Beast Taming Patrol Chapter 1500: 423: Homeward Journey and Unexpected Events (Double-Length, Finale Countdown: 28)
Previously on Beast Taming Patrol...
A pair of dazzling dragon eyes, overflowing with hostility and a sharp intent to kill, locked instantly onto Yingying, who stood behind Lin Su.
Another immortal entity emerged, encased in dark red scale armor. Its powerful limbs were like pillars supporting the heavens, while a lethal venomous spike protruded from its head and back. Its thick, elongated tail resembled a massive whip.
Upon its arrival, it cast a mocking, wicked look toward Cai Zun and the youth accompanied by five pets.
Cai Zun stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes flashed with a mix of rage and wariness as he stared at the red-scaled immortal. "Yue Xie?"
He then shifted his gaze to the other immortal being. His expression turned heavy as he identified the creature. "Hidden Illusion King?"
“What brings the two of you here?” Cai Zun asked in a weighted tone, realizing internally that the situation had taken a turn for the worse.
Yue Xie was known as the most formidable wild immortal within the Northern Divine Region.
While the beast’s power did not quite match Cai Zun’s own, he was still an elite among those in the seventh realm.
Dealing with him alone would be a struggle for Cai Zun, but now he also had to face the Hidden Illusion King—an entity Cai Zun had presumed dead long ago.
This master of stealth had once been the target of a hunt by the Martial Arts Four Sects before vanishing entirely. Yet, here he was, still breathing!
“Heh heh.” Yue Xie gave a laugh filled with open spite. “Little colored bird, I am merely here to provide some assistance today.”
The Hidden Illusion King remained silent at his side, his eyes turning a deeper shade of blood-red as he glared at Yingying. Finally, he let out a thunderous roar: “You slaughtered my brother and used his remains for corpse restoration?”
“Every one of you deserves to die!!!”
A limitless fury consumed the Hidden Illusion King’s heart.
Initially, he had planned to capture Lin Su to extract information regarding his brother’s fate.
However, once he saw Yingying and felt that overwhelming bloodline resonance, coupled with the lingering grief within that lineage, the Hidden Illusion King understood the truth perfectly.
There was no longer any need for interrogation.
This human had to perish!
Both the master and the pet would be destroyed!
Lin Su’s expression became more serious than ever before.
From the moment he realized the enemy belonged to the Heavenly Illusion Dragon race, a sense of dread had begun to take root.
The Hidden Illusion King’s outburst confirmed his worst fears.
The Heavenly Illusion Dragon.
It was the same creature that had staged a sneak attack two centuries ago, causing the death of Crab Venerate from the Immortal Phoenix Sect, before being killed in a rage by Tree Venerable.
Only six months ago, Tree Venerable had used the Wheel of Life and Death to turn that dragon’s corpse into an egg, which the Spirit Master then used to forge Yingying’s physical form.
This was the root of the conflict.
Without even knowing it, Lin Su had inherited a blood feud with an immortal he had never encountered until now.
“Yue Xie, strike!”
With a roar, the Hidden Illusion King vanished into thin air, leaving a suffocating murderous aura that saturated the very atmosphere.
He was hiding in wait, prepared to strike a fatal blow at any second.
“As you wish!”
Yue Xie laughed wickedly and immediately lunged at Cai Zun. His massive presence rose into the clouds, shifting the surrounding miles into a dark, blood-stained landscape.
“Little colored bird, let us see what you are made of!”
“You are asking for death!”
Though the full details were still unclear, Cai Zun felt the raw hatred radiating from the Hidden Illusion King and cursed his luck.
He instantly crushed an ancient jade token and shouted.
“Yue Xie and the Hidden Illusion King have ambushed Little Friend Lin Su! Reinforcements, move!”
This was an emergency distress signal for the Three Beast Taming Sects. It could reach beyond Self Transformation Valley to the entirety of the Three Sects, reserved only for the most desperate circumstances.
For the sake of Lin Su’s life, Cai Zun did not hesitate for a moment.
A radiance of eight colors surged toward the heavens. The brilliant light swirled around Cai Zun, weaving into a celestial garment of Eight-Colored Divine Light that shielded both him and Lin Su.
This powerful aura sliced through the sky like a blade cutting through darkness, instantly shattering Yue Xie’s momentum and tearing apart the shadowy landscape!
But even as the token’s signal rippled out into the world as an invisible wave, Cai Zun’s face did not brighten. Instead, it grew even darker.
The enemy had made no attempt to block the signal!
Cai Zun had been ready to counter any interference, yet the opponents simply watched him send it.
Had they lost their minds?
Even if Self Transformation Valley was far, the emergency signal could reach the Qianling Sect!
Lin Venerate, an eighth-realm space-system expert from the Qianling Sect, could teleport to any location in the Northern Divine Region in an instant!
It was then…
Cai Zun’s face paled as a realization struck him.
Lin Venerate had not arrived.
If he were able to come, he would have appeared in the blink of an eye.
“Boom!”
The faint sound of an explosion, followed by minor ripples of energy, finally reached them from the far distance.
That direction…?
The Three Beast Taming Sects?!
“Heh heh~” Seeing the horror on Cai Zun’s face, Yue Xie spoke with pure delight, “Can you guess who is capable of pinning down the Three Beast Taming Sects?”
Who could possibly obstruct the Three Beast Taming Sects?
In the entirety of the Northern Divine Region, who else but the Martial Arts Four Sects possessed such power?
Cai Zun’s eyes burned with murderous intent. “You have actually conspired with the Martial Arts Line?!”
Regardless of the specific details of their pact, Cai Zun knew one thing for certain.
No help was coming anytime soon.
“Kill!”
Cai Zun’s power erupted toward the firmament. An infinite wave of eight-colored light swept through the void, forcing the Hidden Illusion King out of shadows. Simultaneously, he raised a wing like a divine blade, slashing down at Yue Xie with enough force to split the very heavens!