Chapter 218: More Married Pet Beasts???
—Moon Soul World, Tai Yin Kingdom—
“Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!”
Under the watchful eyes of several powerful beings, silver threads flickered like sparks in the sky, the silver rabbit relentlessly pursuing the Fallen phoenix. Wherever they went, Pet Essence and air turned to nothingness, mountains and rivers crumbling into dust, mushroom clouds rising into the sky. The landscape of the Tai Yin Kingdom was constantly being reshaped, only to be instantly restored by Sumeru. The countless dead were like NPCs respawning in a video game.
Tai Yin, the First Guardian and orchestrator of this chaos, reclined lazily on her moon ship, watching the battle with amusement, her shimmering silver hair cascading down her body, clipping through the ship’s model.
A Fallen Species, not yet an Emperor, had arrived in her territory with Death Sentence and the white silk stocking.
Such good fortune before the Lunar Divine Festival…
Tai Yin would do everything in her power to push this Fallen Species to its final evolution.
Not only did she not stop the destruction, but she even sent Dao Yao, the fifth-ranked Legend, to “dance” with it.
Having spent countless years in other Soul Worlds, Dao Yao had mastered the art of suppressing her power, feigning an even match with the phoenix, her movements filled with feigned enthusiasm.
“…”
“…”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
After another clash with the silver rabbit woman, the white phoenix, struggling to maintain its balance, unleashed a barrage of fiery feathers, like a meteor shower.
Dao Yao, below the clouds, didn’t even bother dodging, charging straight into the fiery rain.
Her graceful form, like a silver sword, pierced through the feathers, appearing instantly before Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan’s forehead.
“Swish—”
A fatal blow.
But Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan wasn’t thinking about the battle, her mind drifting to the past.
She remembered the white-stockinged girl with twin buns and her promise.
The girl had said that even though she had mistakenly entered the Transcendent evolution path, she would find a way to make her the strongest Pet Beast in the game.
She had also said that after the Moonlight Rabbit evolved, she would focus on evolving her.
Finally, she had excitedly shown her a Shining combat skill card, muttering about selling several apartments in the capital to buy it.
Within the Divine Machine’s Beast Taming Evolution Duel, Pet Beasts’ consciousness was suppressed, and they couldn’t communicate with their Beast Tamers through words or text.
Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan didn’t know the value of “several apartments in the capital.”
But she knew…
…
Her master hadn’t lied.
But she probably wouldn’t live to see that day…
As Dao Yao’s silver hair, like needles, neared her forehead, Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan opened her eyes.
Despite her resentment, she let it go.
After all, Death Sentence and White Silk Weaver Girl had trusted her…
As Dao Yao’s eyes burned, a Shining light erupted from the white phoenix.
“—Shining Combat Skill, Hidden Fire—”
“…”
“…”
“BOOM!!!!!”
Under the disbelieving gazes of Tai Yin, Sumeru, and the other Legends, a massive, white-hot explosion sent Dao Yao flying, crashing through countless mountains and nations before finally stopping.
A dazzling, flowing phoenix tail materialized behind the Fallen phoenix.
Though its Fallen body wasn’t large, the magnificent tail stretched for over fifty million kilometers, covering half the sky above the Tai Yin Kingdom.
Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan had finally used that woman’s combat skill.
If she had used it during her battle against Snow Flower on Drought’s back, Golden Leaf and Snow Flower wouldn’t have stood a chance.
Seeing the massive phoenix tail, Sumeru and Mountains and Seas were stunned.
Tai Yin stood up from her moon ship in disbelief.
“How…?”
“The completion level of this Shining combat skill…”
“No, more importantly, it’s just a Monarch-Tier Fallen Species! Even with multiple transcendences, how could it enhance a Shining combat skill to this level!?”
“…”
“…”
“Whoosh—”
Before Dao Yao could even get up from the ruins, countless dazzling phoenix feathers rained down, grabbing her ears and dragging her through the mountains.
Under the feathers’ terrifying onslaught, nations and mountains crumbled, the surrounding landscape collapsing.
Dao Yao, struggling to protect her head, was flung away again, her body like a tiny ant, crashing through the kingdom’s edge.
The shockwaves sent even the distant Legends flying.
Mountains and Seas, Sumeru, even Tai Yin herself, fell silent.
This phoenix…
Though not an Emperor, nor one of the Four Great Calamities…
Once it reached Emperor-Tier, its destructive power would likely rival theirs!
Tai Yin heard Dao Yao’s voice in her mind.
[Tai Yin, something’s wrong with this one. I suspect its transcendence count is unprecedented.]
[I think it entered Transcendent evolution in its juvenile stage…]
“J-Juvenile stage? How…?”
“What luck is that?” Tai Yin was incredulous.
