82: The event was held

Suddenly, a powerful aura locked onto Bai Ye.

A Lord-level Magical Beast!

And it was definitely not an ordinary Initial Lord Rank one!

Bai Ye's heart skipped a beat.

He had long guessed that a place capable of running a black market like this would definitely have a Lord-level beast guarding it.

Without entering Sage Mode, he would probably be at a 70-30 split against a beast that had just entered the Lord-level.

But if it exceeded the Initial Lord Rank... it would be better to leave quickly.

Without hesitation, Bai Ye turned and dashed into a nearby alley.

In a rustic tea room in the black market.

A one-eyed old man named "Black Crow," wearing a black Tang suit and leaning on a dragon-headed cane, was quietly sipping a cup of hot tea.

When the intelligence device at his waist suddenly sounded, his hand holding the teacup shook violently, spilling the scalding tea.

"Who is it that actually disturbed it?"

Black Crow frowned. There was only one Lord-level Magical Beast in the black market, but its strength was far beyond what an Initial Lord Rank could reach.

It had been left behind by one of the forces behind the establishment of the black market.

It would soon be able to advance to a higher level.

Therefore, it usually remained in a deep sleep and would never wake up unless the black market encountered a crisis capable of destroying it.

But now...

Black Crow stood up abruptly, grabbed his dragon-headed cane, and walked quickly out of the tea room.

...

The moment Bai Ye rushed into the alley, he felt a powerful will lock onto him.

"It's not that easy to lock onto me!"

Although Bai Ye was wary of the opponent's strength, he was not a pushover to be toyed with.

He activated the power of the "Myriad Forms Heart Domain" again, actively diving into the kitten-shaped planet, and formed an invisible barrier around his Soul.

The will that had locked onto him was like crashing into an invisible wall and was forcibly bounced away.

Bai Ye maintained his Vine Whip form and moved quickly through the hidden alley.

Meanwhile, the people who had been strolling leisurely on the black market streets began to leave in a hurry, and various shops closed their doors one after another.

"It seems that guy Blood Wolf really got into trouble."

A passing black market merchant whispered.

"I heard a Lord-level Magical Beast broke into Third Street and wiped out Blood Wolf's territory."

"He must be dead; a Lord-level Magical Beast is no joke."

Just then, a series of urgent bells rang from a distance.

"Emergency lockdown, emergency lockdown! Everyone, return to your shops immediately; no loitering allowed!"

The Enforcement Team's loudspeaker echoed throughout the entire underground cavern.

Bai Ye frowned; the black market managers were reacting faster than he had imagined.

Although he hadn't intended to leave normally anyway.

He quickened his pace and moved toward the edge of the black market.

Black Crow walked down the street leaning on his dragon-headed cane. Although Blood Wolf was just a small-timer, Third Street, which he was responsible for, was an important source of income for the black market.

If something major really happened, he would have to take responsibility.

Black Crow headed toward Third Street, and the Enforcement Team members he encountered along the way respectfully saluted him.

"Lord Black Crow."

"Has the situation been clarified?" Black Crow asked.

"It is still under investigation. Supervisor Blood Wolf has been out of contact for over two hours, and the door to the basement where he was located has been blocked by something."

"What about Silver-Horned Scorpion?"

"It has gone back to sleep, but it was indeed awakened by something earlier."

Black Crow nodded and continued walking forward.

Meanwhile, Bai Ye had arrived at the edge of the black market.

The buildings here were noticeably simpler, and now, due to the lockdown order, all the stalls had closed.

Bai Ye found a secluded corner and began to think of a way to escape.

Digging a hole to leave was the simplest method, but it would make too much noise and he would definitely be discovered.

To create a bigger distraction to cover his escape, Bai Ye extended several Vine Whips and quietly infiltrated several nearby Demonic Beast shops.

These shops held all kinds of Demonic Beasts, most of which had owners but had been captured and sold.

"I'll borrow you for a moment," Bai Ye thought to himself.

The Vine Whips precisely destroyed the locks on these cages.

"Awoo!" "Roar!" "Hiss!"

The cries of various Demonic Beasts immediately resonated throughout the area.

Over a hundred captive Demonic Beasts rushed out of the cages, all around the Extraordinary Level.

These Demonic Beasts had not only been imprisoned for too long but had also been forcibly taken away from their Beast Tamers, so they were already filled with rage.

Once they gained their freedom, they immediately began to destroy everything in a frenzy.

