the dark. Their cautioun had given her some security.

Soon, the huge group entered the mountainous forest. Afterwards, the university's staff gathered all the students and teachers and reiterated the disciplinary guidelines before letting everyone move out freely to look for and hunt the exotic beasts here. However, they had strongly emphasized not leaving the perimeter set by the school and military staff.

Although there were many students, and they were young and proud, everyone knew that danger lurked everywhere in the beast world. No one dared to go against the school's guidelines. Although they had scattered in high spirits, no one dared to leave the perimeter set by the school.

Huang Tielan quickly walked to a hilly area on the left together with a few other girls she got along well with.

While the girls chattered noisily and excitedly, they summoned out their respective subdued beasts. Although their overall strength wasn't high, their numbers made them seem similar to an army.

Some weak exotic beasts were alarmed by them and ran out from the woods or the grass, turning into targets for the girls, who clumsily ordered their subdued beasts to go kill them.

Zhao Wu's squad of four was following them from a distance, paying close attention to the situation ahead while chatting in whispers.

Suddenly, Zhao Wu sensed something and looked up to the skies. However, there didn't seem anything amiss. The blue sky seemed like usual.

Qian Chunhe asked, "What is it, leader? Is something wrong?"

Zhao Wu shook his head slightly and replied hesitantly, "Nothing, but I keep feeling like something is staring at us from the sky."

The others' faces changed slightly. They said worriedly, "Could there be some powerful exotic beast observing from the sky, going to attack Young Miss' group?"

Zhao Wu shook his head again, saying, "That doesn't seem likely. I don't sense any hostility; it shouldn't be an exotic beast… Hmm? Right, do you guys remember that scouting-type flying subdued beast Zhang-shao had? I presume it should be that big condor monitoring us."

Qian Chunhe and the others came to a realization. They nodded and said, "Right, that must be Zhang-shao's subdued beast looking at us. With that, we can be more assured. Young Miss will be fine no matter what dangerous situation happens."

Since they were sure Zhang Che's Purple Jade Condor was monitoring them from the skies, Zhao Wu and the others were fully reassured.

Suddenly, they turned to look in another direction. A group of men were slowly but certainly approaching Huang Tielan's group, seemingly unintentionally.

Those men obviously wanted to follow behind the girls. Their gazes were always on the girls ahead. It looked like they were probably their admirers or were trying to pursue them.

Since they were also Bei Du University students, Zhao Wu's group paid no heed to them and continued executing their mission dutifully. Their attention remained on Huang Tielan's group, not daring to be careless.Jiang Chao stood prominently within a group of men, and was currently being ridiculed by his fellow schoolmates.

"Hmm? Jiang Chao, are you interested in one of the girls there? You're actually leading us to follow them?"

"Let me see… those girls ahead seem to be from the beast card cultivation faculty. That Huang Tielan is among them… Woah, Jiang Chao, you're not thinking of pursuing Huang Tielan, are you? Let me tell you; I've heard from others that this Huang Tielan's background isn't simple, and she already has a boyfriend! Just go ahead and follow them if you're not afraid of getting beaten to death, but we're not participating in your matters."

"Right, right. I heard Huang Tielan is from a large military clan, and her boyfriend is a super expert of the younger generation. You can go ahead if you're not afraid of death, but we're definitely not helping you."

Jiang Chao shook his head, "No way, I'm not the kind of person to steal another's girlfriend. It's just that I noticed the girls were going to a rather secluded area and was worried something might happen to them. As fellow schoolmates, of course we'd have to display the spirit of protecting them as men and not let them get hurt."

"Hmm… you're talking so righteously, but why haven't I discovered such nobility from you before? Haha, in the end, you just want to steal someone's girlfriend. But let me remind you; this wall is too high to climb. If you dare to try casually, be careful that you don't fall to your death! Hahahaha!…"

"Right, right. At that time our Young Master Jiang Chao from Qinzhou will be the first man to die to a wall. That'll be really shameful," the students around him mocked, not believing Jiang Chao's explanation at all.

Jiang Chao showed a helpless look, no longer bothering to defend himself.

-Freaking hell, you think I don't know Huang Tielan's background, and I am not really here to seduce her?

-You might not believe me if I say it out loud, but I'm really prepared to act as their white knight this time, without looking for anything in return.-

Jiang Chao had come into contact with Zhang Che once or twice, be it directly or indirectly. Also, his family wasn't weak, and he knew quite a lot about Zhang Che's matters. Naturally Jiang Chao wouldn't dare to try steal Zhang Che's girlfriend. He'd be looking to die if that happened!

