Chapter 239: Consecutive Victories, Mountain Cat Slays God

In Tianjing City, the Nine Dragon Pavilion is stationed by the seventh-largest island in the west.

The other participating personnel are very nervous and busy at this time, but the atmosphere in the Nine Dragon Pavilion is very relaxed.

Because Nine Dragon Island sent nine Emperor Crocodiles to guard outside the city.

Each one is a fourth-rank early stage, possessing a divine level one bloodline.

Possessing a trace of ancient divine beast bloodline, the Emperor Crocodile has no pressure to pass the preliminaries; the reason for sending nine is entirely to let the other beast-taming masters get a few slots.

"Come, drink." In the venue, several officials were drinking happily.

"This preliminary, except for Dragon Spring Island, Heart Rock Island, and Bear Island, which sent Frost Howling Giant Bear, Spirit Rhinoceros, and Evil Soul Dragon respectively, no other large islands sent powerful battle beasts."

A fifth-rank beast-taming master 'Kang Jia' said while holding a wine glass.

"Coming on this business trip is really quite easy."

"Yes, training is hard usually; this month, we can finally rest."

Bringing Emperor Crocodiles to participate in the preliminaries, isn't that equivalent to resting?

Although there are also powerful battle beasts like Frost Howling Giant Bear, Evil Soul Dragon, and Spirit Rhinoceros on Tianjing Island.

But the top ten forces in the west all know it tacitly; it is very easy to get slots in the preliminaries, and there is no need to fight to the death.

Like the top island in the west, Dragon Lion Island, this time didn't even send a fourth-rank battle beast.

Because in the spring, summer, and autumn preliminaries, Dragon Lion Island had already earned enough slots.

"Kunte, why don't you drink?" Kang Jia looked at the opposite side.

A man in front of the table, wearing a black robe, with a handsome face and deep eyes. A shining blue sapphire bracelet is embedded on his wrist.

Among the officials who tamed the Emperor Crocodiles this time, Kunte is the strongest. He holds an exquisite Beast Soul Scepter in his hand; although he is also sitting at the banquet, Kunte looks very silent, and even occasionally distracted.

"Kunte, you are too serious; rest for a while," the colleague next to him advised. "You are connected to the Emperor Crocodile's soul contract at all times, which is also a great pressure on the Emperor Crocodile."

Kunte opened his eyes: "Someone has to watch the situation outside; you guys drink; I won't disturb everyone's interest."

After saying that, Kunte got up and left the banquet to get some air.

"Come, let's drink." Kang Jia and others were also used to Kunte's personality and continued to drink happily.

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The city wall barrier of Tianjing City has only four entrances, each barrier entrance is three thousand meters long and a hundred meters high.

Nine Emperor Crocodiles lie outside the city gate, completely blocking the east entrance.

If you want to enter, you must hand over a flag.

With the Emperor Crocodile guarding the gate, no exotic beast dares to force its way in.

Zhao Xing controlled the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon to fly toward the east city gate, observing while hovering at a distance of a thousand meters.

"Whoosh~" A golden stream of light flew from afar; two golden falcons tried to rely on speed to sneak in secretly.

However, the golden flag in their mouths was too conspicuous, and the nine Emperor Crocodiles immediately discovered them.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" The golden falcons' light shone brightly, instantly activating the famous-level ninth-rank bloodline, launching their innate ability.

In an instant, the shadow of a falcon appeared in the sky!

"Such fast speed; the golden falcon is good at speed; when it activates the famous-level bloodline in its body, the speed increases again, actually appearing with so many afterimages."

In the venue, Zhao Xing watched the golden falcon through three perspectives.

In the eyes of the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon, they could only see the shadows all over the sky.

"Meow~" The mountain cat called out, then its pupils dilated, one blue and one purple, quite miraculous.

When the mountain cat felt Zhao Xing's thought of 'seeing clearly,' it took the initiative to help.

In its field of vision, the world presented blue and purple, and there were no shadows.

The speed of the golden falcon was also dozens of times slower; in the blue-purple field of vision, that flash of gold was very obvious.

"Aotian can see through the flight trajectory of the golden falcon; can the Emperor Crocodile?"

"What means does it have to stop it." Zhao Xing observed.

The Emperor Crocodile has a huge body; logically speaking, even turning a corner is difficult.

To stop the golden falcon from sneaking in, I am afraid it is not easy.

However, the moment the golden falcon broke in, two Emperor Crocodiles roared at the sky together.

"Roar!"

The thorns on the Emperor Crocodile's back emitted a circle of earthy yellow light, and ripples spread in the air, instantly shrouding the entrance.

When the golden falcon broke in, its speed slowed down greatly, as if it had plunged into a mud pit.

At this time, even the weaker Tiger Dragon could clearly see the traces of the golden falcon, and the falcon's shadow also disappeared.

"Earth-traveling field." Zhao Xing looked ahead. The spell field is a general term for various fields; generally, it is only when high-rank spells or high-rank martial arts are practiced to the seventh-turn level that a field will appear.

Emperor Crocodiles are different from human spell fields.

They don't understand the Dao; they just because they are innately strong, their bloodline power fits a certain attribute, and they can instinctively perform it.

