Chapter 733: Sad Brother Yu

A flying spirit beast at the seventh level of the Cultivation realm arrived in front of the thatched hut and stopped. Its wings folded back, stirring up countless snowflakes.

"Roar!"

Standing upright, the flying spirit beast roared.

Any other beast tamer would certainly not have understood what the beast was saying, but Zhang Xuan, proficient in ancient beast language, could fully comprehend the conversation.

"My lord, I have followed your instructions and trapped those master teachers! Two to three hundred at the minimum, over a thousand at the maximum. They cannot escape for now, and most of them are already injured!" the flying spirit beast said.

When a spirit beast reaches the Cultivation realm, its intelligence is no weaker than a human's. Although they cannot set up formations or forge weapons like humans, they possess their own thoughts and can follow commands. Just like Zhang Xuan's current pet, the Violetwing Heavenly Ferocious Beast, it was willing to wait fifty years for the Dragon-Rock Beast, and even frequently caused trouble for the Beast Hall of the Illusion Feather Empire, demonstrating its intelligence.

"They are indeed besieging the master teachers!"

Hearing the flying spirit beast's words, Zhang Xuan's face turned ashen.

This beast, already at the seventh level of the Cultivation realm and capable of flight, if it truly attacked, those master teachers would indeed be defenseless! Ten out of ten of those who came for the assessment were at the peak of the Turbid Clear realm. Even if some had reached the Spirit Unification realm, they would absolutely be no match for a creature of this strength! What's more, it also commanded countless fierce and malevolent spirit beasts!

Two to three hundred at the minimum, over a thousand at the maximum. It seemed that the master teachers he had saved were only a small portion; there must be many more master teachers who had fallen into the enemy's trap. Besieging master teachers, these two creatures dared to target the new students of the Master Teacher Academy. They probably had an unusual connection with the Otherworldly Demons.

"Well done!"

The Violet Sun Beast in the thatched hut stood up, swayed its body, and walked out of the hut. On its grayish-green skin, thick hairs bristled. Although it didn't release its cultivation, it gave off a surging feeling, as if its strength was like an abyss, making it impossible to discern its true depth.

"Eye of Insight!"

Ripples circulated in his eyes. Zhang Xuan wanted to see the creature's specific cultivation level but found nothing.

"Can't see through it? Could it be... the ninth level of the Cultivation realm, or even... beyond that?"

Although Zhang Xuan's current strength was only at the peak of the Bridging Heaven realm, his combat power was already comparable to the early stage of the eighth level of the Cultivation realm. He could see through spirit beasts of that level with a glance, and even those at the ninth level. Yet the one before him stood unmoving like a great mountain. It couldn't be just a spirit beast at the ninth level of the Cultivation realm, or perhaps... it had surpassed that!

Beyond the ninth level was the Half-Saint realm! A spirit beast of this level could already be called a Saint Beast. No wonder he had never heard of such a high-level creature; a low-level Beast Hall like that in the Illusion Feather Empire was not qualified to record it.

Shocked, a slight ripple appeared in his Eye of Insight, immediately catching the Violet Sun Beast's attention, which turned its head. He quickly stopped observing. Zhang Xuan sealed all his acupoints. Even if it wasn't a Half-Saint level Saint Beast, reaching the eighth level of the Cultivation realm, it was still not something his current strength could contend with! His Heavenly Dao True Qi was exceptionally pure. Combined with his control over his physical body, when he remained still, he was like a corpse, undetectable even by a Saint.

The Violet Sun Beast glanced over, seemingly finding nothing, and then ignored it, looking at the flying spirit beast in front of it.

"Have any master teachers discovered anything?" the Violet Sun Beast continued to ask.

"No one has discovered anything," the flying spirit beast said, "but the two hundred master teachers trapped in the 'Line of Sky' were rescued, and..." The flying spirit beast seemed to disbelieve its own words as it spoke.

"And what?" The Violet Sun Beast looked over, radiating an imposing aura without anger. The weather above the mountain peak seemed to darken.

"It's a Saint Beast!"

Zhang Xuan's eyebrows twitched. Although he didn't look again, he had once felt this kind of pressure and aura from Elder Mi. It had definitely reached the Saint realm, not Half-Saint or Sub-Saint! A genuine Saint!

A Saint-level spirit beast preparing to deal with numerous new students... Cold sweat immediately broke out on his back! With such strength, if it truly attacked, all the new students combined would probably be no match. What's more, these new students came from all corners of the world and were not united at all.

"Furthermore, those spirit beasts have severed their connection with me, as if... they have betrayed us!" the flying spirit beast hastily said.

"Severed their connection? How dare they betray me..." The Violet Sun Beast narrowed its eyes. "Which spirit beasts were they? Once this matter is over, I'll give them a good lesson!"

"The Greenback Barbarian Bear, the Iron-Tooth Leopard, the Yellow Southern Tiger, the Golden-Armed Iron Ape... these, and also... the Thousand-Ant Queen Bee, have lost contact!" the flying spirit beast continued.

"Lost contact? What do you mean? Have you investigated?" The Violet Sun Beast looked over. The Thousand-Ant Queen Bee was its source of information. If it was missing, even as a Saint Beast, it couldn't cover the entire Thunderous Far Peak with its spirit to know the movements of numerous master teachers.

