Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che had no idea that there were people chasing after him.
However, with his usual cautiousness, when the Purple Jade Condor flew to a deserted mountain, he immediately changed his appearance, donned the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor, and changed his mount to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, before continuing on his way.
With that, no one would know his true identity.
Well, except for those people who had seen the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, of course. If the mysterious faction in the Bei Mei region had such remarkable foresight to send people to find him in this beast world, Zhang Che could only chalk it up as them being amazing.
It was impossible, thinking about it. He didn’t reveal his identity back then, and they didn’t even know of his ethnicity. How could they possibly come here to look for him?
There were countless spatial gateways scattered across Mercury. It was impossible for them to mobilize such great numbers to search in every one of them, hoping to find any clue, or that miniscule possibility of finding him!
If they wanted to look for him, they would have gone to Japan.
After all, the mysterious faction would probably think he was from some large Japanese faction after setting them up. Perhaps he was trying to deal an indirect blow to the Miyazaki Clan and thus caused trouble twice at the secret base in San Diego?
Since he hadn’t gone deep into the beast world yet, Zhang Che didn’t have to worry about his safety. He had the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon fly at his highest speed, at about a thousand kilometers per hour, for over half an hour before gradually reducing their speed.
Mid-tier exotic beasts were starting to appear in the areas ahead.
Since Zhang Che’s purpose was to raise his beastmaster tier, naturally he wouldn’t go looking for those especially powerful high-tier exotic beasts. As long as the beasts would yield him some soul force points, he would go hunt them.
Moreover, although part of the reason for him to open the Premium House was to have his great-aunt’s family move over to Bei Du to keep his mother company, since the shop went into business, he definitely hoped to profit from it.
In which case, it became necessary to gather more beast cards!
When Zhang Che started hunting those mid-tier low-quality exotic beasts, Zhen Long was chasing after him a few hundred kilometers away.
“Strange, why did that kid go missing all of a sudden?” Zhen Long grew confused.
-That kid’s aerial beast wasn’t flying very fast. I was only a couple dozen kilometers behind him when I started giving chase, and I had my subdued beast fly at top speed all the way; why haven’t I caught up to that brat yet?-
-Could it be that he changed direction and flew somewhere else?-
Zhen Long shook his head, thinking, -It shouldn’t be. From the way he seemed earlier, since he chose to fly in this direction, he must have wanted to directly head deep into the beast world to start hunting. Why would he change direction for no reason and waste his time?-
-Then, the only possibility is that brat didn’t let his flying beast move at top speed from the start. That’s why I didn’t catch up to him all this time.-
Seeing the ever-changing expression on Zhen Long, the leader of the three high-tier beastmaster bodyguards turned to look at him and asked, “Long-shao, do we continue chasing?”
Zhen Long’s eyes narrowed slightly. He nodded deliberately, “Chase! Of course we’re chasing! Once he goes deep into the beast world, that brat would definitely slow down. We’ll catch up to him for sure.”
Zhen Long was right. As he thought, he’d surely catch up to Zhang Che sooner or later. In truth, he had indeed caught up to Zhang Che already!
However, when they saw Zhang Che commanding a group of powerful babies to slaughter mid-tier exotic beasts, they veered off quickly.
It couldn’t be helped; Zhang Che had changed his appearance and build. Even though he was wearing the Seven Star Silver Beetle armor, from the outline of his figure, they weren’t the same person at all.
Moreover, in order to advance to Tier Six as soon as possible, Zhang Che had summoned all his legend-quality subdued beasts and pets. His Original Combat Body-type and Weapon-type beasts added up to eight of them!
In the eyes of Zhen Long and the bodyguards, that person was a genuine high-tier beastmaster!
While avoiding where Zhang Che was, Zhen Long kept criticizing inside, -Is that guy sick in the head or something? He has such a strong group of subdued beasts and yet he’s here hunting mid-tier exotic beasts. How cheap!-
Judging from their auras, that beastmaster’s group of subdued beasts were all legend-quality, except for the armor he was wearing. It was simply even more enviable than someone suddenly striking it rich!
When he thought of how he didn’t have nearly as many legend-quality subdued beasts despite being a descendent of the Zhen family, a wave of jealousy and hatred immediately rose in Zhen Long’s heart.
Even so, this strange person was definitely someone they couldn’t offend. If he misunderstood them, even with the four of them combined, they might not be a match for him!
Moreover, even if they managed to defeat him, they would surely pay a huge price in doing so. Only someone with a damaged brain would do something silly like making an enemy out of an unknown expert.
Zhen Long didn’t think something was wrong with his brain. Moreover, he still had to go chase after that kid surnamed Zhang. How could he waste his time here? So, he immediately went around the area this weird guy was at and continued on.
At this moment, however, a figure suddenly came flying in their direction and quickly landed in Zhen Long’s group and Zhang Che’s view.
That figure was a young beastmaster riding on a flying beast. His body was covered in blood stains, and even the flying beast under him was heavily injured.
When he caught sight of Zhen Long’s group, as well as Zhang Che, who was hunting exotic beasts with a group of powerful subdued beasts, his eyes lit up and yelled out, “Everyone, large amounts of low-tier storage-type exotic beasts have appeared in the Five Poisons Mountain Range a thousand kilometers out. Don’t miss it!”
Zhang Che didn’t pay attention to this man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He had his guard up slightly, directing his babies to narrow the distance between him and the beasts.
On the other hand, Zhen Long couldn’t resist bursting out in laughter, “Do you take us for fools? If large amounts of low-tier storage-type exotic beasts really appeared, would you be so kind as to tell others about it?”
However, that young man gave a distressed smile and said resentfully, “Hehe, of course I wouldn’t spread such information under normal circumstances. How do you guys think I got all these injuries? Haha, I’m not afraid of you mocking me for it, but this was the handicraft of the people from Black Locust Tree Hall. Originally, me and my companions noticed the anomaly at Five Poisons Mountain Range, and just as we were about to harvest those low-tier storage-type exotic beasts, we were discovered by people from the Black Locust Tree Hall, and they drove us away by force.”
Speaking up to this point, two trails of tears rolled down the young man’s cheeks and said with hatred, “Our group, close to ten people, were nearly wiped out by them. Only I barely made it out alive thanks to my flying beast’s speed. Hahahaha, although I can’t take revenge for this, I won’t let them get their hands on the storage-type exotic beasts at the Five Poisons Mountain Range, either! On my way here, I’ve already told this information to every beastmaster I came across. I’m going to rush over to the safety zone as well and let everyone know about this!
“Everyone, excuse me now. I hope you’ll make your way over as soon as possible, or it won’t be easy for you to get more storage-type beast cards when more people come to snatch the exotic beasts!”
After saying that, the young man flew off in the direction of the safety zone on his injured subdued beast.
Zhen Long was stunned. A moment later, he exchanged looks with his three bodyguards.
It would be a lie to say that they weren’t moved. Despite the low drop rates and the small storage space, low-tier storage-type beast cards would definitely raise some waves when put into the market.
Moreover, even if that man was lying, and there were traps ahead, they only had to be more cautious. There was nothing to fear.
Also, it was very easy to determine if that man was lying or not. They just had to keep moving forward to see if there were other beastmasters moving in that direction, and the truth would come to light.
Zhen Long communicated with the three bodyguards with his gaze. Afterwards, the group nodded in unison, and flew off ahead riding on their own flying beasts.
After Zhen Long’s group left, Zhang Che went into deep contemplation with furrowed brows. He recalled his babies with a wave of his hand and mounted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, following along unhurriedly.