Chapter 1255

A voice drifted eerily into their ears.

Instantly, the hair on their bodies stood on end.

Their hearts grew wary.

Their bodies rapidly retreated several meters backward.

Ao ao ao!

Wu wu wu!

And their phantom beasts also let out low, warning growls.

They struck combat and defensive postures.

They stared at the approaching figure.

"Three-sixty" — and when Lan Guotong and Zhang Bing clearly saw the one speaking.

They were once again horrified!

"Skeleton General!"

"Wait, that's a Jin Jingshou!"

Lan Guotong and Zhang Bing's eyes went wide.

Just then, not far from them.

Two tiny figures stepped out from the grass.

One of them was a tiny skeleton,

A purple-red soul flame flickered within its eye sockets.

The other figure was a tiny cyan-colored silhouette.

Undead General.

That was a Diamond-rank phantom beast.

Although it had taken on a miniature form,

As beast tamers who had already reached the King rank.

Lan Guotong and Zhang Bing's eyesight was naturally not that poor.

They recognized at once that this was a Skeleton General.

And what horrified them was.

Not this Skeleton General itself, but its rank.

King rank!

This was actually a King-rank Skeleton General.

Some phantom beasts are born at a certain rank stage.

And that is the rank stage they stay at.

Only by obtaining some fortuitous encounters and acquiring some rare, precious resources.

Can they break through their original initial rank.

Or undergo evolution.

Becoming even more powerful creatures.

Can they raise themselves.

And once a phantom beast reaches Diamond rank.

The difficulty of advancing is unimaginable.

After reaching Diamond rank,

For a wild phantom beast to raise its own rank.

Every single level would probably take a year, or even several years, or over a decade.

And to break through to King rank.

That was even more unimaginable.

It couldn't be achieved simply by the mere accumulation of energy.

"This is actually a King-rank Skeleton General!"

"Hiss!"

After sensing the King-rank energy fluctuation emanating from the Skeleton General's body.

Lan Guotong and Zhang Bing exchanged glances.

They both couldn't help but draw in a sharp breath of cold air.

They both saw the deep horror in each other's eyes.

And as for the other little beast.

That shocked them even more.

Jin Jingshou!

That was an extremely rare type of phantom beast.

It was said that this race possessed the ability to summon and seek out companions.

Although they normally did not live in the same place.

But when a companion issued a summons.

They could sense it from a thousand li away.

Responding to their companion's summons and appearing.

Moreover, they were even more powerful,

Similarly, they are born at Diamond Tier;

many easily reach Diamond High Tier upon reaching adulthood.

Even King Tier.

Allegedly!

Once their cub goes missing,

or is captured and contracted by humans,

they will activate a companion summoning,

calling out dozens,

even hundreds of companions to appear.

In an instant!

They can easily destroy a medium-sized human city.

Even a large city.

Extremely terrifying.

However!

Right now, there is a cub here.

That's right!

Whether it's this Jin Jingshou,

or that King Tier Skeleton General,

they are all contracted marked magical beasts.

But!

This village is completely undisturbed.

This represents two possibilities!

One is that this Jin Jingshou obtained its parents' approval.

Willingly contracted by the beast tamer.

The other is that its parents were directly wiped out.

And thus had no chance to summon companions.

But regardless of which one it is,

it is enough to shock them.

"What are you spacing out for? Answer me, human!"

"Otherwise, we'll consider you our enemy!"