53: Chapter 53 Shadow Binding

"Playing dumb won't save you. Attack!"

Hearing Chu Xiu's reply, the leading middle-aged man's expression turned cold.

The next moment, a double-headed black snake as thick as a water bucket, covered all over with hard, palm-sized snake scales, appeared in front of him.

Not only him, but the green-robed woman beside him also summoned her own beast.

This was a giant wolf four meters in body length, with a row of towering ice thorns growing on its back and its entire body covered in snow-white fur.

[Double-headed Demon Snake]

[Attributes]: Dark, Poison

[Quality]: Rare

[Level]: Silver 7-Star

[Status]: Minor Injury

[Innate Skills]: Mighty Constriction, Twin Fangs, Shadow Binding

[Evolution Chains]: 2

[First Evolution Chain: Double-headed Demon Snake - Tri-phase Demon Snake - Nether Demon King (Excellent); Evolution Materials: ...]

[Second Evolution Chain: Double-headed Demon Snake - Four-headed Demon Snake - Six-headed Demon Snake - Eight-headed Demon Snake - Nine-headed Snake Sovereign (Legendary); Evolution Materials: ...]

[Description]: A mutated dual-attribute fierce beast with immense potential. Its two heads—one dark and one poisonous—can both attack independently, making it extremely troublesome to deal with.

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[Ice Thorn Wolf]

[Attributes]: Ice

[Quality]: Rare

[Level]: Silver 3-Star

[Status]: Perfect

[Innate Skills]: Ice Armor, Ice Roar Bullet, Frost Blade

[Evolution Chains]: 2

[First Evolution Chain: Ice Thorn Wolf - Ice Thorn Wolf King (Excellent); Evolution Materials: ...]

[Second Evolution Chain: Ice Thorn Wolf - Frigid Demon Wolf - Frost Prison Wolf King (Perfect); Evolution Materials: ...]

[Description]: A powerful predator inhabiting the ice and snow, extremely cunning and skilled at group hunting.

As soon as the two beasts were summoned, Chu Xiu saw through all of their strengths via the system.

"This Double-headed Demon Snake can actually evolve into a Legendary-quality Nine-headed Snake Sovereign. What a pity; such a powerful beast is suffering with the wrong master."

After seeing the attributes of the two beasts, Chu Xiu's gaze lingered on the Double-headed Demon Snake, a hint of regret flashing across his face.

Once a fierce beast was contracted by a Beastmaster, it could no longer be contracted by another Beastmaster. Even if the original master died, the Beast Taming Seed left by the Beastmaster in the beast's sea of consciousness would detonate, dragging the beast into the abyss of death.

Even if he was greatly tempted by this Double-headed Demon Snake, he couldn't make it his own.

"Awooo!"

"Hiss!"

At this moment, the two beasts also roared one after another, releasing their formidable Silver Grade auras in full and launching attacks toward Chu Xiu almost simultaneously.

The Ice Thorn Wolf roared, and cicada wing-thin ice blades rapidly condensed around its body, instantly shooting toward Chu Xiu.

While flying toward Chu Xiu at high speed, the ice blades also spun rapidly, stirring up waves of bone-chilling cold air.

If Chu Xiu were truly hit by these ice blades, it would definitely be hard for him to leave an intact corpse.

Obviously, both the middle-aged man and the green-robed woman had murderous intent.

The moment the two saw Chu Xiu, they had already resolved to finish the fight quickly and must not let Chu Xiu leave alive.

Because Chu Xiu was too young; to possess a Silver Grade beast at such a young age meant he must be the scion of a major family.

Once Chu Xiu was allowed to leave alive this time, they would be in big trouble.

"Roar!"

Just as the two beasts launched their attacks, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion moved.

Facing two Silver Grade beasts whose strength levels were higher than its own, it showed no trace of fear. With a flash of its figure, it directly blocked in front of Chu Xiu, protecting Chu Xiu behind it.

At the same time, a layer of crystal-clear, hard ice appeared on its body—this was precisely the skill Ice Crystal Armor.