However, although he had no intention of seducing Huang Tielan, this was a pretty good opportunity for him as well. If Huang Tielan's group really met with danger, and he managed to save them in time, it'd definitely turn into Zhang Che owing him a huge favor. With that, his clan could make friends with Zhang Che and the Huang family.

Although Jiang Chao was only a university freshman, he had lived in a large clan all his life, and he was far more mature than his peers of the same age. Although he had always acted rather flippantly and seemed like a playboy, he was a child from a large clan, after all. He knew how to make use of all kinds of resources available to him.

Even though the Huang family had surely arranged men to protect Huang Tielan in the dark, sometimes accidents happened when you weren't expecting it. Using the excuse of admiring the girls to follow them with a group of students with decent strength, they could definitely provide help immediately if they were to come into danger.

The students around Jiang Chao were still mocking him endlessly, but the corners of his lips drew back into an inexplicable faint smile.

-How can you guys possibly know what I'm really thinking?-The Bei Du University freshmen gradually spread out. The staff in charge of security had tried their best to keep the area contained, ensuring nothing unexpected would happen.

Suddenly, a small team of beastmasters emerged from the woods at the side, pursuing a few exotic beasts and unknowingly entered the area the Bei Du University freshmen were at.

A staff from Bei Du University quickly stepped forward and asked them very politely not to approach any further.

"Halt. This area is the training grounds for Bei Du University freshmen. Please cooperate with us and try not to come in and disturb our students' training."

A tall, skinny woman with high cheekbones in the team of beastmasters immediately felt dissatisfied when she heard this. She stared at the staff and said, "Hey, did the Bei Du University buy this piece of land or something? We're pursuing exotic beasts on our own. How have we gotten in your way?"

The staffer from Bei Du University was immediately shot down by her words, nearly losing his ability to speak.

She was speaking the truth. Anyone could come into the beast world, and the Bei Du University didn't have the rights to this area, either. On what basis were they not letting anyone in?

Although the reasoning was sound, in reality, since the Bei Du University had expressed that they were using this area as training grounds for the students, ordinary beastmasters should respect the university's prestige, more or less, and stay away.

There wasn't anything good in this area, anyway. They could just go somewhere else. There was no need to get into a dispute with a huge entity like the Bei Du University.

"Sorry, sorry. She just lost two subdued beasts while chasing those exotic beasts and isn't in a good mood," a slightly overweight youth hurriedly stepped forward and explained calmly after seeing the Bei Du University staffer's awkward expression. "Please understand our plight. We'll leave this area immediately after killing those exotic beasts. We definitely won't cause any trouble for the university."

The staffer's expression immediately turned a little better. Although they didn't want to give off the feeling that the Bei Du University was being too forceful and unreasonable, the students' safety came first. It'd be for the best if they didn't let any outsider beastmasters enter the area.

Seeing them acting so submissively, in addition to them promising to leave after killing their prey, it would be unreasonable for the staffer to act too harshly.

He considered for a moment with knitted brow, then said, "You guys go kill those exotic beasts as fast as possible and leave immediately."

The staffer sounded a little impatient. The woman with high cheekbones stared at him, seemingly about to flare up again, but was pulled back by the chubby youth and he signalled to her with his gaze, not allowing her to speak up again.

"We're really sorry, big brother. Rest assured, we'll leave immediately after killing those exotic beasts. We definitely won't disturb those geniuses. My younger brother is a university student himself; I can understand the school's intentions. We won't make any trouble for you!"

The Bei Du University staffer nodded slightly and waved his hand at them, hinting for them to quickly be done with their matters and leave.

The team of beastmasters immediately directed their subdued beasts to quickly chase after the exotic beasts who were about to disappear from their sight, their expressions anxious. It seemed like they really wanted to kill their prey.

Seeing they weren't acting suspicious, and their strength was only decent as best, the Bei Du University staffer no longer paid any heed to them, only watching from afar and not letting them head in any further.

However, he didn't notice that while he was interacting with this team of beastmasters, a few silhouettes had passed through the area he was in charge of monitoring, and had crept deeper into the area!

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Chapter 538: Miss Tienan Shows Her Might [Two in One]

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

Edited by Aleryinth

This area was truly too wide. Even though the perimeter set by the Bei Du University wasn't very big, they had to ensure it was spacious enough to accommodate thousands of students training inside, and to have sufficient low-tier exotic beasts to hunt. Naturally they couldn't pick out a small area.

