Beast Taming: Slaughter Atlas-Chapter 494 - 438: Rage and Misunderstanding

Today, as usual, Chu Chen was handling military affairs in the camp.

Soon, Zhang Yuyan’s voice came from outside the door.

"I wish to see the Deputy General."

Without waiting for the trusted aide to report, Chu Chen directly said, "Come in, from now on, let Commander Zhang in without reporting."

The trusted aides nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

At this moment, Zhang Yuyan walked in, pretending to salute, "Greetings, Deputy General."

Seeing this, Chu Chen replied in exasperation, "Sit down quickly, you’ve come just to annoy me."

"How could I dare? I’m just here to ask about tonight’s battle orders."

Upon hearing this, Chu Chen frowned slightly and said, "Tonight’s battle is not for you to join. Rest well in the camp."

"Why are we not allowed to join the battle?" Zhang Yuyan asked in a serious tone.

"Don’t be reckless. You just went through a major battle with significant loss. If you join the fight tonight, casualties would rise sharply. I know you’re anxious; your military merits are sufficient. Once you break through to Emperor Level, you can smoothly ascend to the position of Deputy General." Chu Chen softly advised.

Upon hearing these words, Zhang Yuyan’s expression dimmed. She sighed and said quietly, "I understand this too, but I’m just at King Level Seventh Rank, at least a year away from reaching Emperor Level. Besides, the Deputy General positions are full, there’s no room for promotion."

Chu Chen heard this and showed an understanding expression, gently comforting her by rubbing her head, "That’s easy, once you reach Emperor Level, I’ll give up this position to you."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuyan became nervous and quickly asked, "Are you leaving?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "I can’t delay much longer, the Alliance has urged many times."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuyan’s expression turned grim, and after a brief silence, she sighed and said, "I understand, don’t worry, I will take good care of myself."

Just then, Chu Chen’s communication bracelet suddenly made a crisp sound.

Chu Chen quickly checked and found it was a call from Brother Zhu Dashan.

For two years, Chu Chen had contacted him several times to inquire about his family’s situation, but this was the first time the other party reached out to him proactively, suggesting something might have happened at home.

Pondering this, Chu Chen couldn’t help but frown and swiftly tapped the answer button.

"Has something happened at home?" Chu Chen asked quickly.

"Something indeed happened."

With these words, Chu Chen’s expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

"Don’t ask for now, wait until you return. If you’re late, it might be too late."

"What? I’m going back right away, keep them safe." With that, Chu Chen hung up the call and rushed out of the tent.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuyan hastily asked, "Chu Chen, what happened?"

"I have an urgent matter and need to leave for a while. You handle the military affairs." With that, he summoned Unyielding and rushed toward the teleportation array.

Feeling Chu Chen’s anxious mood, Unyielding dared not hesitate and immediately used space traversal to hurry on.

The dragon’s claw waved lightly, and a space fissure appeared in mid-air. The dragon’s body maneuvered and instantly disappeared into the crack.

Chu Chen only felt darkness before his eyes, and then as light returned, he appeared at the teleportation array.

In just a second, Unyielding had crossed thousands of feet.

Celestial Star City had not yet established a teleportation array. To return quickly, the fastest way was to teleport to Golden Radiance City, the nearest to Celestial Star City.

As a white glow flashed, Chu Chen had arrived in Golden Radiance City.

Unyielding did not conceal its form, and its massive body naturally drew the attention of the surrounding people.

"It’s a dragon, uh-oh, we’re under attack."

"Smack"

An old soldier slapped the new recruit on the neck directly.

"What are you yelling about? Didn’t you see someone standing on the dragon’s head?"

"Oh wow, there really is someone standing there, and he’s so young. Just who is this person?" The recruit exclaimed, clutching his neck.

But soon, Chu Chen’s identity was recognized.

"This resembles that prodigious Chu Chen from two years ago."

"What? It’s actually him?"

"You know him? Tell us about him."

"Well, it’s a long story, ..."

Before everyone finished marveling, Unyielding had already torn through space and disappeared from their sight again.

At this moment in the Cyan Dragon Daoist School within Golden Radiance City, Su Jingsong and his daughter Su Lingyun received word half an hour after Chu Chen had left.

"Father, is Chu Chen really back?"

Su Jingsong nodded and replied, "Yes, many people saw him at that time."

