Beastmaster

The next morning, the sun rose slowly, spreading its warmth and light to the earth.

Outside the door, there was a "Roar~Roar~" sound. It was the sandstone dragon calling them to get up.

Zhan Yongyi was the first to be woken up. He got out of bed and walked to Jing Cangming in the dark to wake him up.

Jing Cangming also woke up from his sleep, raised his left hand in a daze, and summoned flames to illuminate.

He put on his shoes and went out with Zhan Yongyi.

I pushed the door open, walked out of the yard, and then arrived in the village.

The sandstone dragon was still roaring, afraid that it had failed to wake up the two people, and that it was too big to enter the yard, so it could only continue roaring.

At this moment, a ray of light came out, and the sandstone dragon stopped making noise.

"Okay, okay, let's get up," Jing Cangming walked out with a smile.

"Glad you're up. I'm going out to look for food. Do you want me to bring some for you?" the sandstone dragon asked, licking his lips.

Jing Cangming waved his hand quickly and said, "No need, we also have to go out to look for beast cores."

"You guys go to the south of the village. The forest there is denser and war beasts are more likely to produce beast cores," the Sandstone Earth Dragon reminded.

The two looked at each other and said, "Okay! Thank you very much."

After that, the sandstone dragon carried the two of them to the entrance of the village. It stomped its paw heavily on the ground, and a gap opened in the rock at the entrance of the village, allowing the sandstone dragon to walk out.

As soon as they got outside, the dazzling sunlight made the two of them cover their eyes quickly, while the sandstone dragon squinted for a short while before adapting.

After a while, the two gradually adapted to the sunlight and jumped off the sandstone dragon.

"Okay, we'll leave first. If things don't go well, we may come back at night," said Jing Cangming, touching the sandstone dragon's head.

"Okay, no problem, I'm always near the village," the sandstone earth dragon also rubbed Jing Cangming with its big head.

After parting with the Sandstone Earth Dragon, Zhan Yongyi found it based on his connection with the Phoenix.

The two of them rode the Phoenix to the south.

The south side is different from the north side. The north side is a volcano, while the south side is connected to the ocean.

As a result, the trees on the south side are taller and denser than those on the north side.

Although different regions do not invade each other, there is still some impact.

The two of them flew on the phoenix for about dozens of miles.

Suddenly Zhan Yongyi stopped the phoenix and landed on a clump of tree crowns.

"Cang Ming, look, there are so many corpses around here," Zhan Yongyi said, pointing to the open space below.

There are many large and small white bones on the ground, some of which are still covered with flesh and blood, and even have a rotten smell, but it is difficult to tell what species they are.

Jing Cangming couldn't help feeling sick when he saw the scene in front of him, "What's going on? Let's go down and take a look."

Then Jing Cangming took out two pieces of cloth from his worldly ring, gave one to Zhan Yongyi, covered his mouth and nose with one, and jumped down.

During the process, Zhan Yongyi put the Phoenix into the world ring.

As soon as the two of them reached the ground, they almost vomited. The strong smell of decay penetrated the cloth and went straight into their nostrils.

The two of them gritted their teeth and went forward to check.

"Yongyi, cough cough, how big a war beast do you think this must be to be able to eat so much?" Jing Cangming said, covering his mouth tightly.

"Maybe, ugh~bah! Maybe it's a war between ethnic groups." Zhan Yongyi almost vomited.

"Let's go. I looked around and didn't see any beast core. I guess they have all been eaten. Let's go," Jing Cangming waved his hand in pain, indicating that we should leave quickly.

The two of them left quickly, and after running about two kilometers, they took off the cloth covering their mouths and breathed in deep gulps of fresh air.

"I say, you need plant and animal cores, why don't you let the Dead Wood Dog collect some for you directly from the World Ring?" Zhan Yongyi asked curiously.

"Hey! Don't mention it. The Withered Wood Dog is doing so badly. He has never become the Beast King. I am looking for the beast core just to help the Withered Wood Dog improve," Jing Cangming said, waving his hands helplessly.

Zhan Yongyi sighed and said, "So what are you going to do? Hunt?"

"Let's take a look first. If I can find that they died of natural causes, or died in battle, that would be the best. I really don't want to hunt them," Jing Cangming said seriously.

"It's not easy to find them. The forest is so big."

"Like you said, the forest is so big, there are more chances of it appearing."

Zhan Yongyi stopped talking, and the two continued to explore forward.

"Hey? Cang Ming, what does this beast core look like?" Zhan Yongyi asked curiously.

Jing Cangming began to gesture to Zhan Yongyi, "It's a crystal the size of a palm, with clear edges and corners."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Yongyi activated his world ring, and an ice-shaped white-blue crystal appeared in his hand. "Is that so?"