Who would keep a Pet Beast that entered Transcendent evolution at Mid-Tier, even evolving it to such a terrifying level?
That Beast Tamer must be insane!
Yes, such a Beast Tamer did exist…
Lian Xing, having just started the game and knowing nothing, had seen the double affix on the little phoenix and assumed it was a rare species, capturing it.
And so, she had inadvertently reached this point.
A childish mistake, a playful whim…
[Regardless, I’ve found a treasure.]
[I’ll fight her with my full strength. If I accidentally kill her, have Sumeru revive her.]
[And those two support Pet Beasts… they shouldn’t be easily defeated.]
A brilliant light erupted from the ruins where Dao Yao lay.
Sand, gravel, even the entire mountain range, were blasted away by her aura, like a meteor shower.
Dao Yao’s silver hair swirled like needles, her eyes burning with fiery intensity as she stepped out of the ruins.
***
At the center of the Tai Yin Kingdom battlefield, Dao Yao saw clearly that the phoenix hadn’t actually used the white silk stocking.
It was simply tied to a feather, fluttering in the wind.
Why possess a treasure and not use it?
Did the stocking belong to someone else…?
With a puzzled expression, Dao Yao’s body radiated a silver, moonlit aura as she raised a paw towards the white phoenix in the sky.
As she clenched her paw, the sky began to crack.
Even the dazzling feathers around Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan shattered, a cry of pain escaping its beak.
An invisible rabbit paw seemed to crush everything in its path, all matter disintegrating.
Seconds later, the battered Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan shrieked, its millions of kilometers of feathers shooting outwards like a billion stars.
But the closer the feathers got to Dao Yao, the faster they disintegrated.
Yet, the phoenix continued its attack, relentlessly clashing with the invisible pressure.
Finally, the feathers accelerated beyond Dao Yao’s expectations, the compressed world unable to keep up.
A massive feather struck Dao Yao.
“BOOM!!!!”
An explosion. Dao Yao gritted her teeth, taking the hit head-on, her body partially sinking into the ground, blood flowing from her head.
But the compressed air continued to crush the space around Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan.
The phoenix finally gave up.
“Death Sentence, I can’t win! Retreat!!!”
[Understood.]
“Clang!!!!!”
Just as a black, crescent-shaped guillotine descended upon the phoenix, a strange sound echoed.
Dao Yao, covered in blood, stood at the phoenix’s tail, gripping the corner of the white silk stocking like a vengeful ghost.
“…”
“…”
In the tense silence, Death Sentence deactivated its ability.
If this enemy was willing to shield the white silk stocking’s user, then the stocking couldn’t be retrieved.
Dao Yao, seizing the opportunity, launched a final attack.
Her three-jointed rabbit paw slowly clenched.
Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan’s life force began to fade.
“A Moonlight Rabbit! Another Moonlight Rabbit! Damn it…”
“Moonlight Rabbits! Just stay away from me next life!!!!!”
“…”
“…”
“BOOM!!!!”
Suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, a deafening thunderclap echoed across the Tai Yin Kingdom.
As Tai Yin and the others watched in disbelief, a golden figure plummeted from the sky.
And as she fell, two Moonlight Rabbits tumbled from her head, screaming as they fell towards Dao Yao’s compressed aura.
To Dao Yao’s shock and confusion, the two Moonlight Rabbits passed through her aura unharmed, landing behind her.
What… what was going on?
So many…
So many plump Moonlight Rabbits!
Dao Yao’s gaze was fixated on the two Moonlight Rabbits, like a love-struck fool, even forgetting to attack.
Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan, after a moment of stunned silence, looked past the two Moonlight Rabbits at the falling golden-haired girl, realization dawning upon her, her heart pounding.
“Bang!!!”
The golden-haired girl landed precisely on the white phoenix’s fluffy feathers, spreading her limbs out lazily.
Before Smelting Fire Wrathful Luan could react, the fluttering white silk stocking and a small black blade approached the golden-haired girl, staring intently as if sensing something.
Lian Xing beckoned them closer.
After a moment of hesitation, the black blade and White Silk Weaver Girl leaped into Lian Xing’s arms, licking her body like puppies drawn to… something unpleasant.
Tai Yin watched this bizarre scene, dumbfounded.
Was this their Beast Tamer…?
Had the original owner come to claim them?
But she had never seen this woman before…
Meanwhile, with Dao Yao…
Normally, powerful Pet Beasts, though protective of lower-ranked members of their species, wouldn’t be particularly interested in two Low-Tier ones.
But now, she instinctively reached out with both paws, intending to catch the falling Moonlight Rabbits.
But the moment they landed in her paws—
“Bang!”
Her priestess robe’s sleeves were torn, and her paws were pulverized.
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