Chapter 1043

Su Yang returned to Mount Dajiao and found only on-duty personnel in the governor's mansion, realizing he had missed work hours; he hurried back to the villa, where he met Liu Mengyun and Xia Na.

"Perfect, both of you are here!"

Liu Mengyun asked, puzzled: "What's the matter, General?"

"Forty years ago, the Beast Emperor that fled into Black Tiger Mountains has reappeared—it may break out soon. I'm temporarily serving as front-line commander and need your help!"

"What about Mount Dajiao?"

"Of course, I'll conscript Bai Cang to hold it for me!" Su Yang laughed. "Wait here—I'll go get Bai Cang. He won't resist!"

No sooner had Su Yang finished speaking than he vanished before Liu Mengyun and Xia Na.

"Deputy Liu, it sounds like General Su wants to take you to the front," Xia Na whispered. "The Beast Emperor—that's a Royal-level ferocious beast, terrifying beyond words. Every time one appears, the Lianbangdou Society suffers heavy losses, and countless Beast Masters die in battle!"

"You misunderstood General Su. He said not 'you,' but 'us.'"

"What? I don't want to go!" Xia Na's face turned pale as she stepped back. "That's a battlefield—a battlefield against a Beast Emperor! One misstep, and you're dead."

"Tell that to General Su. See if he doesn't execute you!"

"I'm so cute—surely General Su isn't that cruel?"

"What do you think?"

"I'd rather warm his bed!"

Liu Mengyun sneered: "I think you'd be better off on the battlefield—it's far more interesting than warming a bed!"

Xia Na instantly felt icy cold; the villa's temperature plummeted. She clapped a hand over her mouth, finally realizing she'd spoken foolishly.

"Enough!" Half a minute later, Su Yang reappeared. "Bai Cang and Xi Yao have agreed—they have no objections. Even Deputy Governor Feng has approved."

Xia Na muttered under her breath: "They probably have objections, but dare not voice them to you."

"No, not conscripting them to the front is already giving you face!"

Xia Na muttered again: "So you're tricking your own people?"

Su Yang smiled sweetly: "Xia Na, what were you saying? I didn't catch it. Say it again!"

"I said, serving alongside General Su on the battlefield is my honor!"

"Well said!" Su Yang patted Xia Na's head. "I love your enthusiasm. Once we reach the front, I'll assign you to the dagger unit—put you right at the front, let you get your fill. Maybe you'll even encounter a Royal-level ferocious beast!"

Xia Na felt her hair stand on end!

Liu Mengyun suddenly spoke: "Stop teasing her. Let's go."

"Alright!"

Su Yang grabbed Xia Na's hand and wrapped his arm around Liu Mengyun's waist. Liu Mengyun offered no resistance; both vanished from the villa.

As dusk approached, a crowd of ferocious beasts from Black Tiger Mountains gathered around the three corpses.

Even without cores, the three Royal-level ferocious beast corpses were still excellent food for many beasts.

They eyed each other warily, occasionally fighting, pecking at the massive bodies.

At that moment, Su Yang suddenly appeared in midair with Liu Mengyun and Xia Na.

Seeing the beasts gathered around the three Royal-level corpses, Su Yang said: "Attack!"

Before Xia Na could move, Liu Mengyun froze all the beasts into ice sculptures.

"Here's the situation: the Beast Emperor is still nearby, subjugating other beasts. My mission is to delay its progress as much as possible," Su Yang told Liu Mengyun. "In the past, finding a single Royal-level beast took us considerable time. But now, that Beast Emperor may have spent ten or twenty years gathering numerous Star Radiance, Royal, and even Royal-level beasts. This is a golden opportunity for you… do you understand?"

Su Yang naturally wouldn't forget Liu Mengyun when such a perfect experience-grinding opportunity arose.

After all, if she didn't kill them, other Beast Masters would benefit anyway…

"Understood!"

Liu Mengyun nodded.

Since ascending to Royal level, she'd found it extremely difficult to locate Royal-level prey—even harder than Su Yang.

Unless she ventured into perilous regions.

But those places—if she went, she might never return!

"Understood!"

Both Liu Mengyun and Xia Na now understood Su Yang's meaning.

They each had pet beasts and could level up rapidly by slaughtering ferocious beasts.

Xia Na whined: "But Star Radiance, Royal, and Royal-level beasts… isn't that too hard for me? I'm just a poor little Gold-rank!"

"Let you feel the atmosphere of a major battle!" Su Yang grinned. "Don't worry—I won't let you die. At least not without value…"

Xia Na wanted to ask: What does it mean to die with value?

Xia Na pointed at the three corpses below: "Did General Su kill these three beasts?"

"Yes! There were four originally—I kept one. Aside from the Shanling Giant, all others were under the Beast Emperor's command!"

"Then let's go quickly!" Xia Na said anxiously. "Black Tiger Mountains are notoriously dangerous. Now that the Beast Emperor, Hurricane Roar Cloud Tiger, has appeared, and you've killed its subordinates, more of its minions might show up any moment. If we don't leave now, we might not get away later!"

Xia Na had heard of the Beast Emperor, Hurricane Roar Cloud Tiger.

As a child, adults had used Hurricane Roar Cloud Tiger to scare her.

Seeing Xia Na's fearful expression, Su Yang wanted to terrify her further.

This guy had always had a cruel streak!

But at that moment, Su Yang froze.

He glanced at the sky—toward the Storm Eagle's direction—then looked at Xia Na…

Xia Na asked, puzzled: "What's wrong, General?"

Su Yang suddenly burst into laughter: "Xia Na, you're right—we can't leave for now!"

Not that they couldn't leave—but Su Yang no longer wanted to.

"Why?"

Xia Na swallowed hard!

She thought of a possibility…

"Because the Beast Emperor's subordinates seem to have truly arrived!"

Xia Na instinctively covered her mouth; she seemed to realize something.

Yet she also felt she couldn't possibly be that powerful!