In the end, after discussing things with the military's security force, Bei Du University had drawn out an area spanning hundreds of square kilometers to conduct this activity.

Given such a huge area, let alone if there were thousands, you'd have a hard time seeing many people even if tens of thousands were thrown inside, as long as they were scattered properly.

As a result, the Freemasons' small elite teams easily snuck in, hiding themselves and slowly approaching their mission objectives.

Zhang Che had already discovered those people from the sky through the Purple Jade Condor, but he didn't find them suspicious at all. They were active in this area since before the activity began and were hard at work hunting exotic beasts. They were probably people from small factions coming to gather resources.

After all, this area wasn't exclusive to the Bei Du University. If others wanted to come here and hunt exotic beasts, could they try to drive them away by force?

Moreover, Zhang Che was very confident in himself. Even if some of those people made suspicious moves, he could totally react in time.

Under the Purple Jade Condor's monitoring, no one could sneak up to Huang Tielan's side undiscovered, not to mention Zhao Wu's squad was following Huang Tielan around in the dark. They could move at any time to protect her.

Feeling extremely bored, the elemental queen forced Zhang Che to bring out the Go chess board and start his torturing session.

Despite being given a five piece advantage, it was very difficult for Zhang Che to win a game off of the elemental queen. The whole game consisted of wrestling between large territories. Zhang Che, whose skill and calculating ability was far inferior, would lose one of his big territories if he was ever slightly careless, and the game would quickly end after that.

Of course, Zhang Che had skills at about second-dan. When given an advantage of five chess pieces, he could occasionally take a game off of the elemental queen, and wouldn't lose all the time. If that was the case, he wouldn't be willing to play. That would be pure misery.

"Tsk. The elemental queen is already so good at the game, even as an amateur. If a real ninth-dan professional was playing against me, wouldn't it be very difficult to win even if I was given a nine-piece advantage?"

Zhang Che had no doubt that it would be almost impossible for him to win against those professional players even if he was given such an advantage. After all, the difference in skill was truly too great. It wasn't something that a tiny bit of advantage given at the start of the game could make up for.

The Freemasons' elite teams continued approaching their respective targets. Even so, the Purple Jade Condor didn't register them as threats. It would only warn Zhang Che if they got too close to Huang Tielan. Otherwise, it wouldn't dare disrupt its master's fun.Huang Tielan and the other girls gradually went deeper into a hilly area. The woods grew increasingly thick. It would be hard to notice their presence if one was even a short distance away.

Although Zhao Wu's squad was frowning slightly, they had already surveyed this area in advance. There weren't any overly powerful exotic beasts in this area. They could only follow Huang Tielan closely and not go out to stop her.

The consequences for disturbing their Young Miss would be very serious!Huang Tielan and the girls were indeed very excited. All of the exotic beasts here weren't very strong. They couldn't withstand the combined assault from the girls' subdued beasts for long, and would be quickly killed. Some of them left behind corpses after their deaths, while the others turned into beast cards.

It had been a long time since Huang Tielan had fun hunting exotic beasts. Wielding the dark gold-quality Mutated Puffersword, sword lights flashed. Almost every exotic beast that dared to jump at her would be cut down by her with a single slash.

The other girls grew envious watching her. Comparing themselves with others was truly vexing!

So be it if Huang Tielan was born a pretty girl, but even her professional capabilities were much higher than them; she had become an intermediate beast card cultivator before she turned nineteen. It truly left one desperate!

Even so, forget it if that was the end of it. They had only realized today that Huang Tielan was actually also a powerful beastmaster! Although her beastmaster tier wasn't high, she was obviously strong judging by how smooth her movements were when killing exotic beasts!

With that kind of ability, if she was willing to spend time training herself, becoming a truly powerful beastmaster was only a matter of time for her!

A rather beautiful girl suddenly sighed and stopped moving, then lamented in an exaggerated manner, "Ai, I can't live anymore. Compared to Lanlan, what worth is there in our lives?"

"I know, right? I heard Lanlan even has a young, handsome, and strong boyfriend! Why does she have all the good things? Compared to her, we're less than the grass by the roadside…"

"It can't be helped. This is what's being favored by the heavens is like. Of course us common folks can't compare to it."

The girls all stopped moving, no longer managing their respective subdued beasts. Instead, they all started sighing one after another.

While swinging her sword to cut down a wolf-like exotic beast pouncing at her, Huang Tielan said in a tone that was both irritated and amused, "Hey, that's enough of you. Come help me quickly; I really can't hold on any longer!"