Jing Cangming said, "What's the matter? Isn't this an ice-type beast core?"

Zhan Yongyi looked at the beast core in his hand and said, "So this is the beast core."

"Yes, where did you get it?" Jing Cangming asked.

“Isn’t there an ice coffin in the cave where we contracted the phoenix last time? I got it from there,” Zhan Yongyi said as he took back the beast core.

"By the way, did you study the ice coffin later? Is there nothing else besides the ice coffin and the female beast general?"

"I didn't see anything afterwards. I can't bring up the female beast general, right? That would be too presumptuous," Zhan Yongyi said seriously.

Jing Cangming then smiled awkwardly and said, "It is indeed quite presumptuous."

The two continued walking forward.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise.

"Listen, what's that sound?" Zhan Yongyi asked in a low voice.

Jing Cangming replied, "It sounds like... a cry for help." Jing Cangming grabbed Zhan Yongyi and said, "Let's go and take a look."

Then he activated the sky system and flew up with Zhan Yongyi.

In the world ring, Jing Cangming often uses the sky system to fly around, and he has become quite skilled at it. Compared to the first time he took Fang Tiankuo to fly, he is now more adept at it.

The two flew high into the sky, drifting towards the direction of the sound.

"Cang Ming, where is he?" Zhan Yongyi pointed to an open space in front of him where the trees were a little sparse.

Jing Cangming looked over and saw a hole in the open space, about three meters in diameter.

Outside the cave entrance was a group of Asakusa monkeys, each of which was two meters tall and holding large wooden sticks.

On the side, there was a girl tied to a tree stump, her face full of tears and she kept calling for help.

The woman looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a white robe, but her clothes were marked with green marks from the rattan ropes that had bound her.

A monkey that was slightly taller than the other Asakusa monkeys came forward, and the other monkeys gave way. It was obvious that he was the leader.

The monkey walked up to the woman, and without saying a word, hit her with a stick, knocking her unconscious.

There was disdain on his face and he was mumbling something. Zhan Yongyi couldn't understand it, but Jing Cangming did.

It said, "You are such a piece of rubbish and you still want to sign a contract with me? I'll hit you with a stick and you should go to sleep. You are so noisy!"

Jing Cangming was filled with anger, and if Zhan Yongyi hadn't held him back, he would have rushed out.

Jing Cangming struggled forward to break free, saying, "Damn it, how dare it be so arrogant at any level? I must kill it!"

Zhan Yongyi quickly asked, "What's the matter? Why are you so angry?"

Jing Cangming turned around and told Zhan Yongyi, "I guess that little girl is a beast general, and a plant-type one at that. She came out to look for a war beast and found this monkey. But she was of a lower level, so the monkey didn't like her and tied her up."

Then Jing Cangming continued angrily, "And do you know how crazy this monkey is? Do you know what it just said? Ah? I must kill it!"

Zhan Yongyi still held onto Jing Cangming who wanted to escape, "No, what did it say?"

Jing Cangming panted angrily, "It said! It said this girl is of rubbish and still wants to sign a contract with me. I'll hit you with a stick and tell you to go to sleep. You're so noisy!" Jing Cangming became more and more angry as he spoke.

Zhan Yongyi also widened his eyes, "What a bastard! He really thinks he is some rare species, so arrogant, kill him!"

After saying that, Zhan Yongyi rushed out in front of Jing Cangming.

"Hey! I calmed down for a long time, but you rushed out!" Jing Cangming said as he chased after him.

Two figures rushed into the monkey group with strong murderous intent.

Jing Cangming immediately grabbed the leader's chin and pressed him to the ground.

Zhan Yongyi grabbed a big stick and stood behind Jing Cangming, pointing at the monkeys who wanted to come forward, "Stand back! If you come forward again, I'll kill you!"

This group of monkeys were obviously frightened by Zhan Yongyi's momentum and retreated frequently.

Zhan Yongyi did not continue to move forward, but instead stuck the stick into the ground, placed his hands on the stick, and stood behind Jing Cangming.

He was like a bodyguard or thug, protecting Jing Cangming behind him.

On Jing Cangming's side, the hand that was pinching the monkey's chin slowly exerted force.

The monkey showed a look of fear and repeatedly slapped Jing Cangming's hands, saying unclearly, "Be gentle, it's about to break."

Jing Cangming's eyes were bloodshot. Although his creed was to respect every war beast, he really couldn't help it today.

"What's your strength? Huh? How dare you treat this girl like this?" Jing Cangming said with a grin.

The Asakusa monkey quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't recognize this little girl and didn't know she had such great friends like you."

