70: Chapter 70: Qin Feng Eliminated!

Within the dense forest, the atmosphere was murderous.

Qin Feng and his underling were initially taken aback.

Once they clearly saw who it was.

Their expressions twisted into cruel mockery.

"Jiang Yun?"

"You came running here to die on your own!"

Qin Feng, now fully aware, reacted with a tone laced with the playful cruelty of a cat toying with a mouse.

Hearing the voice.

He thought it was someone from another school.

But it turned out to be Jiang Yun, whom he wished to eliminate.

His underling immediately pointed at Jiang Yun.

And sneered mockingly:

"Hah! Jiang Yun, are you scared stupid? Looking at you, do you actually think you can fight against Young Master Qin? With your measly Black Iron Eighth Tier little sparrow? You think you can overturn heaven?"

Jiang Yun ignored their taunts completely.

His gaze swept past them towards Zhao Tiezhu, who was covered in wounds, and the Wood Armor Savage Ox beside him, which was panting heavily.

He quickly walked over, helped Zhao Tiezhu up, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Seeing Jiang Yun, Zhao Tiezhu's eyes first showed surprise, then immediately turned to panic.

He lowered his voice, his tone desperate: "Damn it, even if I get eliminated, I won't give the beast cores to these two bastards! You go! Quick!"

However.

Qin Feng and his underling had already coldly encircled them.

Blocking all escape routes.

"Run?"

Qin Feng curled his lips into a cold arc, his eyes sinister.

"Where to? Today, neither of you will leave unscathed! Zhao Tiezhu, you think elimination is the end? I'll make your Wood Armor Savage Ox completely useless! And you, Jiang Yun, that Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow of yours won't live either."

He clearly hated Jiang Yun deeply for making him lose Face publicly before.

Now, relying on their superior strength, he wanted complete revenge.

In his view.

Jiang Yun not immediately summoning his beast was a clear sign of fear and weakness.

Jiang Yun's eyes instantly turned as cold as knives.

He originally just wanted to stop Qin Feng from snatching the beast cores and rescue Zhao Tiezhu.

But Qin Feng's malicious intent to cripple their beasts.

A beast is the foundation of a Beast Tamer; once damaged, it almost means a ruined future.

Such actions have already crossed his bottom line.

How could he possibly leave?

If he left, with Qin Feng's ruthlessness, Zhao Tiezhu's Wood Armor Savage Ox would inevitably suffer.

Without the mysterious nurturing and recovery properties of his Beast Taming Space, the outcome of a beast being seriously injured is extremely tragic.

"It seems you're very confident in your strength."

Jiang Yun slowly raised his head, his gaze calmly sweeping over Qin Feng and his underling. Deep within those eyes, however, seemed to be congealing ice.

"Hahaha!"

The underling roared with laughter upon hearing this: "Jiang Yun, are you trying to scare us? Do you really think you can challenge Young Master Qin? With your Black Iron Eighth Tier little sparrow? Can it even flip the sky?"

Qin Feng also sneered repeatedly.

His eyes filled with disdain and arrogance.

He had always looked down on Jiang Yun.

After all, at school, he repeatedly challenged him to fights, but the other never dared to accept.

In his view, Jiang Yun was just a coward.

Thus.

He was just about to order his Saber-toothed Flame Tiger to attack.

However.

In the next moment.

A heart-palpitating pressure suddenly radiated outwards with Jiang Yun at its center.

This terrifying pressure did not come from Jiang Yun himself.

Instead, it accompanied a clear, piercing cry that cut through the clouds.

A bluish-white streak of light flew out from Jiang Yun's body.

Little Cloud Sparrow instantly appeared, hovering beside him.

The pressure of Bronze First Tier was released without reservation!

"Hmm!"

Also in that instant.

Qin Feng's Saber-toothed Flame Tiger, that originally imposing and snarling Black Iron Ninth Tier Peak beast,

Under this pure level suppression, its legs went weak. Its massive body uncontrollably trembled, and it let out fearful whimpers from its throat.

Involuntarily curling backward, where was even half of its Battle Intent?

The underling's Black Iron Eighth Tier Claw Wolf was even worse. It let out a yelp, tucked its tail between its legs, and hid behind its master, trembling like a leaf.

When they felt that formidable pressure,

And saw Jiang Yun's Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow,

The two who were just swaggering arrogantly

Immediately stiffened!

"What! Br... Bronze First Tier!"

"Th... this is impossible!"

The ferocious smile on Qin Feng's Face instantly froze.

Transforming into extreme shock and disbelief, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

He stared fixedly at the Little Cloud Sparrow beside Jiang Yun, feeling that crystal-clear Bronze Rank aura. His mind went completely blank.

Bronze First Tier Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow?!

Half a month ago, wasn't this Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow only Black Iron Eighth Tier?

How long has it been?

Bronze Rank?!

What a joke!