"The Emperor Crocodile possesses the bloodline of the ancient divine beast Taowu; such a battle beast is called a divine bloodline."

"The bloodline grade mainly affects the power of innate secret techniques."

"It is also a five-element field; the famous-level ninth-rank bloodline and the divine level one bloodline may differ by ten times in power," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Because it has been separated for many generations, the Emperor Crocodile only possesses a trace of divine beast bloodline, but even a little bit is a divine beast species.

After the golden falcon flew into the earth-traveling field, its speed became slower and slower; when its master realized something was wrong and wanted it to return, it was too late.

"Chirp chirp~" The falcon spat out the flag to the Emperor Crocodile, nodding constantly, seemingly begging for mercy.

"Hmph, giving it now, it's too late!" In the Nine Dragon Pavilion, Kang Jia snorted coldly and ordered the Emperor Crocodile: "Kill it!"

Following Kang Jia's order.

Outside the east city gate, an Emperor Crocodile suddenly opened its bloody mouth, and its black back, the spinal thorns, lit up with red light.

"Boom!"

A red flame suddenly sprayed out of the Emperor Crocodile's mouth.

The flame condensed into a columnar shape, instantly submerging the golden falcon.

"Roar~" The exotic beasts in the distance were frightened and ran away.

Zhao Xing looked at this scene and couldn't help but shake his head; the fifth-rank golden falcon just melted like this, not even leaving any residue.

"Ah ah ah ah! No!" In a public venue in Tianjing City, a sixth-rank beast-taming master suddenly screamed like crazy.

He lay on the ground with a ferocious face: "Damn it, damn Nine Dragon Island! My golden falcon that I cultivated for more than ten years!"

Unfortunately, he could only vent his anger in the secret room.

Coming to Tianjing City, one must have the awareness that battle beasts will die; survival of the fittest, this is the purpose of the Ten Thousand Beast Competition.

Seeing the golden falcon turn to ashes, Zhao Xing was also a bit worried and asked again: "Aotian, can you beat it? These big fish are all together."

The mountain cat is only at the early fifth rank, and the Emperor Crocodile is at the early fourth rank; it spans a large rank!

And there are nine here!

Nine Dragon Island didn't intend to play any one-on-one.

Just now, one Emperor Crocodile performed the earth-traveling field, and another sprayed a flame laser.

The cultivation of Nine Dragon Island is clearly not a cover; every Emperor Crocodile has subtle differences, and I am afraid the growth routes they take are all different.

The mountain cat was also a bit conflicted; so many big fish, which one should I eat first?

"..."

Feeling the mountain cat's thoughts, Zhao Xing was speechless.

He highly suspected that Aotian Meow had been with Long

However, in the end, Zhao Xing still let the mountain cat test the waters.

"Aotian, just provoke it from the edge, and lure one big fish out first."

"Right, just strike it with lightning. Its domain is probably about 1, 00 meters; look, that's the position of the tiger-dragon."

Zhao Xing still fulfilled his role as a beast tamer, based on the intensity of the secret technique the earth crocodile had just displayed.

He could roughly judge that the earth crocodile's earth-element domain only extended about 1, 00 meters.

As long as one stayed 1, 00 meters away, one was outside the domain.

Zhao Xing rambled on for a while.

"Old Wu~"

Aotian the cat suddenly meowed.

It was getting a bit impatient.

Was it allowed to eat the fish or not?

"Alright, go ahead and try, but remember to run if you can't catch it!"

"Meow~" Aotian nodded, then charged off the back of the azure phoenix.

When the mountain cat charged out, in the Nine Dragons Pavilion, the beast tamer Kang Jia suddenly paused with his wine cup.

"Hmm? A cat?"

He closed his eyes to sense, and then discovered a little thing in the sky, treading with elegant cat steps, slowly walking down.

"A mountain cat?"

Kang Jia was stunned for a moment.

"Brother Kang, what's wrong?" the person beside him asked.

"The earth crocodile reported an anomaly to me. In its perception, a mountain cat has appeared, early fifth rank."

"Oh?" The person beside him also immediately closed their eyes to link with their own war beast to check, and found it was indeed so.

"Who is so wasteful, actually raising a mountain cat to the fifth rank?"

What kind of breed is a mountain cat? It doesn't even count as having a distinguished-level bloodline.

Normally speaking, it's considered decent if a mountain cat can enter the ranks upon reaching adulthood.

Reaching the eighth rank is already quite difficult.

To raise it to the fifth rank, how many resources must have been spent on its cultivation?

If you can raise a mountain cat to the fifth rank, those resources could probably raise a war beast with a divine-level bloodline to the fourth rank! If this isn't being wasteful, what is?

"It's probably the pet of some noble young master," someone said. "I'll ask around to see whose it is."

"Interesting." Kang Jia also found it novel.

The beast-taming circle of the Purple Firmament Archipelago is only so big; at their level, a casual inquiry is enough to know if it's local.

Originally, the few of them didn't take it to heart. After all, the mountain cat was only fifth rank, and its owner behind it was likely someone who didn't know the ropes. Since it wasn't carrying a flag, the earth crocodile wouldn't stop it from entering.