Jing Cangming got even angrier after hearing this, "What? Are you planning to eat her even without us today?"

"No, no, we tied her up to teach her a lesson and let her know her place," the Asakusa monkey leader said unclearly.

Jing Cangming crushed the monkey's jaw in one blow.

It howled in pain, and all the Asakusa monkeys were terrified by the scene before them.

My legs kept shaking.

Jing Cangming came to the conscious world and called out to the uncle, "Uncle! Come out!"

Uncle Lie Langshi, the chess god, responded, "What's wrong? Why are you calling me?"

"Uncle! Have you ever seen this kind of war beast? What the hell is this?" Jing Cangming asked.

"Hey! Asakusa monkeys are a notoriously insidious species in the plant family. Not to mention a wild one, even a contracted one could never tell when it might cheat you," the uncle said as if he was used to it.

Then the uncle continued, "If I'm not mistaken, it's probably that this little girl was looking for a war beast, and was unlucky enough to meet the Asakusa monkey. These creatures are lustful, and they bully the weak and fear the strong, and they hold grudges very well. If you offend them, you'll be unlucky."

"Damn! How come there are still such scum in your world of war beasts?" Jing Cangming said angrily.

"We war beasts are naturally like you humans, just like you. What's so strange about that?" the uncle said unhappily.

Jing Cangming was speechless for a moment.

The uncle said, "I'll give you a little advice. These guys are not worth sympathizing with. Who knows, they have harmed countless humans and war beasts. If I were you, I would kill them."

"Ah? It's inappropriate to kill them right away, right?" Jing Cangming was deflated when he heard that.

Although he disliked the monkey, he wouldn't kill the whole group of them.

"It's up to you. Anyway, I'll tell you in advance that this thing will trap aliens in the wild and trap beast generals in the contracted ones. It is also a fence-sitter. It will even secretly join forces with opponents to trap and kill its own beast generals for profit or freedom, and then contract with stronger people. In short, it is very insidious," said the uncle, and then he was silent.

Jing Cangming exited his conscious world and spat, "Bah! Bastard!"

"Yongyi! Come here, I'll tell you the situation, and you tell me what to do," Jing Cangming called Zhan Yongyi over.

Upon hearing this, Zhan Yongyi glared at the monkeys around him fiercely. Seeing that the monkeys took a step back, he walked over.

"What's wrong?" Zhan Yongyi squatted down and asked about the situation.

Jing Cangming told Zhan Yongyi the true nature of the Asakusa monkey.

Zhan Yongyi stood up coldly and said, "Then what are you still researching? Just kill them. They are basically level ten or so, more than forty of them. Now you will have enough beast cores, right?"

Jing Cangming stood up and looked at Zhan Yongyi, "I really don't want to massacre innocent people because of the beast cores, but these bastards, we have also eliminated harm to the people."

"Of course, let's get started?" Zhan Yongyi said, shaking his wrist.

Zhan Yongyi was a decisive and murderous person, and this was exactly what he wanted.

"Let's do it," Jing Cangming said as he walked up to the Asakusa monkey leader and stomped on its head.

Seeing this, the monkeys wanted to escape, but Zhan Yongyi didn't care about them.

With a lift of his hands, each monkey was wrapped in powerful ice, making them unable to move, with only their heads exposed.

Some of them even climbed up the trees but didn't run away, and were frozen directly on the books.

Jing Cangming, who was about to use the rock and sand barrier to control the opponent with a yellow light on his hand, was stunned.

"Yongyi, is your ice ability so powerful?" he asked with eyes wide open.

"Hey! It's just average, just use it for now," Zhan Yongyi said proudly.

Jing Cangming puffed his lips and said, "I'll leave it to you. I'll go and put it down for the girl."

Zhan Yongyi nodded, then his hands transformed into ice knives, and like a ghost, he took off the head of the Asakusa monkey in an instant.

Blood dyed Zhan Yongyi's white clothes red, "Hey! Remember to compensate me for my clothes when you go back."

Jing Cangming looked back upon hearing the sound, covering his eyes with his hands to reveal a slit, "This is too cruel..."

After saying that, he stopped looking at the bloody scene, rescued the woman from the tree stump, and laid her flat on the ground.

Zhan Yongyi quickly killed all the Asakusa monkeys, dug out the beast cores in their bodies and threw them to Jing Cangming one by one.

Jing Cangming picked them up one by one, "I said, can't you bring them all to me?" Jing Cangming said unhappily while bending over.

Zhan Yongyi ignored him and quickly collected forty-five beast cores, including that of the leader.

Zhan Yongyi came over and exchanged glances with Jing Cangming. The two of them laughed happily, "Finished! Let's go home?"