Chapter 241: Spirit Domination! Attack from a Companion!

Su Yang hadn't expected someone as rugged as Xu Jiutian to have such tender, thoughtful feelings.

Gold-grade Beastmasters are the backbone of defense for major base cities and enjoy extremely generous benefits; even if they die in battle, their families can live comfortably for life on pension payments.

For Xu Jiutian to find a beautiful, gentle wife would be the simplest thing in the world.

During the battle of Jiacheng, even with the aid of Hellblood Vine, members of the Seventh and Eighth Emergency Squads suffered heavy losses to their beast companions, with several left with only one Gold-grade beast.

Of course, compared to fallen or disabled comrades, they were already far luckier.

Speaking of which, Su Yang was the luckiest of all—his beast companions suffered no losses, and his strength increased significantly.

The Hellblood Vine rose directly to Gold High-Grade.

Stormhawk and Earth Rampager both advanced to Gold Grade Mid-Grade; they were not far from Gold High-Grade.

Even the Rainbow Illusion Butterfly climbed two ranks during battle, becoming a Silver Top-Grade beast.

The Spirit-type Rainbow Illusion Butterfly secretly stole plenty of experience from its Beastmaster during battle.

Though ordered to rest for ten days, the squad did not depart after ten days.

Many injured members of the Emergency Squads still lay in hospitals; even those discharged were unfit for long journeys, and with the squad's overall combat power severely diminished, both squad leaders decided to wait a few more days.

Su Yang grew restless.

His body was in excellent condition—despite having collapsed from exhaustion during Jiacheng's defense.

Yet by the next day, he had fully regained his vigor.

So he voluntarily applied to leave the city to hunt down ferocious beasts.

Parts of the ferocious beasts that had fled from Jinya Mountain still lurked within Jiacheng's territory.

Until these beasts were eradicated, civilians living outside Jiacheng could only remain inside the city.

The primary task for Jiacheng's Beastmasters now was to kill or drive away the ferocious beasts lingering within the safe zone.

Jiacheng's authorities had not dared to trouble the Emergency Squad members with these matters.

Su Yang submitted his application to Zhu Xiaoshuang, who approved it immediately, merely warning him to be careful with his safety.

Riding in a military vehicle, Su Yang drifted lazily out of the city.

The soldier driving chuckled, "You Emergency Squad guys fought so hard last time—why aren't you resting a few days?"

Su Yang leaned back on the sofa, gazing at the scenery outside, and said, "I can't sit still—I get uncomfortable if I don't kill some ferocious beasts every day!"

"Honestly, if Jiacheng held out, it's thanks entirely to your Emergency Squad!"

"No problem—it's our duty!"

Su Yang got off the vehicle in front of a safe town and noticed many military Beastmasters and mercenary teams in the town.

Many Beastmasters also noticed Su Yang.

There was no helping it—Su Yang was slightly eye-catching.

Handsome, dressed in a clean, crisp military uniform, with the rank of Captain.

Anyone with a bit of experience could tell from the color and style of his uniform that he was from Wucheng Emergency Squad.

"That's a Wucheng Emergency Squad guy, right?" a young mercenary muttered from the corner, wiping his energy rifle. "Looks like a pretty boy!"

With a sharp "crack!", the young mercenary was kicked to the ground.

He turned his head and saw his own squad's high-ranking Silver-grade Beastmaster glaring at him.

"Brother Wang, why'd you kick me?"

"Watch your mouth—this time, the Emergency Squad guys did our city a huge favor!" The Silver-grade Beastmaster glanced at Su Yang, then continued sternly, "Show them respect, or get out of our team!"

As Su Yang entered the town, two uniformed Beastmasters stepped forward with smiles.

They saluted Su Yang; he returned the salute.

"Brother, got a mission?"

"I can't sit still in the city—I'm bored stiff. Want to hunt some ferocious beasts. Got any intel?"

"Yes, of course—follow us, our command post is right here!"

Su Yang quickly received a map showing the general distribution of ferocious beasts within Jiacheng's jurisdiction.

This intelligence had been confirmed by Jiacheng's military reconnaissance squads—highly reliable, and it would save Su Yang considerable time.

Su Yang left the town, mounted Stormhawk, spread out the map to confirm his position, and directed Stormhawk.

All Platinum-grade ferocious beasts lingering in Jiacheng's territory had been killed or driven off by the city's lord and several Emergency Squad leaders; what remained were Gold-grade, Silver-grade, and countless Iron and Bronze-grade beasts!

Soon, Su Yang flew above a small hill and spotted the Blackgold Armored Spider clustered atop it.

The Blackgold Armored Spiders were frantically crawling in and out of their burrows, shoving out countless stones and debris.