Chapter 1028: The Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger

"Yes, it's been forty years already—you've all forgotten!" Zhang Yi said, his voice trembling. "But I remember clearly—I'll never forget the roar of that Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger, never, never. That sound often appears in my dreams—I can't forget it… I'll never forget the look in its eyes as it fled into the mountains. It will come back to avenge us!"

The city's high-ranking officials of Black Tiger City, for a moment, began to slightly believe Zhang Yi.

After all, this former mayor, of high virtue and great prestige, who had been comatose for half a year, now seemed awake.

"Deputy Mayor, immediately dispatch messengers to send an urgent report to General Qian. Say that the beast emperor, Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger, from forty years ago, is about to reappear!"

"Old Mayor, are you certain?" the deputy mayor whispered. "I don't doubt you, sir—but we must present evidence to prove it to General Qian!"

"Sending men into the Black Tiger Mountains now is suicide! Even if they survive, by the time they find proof, that beast emperor may already have stormed out of Hushan!" Zhang Yi's tone carried both frustration and helplessness. "If you're afraid, then tell Qian Qian Hailong in my name—if anything happens, I, Zhang Yi, will take full responsibility!"

The deputy mayor quickly said: "Then I'll immediately dispatch messengers to the Southeast Military Headquarters!"

"Also, notify all nearby mayors. Let them know about the Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger—and have them spread the news further. Everyone must prepare for war!"

The deputy mayor hesitated, then nodded: "Alright. I'll follow the mayor's orders."

"Sigh!" Zhang Yi looked deeply at the deputy mayor and sighed. "Zhao Kuang, after all these years, why haven't you improved at all?"

"Old Mayor, are you implying…?"

Zhao Kuang's face twitched slightly—clearly, his mood was foul—but he couldn't hold back.

"I won't say more. Just do as I instructed!"

Two middle-aged maids led away the listless old mayor. The other several high-ranking officials then asked: "Deputy Mayor, shall we dispatch personnel now?"

"Of course we must. After all, he's the mayor—he's the one in charge!"

Su Yang left early and returned late every day, unswervingly hunting ferocious beasts.

It was his habit.

Living in this world, there was always a force pushing him, urging him to grow stronger!

Almost all beast tamer of this era were like this!

"General, the former mayor of Black Tiger Mountain, Zhang Yi, has sent word: unusual activity has been detected in the Black Tiger Mountains near Hushan. Former Mayor Zhang Yi believes the beast emperor, Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger, may be reappearing!"

Over dinner, Liu Mengyun told Su Yang, who had just returned.

"Beast emperor Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger?" Su Yang asked, puzzled. "Wasn't it said that beast emperor already died in Hushan?"

"That was a lie!" Liu Mengyun whispered. "That Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger was merely severely wounded and escaped. The claim that it died in the Black Tiger Mountains was deliberately spread by the Southeast Military Headquarters to stabilize public morale… It's just that when the Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger appeared, its record was too terrifying—in just over a month, while devouring ferocious beasts, it also wiped out more than ten cities in the southeast, killing a million people!"

"There's such a tactic?" Su Yang muttered. "Won't the military's credibility suffer from spreading such false rumors?"

After all, the Huaxia Federation prized reputation and public trust above all.

Spreading false reports wasn't their style!

"What was spread was only rumor—the military never officially confirmed it. Do you understand, General?"

"That shameless attitude is just too…" Su Yang almost laughed, but realized now wasn't the time. "Still, why didn't they keep hunting that Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger?"

"Because it fled deep into the Black Tiger Mountains! The depths of Hushan harbor other powerful ferocious beasts. During that war, four king-level experts died—including one at the peak of king rank. The remaining experts were mostly severely wounded. They simply lacked the strength to push deeper into Hushan to hunt the wounded Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger."

Su Yang could imagine the horrific scenes in those ten or more cities.

Beast kings, beast emperors, and even the never-before-seen, purely theoretical beast emperors—all could be seen as tyrants among ferocious beasts.

Most of them possessed wide-area buff skills and were born with boundless ambition for conquest.

They used their strength to force other beast species—or other powerful beasts—to submit and become their subordinates.

Then, these beast emperors would lead their subordinate beasts to conquer more lands!

Once allowed to grow unchecked, these beast kings and emperors would grow like snowballs—rolling larger, stronger.

Most bizarrely, they knew how to avoid the territories of stronger emperor-level or emperor-tier beasts, detouring around them… to expand their rule further!

If left unchecked, these beast kings and emperors might even unify most of the continent…

That was, of course, unacceptable to the Huaxia Federation!

Because beast emperors accepted any kind of ferocious beast as subordinates—but they would never accept humans as their subjects.

After all, ordinary humans were far too weak—even a Black-Iron Low-Grade mutated sparrow could kill them!

Most beast emperors also refused to accept human beast tamers.

Some beast psychology experts believed this was likely because human beast tamer power systems were entirely alien to those of ferocious beasts, making beast emperors view human beast tamers as heretics!

In Huaxia Federation history, only one beast emperor ever chose to accept a human beast tamer as a subordinate!

The outcome, of course, was obvious.

That beast emperor received the defection of ten king-level experts from the Huaxia Federation… and was killed from within and without.

Su Yang, having served five years across the three major military branches of Huaxia, had never once faced a beast emperor directly.

In Wanyang City in the southwest, he had only fought against the beast emperor's subordinates—he never even saw the beast emperor's face.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yang said: "The appearance of a beast emperor is no small matter—it's critical. I'll go to Zhanghai City and ask General Qian."

"Fine," Liu Mengyun said helplessly. "I knew you wouldn't miss this if you heard about it."

"I am a Federation General!" Su Yang straightened his back. "Protecting our homeland is my duty. I must set an example, right, Mo Yi, Sister Xue Li?"

"Right!" Mo Yi nodded. "Mo Yi loves piles of corpses!"

Sister Xue Li also nodded: "I'd like to taste a beast emperor."

"Good. You both seem full of energy!" Su Yang smiled. "No wonder you're my beast companions!"