But suddenly—

Clatter!

Kang Jia's wine cup fell to the ground, and he stood up with a look of shock.

"What's wrong, Brother Kang?"

"That mountain cat actually ambushed my earth crocodile!"

"Something's not right, my earth crocodile is even injured!"

"What?!"

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Outside the East City Gate.

Aotian trod with cat steps, walking down from the sky step by step.

When it entered the 1, 00-meter range, the earth crocodile raised its head and glanced at the mountain cat.

However, seeing that the other party was not carrying a flag, it ignored it.

The mountain cat walked within the 1, 00-meter range, and the earth crocodile still turned a blind eye.

Because the mountain cat's movements were too deceptive.

Normal war beasts, after long training, all carry a scent of blood and a murderous intent.

But the mountain cat... although it was fifth rank, it had absolutely no such feeling.

It was as if some young master hadn't kept his pet under control and it had suddenly run onto the battlefield.

Its innocent and cute appearance made Kang Jia not take it seriously at all.

The earth crocodile didn't take it seriously either, thinking the mountain cat just wanted to enter the city.

But suddenly—

"Swish~"

Aotian the cat's body disappeared from a spot 200 meters away from the earth crocodile, appearing like a bolt of lightning instantly on the right flank of the earth crocodile's abdomen.

"Rip~"

Claws carrying lightning slashed fiercely in a cross.

Thunder Sky-Rending Claws!

"Pfft!"

A ten-meter-long cross-shaped wound suddenly appeared on the left flank of the earth crocodile's abdomen.

Earth Crocodile:???

What kind of cat is this, how does it even know how to ambush?!

The mountain cat, meanwhile, ran off with a piece of the earth crocodile's flesh in its mouth.

At this moment, the mountain cat was like a combination of Master Zhao and Long Xiao.

Long Xiao taught it how to maximize damage, even opening wounds in a cross shape so it was easier to tear off a piece of meat and prevent the enemy from recovering quickly.

Master Zhao taught by example, letting the mountain cat learn how to be a "sneaky veteran."

If you can ambush, don't fight head-on!

Caught off guard, the fourth-rank earth crocodile suffered a heavy injury to its abdomen.

After a piece of flesh was torn off, the wound bled incessantly, with a force of thunder preventing the wound from healing.

"Roar!" The earth crocodile roared in anger.

Kang Jia was also furious; his earth crocodile had actually been injured, and by a little thing that looked harmless to humans and animals at that.

"Kill it!"

Kang Jia ordered in a fit of rage.

"Hum~"

Earth-yellow light radiated from its back, and the earth-element domain expanded once again.

However, the mountain cat's speed was also very fast; it had reached the Pure Origin Realm using the heaven and earth forces of wind and thunder.

A cat's speed is naturally fast, and it could also manipulate the heaven and earth force of wind; the mountain cat's speed was 50% faster than a golden falcon!

By the time the earth crocodile, stung by pain, deployed its earth-element domain, the mountain cat had long since appeared 1, 00 meters away, returning to the back of the azure phoenix.

At this moment, Zhao Xing couldn't help but have his eyes light up.

"Aotian's strength exceeds my imagination."

All along, Zhao Xing had treated the mountain cat as a pet, not a war beast.

Whether it was Peak-Falling Mountain or the Extreme Night Sea, there had been no opportunity for the mountain cat to perform.

With that team configuration—Long Xiao, Chen Shijie, Xia Jing, Zhao Xing who had the Ten Thousand Dharma Straw Man, and the warlock Ji Zijun... where was the need for the mountain cat to charge into battle?

Later on, when Liu Tianning arrived in person, there was even less opportunity for the mountain cat to perform.

It was completely just following behind Master Zhao to eat, eat, eat.

Now that the mountain cat had a chance to perform, it gave Zhao Xing a big surprise.

This sharp technique and cunning mind...

"It really didn't eat those spiritual delicacies in vain." Zhao Xing couldn't help but laugh.

Outside the city, the azure phoenix and the tiger-dragon were both trembling with fear.

Because the mountain cat had brought back a piece of meat and even asked them if they wanted to eat.

The flesh and blood of the earth crocodile carried the power of an ancient divine beast; just smelling it was scary enough, how could they dare to eat it?

"Aotian, stop eating, an earth crocodile is chasing over!" Zhao Xing, observing through the perspective of the azure phoenix, immediately reminded the mountain cat.

"Meow?"

The mountain cat looked at the big fish crawling over and couldn't help but feel a bit angry.

This cat has eaten so many fish, and none have been this jumpy!

"Woo~"

The mountain cat let out a low growl and jumped off the back of the azure phoenix again, heading straight for the earth crocodile.

Following its low growl.

A purple thunderbolt suddenly shot from the mountain cat's left eye, instantly hitting the earth crocodile's head.

"Boom!"

The thunder descended on the earth crocodile's head without any obstruction.

"Hmm? It can even shoot lightning from its eyes? Looks like the power isn't small either." Zhao Xing watched the battle through the perspective of the azure phoenix.

Lightning is very hard to dodge, especially for something with the massive body size of an earth crocodile; it is also very difficult to evade.

"Roar!"

