185: I'm taking my spoils.

Bai Ye turned a deaf ear to Elder Lan Yin's advice.

His eyes were filled only with the desire for spoils of war.

Without turning his head, Bai Ye said righteously.

"I worked hard to drive off the Insect Nest Organization, destroyed a Monarch-level Magical Beast, and saved these people's lives. Isn't it perfectly reasonable to take some spoils of war and compensation for emotional distress?"

The tiangong divine ark had the most valuable items; Zhao Tianyu had invested heavily for this competition.

There were three live Lord-level Magical Beasts on the ship alone, plus several dead Lords.

"infinite, bring that Deep Sea Azure Crystal Crab over here. Don't kill it."

infinite pulled out a giant crab that was trembling in the cabin and placed it steadily on the deck of the whale breaker.

Logically speaking, a Lord-level Magical Beast shouldn't be so timid.

But the disappearance of the Quasi-Monarch Rank creature earlier was too terrifying, and now, in front of Bai Ye, it didn't even dare to move.

This was the first time Elder Lan Yin had encountered such... unique logic.

You defeated the enemy, so the things left behind by the enemy's enemy belong to you?

It felt a bit like banditry, yet she strangely felt that Bai Ye had a point.

"Song San, stop standing around foolishly! Come and help!"

Bai Ye waved at Song San.

Song San was still flustered by the appearance of Elder Lan Yin.

His entire body was frozen in place; he didn't know what to say.

He dreamed of making a good impression on his future mother-in-law.

But in the current situation, he couldn't get a word in.

Hearing Bai Ye's call, he finally felt like he had found a savior and tried to show his usefulness in front of Elder Lan Yin.

"I'm here! What do you need me to do?"

He ran up to Bai Ye, trying hard to look reliable.

"That one is the Initial Lord Rank Thunderous Electric Eel. Its electric organ is priceless and can be used to manufacture Advanced energy weapons. Many warship weapons are made using similar organs."

Song San pointed at a large fish in the ship's water tank, showing off his knowledge.

Bai Ye glanced at him and said:

"I know. You are responsible for picking out all the Elite Rank ones. Don't bother with those whose Rank is too low; they just take up space."

He had already appraised these Demonic Beasts using the illustrated compendium, so he didn't need Song San's lengthy introduction.

"Got it!"

Song San received the task and was full of energy, immediately commanding his beast pet to start sorting the catch on the various ships.

He secretly glanced at Elder Lan Yin out of the corner of his eye, hoping his professional abilities would catch her attention.

Unfortunately, all of Elder Lan Yin's attention was focused on Bai Ye.

She didn't spare Song San a single glance.

"What... what is going on here?"

Lu Yuanshan's mouth twitched as he looked at the mountains of Demonic Beasts piled onto the whale breaker and the deep sea.

Standing beside Elder Lan Yin, he pointed at Bai Ye, who was currently fishing:

"Elder Lan Yin, Student Bai Ye, is he..."

"He says he's collecting spoils of war and compensation for emotional distress."

Elder Lan Yin's tone was somewhat complicated.

Lu Yuanshan stumbled. Already injured by the Eight-Winged Heavenly Spider, he nearly fell off the back of the Azure Luan Phoenix Bird.

He clearly intends to empty out the entire competition's catch!

He took a deep breath and flew onto the deck of the whale breaker.

"Student Bai Ye."

Lu Yuanshan tried his best to make his tone sound amicable.

Many young Beast Tamers dislike interacting with the Beast Tamer Association.

However, since Bai Ye is a member of the Luoxue City Beast Tamer Association, approaching him shouldn't be too difficult.

Bai Ye lifted a Lord-level Giant Turtle with his fishing rod and waved dismissively when he heard the voice.

"Wait a moment. This big guy is quite strong."

Lu Yuanshan: "..."

The Vice President of the Blue-Eyed White Dragon City Association was actually being ignored by a Second-Rank youngster.

But given Bai Ye's merits, let alone ignoring him, even if he ignored the President, the other party wouldn't be able to say much.

Bai Ye was actually quite dissatisfied with the Blue-Eyed White Dragon City Beast Tamer Association.

He had warned them so clearly, yet they still almost allowed the Insect Nest Organization's conspiracy to succeed.

The fact that he was merely choosing to ignore them was already showing restraint.

Lu Yuanshan roughly scanned Bai Ye's points on his terminal; his points were skyrocketing at an unbelievable rate.

But now he could only pretend not to see Bai Ye's actions and rubbed his temples with a headache.

The Mountain-Shaking Earth Dragon snorted two streams of hot air nearby.

'This human is very strong.'

Although he was currently far from being its match, if Bai Ye continued to grow at this speed, he could probably reach its current combat power within five years.

Humans were already able to form contracts with Demonic Beasts, and now several humans with combat power surpassing common Demonic Beasts had appeared.

The status of Demonic Beasts was becoming increasingly precarious.

What?

Its big brother is the beast pet of a Seventh-rank Beastmaster, holding a high status in human society?

Then never mind.

"Student Bai Ye, I think we need to talk."

Only when Bai Ye finally finished "transporting" the last Lord-level Magical Beast from the final ship did Lu Yuanshan find a chance to land in front of him.

Bai Ye clapped the dust off his hands, wiped them on the vine clothing Xiao Lan had manifested, and then looked up.

"President Lu, is there something you need?"

He pointed at the mountains of Demonic Beasts piled on the two ships behind him, looking completely justified.

"The rules don't forbid me from defeating the Insect Nest Organization, nor do the rules forbid me from taking spoils of war from the Insect Nest Organization."

"This..."

Lu Yuanshan was speechless for a moment.

Taking advantage of the moment before Lu Yuanshan could speak, Bai Ye quickly spoke first, spreading his hands and stating with clear logic.

"According to the rules of the battlefield, these are all my spoils of war."

"Furthermore, every one of them is unconscious. If I don't take these Demonic Beasts away, other predators in the sea will smell them and come over, and then nothing will be left."

"I'm helping them safeguard their property. They'll have to thank me when they wake up."

Your method of safeguarding is certainly unique.

You've safeguarded them right onto your own ship.

"Exactly, exactly!"

Song San finally found a chance to interject, rushing over to Elder Lan Yin and speaking passionately.

"Elder Lan Yin, please bear witness for Brother Bai! If it weren't for him, these people would have lost their lives long ago, and they wouldn't care about these Demonic Beasts. Brother Bai is acting righteously!"

As he spoke, he gave a thumbs-up, hoping to leave a good impression on the mother of his future crush.

Elder Lan Yin's mind was filled with Bai Ye's words.

This sea area was indeed dangerous. These unconscious Beast Tamers and their beast pets might truly become prey for other marine Demonic Beasts.

From this perspective, Bai Ye's actions were actually a form of protection.

Wait, no.

Even if Bai Ye hadn't protected them, she and Vice President Lu Yuanshan would have taken these people away anyway.

Elder Lan Yin was startled by her own thought and quickly shook her head to dismiss the idea.