Chapter 1039: Don

"What a noble, unyielding Shanling Giant—I admire its defiance against tyranny!" After praising it, Su Yang immediately summoned the Void Wandering Spirit and Explosive Flame Dao: "Storm Eagle, track the Hurricane Binding Spirit; Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies, handle the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox; Explosive Elder Yan Mo, take on the Golden Wind Sword Feather Eagle; Void Wandering Spirit, deal with the Shanling Giant—when you see its energy core exposed, strike there and give it a swift end!"

The Storm Eagle dove in a single plunge, sweeping over the four King-Rank ferocious beasts.

In an instant, the three pet beasts on the Storm Eagle's back unleashed their power simultaneously!

The void twisted—ripped apart—the severely wounded Shanling Giant let out a shriek as its exposed energy core was twisted three hundred sixty degrees by the Void Wandering Spirit, completely severed from its body.

"Ding~ Your pet Void Wandering Spirit has slain the King-Rank Top-Grade Shanling Giant. Experience + 100 trillion!"

"Ding~ Your pet Void Wandering Spirit has leveled up to King-Rank Mid-Grade!"

Countless explosive fire eagles surged downward, riding the Storm Eagle's speed to blanket the entire battlefield, then charged toward the Golden Wind Sword Feather Eagle. The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies also struck—the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox lay prostrate on the ground, beginning to wrestle for bodily control with the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies.

"Ding~ Your pet Explosive Elder Yan Mo has slain the King-Rank High-Grade Golden Wind Sword Feather Eagle. Experience + 300,000!"

At this moment, the Storm Eagle caught up to the Hurricane Binding Spirit.

The Hurricane Binding Spirit was an elemental ferocious beast—rare indeed—appearing as a semi-transparent whirlwind, flying at incredible speed, yet still unable to escape the Storm Eagle's pursuit.

"Ding~ Your pet Storm Eagle has slain the King-Rank High-Grade Hurricane Binding Spirit. Experience + 300,000!"

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies were slightly slower, but soon gained full control of the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox's body.

This wasn't the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies' fault—gaining control over another ferocious beast's body and mind was inherently difficult.

Moreover, the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox was of higher rank than the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies and was a mental-type ferocious beast, possessing some resistance to mental abilities.

Su Yang found it hard to believe the outcome of this battle, especially since the Void Wandering Spirit had leveled up again!

That Shanling Giant died with great value!

Landing on the massive corpse of the Shanling Giant, Su Yang picked up its core, then turned to look at the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox.

The Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox's snowy white fur was stunning; it was said that at night, it emitted a soft, glowing white light—magnificent and beautiful!

"This fox is quite beautiful—I'm almost reluctant to kill it!" Su Yang nodded appreciatively. "Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies, while it's fresh—I need to know if that Beast Emperor is behind this. Don't damage its pelt—I'm going to skin it and make a coat for Deputy Officer Liu Mengyun!"

The Hurricane Binding Spirit seemed brainless; the Golden Wind Sword Feather Eagle was reduced to ash. Of all the survivors, the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox likely knew the most.

Mental-type ferocious beasts had excellent memories!

The Storm Eagle retrieved the Hurricane Binding Spirit's core, while the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies sucked out the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox's brain matter.

While the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies digested the memories, Su Yang brandished his dagger over the Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox's corpse, then decided to take the entire body back for professional assistance.

Come to think of it, since he started dating, Su Yang had never given Liu Mengyun a proper gift!

He spent every day hunting ferocious beasts outside, dumping all responsibilities on Liu Mengyun—he felt guilty, ashamed of how he'd treated her.

"Well?"

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterflies replied: "Found it—a Royal Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger. Its tail is indeed shortened. It's currently conquering ferocious beast clans, but its conquest within the Black Tiger Mountains is nearly complete. Deeper in the mountains, there appear to be Emperor-Rank ferocious beasts. This Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger has recently planned to launch an outward offensive—it holds deep hatred for human beast tamers…"

Su Yang nodded, indicating he understood.

Intelligent ferocious beasts knew human beast tamers well—but their attitude toward them was much the same as toward other ferocious beasts.

Unless there were special circumstances, if human beast tamers didn't provoke them, they wouldn't cross thousands of miles to hunt them down.

But forty years ago, human beast tamers defeated the Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger's beast army and nearly killed it!

If it didn't hate humans, that would be strange.

"How strong is it now? And how many powerful ferocious beasts does it command?"

"This Six-Tailed Moonlight Fox only knows of six Royal-Rank ferocious beasts!"

"Six Royal-Rank ferocious beasts!" Su Yang drew a deep breath. "That's probably more than six… This Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger's return is clearly well-prepared. I hope those Royal-Rank beasts aren't too overpowered—if they are, this will be tough to handle!"

"Yes, Master!"

"Then let's head back!"

Su Yang recalled all the ferocious beasts and vanished instantly from the spot.

When he reappeared, Su Yang stood at the entrance of the Black Tiger City Military Headquarters building—now, he no longer feared causing misunderstandings.

Members of the Black Tiger City Military Headquarters immediately saluted Su Yang.

They had learned of his arrival several days ago.

Su Yang strode up the stairs and pushed open the door to Deputy Mayor Zhao Kuang's office.

Zhang Yi was weak, bedridden for years—Su Yang couldn't disturb his rest.

"General Su, you're back?"

Zhao Kuang, startled by the sudden intrusion, was ready to explode.

But when he saw it was Su Yang, his face instantly lit up with a smile.

Without any pleasantries or wasted words, Su Yang got straight to the point: "Has Captain Ma arrived?"

"He arrived yesterday. I've assigned the emergency squad members. But he plans to go to Water Marsh City today at noon to inspect nearby city defenses."

Su Yang ordered: "Send someone immediately to inform Captain Ma—the Beast Emperor, Hurricane Roaring Cloud Tiger, has appeared. It has gathered a massive force within the Black Tiger Mountains and may breach the mountains at any moment! I need to return to the Southeast Military Headquarters to report to General Qian!"

"Th-this… is it true?"

Zhao Kuang leapt from his chair, pale as paper.

Su Yang shot back: "Are you doubting me?"

Zhao Kuang's reaction filled him with deep irritation.

What the hell are you afraid of!

"No, no, my lord!"

"Then why are you still standing there? Go find Captain Ma right now!"

"Yes! Yes, yes!"

"Get a grip. Do your job properly. Don't let me down!"

Su Yang had no more patience for Zhao Kuang—he vanished instantly from the office.