"No wonder it's so eerie. All the fierce beasts I killed before..."
Chen Shu muttered to himself. He had always felt that the people from the Sacred Beast Association were a bit unusual, but he couldn't pinpoint the exact reason.
A hint of mockery touched the corners of his lips as he murmured:
"Under such a contract, is the human the contracted spirit or is the fierce beast the contracted spirit?"
The people of the Sacred Beast Association were like puppets, willingly giving up everything about themselves to survive.
But was this kind of living truly living...
At this moment, Chen Shu looked at Du Yan's corpse and couldn't help but think of the heroic souls of Longyuan from the past.
Both were figures from hundreds of years ago, essentially beast tamers of the same era.
Yet, they represented two opposing extremes.
One sacrificed himself for humanity, scattering his soul!
The other, to cling to a precarious existence, betrayed humanity and became a running dog for fierce beasts!
"Some people are alive, but in reality, they are already dead."
Chen Shu raised his head, as if seeing the stars again, and murmured:
"Some people are dead, but they live on forever..."
At this moment, he finally understood what Liu Feng had said that day:
Some things are more important than life...
Chen Shu's eyes moved, and he seemed to have gained a deeper understanding of the meaning of life.
He didn't believe he was as great as the heroic souls of Longyuan, but he was certain that he would not become the next member of the Sacred Beast Association...
After a long while,
Chen Shu, with his contracted spirits, headed deeper into the Shark Emperor's territory.
Behind him, a blazing white sun rose, and the dead city completely vanished...
"Time to continue."
Chen Shu licked his lips, regaining his bandit-like demeanor.
However, his thoughts had subtly shifted, and unbeknownst to him, this change would gradually smooth out his path to legend...
The old man once said that to ascend to legend, one needed more than just beast-taming power...
"What a pity, the option hasn't been completed yet..."
At this moment, Chen Shu shook his head, a trace of regret in his eyes.
It wasn't because there were any survivors in that dead city, but because the Sacred Beast Association still existed in the world!
From the information he had obtained from the data room earlier,
The Sacred Beast Association was divided into different factions.
One had pledged allegiance to the Beast Emperor of the new era, while the other had pledged allegiance to the Forbidden Mist Great Fiend...
He was not surprised in the slightest; rather, he felt a sense of sudden realization.
He had encountered a member of the Sacred Beast Association in the forbidden space beneath Sacred Beast Island, which was also when he first obtained a bloodline bead.
At that time, the person's objective was clear: to release the Forbidden Mist Great Fiend within.
Clearly, he belonged to the faction of the Great Fiend within the Sacred Beast Association.
However, it was a pity that the Sacred Beast Association didn't realize that the forbidden space was actually the old man's beast-taming room...
And the action of luring out the Nine-Tailed Fox with the Sky Ruins as bait, intending to kill Chen Shu, was carried out by the faction of the Sacred Beast Association loyal to the new era Beast Emperor.
They didn't care about the life or death of the Great Fiend Nine-Tailed Fox; they only wanted to put Chen Shu and the others to death.
"The other branch of the Sacred Beast Association must be in the Forbidden Mist..."
Chen Shu frowned, a hint of a headache appearing.
The Forbidden Mist itself was a cage, easily leading to disorientation, making it difficult to find the whereabouts of the Sacred Beast Association.
As he pondered,
His contracted spirits were not idle, especially the spatial rabbit, which was diligently searching for the Shark Emperor's treasure...
In less than a day,
Chen Shu successfully found the destination!
If the rabbit could find the sleeping place of ten fierce emperors, the Shark Emperor would naturally not escape the same fate...
To this day, the only thing Chen Shu found troublesome
was the treasure location of the Sky Knight!
Even if he were to go to the Altar of Death now, he probably wouldn't be able to find the slightest clue...
"A mere Beast Emperor like you has so many resources?!"
Chen Shu gazed at the dense resources before him, his mind instantly flooded with excitement.
Ahead lay a massive underground cave in the seabed, adorned with various high-grade resources emitting a captivating aura.
Even with his extensive experience, he couldn't estimate the total value of the resources before him.
The Shark Emperor had ruled the entire Blue Star sea domain for a thousand years, with thousands of异空间 (dimensional spaces) within, making it the wealthiest entity in the visible Blue Star.