After the lightning, the earth crocodile let out a roar.

On its head, charred wounds appeared.

The earth crocodile's head didn't have scales either, but its bones were very hard; this was just a superficial injury.

But being able to break its defense also left the earth crocodile and Kang Jia incomparably surprised.

Because the earth-element domain was active, and the earth crocodile's defensive power was greatly increased, yet the thunder still penetrated the domain and even caused damage to the earth crocodile. Just how strong is this cat's thunder technique?

"Dingchen, Hanguang, you both go together!" Kang Jia gritted his teeth and said. "Kill that damn cat!"

It was too embarrassing!

Under the gaze of everyone, his Nine Dragons Island earth crocodile had actually been injured by a cat!

"Don't kill it, capture it." At this time, Kunte walked in. "This mountain cat is extremely miraculous. We will capture it and bring it back; there is a chance to forcibly break its soul contract."

"Capturing it and turning it into our slave-branded war beast is better than killing it directly."

"Good." The others also saw the extraordinary nature of the mountain cat.

"Damn, no martial virtue! The mountain cat is only early fifth rank, have the guts to fight one-on-one!" Inside the Kaiyang Pavilion, Zhao Xing cursed.

Dong Yuanqiu and Cao Jiang, who were guarding beside him, looked at each other.

They didn't know what was wrong with Lord Zhao.

And from Zhao Xing's perspective.

All nine earth crocodiles were dispatched!

Nine fourth-rank early-stage war beast earth crocodiles, surrounding and hunting one early-stage fifth-rank mountain cat!

Master Zhao was naturally angry.

"Meow~" The mountain cat's cry appeared in Zhao Xing's mind.

"What do you mean, you want the azure phoenix and the tiger-dragon to run first, and you want to stay behind?"

"Aotian, don't be impulsive, if you kick the bucket, Long Xiao will hack me to death... hey, don't go!"

In the Kaiyang Pavilion, Zhao Xing stood up with a jerk.

Because the mountain cat's stubborn temper had flared up; it directly gave the azure phoenix and the tiger-dragon a bolt of lightning, forcing them to run away.

Then it charged toward the nine earth crocodiles itself.

"Damn, you haven't learned a single bit of my ability to assess the situation; you've really been corrupted by Long Xiao! Are you trying to be a sword immortal?" Zhao Xing cursed as he walked out the door.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Tao Anchun asked.

"My cat is fighting with the earth crocodiles. You stay here and guard; I'm going up to the city wall."

There was no other way; Zhao Xing had to make the trip himself.

If there was a problem, even if it meant breaking the rules, he would go over and save the mountain cat.

Swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish swish~~~

Inside the Cloud-Rain Tower Ship docked in the Kaiyang Pavilion, one after another, Ten Thousand Dharma clones flew out, grabbing their gear.

Ji An, who was taming beasts in the courtyard next door, heard the commotion and couldn't help but look over.

His eyeballs almost popped out in shock!

"Sixth-rank Web Cannon, sixth-rank Heaven Origin Bow... damn, is that a sixth-rank peak-grade God-Slaying Bed Crossbow it's carrying?"

Ji An was stunned.

These are all heavy military weapons!

Brother, where did you get these?

Ji An's feeling at this moment was as if he had been saved by a 'terrorist' and then invited him home as a guest.

Both shocked and afraid.

He knew Zhao Xing was the Marquis of Yuanrang, but this Marquis of Yuanrang was only a third-class marquis; he shouldn't be able to possess such heavy military weapons without being a Martial Marquis, right?

Theoretically speaking, Zhao Xing indeed had no qualification to carry these things, but King Rahu, in order to protect his safety, specially permitted him to carry them.

Back then, with 4 million battle merits, he was forced by the Prince of Liang to only exchange for a fourth-rank title, promoted two levels, and his scattered official post was also removed. King Rahu naturally had to give Zhao Xing some compensation and ensure his safety.

With these things, in a non-combat zone, Zhao Xing, in coordination with his clones, would be hard for ordinary fourth or fifth-rankers to kill.

"Lord Ji, no need to panic." Tao Anchun ran out to explain. "My lord is just going to the city wall to look at his cat."

"Oh, I see." Ji An smiled very reluctantly.

oco

Such a big commotion outside the East City Gate naturally couldn't be hidden from the people in the city, and the news spread rapidly.

"Have you heard? The fourth-rank earth crocodiles of Nine Dragons Island have all been dispatched!"

"Ah? Could it be that they are fighting with the giant bears of Bear Island?"

"No, it seems they are surrounding and hunting a mountain cat."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"It's true, someone on the city wall filmed it! See for yourself!"

"What, it really is! Let's go, hurry and take a look!"

"……"

Nine fourth-rank earth crocodiles actually surrounding and hunting a mountain cat—this news spread and immediately caused a sensation.

It was simply too curiosity-inducing.

What kind of cat could be worth Nine Dragons Island making such a big fuss?

Inside the Bear Pavilion, a burly man with a thick beard was controlling his fourth-rank mid-stage war beast, the 'Frost-Howl Giant Bear'.

Zhao Xing felt a faint connection with this Azure Lion dog and understood that the soul contract had been reached.

