93: Lord's submission

The three Lord-level Magical Beasts were all sprawled miserably on the ground, covered in wounds, their bodies constantly heaving up and down, proving they were still alive.

The savagery they had shown toward Bai Ye was gone, replaced only by deep dread.

Bai Ye deactivated Sage Mode, and the Vine Armor on his body and the Ragdoll Cat on his shoulder transformed into three streaks of light, reverting to the forms of Xiao Lan and the two Phantom Cats.

He stretched his muscles and bones, feeling that most of the energy inside his body had been consumed.

But his spirit was extraordinarily excited.

Powerful! So powerful!

"How does it feel?"

Bai Ye walked up to the three Lords and looked down into their eyes.

The bodies of the three Lord-level Magical Beasts trembled. They struggled to stand up, but their injuries were too severe, and they failed after several attempts.

"Roar..."

The Obsidian Dragon reacted first. Its massive head drooped heavily, and to prevent its head from being higher than Bai Ye, it forcefully drove it into the ground.

It let out a low whimper.

This was a sign of submission.

In the world of Demonic Beasts, the rules are far simpler and more direct than in human society.

The strong are respected; the defeated submit.

This strange Demonic Beast, which looked very much like a "human," used absolute power to prove who was the boss of this area.

Afterward, the Thunder Eagle also folded its broken wings and lowered its head.

If the opponent had intended to kill it just now, it would already be a cold corpse.

Only the Lightning Lion King continued to stare fiercely at Bai Ye with its pair of Golden Beast Eyes burning with rage.

It didn't have much rationality left; it was mostly acting on instinct now.

"It seems you're still not convinced."

Bai Ye walked up to the Lightning Lion King.

"I'll give you two choices."

Bai Ye held up two fingers.

"Either submit to me like they did, or I'll send you to meet your ancestors right now."

The intelligence of Lord-level Magical Beasts is actually quite high; they can naturally understand most of what humans say.

Furthermore, Psychic Types like the Spirit Eye Cat can even converse with humans at the Elite Rank.

What he needed was a "power bank" species that could stably provide lightning energy.

Not a hidden danger that might stab him in the back at any moment.

The Lightning Lion King let out an unwilling roar, struggling to stand up, electric light flickering through its golden mane.

Bai Ye shook his head, feeling a bit disappointed.

He actually thought the Lightning Lion King was quite handsome.

It looks like he'll be eating lion meat tonight. He wondered how nourishing the meat of a Lord-level Magical Beast would be.

Too lazy to waste words, the abundant lightning on his right fist condensed once more.

Huang Shi, who was hiding not far away, felt his heart rise to his throat.

This was a genuine Lord-level Lightning Lion King.

Killing it just like that would be a terrible waste of resources.

Although he was the one who found Bai Ye, he really had no reason to stop him from killing his own prey.

Also, he was more afraid that if he intervened, the enraged Bai Ye might take him out too.

You must remember that Huang Shi hadn't told Bai Ye earlier that he was the Refiner himself.

In the Lightning Lion King's golden pupils, the approaching fist was reflected.

Just as the fist was about to touch its head, a small white figure suddenly jumped down from Bai Ye's shoulder and landed on the Lightning Lion King's nose.

"Meow?"

Phantom Snow tilted her small head and used her plump paw to lightly tap the Lightning Lion King's nose.

A gentle Spiritual Fluctuation passed along her paw and into the Lightning Lion King's mind.

The Lightning Lion King suddenly opened its eyes. The rage in its pupils was extinguished as if doused by cold water, quickly receding and replaced by confusion.

Bai Ye's fist stopped mid-air. The resulting punch pressure almost blew Phantom Snow away, but Xiao Lan managed to pull her back using a Vine Whip.

He looked at Phantom Snow with some surprise.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Ye asked via Telepathy. He believed Phantom Snow wouldn't suddenly develop sympathy or anything similar.

"Meow... woo..."

Phantom Snow wrinkled her small nose, pointed her paw at the Lightning Lion King's belly, and then pointed at her own head.

She transmitted meanings similar to "pain" and "confusion."

She sensed an abnormal pain within the Lightning Lion King's thoughts.

The pain didn't originate from Bai Ye's attack; it seemed to come from inside its body.

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow and retracted his fist.

He squatted down and carefully examined the Lightning Lion King before him.

During the battle just now, he had indeed felt that this Lion King's power was somewhat off.

Although the power was ferocious, it lacked stamina.

The circulation of energy also seemed very chaotic, completely lacking the control that other Lord-level Magical Beasts should possess.

"Did it eat something unclean?"

Bai Ye muttered to himself.

"illustrated compendium, scan."

[Name]: Lightning Lion King

[attribute]: Thunder

[Rank]: Initial Lord Rank

[Aptitude]: Rare High-Grade

[Skills]: Thunder Roar (High-Grade), Million Volts (High-Grade), Thunder Light Claw (mid-rank)... [Talent]: Heart of the Lion King (Blue)

[Status]: Energy Rampage (Due to consuming a strange-type demonic thunder stone, energy has increased significantly in a short period, but Life Force is rapidly draining. Estimated remaining lifespan: three hundred seventy-two hours.)

[Introduction]: The King of the Eastern Suburb Dangerous Zone. In order to achieve a Breakthrough past its Bottleneck, it took a huge risk and swallowed an extremely rare strange-type demonic thunder stone. While its strength soared, it also overdrawn its own life.

[Recommendation]: The strange-type demonic thunder stone inside its body should be removed as soon as possible, or there is a risk of its body exploding and dying.

Bai Ye looked at the information on the illustrated compendium and suddenly understood.

So it had taken drugs. No wonder its temper was so volatile.

This thing was like a stimulant; it could squeeze out all potential in a short time, but the side effects were equally fatal.

"Consider yourself lucky."

Bai Ye patted the Lightning Lion King's head.

The Lightning Lion King was stunned by his action. As a Demonic Beast living in the wilderness, it clearly sensed that the killing intent emanating from this human had vanished.

Huang Shi was completely baffled.

What's going on?

Why did the fighting stop, and now he's petting it?

Just as he was about to step forward and ask what was happening, a flurry of footsteps came from behind.

"Everyone, be alert!"

Chen Feng arrived at the scene with his Squad.

After much deliberation, he still couldn't abandon those two, so he instructed his subordinates to prepare beast pets capable of Spatial Transfer and rushed over immediately.

If they hadn't been killed by the three Lord-level Magical Beasts yet, they would use the Spatial Transfer to take them along.

When they saw the ruined battlefield before them, and the three Lord-level Magical Beasts sprawled on the ground, they were all petrified on the spot.

Were they too late?

No, did they walk onto the wrong set?

Were these truly the Lord-level Magical Beasts that had forced them into a miserable retreat just moments ago?

After Chen Feng saw the young man squatting in front of the Lightning Lion King, seemingly comforting his own pet cat, he took several deep breaths of the still-foul air.

It could only be said that Chen Feng was indeed a Fourth-Tier Beast Tamer, quickly calming his emotions... NOT!