Chapter 499 - 462: Numerous Trump Cards
Chapter 499: Chapter 462: Numerous Trump Cards
At dawn, just as the first light touched the horizon, in a place roughly three hundred kilometers from Lingshui City.
There was a dense forest.
Within the forest, countless vines stretched and writhed.
At a certain moment, flower buds sprouted in unison from the tips of every single vine.
Such an instantaneous bloom would be scientifically inexplicable on the Earth of his past life, but in this Beast Taming World, it was nothing out of the ordinary.
The countless buds turned toward the sky, and at a certain moment, they all blossomed at once.
Immediately after, innumerable crimson orbs of light, each about the size of an apple, shot out from the flowers in the same instant.
BANG! BANG! BANG!...
Countless red orbs shot out with lightning speed, their target a Flying Ship speeding through the air.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!...
The red orbs struck the Flying Ship, setting off a chain of explosions. The continuous blasts sounded like a string of firecrackers.
The explosions lasted for a full three minutes. When the noise finally subsided, a Flying Ship, enveloped in a translucent barrier, was wobbling in mid-air, on the verge of falling.
WHOOSH!
A beam of light shot out from the bottom of the Flying Ship. Two figures emerged from within the light: Li Qian, lying on a stretcher, and Dean Pan, who had taken on the appearance of Li Chengyang.
After the light shot out, the defensive barrier around the medical Flying Ship in mid-air suddenly vanished.
The next moment, the medical Flying Ship began to twist and transform. In the blink of an eye, it had disassembled and reformed into a hundred-meter-tall robot.
"Mechanical Element... so cool!" Li Qian couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration as he watched.
He had seen quite clearly that this was just a single sub-unit of Dean Pan’s Mechanical Pet Beast, Haofang.
If a single detached sub-unit could turn a medical Flying Ship with almost no combat power into such an extraordinary-looking robot, Li Qian couldn’t begin to imagine how powerful Haofang’s main body was.
"Only a Tier Five Emperor. The foundation of this medical Flying Ship is still a bit lacking."
Dean Pan, in the guise of his father Li Chengyang, looked at the hundred-meter-tall robot with some dissatisfaction and muttered under his breath, "Otherwise, with Haofang’s Power Level, even a single sub-unit should have no problem reaching the Emperor High Rank."
Hearing this, Li Qian felt a pang of speechlessness and didn’t know what to say.
He could only sigh internally. ’Powerhouses are just built different!’
"Let’s continue. We’ll see if we can bait any more fish," "Li Chengyang" said coolly after glancing at Li Qian.
Li Qian didn’t hesitate and immediately sprang into action.
He obediently lay still without moving, but before him, the light of a Summoning Array instantly flared to life.
"Qizai, carry us and fly forward."
After summoning Qizai, the two wasted no time and continued on their journey, riding on its back.
Of course, Li Qian wasn’t exactly riding. To make the act more convincing, he was lying down on Qizai’s back.
"ROAR~!"
Although Qizai didn’t know what was happening, it didn’t hesitate for a second. Upon receiving the command, it carried the two of them directly into the sky.
Li Qian felt that they had probably baited enough fish by now.
Four Dominator Level Beast Masters and one Emperor Level Beast Master—such a lineup to intercept a single Commander Level Beast Master like himself was already a massive exaggeration.
There couldn’t possibly be more forces, otherwise...
That’s what Li Qian was thinking, but before he could finish the thought, another incident occurred up ahead.
"Jie jie jie... I never thought Shazhou Beast Taming University would value you so highly as to set up such a trump card!" Two figures suddenly blocked their path. One was fat, the other thin. After stopping them, the fat figure spoke, his voice dripping with mockery.
Hearing that voice, Li Qian "struggled" and with great difficulty, stood up from the stretcher.
He glanced at the fat figure, his brows furrowing slightly. He felt that the man’s voice sounded a little familiar.
"Still more of you. I think the ones who truly value me are you people from the Cult Organization!" Li Qian’s voice was a bit hoarse.
"To have figured out the evolution method for the Three-legged Golden Crow at such a young age... if we allow you to continue growing, you will surely become a great enemy of our Holy Teachings!" the thin figure standing beside the fat one said in a cold, sharp voice.
Beneath their feet was a strange, pitch-black Pet Beast that resembled a Winged Dragon.
The Pet Beast that resembled a Winged Dragon should be at the Dominator Level; it was the one blocking Qizai’s path.
Even with Li Qian’s knowledge, he didn’t know the name of this Pet Beast.
Of course, he wasn’t particularly interested right now. Following the mental message Dean Pan had sent him, he unhesitatingly took out Protector No. 1 and pressed the activation button in the center.
As the button on Protector No. 1—the azure sphere Professor Yan had given him—was pressed, a matching azure barrier materialized out of thin air, completely enveloping Li Qian and Li Chengyang.
Seeing this, the fat and thin figures both cursed silently in their hearts, ’Not good!’
They hadn’t expected that even at this stage, Li Qian still had another trump card!
They didn’t dare waste any more time and immediately ordered their Pet Beasts to attack.
The fat figure’s Pet Beasts were manageable; they were all Dominator Level, and from the looks of it, they had only just entered that rank.
Moreover, Li Qian could sense that these Dominator-level Pet Beasts had likely been forcibly elevated using a Secret Technique.
Their Power Levels were unstable, posing no real threat to the azure barrier.
The thin figure, however, had summoned an Emperor-level Pet Beast. And it seemed it wasn’t a newly-ranked one, but a Mid-Tier Emperor.
However, he seemed to have only one Pet Beast—a strange tiger with a pair of pitch-black wings.
The strange tiger let out a fierce roar and then spat a wisp of black light directly at the azure barrier.
The black light made contact with the azure barrier, instantly setting off a violent explosion.
After the explosion, the azure barrier had dimmed slightly, but it looked like it could hold for a while longer.
"This is trouble. Breaking this turtle shell will take at least three minutes. But three minutes is too long—something is bound to happen. Their reinforcements will be able to get here!" Although the thin figure’s face was hidden by a black hood and mask, at this moment, Li Qian could almost see his expression turn extremely ugly.
"Then what should we do now?" the fat figure asked, also growing anxious.
"What else can we do..."
The thin figure said resentfully, "We can only keep attacking. If the situation turns against us, we’ll retreat immediately."
If they waited until Li Qian’s reinforcements arrived, escaping wouldn’t be so easy.
"Alright, throw out your other Suicide Bomber No. 1!" Seeing the Two-winged Black Tiger grow impatient with its attacks and move in close, trying to wear down the azure barrier with a Claw Strike, Dean Pan seized the opportunity and sent another mental reminder.
Li Qian didn’t hesitate. He immediately took out a milky-white sphere and hurled it with all his might, aiming straight for the Two-winged Black Tiger.
As a searing light suddenly erupted, a terrifying explosion instantly rocked the entire battlefield. Immediately after, a small mushroom cloud rose into the air.
"AWOOO~!"
After the explosion, a mournful tiger’s roar suddenly rang out from within the rising dust and smoke.
Evidently, the explosion from Suicide Bomber No. 1 had left it with extremely severe injuries.
The thin figure was dumbstruck by this scene, momentarily at a loss for words. When he came to his senses, the thought of retreating had already taken root in his mind.
Li Qian had far too many trump cards. A single misstep, and he might really be trapped here!