He, Qin Feng, relying on his Family's resources, after half a year, his Saber-toothed Flame Tiger is only at Black Iron Ninth Tier Peak, still separated from Bronze Rank by that thin, hard-to-cross barrier.

This Jiang Yun... how could he?!

"No! Impossible! It must be fake! Some kind of illusion or special skill!"

"He's bluffing!"

Qin Feng, appearing half-mad, simply could not accept this reality.

He roared at his trembling Saber-toothed Flame Tiger: "Useless! What are you afraid of! It's just a bluff! Attack! Tear it to shreds!"

However, the biological instincts of the Saber-toothed Flame Tiger far exceeded Qin Feng's commands.

The absolute suppression from the hierarchy of life left it without the slightest thought of resistance. No matter how Qin Feng berated it, it just lay on the ground, whimpering and not daring to move.

The underling was so frightened his Face turned ashen; his legs went weak, and he almost collapsed.

He looked at Jiang Yun with eyes full of fear, stammering: "Br... Bronze Rank... Jiang Yun, you... you've been hiding your strength?!"

He now regretted his actions to the core of his being.

Had he known Jiang Yun possessed such a terrifying trump card, he wouldn't have dared provoke him even with a hundred guts!

Zhao Tiezhu, standing to the side, also gaped, dumbfounded, looking at Jiang Yun and the miraculous Little Cloud Sparrow on his shoulder. His brain was about to short-circuit.

He rubbed his eyes hard, confirming he wasn't seeing things, then sharply inhaled: "Holy... shit! Jiang Yun! You... you bastard! Little Cloud Sparrow is already Bronze First Tier?! Hiding it so deep! Even from me! I was worried for nothing just now!"

After the shock, came joy.

Qin Feng, looking at his completely demoralized beast and then at Jiang Yun's calm, icy gaze, finally sobered up from the initial shock and denial.

A bone-chilling cold shot up from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head!

He realized he had probably kicked an iron plate... an iron plate he simply could not budge!

Fear instantly drowned his anger and arrogance.

Family Face, competition slots—all became insignificant in the Face of an absolute power gap.

Now he just wanted to protect his beast, protect himself from elimination!

He didn't want to miss that slot... it was related to the Family's honor... his father's expectations... "Ji... Jiang Yun!"

Qin Feng's voice carried a distinct tremor; the arrogance on his Face vanished, replaced by a pleading expression.

"Misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding! I was blind! The beast cores... yes, the beast cores... we'll give them all to you! Mine and his! Please show mercy, let us go this once! I swear we'll leave immediately and never appear before you again!"

As he spoke, he hurriedly took out all his beast cores from his storage ring.

Then he kicked his petrified underling, who also hastily and tremblingly produced his own beast cores. Together, they held them out to Jiang Yun.

However, Jiang Yun just cast a cold glance at those beast cores, his tone unwavering: "I don't care for your beast cores."

Hearing this.

Qin Feng's heart sank to the abyss.

Jiang Yun's gaze swept over Qin Feng's fear-distorted Face, finally settling on the still trembling Saber-toothed Flame Tiger. His voice was icy as iron: "For someone like you, elimination is too light. You just wanted to cripple Iron Pillar's beast, didn't you? Then you'll personally experience the taste of having your beast severely wounded. You don't deserve to stay in the arena, nor do you deserve a spot at the Beast Tamer Academy."

"No! Jiang Yun! You can't..."

Qin Feng screamed in terror.

But Jiang Yun's mind was made up.

The Little Cloud Sparrow on his shoulder received the command, flapped its wings, and shot forth like lightning, instantly transforming into a bluish-white streak as it pounced straight at the Saber-toothed Flame Tiger!

"Thunder Claw!"

A claw-shadow entwined with wind blades and electric arcs flashed by!

"Roar—!"

The Saber-toothed Flame Tiger let out a wretched and miserable cry. Several deep, bone-exposing wounds appeared on its chest, blood gushed out, and its massive body crashed to the ground, completely losing its combat ability.

The Little Cloud Sparrow's strike was extremely measured, only critically injuring it to disable its fighting capacity without harming its foundation, but recovering would be impossible without paying a huge price.

With his contracted beast critically injured, Qin Feng, whose mind and spirit were linked to it, was struck as if by a heavy blow. His Face turned deathly pale, he spat out a mouthful of blood, collapsed weakly to the ground, his eyes vacant and filled with utter despair.

His contracted beast being seriously injured meant he had lost all his reliance in this perilous assessment area and could die at any moment. Soon, members of the City Defense Team would come to take him away from the competition grounds, eliminating him.

All his ambitions and schemes

at this moment completely turned to naught.

Jiang Yun didn't spare another glance at the despondent Qin Feng. He turned to the underling who had long been scared out of his wits: "Hand over the beast cores on you, then take your master and get lost."

The underling felt as if granted a great pardon.

He hurriedly placed his own beast cores along with Qin Feng's share on the ground, then scrambled to help up the limp Qin Feng and fled the scene in a panic, not even daring to utter a single threatening word... Outside the venue.