At this moment, Badalo, feeling the movement of the earth crocodiles, couldn't help but strengthen his connection with the giant bear.

Because Bear Island and Nine Dragons Island were old rivals, and there were only three Frost-Howl Giant Bears brought this time, he was afraid the other side would secretly launch an ambush.

"It doesn't seem to be aimed at us." Badalo let the Frost-Howl Giant Bear, holding a giant axe, fly into the sky.

"Could it be that they are fighting with the Spirit Rhinoceros of Dragon Spring Island?"

Inside the Dragon Spring Pavilion, a woman with a hot figure, wearing animal skins, also walked out of the pavilion.

You Ji closed her eyes on the grass, connecting to the war beast Spirit Rhinoceros outside the city.

"Nine earth crocodiles, all dispatched, but I can't see who they are fighting."

You Ji's face was full of confusion: "What is Kunte of the Nine Dragons Pavilion up to?"

She took out an Earth Mirror and sent a message to the leader of Heart Rock Island, 'Ao Feng'.

Because the Heart-Writhe Dragon of Heart Rock Island was always flying in the sky, and that section of the city wall was closer to the earth crocodiles.

Soon, Ao Feng replied: "The earth crocodiles are surrounding and hunting a fifth-rank mountain cat, and one of the earth crocodiles has even been heavily injured!"

"What?" You Ji was shocked. What on earth was going on?

"Someone come!"

"Subordinate is here."

"Immediately send someone to the East City Wall to check!"

"Yes."

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"Roar!" The nine earth crocodiles roared in unison.

The forest outside the East City was a mess at this moment; a large number of trees had been snapped and uprooted.

The ground was sunken, and many dense and huge footprints were left behind.

One of the fire-attribute earth crocodiles opened its bloody maw and spat out a ball of fire breath.

It headed straight for a black shadow in mid-air!

The earth crocodile has the bloodline of a divine beast; if this breath could hit, even a sixth-rank divine weapon would be melted!

"Boom!"

The flame breath rushed into the sky, and even the clouds were dyed red.

But the shadow in the sky still existed.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~"

Aotian the cat waved its claws, and the blue-purple secret patterns on its claws lit up, actually detaching from its body and turning into two secret-pattern rings, appearing on this fire-attribute earth crocodile.

The rings rapidly grew larger; after the 1, 00-meter-long earth crocodile was trapped, the light rings rapidly contracted.

"Ssh ssh ssh ssh ssh~"

On the earth crocodile's body, scales and rings rubbed together, creating sparks and rising blue smoke.

"Roar!!!"

The earth crocodile struggled in pain.

A beast tamer beside Kang Jia immediately covered his head and squatted down.

"Dingchen, disconnect your soul contract and let the earth crocodile act freely." Kunte immediately ordered.

In his eyes, the phantom of a cat was reflected.

"This mountain cat has entered the Pure Origin Realm with wind and thunder power; it has more than one secret technique that has reached the high-rank perfection level."

"No reason for this, why can a mountain cat's innate ability be this strong?" Kang Jia felt it was inconceivable.

Just having exchanged blows, the mountain cat had once again heavily injured one of their earth crocodiles.

If one could say it was caught off guard before, then now there was no reason to make excuses.

Because the mountain cat had launched its attack while bearing the five-element domain of nine earth crocodiles!

"This mountain cat, I don't know how many treasures it has consumed." Kunte said with a complex expression: "It can no longer be viewed as an ordinary mountain cat at all; its innate amplification is stronger than the bloodline ability of a divine-level sixth-rank!"

The beast tamers present were speechless.

The mountain cat's performance completely shattered their cognition.

How many treasures must it have eaten to achieve such an effect?

Not only was its talent strong, but the number and power of its secret techniques also greatly exceeded their cognition.

"My earth crocodile, it can't hold on!" The beast tamer who had just covered his head and squatted down shouted in pain.

"How could this be?!"

"Even if it dies, it must die with an explanation!"

"It kicked and shattered the earth crocodile's earth-element body-protecting secret pattern with one foot!"

"Not one foot, it kicked nine times!"

"What secret technique is this?"

"Nine-Fold Wind-Treading Steps."

"How is that possible? Can a mountain cat's secret technique reach this level of power? You must be mistaken!"

"Are you questioning my judgment?"

"Shut up!" Kunte shouted: "Stop arguing, everyone focus!"

Kunte waved his hands, and the Beast Spirit Staff emitted bursts of halos.

At the same time, outside the East City, the largest earth crocodile's keratin suddenly became crystalline.

In an instant, it became transparent, like a crystal earth crocodile.

"Hum~"

The other seven earth crocodiles also successively entered their second forms.

Only the earth crocodile trapped by the mountain cat's innate secret technique could not deploy it.

Having eaten two of the mountain cat's high-rank secret techniques, Wind-Thunder Lock and Nine-Fold Wind-Treading Steps, it was already on the verge of death.

Swish~

Taking advantage of the other earth crocodiles transforming, the mountain cat descended again, landing on the heavily injured earth crocodile.

Thunder Sky-Rending Claws!

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle~"

The mountain cat's figure appeared on the earth crocodile's abdomen, and the rings hung it up.

"Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft~"

Fast, the speed was fast to the extreme, and it was also flexible to the extreme; Thunder Sky-Rending Claws, it was as if dozens of mountain cats were simultaneously unleashing high-rank secret techniques against the earth crocodile.

In an instant, the abdomen of this fourth-rank early-stage earth crocodile was stirred into a mess.

"Heh-ho~"

The earth crocodile fell to the ground, twitching, its life aura rapidly decreasing, falling into silence.

With its internal organs stirred to mush, even if a god came, they couldn't save it.

Nine earth crocodiles, only eight remained!

"One earth crocodile died."

On the city wall, Tong Wanyang quietly watched the scene below.

After learning the news, he also arrived at the East City Wall for the first time.

As the boss of the West, although Dragon Lion Island did not send a fourth-rank war beast with a divine beast bloodline this time.

But Tong Wanyang still came in person, because he discovered that this mountain cat was precisely the pet beast of the Twin Dragon-Horse Supervisor, Zhao Xing.

"Truly inconceivable." Yu Pengcheng stood beside him, exclaiming: "This mountain cat definitely cannot be over five years old."

"In less than five years, to be able to cultivate to this point, eating anything else would be useless; it is likely fed with heaven and earth spiritual delicacies." Tong Wanyang speculated.

"Marquis of Yuanrang Zhao Xing, rose in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven; he benefited greatly from the Ten Suns Cave Heaven incident the year before last, even his cat managed to reach the fifth rank along with him."

Normal cultivation plans cannot take heaven and earth spiritual delicacies as conventional resources.

Because there aren't enough for people to eat, how could the spiritual delicacies of spiritual mountains be shared with exotic beasts?

And heaven and earth spiritual delicacies have the greatest effect when consumed by humans; when consumed by exotic beasts, they might only have half, or even 30% of the effect.

But if the quantity is large enough, and heaps of Origin Dharma spiritual delicacies are consumed, even a pig could advance to the fifth rank.

Only in this way can innate secret techniques be greatly enhanced.

"Things like the Ten Suns Cave Heaven cannot be replicated." Yu Pengcheng shook his head, "We are unable to cultivate it."

The mountain cat had also entered the Heaven Gate and soaked in the spiritual delicacy hot springs; even the Jade Water Academy could not replicate this cultivation plan.

"This mountain cat will become a formidable enemy of ours." Tong Wanyang said, "Look, the eight earth crocodiles have transformed, and the mountain cat has also transformed, yet they still can't do anything about it."

"Too clumsy." Yu Pengcheng commented, "The crystal transformation still strengthens the earth crocodile's defense, but there's no way regarding speed; their crystal five-element domain cannot completely lock down the mountain cat."

"Speed is affected, but it's still faster than the earth crocodiles."

"However, it will be difficult for the mountain cat to kill another earth crocodile."

"You and I can see it, and Kunte can also see it." Tong Wanyang said, "I don't know why this Zhao Xing doesn't let the mountain cat retreat; what on earth does he want to do?"

"Can't guess; if it doesn't retreat, other war beasts might come to help."

…………

Tong Wanyang and Yu Pengcheng could never have imagined that Zhao Xing was unable to let the mountain cat retreat at this moment.

He could indeed use the soul contract to forcibly interfere with the mountain cat's actions, making the mountain cat suffer and eventually yield to his command.

But with the mountain cat currently being hunted, doing so would be equivalent to sending the mountain cat to its death.

"Swish swish swish swish swish~"

The original body and the Ten Thousand Dharma clones finally arrived at the city wall.

However, after arriving at the city wall, Zhao Xing discovered that the mountain cat had already killed an earth crocodile.

"Is Aotian this fierce?" Zhao Xing himself was somewhat surprised.

Bearing the siege of nine earth crocodiles, it actually killed one.

A proper sword cultivator among cats.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing was no longer in a hurry.

He just quietly watched.

But his appearance drew surprised gazes from the people around him.

Seeing Zhao Xing's posture, they were immediately shocked.

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Because Master Zhao had set up a God-Slaying Bed Crossbow on the city wall, and he had many clones, all carrying large-scale lethal divine weapons.

"Ten Thousand Dharma clones? Is this the Straw Man technique of the Self-Nature School?"

"Who is this person, actually able to cultivate Ten Thousand Dharma clones?"

"Hiss, how can he still carry so many heavy military lethal weapons? Is he not afraid of being arrested by the Police Inspectorate of Heaven-Contending City? Could it be that he is a Martial Marquis?"

"How could he be a Martial Marquis? He is wearing sixth-rank official robes; have you ever seen a sixth-rank Martial Marquis?"

"Hmm? Ten Thousand Dharma clones, Ten Thousand Dharma clones... what is the relationship between this person and Liu Wanfa?"

On the city wall, many people were discussing.

Zhao Xing paid no attention to these discussions, but instead contacted the mountain cat.

"Aotian, come back to the city wall."

"Meow!"

The mountain cat expressed refusal.

If I go back now, what about that big fish? I can't bring it back!

Zhao Xing was helpless because he discovered that more and more war beasts were approaching.

If Nine Dragons Island invited helpers, the situation would be different.

