186: Snow Fusion

“Student Bai Ye, the Association will absolutely not forget your contributions.”

“You prevented a huge disaster, saved Blue-Eyed White Dragon City, and also saved these excellent Beast Tamers. The Association will definitely give you the highest possible reward.”

“As for these Demonic Beasts that are still alive, what do you think... could you not kill them for now? We guarantee to compensate you with alliance coins based on their value.”

Don't underestimate how easily they caught Lord-level Demonic Beasts; in the sea, Lord-level Demonic Beasts are still very precious.

Usually, after a competition, the living Lord-level Demonic Beasts would be released back.

If a contestant was unwilling, they wouldn't be taken away, but the number of Lord-level Demonic Beasts Bai Ye captured this time was truly a bit much.

“Compensation?” Bai Ye raised an eyebrow.

“How much can be compensated? Enough to buy a Demonic Beast egg with King-level Aptitude?”

“Cough, cough...”

Lu Yuanshan choked badly.

A Demonic Beast egg with King-level Aptitude?

Those are things that can't be bought even with money; how could he, a Vice President of a branch, have the authority to promise that?

Even he only had three Demonic Beasts with King-level Aptitude.

“That might be a bit difficult.”

Lu Yuanshan said awkwardly.

“Then that's that.”

“Besides, I'm not such a cruel person. Didn't you see that I tried my best not to kill the Demonic Beasts I caught before?”

Lu Yuanshan was completely helpless.

He wouldn't listen to reason, neither soft nor harsh words worked.

Yet, he was the biggest contributor to this incident; he couldn't be beaten, nor could he be scolded.

However, as long as Bai Ye was willing to spare the Lord-level Demonic Beasts, Lu Yuanshan could accept it.

He could only watch helplessly as the infinite recorded the data of one Lord-level Demonic Beast after another, watching the numbers on the points leaderboard soar.

And also recorded the current status of other contestants into the statistics System.

Finally, when all the “trophies” were tallied, the data on the points leaderboard completely solidified.

【Participant: Bai Ye】

【Current points: 4,888,000】

【Current Ranking: 1】

【Participant: Song San】

【Current points: 100,000】

【Current Ranking: 2】

【Participant: Xu Feng】

【Current points: 40,000】

【Current Ranking: 3】

...Bai Ye's points surpassed the sum of all the points of the following contestants.

Song San had been following Bai Ye, getting a few Lord-level Demonic Beasts, and his points also jumped to second place.

The original top ten had been pushed out of the top ten.

The current third-place contestant was carefully fishing in the Silent Windless Zone, a lucky survivor unaffected by the Insect Tide.

Even with only forty thousand points, he reached third place, easily getting a Super-Tier Skill book.

Xu Feng was dumbfounded to see himself inexplicably surge to third place.

What the heck, did the points statistics System have a bug?

After another half-day, a small contingent of the Beast Tamer Association's troops finally arrived, flying urgently on Lord-level flying Demonic Beasts.

Lu Yuanshan waved his hand, signaling the Association staff following him to begin the aftermath work.

“Yes, Vice President Lu!”

When the rescue team saw this apocalyptic graveyard of ships and the young man leisurely playing with a kitten on the whale breaker, their faces showed the same shocked expression as Lu Yuanshan.

Medical personnel quickly boarded the “ghost ships.”

They performed emergency treatment on the unconscious Beast Tamers.

“No, the insect in his brain is still alive. It's difficult to remove the insect without damaging his brain.”

The leader of the medical team was Captain Liu,

who was a Fifth-Tier Beast Tamer specializing in contracting healing-type Demonic Beasts.

She frowned deeply, with two Lord Intermediate Grade healing-type Demonic Beasts floating beside her.

The two Lord-level Demonic Beasts released extremely pure Life Energy, which permeated into the brain of an unconscious Fifth-Tier Beast Tamer.

high-rank healing Skill, “Spring Rain Nourishes All Things.”

It could treat the most fragile parts of the human body without damaging brain tissue.

The moment the Life Energy touched the insect, the insect, which had been dormant after losing its master, became agitated.

“Ugh ah...”

The unconscious Beast Tamer's facial muscles twisted, and his body twitched uncontrollably.

Unmodulated groans of pain escaped his throat.

“Stop the treatment!”

Captain Liu made a decisive call.

If they continued, before the insect could be removed, the patient's brain would be stirred into a mess by the insect's death throes.

The two Demonic Beasts immediately stopped their Skill, and only then did the patient's twitching barely subside, his face growing even paler.

“Captain Liu, what should we do? This insect reacts too violently to Life Energy; our treatment methods are completely ineffective.”

A member of the medical team asked anxiously.

This was a dead end.

To remove the insect, energy had to be used, but once energy was used, the insect would cause greater harm to the host.

Captain Liu's face was extremely grim. Such a tricky parasite had to be included in the strategy against the Insect Nest Organization.

“What about physical methods?”

“Even less possible. The insect is parasitic in the core area of the brainstem; a surgical knife simply cannot reach it. Forcibly opening the skull would still stimulate the insect, resulting in a one hundred percent mortality rate.”

The rescue team members fell silent. In a professional operating room, there would be a solution for this situation.

Captain Liu could also rely on her rich experience to precisely control the Demonic Beast's Skill to remove the insect.

But even for Captain Liu, healing one person would take a certain amount of time, and others couldn't wait.

Once the insect got hungry, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even though they were a professional medical team, they felt a deep sense of powerlessness in this situation.

“Let me try.”

Everyone turned their heads at the sound, only to see Bai Ye holding a pure black kitten, standing behind them.

“You are... Contestant Bai Ye?”

Captain Liu recognized him; Bai Ye was the biggest contributor to this incident.

“You have a way?”

She looked at him with a skeptical gaze.

Even she, a Fifth-Tier Beast Tamer specializing in healing, was at her wit's end. It was already remarkable that Bai Ye had his current strength.

Could it be that there was an even stronger healing-type Demonic Beast on his ship?

“It's not really a way, just a small trick.”

Bai Ye put the little black kitten he was holding down on the ground and beckoned to Phantom Snow.

Phantom Snow's cat mouth curled slightly, and she walked to his side with graceful steps.

“Meow?” (Is it finally my turn?)

Bai Ye clearly felt the anticipation in Phantom Snow's heart.

Ever since Bai Ye had performed Body Integration separately with Xiao Lan and Xiao Hei, she had always longed to perform Fusion with Bai Ye alone.

The previous few Sage Modes all involved all three beast pets together.

In her opinion, that simply couldn't show her abilities.

“Yes, this time it's just the two of us.”

Bai Ye smiled and rubbed her head.

Under everyone's confused gaze, Bai Ye extended his palm.

“Come on, Phantom Snow.”

“Meow!”

Phantom Snow let out a clear response, transforming into a pure white stream of light and actively merging into Bai Ye's body.

Silver-white form-fitting soft armor covered Bai Ye's body, with smooth lines. The tips of his hair were dyed silver-white, and a small golden crescent moon mark appeared on his forehead. His demeanor changed from a humanoid Vicious Beast to a noble Young Master who had descended to the mortal world.