However, the girls showed no inclination of moving. One of them even said, "Tch, you just keep acting humble. I can tell that these low-tier beasts can't cause you any trouble at all. You'll cut down however many of them coming at you. Since you're so capable, work harder and help us sisters hunt more exotic beasts, maybe even let us get some beast cards while doing nothing. Anyway, I suppose these low-tier beast cards don't mean anything to you."

The girls agreed with her, and actually no longer bothered to direct their subdued beasts to help Huang Tielan. She was speechless from frustration. She truly was too outstanding; it was understandable that others were a little envious of her.

Of course, the girls were only joking around with her. They knew she could handle those exotic beasts on her own easily. If they came across stronger exotic beasts, they'd definitely order their subdued beasts to help her out.

Suddenly, one of the girls raised her hand and pointed to the side, giggling softly, "Hmm? Look, those boys over there are still following us. I'm willing to bet that they must be Lanlan's admirers."

The other girls turned to look upon hearing that. Indeed, they saw Jiang Chao and the other guys in the woods about two hundred meters away, messing around with a few weak exotic beasts.

Those guys were all obviously mid-tier beastmasters, and every one of them had decent subdued beasts. They could be considered some of the most capable beastmasters among the students.

The exotic beasts around here couldn't threaten their safety at all. As such, their intentions for coming was clearly exposed; they wanted to find a chance to protect the girls and use the chance to pursue the targets of their admiration.

"Aren't you lacking confidence in yourself, Tingting? Who knows? Maybe one of the boys secretly admires you and wants to pursue you? After all, you're a top beauty in our beast card cultivation faculty!"

Regardless of whether they were the target of admiration themselves, being "tailed" by boys was an extremely happy matter for girls. As such, the girls were pointing about and teasing one another.

Although the girls were not as attractive as Huang Tielan, they certainly stood out when placed in a random crowd. They were not lacking in pursuers at all!Some distance away, Jiang Chao was leading his fellow schoolmates around. While killing the exotic beasts that came jumping out from the bushes from time to time half-heartedly, they were also chatting in whispers.

One of them said, "Jiang Chao, looks like Huang Tielan isn't weak. Should some of us wrap around and help drive a few stronger exotic beasts to them and give you the chance to save the damsel in distress?"

"Right, right. I saw a few girls over there who are not bad looking, too. We can go help them together, perhaps we might really make one or two of them fall for us!" Another guy was obviously craving some love and hurriedly responded favorably.

Jiang Chao spat at them and hurriedly said, "Don't give any stupid ideas. I'll tell you this: I actually know Huang Tielan's boyfriend; I'm mainly here to help keep a lookout for her. If he misunderstands, you guys will suffer with me."

"Woah, Brother Chao… I'll call you Brother Chao, alright? Can you help introduce us brothers to him? I heard Huang Tielan's boyfriend is the strongest man among the younger generation. Us brothers have admired him for a long time. Since you know him, introduce us, come on!"

Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect Jiang Chao to actually know Huang Tielan's rumored boyfriend. This was incredible! If they could get to know that kind of expert, it'd really be something to be proud of!

Alas, Jiang Chao could only keep it to himself. -It's true that I know him, but our relationship isn't what you think it's like. I'm scared he'll beat me to death!

-Hmm… he probably won't. I have no ulterior motive this time. I'm purely trying to help keep a lookout for her. Even if Zhang Che knows about this, he'll only be grateful to me.-

Done thinking, Jiang Chao pursed his lips and said, "This isn't a problem, of course, but we have to take good care of those girls. It'd be best if we can help them drive away a few powerful exotic beasts."

Hearing Jiang Chao saying that, the other guys patted their chests and assured him, "No problem, Brother Chao. Just rest assured; with the strength of us brothers, there aren't any exotic beast in this area that can be a match for us. If those exotic beasts dare to jump out and find trouble with the girls, we'll make sure to rip them apart!"

While the boys were discussing among themselves, a majestic large wolf covered in green hair suddenly jumped out from the woods and pounced straight at the girls who were chatting at the side.

This exotic beast's intelligence was obviously not low. It knew Huang Tielan wasn't one to be trifled with and went for the weaker ones instead, directly attacking the other girls!

At the same time, a bunch of big wolves who weren't considered weak among low-tier exotic beasts emerged from the other side and surrounded Huang Tielan.

The wolves' plan was very simple. They had to delay her until the wolf king was done with the girls, and he would join them to finish off Huang Tielan!

