Beast Taming Patrol

"Because..." his smile deepened, "I suddenly feel like seeing Lin Su's face drop from heaven to hell in an instant."

"Would you shut up!" Li Hong roared, striking out once more, but was swiftly repelled by the combined force of three Guardian Beasts, triggering a raging Energy Storm, sending him flying back heavily.

Yet a trace of unwillingness flashed in his eyes.

Indeed, he was struggling.

The two Guardian Beasts he employed in the Guardian Beast Co-operation were a high-tier leader species, the Dark Light Tiger, and a mid-tier sovereign species, the Night Soul Crow.

Together with him in a two-dimensional co-operation, their standard energy value was merely a million, barely meeting the minimum threshold of a sovereign tier sovereign species.

The Guardian Beast Co-operation was strong but could only easily crush the same tier, unable to overturn superior ranks.

Only multidimensional co-operation offered a glimmer of hope.

The moment he saw Han Wang's three Guardian Beasts, he knew he couldn't stop them.

And Xing Yun was already at his last gasp.

Therefore, he had no choice but to employ the front-line battle Forbidden Technique to burst forth immediately.

On one hand, it was to completely halt Han Wang's three Guardian Beasts.

On the other hand, it was to give his team the illusion that he was fine, urging them to escape without further ado.

And now, he too was at his last gasp.

Catching a merciless punch from the Eight-Armed Rock Demon, feeling the ruthless suppression of the Emperor Force Field on him, Li Hong flew back again, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Damn it!

Just a few exchanges and he couldn't hold on anymore…

Indeed, his strength was still far inferior to Xing Yun's.

"Hmph…"

Li Hong grunted again, instantly enveloped by the Emperor Force Field, his thrown body stilled in mid-air as a terrifyingly oppressive force suddenly surged around him, as if intending to crush him outright.

A sequence of bone-cracking sounds rang out, and Li Hong's body limply fell from mid-air to the ground.

He strained to stand, but his bones had shattered under the intense pressure, leaving him powerless.

The excessive blood loss and life-threatening injuries rapidly blurred his vision.

A silhouette appeared within Li Hong's increasingly vague sight.

"Was it worth it, sacrificing yourself for a bunch of losers?" Han Wang pushed up his glasses, his eyes carrying a hint of mockery, "An utterly unnecessary death."

Losers…

Hearing this word he often muttered, Li Hong's heart convulsed heavily; his internal organs had been severely damaged during the battle, and he couldn't even rise.

"Ugh!" Li Hong violently spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of his innards, his face quickly turning ashen.

His lips trembled, as if trying to say something, but his body uncontrollably convulsed with pain, cutting off what little breath he had mustered.

Han Wang stepped closer, glimpsing Li Hong's dying struggles, a trace of disgust flashing in his eyes.

"This is the end," he shook his head slightly, "Green-eyed Black Dragon, finish him! Eight-Armed Rock Demon, let's chase the others!"

A glint of light flashed through the increasingly dull eyes of Li Hong.

His hands, now weakly clenched into fists without him realizing it.

In such a short time, his team probably hadn't gotten far.

No…

He had to hold on a little longer.

Hold on…

Determination flickered in Li Hong's eyes.

He slowly closed his eyes.

In the silent Beast Taming Space, his Telepathy resonated.

"Tiger, how long have we fought together?"

Under telepathy, a dull roar like a tiger's roar came through, "Twelve years."

"Twelve years, huh…"

"You were my first guardian beast and the one who has stayed with me the longest."

"I know, you've always been unhappy, feeling that I favored Little Crow more, giving it most of the resources while you got much less."

"Sorry, I really did do such a messed-up thing, and a beast tamer should not play favorites."

"Little Crow has the potential to evolve into a monarch species, but Dark Light Tiger doesn't have a stable next-stage evolution. In this forsaken border line, the past me only wanted to enhance our power as much as possible, kill more exotic beasts, without considering your feelings."

"Because of this heart knot, the first to reach 100 co-operation index with me wasn't you, but Little Crow, even though you've been with me for a longer time, our bond index has always been stuck at 99 points."

"I'm not a very frank person, so I've always avoided this issue, just trying my best to treat you well, to make up for my initial negligence, thinking progressively to untie this knot for you."

"But now… it seems there's no chance left."

"Old pal… just one last point of bond… could you give me that grace?"

Within the Beast Taming Space, suddenly a sorrowful roar echoed.

In a burst of noise that only Li Hong could hear, he felt a second wave of thought naturally united with his own, freeing itself from the limitation of the synchronization gemstone, appearing in his mind.

"Thank you, old pal…"

Li Hong & Dark Light Tiger.

Bond Index, 100!

…

"Pfft!"

A dragon claw covered in scales pierced through Li Hong's chest, sending blood splattering everywhere.

As the dragon claw was about to withdraw, it was fiercely grasped by a hand, unable to move an inch.

A voice, weak yet incredibly resolute, slowly echoed in the area.

"I say…"

"You…" Han Wang's pupils contracted slightly, "How can you still move?"
Your next chapter is on empire

He watched as the sky-blue Cooperation Light burst forth once more from Li Hong's body, sensing his fear-inducing momentum climbing again, and at that instant, Han Wang completely lost his composure.

"Three… three-dimensional?!" Han Wang's face, previously gentle with a smile, now twisted in terror, "Kill! Kill him!!"

Li Hong's figure grew increasingly enormous, and within the new Cooperative Body that had fused the characteristics of three guardian beasts, it seemed like endless power was converging.

That power suddenly collapsed, like a black hole absorbing all the surrounding energy, forming a massive vortex with a diameter of a hundred meters.

Li Hong's already surging powerful force climbed even higher at this moment.

Climbing, and climbing again!

Doubling, and doubling again!!

In the blink of an eye, the Cooperative Body's normal power value had already soared to the level of a Monarch-class, Emperor species!!!

"You want to self-destruct?!"

Han Wang instantly realized what this abnormal surge in power meant, his expression turning completely terrified as he frantically commanded his beasts to charge forward, instantly recalling his third beast and producing a silvery white gemstone in his hand.

He hesitated for a moment, but didn't immediately crush it, instead letting the Eight-Armed Rock Demon instantly construct countless earthen walls and telekinesis walls, surrounding and protecting him layer by layer.

"Boom!!"

A massive explosion, like the end of the world, suddenly erupted, the walls built by the Eight-Armed Rock Demon collapsing layer by layer, peeling away, turning to dust.

In the original position of Li Hong, a huge mushroom cloud rose upwards, terrifying energy morphed into a rampaging storm instantly sweeping thousands of meters around, the explosion's sound transforming into rolling sound waves, carrying endless shockwaves, surging in all directions.

Li Hong, with regret and apologies in his final words, let the sound waves quickly spread.

As if wanting everyone to hear.

"They are not worthless!"