Beast Taming: I Can Bestow Entries-Chapter 58: Walking into a Trap (Please Follow)
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"This is..."
"It is the Thunder Tiger owned by the City Lord roaring. After killing the City Lord, we took control of it and locked it in an iron cage."
"This kind of madness might very well be a curse. Perhaps healing it with a Light Element Spiritual Beast’s purification move or some exorcism moves could work."
Liu Guo’an suggested.
"Ah, exorcism-capable Spiritual Beasts are rare to begin with. There used to be an herbal shop in Golden City, and the shopkeeper Granny Lan had a black demon hound that could perform exorcism. However, when I sent people to find her, she had already disappeared suddenly a week before."
Upon hearing this, Chen Mo felt a chill run down his spine.
This was too much of a coincidence.
The only Spiritual Beast with the ability to exorcise had just disappeared before the disease broke out?
"How about I go take a look at that Thunder Tiger? Perhaps we could help it."
Liu Guo’an considered, then said.
He originally did not want to meddle, but the roar of the beast was too tragic, and in the end, he softened.
"Then... alright, follow me."
Song Qingshan’s eyes flickered with hesitation before he slowly responded.
Soon, under his lead, everyone arrived at a spacious courtyard.
In the center of the courtyard was a large iron cage, inside which was a black and white striped Thunder Tiger. At the moment, its eyes were blood red, filled with violent murderous intent. Its body was as thin as firewood, with patches of fur missing, and some parts even starting to rot.
Seeing the people, the Thunder Tiger began frantically slamming its body against the cage, to no avail. Its body was covered in Spiritual Power Locks, rendering it unable to mobilize any spiritual power.
It looked like symptoms of the "mindless madness" disease.
But it seemed too weak nonetheless.
Chen Mo felt puzzled. Even if the City Lord Mansion couldn’t dispel the curse on this Thunder Tiger, couldn’t they heal its injuries?
And looking at the Thunder Tiger, it seemed it hadn’t eaten for days.
He felt a strange eeriness when he first entered the City Lord Mansion, and now seeing this emaciated Thunder Tiger, the feeling of eeriness intensified.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, the blood in the eyes of the Thunder Tiger dissipated, as if it regained its own consciousness, and it let out an angry roar again.
Chen Mo, who had a Talent for beast language, understood the meaning of the Thunder Tiger’s roar—Run!
Chen Mo was startled, then forcibly calmed himself down and gave Liu Guo’an a look.
"Cough cough, sorry, this Thunder Tiger is beyond saving, we are powerless. Since the transaction is already complete, we will take our leave now."
Liu Guo’an said, preparing to lead the team to escape quickly.
He also had sensed something odd about the City Lord Mansion before, and now seeing Chen Mo’s expression, he immediately understood.
This Deputy City Lord is very suspicious!
Thinking it better to avoid meddling, they decided to leave first!
They were just here to transport goods and didn’t need to get involved in any conspiracy.
If the Deputy City Lord and the bizarre disease ravaging Golden City were really connected, the most important thing now was to report back to the company.
A big company would surely have someone capable to handle it.
In any case, they decided to return and report first.
"Thinking of leaving? Too late."
However, just as the Thunder Team was about to leave, Song Qingshan snorted coldly, and then more than a dozen soldiers armored in cuirass rushed in and surrounded everyone, each accompanied by a Spiritual Beast.
Clearly, these soldiers were all Spirit Masters!
"Thinking you can just leave after capturing my Spiritual Beast, there’s no such cheap deal."
Song Qingshan’s face turned cold, sneering as he spoke.
Earlier, the Thunder Team had encountered the Pale Ghost Bat King at Thunderstorm Mountain. It was his Spiritual Beast!
That very morning, he had ordered the Pale Ghost Bat King to lead a swarm of bats to spread the mindless disease to the nearby area’s Spiritual Beasts, then collect their bodies.
However, not long ago, he suddenly lost "contact" with the Pale Ghost Bat King, and the bat flock did not return.
And the moment Chen Mo and the others entered the City Lord Mansion, Song Qingshan sensed once again that his Spiritual Beast was nearby!
So, he roughly deduced that it was this group of "merchants" who had captured his Pale Ghost Bat King.
Seeing the Deputy City Lord tear his face off, Chen Mo’s heart sank.
Quite unlucky, to have captured someone else’s Spiritual Beast and then brazenly try to negotiate business with them.
They were simply throwing themselves into the net by coming to the City Lord Mansion! Probably the moment they stepped into the City Lord Mansion, Song Qingshan was thinking about how to kill them!
It must have been the flag Sister Yun Shu set before departure that took effect!
"Chirp!" (Don’t worry, I’m here!)
Feeling the tense atmosphere, Xiao Jiu’s expression turned solemn, ready to fight at any moment.
In front of Song Qingshan, a gray complex Summoning Array appeared, and soon, a huge pitch-black spider leg slowly stretched out from the Array.
Following the extension of other spider legs and body, a giant black spider appeared in the courtyard.
Besides its head that featured 8 eyes, every one of its spider legs and body was covered with black and white pupils, giving it an eerie appearance.
This was another one of Song Qingshan’s Spiritual Beasts, the Hundred-eyed Demon Spider.
Chen Mo used the Spirit Master Bracelet to scan its information—
[Spiritual Beast Name: Hundred-eyed Demon Spider]
[Growth Level: Commander 7th Rank]
[Race Level: Leader 9-stage]
[Description: An Evil Spirit Type Spiritual Beast, possesses the ability to devour the souls of living beings. When you lock eyes with the eyes on its body, your soul will be extracted.]
An Evil Spirit Type Spiritual Beast!
The likely culprit spreading the "Heart Loss Disease" is indeed this Hundred-eyed Demon Spider right in front of us!
Liu Guo’an heavily gulped down a mouthful of spirits from his flask, his complexion turning grim.
This Hundred-eyed Demon Spider’s growth level is Commander 7th Rank, a whole 5 ranks higher than his Purple Lightning Corpse!
Although growth level does not represent everything, the enemy’s Spiritual Beasts in terms of quantity and strength far surpass theirs.
If they were to fight, the likelihood of them escaping is extremely low.
"Did you create this strange disease in the city? You killed the City Lord and spread curses to ascend to power?"
Liu Guo’an roughly guessed the cause and effect.
Song Qingshan spread the Heart Loss Disease, killed the City Lord, and then just needed to claim to the panic-stricken citizens of Golden City that he had found the solution to the curse.
He could then naturally assume the role of the City Lord.
"That’s right. Of course, I’m just one of the participants. And this is only one of my goals, the most important actually being the rapid advancement of my Hundred-eyed Demon Spider."
Song Qingshan’s mouth curled up somewhat proudly.
The method of advancement for Evil Spirit Type Spiritual Beasts is rather unique, requiring the absorption of various negative energies, plagues, and deaths—these are the best nourishment for them!
"You’re not afraid of our backing’s vengeance if you kill us?"
While Liu Guo’an was biding time, he was also thinking of a strategy.
"Heh, you think I don’t know your true identities? You are not some big merchants from Yunzhou, but invaders from another world, am I right? You guys simply can’t be exposed! And who doesn’t have a backing behind them?"
Song Qingshan laughed, seemingly enjoying the moment of revealing his machinations publicly.
"3 years ago, Zhou Hong wouldn’t have been able to sit where he is now without your help. I’m just reclaiming what originally belongs to me. Release my Pale Ghost Bat King nicely, and I might leave you a whole corpse."
Watching Song Qingshan behaving arrogantly, Chen Mo by the side, however, thought of a good idea.
Perhaps... it could break the game!
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