Beast Taming Patrol Chapter 1534: 429: Legendary Rank! The Dawn of Myth! (Double-Length, Finale Countdown: 22)
Previously on Beast Taming Patrol...
[Additional chapter for Alliance Hierarch Xing Ye 1/2]
[The previous chapter has been updated. To ensure plot consistency, please re-download and review the preceding chapter before continuing.]
A chill settled over Lin Su’s features.
His original intention was to avoid deep entanglement with the Emperor Martial Palace.
This was why he had limited his previous actions to eliminating a few members of the Hunyuan Taoist Sect, deliberately sparing the deacon tasked with guarding the palace.
However, despite demonstrating power equal to his opponent, the martial domain expert before him remained obsessed with dragging him to the Emperor Martial Palace. This persistence was crossing a line.
Even the mildest soul can be driven to rage. Faced with Zhou Hongtu’s aggressive charge and his heavy halberd, Lin Su stopped holding back his strength. Behind him, the Future Mirror suddenly blazed with light.
The sound of rushing water echoed from a distant, infinite source as the boundless River of Time, pulled by the vast laws of the Time system, materialized instantly beneath Lin Su’s feet!
Zhou Hongtu’s face paled. Within the strange techniques Lin Su was manifesting, he sensed a lethally terrifying presence.
He dared not be negligent. With a thunderous roar, he forced his entire Martial Domain to contract violently, reshaping it into a colossal halberd that swung down toward Lin Su with crushing force!
Lin Su gave a soft, cold snort and lifted a single finger.
Let us see how your Martial Domain fares against the Infernal Hell!
A nightmare world descended, layered like fragile bubbles yet saturated with darkness and the power of sin. In a sudden shift, it transformed into the sky-piercing Infernal Tower, positioning itself as a barrier between Lin Su and the halberd of the Martial Domain.
A monstrous suppressive energy surged forth. Whispering shadows seemed to haunt every level of the tower, and the aura of death stained the surroundings, rapidly warping the area into a ghostly wasteland.
From the River of Time, a sturdy figure exuding a presence nearly reaching the seventh realm stepped forward slowly.
It was the version of Lin Su summoned by the Future Mirror.
Coupled with his enhanced synchronization with Lanlan, his combat prowess had reached new heights, simultaneously boosting the potency of the Future Mirror.
“Boom!”
The massive tower of the Infernal Hell and the halberd forged from the Martial Domain finally slammed into one another with a deafening explosion.
The Infernal Tower moved with overwhelming dominance, systematically grinding the Martial Domain halberd into nothingness. Massive shockwaves radiated outward, shaking the very foundations of the earth and causing the fabric of space to groan and crack under the intense pressure.
A Martial Domain is a product of martial cultivation.
It represents a formidable power, akin to Rule Power, manifested when a martial domain expert transcends their own limits.
To a certain degree, it can purge supernatural energy, forcing everything within its reach to submit to the user’s martial will.
While powerful, it was fundamentally inferior to Gui’s Infernal Hell.
The Infernal Hell was a synthesis of the evolved Heaven and Earth Seeds and Gui’s own transformed Talent Skills. The process had nearly consumed an entire space-system, earth-grade secret realm—the Space Destruction Secret Realm.
Its existence had completely surpassed the level of mere Heaven and Earth Seeds.
Clashing with it was no different from colliding with a primordial world.
Finally, following a thunderous blast and a faint, pained groan, the halberd created by Zhou Hongtu’s Martial Domain shattered into fragments, dissolving into chaotic storms within the void.
Zhou Hongtu suffered a violent backlash from the destruction, unable to stop blood from spraying from his mouth.
Before he could recover, an incredibly sharp spear blade was already pressed firmly against his heart.
It was the manifestation of the Future Mirror, its presence saturating the air.
The terrifying laws of shattering contained within that tip promised to extinguish Zhou Hongtu’s life the moment the energy was released.
“Do not seek your own end,” Lin Su warned with a low, icy tone, his previous friendliness replaced by a freezing gaze. “I have already stated that I do not wish to be an enemy of the Emperor Martial Palace.”
“If you have the energy to harass me, you would be better off worrying about the Southern Desolation Domain!”
Leaving those words behind, Lin Su vanished from the area in a blur of motion.
The spear point at Zhou Hongtu’s chest slowly faded into nothingness.
Zhou Hongtu stood frozen in the sky, silent for a long time.
In that final moment, he had truly stood on the precipice of death.
He couldn't believe that a mere epic-level Beast Tamer was capable of such a feat…
The parting warning also brought to mind the words his Palace Master had spoken previously.
The Southern Desolation Domain…
“Zhou Martial Domain…” Zhao Fenghua, who had fled to a safe distance, crept back cautiously. “Is that person dead?”
The residual energy of a battle between Martial Domain experts was usually enough to vaporize a target completely.
Because of this, Zhao Fenghua had retreated far away from the start, sensing only the terrifying tremors without knowing the actual details of the duel.
Seeing only Zhou Hongtu remaining, he naturally assumed Lin Su had been eradicated.
“Ha…” Zhou Hongtu let out a bitter, mocking laugh. “Dead?”
“I was the one who nearly died!”
“What?!” Zhao Fenghua’s eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
How could this be possible?
Zhou Hongtu was a master of the fifth heaven of the Martial Domain!
How could such a powerhouse fail to subdue his opponent?
After a moment of heavy thought, Zhou Hongtu seized Zhao Fenghua by the shoulder and vanished instantly.
“Follow me. We must return to the Emperor Martial Palace immediately to report to the Palace Master.”
…
Lin Su’s form materialized silently within a secluded mountain range near the Endless Sea in the West Profound Domain.
Once he confirmed he wasn't being followed, he breathed a small sigh of relief and deactivated his Guardian Beast Co-operation state.
He realized now that killing those members of the Hunyuan Taoist Sect had been a somewhat reckless impulse.