Chapter Thirty-Three: Beast Tamer

  In the eyes of Tong Ling and Qin Guang, this surging beast tide was like a forest, and the two of them transformed into woodcutters. Tong Ling chopped down trees, while Qin Guang pruned branches.

  Under the cooperation of the two, they actually confronted the surging beast tide. This was a war of attrition, and the number of beasts was decreasing, while the military strength of Tong Ling and Qin Liang was also being consumed.

  Let's see who can outlast whom.

  Tong Ling and Qin Guang were killing each other with great enthusiasm, all of which was being projected onto the viewing platform in the central square of Gudu City by the Shadow Mirror. Seeing those bloody scenes, everyone couldn't help but applaud in their hearts. For Tong Ling's bravery, as well as for Qin Guang's boldness.

  "The commander of the heavenly army is indeed extraordinary, with one person's power, he actually single-handedly resisted this surging beast tide."

  "That's for sure, this title wasn't given to me for nothing."

  "This Qin Lang is not simple, he will definitely become a great talent!"

  "Not bad, at such a young age, he has this sense of responsibility and such ability, this child is no ordinary person."

  "Hmm, if the two of them really consume all of this beast tide, then the harvest from this battle won't be small! Don't forget, Qin Lang is a person from Luoyang City, how many beast crystals will he get?"

  "To get the beast crystal, I have to survive first!"

  Under the watchtower, a flurry of discussions erupted. The people of Luoyang City clenched their fists one by one, looking at everything on the shadow mirror with tense expressions, praying incessantly for Qin Guang in their hearts, not asking him to truly defeat the demon beast, but only hoping he could hold on until County Master arrived.

  On the other side of the stage, a red-faced big man was gloomily looking at everything in the mirror with an expressionless face.

  In the farthest corner of the beast tide, a black figure stood motionless. The black figure wore a black cloak that covered its entire body, as if it had merged with the darkness itself.

  "The commander of the heavenly army is indeed formidable, heh heh heh, but even with you here, today, Qin Lang's life is still mine to decide." The dark figure gazed at the figures clashing in the distance and let out a series of hoarse laughs.

  "Hah! Qin Lang, if you had followed them in their escape, I would have had to put in some extra effort to kill you. But since you've stayed behind by yourself, then it's only your own bad luck."

  A pair of withered arms, like a dry branch, stretched out from the cloak, ten skull-like fingers fluttered in front of his chest, forming mysterious handprints. At the same time, a string of obscure words came out from under the cloak.

  "Rooooaaaar!" The dark figure suddenly let out a long, piercing howl, like a wild beast unleashing wave after wave of roaring cries. As if commanding the beastly tide with an order.

  As the black shadow let out a furious roar, the beast tide also slowed down. It was as if they had gradually slowed down their charging momentum, no longer recklessly charging towards the mountain cave entrance guarded by the commander.

  "It's that voice again!" The leader of the dark path shouted, also noticing the change in the beast tide. He hastily rushed to Qin Lang and shouted: "Qin Lang, come to my side, something is off."

  Qin Huan quickly withdrew and returned to Tong Ling's side, looking at the beast tide, and asked in surprise: "What's going on with these demon beasts? Why aren't they attacking?"

  "I don't know, I suspect that this beast tide is being manipulated." The commander gazed intently at the beast tide, vigilant at all times.

  "Is it being manipulated?" Qin Huan's pupils shrank, startled. If such a beast tide is considered manipulation, what kind of power should the person behind the scenes have?

  "In this world, there is a type of person who from a young age has been in the company of wild beasts. They eat raw meat and drink animal blood, and apart from their human form, they are almost indistinguishable from wild beasts. Some people can even communicate with ferocious beasts. Such individuals are taken in by certain powers, undergo special training, and use special methods to achieve the goal of driving ferocious beasts to fight for them."

  Such people are called beast tamers.

  "Beast Tamer?" Qin Lin heard this term for the first time, and suddenly thought that if a Beast Tamer could make thousands of demonic beasts fight for him, who could be his enemy? As soon as he had this thought, looking at the countless demonic beasts in front of him, Qin Lin's eyes widened.

  "You foolish kid!" Tong Ling seemed to see through Qin Chao's thoughts, and scolded with a smile: "Do you think it's that easy to control the demonic beast? Everything has its limits. A beast tamer can only tame beasts that are within his actual power."

  "How strong is this beast tamer in front of us?"

  "Judging from the individual strength and numbers of these demonic beasts, this beastmaster's power should be about on par with mine." The leader's eyes gradually became sharper, his tone also becoming a bit more solemn.

  "That's good, that's good." Qin Lang let out a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't worse than the commander, he would be fine. Otherwise, he would have to run away.

  "What the hell!" The leader glared at Qin Lang with a cold gaze and growled: "We're in trouble."

  "Huh? What trouble is this?" Qin Lang wondered in his heart, but before he could ask, he was interrupted by a burst of unpleasant laughter.

  "Hahahaha!!!” A hoarse, dry laugh echoed from the midst of the beastly horde. The beasts parted to reveal a figure cloaked in black slowly emerging from their ranks.

