Beast Taming Patrol

"Where did you take it?" Han Wang's smiling face became ever more genial, "Now that's a good question. Of course, I wouldn't possibly bring it back home, would I?"

"It? It's now where it should be."

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"Da~ Da la~"

Humming an unknown tune, Nan Yue Ran stood in the corner of his office, holding a watering can and enthusiastically watering the flowers and plants he loved the most.

As the overall commander on the front line, he needed to synthesize the combat strategies submitted by his many commanders and orchestrate the overall layout in the face of each beast tide, ensuring to minimize casualties in resolving every onslaught.

This was unquestionably a tremendously arduous and taxing task, for no one could know when the beast tides would strike.

Sometimes, strange beasts would attack in the middle of the night, and he would have to muster his spirit and take command at the headquarters at a moment's notice.

Thus, after each battle, he would water the plants as one of his rare leisure activities to relax his tense spirit.

Suddenly, Nan Yue Ran's previously easygoing expression changed.

He sharply turned his gaze in the direction of the Dark Demon Immortal Country.

As an epic Beast Tamer with an eighth-tier Beast Taming Space, Nan Yue Ran could sense the status of his guardian beasts from great distances through the Guardian Beast Contract.

At that moment, he distinctly felt that his fifth guardian beast, whom he had arranged to protect Lin Su in advance, had completely lost contact with the Guardian Beast Contract.

That loss of connection was as if the other party was suddenly taken out of the influence range of his Beast Taming Space, plunging Nan Yue Ran into a profound bafflement.

How could this be...

His brows were tightly knitted.

However, the next moment, he suddenly let out a muffled groan.

As the watering can fell to the ground, Nan Yue Ran, trembling, supported himself against the wall, with countless tiny blood vessels rupturing in the whites of his eyes, rendering his entire sclera a swollen, blood-red hue from pain and congestion.

His expression became one of pain and ferocity as four different voices from within his Beast Taming Space simultaneously let out wails of mourning.

It had perished.

The Shadow Ghost Dragon had perished!

Nan Yue Ran, clutching his forehead ridden with throbbing pain, felt the complete demise of his guardian beast and the backlash caused by the forcible rupture of the Guardian Beast Contract tearing through his Beast Taming Space, his heart filled with shock and incomprehension.

How could this be...

He abruptly stood up straight and once again looked in the direction of the Immortal Country.

Faintly, he seemed to see a pair of abyss-like black eyes, indifferent in their engulfment of all life, that were also gazing at him. A trace of cold mockery swept across those icy eyes.

"Dark!"

"Qilin!"

Nan Yue Ran gritted his teeth and spoke with some difficulty, his bloodshot eyes now harboring a chilly intent to kill and boundless fury.

It was Dark Qilin who had struck!

Apart from Dark Qilin, no being in the Immortal Country could instantly slay an emperor-grade, imperial-species guardian beast!

"I..."

For an instant, Nan Yue Ran clenched his fists, filled with a reckless urge to battle Dark Qilin to the death.

Although it was his fifth guardian beast, the bond between a Beast Tamer and his guardian beast was equally profound; they were battle companions entrusted with each other's lives, and yet it had just perished inexplicably at the hands of Dark Qilin.

"Calm down!" the first guardian beast within his Beast Taming Space quickly spoke, "The Beast Taming Space is still unstable, you can't even manage Guardian Beast Co-operation right now!"

Nan Yue Ran heavily collapsed onto the sofa next to him, fiercely massaging his temples.

The advice from his beast companion quickly calmed him down.

He had to repair his Beast Taming Space as soon as possible to eliminate the backlash from his fifth beast.

As one of the twelve commanders in charge of the combat sequence, tasked with deterring the Dark Kirin through force, his failure in losing a beast companion, resulting in a temporary drop in strength, was a serious dereliction of duty.

After all, if the Dark Kirin broke through the blockade using him as the entry point and invaded the Yanhuang Alliance, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even if he repaired the Beast Taming Space, with his strength lacking one beast companion, he was no match for the Dark Kirin, so the only outcome of a fight to the death would be his own demise and, incidentally, the loss of the entire second combat sequence.

"Damn it!"

Nan Yue Ran bit his teeth, and although the blood in his eyes gradually receded, the fury within them grew even more intense.

Wait, the reserve camp!

His expression froze slightly as he quickly opened the communication system.

A moment later, a figure appeared, "Commander, you... What happened to you?"

"That's not important!" Nan Yue Ran spoke in a deep voice, quickly making arrangements, "You must immediately dispatch two... no, three palace-level fighters, to these coordinates to search for traces of a reserve camp squad!"

He casually marked a location and commanded in a low voice, "With utmost speed!"

"Yes!" The figure at the other end responded, swiftly disconnecting the communication and beginning to act on Nan Yue Ran's instructions.
Experience more on empire

After giving orders, Nan Yue Ran continued to massage his temples heavily, drawing on the strength fed back by the four remaining beast companions in the Beast Taming Space to rapidly repair it, his eyes carrying a touch of sorrow.

Ah Ying...

This was the last beast he had contracted with, and also the one with the most temperamental personality among the five beasts, but to catch up to the strength of the other four, it was always the one that trained the hardest...

Thinking of the times he had spent with Shadow Ghost Dragon, Nan Yue Ran's eyes filled with an even deeper hatred.

Dark Kirin...

Stay calm, I am a commander, I must stay calm!

He took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the fury in his heart.

His fifth beast had been personally slain by the Dark Kirin, who must have known that his Beast Taming Space was temporarily unstable and he wouldn't be able to utilize the Guardian Beast Co-operation.

So, he had to stay his forces for the short term and not give it any opportunities.

The presence of his Shadow Ghost Dragon was still within the sensing range of the Beast Taming Space one second before it was slain by the Dark Kirin the next; this was also highly unusual.

Could it be... a space-related ability?

The power of teleportation by an emperor-level space could certainly do this.

What about Lin Su?

Was he teleported to the Dark Kirin's side, or was he still in the original place?

Nan Yue Ran's movements faltered slightly, a bittersweet expression spreading across his face.

He opened the communication system again, a conflicted look on his face, but he still clenched his teeth and dialed someone's communication.

Looking at the short-haired woman who soon appeared on the screen, calm and composed, Nan Yue Ran started with a wry smile.

"Xiao Nan, I'm sorry."

"Uncle Nan broke the promise he made to you, once again..."