Beast Taming: Slaughter Atlas-Chapter 550 - 494: Reunion

Chu Chen heard the other’s sarcasm, but his expression remained calm.

This time he wasn’t pretending; he truly had the confidence, as the contract mark in his soul was radiating a brilliant glow.

This was a sign that Lei Yao and the other beasts were about to arrive.

Li Mochen looked at Chu Chen’s confident demeanor, and his face instantly darkened.

He snorted coldly and summoned his Guardian Beast.

A cyan giant dragon appeared within the contract array.

Chu Chen was taken aback at this sight; he never imagined Li Mochen’s Guardian Beast would be a Cyan Dragon.

Judging from the aura emitted by the Cyan Dragon, it had reached the Peak of Fourth Rank at Emperor Level, stronger than Yin Haiping by a margin.

"Capture him for me." Li Mochen commanded coldly, pointing at Chu Chen.

The Cyan Dragon let out a clear dragon roar, and its massive claws reached directly toward Chu Chen.

The Winged Devil Tiger roared, spewing a dark torrent towards the dragon’s claws.

Unfortunately, the gap between them was too vast. The dragon’s claws merely quivered lightly, dispersing the black torrent, causing the Winged Devil Tiger to let out a muffled groan and spew a mouthful of fresh blood.

Watching the dragon’s claws closing in, White Elder and Shi Feng grew anxious, but their Guardian Beasts were only at emperor-level peak and in a weakened state, leaving them unable to intervene.

In contrast, Chu Chen remained remarkably calm from start to finish, merely opening his mouth to say softly, "Return."

At this point, the dragon’s claws were only a step away from Chu Chen.

"Buzz"

A buzzing noise suddenly resonated, and the space in front of Chu Chen began to distort; a robust crimson-gold arm tore through the space, appearing before Chu Chen.

The crimson-gold arm clenched into a fist and punched straight towards the dragon’s claws.

"Boom"

A thunderous sound echoed as the crimson-gold fist collided heavily with the dragon’s claws.

The Cyan Dragon’s massive body flew backward like a kite with its string cut.

Li Mochen’s pupils shrunk drastically upon seeing this; retreat became a tempting thought in his mind.

At this moment, the space in front of Chu Chen completely shattered open.

Eight Star Beasts and a human woman emerged from the space.

"Master, Master..."

The eight beasts called out in unison.

Chu Chen laughed heartily upon hearing them, gently stroking them, and softly soothing their excited emotions.

"Chu Chen, how have you been these past two years?" Su Zixuan asked tremulously.

Chu Chen smiled in response, "I’ve been alright, it’s been nice to take a break, quite a pleasant experience. How have you been during this time?"

"Not well."

Chu Chen frowned slightly upon hearing this, "Did something happen?"

"Oh! It’s a long story, best to resolve the current trouble before we talk." Su Zixuan said before Chu Chen could reply.

Behind them, an eager voice called out.

"Lord Alliance Leader, I’m late to the rescue, please forgive me."

Chu Chen turned to see that the speaker was Leng Junfeng, rushing forward.

Li Mochen watched Leng Junfeng, his complexion turning extremely dark; he wished he could kill him here and now.

If Leng Junfeng had captured Chu Chen in the Soul Suppressing Abyss, there wouldn’t be so much trouble now.

Chu Chen looked at Wang Chengyu beside him and asked with a smile, "Do you want Leng Junfeng dead, or should we spare him?"

Wang Chengyu sighed upon hearing this, "Although I’m not on the same path as this guy, we’ve been colleagues for many years without any enmity. Let’s spare him this time."

Chu Chen nodded in response, "Alright, since you’ve spoken, we’ll spare him once."

"Thank you, sir, for your mercy." Wang Chengyu bowed courteously.

Chu Chen nodded gently, then turned his gaze to White Elder and Shi Feng.

"You’ve fought against the Soul Locking Gang for years, they’re all a bunch of vicious people. Today, let’s send them off, before they continue to harm others." Saying this, he took some Recovery Potion from Su Zixuan and handed it to White Elder.

Unceremoniously, the duo distributed the Recovery Potion.

Having done all this, Chu Chen turned his gaze back to Li Mochen.

"I said if you started this, you must stay today."

Li Mochen’s face turned sour as if water could drip from it; he glowered at Chu Chen and retorted coldly, "Hmph! Arrogant, do you think I’m Yin Haiping?"

Chu Chen shook his head with a smile, "Perhaps two years ago, I wasn’t your match, but now you’re not mine."

Li Mochen’s pupils shrunk drastically; he remembered Chu Chen’s feats clearly from back then. Two years later, his Guardian Beast had broken through to Emperor Level, and even reached the Second Rank. Such a cultivation speed was terrifying.

Li Mochen stood silent, then said to the two beside him, "Let’s attack together, or we’ll really have to stay here today."

Zhang Heng and Wu Jiang both nodded solemnly.

Decisively, they raised their hands and summoned their respective Guardian Beasts.

Zhang Heng’s Guardian Beast was a Vermilion Bird at Emperor-level Second Rank.

Wu Jiang’s Guardian Beast was an Xuanwu at Emperor-level Third Rank.

Lei Yao and the other beasts instinctively wanted to step up for battle, but Chu Chen stopped them.

"Lei Yao, go alone; I want to see how much you’ve grown these past two years. If you dare to slack off, extra training is ahead."

With Chu Chen’s words, Lei Yao growled in protest.

"Master, I haven’t slacked off these past two years."

"Master is biased, I want to show my cultivation results too."

"Yes, I want to as well."

...

Chu Chen hurriedly soothed them, "No rush, I’ll find suitable opponents for you all later."

Looking at the eight Guardian Beasts eager to go into battle, Li Mochen and his companions grew increasingly displeased.

To them, it felt like their faces were being ground into the dirt; after all, they were senior members of the Alliance, the few Emperor-level powerhouses in the Alliance, never had been so humiliated.

"Chu Chen, you’re going too far." Li Mochen shouted angrily.

Chu Chen shrugged and said, "Vice Alliance Leader Li, don’t blame me, I didn’t expect them to be so eager."

"You..."

Li Mochen was infuriated to the point of almost coughing blood.

The reason Chu Chen let Lei Yao engage the three beasts alone was to evaluate its current strength.

As his strongest Guardian Beast, Chu Chen needed to immediately ascertain its specific strength.

Though Li Mochen and his team weren’t strong enough to force out Lei Yao’s full power, he could gauge about seventy to eighty percent.

"Damn, don’t be too smug; today I’ll show you our strength." With that, he commanded the Cyan Dragon to charge forward.

Zhang Heng and Wu Jiang promptly ordered their Guardian Beasts to follow.

"Lei Yao, go." Chu Chen said with a smile.

Confronted by the charging three beasts, Lei Yao’s eyes sparked with battle intent.

It was Lei Yao’s first encounter with worthy opponents since its breakthrough to Emperor Level, and it was eager to test how much its strength had increased.