The mountain cat had an advantage against the earth crocodiles; it could fight if it wanted to and run if it wanted to.

But if a Heart-Writhe Dragon or a Spirit Rhinoceros came over and wanted to capture the mountain cat, that would be dangerous.

The Twin Dragon-Horse Supervisor was nameless and had no helpers.

Now that the mountain cat had shown its miraculous aspects, anyone could guess with their toes that someone was eyeing the mountain cat.

"When we go back, I'll catch you a big fish to eat, even bigger than this one!" Zhao Xing coaxed.

"Meow!"

It won't be that kind of shelled fish again, right? This cat won't eat it!

"……"

Zhao Xing felt a bit melancholy; children are hard to fool when they grow up.

It was also his own fault for feeding the mountain cat too much turtle meat before, causing it to have psychological trauma regarding this kind of fish.

"Absolutely not that kind! Listen to me and come back first."

After much persuasion, the mountain cat finally agreed to come back.

At this time, the azure phoenix and the tiger-dragon had already taken the opportunity to sneak into the East City Gate with the flags.

Before leaving, the mountain cat even dug a large piece of meat off the dead earth crocodile.

"Swish~"

The mountain cat, covered in lightning, slashed its claws all the way, forcibly tearing through the crystal five-element domain.

"Roar!" The eight earth crocodiles roared incessantly.

Kunte and Kang Jia were also very helpless; the earth crocodiles here had only grown to the fourth rank not long ago, and they hadn't activated their bloodlines for long.

They could only watch helplessly as the mountain cat shifted and moved, drilling out of the crystal five-element domain.

"Whoosh~" The mountain cat, trailing sparks and lightning all the way, appeared on the city wall with a piece of earth crocodile meat in its mouth.

"Phew~" Zhao Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But in an instant, he was furious, jumping up and giving the mountain cat a flick on the forehead.

"Alright, you've grown some skills, haven't you! You don't even listen to me anymore, you rebellious child!"

"Woo woo woo~" The mountain cat looked aggrieved.

…………

The mountain cat dueled with nine earth crocodiles and even escaped calmly after killing one.

This matter immediately became a hot topic in Heaven-Contending City! It caused a sensation.

"Are you crazy? A mountain cat can kill an earth crocodile? And it's a fifth rank fighting a fourth rank?"

"What, and it was nine earth crocodiles surrounding and hunting it?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Nine against one, fourth rank against fifth rank, and one was still killed by the mountain cat—do the beast tamers of Nine Dragons Island even know how to play?!"

"Nine Dragons Island has truly declined."

"If a mountain cat can beat an earth crocodile, my Shadow Leopard can do it too!"

"Truly an eye-opener; to be able to see a mountain cat slay a god in my lifetime, what else in this world is impossible?"

"It's spreading in the beast-taming world; this matter will be a joke for Nine Dragons Island for a hundred years."

"Twin Dragon-Horse Supervisor Zhao Xing? Never heard of him, but his mountain cat is truly fierce."

"……"

Countless people were discussing that brave mountain cat.

As the background board, Nine Dragons Island, Kunte and Kang Jia were so angry their lungs were about to explode.

Many people sent private messages via the Earth Mirror to ask if it was true.

There were jokes and ridicule.

"What do you mean his Shadow Leopard can do it too? Bastard, have the guts to come over and fight one-on-one!" Kang Jia held the Earth Mirror and kept slapping the table.

"Sigh, I'm famous now." Another beast tamer said dejectedly.

Famous indeed, but he hadn't expected this kind of fame.

The earth crocodile fell in the qualifiers, and it was killed by a mountain cat; one can imagine that his beast-taming career had also come to an end.

When he returned to Nine Dragons Island, he probably had no other path besides resigning in disgrace.

Inside the City Lord's Mansion.

Wang Xuanyi watched the battle footage recorded by the Mirage Pearl.

Yu Hong, the fourth-rank Commandery Governor, had just told him about this matter.

At first, Wang Xuanyi didn't believe it, but after watching it, Wang Xuanyi discovered that it was actually true.

"My lord, to raise a mountain cat to this point, Zhao Xing is truly a talent." Yu Hong explained from the side: "Crystal transformation, combined into a crystal five-element domain—gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder—seven types of attribute earth crocodiles, and two were purely for cultivating physical strength."

"Yet they couldn't do anything to a mountain cat."

Wang Xuanyi put the Mirage Pearl aside and nodded, saying: "This mountain cat of his must be a spiritual delicacy exotic species, having consumed too many heaven and earth spiritual delicacies."

"This time, the mountain cat displayed four secret techniques, and they were all at the high-rank perfection level."

"Apart from Origin Dharma spiritual delicacies, very few other treasures can have this effect."

"My lord, what is the background of Marquis of Yuanrang Zhao Xing?" Yu Hong asked, "He carried heavy weapons; my subordinate Police Inspectorate went to inquire, and he actually took out a King-Sealing Secret Order, with King Rahu specially approving that he could carry such large lethal weapons."

Wang Xuanyi said: "He has some relationship with King Rahu and is a personal disciple of Liu Wanfa."

