Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 667 - 29: The Immortal Monarch Attacks

"Master, did you bring any money? Can we try one more game?"

With her master backing her up, Wu Lingxi was itching to have another go.

"Why gamble?"

Lin Jing glanced at her and said, "Gambling is ten bets and ten losses. Why do you think this casino only allows you to gamble on their beasts? Can't you figure it out?"

"This Red Moon Casino, there's really a beast taming master overseeing it..."

Wu Lingxi fell silent. She had thought the beast fighting was a fair competition, but hearing Lin Jing's words, she was instantly awakened: "Could it be that there is indeed..."

"Yes." Lin Jing spoke, "These beasts seem ordinary, and you can take them back to nurture, but when the casino raises them, they have already imprinted a bloodline mark that is difficult to change. The casino can control their performance in battle far better than you gamblers."

Suddenly, she looked indignant: "A scam, my money! No, I have to go confront them."

Lin Jing stopped her: "Let it go. At least in the matches you lost, I didn't notice any foul play. You really were just too inexperienced; you're not at the level where the casino would bother to rig against you."

Wu Lingxi: ???

"This small place is unregulated. Come with me, and in the future, I'll take you to a more legitimate place in the Immortal Realm for beast fighting!"

"Alright... Master."

After taking this disciple, Lin Jing smiled slightly. Although she didn't seem very smart, with strategic prowess comparable to the Demon Emperor, her aptitude was indeed good. With a little cultivation, she might become a formidable figure.

He, in his third incarnation, could barely manage in such a small place, but was not suited for bigger occasions. Having her taking care of things in the future would lighten the load considerably.

The main thing was that she might be the key to unlocking Wu's ancestral legacy.

........

After finding Wu Lingxi, Lin Jing took her and soared on clouds towards the direction of the Invincible Sect.

However, having left only a few days ago, as they approached the Invincible Sect, Lin Jing vaguely sensed something amiss.

His immortal sense was exceptionally powerful, and from afar he detected a strong pressure enveloping the Invincible Sect's mountain gate, causing him to feel uneasy.

This aura definitely spelled ill intent.

"Lingxi," Lin Jing called to his disciple. Wu Lingxi, beside him, was puzzled and asked, "What's wrong, Master?"

"Does your Invincible Sect, or more precisely, your Wu family, have any enemies?"

Wu Lingxi was taken aback and replied, "Yes, is something happening, Master?"

"A stranger Immortal Monarch has arrived in your Invincible Sect's territory. They don't seem very friendly."

"Really?" Wu Lingxi's expression turned grave: "...My Wu family was not originally in the ancestral land, but was developing in another Immortal City. That city had two rival families, us being one of them, and they were always at odds...

After an incident where our Wu family Immortal Monarch ancestor died, our family fell, and our assets were devoured by the other side. To preserve ourselves, we withdrew from the Immortal City and returned to the ancestral land for development."

"We've already retreated to such a desolate place. Could it be that the Zhang family wants to exterminate us completely?"

Lin Jing sighed, realizing that with great fortune, there was indeed great karma involved. It seemed that easily swallowing the mysterious fortune left by Wu's ancestors was not going to be easy.

"Alright, since they are plotting against your Wu family's legacy, I'll inherit this karma."

With firm resolve, he spoke to Wu Lingxi: "Let's go see who is causing trouble at our Invincible Sect while I'm not around."

"Huh?" Wu Lingxi was startled. Wait a minute, Master, didn't you say the opponent is an Immortal Monarch?!

We're just called Invincible, but an Immortal Monarch is truly unbeatable.

The Invincible Sect's mountain gate.

Within a month, the Invincible Sect faced two incidents.

The first was Lin Jing's inexplicable appearance in the sect, which fortunately resolved the crisis.

The second was the current attack by an Immortal Monarch.

"Ancestor Zhang, Zhang Tianlong." Several Sect Leader Wu's associates recognized this elder, the ancestor of the Zhang family, Wu family's arch-enemy.

Clearly, in the presence of another Immortal Monarch, the two families had declared that they had no further conflict...

Why has the other side still sought them out?

The Sect Protection Array, built by generations of the Invincible Sect, couldn't stop Lin Jing, and naturally failed to stop Zhang Tianlong.

"Senior, the grudges between our two families have been settled, what is this about?"

Facing the domineering intrusion into the Invincible Sect by a cold Zhang Tianlong hovering in the air, the sweating Sect Leader Wu questioned, burning with anger but restrained due to being under someone else's control, and dared not speak more harshly.

"What kind of thing are you to question me?"