The resources it had accumulated were naturally unimaginable.
"I suspect this isn't all of it..."
Chen Shu stroked his chin, sensing that the Shark Emperor must have other treasure locations.
Roar!
At this moment, several roars echoed from outside the cave entrance.
Several top-tier King-level blood sharks gathered. Although they knew they couldn't deal with the human before them, they couldn't stand idly by while the Shark Emperor's treasury was being invaded.
"Rabbit, you continue collecting resources."
Chen Shu patted the rabbit, then took his other four contracted spirits and charged out.
With the enhancement of the berserk potion, Chen Shu's strength had surpassed that of a top-tier King, something the blood sharks couldn't contend with.
As time passed,
The rabbit was having a grand time collecting in the treasury. Having advanced to King-level, its plundering speed alone had increased significantly...
Meanwhile, outside the cave, Chen Shu was engaged in a fierce battle with the fierce beasts.
The leading blood shark was furious, its mind reeling at the sight of a hundred Huskies surrounding its body...
After Chen Shu slew three blood sharks, the fierce beasts decisively retreated...
The Shark Emperor's treasure was important, but their lives were more so...
At this point, the Shark Emperor also received news from the blood sharks, but it could only let out furious roars and nothing more...
If it fled the battlefield now, it would inevitably be held accountable afterward!
Another two days passed,
Chen Shu reluctantly left the Shark Emperor's territory. Thanks to the rabbit's efforts, he found another treasure location of the Shark Emperor.
Even so, he remained convinced that the Shark Emperor still possessed resources, but unfortunately, he couldn't find any more.
With no other choice, Chen Shu didn't waste any more time and directly left the Shark Emperor's territory...
Whoosh—
Chen Shu, riding the Slime, burst out of the deep sea, creating a colossal wave.
"Hmm? The rain... it's getting heavier..."
Chen Shu looked up, seeing the sky as if it had been overturned, with torrential blood rain falling, threatening to engulf the entire Blue Star.
How many more legendary contracted spirits had fallen?
His heart, once filled with excitement, now became heavy. Even with the acquisition of more resources, it couldn't determine the outcome of the legendary war.
"Are we going to lose?"
Chen Shu's expression was solemn as he let the blood rain strike his face.
The blood rain continued to fall, but there were no more world announcements about the killing of Beast Emperors.
At this very moment,
Chen Shu's heart trembled as he looked towards the sky, sensing a legendary fluctuation in the distance.
Clearly, the legendary battle had broken out of the异空间 (dimensional space) once again and returned to the Blue Star.
He frowned and, after a moment of thought, prepared to head towards the legendary battlefield.
Even if they were to lose, he wanted to know the outcome of the war as soon as possible so he could make preparations for what was to come.
Intelligence was indispensable at any time!
Moreover, in the current Beast Emperor restricted zones, he had already visited all except the Altar of Death, making further visits unnecessary.
As for the crisis, the current Fierce Emperors were unlikely to be at their peak, and they might not have the capacity to deal with him...
However, Chen Shu was also prepared to conceal his presence as much as possible. His feud with the fierce beasts was now a matter of life and death...
"You all return to the beast-taming space first."
Chen Shu, deep in thought, intended to recall his other contracted spirits to the beast-taming space, leaving only the spatial rabbit to protect his life.
"Gu ji!"
Little Yellow's large eyes were adorably naive, seemingly worried about Chen Shu's safety, and did not return to the space.
The Husky beside him also barked, indicating its immense strength and readiness to participate in the battle...
"Little Chen, I can't go back to the beast-taming space!"
The little elf took a puff of his cigar and said, "If you get into trouble, this king can rescue you at any time."
Chen Shu stroked his contracted spirits, a smile appearing in his eyes.
He was in a state of human-spirit unity, indistinguishable from his contracted spirits.
As humans and contracted spirits coexisted harmoniously, a lazy, dazed voice rang out:
"Um... Big Cat is hungry..."
"???"
Chen Shu's forehead creased with black lines as he turned to look at the Big Cat King.
He saw that the latter was still oblivious to the situation, patting its plump belly with a pitiful expression...