Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger

“You’ve worked hard.”

Chen Yuan lightly tapped the head of the Twin Flower Concubine.

As a Healing-type Pet Beast, the little fellow was exhausted, with only a few petals left on its hands.

Luckily, there were other Healing-type Pet Beasts present; otherwise, relying solely on the Twin Flower Concubine would make it difficult to treat so many injured Pet Beasts.

“Squeak squeak~”

A Snowy Squirrel rescued by Lu Ran didn’t know from where it gathered a pile of pine cones, placed them in front of Lu Ran, and blinked its round eyes.

Lu Ran, with his left hand in his pocket, fiddled with his dark red hair with his right hand, his mouth curving into a wide arc: “I didn’t save you just to receive thanks.”

“Squeak~”

The Snowy Squirrel didn’t quite understand Lu Ran’s remark, merely staring at him with an expectant look.

Lu Ran sighed helplessly, squatted down, picked up two pine cones, and tossed them to the Blast Flame Fighting Ape: “Help me peel them.”

The Blast Flame Fighting Ape raised its fist to smash the pine cones, but Lu Ran quickly stopped it: “Forget it, I’ll do it myself.”

After fiddling for a while, Lu Ran peeled the pine cones, swallowed one, and threw the other to the Blast Flame Fighting Ape.

After a moment, he gave a thumbs up: “Not bad, I really like it.”

“Squeak squeak squeak~”

The Snowy Squirrel hopped away.

Lu Ran watched the Snowy Squirrel leave and remarked, “That little fellow is quite polite.”

“More polite than you.” He glanced sideways at the Blast Flame Fighting Ape.

The Blast Flame Fighting Ape raised its fist, with Flame Stream surging from it.

Lu Ran’s expression suddenly turned serious: “Alright, let’s not waste time, keep digging the snow.”

An Ice Fox rescued by Jiang Wenning curled up in her arms, its small body trembling continuously, and its pupils filled with fear.

“There, there, don’t be afraid.” Jiang Wenning gently stroked the Ice Fox’s body, and the latter’s fluffy tail unintentionally wrapped around her arm.

“Meow…”

The Ice Crystal Illusion Cat instantly cast a wary glance.

Not all wild Pet Beasts are wary of humans; some Pet Beasts are quite eager to escape a life of wandering and follow humans to live a carefree and comfortable life.

In the eyes of the Ice Crystal Illusion Cat, this Ice Fox harbored such thoughts.

“Whimper…”

Suddenly, the Ice Fox looked in a certain direction, its pupils quaking, its body trembling violently, and its cries full of fear.

“Meow.”

The Ice Crystal Illusion Cat’s eyes flashed with a hint of mockery.

However, at the next moment, Jiang Wenning, with a solemn expression, glanced behind the Ice Crystal Illusion Cat: “Nuomi, behind you.”

“Meow?”

The Ice Crystal Illusion Cat turned around and saw a tall figure.

It was a humanoid Pet Beast standing upright, its bones covered in blue-black scale-like Ice Armor, with ice spike-like bone spurs extending from its joints.

A row of serrated ice ridges rose up on its back, stacked like the back plates of a stegosaurus, each ice ridge’s edge glinting with a cold gleam.

Its arms were very long, nearly reaching the ground, paired with a somewhat fierce face, no wonder the Ice Fox cried out in fear.

Jiang Wenning spoke with a deep voice: “Ice Ridge Rock Beast.”

Ice Ridge Rock Beast, an Ice-type Pet Beast, known for its ferocious nature and bullying the weak.

If the Snow Cloud Wolf is synonymous with cunning, then the Ice Ridge Rock Beast is synonymous with ferociousness.

She scanned the area and suddenly noticed not just one Ice Ridge Rock Beast appearing in front, but a slew of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts silently appearing from various corners, surrounding everyone.

Chen Yuan also noticed the situation.

Earlier, they were busy with the rescue, thereby neglecting the silent approach of this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts.

Being surrounded by a group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts is not good news.

They probably aren’t bored enough to play with everyone.

Lu Ran rolled up his sleeves, his eyes igniting with strong battle intent, and spoke eagerly: “Let me, let me, don’t fight me for it!”

The journey had been nearly devoid of battles, leaving Lu Ran itching for one.

He wanted to fight, to battle!

The sudden attack by this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts was indeed unexpected, but the Beastmasters present were all talented.

However…the aura emitted by this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts was evidently quite strong.

From the moment they entered the Mysterious Forest, everyone discovered one thing—the rank and strength of Pet Beasts here are higher than those outside.

Elite Quality Pet Beasts are common, and occasionally a Commander Quality Pet Beast appears.

Professor Song explained this as: “The concentration of Spiritual Energy here is higher than outside, so the rank of naturally born Pet Beasts is likely higher, and their strength progresses more swiftly.”

Facing this group of clearly hostile and restless Ice Ridge Rock Beasts, Chen Yuan stepped forward and spoke solemnly: “Let me.”

The rescue effort was still ongoing, and every second delayed increased the risk for the Pet Beasts buried beneath.

The Ice Ridge Rock Beasts must be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Lu Ran strode forward: “Mr. Chen, your Flame Cloud Falcon isn’t here, let the Blast Flame Fighting Ape handle it instead.”

“We’re specialists against Ice-type Pet Beasts.”

“Alright.” Chen Yuan nodded.

Having one more person helping is always a good thing.

Moreover, the Blast Flame Fighting Ape naturally restrains this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts.

Let the others continue the rescue while Chen Yuan and Lu Ran focus on dealing with this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts.

“Advisor Chen, how should we divide them up?” Lu Ran eyed the group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts, one hand in his pocket, his smile arrogant.

“The largest one is yours; it should be the leader. The rest are for Cola.”

“Cola is better at group attacks,” Chen Yuan said.

The largest Ice Ridge Rock Beast stood in the center, its face fierce, emitting a low roar: “Roar!”

“Got it.” Lu Ran nodded briskly.

After a brief pause, he smirked: “Mr. Chen, your Flame Cloud Falcon isn’t here; once I deal with this leader, I’ll come assist you.”

“Howl howl!”

Cola let out a dissatisfied cry.

Who cares if the big sister isn’t here!

I can also suppress this group of Ice Ridge Rock Beasts!