Under the mediation of another Immortal Monarch, an old friend of the Wu family's old ancestor, the defeated Wu family withdrew from the Immortal City, and all their industries were taken over by the Zhang family. However, the Zhang family was also prohibited from exterminating them completely.

For a stable acquisition of these industries, coupled with the fact that the remaining Wu family posed no threat, the Zhang family originally agreed.

However, now that the other Immortal Monarch also died unexpectedly, the Zhang family was left with no worries, and naturally sought to eliminate threats to avoid any chance of the Wu family's resurgence.

"You..."

"Enough talk. I heard your Wu family birthed someone with an Immortal Eye Physique. Where is the Immortal Eye person?" At the present, the Wu family is powerless to turn the tides. Zhang Tianlong hadn't acted because he knew the Wu family had birthed an Immortal Eye. That Immortal Eye was a valuable asset for killing and eye snatching, but now, it seems, they are not in the sect.

Better first find out where that Immortal Eye is.

"He's here to snatch the eye. See if you can contact Brother Lin Qi and have him take Lingxi and flee far away." The three Sect Masters communicated telepathically. However, the next moment, their expressions froze, feeling a sense of unease, because in the distance... the Immortal Eye they sought had just returned with Lin Jing.

Above the clouds, Lin Jing looked at Zhang Tianlong, who stood above the Invincible Sect, expressionless.

"Oh? He's back. Seems it's time to act." Zhang Tianlong paid little mind to Lin Jing beside him, considering him merely a True Immortal, entirely different from an Immortal Monarch.

"The Immortal Monarch Third Heaven..." In his third incarnation, Lin Jing sighed again, what a hassle.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, quickly take Lingxi and flee afar. We three will hold this old immortal at bay for you!" Sect Leader Wu's eyes reddened, intending to preserve some of the Wu family bloodline. Lin Jing's expertise in spatial arts was remarkable, perhaps offering a chance to escape.

However, at this moment, Lin Jing shook his head.

"Though I don't know what's happening, old man, I'll give you a chance. Leave now, and I won't kill you." Lin Jing addressed Zhang Tianlong.

"How dare an ant boast so brazenly." Zhang Tianlong's expression turned cold, with a snort transforming into pressure sweeping towards Lin Jing. Seeing this, Wu Lingxi, behind Lin Jing, turned pale.

"What a nuisance." In his third incarnation, he was exasperated. He didn't want to cause trouble, yet trouble was seeking him out.

Against an Immortal Monarch, honestly, relying on his power alone would be difficult to overcome.

This body's cultivation was too low, with few trump cards.

But.

With a mournful cry, in the next instant, a more terrifying Immortal Monarch's power spread out, instantly crushing Zhang Tianlong's momentum as space shattered and a massive immortal bird emerged.

"An Immortal Monarch beast, an Immortal Perception Bird?!" Seeing this, the crowd's faces changed.

Lin Jing came to the Immortal Realm well-prepared this time. What he summoned was the top-grade Immortal Artifact he obtained from the Celestial Emperor's Tomb, the Feather Crown, a Magical Treasure woven from the feathers of generations of Phoenix Clan Immortal Kings, which could command all birds.

When consulting the Way, it could command True Immortal birds, and in the Immortal Realm, it could command Immortal Monarch birds.

This Magical Treasure was initially given to a Celestial Longevity Crane but proved useless in the lower realm, as there were no birds to command. Therefore, it was borrowed back from the Celestial Longevity Crane.

The third incarnation inherited part of the Celestial Longevity Crane's abilities and bloodline, allowing him to barely activate the bird clan genes to use the Feather Crown.

This Immortal Perception Bird was the strongest Immortal avian Lin Jing could sense and summon on his way here.

Bang!!!

The Immortal Monarch Seventh Heaven, belonging to the late-stage Immortal Monarch, the Immortal Perception Bird, cleaved Zhang Tianlong to death with one talon, then slowly landed before Lin Jing.

This scene left everyone staring at Lin Jing in shock.

"Fellow Daoist Lin... you..."

"Master, you, you..."

But only the silent Lin Jing knew that things were far from over.

Though the Immortal Monarch was dealt with, this Immortal Monarch beast could not possibly be wild. He forcefully bewitched it using a top-grade Immortal Artifact, and after this, there would surely be trouble; hence, the Feather Crown was quite troublesome to use.

"I told you, I didn't want to kill you." Lin Jing gazed at Zhang Tianlong's corpse and then at the respectful Immortal Perception Bird before him, feeling a headache. Hopefully, this creature wouldn't have an Immortal King parent behind it.