"He didn’t contact us on this return, so he’s not specifically here to see us?"

"Probably not. It’s said that he seemed to be in a hurry, so he most likely had important matters."

Hearing this, Su Lingyun immediately showed a disappointed expression.

Su Jingsong sighed as he noticed and said, "Stop overthinking it. Such a genius is beyond our reach."

Hearing this, Su Lingyun’s face turned pale. After a brief silence, she finally spoke, "I’m not overthinking. He is our family’s benefactor. Without him, we would have been suppressed to death by that person."

"I understand. If our benefactor has any requests, I wouldn’t hesitate even if it costs my life. As for Yin Haiping, I will personally kill him."

Unyielding sped incredibly fast, and with just one space traversal, it had shot out of Golden Radiance City and used space traversal again without delay.

About a quarter of an hour later, Unyielding’s Star Power had been completely drained.

Space traversal consumed a significant amount of Star Power, sustaining for a quarter of an hour was possible thanks to the Wind of Recovery and elixir pills.

But its speed was indeed fast, covering in that quarter-hour a distance that would take Shadow Kill several hours of full flight to achieve.

After giving Unyielding another elixir pill, he switched to riding Shadow Kill and continued heading to Celestial Star City.

During the journey, Chu Chen again asked Zhu Dashan what had happened with his parents.

This time, Zhu Dashan did not dare to hide anything and recounted the whole story in detail.

After finding out, Chu Chen was extremely furious. There was no doubt it was the work of Sun Wenshan and others.

However, with his current strength, Chu Chen was no match for Sun Wenshan. As they say, a gentleman’s revenge can wait ten years. For now, the priority was to cure his father’s poison.

The journey that ordinarily took several days, under Chu Chen’s full-speed travel, was completed in just half a day, and he returned to Celestial Star City.

Chu Chen rushed into his home and, seeing his father, emaciated and frail on the sickbed, his eyes turned red with rage, overwhelming anger shattering his rationality.

He raised his hand and directly grabbed Zhu Dashan, asking in a frigid voice, "I told you to protect my parents; is this how you protect them?"

Zhu Dashan’s face turned deathly pale at these words, his voice trembling as he replied, "Lord Divine Son, it is my incompetence, but when I arrived, your father was already poisoned."

Chu Chen was momentarily stunned at his words, as he had arranged for Zhu Dashan to protect his parents shortly after becoming the Divine Son.

Even though he and Sun Wenshan belonged to different factions, the latter shouldn’t have targeted him so early since the formula hadn’t been revealed yet. This incident must have been orchestrated by someone else. Yet, he had not offended anyone upon joining the Alliance, so who could be targeting him? Could it have been Yin Junzhe? After all, he did seize the Space Crystal from him.

However, it wasn’t considered a big deal; given his status, Yin Junzhe could easily procure another Space Crystal shortly.

Chu Chen shook his head, suppressing these thoughts for now. The priority was to discern Zhu Dashan’s position and whether he had been bribed by Sun Wenshan and his associates.

Chu Chen had his reasons to suspect him. Why report earlier or later, only when Father Chu was near death?

Considering this, Chu Chen’s expression turned even colder. Grabbing Zhu Dashan by the neck, he interrogated in an icy voice, "Tell me, why didn’t you inform me about this earlier?"

Before Zhu Dashan could answer, Mrs. Chu interrupted, "This has nothing to do with Dashan; we didn’t let him tell you. Let him go; without him, your father would already be dead."

Chu Chen was taken aback at these words and quickly released Zhu Dashan.

Zhu Dashan immediately knelt before Chu Chen, saying with a face full of guilt, "It is my incompetence; please punish me, Lord Divine Son."

Seeing this, Mrs. Chu quickly helped Zhu Dashan up and recounted the efforts he had made over the past two years.

After discovering Father Chu had been poisoned, Zhu Dashan wanted to notify Chu Chen, but Father and Mrs. Chu threatened their lives to stop him, leaving him no choice but to comply. Subsequently, he utilized his connections to detoxify Father Chu, nearly depleting his lifelong savings.

Moved by these revelations, Chu Chen swiftly slapped himself harshly on the face, apologizing in a remorseful tone, "Brother Zhu, I’m sorry, I was too impulsive just now. I hope you won’t mind."

Zhu Dashan shook his head and said, "It is my incompetence; Lord Divine Son need not apologize."