40: Hiring a killer

"He's Advanced to Awakening-level, yet he still needs to enter the Voodoo Jungle alone to contract his second beast. Is this guy surnamed Su really a scion of a major Family?"

"It seems Su Yuan is just a guy with slightly passable talent."

"If he really had some major background, his Family would have already prepared a suitable beast for him. Why would he need to go to the Voodoo Jungle to contract a beast himself!"

"Since that's the case, let that brat die in the Voodoo Jungle."

"Go arrange some men to enter the Voodoo Jungle. You must take that brat out and ensure he never steps foot out of the Voodoo Jungle again."

"Remember to do it cleanly and don't leave any evidence behind!"

After listening to his subordinate's report, Yang Di immediately said in a low voice to the subordinate beside him.

As he spoke, Yang Di took out an anonymous gold card and handed it to the subordinate.

He wanted Su Yuan to die in the Voodoo Jungle, but he couldn't let his own people do it, so he had to pay for a hit.

"Understood!"

Hearing Yang Di's words, a cold glint flashed in the subordinate's eyes, and he immediately bowed in acknowledgment.

Then, he took the gold card Yang Di had given him and left the room.

"A brat who just Advanced to Awakening-level—no matter how strong your talent is, facing an ambush by multiple high-ranking Awakening-level Beastmasters, you are doomed!"

"Anyone who tries to steal a woman from me, Yang Di, must die!"

Watching his subordinate leave, Yang Di wore a sinister smile and said in a low voice.

Thinking of Su Yuan laughing and chatting intimately with Huangfu Yunzhao, he felt extremely displeased.

Especially since Su Yuan had a handsome face that even he couldn't help but feel inferior to; this made the young master of the Yang Family jealous to the point of madness.

Under Yang Di's secret arrangements, an hour later.

Three figures appeared at the entrance of the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm.

Each of them exuded a powerful aura, and they were all clearly Beastmasters who had reached the ninth Rank of the Awakening-level.

"Boss, we've hit the jackpot this time. The head of a brat who just stepped into the Awakening-level is actually worth a 200 million bounty."

"As long as we finish this job, the bounty will be enough for us three brothers to live comfortably for a year, hahahaha."

The three stood at the entrance of the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm, and a short, stocky, dark-skinned bald man said with a loud laugh.

At the same time, he held a tablet in his hand, which displayed Su Yuan's profile picture.

"Hmph, you guy, your brain is filled with lust."

"With this bounty money, the three of us brothers can fully afford to buy a batch of Beast evolution Materials, allowing our beasts to complete their evolution. By then, advancing to Transcendent-level Beastmasters will be no problem at all."

"As long as we brothers all advance to Transcendent-level Beastmasters, earning money will be much easier than it is now!"

Hearing the short, stocky bald man's words, the tall, bald middle-aged man beside him reached out and gave the stocky one a sharp knock on the head, saying irritably.

"Yes, yes, yes, Boss is right to teach me a lesson. It's me who was short-sighted."

Facing the tall man's reprimand, the stocky bald man didn't get angry at all; instead, he smiled and admitted his short-sightedness.

"Alright, Boss, Third Brother, our target has been in the Voodoo Jungle for almost two hours already. Let's not waste time out here."

"Let's go in early, find that brat, and take him out to avoid any complications."

Hearing the two bickering, the black-haired man beside the tall bald man frowned, looked at the entrance of the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm, and said to the two in a low voice.

"Second Brother is right, let's go in!"

Upon hearing this, the tall bald man nodded immediately, and then led the two of them into the Secret Realm entrance.

The Voodoo Jungle was filled with toxic gas.

Green miasma shrouded the entire Secret Realm.

After entering the Voodoo Jungle, Su Yuan took one of the detox pills Huangfu Yunzhao had given him before traveling through the Secret Realm.

Under the effect of his Heavenly Revelation Divine Eye talent, Su Yuan discovered that throughout the entire Secret Realm, whether it was the flora or the snakes, insects, rats, and ants, everything carried significant toxins within their bodies.

"This place really is a paradise for poisonous creatures; there are toxic things everywhere."

"No wonder this place is called the Voodoo Jungle."

"I just didn't expect that the fire element aura on Xiao Yan would be able to force these toxic miasmas back. Now it seems the detox pill is useless."

"It seems my decision to contract a fire-attribute beast before this was correct."

"If it had been Xiao Xuan or Xiao You in this Voodoo Jungle, I would have had to make them both take detox pills to walk through this Voodoo Jungle."

High above the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm, Su Yuan stood on Xiao Yan's back, letting Xiao Yan carry him as they flew through the air.

Looking at the jungle below, Su Yuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Around Xiao Yan, a dense concentration of fire elements swirled, and the scorching heat burned away all the surrounding toxic miasma.

A non-toxic space several meters wide formed around Xiao Yan.

It was precisely because of this that Su Yuan had expressed such a sentiment just now.

However, what Su Yuan didn't know was that ordinary fire-attribute beasts, even in this Voodoo Jungle, couldn't make the toxic miasma around their bodies disappear.

Xiao Yan being able to disperse the surrounding miasma with the fire elements around its body was not only because Xiao Yan was a high-quality, perfect five-star fire-attribute beast.

It also had a lot to do with the three fourth-Rank Advanced sacred fire fruits it had swallowed in the Molten Volcano Mountains previously.

It was those three fourth-Rank Advanced sacred fire fruits that had enhanced Xiao Yan's flame power, making the fire elements within its body much purer.

This allowed Xiao Yan to disperse the surrounding toxic miasma just by relying on the fire elements surrounding its body.

Whoosh!

Just as Xiao Yan was leisurely flying with Su Yuan above the Voodoo Jungle Secret Realm, passing through a dense forest.

Several dark green vines carrying toxic mist suddenly shot out from the jungle below like octopus tentacles, sweeping toward Su Yuan and Xiao Yan.

Hum!!!

Facing the sudden attack, a spherical crimson flame suddenly rose up around Xiao Yan, enveloping both it and Su Yuan in the center.

It was Xiao Yan's skill, 'Flame Shield'.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The moment the Flame Shield formed, these vines struck against it.

However, these powerful, heavy vine thrusts, capable of shattering steel plates, failed to break Xiao Yan's Flame Shield and were blocked outside.

Not only that, but the scorching high temperature of the Flame Shield also burned these vines, making them sizzle.

Wisps of dark green smoke rose from the contact points between these vines and the Flame Shield.

In the blink of an eye, a large portion of the vines that had been so aggressive just moments ago were burned to charcoal.

Swish, swish, swish—

The sneak attack failed, and they were scorched by the high temperature of the Flame Shield.

These vines, like birds startled by a bow, no longer cared about attacking Su Yuan and Xiao Yan, but quickly retracted.

"Screech!"

Watching the several vines retract, Xiao Yan let out a sharp screech.

It would not let these guys who had snuck up on it in secret off the hook.

Xiao Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, staring at the rapidly retracting vines below, and two scorching crimson beams burst from its eyes, shooting toward the jungle below.