"However, he has also offended the Prince of Liang's faction; these secrets are difficult to explain clearly to you. You were recommended by me, so I advise you: do not go inquiring about these things."

"Yes." Yu Hong nodded obediently.

…………

Soldier Realm, inside the Hundred-Soldier Tower.

King Xin and King Anning came to the Earth Mirror observation room, somewhat exhausted.

As the intensity of the war increased, various matters began to multiply; as two of the thirty-three King-Sealings of the Soldier Realm, King Xin and King Anning were both a bit overwhelmed.

"Hmm? Rahu, what are you looking at?" After King Anning entered, he saw many Earth Mirror screens, all switched to a certain sea area.

"Is this the East Sea Heaven-Contending Island?" King Xin Liu Yong took a look and quickly determined where the area in the picture was.

"Yes." King Rahu nodded, "The East Sea has started the qualifiers for the Ten Thousand Beast Competition; just looking around."

"Just looking around?" King Anning was puzzled: "How do you have time to pay attention to East Sea matters?"

King Rahu smiled: "I don't have as many things to do as you two; if there are things, my subordinates have already finished them."

"The Supervision Department should be the busiest, yet you are good, you still have time to watch the competition." King Anning was somewhat envious, "Liu Tianning is truly useful."

"Why don't you, King Rahu, let him hold a concurrent post in the Shangyu Department."

"Liu Tianning is already concurrently holding the transport of two prefectures, and even went to your Shangyu Department to gather intelligence; isn't his power as a fourth-rank a bit too great?" King Xin said.

"He's already holding the transport commissioner of two prefectures, still afraid of holding a concurrent Yu Commissioner?" King Anning laughed, "Rahu, how about it, lend him to me to use; searching for people in the territory of the Yanguang King Court is really quite troublesome, those sand worms are truly annoying."

Baboke worms are good at digging; the armies of the Yanguang King Court mostly operate underground.

During the troop training stage, the hardest thing to provide is the military intelligence of the Yanguang King Court.

"Liu Tianning's Ten Thousand Dharma clones consume quite a few treasures to replenish if one is lost." King Rahu said.

"This money will come from my Shangyu Department."

"He is currently doing the work of three hundred people alone; letting him work for you again, outsiders will inevitably say I mistreat my subordinates."

"You, Rahu, are afraid of this?"

"If Liu Tianning goes to your Shangyu Department, he will probably be..."

"I'll add money." King Anning said irritably, "I'll raise his salary, request a merit rank, and after he's done, I'll give him three seventh-rank treasures."

King Rahu smiled: "Deal."

"……"

King Xin laughed: "Hahaha, if you had said that earlier, Rahu would have nodded."

"Borrowing a person from Rahu is truly not easy." King Anning said.

⊙￠O

"By the way, I remember his disciple Zhao Xing was sent to the East Sea; it's been two years now, right?"

"Less than two years." King Rahu said, "He is currently participating in the qualifiers for the Ten Thousand Beast Competition."

"Oh?" King Anning checked the Earth Mirror: "Twin Dragon-Horse Supervisor, performance evaluation has been excellent for one year..."

King Xin said: "The foundation of Twin Island is poor; if he is excellent for five consecutive years, and can lead Twin Island to qualify in the Purple Firmament Archipelago group stage and participate in the East Sea knockout stage, he can be promoted to the from-fifth-rank."

"If he qualifies in the East Sea and participates in the Four Seas Peak Competition, a proper fifth-rank is unavoidable."

King Anning said: "Going from nothing to something within ten years, I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."

King Rahu nodded: "It is quite difficult; why don't King Anning and I make a bet, betting on whether Zhao Xing can, by his own ability, raise a war beast that can participate in the Peak Competition within ten years."

King Anning pondered: "What is the stake?"

King Rahu said: "You, King Anning, have money; you have to bet at least an eighth-rank treasure."

King Anning nodded: "Good, I bet he can't."

King Rahu said: "King Anning, you can prepare the eighth-rank treasure now."

"What does this mean?" King Anning was stunned, then saw King Rahu wave his hand, and an Earth Mirror floated in front of him.

It showed the battle between the mountain cat and the earth crocodile.

"This cat is the war pet cultivated by Zhao Xing; last year, it was only sixth rank."

"Now it has been cultivated to the early fifth rank by Zhao Xing using the Marquis-Change Method."

King Rahu said: "It consumed quite a few heaven and earth spiritual delicacies in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven, and now it can challenge a fourth-rank war beast."

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"This is the battle footage just transmitted."

After King Anning finished watching, he couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You, Rahu, you actually tricked me?!"

King Rahu: "I didn't trick you; this was truly just transmitted back."

King Anning snorted: "Even so, you might not necessarily win; just one mountain cat, too thin and weak, how can it break out of the encirclement?"

King Xin Liu Yong clapped his hands and said: "These words of yours seem familiar."

"What do you mean?"

"I heard King Tianyan mention his bet with Rahu; the first bet, at that time Rahu didn't believe Zhao Xing could succeed, and the final result was that Rahu lost two seventh-rank divine weapons."

"Hmph, I refuse to believe this evil." King Anning said, "I want to see how he kills his way to the Peak Competition with just a mountain cat."