Clang, clang, clang, clang...

As soon as the Snow Shadow Battle Lion blocked in front of Chu Xiu, the Ice Thorn Wolf's ice blades landed on its body, striking a series of ringing sounds.

However, under the protection of the Ice Crystal Armor, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion didn't suffer any damage. Those ice blades only chipped away bits of ice debris upon hitting its Ice Crystal Armor.

"Such strong defense! Is this really just a Silver 1-Star beast?"

Seeing that the Ice Thorn Wolf's attack didn't cause any damage to the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, the green-robed woman's pupils suddenly constricted as she exclaimed.

"Hmph, so what if it blocks the Ice Thorn Wolf's attack?!"

Although the leading middle-aged man also wore a shocked expression, he still let out a cold hum.

Right at this moment, a black shadow appeared at the feet of the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, connecting to the shadow beneath its feet.

"Roar!"

The instant the black shadow connected to the Snow Shadow Battle Lion's shadow, the Snow Shadow Battle Lion let out a panicked, low roar, a look of struggle flashing in its eyes.

This was because it found that it could not move a single inch right now, as if a body-immobilization spell had been cast on it.

"This is the Double-headed Demon Snake's Shadow Binding!"

"The Shadow Binding cast by a Silver 7-Star Double-headed Demon Snake is not something a Silver 1-Star Dabai can break free from."

Behind the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, feeling the changes in the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, Chu Xiu immediately analyzed the current situation.

However, there was not the slightest panic on his face.

If he only had the Snow Shadow Battle Lion as his beast, facing the attacks of the Double-headed Demon Snake and the Ice Thorn Wolf would definitely mean certain death, but he didn't!

In his Beast Taming Space, there was also the Dark Blade Mantis whose level had broken through to Silver 6-Star. This was his strongest beast.

Right now, although the opponent's Double-headed Demon Snake controlled the Snow Shadow Battle Lion using Shadow Binding, it was also restrained itself.

This moment was the prime time for the Dark Blade Mantis to strike.

"Xiaodao, it's up to you."

With a thought, the Dark Blade Mantis appeared by his side.

Taking advantage of the Snow Shadow Battle Lion's cover, Chu Xiu lowered his voice and spoke to the Dark Blade Mantis at a very fast pace:

"Since this fellow dares to use the Shadow Binding skill, you will launch a Shadow Strike along the opponent's shadow, thrust forward to the side of that Double-headed Demon Snake, and prioritize executing the opponent's Beastmaster!"

Hearing this, the Dark Blade Mantis understood tacitly.

The next moment, it activated the Shadow Strike skill, instantly transforming into a mass of black shadow and merging into the shadow beneath the Snow Shadow Battle Lion's feet.

With the Dark Blade Mantis's Excellent-quality potential combined with its Silver 6-Star strength level, the Shadow Strike skill it executed raided along the black shadow left on the ground by the Double-headed Demon Snake, making it completely impossible for the Double-headed Demon Snake to detect.

"The opponent's beast has already been controlled by my Double-headed Demon Snake and can no longer move. Sanniang, it's time for your Ice Thorn Wolf to make a move; be sure to kill that kid."

Seeing that his beast had controlled the Snow Shadow Battle Lion, a fierce expression appeared on the middle-aged man's face.

"Leave it to me! Ice Thorn Wolf, charge over!"

Beside them, the green-robed woman chuckled and issued the charge command to the Ice Thorn Wolf.

As long as it bypassed the immobile Snow Shadow Battle Lion, the Ice Thorn Wolf would definitely be able to easily slay Chu Xiu.

"Roar!"

Hearing this, the Ice Thorn Wolf let out a roar, simultaneously sprinting madly toward the direction where Chu Xiu and the Snow Shadow Battle Lion were, fierce light flickering in its eyes as it vowed to tear Chu Xiu to shreds.

However, just as the green-robed woman's command was issued and the Ice Thorn Wolf had only run two steps, a sudden change occurred.