In front of the giant light screen.

When the audience saw Jiang Yun severely injuring Qin Feng's contracted beast,

they all shouted with great satisfaction.

"So satisfying! Serves that Qin Feng right for being so arrogant! He wanted to cripple someone else's contracted beast, he totally deserved this!"

"Even though Jiang Yun is a robbery devil, at least he has principles. He doesn't rob from his own school and even stands up for his classmates! This Qin Feng is simply worse than an animal!"

The muscles on He Tiangang's Face twitched.

Obviously, he too hadn't expected such a scoundrel to emerge from his own school.

Beside him,

Shi Pang seized the opportunity to immediately perform.

He immediately spoke in a mocking tone: "Principal He, your school's atmosphere... is truly eye-opening. To actually teach such a villain."

The Principal of Thunderclap Middle School, Lei Lie, also snorted coldly: "Exactly, such character is simply a disgrace to all Beast Tamers!"

He Tiangang's old Face flushed red.

But he couldn't refute anything either.

He had already made up his mind internally.

This Qin Feng!

His conduct is vile!

He'll expel him as soon as they return!

Our Qingquan No. 1 Middle School cannot tolerate such a black sheep!

Meanwhile, down in the crowd,

a middle-aged man sitting in the Qin Family's seats had a Face so gloomy it seemed about to drip water.

He stared fixedly at Jiang Yun's figure on the light screen.

His gaze was icy and bone-chilling.

He coldly squeezed out two words from between his teeth:

"Jiang Yun!"

...Inside the assessment area.

Jiang Yun collected the beast cores on the ground, roughly more than twenty of them.

He walked up to Zhao Tiezhu and patted his still-shocked friend on the shoulder: "It's fine now, let's go."

Zhao Tiezhu finally snapped back to reality.

He threw an arm around Jiang Yun's shoulders, so excited he was incoherent: "Holy crap! Jiang Yun! You're too awesome! Bronze Rank! You brat... you hid it so deep! You didn't even tell me! Not cool! So not cool!"

He said it wasn't cool,

but his Face was full of excitement and pride, as if sharing in the glory.

Then, as if remembering something, he lowered his voice and asked mysteriously: "Hey, I say, your Wind Thunder Cloud Sparrow is already Bronze First Tier. I heard you also have a Fire Dragon Fish. That Fire Dragon Fish of yours... couldn't it also be..."

He winked and raised his eyebrows, his meaning clear.

Jiang Yun smiled but didn't answer directly.

He just responded lightly: "One should always keep a trump card in reserve."

As he spoke,

he casually made a wiping motion at his storage ring.

The next moment, forty to fifty beast cores, shimmering with various colors, appeared in his arms. Most of them pulsed with intense energy fluctuations, clearly Black Iron Eighth or Ninth Tier.

These... were naturally part of his previous diligent robbery spoils.

"Old Zhao, take these."

Jiang Yun handed the beast cores over: "With these, securing a spot in the top ten shouldn't be a problem for you."

Zhao Tiezhu was startled at the sight and hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no! This is too much! Jiang Yun, what about you? You need the tournament spot too!"

Jiang Yun didn't argue.

He stuffed the beast cores into Zhao Tiezhu's hands and said with a smile: "Don't worry. I have my plans. I still have over a hundred left on me."

"O...over a hundred?!"

Zhao Tiezhu's eyes instantly widened larger than bronze bells, his voice cracking. The hand holding the beast cores trembled slightly.

Over a hundred beast cores, how many points was that?

If they were all eighth or ninth tier cores!

That would be nearly a thousand points, right?!

He felt as if he were dreaming!

What had Jiang Yun done?

This speed of collecting beast cores was terrifying!

This enormous number once again delivered a powerful shock effect to Zhao Tiezhu. He looked at Jiang Yun, his eyes filled with admiration and disbelief.

Unknowingly, his brother had already grown to a level he could only look up to!

"So, take them with peace of mind."

Jiang Yun patted his shoulder: "This is still far from enough."

Zhao Tiezhu hadn't yet recovered from the shock of "over a hundred." He asked reflexively: "Still not enough? What do you plan to do?"

A meaningful smile curled at the corner of Jiang Yun's mouth. His gaze turned towards the depths of the forest, his tone calm yet carrying an unshakable confidence: "Next, I plan to go meet Xiao Yutian and Lin Kuo. After I rob theirs, I'll give you some more."

"Pfft—!"

Zhao Tiezhu nearly choked on his own saliva, his eyeballs practically popping out.

He stammered: "Rob... rob Xiao Yutian and Lin Kuo?! You... you're crazy?! They're both Bronze Rank! And they definitely have plenty of followers and underlings!"

Jiang Yun just smiled, offering no further explanation. Yet, the confidence in his eyes inexplicably calmed Zhao Tiezhu, stirring up an indescribable surge of excitement within him.

His brother was about to poke a hole in the heavens!