[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-beast-taming-abyssal-descent":3,"chapter-beast-taming-abyssal-descent-beast-taming-abyssal-descent-chapter-262":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Beast Taming: Abyssal Descent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1710636,2185,"Chapter 262 - 253: Big-Shit Head Gets Kidnapped_2","beast-taming-abyssal-descent-chapter-262",262,"\u003Cp>With one hand petting Tom the cat, and the other petting Jerry the mouse, Mo Qingchen hesitated a bit, unsure of which to contract first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spirit attributes broke through the 300 mark, equivalent to reaching a Monarch-level tier, hence he could sign another Guardian Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now he had three Conceptual Holy Beasts ready for contract, a delightful dilemma indeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since arriving at the villa, Tom, Jerry, and Spike had been behaving thanks to the appearance of Grey Wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe it was due to biological instinct suppression, as wolves rank higher on the food chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Tom, Jerry, and Spike saw Grey Wolf, they straightened up as though meeting a nemesis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now these three had become Grey Wolf’s followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the chaos of cat-mouse rivalry, Mo Qingchen felt something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, seeing these guys without wrecking the house was somewhat comforting for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, no more thoughts, let’s contract with Jerry first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Tom, Mo Qingchen felt that contracting Jerry would be more beneficial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, he set his eyes on Jerry’s \"Clan Summoning\" skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You should know, Jerry is actually the least capable in his family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, in this merged Marvel World, his team lacked top-tier strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to confirm what kind of strength levels Jerry’s family members, especially Big Cousin Masoer and Cousin Merlin, held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Think and act, Mo Qingchen patted Jerry’s head and directly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jerry, are you willing to sign a Beast Taming Contract with me and become a part of our team?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through Grey Wolf, Tom, Jerry, and Spike already knew some things about this team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet these three, apart from liking to be rowdy, didn’t particularly care about anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they knew following this master meant they could enjoy privilege and luxury and live happy, fulfilling lives from now on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Jerry’s mouse head nodded furiously, creating an afterimage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of messed up rule is this, not speaking to humans, but fully fluent with non-humans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grey Wolf had already told them N times, yet these three still refused to speak human language when facing humans for communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright then, since you agreed, let’s... Tom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Mo Qingchen was about to act, Tom suddenly sprang up, unknowingly snatching a frying pan from Red Wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang\" and smashed it down on Jerry’s head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the center of the frying pan, a mold of a mouse appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qingchen: (╯°Д°)╯!!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a moment of perplexity, Tom’s legs transformed into a fiery wheel, and he rushed to the villa door with the frying pan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opened the door, tossed the pan, closed the door, all in one go, not forgetting to pat his paws, and then cutely come back to Mo Qingchen’s side, acting like a spoiled kitty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While acting spoiled, he gestured with his little paws that they could contract him first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then a frying pan even larger than Tom’s appeared abruptly above his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang\" and hit Tom on the head, making his head swirl with flying birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As reality turned into comic, Mo Qingchen was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two were fighting to see who would contract first, leading to a cat-mouse battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything in the villa became tools they could use to defeat each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two guys used every trick possible, even resorting to many rule-destroying methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere minutes, the living room, kitchen, and bedroom of the villa’s first floor turned into a battleground, rapidly destroyed entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Mo Qingchen sitting serenely on the sofa, to Tec napping on his lap, and Spike standing guard with a hostile gaze toward the cat and mouse, the first floor had nothing intact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Tom kick Jerry flying, then stride to him eagerly to contract, only to be swept away by Jerry with a tool, likewise eager to contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This scene played out repeatedly, the time spent by one cat and mouse in front of him never exceeded 3 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qingchen: (⊙o⊙)...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was dumbstruck, reclining on the sofa, quietly enjoying the cat-mouse war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this cat-mouse war lasted quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days passed without either side showing any intention to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, fresh off a Jericho Missile demonstration, Tony Stark sat happily in a jeep ready to head home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a \"Rumble,\" the scene flipped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rat-a-tat-tat\" gunfire erupted around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of kidnappers attacked, showing a barrage of cannon fire, complete overturn, then gunfire suppression, harvesting heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A squad of American soldiers wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And our dear Stark, stunned and injured by a bomb produced by his own company, fell unconscious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With time passing, Tony startled awake from a nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he awoke, he felt excruciating chest pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a glance, he found two magnets embedded in his blood-streaked chest near the heart, with wires connected to an adjacent battery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, my goodness! What is this?! What did you do to me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stark looked at the figure standing nearby, speaking in a terrible tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I saved your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ethan replied bluntly, pointing at the battery and magnets on his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Report! Director, Tony Stark has gone missing in Afghanistan, the escorting soldiers were all killed, no Stark body found, evidence of bomb explosions and gunfire at the scene!...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intelligence department chief stood with a stern expression in front of Nick Fury’s desk, reporting news received from the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Find him! Deploy as many people as possible, he must be found! Alive or dead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tony’s father, Howard Stark, was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We can’t let the founder’s sole heir disappear unclearly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having only recently finished a transaction with Mo Qingchen, Nick Fury was now deeply concerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet just a few days later, this explosive news caught him completely off guard!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held considerable influence over Howard’s legacy, with plans to recruit Tony Stark to S.H.I.E.L.D. and have him inherit his father’s position!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needless to say, the heartless egghead never admitted he was coveting Tony’s scientific prowess and various inventions, especially that AI assistant Jarvis!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I’ll notify the field department and send three companies to Afghanistan for search!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The anonymous intelligence chief quickly slipped away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recently infuriated director gazed at him like he bore a vendetta comparable to patricide; he wanted no part in becoming his emotional outlet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Broadcasting an urgent update, today the Stark Group’s president, playboy Tony Stark, was attacked and is missing in Afghanistan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News reports surfaced immediately after the military confirmed Stark’s disappearance, causing a sensation in America, followed by an uncontrollable stock collapse for the Stark Group!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s finally happening, little fool, how’s the short selling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, multiple accounts simultaneously shorting Stark Group stock, with maximum hundredfold leverage added, at the most optimal high-point successful short sell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We merely need to wait for subsequent collapses, then carefully time it to reap maximum benefits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Qingchen’s funds weren’t much, barely over one billion US Dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundredfold leverage equates to roughly hundred billion in funds.\u003C\u002Fp>",1156,"2026-06-06T14:58:24.272Z",1,"novelbin.me","5fa59054d7bb7d279e2af22f11605ea6731933ea4b666100438e02f0c520cc9a","beast-taming-abyssal-descent-chapter-263","beast-taming-abyssal-descent-chapter-261",623,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbeast-taming-abyssal-descent-cover.jpg"]