Chapter 157: Invisible Enemy! Death Without Closing Eyes!

"Ding~ Your pet, Hellblood Vine, has slain a Silver Mid-Grade Golden Hound, +100000 EXP!"

"Ding~ Your pet, Hellblood Vine, has slain a Bronze High-Grade Beast Tamer, +3000 EXP!"

"…"

Two Silver-grade Beast Tamers, one slightly stronger, used their pets' strength to forcibly pry loose the Hellblood Vine's tendrils and jumped free.

But even if he escaped, he was in bad shape.

The Hellblood Vine's tendrils, covered in backward barbs and sharp leaves, had nearly crippled his legs.

Tong Yaoyun saw one remaining Beast Tamer hadn't escaped, so he summoned a two-meter-long, emerald-green Jiejin Mantis and ordered, "Jiejin Mantis, cut those vines!"

The Jiejin Mantis obeyed, swinging its sharp scythes down hard on the crimson vines—but something Tong Yaoyun never expected happened!

The Jiejin Mantis's razor-sharp scythes couldn't sever the crimson vines at all.

There was only one chance!

At that moment, the Silver-grade Beast Tamer entangled by over a dozen crimson vines was violently dragged into the earth, vanishing completely before the eyes of the two Beast Tamers!

Only blood-stained soil remained on the ground!

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn you, bastard! Come out and face me, you piece of trash!"

Ambushed, instantly losing four Beast Tamers, and still not knowing who the enemy was—how could Tong Yaoyun not rage?

Tong Yaoyun roared and summoned all his pets.

"Thousand-Legged Centipede, dig! Dig up that damn bastard!"

At that moment, a piercing eagle shriek echoed from the sky.

Tong Yaoyun looked up and saw his Goldblade Eagle locked in combat with a massive black flying beast.

Originally, two Silver-grade flying pets from the Storm Bear Mercenary Company had been airborne—but now both were gone!

Tong Yaoyun instantly realized who was ambushing them!

"Goldblade Eagle, it's only a Silver-grade pet—kill it!"

But something Tong Yaoyun could never have dreamed of happened.

In the sky, his Gold-grade Goldblade Eagle was being utterly dominated.

The Goldblade Eagle excelled in aerial combat, yet this Silver-grade pet moved too fast—the Goldblade Eagle couldn't even touch its fur!

Not only could the Goldblade Eagle not land a hit, it was constantly ambushed by wind blades.

In just three or four aerial exchanges, the Goldblade Eagle suffered heavy injuries!

Tong Yaoyun's face darkened—he suddenly had a terrible premonition.

Misfortune never comes alone.

As Tong Yaoyun scanned the surroundings, searching for the hidden enemy, he suddenly received a distress signal from the Thousand-Legged Centipede!

The Thousand-Legged Centipede had encountered trouble in the tunnel it had just dug.

Before he could rush to rescue it, the cave-in collapsed, completely blocking the passage.

Tong Yaoyun roared, "Damn bastard! Come out if you've got guts!"

At that moment, the last remaining Silver-grade Beast Tamer panicked and asked, "Captain, what the hell is this?"

Tong Yaoyun looked down at his feet—blood-red vines were sprouting from the wound on his leg!

"Dig them out!"

But the Silver-grade Beast Tamer reacted too slowly.

He frantically tugged at the Hellblood Vine growing from his foot, only to find the vine incredibly resilient—every time he pulled, agonizing pain shot up his thigh.

The vines were on his ankle, yet pulling them made his thigh hurt…

Any Beast Tamer who had fought in Xingcheng knew: when Hellblood Vine sprouts from a wound, you must dig them out immediately!

Otherwise…

But the Storm Bear Mercenaries didn't know.

They'd never experienced it—they didn't know why Hellblood Vine carried the prefix "Hell."

"I'll help you!"

Tong Yaoyun leapt forward three steps, grabbed the Hellblood Vine, and yanked hard.

"So painful! Captain! Stop pulling! It hurts!"

But Tong Yaoyun knew he had to pull the plant out.

If he didn't, the man would die!

When he used his pet's strength to rip the Hellblood Vine free, he turned—and saw his subordinate was already dead!

The Hellblood Vine's offshoot roots had grown into his belly.

Enraged, he tore the Silver-grade Hellblood Vine offshoot in two—then looked up to see his Goldblade Eagle screaming as it plummeted from the sky!

Inside the cave, the Thousand-Legged Centipede fell silent.

In less than a few minutes, all his subordinates were dead, both Gold-grade pets slain!

And Tong Yaoyun still didn't know what his enemy looked like—or where it was.

At that moment, heavy footsteps echoed from within the cave.

"Is it coming out?"

Tong Yaoyun held his breath, positioning the Jiejin Mantis beside him, his eyes locked on the cave entrance.

He needed to know—his enemy, who were they?

Soon, a grotesque Earth Storm Bear burst from the cave.

Behind it stood a Gold-grade Hellblood Vine.

In the sky, the Stormwind Eagle, having killed the Goldblade Eagle, reappeared…

"Ding~ Your beast, the Earth Berserker Bear, has slain a Gold High-Grade Beast Tamer, experience +**!"

Beneath the ground, a tremor.

Su Yang's body slowly rose up from the ground.

His entire body was covered in blood-red vines.

That's right!

During the battle just now, Su Yang had been using the ability of the Hell Blood Vine Flower to lie in ambush underground.

From start to finish, he never showed himself.

What he used was the Hell Blood Vine Flower's perception ability.

As long as there were vines present, he could sense the enemy's location.

It wasn't that he feared the Gold-Rank Beast Tamers of the Berserker Bear Mercenary Corps.

Rather, he felt that hiding underground and killing enemies like a cat toying with a mouse... was very interesting!

Besides, it also counted as one more tactical option!

Beast Tamers, based on their own beast types, would all design several sets of battle plans.

Su Yang walked up to that Gold-Rank Beast Tamer and glanced at him.

This Beast Tamer had died without ever closing his eyes.

"Right, they all call you captain, but what's your actual name?"

That's right!

Su Yang still didn't know Tong Yaoyun's real name.