Chapter 1742

"I think this is more like a conspiracy!"

"Conspiracy?"

Hearing the word "conspiracy," Hughes, president of the Shenlongshang Alliance, narrowed his eyes: "Go on."

"My lord, do you truly believe a God-Rank Low-Grade beast tamer could kill Black Wing Elder, a battle-hardened veteran, in such a short time?"

"... If I hadn't received concrete intelligence, I wouldn't believe it!" Hughes sighed. "I know Black Wing Elder's strength well—he's among the top of God-Rank Mid-Grade beast tamers, and he carried a space-type divine beast. Even I would find it hard to take him down!"

He might even have escaped!

Of course, Hughes didn't voice this inner thought.

"That's exactly it!" Elder Xue Nu said. "I lean toward this being a conspiracy—a conspiracy targeting our Shenlongshang Alliance. That Chen Feng is likely just a pawn, a trap set long ago by the Babao Pavilion, who anticipated our plan to destroy Yuncheng!"

"My lord, think about it: if they already knew we were going to strike Yuncheng, why send only three God-Rank Low-Grade beast tamers as reinforcements? Why not dispatch other powerful God-Rank Mid-Grade beast tamers? The Babao Pavilion has recalled many God-Rank powerhouses recently!"

"From the circumstances at the time, I suspect Chen Feng deliberately provoked Black Wing Elder, luring him into an ambush!"

"I admit Black Wing is strong—far stronger than me—but he's often too proud and arrogant..."

Elder Xue Nu's words plunged the Shenlongshang Alliance's senior leaders into deep thought.

They suddenly realized—everything matched what Elder Xue Nu had said!

Yuncheng really did seem like a trap set for our Shenlongshang Alliance!

Waiting for us to take the bait—and we actually took it!

"Everyone only saw Chen Feng carrying Black Wing Elder's head, but no one witnessed the battlefield firsthand!" Elder Xue Nu lowered his voice. "So I lean toward the conclusion that Black Wing Elder fell into a Babao Pavilion ambush!"

President Hughes gritted his teeth, speaking slowly and deliberately: "It's very likely that old bastard Guo Guo Tianyou!"

"Elder Xue Nu's reasoning is indeed very sound!"

"It's entirely possible!"

"Black Wing Elder couldn't possibly have been killed by a God-Rank Low-Grade beast tamer!"

"Black Wing Elder had immense battlefield experience—even if he couldn't win, he couldn't be killed so quickly!"

"Maybe Tan Ming intervened!"

"Yes, that must be it!"

"..."

Undeniably, after Elder Xue Nu's analysis,

the Shenlongshang Alliance's senior leaders suddenly "awoke" to the truth!

At the same time, their fury intensified!

Being tricked, being ambushed to death—it was even more nauseating than being killed outright!

The Babao Pavilion had done this more than once; this time, the loss of Black Wing Elder was just especially severe.

"Elder Xue Nu, what's your suggestion?"

"I think Guo Guo Tianyou might have guessed we'd head to Yuncheng!"

"Oh!" Hughes instantly understood. "You mean they might still have an ambush waiting in Yuncheng?"

Elder Xue Nu: "It's not impossible."

At this point, Hughes began to hesitate.

Hughes asked: "So we won't go to Yuncheng?"

Not going felt deeply unsatisfying.

"Of course we're going!" Elder Xue Nu sneered. "Not only are we going—we'll send more people. Ideally, dispatch two God-Rank Mid-Grade beast tamers, and have Elder Yan Mo, the Second Elder, and Long Mo, the Third Elder, go too!"

Elder Yan Mo, the Second Elder, and Long Mo, the Third Elder, were both God-Rank High-Grade powerhouses!

The Shenlongshang Alliance possessed three God-Rank High-Grade beast tamers.

These God-Rank beast tamers were either assigned by the Yemo Empire, or had retired voluntarily seeking peace, or were exiled there after being ostracized or punished for grave offenses...

Elder Yan Mo's full name was Yan Mo Shen Yi. He came from the Yemo Empire, born into an elite family of extraordinary status.

But his temperament was extremely volatile, infamous for cruelty and bloodlust.

Seven hundred years ago, in a fit of rage, he killed a Yemo noble general and tens of thousands of elite Yemo troops, nearly getting executed by the furious Yemo Emperor.

Only because his family exerted immense influence and paid a heavy price did they save his life.

Thus, the Yemo Emperor exiled him to the Central Region and assigned him to the Shenlongshang Alliance.

After nearly being executed, Yan Mo Shen Yi became slightly more composed upon arriving at the Shenlongshang Alliance.

Aside from occasionally killing humans or demons for amusement, he no longer carried out large-scale massacres.

The Shenlongshang Alliance's senior leaders turned a blind eye to these matters.

One thing must be acknowledged: Yan Mo Shen Yi was a genius.

Even in the Yemo Empire, even in the entire beast tamer world, he was a top-tier prodigy!

At just over two thousand years old, he had already reached God-Rank High-Grade.

Of course, had he not possessed such talent, his family could never have paid such a heavy price to save him.

After all, killing a Yemo noble and slaughtering Yemo soldiers was a capital crime in the Yemo Empire!

As for Long Mo, the Third Elder, his strength was even more extraordinary.

But his status was painfully awkward.

His father was a dragon demon; his mother was a Blue Demon God-Rank beast tamer...

Possessing dragon blood, he had even greater beast taming talent than his mother, reaching God-Rank High-Grade in only two thousand years.

In the Yemo Empire, his talent approached the pinnacle.

Yet due to the nearly ten-thousand-year-long war between the Yemo Empire and the dragon clan, countless Yemo beast tamers had perished at the hands of the dragon clan...

Many Yemo Empire God-Rank beast tamers deeply despised Long Mo, the Elder with dragon blood.

The high-ranking officials of the Night Demon Empire would never abandon the vast majority of their empire's pillars to defend a single Long Mo elder.

So he was transferred to the Shenlongshang Alliance.

It was effectively a disguised exile.

The Long Mo elder was also a capricious master, possessing many favored beasts of the Dragon clan.

His combat power was extremely formidable, even surpassing that of the Black Wing elder in direct combat!

Elder Xue Nu said: "Since they dared to ambush us, why shouldn't we ambush them instead? I think the Babao Studio has only two God-Rank High-Grade experts—they probably won't easily leave their turtle shells, right?"