Chapter 1418: So It Turns Out I Overestimated the Divine Beast?

"Right, this is intelligence we happened to come across." Yang Hao nodded. "Several decades ago, the Bai Long Society suffered a heavy blow, fled the Qingluan Kingdom, and took refuge in the Divine Wind Kingdom. The Divine Wind Kingdom sheltered them, and the Qingluan Kingdom could do nothing about it."

"Mm!" Su Yang was mulling over whether he needed to make contact with the Bai Long Society. "Has the Divine Wind Kingdom shown any unusual moves lately? Besides massing troops on the Qingluan Kingdom's border?"

"Not very clear…" Yang Hao said helplessly. "Our manpower is limited; we mainly gather intelligence on the Qingluan Kingdom. For other countries, we don't have anyone infiltrated at the moment."

"That's fine."

"Our base of operations is pretty much set up!" Yang Hao said. "Recently I've been applying to General Headquarters for more personnel."

"Understood!"

Su Yang was well aware that the Huaxia Federation still preferred to start from this spatial convergence point in the South Pole.

If they started from the merfolk's gathering place, the Pretty Continent could very well be destroyed in an instant.

Three hundred years ago, the Huaxia Federation and Pretty Country really didn't get along, but three hundred years have passed since then, and that bit of grudge has mostly faded away.

Unless absolutely necessary, the Huaxia Federation still didn't really want to destroy the Pretty Continent.

Su Yang probably felt the same way.

"General Su, you may need to be careful lately." Yang Hao said, "After all, the Emperor of the Qingluan Kingdom is still a Divine-tier Beast Tamer. Your actions must have already alerted him; he may well be searching for you everywhere. Unless it's absolutely necessary, I think you'd better not face him head-on for now."

Su Yang could tell that Lieutenant General Yang's words came entirely from concern.

"I know. I don't want to face him right now either!"

Xia Na asked softly, "General Su, you still don't have the confidence to deal with him?"

Yang Hao smiled. Only Xia Na, Su Yang's die-hard fan, would ask a question like that.

"Major General Xia, I admit General Su's talent is extraordinary, but he's only an Emperor-tier Beast Tamer right now. How could he possibly deal with a Divine-tier Beast Tamer?"

Xia Na said, "When General Su was still a Star Glory-tier Beast Tamer, he could already kill a King-tier Beast Tamer, couldn't he?"

"But that Emperor of the Qingluan Kingdom could do the same!"

Yang Hao waved his hand and quickly said, "It's not that I look down on General Su—I have great confidence in him too. I also think that in a few more years, once General Su becomes a Divine-tier Beast Tamer, he'll definitely be able to deal with that Qin Longyun."

The Huaxia Federation now relies on Su Yang.

The entire Federation high command knows this.

It is precisely because of Su Yang that the Federation high command believes there is still hope to enter the Beast Tamer Great World and preserve their independence!

Xia Na was a little indignant: "General Su, can you deal with a Divine Beast now?"

"I've never fought a Divine Beast, so I'm not sure either!" Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "But in my view, a Divine Beast must be extremely powerful—there should be a qualitative gap between them and Emperor-tier fierce beasts. I don't want to face one right now either."

"Alright!"

Though Xia Na was a bit disappointed, she also understood Su Yang's cautious style.

A Divine Beast really did seem very difficult to handle.

"Major General Xia, you see!" Yang Hao said triumphantly, "General Su himself said so…"

But just then, Su Yang suddenly looked toward the spot beside the sofa.

Yang Hao and Xia Na followed Su Yang's gaze and looked at that spot.

A bewitching girl in red broke through the ground layer and walked out.

On the girl's fair arms were little black blotches—obvious burn marks.

Su Yang frowned. "Sister Xue Li, you seem to be injured!"

No wonder Su Yang frowned. With Sister Xue Li's current defense, an Emperor-tier fierce beast couldn't possibly hurt her.

"Master, I ran into a Divine-tier Beast Tamer riding a giant blue bird. We fought, and that person should be the Emperor of the Qingluan Kingdom!"

"A Qingluan bird?" Su Yang's expression turned solemn. "I didn't expect that Qin Longyun actually found you. No wonder you got hurt."

Su Yang never dared to look down on a Divine-tier Beast Tamer, nor a Divine Beast.

"Being able to make it back is what matters!" Yang Hao said. "The fact that Sister Xue Li could escape from a Divine Beast is already impressive!"

Yang Hao did know Sister Xue Li.

He knew the Hell Blood Vine Flower, the Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly, and the Twin Sons.

But no sooner had Yang Hao finished speaking than Sister Xue Li became displeased.

She stared coldly at Yang Hao: "Who told you I escaped here?"

"Didn't you escape back?" Yang Hao was taken aback. "Then why would he let you go? Could it be…"

Yang Hao's expression hardened as he looked toward the sky:

"Could he have deliberately let you go to find General Su?"