As such, the wolves didn't launch an assault recklessly. Instead, they surrounded Huang Tielan on all sides, aiming to stop her here.

The moment that powerful wolf king jumped out, Huang Tielan cursed in her heart and hurriedly shouted, "Tingting, watch out on your side! I'll come back you up immediately!"

The girls were frightened. They were obviously at a loss about what to do; they had never faced this kind of dangerous situation before and were flustered. By the time they heard Huang Tielan's voice and proceeded to command their subdued beasts to defend them, the green wolf king had already broke through their defensive perimeter and was pouncing at them.

The girls immediately shrieked in fear. Their faces were drained of color. Their command of their subdued beasts to fight became even more messed up. After mere moments, their subdued beasts suffered heavy casualties.Some distance away, Zhao Wu's squad furrowed their brows. Qian Chunhe asked, "Leader, should we..?"

However, Zhao Wu shook his head slightly, saying, "Don't worry. Young Miss can handle it."On the other side, Jiang Chao's group wasn't as calm. Seeing a chance to save damsels in distress really appeared, the guys immediately rushed over. One of them even yelled out, "Don't panic, fellow students! We're coming to save you right away!"

At this moment, Huang Tielan directly broke through the big wolves' encirclement and came to the girls' side, her sword in hand.

Relying on the excellent defense provided by the Maneater Leech King soft armor, Huang Tielan didn't care about the wolves' attacks at all and forced her way through the encirclement. A sword light flashed at the crucial moment, blocking in front of the wolf king, leaving it with no way to attack the other girls.

The girls were already pale from fright. Seeing Huang Tielan making it in time to their side, every one of them wept from joy one after another and started crying out loud in a huddle.

"I say, can you girls cry later? There's still a bunch of wolves coming to surround us!"

Huang Tielan was speechless. These greenhouse flowers with zero actual combat experience were truly useless once they faced this kind of dangerous situation. They didn't even think to help share her burden.

Hearing Huang Tielan's shout, the girls finally came back to themselves and commanded their remaining subdued beasts disjointedly to take on the oncoming pack of wolves. Meanwhile, Huang Tielan wielded the dark gold-quality Mutated Puffersword and engaged the green wolf king in a fight.

Although the green wolf king was much stronger than Huang Tielan, it was extremely apprehensive of the long sword in her hand. It could only snarl at her and use roundabout methods of attacking, unable to do a thing to her.

On the other hand, Huang Tielan's speed was far inferior to the green wolf king. She was similarly unable to deal with her opponent.

If that was the extent of things, then so be it. However, the pack of wolves on the other side were charging at them. Those frightened girls, they could not hope to defend themselves.

"Looks like I have no choice but to make this move!" Huang Tielan grit her teeth. She swung her sword and forced the green wolf king back, then suddenly aimed her sword at the pack of wolves and activated the Sonic Wave skill.

Without any sound or warning, the pack of wolves fell to the ground one after another, howling miserably. Afterwards, although they immediately staggered back to their feet, their combat strength was at less than thirty percent of normal, and they were no longer able to cause any immediate threat to the girls.

Seeing Huang Tielan suddenly displaying her might, the girls immediately sighed in relief. They had finally gotten through the difficulties!

On the other side, Jiang Chao and the boys were staring in shock.

What quality was that sword? It actually had such a wide-area sound wave skill, incapacitating such a large pack of wolves instantly! It was truly a good weapon!

Thanks to that, they finally arrived at the scene and helped the girls fend off the severely weakened wolf pack. They directed their respective powerful subdued beasts and quickly wiped out the wolves.

As for Jiang Chao, he directly ran towards Huang Tielan. He noticed the green wolf king had taken the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on Huang Tielan just as she unleashed her weapon's skill. It immediately turned the situation around, forcing her off-balance.

-Hah, this Young Master Jiang finally has a chance to make Zhang Che owe me a favor!- Just as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Chao's eyes widened. He saw Huang Tielan purposely showing an opening and luring the wolf king into biting her leg fiercely. Afterwards, her sword flashed and directly plunged into the wolf king's throat.

The wolf king's attack had obviously failed to hurt her. The Maneater Leech King soft armor's defense wasn't just for show. On the other hand, the green wolf king was immediately left in a half-dead state after it was struck by Huang Tielan's sword.

Jiang Chao swallowed. -Are the girls nowadays all so fierce that they dare to use their own bodies as bait to kill powerful exotic beasts? Isn't she afraid of her soft armor's defense not being enough to withstand its attack, and being bitten through by the wolf king?-

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