“Dahei!”
“Erhei!”
“Sanhei!”
“All of you, come out!”
With a roar from Su Bai, terrifying auras surged within the Azure Cloud Sect. In the next instant, seven demon beasts of various shapes and sizes soared toward him. These were all Foundation Establishment Realm demon beasts, refined by Su Bai through bloodline purification in the Spirit Beast Garden. Their potential was immense, and their strength unmatched.
With just one call, Su Bai summoned all seven beasts. Though they were only seven, facing the several hundred beasts of the Beast Taming Sect, they did not appear at any disadvantage.
On the Beast Taming Sect’s side, only Elder Wang Qing’s beast had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. The rest, though numerous, were all in the Qi Refining Realm.
What was even more terrifying was that after Su Bai’s purification, these beasts had inherited bloodlines from ancient ferocious beasts. The suppression from their bloodline caused all of the Beast Taming Sect’s beasts to collapse to the ground, not daring to breathe loudly.
“Impossible!” Wang Qing’s face turned ashen. He couldn’t see through this old man’s identity. How could he possess such terrifying beast-taming skills?
His legs trembled as a single thought filled his mind: escape.
His beast was a giant bat at the Foundation Establishment Realm. He patted its neck, and the bat flapped its wings in sync, shooting toward the sky, ready to flee.
But at that moment, a winged tiger suddenly pounced upward and bit through the bat’s neck with one savage snap.
“Qiongqi!” Others might not recognize it, but Elder Wang Qing did. As a beast master, he knew all too well what that creature was.
“Who’s the real Beast Taming Sect now? You or us?” he cried in despair. “Even Qiongqi?!”
At that moment, Wang Qing’s heart was filled with hopelessness.
“Hmph, still thinking of running?” Su Bai raised his cane and pointed at Wang Qing mid-air. “Dahei, finish him off!”
The Qiongqi Tiger King opened its mouth and, with one bite, tore off Wang Qing’s head and swallowed it whole.
Terrifying. Utterly terrifying.
A Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator had no chance to resist before such a beast and was instantly killed in one strike.
“This senior is truly formidable!”
“Could he be related to our Beast Taming Sect somehow? Otherwise, how could he have such incredible beast-taming skills?”
“But why would someone like him be in the Azure Cloud Sect?”
Murong Mingzhu’s heart was full of confusion. Then, a killing intent flickered in her eyes.
She wasn’t foolish. Wang Qing’s behavior today had been strange—first provoking her to attack the Azure Cloud Sect, then initiating a beast tide to slaughter its disciples. If this triggered conflict between the two sects, her chances of inheriting the position of Sect Master would vanish completely.
“So that old man is actually aligned with the Young Sect Master…”
Currently, Murong Mingzhu also had the support of many elders, standing in opposition to the Young Sect Master. The fact that the Young Sect Master had bought off Wang Qing was a brilliant move. If successful, Murong Mingzhu would have been defeated.
“Too bad even the heavens are on my side… Your plan was doomed to fail!”
Despite her gentle and refined appearance, Murong Mingzhu was an ambitious woman. In a life-or-death power struggle, she would never show mercy.
Su Bai, looking old and frail, leaned on his cane and walked over slowly. Although he still looked just as aged as before, neither disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect nor those of the Beast Taming Sect dared to underestimate him now.
Strength was the ultimate foundation. Now that Su Bai had revealed his extraordinary beast-taming power, he naturally earned their respect.
“Girl, that Jiao blood essence I gave you earlier—let your beast refine it as soon as possible. Otherwise, someone in your sect might try to steal it from you.”
Though it sounded like a kind reminder, it was actually a veiled warning. Murong Mingzhu was clever and understood immediately.
“Thank you for the reminder, Elder. I understand. I’ll report everything that happened today to our Sect Master and the elders. Wang Qing harbored malicious intent and tried to provoke a war between the two sects. He truly deserved death.”
Su Bai remained calm, as if it didn’t concern him. “It doesn’t matter. If your Beast Taming Sect’s Sect Master wants to challenge us, I’ll be here waiting. Remember, the Azure Cloud Sect does not cause trouble—but we’re not afraid of it either. If anyone is unconvinced, they can come straight to our Grand Elder **!”
He looked arrogant, but then casually threw out the Grand Elder’s name.
The Azure Cloud Sect disciples glanced at each other and couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
This Senior Brother was simply too amusing.
At that moment, Grand Elder ** still had no idea that someone had issued a challenge to the Beast Taming Sect on his behalf.
“There are demonic cultivators causing trouble in Tianhe City. As righteous cultivators, we should take care of them. But the outer sect disciples are too weak, and the inner sect disciples are all busy with their own tasks. What now?”
The two top outer disciples, Lin Xiaoyue and Ziyun, both had their own assignments. Lin Xiaoyue was focused on cultivation, striving to pass the inner sect assessment, while Ziyun had just begun practicing the Azure Cloud Sect’s techniques and was currently in closed-door cultivation in the training room.
As for the rest of the disciples, they weren’t yet up to the task.
Su Bai returned to the Spirit Beast Garden, riding his dragon horse. However, Lin Xiaoyue followed him all the way.
“You old man! Just how many secrets are you hiding from me?” Lin Xiaoyue stormed in, grabbing his robe, her tone impatient.
“Don’t be like that. Grabbing and groping in broad daylight—what will people think if they see us?”
“Cut the nonsense! If anyone dares gossip, I’ll cut out their tongue with my sword!” Lin Xiaoyue glared fiercely. Her temper was always fiery and aggressive. If anyone dared to talk behind her back, she’d really do it.
“Do you really have some mysterious master backing you? That Fire Phoenix Sword Manual you gave me—was it from that expert?”
Lin Xiaoyue finally asked the question in her heart.
Su Bai didn’t deny it. He nodded. “That’s right. An elder did give me a few things.”
He knew he had attracted too much attention today and needed an explanation. Lin Xiaoyue’s question gave him a perfect excuse.
He’d just blame everything on that mysterious expert who had destroyed the Mountain Protection Formation.
“Then… can you introduce me to that expert?” Lin Xiaoyue looked eager. “I won’t ask you for help for free. Whatever you want, I’ll do it!”