Beast Taming: I'm Really Just a Forest Ranger

Hanging up the phone, White Fern stretched lazily and remarked, "What a relaxed mission."

At this moment, Cola had already engaged in battle for several rounds with the Nightmare Shadow Cat.

Compared to other stray cats, this Nightmare Shadow Cat’s power was several grades higher, even Cola couldn’t take it down quickly.

The main reason was that the Nightmare Shadow Cat’s skills were exceedingly frustrating; its figure was ghostlike, launching surprise attacks and could hide in shadows to evade attacks, making Cola furious.

Shadows spread across the ground, the figure of the Nightmare Shadow Cat disappeared again, Cola crouched low, sweeping his azure eyes over his surroundings, muscles tense.

A gentle breeze brushed through the alley, yet it couldn’t dissipate the thick nighttime darkness.

"Close your eyes and lock onto its scent." Chen Yuan’s thought emerged.

Cola obediently complied, closing his eyes and crouching, breathing slowly and steadily, tracking the Nightmare Shadow Cat’s scent in the pitch darkness.

Shattered moonlight fell upon the ground, the shadow in front of Cola abruptly squirmed, the Nightmare Shadow Cat’s scent inundated his nose, alarms rang in Cola’s mind, without hesitation he took a step back.

In the next instant, the Nightmare Shadow Cat lunged forth, its black body merging with the night, its eerie green eyes appearing in Cola’s vision before the claws wrapped in cold light.

"Wind Blade." Chen Yuan’s gaze intensified.

"Argh!"

Cola dodged the claws by turning sideways, his eyes flashing, and suddenly shot out one after another sharp wind blades!

The Nightmare Shadow Cat once more vanished into the shadows, causing the wind blades to miss, crashing against the ground with an ear-piercing noise.

"Argh Argh!"

Though the attack missed, Cola was somewhat excited.

Even if the Nightmare Shadow Cat hid in the shadows, he could still anticipate and evade using its scent.

In which case, the Nightmare Shadow Cat had no place to hide.

However, in the next moment, a black fog erupted from the corner of the shadows, rapidly spreading and engulfing the entire alley in sticky darkness.

"Dark Type skill, Muddy Fog Barrier." Chen Yuan spoke softly.

Once the muddy fog appeared, it would obstruct the opponent’s vision, allowing movement through the fog with a speed boost.

A ghostlike figure flickered through the fog, the Nightmare Shadow Cat constantly shifting positions, its scent permeating everywhere.

"Argh...." Cola looked left and right, emitting a slightly uneasy growl.

He felt as though every corner was infused with the Nightmare Shadow Cat’s scent, making it impossible to evade its attacks.

"This Nightmare Shadow Cat is really nasty." Wild Boar clicked his tongue.

Finding his skill [Shadow Gap Assault] had been cracked by Cola, it immediately changed tactics, the Nightmare Shadow Cat clearly had rich combat experience.

Chen Yuan, however, just smiled: "Cola."

"Argh?"

Cola perked up his ears, looking up in confusion.

"Let’s make it windy." Chen Yuan smiled slightly.

"Argh!"

Cola instantly understood his master’s intent, excitement gleaming in his eyes, he suddenly lifted his head, and a fierce wind rose up around him, sweeping through the entire alley at an extraordinary speed.

The strong wind roared, rustling all around, Chen Yuan’s black hair fluttered, his coat flapping, staring ahead—aero vortex assault rapidly dissipated the fog, revealing the figure of the Nightmare Shadow Cat.

It clearly didn’t anticipate the fog would clear in such a manner, a glint of obvious astonishment flickered in its eyes.

"Now’s the time, Aero Vortex Assault." Chen Yuan’s thought arose.

"Argh!"

As the fog dispersed, the wind grew turbulent, Cola’s light brown fur wildly danced, ripples of pale cyan spread from his tips.

Cola charged forward, stepping on the ripples, his figure crossing several meters in an instant, accompanied by terrifying sonic booms, wind vortices and air friction sparking azure sparks.

Bang!

Only the sound of an eruption echoed in the ears as the Nightmare Shadow Cat lifted its head blankly, the rapidly spinning airflow already enveloping its body, continuously tearing at the black fur.

In the next moment, the Nightmare Shadow Cat finally let out a piercing scream, its body pushed back by a powerful force, flying backward.

Thud!

The Nightmare Shadow Cat crashed heavily to the ground, unable to rise for a long time, the shadows engulfing the alley quietly disappeared.

"Meow meow meow meow!"

Seeing the Nightmare Shadow Cat fall, the group of stray cats suddenly became excited, ignoring the intimidation from Spark and the Twin Flower Concubine, and rushed towards the Nightmare Shadow Cat.

"Meow meow meow meow!"

After a while, these stray cats encircled the Nightmare Shadow Cat at the center, glaring angrily at Chen Yuan and his companions.

The shadows brought by the Nightmare Shadow Cat had already receded, yet this group of stray cats now formed the shadow that sheltered it within.

Seeing this, Wild Boar murmured softly: "We’re starting to look more and more like a villainous group."

Upon hearing this, White Fern glared at Wild Boar: "Don’t forget those kids that were captured."

Wild Boar’s eyes instantly cleared.

Oh right, it was obviously the behaviors of these stray cats that were too malicious, otherwise, this scene wouldn’t have occurred.

"Argh!"

At this moment, Cola held his head high, taking steady steps forward with a proud gaze, and his dog mouth slightly curved upward.

See how you chased me before!

Now you know how formidable Cola is, right?

Without the help of the big sister, Cola single-handedly defeated that Cat Boss, claiming a great victory in this battle!

Cola’s expression grew increasingly smug, but when he met the eerie green eyes of those limp, blind, malnourished stray cats, he suddenly fell into deep silence.

For a moment, Cola became unsure of his next move, so he turned to Chen Yuan, his gaze bewildered, emitting a puzzled whimper: "Argh?"

Master, did I do something wrong?

Chen Yuan crouched down, smiling as he rubbed Cola’s head: "You didn’t do anything wrong, you actually performed exceptionally well."

"Argh...."

Hearing his master’s praise, Cola was thrilled, wanting to jump on the spot, but the stray cats huddled together to protect the Nightmare Shadow Cat made him uneasily restless.

Chen Yuan didn’t approach this group of explosive-like stray cats, he maintained a safe distance, surrounded by a thin blue spiritual power barrier, he looked ahead and spoke loudly and clearly: "I am only concerned with one thing now, are those kids okay?"