  "Ha ha, you're indeed worthy of being the leader of the Heavenly Army! I must say, I'm truly impressed!" Another hoarse voice rang out, this one extremely unpleasant to listen to, like an old, rickety carriage with dry wheels creaking and screeching as it moved.

  "This is the venue of the Gyun County Grand Competition, brother. You're using Beast Driving here, isn't that a bit inappropriate?" The commander gazed at the beast driver and said word by word.

  "Haha, so that's how it is. Then I've been quite wronged." The beastmaster chuckled, without any intention of offending anyone.

  "In that case, I hope you will drive away the demon beast and leave this place. Everything here has been reported back to Gu Yun City, and I, Gu Yun County Master, will arrive soon. If we meet again at that time, it would be a great sin for us."

  "The solitary cloud county master, I indeed cannot afford to offend you. You, this heavenly army commander, for the time being, I also cannot do anything about it."

  "Why don't we just downplay the big deal and make it nothing?" The leader also didn't want to fight with this beastmaster, although he wasn't afraid himself, but at this time there was still Qin Cang by his side.

  "Haha, alright! Lord Tongling, you can leave, but this little brother of yours has to stay behind." The Beastmaster looked at Qin Chuan with a series of dry laughs.

  "Charging at me?" Qin Lang was stunned, as if he didn't believe his own ears. When had he ever offended such a figure? At this moment, the beast group was actually charging at him.

  "Hmph, I knew it wouldn't be that easy." The leader sneered, looking at the beastmaster in front of him with an increasingly solemn expression.

  "Very well, bring it on! I'll blast these fiendish beasts into minced meat, one by one."

  "Your Majesty, your opponent is not these demon beasts." The beastmaster sneered, "Your opponent is me. This little brother here is the one who can handle these demon beasts."

  The beastmaster stepped forward step by step, his hands under the cloak weaving mysterious hand seals as he walked.

  "Qin Lang, this beastmaster is mine to stop. Don't fight the beasts head-on, hurry and escape. Hold on until the young lady of the county arrives." As the beastmaster drew closer, the commander's anxiety grew, and in his current state, he couldn't care less about Qin Lang.

  "Uh... uh... uh..." Looking at the approaching beastmaster, then glancing at this one-eyed red-eyed demon beast, Qin Lang's scalp felt a bit numb.

  "Roar!" The beastmaster let out a loud roar, and the beasts immediately responded with a burst of energy, turning their heads and charging towards Qin Chao in a frenzy. Meanwhile, the beastmaster himself strode forward, meeting the commander head-on.

  "Qin Lang, hurry up!" The commander shouted loudly and joined forces with the beastmaster.

  "This is going to be big." Qin Guang swallowed a mouthful of saliva. However, he took a step out of the cave and did not escape along the cave. Tong Gang led the team to retreat inside the cave, if he escaped along the cave, it would undoubtedly harm them.

  "Lead the way, I'll be careful! I'm retreating first!" Qin Lang roared and took off in a sprint towards the outside of the mountain cave. The beast tide followed closely behind, chasing after Qin Lang all the way.

  As the herd gradually went away, Qin Lang's figure also slowly disappeared from the mirror.

  Gū Yún City Central Plaza.

  "Who is that beast tamer? How dare he come and disrupt the grand competition in our county? How dare he attempt to murder the people of Luoyang City?" Mu Rongfang's anger was uncontrollable. The beast tide that had put Qin Cang in danger was actually manipulated by humans, which was truly despicable. And he could only watch as Qin Cang fell into the beast tide, unable to do anything but sit here helplessly. He could only pray that Qin Cang would be lucky and hold on until County Master arrived.

  The people around the platform were also discussing it, this person was too bold, daring to kill someone under the nose of the Lord of Yunxiao County, which was equivalent to slapping the county lord in front of everyone.

  At the same time, everyone was worried about Qin Lang. Alone and surrounded by a beast tide, this time Qin Lang's luck was running out.

  But looking at the other end of the platform, that red-faced big man, even with his calmness, couldn't help but jump up at this moment. He really didn't expect that he just wanted to quietly get rid of Qin Chuan without anyone knowing, who would have thought it would be such a commotion.

  At this time, Qin Huan was even more wronged than anyone else. He really couldn't understand how he would provoke such a beastmaster to drive these ferocious beasts to surround and attack him.

  "Oh my! You four-legged beasts, why do you follow me? Can't you find your own mother beast to give birth to little beasts and leave me alone?" Qin Lang shouted while running away. However, with only two legs, no matter how fast he ran, he couldn't outrun the four-legged monster.

  Besides, if you take big strides, you'll also worry about whether your pants will split.

  Fortunately, Qin Lang's self-taught escape skills since childhood played a role at this time. In the mountains and forests, Qin Lang turned left and right, dodged and weaved, sometimes jumping over a small ditch, sometimes turning around a big tree, and for a while, he wouldn't be caught up by the beast group.

  "This won't work either." Qin Lang muttered to himself as he fled.