"Oh no! There's a Demonic Beast riot!"

"Someone, come quickly!"

Nearby Enforcement Team members heard the commotion and rushed over immediately.

But Bai Ye's actions were not over yet.

"Night Demon Strike."

Dozens of deep purple bats surged from behind him, specifically seeking out the places where Demonic Beasts were held.

Within just half an hour, Demonic Beast riots began to break out all over the black market.

"What is going on?"

"Why are all the cages broken?"

"Control them quickly!"

The Enforcement Team members were exhausted from running around, and many were even ambushed by the Demonic Beasts. The entire black market was plunged into chaos.

However, the captive Demonic Beasts had countermeasures placed on them, so it was only a matter of time before they were suppressed.

It was impossible to take down the black market using only these Extraordinary Level Demonic Beasts.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Bai Ye quietly arrived at an undeveloped corner of the black market.

Finding a relatively hidden rock wall, he extended dozens of Vine Whips simultaneously and began to drill rapidly.

Under his control, the Vine Whips became as hard as steel, rotating to form a huge drill.

"My drill can pierce through the earth!"

The rock was as fragile as tofu in front of the Vine Whip drill.

In just a few minutes, a passage wide enough for one person to pass through was drilled.

While digging, Bai Ye used Telepathy to sense the surroundings.

The Enforcement Team's attention was drawn to the rioting Demonic Beasts, and for the moment, no one noticed this side.

"Clatter!"

Dirt and gravel splashed. Ten minutes later, he successfully dug his way to the surface, and he didn't bother to fill the dirt back in.

The one who left was a plant-type Demonic Beast; what did that have to do with him, a small black market customer?

Bai Ye climbed up the passage, and when he returned to the surface, he looked around.

This seemed to be an abandoned warehouse, and the air was filled with the smell of rust and machine oil.

The warehouse was piled with various discarded mechanical parts, and it looked like no one had been here for a long time.

"Finally out."

Bai Ye dispelled the Vine Whip disguise and returned to his human form, with the humus soil he had swiped from Blood Wolf and a mobile phone piled at his feet.

Now he needed to determine his location and then find a way back to the city.

Bai Ye picked up the phone and turned on the location function.

The phone showed that his current location was in a mountain forest on the outskirts of the city, about thirty kilometers away from the urban area.

"It will take about ten minutes to run back this distance," Bai Ye estimated his travel time.

However, he was not in a hurry now; he had already escaped anyway.

Just as he walked to the warehouse door and prepared to push it open to leave, his steps suddenly stopped.

He took the mobile phone he had swiped from Blood Wolf out of his pocket.

"Almost forgot the main task."

It would be better to wipe out a place like the black market. Since he already knew the location, there was no reason to let it continue to exist.

In the abandoned warehouse, Bai Ye swiped open the screen of Blood Wolf's phone.

The phone didn't have a password set, which saved him quite a bit of trouble.

He flipped through the address book; most of the entries were messy code names, and he couldn't make heads or tails of them.

He looked at the text messages and call logs; they were all code words about black market transactions. It was impossible for the truly useful phone to be carried around.

However, Bai Ye still wrote down the contact information on it.

His purpose was not to dig up some earth-shattering secret from this phone.

He opened the phone's browser and typed in "Luoxue City Beast Tamer Association Official Website."

A simple page appeared on the screen.

In the most prominent position on the website's homepage was a red "Report" button.

Bai Ye clicked on it without hesitation.

An anonymous report window popped up.

After thinking for a moment, he began to type rapidly in the input box.

【Report Content】:

"In the western suburbs of Luoxue City, beneath the abandoned Third Steel Plant, there is a huge illegal black market involving Demonic Beast smuggling, illicit drug trafficking, human experimentation, and various other serious illegal and criminal activities."

"There is a Demonic Beast suspected of being beyond the Lord-level."

"Merit awaits, come quickly!"

The more exaggerated it was, the more the Beast Tamer Association would take it seriously.

After finishing, Bai Ye checked it again, and after confirming that there was no information that would expose his identity, he clicked send.

He immediately took out the phone's SIM card, crushed the phone, and took out the memory device inside.

He used a small Dust Explosion to destroy the evidence.

Having finished the task, he brushed off his clothes, hiding his merit and fame.

Bai Ye brushed the dust off his hands, feeling a sense of relief.

Next, it was up to the Beast Tamer Association.