"Everyone, retreat ten miles immediately!"
"Everyone, retreat immediately..."
The shouts echoed across the wilderness.
Tang Wen naturally heard them.
A chill seeped through the massive boulder behind him.
He reached out and touched the stone's surface, finding it covered in a layer of icy frost.
Tang Wen's expression shifted slightly, his eyes filled with astonishment.
Frost forming in the heat of summer—this was truly a divine feat.
In the sky.
Darkness was being suppressed by a white mist.
The Ice Dragon was unleashing its power.
Tang Wen wasted no more time. He gripped the red Beast Taming Ring he had just obtained, focusing all his mental energy on it.
Buzz.
The Beast Taming Ring trembled lightly.
Just like when you floor the accelerator, and the car shudders slightly.
He increased the output of his mental energy.
Pushing the accelerator deep into the fuel tank.
The car shook violently.
The horn blared incessantly, its sound cracking.
Tang Wen showed no mercy.
A stolen car—no need to feel sorry for it.
He held the Beast Taming Ring firmly, his mental energy pouring out in a frenzy—high-frequency, rapid, and continuous.
In just a few minutes,
The original mental imprint on the Beast Taming Ring was washed away.
Tang Wen opened his hands, and the Beast Taming Ring, now subdued by his mental energy, lay calmly in his palm, no longer trembling or shaking.
Once he put it on.
Swish.
The ring contracted slightly, fitting perfectly around his wrist.
Not too tight, nor too loose.
Even in combat or when throwing punches, it wouldn't slip off.
Truly a remarkable artifact.
"Moo~"
A deep, resonant cry echoed in his mind.
Though it was his first time hearing it, Tang Wen immediately understood its meaning.
The Earth-Walking Beast, now controlled by the ring, was confused about its new master.
Time was of the essence.
Tang Wen pulled out a few pieces of Transcendent jerky from his pocket and tossed them toward the cave entrance.
"Moo"
After what felt like dozens of heartbeats,
The Earth-Walking Beast let out a joyful cry.
Tang Wen also gained a clear understanding of the situation in the cave below.
Aside from the Earth-Walking Beast, there were three Green Water Pythons.
As for the cave, it had reached such a depth that icy pond water had begun to seep in.
Following the orders left by the three black-clad Martial Masters before they departed,
The three Green Water Pythons surrounded the Earth-Walking Beast, continuously ramming against the leaking stone walls.
The four Superior Exotic Beasts worked tirelessly, diligently carrying out their task.
After a moment of thought, Tang Wen switched his focus to the Water Sprites.
A considerable amount of time had passed, and the two Water Sprites, knocked unconscious by the Ice Dragon's pressure, were still in a deep slumber.
Tang Wen repeatedly tried to call out to them.
Finally, the two Water Sprites—one large and one small—gradually opened their eyes.
"Dive, dive, dive,"
He urged them repeatedly.
The two Water Sprites fully awakened.
Slowly moving their limbs.
Reluctantly, they felt their way along the stone walls, descending deeper into the water.
"That Ice Dragon is up there. If you don't want to die, dive faster!"
The two Water Sprites suddenly increased their speed.
Tang Wen rubbed his temples: the Beast Taming Ring was far more convenient.
Compared to the two Water Sprites, the silver Earth-Walking Beast, with its head pierced by silver, worked harder, longer, and in more dangerous conditions, yet it never complained.
Time passed minute by minute.
The battle between black and white in the sky grew even more intense.
The Ice Dragon and the Blackwater Gang Leader seemed to have truly ignited their fury.
Tang Wen focused intently, watching.
But he couldn't even catch a glimpse of their figures.
Only the occasional explosions and the increasingly dropping temperature proved that masters were battling here.
Snow began to fall from the sky.
Hexagonal, crystal-clear snowflakes landed on his neck, melting instantly.
Cold and refreshing.
A fifth-grade master—truly formidable.
He wondered what a master at the even higher Divine Ability realm would be like.
Sss!
It was cold outside.
But the bottom of the icy pond was even colder.
Two Water Sprites, frozen in the water, could barely move.
The area at the bottom of the cold pool was much larger than Tang Wen had anticipated.
Searching it was no easy task.
