Chapter 49: Golden Horn Beast

"Baba Tower, check my power level," Xiao Yu continued to ask.

"Master, you are currently a Gene Warrior Stellar-level First Tier, with amplitude reaching 30 times," the Baba Tower clone said as usual.

"Baba Tower, from now on just call me by my name; also, from now on forbid your main body from teleporting here, and don't disclose my power fluctuations," Xiao Yu instructed.

Now this intelligent clone in his hand is entirely his, and when the chance comes he can just upgrade it directly.

"Understood, Xiao Yu," the Baba Tower clone replied.

A surge of primal force rippled through him, and Xiao Yu's body became impeccably clean, the stale odor as if he hadn't bathed for years vanished completely.

"Xiao Yu, during this period you have dozens of missed calls: nearly ten from your parents, two from Xiao Ling, three from Luo Feng, four from Councilor Jia Yi, one from Lei Shen, and finally five from Hong."

Xiao Yu flew straight from the training room window to his own villa.

Mingyue Complex, Xiao Family villa, inside the living room.

Xiao Yu, like a well‑behaved child, received the loving scoldings of his parents and older sister Xiao Ling.

For twenty consecutive days he seemed to have vanished—calls went unanswered, he was nowhere to be seen. If Director Wu Tong of Extreme Hall hadn't said that Xiao Yu was still training in the practice room, they would have gone completely mad.

Finally, Xiao's mother Xu Jingyi said calmly, "We can't blame you; you're not a child anymore, still on your own. Tell me, if we stop caring, who else will feel for you!"

"Mom, I know I was wrong!" Xiao Yu obediently admitted, but he refused to mention anything about finding a girlfriend.

"By the way, Xiao, your mother kept nagging me and I almost forgot to tell you—more than ten days ago, Extreme Martial Arts Hall delivered two metal boxes and left them at the house, saying you asked them placed there. What's inside? We can't open them without your fingerprint," Xiao's father Xiao Dingguo said, carrying one box back to the living room.

At the time, when Xiao Yu was over the Atlantic and discussed this with Hong, he said to hand them directly to his own family.

Xiao Yu took the two metal boxes, brushed his finger over the latch, and the metal box opened.

Inside each metal box were five neatly packaged pale green objects, some shaped like plant roots and stems, others like crystals.

"These are the Plant Spirits I bought, specifically for you and for the members of the Xiao clan to enhance their physical condition," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Wow! So these are the Plant Spirits! Uncle mentioned them before! After use, there's no side effect at all, and it feels great!" Xiao Ling said excitedly.

When she had previously heard Uncle Xiao Dingguo talk about them, she was extremely envious.

After soothing his parents' and family's feelings, Xiao Yu handed the Plant Spirits to his parents to deal with, then returned to his bedroom and replied one by one to Jia Yi, Lei Shen, Hong and others.

Their reports were similar: a new Beast Emperor-level monster seems to have appeared in the ocean, and the multiple King-level monsters have already vanished.

Xiao Yu understood that it must be the Golden Horn Beast that has emerged.

When he called Luo Feng, he learned that Luo Feng had been busy cultivating lately, and those calls were all from Baba Tower.

"Xiao Yu, what happened to my clone? Why can't I reach you..." Baba Tower kept asking.

Xiao Yu ignored Baba Tower's persistent questions, ended the call, and went downstairs to prepare to go out.

"Dad, Mom, I need to go out for two days; there's an urgent mission I have to handle," Xiao Yu said.

Before leaving, mother Xu Jingyi reminded, "Be careful!"

—

Over the western Pacific, hundreds of miles from the Bermuda Islands, a blue‑purple silhouette hovered in the sky.

"Xiao Yu, the Tiger Shark King that vanished three days ago is right here. Reports from the past twenty days show that the Beast Emperor is extremely cunning; the three missing King-level monsters—two in the Pacific and one in the Atlantic—are far apart," the Baba Tower clone continuously reported.

"It should be a Golden Horn Beast, capable of devouring metal; perhaps it might hide and consume the metal ore deposits on the sea floor," Xiao Yu said worriedly.

"A Golden Horn Beast? A Golden Horn Beast has appeared on Earth! That's a fortune!" the Baba Tower clone said happily.

…

Suddenly, the Baba Tower clone exclaimed with delight, "The East Sea Azure Dragon, which often roams the Southeast seas, just disappeared."

"Alright, let's head over immediately," Xiao Yu said.

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Yu transformed into a bolt of lightning and flew toward the East Sea.

Over a small island in the Pacific, dark clouds gathered, thunder and lightning clashed, a massive rainstorm about to break, when a sudden deafening boom rang out and the thundercloud was ripped apart by a huge shockwave.

In less than a minute, Xiao Yu arrived at the coordinates where the East Sea Azure Dragon vanished, and the sea area was almost dyed red.

"System, lock onto the Golden Horn Beast."

【Setting successful!】

【First Wish: Lock Golden Horn Beast location (1 Wish Copper Coin per minute).】

【Wish Points continuously deducted!】

【Wish is being fulfilled.】

Suddenly, a bright spot appeared in his mind, located five hundred kilometers west of him, racing swiftly westward.

Xiao Yu turned into a flash of lightning and flew westward, just above the sea surface.

Along the way, countless ocean monsters rose from the water, curiously watching what had flown past, but could only see the shockwave, a boundless channel left on the sea surface.

In less than a breath's time, Xiao Yu caught up with the Golden Horn Beast.

Xiao Yu plunged deeper into the sea, and the Golden Horn Beast, as if sensing a pursuer, instantly accelerated, left the water, entered the atmosphere, followed by a blue‑purple shadow.

