Chapter 1972: New Beast King

Bai Hu's shoulder had already been torn, exposing a large swath of flesh, yet it bit the lion‑tiger beast's neck tightly, and by pulling with its own weight prevented the lion‑tiger beast from raising its head.

The lion‑tiger beast did not dare to move any further.

Each time it swung, the wound on its neck widened, and blood spurted wildly.

At this moment, it whined for mercy in its throat, fully conceding defeat.

If it didn't admit defeat now, it might lose its life altogether.

All the ferocious beasts stared at Bai Hu, unsure whether it would bite the lion‑tiger beast to death or spare it.

But the new Beast King was undoubtedly Bai Hu.

No ferocious beast would dare break the beasts' rules to seize the chance to attack Bai Hu.

Otherwise, it would be besieged by all the ferocious beasts.

In the end, Bai Hu let the lion‑tiger beast go.

But the lion‑tiger beast's trachea and blood vessels had been pierced by Bai Hu, and it was now on the brink of death.

The duplicates understood Bai Hu's intention and immediately gave each of the two a drop of Life Spring Water.

The other ferocious beasts, upon seeing a human appear suddenly, immediately let out low growls, ready to attack the duplicates.

A low roar from Bai Hu scared them away.

The injuries on Bai Hu and the lion‑tiger beast began to heal quickly.

After the lion‑tiger beast could move, it first crawled before Bai Hu to bow to the new Beast King, thanking it for sparing its life.

It then went to the duplicates' feet and bowed its head in gratitude.

Then it crawled beside Bai Hu, awaiting orders.

After Bai Hu's wounds healed, it let out a great roar, gathering all the ferocious beasts here.

It also notified Ye Liuyun to rush here.

"Great!"

Ye Liuyun immediately bolted out of the group, running toward Bai Hu.

Lei Ming and the others showed relieved expressions.

They could tell that Bai Hu had won and was calling Ye Liuyun to subdue the ferocious beasts.

Although the people of the Profound Heaven Sect did not know the details, they breathed a sigh of relief when the ferocious beasts withdrew.

Sword Young Master, seeing Ye Liuyun chase after, wanted to ask.

But realizing no one paid him attention, he simply gave up asking.

"These damned mercenaries, playing mysterious tricks.

Don't give me a chance, or I'll definitely make you see something!"

He was deeply displeased by Ye Liuyun's ignoring and Lei Ming's retort, feeling they disrespected him and overlooked the Holy Son's dignity.

Bai Hu told all the ferocious beasts that the environment here was too harsh and that it could take them to a better place.

Upon hearing of a better environment, the ferocious beasts naturally had no objections.

When Ye Liuyun arrived, he began relocating them all to the Space World, restricting their range of movement.

Ye Liuyun's Space World now had abundant spiritual energy, ample resources, mountains, rivers, trees, and no natural predators.

Thus the ferocious beasts instantly fell in love with the place and immediately began fighting over territory.

Bai Hu roared twice more, announcing that when it was absent, the lion‑tiger beast would replace it in governance, and after giving the lion‑tiger beast further instructions, it left the Space World.

Then Bai Hu shapeshifted into human form, followed Ye Liuyun and the duplicates, and returned together.

"Captain Ye, as our employer, shouldn't we have the right to know your actions?"

Sword Young Master, seeing Ye Liuyun return, immediately asked in a sarcastic tone.

Ye Liuyun, aware that he was seething, smiled and said, "Sword Young Master, you know, battle conditions change in an instant; sometimes I too am unsure of the next move, and sometimes I must decide immediately without delay.

There's really no way to explain everything one by one.

I hope you can understand!"

"Then after the fact we can at least know the outcome, right?"

Sword Young Master asked again.

"Of course! During the battle we locked onto the Beast King's position and sent people to ambush the Beast King.

We took down the Beast King, so the ferocious beasts naturally retreated! However, some may still guard their original territory, so everyone must stay vigilant!"

Ye Liuyun gave a brief explanation, then led everyone in roasting beast meat, saying it was a break, but in fact celebrating that his Space World now had many more natives.

Now his Space World finally had vitality; it had been too desolate before.

Moreover, Bai Hu learned from these ferocious beasts that Yellow Dragon Ridge indeed harbored two earth‑colored Jiao Dragons.

Their realms were not especially high, roughly Sixth Layer.

Even though the Jiao Dragons' realms were low, they still could not be defeated.

Because the Jiao Dragons' bloodline would suppress their realms by one or two layers.

They all assumed the two Jiao Dragons could not shapeshift and could not leave this place.

If they tried to leave in Jiao Dragon form, they would surely be captured midway.

Sword Young Master was also left speechless by Ye Liuyun, his anger bottled up with nowhere to vent.

He wanted a result; Ye Liuyun had told him, and he truly had nothing to say.

He didn't even eat the roasted meat they brought from Ye Liuyun.

But the others ate greedily, their mouths dripping, repeatedly praising Ye Liuyun's cooking.

"Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating! You bunch of idiots!"

Sword Young Master, furious, scolded them twice, taking his anger out on them.

Elder Song and Gong Wan Ting also felt a bit embarrassed, as they too thought Ye Liúyún's barbecue skills were actually quite good and were enjoying it, yet Sword Young Master rebuked them as well.

They were stuck—eating felt wrong, not eating also felt wrong.

"As long as there's no danger, why bother arguing with them so much?"

Elder Song also sent a voice transmission to advise him.

"I think this bunch is deliberately targeting me, holding a grudge and trying to scheme against us!"

The Sword Young Master said.

Elder Song couldn't say anything else, merely reminding him: "Do you still remember what Captain Ye said?"

"How others treat them, they will treat others in the same way."

"Hmph, just a bunch of mercenaries, not worthy of the stage! They don't even deserve to be received by this Holy Son!"

The Sword Young Master showed no self-reflection; instead, he felt that even Elder Song was secretly mocking him on behalf of Ye Liúyún, which made him even angrier.

Elder Song sighed and then ignored him further.

He hadn't considered it a matter of character; he merely felt that these sect disciples were all restless and impatient, and really ought to go out for more training.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they continued on their way.

Afterwards, the road became much smoother; the places previously marked as dangerous due to ferocious beasts now showed no trace of them.

Occasionally, some ferocious beasts remained stationed in their territories, as they were guarding certain heavenly treasures and were unwilling to leave.

As long as they didn't take the initiative to attack, Ye Liúyún didn't order anyone to attack them.

But the Sword Young Master became energized, leading a few disciples of the Xuantian Sect to slay several ferocious beasts and also discover some heavenly treasures, which made them extremely pleased.

The Sword Young Master finally became proud and arrogant.

Moreover, the flattery from two male disciples made him feel even more invincible!

He brandished the treasure he had obtained, showing it off before everyone, and boldly said: "What a pity! I didn't encounter a sixth-stage early ferocious beast; otherwise I could have used it to hone my sword!"

"Senior Brother can handle sixth-stage ferocious beasts?

"That's amazing! When will I ever have Senior Brother's level of strength!"

Two male disciples immediately followed up with praise.