Chapter 145: Whose Holy Son?

In Lin Jing's left hand was a beast-taming magic treasure from the Beast-Taming Sect, and in his right was one from the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate. Once he brought them out, the entire venue fell silent.

"This is..." The three members of the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate were stunned.

Although they had indeed presented a Ten Thousand Beasts Ring as a congratulatory gift for the Beast-Taming Sect's investiture ceremony, they had only just given it to him; there was no reason for Lin Jing to be using it so soon!

Moreover, the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate had presented the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring out of malice.

The Beast-Taming Sect's magic treasures could only house contracted spirit beasts and had limits on the number of beasts they could hold, but the internal environment was excellent, suitable for the growth of spirit beasts and the cultivation of various spirit plants.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's magic treasures could house a massive number of demon beasts without restriction, but the prerequisite was to erase the beasts' intelligence, and the internal environment was relatively barren.

These two different types of beast-taming magic treasures represented the different styles of beast-taming between the Beast-Taming Sect and the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate. In the eyes of the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate, they had presented the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring, and the moment the Beast-Taming Sect's Holy Son could not resist the temptation and began using it, it would be a major step in their successful erosion of the Holy Son.

And the prerequisite for making the Holy Son unable to resist using the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring was to soundly defeat him with it. As it turned out, who could have known that before they even had a chance to demonstrate the power of the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring, Lin Jing had taken it out himself, looking as if he had been using it for a long time!

Why wasn't this Beast-Taming Sect Holy Son playing by the rules?

Lin Jing's actions caught Bai Niao off guard and made the Beast-Taming Sect Elders' scalps tingle. *Holy Son, what are you doing... you can't use that thing. *

Numerous cultivators looked toward the Beast-Taming Sect's Demon King ancestors. Was the Beast-Taming Sect planning to change its beast-taming philosophy?

"You don't cultivate the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's techniques; you can't possibly unleash the full power of the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring. I am the one advising you not to show off your meager skills before an expert." Bai Niao's cold eyes flashed.

"This Holy Son admits that." Lin Jing nodded. "However, you've overlooked one point: as long as the fierce beasts inside the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring are strong enough, even if the beast-tamer does nothing, they can sweep through everything."

"The Ten Thousand Beasts Gate is extremely far from the Cloud Sea Mountain Range. I wonder if you have heard of the Ten Cloud Sea Fiends."

"They are ten extremely fierce races living in the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, and the possibility of them coexisting peacefully with other races is almost non-existent. To deal with such fierce beasts, I have to admit that your Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's magic treasure is indeed more useful."

Having said that, Lin Jing threw the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring out casually.

Suddenly, over a hundred fierce-looking mosquito beasts flew out from within the ring. Upon seeing the sky full of gulls, these mosquito beasts acted as if they had seen a delicacy. Their ferocity was fully revealed as they flew madly, their entire bodies shimmering with a blood-colored metallic luster.

"This is..." The moment the mosquito beasts appeared, the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's Vice Sect Master's pupils constricted. Unlike the Ancient Kingdom, Qingzhou was not located in the center of the continent, bordering the Cloud Sea Mountain Range; it was blocked by two natural moats—the Mist Forest and the Tianyuan Ancient Kingdom—so they did not have as clear an understanding of the terror of the Ten Cloud Sea Fiends as the Ancient Kingdom's cultivators did.

However, the moment the Vice Sect Master saw this swarm of mosquitoes, he understood the terror of these beasts. Facing the hurricane stirred up by bird demons ten times their number, these mosquitoes moved completely as if in an empty land, passing through the storm like streaks of blood, just like hungry wolves charging into a flock of sheep. Every time they swept past, a bird demon would fall from the sky, bathed in blood!

Seeing such a scene, the Great Desolation cultivators gasped.

Although the Heaven's Pride Ranking clearly stated that Lin Jing had subdued the Ten Cloud Sea Fiends, the Great Desolation cultivators were no better off than the Qingzhou cultivators; many did not understand the true combat power of the Ten Cloud Sea Fiends, and many believed that Lin Jing had at most subdued one!

The Ten Cloud Sea Fiends represented ten terrifying races. Subduing one was certainly impressive, but it was not the same concept as subduing a whole group. Who could have imagined that Lin Jing had used a Ten Thousand Beasts Gate magic treasure to subdue over a hundred of them!

Was this Lin Jing the Beast-Taming Sect's Holy Son, or the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's Holy Son?

"Why..." Watching the swarms of mosquito beasts closing in on her, Bai Niao's pupils constricted. She blew her jade flute, ordering the flying birds to charge at the mosquitoes and self-destruct to block them, but what she found incomprehensible was that the birds' self-destruction had absolutely no effect on the mosquito beasts.

Seeing that she was about to become a target for the mosquito swarm, Bai Niao instantly set aside her pride and retreated rapidly. The look she gave Lin Jing was like looking at a monster; she finally understood that from beginning to end, this Beast-Taming Sect Holy Son had been toying with her and had never taken her strength seriously at all.

"I concede."

"You're conceding already?"

Lin Jing had originally thought he could let the mosquito beasts have a big meal. Who knew the opponent would concede so quickly? He couldn't help but feel a lack of interest. With a single thought, the mosquito swarm in the sky stopped instantly and flew back in unison.

Now, the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's Vice Sect Master felt as if he had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice; his own disciple had actually lost to the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring!

"That's fine. Looking at it this way, at least this Beast-Taming Sect Holy Son is not a pedantic person. Once he experiences this feeling of driving ten thousand beasts, it will be hard for him to abandon it completely."

"However, we cannot lose today no matter what. Fortunately, I taught Qingyu how to drive the mid-grade Ten Thousand Beasts Ring these past few days..."

"Qingyu, you go." The Vice Sect Master said expressionlessly.

"Are you going to challenge me too?" Lin Jing saw the male disciple from the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate stand up and said, "How does your strength compare to hers? If you are stronger than her, come on up."

"Among the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's five great true disciples, I rank second, and my Junior Sister ranks fourth. Naturally, I am stronger than her." The Ten Thousand Beasts Gate's Qingyu looked at his dejected Junior Sister returning, leaped onto the Dharma-fighting mountain peak, and looked at Lin Jing. "Holy Son Lin, is the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring easy to use?"

"I also admit that the mosquito swarm you subdued with the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring is indeed terrifying, but do you really think that makes you invincible?"

Having said that, he also took out a Ten Thousand Beasts Ring. However, this ring did not summon any demon beasts; instead, a terrifying suction force appeared. The mosquito swarm Lin Jing had summoned actually showed signs of breaking free from his control and being sucked toward the ring in Qingyu's hand!

"This is... a mid-grade magic treasure!?" Seeing the magic treasure brought out by this disciple, many experts narrowed their eyes. Most magic treasures used by low-level cultivators were actually low-grade, while mid-grade magic treasures were generally only possessed by Nascent Soul experts. This disciple was actually able to drive a mid-grade magic treasure!

People saw that under the suppression of the mid-grade ring against Lin Jing's low-grade one, the mosquito swarm indeed had a tendency to lose control, as if they were about to be snatched away by the Ten Thousand Beasts Gate disciple!

This was a situation even Lin Jing had not anticipated. To avoid losing the swarm, he quickly recalled the mosquito beasts into his ring, no longer leaving them exposed.

After Lin Jing recalled the beasts, Qingyu looked at him with a smile and said, "Not only can the Holy Son restrain beasts, but under my Ten Thousand Beasts Ring, whether they are masterless beasts or beasts with masters, all can be refined." ===== CHAPTER 146 =====