The Water Sprites, feeling the water pressure at the bottom of the pool, were reluctant to open their eyes.
After repeated urging from Tang Wen, the two Water Sprites finally opened a slit in their eyes.
Two blue halos came into view.
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed a stone slab reflecting light.
Could this be the Azure Stone Slab?
"Wait! Don't touch it yet."
Just as the male Water Sprite approached to pick up the slab, Tang Wen quickly stopped it.
The mental power of the Ice Dragon was undoubtedly terrifying.
Such a Superior Exotic Beast, having placed the Azure Stone Slab in its lair, would surely have some awareness of it.
To be safe, it was better to wait until the tunnel was fully dug.
The four Superior Exotic Beasts were already exhausted.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Between the tunnel and the pool, there was only a thin layer of rock wall left.
Water was even slowly seeping through.
But this thin layer of rock wall simply could not be breached.
Through the Earth-Walking Beast's vision, he could even sense the surging water waves on the other side of the rock wall.
The stone wall was peculiar.
But it also seemed normal.
After all, it was the lair of a fifth-grade Mutated Beast, the Ice Dragon.
If it could be easily breached, that would be strange.
"Come up. Stop hitting it."
After Tang Wen gave the order, it took a while before three green water snakes climbed up first.
Then came the massive Earth-Walking Beast.
As soon as it emerged, it affectionately nuzzled Tang Wen.
Tang Wen stared at its large head and noticed a silver line at its center.
Without hesitation, he reached out and pulled out the silver line.
Then he sent a few Mental Soothing waves its way.
Taking advantage of the goodwill he had established, he directed the four Superior Exotic Beasts to leave.
Before they had gone far, Tang Wen casually picked up a pebble and threw it into the hole.
Plop!
The pebble hit the stone wall.
This indicated that the tunnel sloped downward in a straight line.
He narrowed his eyes and pulled out three pebbles.
The darkness coated the pebbles in black.
Visualization, eruption.
Three Stars Chasing the Moon!
After three loud bangs, the sound of flowing water echoed.
Tang Wen disappeared from his spot.
In the air, the stalemate between the white mist and the heavy darkness came to a halt.
A Divine Martial Realm expert heard the commotion.
His mental power swept over, naturally discovering the deep hole.
"That was close."
Tang Wen fled a distance of seven or eight miles, only relaxing when he saw that the black and white forces had not pursued him.
The darkness and the white mist.
Unconsciously, they had moved away from above the cold pool, following the direction of the sound.
They accurately found the spot above the tunnel.
One human and one Ice Dragon, each probing the deep cave.
At this moment, a furry hand emerged from the surface of the cold pool.
In its palm was a stone slab covered in thick mud.
As soon as the slab surfaced, a brown-tailed crow skimmed over the water, grabbed the slab, and darted away like an arrow.
The Ice Dragon, engaged in battle, sensed something and uneasily glanced toward the cold pool.
The Blackwater Gang Leader also turned his attention there, but as soon as his mental power entered the white mist, it was immediately blocked.
The white mist over the pool was a special fog formed under the influence of the Ice Dragon's power.
Mental power could hardly penetrate it.
The Blackwater Gang Leader didn't mind.
His mental power told him that a Water Sprite was climbing out of the tunnel with a stone slab.
For him, this was the best news.
He tightened his attacks, keeping the Ice Dragon too busy to pay attention elsewhere.
The mist and the darkness once again intertwined.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed, and Tang Wen returned to Mountain Chasing City.
The sapphire slab, caked with mud, was hidden in his chest.
Upon returning home, he quietly made his way to the backyard of the Beast Garden. He wrapped the Beast Ring in his hand along with the sapphire slab in dirty clothes and buried them in the fish pond.
He then turned back home to wash off his previous disguise.
Xiao Rou brought him a bar of soap.
Thus, the two of them played a game of picking up the soap.
By evening, he had settled matters with the two women.
Tang Wen carried wine and meat to the neighboring Beast Garden.
The subordinate on duty today was both surprised and delighted to see him.
Wu Hao, upon hearing the news, also arrived shortly after.
He brought with him a whole slaughtered sheep and several plump chickens.
Everyone roasted and ate together, enjoying themselves in the courtyard
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