Beast Taming: I'm Really Not a Cultivation Master

Chapter 125: Chapter 108: Vanished

Underwater, where Li Qian and Chu Xiran couldn’t see, the blue-and-white ray struck the lighter-colored scale once again.

With a loud CRACK, fissures spread across the scale’s surface.

Seeing this, the nine Pet Beasts, led by Xiaoliu and the Snowfield Wolf, were overjoyed.

They were all Pet Beasts with high Potential, so it was no surprise they were also highly intelligent.

Without waiting for another command from Li Qian or Chu Xiran, they took the initiative and attacked again.

The blue-and-white ray struck the same scale yet again.

BANG!

Finally, the lighter-colored scale shattered completely. Unobstructed, the blue-and-white ray pierced into the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros’s body.

The Demon Dragon Rhinoceros was an Emperor Level Extraordinary Creature. Its defense, attack power, and Life Energy were far beyond those of any ordinary Pet Beast, but that was all contingent on its defenses not being breached.

Once its defenses were breached, however, it was another story entirely.

Unless it was an Extraordinary Creature not made of flesh and blood, its internal organs were all the same.

Equally fragile.

"Did you give the order?" Li Qian suddenly asked Chu Xiran beside him.

Chu Xiran shook her head in confusion.

But the waves of cold air rising from the frozen lake below made it clear... the attack was still ongoing.

"What’s gotten into them?" After her initial confusion, Chu Xiran quickly realized what was happening.

Beneath the frozen lake, the nine Pet Beasts were attacking on their own initiative.

"Maybe... they saw... some results?" Li Qian said, his tone speculative and uncertain.

"Wait, something’s wrong." Just as they were speaking, Chu Xiran suddenly sensed something was off.

"The Heaven and Earth Energy is in turmoil!" Li Qian quickly sensed the same disturbance.

"What do we do now?" Chu Xiran asked instinctively.

Only after asking did she realize that she was the teacher. ’I should be the one making the decision right now.’

"My gut is telling me we need to play it safe," Li Qian said with a frown.

"Retreat!" Having made his decision, Li Qian didn’t hesitate for a moment, immediately issuing the command to Xiaoliu through their Soul Contract.

RUMBLE RUMBLE...

The moment Li Qian gave the command, eight Frostfire Salamanders burst out from the ice.

Chu Xiran’s Snowfield Wolf burst out alongside them.

"Let’s hide first!" Li Qian recalled the seven Frostfire Salamanders into their Beast Taming Balls and pulled Xiaoliu into his Beast Taming Space. With that done, he was ready to retreat.

The raging Heaven and Earth Energy had become almost visible to the naked eye.

It even kicked up fierce gusts of wind.

At this point, even a fool could see something was wrong.

’This is no place to linger.’

Without hesitation, the two sprang into action.

「At almost the same moment...」

On the other side of the Unstable Rift, Elder Tie and the others also noticed something was wrong.

Wisps of black energy had begun to rise from the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros’s head and neck, which were sticking out of the rift.

To be precise, it was materialized Energy.

"Not good. This thing’s about to go all out." Seeing this, Elder Tie instantly understood. "Li Qian’s attack must have been effective. They’ve completely enraged the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros."

"Everyone, be on your guard from now on."

Elder Tie continued, his voice a clear warning.

And then... something awkward happened.

The instant the words left his mouth, the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros’s head and neck, which were already sticking out, began to pull back.

"Not good! Attack with everything you’ve got!" Realizing what the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros intended to do, Elder Tie’s expression turned grim.

The Demon Dragon Rhinoceros was retreating, undoubtedly to deal with Li Qian and Chu Xiran, who had caused it such a major problem.

And their job, of course, was to stop it with everything they had.

If it managed to retreat, what awaited Li Qian and Chu Xiran was self-evident.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The others weren’t fools; they quickly realized what Elder Tie had already deduced.

And so, they all attacked with full force, holding nothing back.

They rained down all sorts of Powerful Skills as if the Energy cost meant nothing.

However, faced with everyone’s relentless assault, the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros showed no intention of resisting.

It was utterly determined to pull back.

This showed that compared to the pressure from their attacks, it was far more concerned about Li Qian and Chu Xiran’s surprise assault on its weak point.

To put it bluntly, it felt no threat from this side, but it felt a very real threat from Li Qian’s side.

The Demon Dragon Rhinoceros may have lacked intellect, but instinct told it which direction the real danger lay.

Everyone did their utmost to stop it, but with the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros intent on nothing but retreating, their efforts were not very effective.

In the end, amid the bombardment of various Skills and a murky cloud of exploding sand and mud, the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros successfully pulled back out of the Unstable Rift.

The moment the Demon Dragon Rhinoceros’s head withdrew from the Unstable Rift, Chujiang River, who understood how they worked, instantly sprang into action.

He sprinted forward at an incredible speed.

Niu Aihua saw this and couldn’t help but shake her head.

She knew exactly what Chujiang River wanted to do. ’But it’s too late,’ she thought. ’There’s no time.’

As it turned out, she was right.

Just as Chujiang River was about to reach his destination, the Unstable Rift sealed itself completely.

After all, this wasn’t the scheduled time for the Unstable Rift to be open. Even though the opening was approaching and there were signs, the rift couldn’t just fully manifest on command.

Forcing it open was even more impossible.

At least, the three of them definitely couldn’t do it.

Niu Aihua saw the dejected look on Chujiang River’s face and offered some comfort. "Our three families have managed the Unstable Rifts for so many years. You should know how quickly they seal. Once it’s closed, even when the next opening is near, you can’t force it open without Emperor Level power..."

"Forget you, even Elder Tie..." She continued without pausing, glancing over at Elder Tie as she spoke.

But after that one glance, she froze. The spot where Elder Tie had just been standing was now completely empty. There was no trace of him.

"Huh? Where’s Elder Tie?!" Niu Aihua blurted out instinctively upon finding him gone.

Niu Fenjin had seen it happen. He stammered, "He... just now... he suddenly... vanished."

Hearing this, everyone instantly realized what must have happened. They all turned their gazes to the spot where the Unstable Rift had just sealed.

Peng Zhongyan, the Director of the Public Security Bureau who had been little more than a bystander the entire time, sighed. "He must have entered the Unstable Rift. Elder Tie has a Four-Winged Mantis that can use the Instant Movement Skill!"

In truth, they didn’t need him to say it; everyone had already guessed.

But that was precisely why they were even more worried.

Facing an unrestrained Demon Dragon Rhinoceros, even with Elder Tie there to protect them, Li Qian and Chu Xiran’s chances were likely grim.

Even Elder Tie himself might be in danger.