Chapter 773

The corpse of a Sovereign-class sea beast is still quite valuable; it cannot be allowed to drift into the sea!

Bai Cang inspected the corpse of the Deep Sea Dragon Octopus; the corpse was torn and ragged, not a single piece of flesh intact, as if it had been crushed to death by a colossal force.

Thus, one can see how powerful the tsunami was!

Yet even so, Mount Dajiao still stood firm within the Ice Coffin!

Bai Cang turned his gaze toward Liu Liu Mengyun, frozen within nearly a kilometer of ice, and took a deep breath.

"Director Feng, we might be in trouble~~!"

"What trouble?"

"The Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle is using a water cannon to attack the ice layer!"

The Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle opened its massive mouth; water energy surged violently as a powerful water cannon slammed into the ice layer!

Boom!

All Beast Tamer stared at the Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle and Bai Cang.

Bai Cang stared at the spot where the Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle had struck, and silently closed his eyes.

He couldn't even bear to look anymore!

It was simply too embarrassing!

That water projectile was merely a casual strike from the Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle.

But even so, it was clear that its damage to the ice layer was nearly nonexistent…

The Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle was a Sovereign-class beast companion!

"This… this can't be!" Feng Yuanjie muttered, staring at the ice layer struck by the Golden-Eyed Sea Demon Turtle, "It… it seems like it had no effect at all!"

Bai Cang cleared his throat, speaking with a hint of guilt: "There was some effect—at least it chipped off a layer of ice skin!"

Feng Yuanjie looked toward Liu Liu Mengyun, frozen within nearly a kilometer of ice, and asked: "Can we rescue Deputy Officer Liu?"

"Cough! I think… we'll need reinforcements—send more Sovereign-class Beast Tamers with powerful fire-type beast companions from the Southeast Junbu Sect!" Bai Cang whispered, "If I rely only on myself, by the time I rescue Liu Mengyun, Mount Dajiao will already be a dead city."

Bai Cang didn't want to admit it, but the truth was this.

Half a day later, the tide fully receded.

For hundreds of miles around Mount Dajiao, not a single hilltop, tree, or rock remained!

Everywhere were mud, sand, and puddles; everywhere lay the corpses of ferocious beasts and sea beasts.

Only Mount Dajiao still stood quietly in place.

Not only sea beasts, but many land ferocious beasts had also failed to escape.

Mount Dajiao had been saved—certainly worth cheering.

But a greater, more pressing reality now confronted everyone.

"What? Even Director Feng can't break the ice layer?"

"No way!"

"It's just ice! With so many Beast Tamers working together, we must be able to rescue Deputy Officer Liu!"

"… "

Many skeptical Beast Tamers summoned their beast companions, attempting to shatter the Bingshan.

But reality told them the cruelty of this world!

Platinum-level and below beast companions' attacks had zero effect on the ice—even fire-type beast companions were useless!

Under blazing flames, the Bingshan showed no sign of melting whatsoever.

Only Starlight-level fire-type beast companions, straining with all their might, could melt a tiny bit of the ice.

To rescue Liu Mengyun within a short time? Impossible!

All Beast Tamers could only stand helplessly before Mount Dajiao's Bingshan, arms crossed, sighing in defeat!

They finally understood now!

Why even Sovereign-class sea beasts had been crushed by the tsunami, yet Mount Dajiao still stood unshaken!

Why Liu Liu Mengyun had been able to preserve Mount Dajiao during the tsunami.

This wasn't luck—it was strength!

The ice… was impossibly hard!

Even a dagger forged from the fangs of a Sovereign-class ferocious beast could barely scrape off any ice shards!

"Everyone, take a short rest—deal with the sea beast and ferocious beast corpses. I've already sent word to the Southeast Junbu Sect. Just wait a little longer!" Feng Yuanjie said, "All other Starlight-level Beast Tamers, assist Bai Cang in breaking the ice layer—until the Southeast Junbu Sect's reinforcements arrive, we'll chip away as much as we can!"

"Yes!"

Two days later, Bai Cang still stood atop Mount Dajiao's Bingshan, directing his beast companions as they chipped at the ice mountain.

The Starlight-level Beast Tamers assisting him had already taken several rounds of rest.

Only he had not rested for two full days and nights.

Feng Yuanjie, seeing Xi Yao descend the ice mountain, whispered: "So… you couldn't persuade him?"

"Yeah! Bai Cang still refuses to rest," Xi Yao sighed, "Aren't his relations with Deputy Officer Liu not that close?"

Feng Yuanjie whispered: "You don't understand—he's competing with Liu Mengyun."

Competing with Liu Mengyun?

"Think about it—if Liu Deputy Officer were still a Starlight-level expert, on your own level, and you discovered you couldn't even break the ice she left behind… how would you feel?"

Xi Yao replied honestly: "It would be unbearable."

She began to understand Bai Cang's state of mind.

They were both equally powerful experts—so why was she… so much better?