The Golden Horn Beast, after birth, inherited the clan's Inheritance Secret Technique; though less than a month old, its power already reached Planet-level Eighth Tier.

This Golden Horn Beast possesses a bizarre technique called "Absolute Space"; after mastering it, its acceleration increases. The technique has three levels: the first, Arc Light; the second, Myriad Transformations; the third, Instant Teleport.

Fortunately, given its age, even if it focuses on "Absolute Space", it cannot yet achieve the Instant Teleport level.

After the Golden Horn Beast burst into the air, within an extremely short time its speed reached its peak, nearly comparable to that of an ordinary Stellar-level First Tier warrior—300,000 meters per second.

Unfortunately, the pursuer is Xiao Yu; even if it were Hong, who has reached Planet-level Ninth Tier, he still couldn't catch up.

Xiao Yu's Sky Thunder Blade in his hand continuously gathered electric primal force; after catching up to the Golden Horn Beast, a bolt of lightning flashed, and the massive Thunder Blade pierced the beast's body.

He poured nearly all his strength into this strike; the Golden Horn Beast was cleaved in two, and the split was littered with charred marks.

The Golden Horn Beast's body fell diagonally downward.

Xiao Yu knew that the Golden Horn Beast's Sea of Knowledge and soul were not in its head and could still move, so it couldn't be treated as an ordinary monster.

"System, lock onto the Golden Horn Beast's Sea of Knowledge."

【Setting successful!】

Second Wish: lock onto the Golden Horn Beast's Sea of Knowledge (1000 Wish Copper Coins per minute).

Wish Points are being continuously deducted!

The wish is being realized.

Suddenly, Xiao Yu found that he could, like X‑ray vision, see through the Golden Horn Beast's body and locate the core of its Sea of Knowledge.

Xiao Yu's Sky Thunder Blade in his hand continued to condense primal energy, while mixing his own spirit power into it.

An attack of primal energy blended with spirit power can damage the soul.

A soaring pillar of light pierced the Golden Horn Beast's Sea of Knowledge location, creating a three‑meter‑wide breach in its chest.

Its Sea of Knowledge could still be seen in the mind, but it had become extremely weak.

"Xiao Yu, the Golden Horn Beast's life signs have vanished," the Baba Ta avatar said.

"System, scan the Golden Horn Beast's Soul Strength."

Setting successful!

Third Wish: scan the Golden Horn Beast's Soul Strength (100 Wish Copper Coins).

100 Wish Copper Coins have been deducted!

Golden Horn Beast's Soul Strength: 0.1%.

"The system ends the First and Second Wishes."

The wish has been fulfilled.

A total of 1005 Wish Copper Coins deducted.

Two long violet‑black vines sprouted from his body, coiling around the Golden Horn Beast's corpse.

——

Extreme Martial Arts Hall, Global Monitoring Center.

"Chairman Xiao, another Beast‑Emperor‑grade monster has been slain!" the young martial artist said proudly.

"This Beast‑Emperor's strength seems considerably greater than the previous two," a nearby martial artist said.

"Why did it fly toward the island?" the young martial artist asked, puzzled.

——

In the East Sea region, on a barren uninhabited island, Xiao Yu linked to Luo Feng's video.

"Baba Ta, come over and see, what is this?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Wow, it's the Golden Horn Beast's corpse; how could a Golden Horn Beast be on Earth? They're rare even in the universe," Baba Ta's figure floated into the video, speaking continuously.

Luo Feng asked, "Baba Ta, what is the Golden Horn Beast?"

"The Golden Horn Beast is the pinnacle species of the Starlit Beast! The Starlit Beast Alliance is one of the Nine Great Super Powers in the universe," Baba Ta explained.

"Baba Ta, this Golden Horn Beast hasn't completely perished; a trace of its soul still remains," Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Really?" Baba Ta exclaimed excitedly, "Luo Feng, hurry, let's go; your opportunity has arrived."

"What opportunity?" Luo Feng asked, confused.

"The Golden Horn Beast is a pinnacle species; when mature it possesses the power of a Realm Lord, far beyond what Earth humans can compare to. If you possess it, you may have a chance to avenge your master!" Baba Ta said.

"But possessing the Golden Horn Beast would mean I lose my human identity; perhaps I could enslave it with a soul seal," Luo Feng said hesitantly.

He was unwilling to abandon his human identity, reluctant to leave his parents, and even more reluctant to part with Xu Xin, whose relationship with him had reached the stage of discussing marriage.

"Luo Feng, in this universe, strength comes first..." Baba Ta kept persuading.

"Luo Feng, this Golden Horn Beast has internal space that can nurture a duplicate; when it reaches planetary size it can spawn one. You can first possess the Golden Horn Beast, then nurture a human duplicate," Xiao Yu said.

Xiao Yu was unwilling to abandon his mortal body to possess the Golden Horn Beast, nor to use the system to turn the Golden Horn Beast into his own duplicate; to him, the Golden Horn Beast was no better than those special species.

"Fine then, I'll explain it to my family," Luo Feng said.

"Alright, but Baba Ta, I need the coordinates to enter the universe," Xiao Yu said, requesting the long‑sought coordinates.

His auxiliary light brain contained no universal coordinates.

"Alright, but Xiao Yu, do you have a spaceship? I've been gathering materials to repair a ship myself, but it will still take five to six years to finish," Baba Ta asked, puzzled.

"I have two," Xiao Yu replied.

"Really? Why didn't you say you had a ship earlier? Otherwise I wouldn't have to labor day and night!" Baba Ta complained.

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