Chapter 216

Following Xu Jiutian, Su Yang got a general sense of the surroundings around Wucheng, and by then the sky had nearly turned dark.

Back at the camp, Su Yang ate a meal with Xu Jiutian in the mess hall.

The food in the Emergency Unit mess hall was truly excellent, with Gold-Rank ferocious beast meat available.

Eat as much as you want—unlimited supply.

After the meal, they even received a portion of post-meal fruit.

Those post-meal fruits were all produced by plant-type ferocious beasts; long-term consumption greatly benefits a Beast Master's body.

But Su Yang also knew this was all earned through sheer sacrifice.

At seven in the morning, Su Yang woke up on time, ate breakfast in the mess hall, then went to request permission from Captain Shi to leave the camp and hunt ferocious beasts.

After filling in his destination and equipping a locator, Su Yang rode the Storm Eagle to the outskirts of Mount Yandang.

Seeing a herd of over five hundred large Bronze-Rank Qingyun Horses, Su Yang leapt from the Storm Eagle's back midair and landed steadily on the ground.

As usual, he ordered the Storm Eagle to Enter the cloud layer for reconnaissance, then summoned the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly.

In the sunlight, the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly's wings reflected dazzling colors, more beautiful the longer you looked.

"Go hunt!" Su Yang patted the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly's small head and said, "Of my four beast companions, yours is the weakest!"

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly nodded, slightly wounded, flapped its beautiful large wings, and flew toward the herd of Qingyun Horses.

Soon, seven Qingyun Horses on the edge of the herd left together and entered the forest, walking up to the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly.

The Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly perched on a withered tree, extended its proboscis, and plunged it into the skull of one Qingyun Horse, greedily sucking.

"Ding~ Your beast companion Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly has killed a Bronze Low-Grade Bronze Ox, +300 experience!"

"Ding~ Your beast companion Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly has killed a Bronze Mid-Grade Bronze Ox, +1000 experience!"

"Ding~ Your beast companion Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly has killed a Bronze Low-Grade Bronze Ox, +300 experience!"

"..."

Su Yang lay on a large rock near the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly, basking in the morning sun.

This is what a Beast Master should be doing!

Seven Qingyun Horse corpses lay at the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly's feet; its two large eyes, peering through the foliage, spotted eight more Qingyun Horses leaving the herd and entering this forest.

They stepped over their fallen companions, walked up to the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly, stretched their necks, and offered their skulls to its wet, dripping-white-brain-proboscis—another round of sucking sounds.

"Ding~ Your beast companion Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly has leveled up to Bronze Top-Grade!"

"Ding~ Your beast companion has learned a Mental-Type skill—Mental Barrier!"

Hearing the system prompt, Su Yang ordered the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly to keep fighting.

Mental Barrier is a defensive skill, 360-degree coverage with no blind spots—perfect for the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly, whose body is inherently fragile!

An hour later, the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly's mental energy was nearly depleted; beneath it lay a pile of Qingyun Horse corpses.

Far away, the Qingyun Horse herd remained unaware—they had unknowingly lost over seventy companions.

"Reached its limit?"

Su Yang sensed the Seven-Colored Illusory Butterfly's weakness.