Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 340 - 315: Bounty Hunter

The air was thick with the smell of sulfur, the temperature exceedingly high. The lava surged like turbulent torrents, overflowing from the volcano’s crater, while volcanic ash clouds drifted high in the sky.

The flowing red glow from the volcano intertwined with the billowing smoke at the crater, creating an apocalyptic scene.

A few Little Flame Demons frolicked along the scalding magma lake. Suddenly, one Little Flame Demon, with its flame-tipped tail, lashed at the face of a taller Little Flame Demon, leaving a scar.

In an instant, the tall Little Flame Demon grew furious, conjuring a flaming knife that severed the smaller Little Flame Demon’s tail before stabbing through its body, piercing it completely.

After killing the smaller Little Flame Demon, the tall creature, still unsatisfied, dismembered it, chopping it into eight pieces. Exhausted, it dispelled the flaming knife and sat down to devour its kin’s flesh. The other Little Flame Demons watching were not frightened; instead, they clapped and cheered, joining in on the feast.

The White Spider exclaimed, "Is this the demon pet from the books? Truly as wicked and brutal as described."

Suddenly, some Little Flame Demons noticed Li Cunxu floating in the air. Their eyes lit up with excitement, waving their limbs and hurling Fireballs at him. The Fireballs extinguished within Li Cunxu’s domain after several futile attempts. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

The Little Flame Demon stomped angrily, with a demeanor resembling a spoiled child, baring its sharp, blood-red fangs wide enough to swallow a watermelon, letting out a piercing shout.

The explosive sound awoke Little Flame Demons camouflaged as black rocks throughout the hills, and those slumbering in the lava stirred awake.

The Little Flame Demons looked around, searching for the culprit. They were irritable upon waking and wanted to tear him apart out of anger.

Watching the approaching unfriendly Little Flame Demons, the shrieking one covered its mouth and pointed at Li Cunxu above. The Little Flame Demons turned their gaze skyward.

Upon seeing the non-demon human, Li Cunxu, they cheered enthusiastically, throwing Fireballs into the air. More and more Little Flame Demons noticing him did the same, continuously hurling Fireballs.

Li Cunxu said to Xiaoruan, "The mountains are full of Little Flame Demons. There’s no place for the Slime Army to set foot. Flatten this hill and make room for them."

"Alright."

Xiaoruan didn’t use any bombs, merely unfolded the All Things Domain and awaited the outcome. The numerous Little Flame Demons were crushed into pulp, the domain not only pressing them but also the small hill.

The small hill rapidly descended under the tremendous pressure of the domain’s power.

The hill pressed lower and lower until it turned into an incredibly flat piece of land.

In less than a minute, the small hill was leveled.

The Slime Army entered orderly.

From a distant mountaintop, Ji Manfan, watching through binoculars, was stunned by the flattened hill. Trembling, he inserted a lens into his binoculars.

This lens was a Level Nine tool, the [Appraisal Lens].

It could discern the hidden levels of pet beasts below the King tier.

Seeing Xiaoruan’s level of [Lord Eight] through the lens, Ji Manfan broke out in a cold sweat, dampening his clothes in mere breaths.

"At the Golden Tournament three years ago, Slime was still at Gold Nine, and today it’s a Lord Eight. What kind of monstrous freak is this! Li Cunxu is unbeatable; damn the task, whoever wants it can take it."

Ji Manfan retreated quietly, moving cautiously despite being a considerable distance from Li Cunxu.

"My lord, you must be here for me, right? Why, upon seeing me, do you choose to retreat?"

Hearing a voice behind him, Ji Manfan stiffly turned, seeing Li Cunxu gazing curiously at him.

Ji Manfan’s mind raced as he replied, "I, the native here, don’t understand what you, an outsider, are saying."

Li Cunxu said, "A native? Are you claiming to be a native of a world dominated by demon pets."

Even Ji Manfan found his lie absurd, likening humans living in a demon pet-infested world to chickens residing in a weasel’s den, yet he continued stubbornly defending his claim stubbornly.

"A world taken over by demon pets doesn’t deserve humans?"

Li Cunxu said blandly, "I arrived beside you earlier than you imagined; I overheard your complaint long ago."

"You should’ve said so sooner; I would’ve admitted it earlier," Ji Manfan remarked with a flattering smile.

Suddenly, a black light streaked across the sky, landing six meters away from Li Cunxu.

The newcomer was a person on a black motorcycle.

Shan Feihuai, dressed in hunter’s attire, dismounted from the motorcycle.

"Ji Manfan, lucky you found your target so swiftly, but the prey is mine."

Li Cunxu glanced at Ji Manfan, "Do you know him?"

Ji Manfan quickly explained, "I know him, but only a little bit. We’ve crossed paths a few times at the Bounty Guild."

The Bounty Guild? Could Ji Manfan be a Bounty Hunter? But why would a Bounty Hunter wander into the Thousand-Layered Hour Realm looking for me? This is the Divine Concealment Forbidden Land, a place of no return.

Li Cunxu was puzzled.

Shan Feihuai too seemed puzzled. Why did he sense Ji Manfan was being servile toward Li Cunxu? Surely a mistake, as Ji Manfan was a veteran Lord Beastmaster; why placate Li Cunxu, supposedly a capturing target?

Forget it, no need to dwell on it, capturing the mission target comes first.

Shan Feihuai said, "Li Cunxu, I know you’re a genius and that you have life-saving items from the alliance, but I advise you to surrender. Three thousand Lord Beastmasters have entered the Divine Concealment Forbidden Land to capture you. You can’t escape; eventually your life-saving items will be exhausted. Why not save their use and let me capture you."

"Three thousand Lord Beastmasters to catch me?"

Li Cunxu looked at Ji Manfan, who nodded.

"Yes."

"Why?"

Ji Manfan answered, "Someone posted a bounty at the Bounty Guild; capturing you yields a reward of five batches of King Pills."

The King Pills, allowing the Left Pirate King to become a Fake King, if consumed by an Overlord Nine Beastmaster, would ensure a breakthrough to the King Realm.

Li Cunxu’s confusion persisted, "The King Pills are precious, sure, but this is the Divine Concealment Forbidden Land’s Thousand-Layered Small World. Few can leave. Even becoming a King would mean being stuck here with no escape. How does the King Realm benefit you?"

Ji Manfan said, "We can leave."

"You can leave?"

"The bounty issuer imprinted a kind of tattoo on everyone who accepted the task. Triggering this tattoo allows them to return from the Thousand-Layered Small World to the Divine Lord World."

Li Cunxu said, "Let me see your tattoo."

Ji Manfan quickly rolled up his sleeve, revealing the tattoo.

Li Cunxu gazed upon something familiar again.

He also realized how Ji Manfan and these Bounty Hunters could return to the main world.

The tattoo permitted Ji Manfan to return from the Thousand-Layered Small World to the main world.

It’s because they never truly came to the Thousand-Layered Small World; those who entered were not their real entities but a projection made by the tattoo.

Their true bodies remained in the main world; their so-called return to the main world was merely awakening their real selves.