Chapter 171: Swallowing Gets Angry

Atop the Golden Pool, all the beasts were prostrating themselves. Surprisingly, the source of their reverence was not a majestic giant beast, but a drab-looking, mysterious small creature.

Zhou Yuan and Luoluo naturally recognized it immediately.

This small creature was none other than Tun Tun, who had disappeared as soon as they entered the Saint Remains Domain!

Faced with this sight, even Zhou Yuan couldn't help but stare in shock, then found himself both amused and bewildered. No one had expected Tun Tun to be hiding here, ruling this place and living such a carefree life.

"You know this small creature?" Compared to Zhou Yuan and Luoluo's astonishment, Zhen Xu's face was grave. Not being an ordinary person, he naturally didn't believe the creature before them was as simple as it seemed. After all, hadn't he seen the other fourth-grade Genesis Beasts treating it with reverence?

Clearly, this small creature was the most formidable Genesis Beast in this place.

"Don't worry, it should be fine now," Zhou Yuan comforted him.

He then raised a hand and waved at Tun Tun.

However, Tun Tun's gaze remained disdainful, completely ignoring his gesture.

Zhen Xu cast a suspicious glance at Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan's mouth twitched slightly in embarrassment, then he let out a scoff. He suddenly slapped his Spatial Bag, and a stack of cured dried meat instantly appeared in his hand.

The moment the dried meat appeared, the small creature's disdainful gaze on the golden peak instantly changed, and with a whoosh, it shot down like a shadow.

Zhou Yuan flipped his palm, and the dried meat vanished.

Tun Tun appeared before him, circled him twice, and roared urgently.

"Still playing coy?" Zhou Yuan sneered.

Tun Tun jumped into Zhou Yuan's arms, sticking out its tongue to lick his face, its beast eyes seemingly showing a hint of flattery.

Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes at it before finally tossing the dried meat its way.

Ignoring Tun Tun, who was engrossed in the delicious dried meat, Zhou Yuan turned around with an unkind gaze, directing a half-smile, half-scowl look at Wu Huang, Ye Ming, and the others, whose expressions were beginning to change.

"How could this be? How is that mysterious small creature connected to him?" Ye Ming's eyes darkened slightly as he spoke.

This scene had exceeded all of their expectations.

Wu Huang's face was also a little ashen. "Zhou Yuan indeed had a small creature with him," he said, "but I never expected it to possess such power, capable of subduing even these fourth-grade Genesis Beasts."

Zhu Ying, Jiang Quan, and the others also gathered closer, their expressions wary. If that small creature commanded these fourth-grade Genesis Beasts to attack them, they would likely have no choice but to turn and flee.

As their faces grew grim, Zhou Yuan cast an ill-intentioned gaze their way and sneered, "You seemed to enjoy chasing them earlier, didn't you?"

Zhou Yuan gently patted Tun Tun's head, then pointed a finger at Wu Huang and Ye Ming. "You heartless creature," he said, "instead of protecting Yaoyao, you've been enjoying yourself here."

"Do you know, these two bastards ganged up on Yaoyao, causing her injury? We still haven't been able to find her."

Tun Tun, who had been engrossed in its dried meat, suddenly stiffened. Ignoring the treat, it let out a rather terrifying low growl from its throat.

Tun Tun possessed extremely high intelligence; it knew its mission was to protect Yaoyao. As Yaoyao's guardian beast, it absolutely could not allow her to suffer any harm, even if it meant sacrificing delicious dried meat.

It raised its head, its beast eyes meeting Zhou Yuan's, seemingly confirming his words.

Zhou Yuan looked into its eyes and slowly nodded.

Tun Tun silently pushed away the dried meat in front of it, then jumped out of Zhou Yuan's arms. Its beast eyes fixed on Wu Huang and Ye Ming, and everyone could feel an astonishing fierce aura erupting from Tun Tun's small body.

Red light swept forth as Tun Tun's body suddenly expanded. In just a few breaths, a mysterious and majestic crimson giant beast appeared before Zhou Yuan and the others.

The giant beast was clad in crimson armor, appearing as if flowing with lava. Between its massive jaws, black light emerged, seemingly capable of devouring all things.

Storm-like Genesis Qi erupted from its body, churning the void.

Sensing Tun Tun's wrath, the dozen or so fourth-grade Genesis Beasts also let out deafening roars, making the entire mountain range seem to tremble.

Wu Huang, Ye Ming, and the others' expressions involuntarily changed; they clearly sensed the violent murderous intent in Tun Tun's roars, directed squarely at them.

"Boom!"

The dozen or so fourth-grade Genesis Beasts suddenly shot down, charging directly at them.

"Retreat!" Ye Ming shouted decisively.

Their figures suddenly retreated with great speed.

"Hehe, trying to leave?" But just as they moved, Luoluo appeared behind them on Little Han. Little Han flapped its wings, immediately unleashing a barrage of ice spikes.

Her attack was instantly torn apart by Wu Huang and the others, but icy powder scattered, seemingly freezing the space and slowing their retreat.

At this moment, the dozen or so Genesis Beasts roared closer, their ferocious attacks overwhelmingly engulfing them.

*Bang! Bang!*

The ground seemed to crack. Wu Huang, Ye Ming, and the others dared not meet the attacks head-on and continuously retreated.

Tun Tun's flame-like crimson eyes locked onto them. Suddenly, its figure transformed into a streak of red light and shot forth.

Wu Huang's pupils suddenly contracted.

Because from the corner of his eye, he saw a crimson figure appear directly behind him. The massive claw suddenly tore downwards, strange black light flickering, instantly rendering its crimson claw black.

Where the massive claw landed, space was forcibly torn into five streaks, and the ground below was ripped into long, smooth, mirror-like cracks by the residual force.

"What a terrifying Genesis Beast!"

Wu Huang's expression was grave. He could feel the astonishing power contained within that beast claw, and the flickering black light seemed to be an extremely domineering force.

He dared not show any contempt, and a thunderous shout erupted from his mouth.

"Lesser Heaven Genesis Art, Golden Crow Sky Seal!"

Abundant Genesis Qi suddenly erupted. With a single-hand seal, fiery red Genesis Qi surged, then converged to form a light seal about several dozen meters in size. Within the seal, a three-legged Golden Crow seemed to erupt with mighty flames.

As this attack was unleashed, the ground within a thousand-zhang radius instantly withered.

The light seal whistled forth, then collided heavily with Tun Tun's enraged beast claw.

*Rumble!*

The entire world seemed to tremble for an instant. Then, a terrifying shockwave erupted, sending everyone nearby tumbling head over heels.

As smoke and dust filled the air, everyone looked on.

They saw the ground torn open with massive cracks. Tun Tun's huge body was sent flying backward, its beast claws leaving deep gouges on the ground.

Its beast claws were somewhat scorched, clearly a result of Wu Huang's attack.

On the opposite side, Wu Huang had slid back over a hundred zhang, his face grim. On his arm, there were five claw marks, deep enough to expose bone, bleeding profusely.

Seeing this, Luoluo couldn't help but widen her beautiful eyes, clearly not expecting Wu Huang to sustain injuries in just a single exchange.

"An enraged Tun Tun is truly terrifying..."