"I'm afraid it was killed by someone!" The flying spirit beast roared in its tone: "When I lost contact with the Queen Bee, I specifically flew to its cave entrance, and saw two master teachers furtively gathering Beast Scale Incense..."

"Beast Scale Incense? This item has a dizzying effect; could they be planning to attack the Queen Bee?" The Violet Sun Beast fumed with rage.

"It seems so," the flying spirit beast quickly explained. "After I knocked out those two fellows, I searched the cave. There were traces of a battle inside, but the Queen Bee was nowhere to be seen. So, in a fit of rage, I took their storage rings! I am a spirit beast and cannot cultivate true qi, so I cannot investigate. I'm not sure if the Queen Bee was captured or killed by them!"

After speaking, it shook its massive hoof-like claw, and two storage rings flew towards the Violet Sun Beast.

To activate a storage ring, one must first kill its owner and then use true qi to open it. This flying spirit beast had not killed Feng Wu and that 'Brother Yu,' and furthermore, it had no true qi in its body, so it naturally couldn't open them.

"Let me see!"

As a Saint Beast, the Violet Sun Beast possessed many methods. What other spirit beasts couldn't open was nothing to it. It took the rings and stroked them with its massive hoof-like claw. Immediately, a powerful soul entered them.

After looking for a while, it shook its head: "The Thousand-Ant Queen Bee isn't inside, nor is its core. It probably escaped; go look for it again!"

"Yes!" Hearing that its companion was fine, the flying spirit beast breathed a sigh of relief.

As the soul imprints on the storage rings were forcefully erased here, two figures lying on the mountainside simultaneously spat out blood and woke up. These were 'Brother Yu' and Feng Wu, who had been knocked out by the flying spirit beast. With their soul imprints forcefully erased, even they felt their heads splitting and had suffered internal injuries.

"Our clothes... our storage rings..."

Looking down, both of them were on the verge of madness. The flying spirit beast, fearing they might be hiding other rings, had even stripped them of their clothes. Now, not only were they without supplies, but they were also stark naked, without a single piece of clothing.

"What in the world happened?" They had come to capture spirit beasts, but ended up stripped naked and left here by a spirit beast, and their storage rings were stolen. Can anyone tell us what happened? Could it be... that this spirit beast not only robbed them but also intended to violate them? They quickly looked down and found that they didn't seem to have been violated. Only then did they breathe a sigh of relief, tears simultaneously streaming down their faces.

They had previously sworn to compete with Zhang Xuan, but now, having ended up like this, what was there to compete about?! Let alone competing, if they didn't quickly find and hunt spirit beasts, they wouldn't even get a single point and might not be able to pass the assessment! What a mess!

Other master teachers who came collected countless beast hides, bones, and even cores, while they had lost even their storage rings and clothes, truly stripped clean... Fortunately, no one saw them. Otherwise, there would be no need for the assessment; they would die of shame.

Standing up, 'Brother Yu' hastily found a leaf to cover his private parts. Only then did he speak with a face full of indignation: "Let's go find spirit beasts now, figure out how to kill them, and then make some clothes... First, let's figure out how to get some points!"

"Okay!" Feng Wu nodded hastily.

The most urgent task was to quickly find something to wear. Otherwise, running naked through the mountains, even if there weren't many people, would still be too shameful!

"Fortunately, the Beast Scale Incense is still here. We still have the ability to contend with spirit beasts of the Bridging Heaven realm..."

After putting on the leaves, 'Brother Yu' felt much clearer. He looked down and saw that the half-burnt Beast Scale Incense was still there. The spirit beast that attacked them hadn't taken it. Seeing that they still had this item, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At least they weren't completely penniless. With this item, they might still have a chance to turn things around. After all, though Master Zhang's strength was not weak, he would find it difficult to defeat a spirit beast at the mid-stage of the Bridging Heaven realm. But with this item, they might win and successfully obtain a core.

"Let's hurry!"

Stomping their feet, they could no longer care about anything else. The two quickly rushed towards the top of the mountain. The higher the mountain peak, the higher the level of spirit beasts, and only then would they have a chance to turn things around; otherwise, they could only wait to admit defeat. As their running speed increased, the leaves on their bodies kept lifting, revealing patches of fair skin and dark areas...

"As long as the Thousand-Ant Queen Bee is still alive, it will definitely send Thousand Ants to notify us. Since it's gone, you might have to work harder, making more trips back and forth. Make sure nothing goes wrong!" the Violet Sun Beast said on the mountain peak.

"Rest assured!" The flying spirit beast nodded its huge head confidently.

Without the Thousand-Ant Queen Bee to transmit messages, they could now only rely on this flying spirit beast to patrol back and forth and report information.

"Go down!" The Violet Sun Beast waved its massive hoof-like claw.

"Yes!" the flying spirit beast responded. Its wings flashed, and it flew straight into the sky. A moment later, it disappeared from sight, presumably descending the mountain.

After the flying spirit beast left, the Violet Sun Beast's muscles tensed all over. Its massive body floated straight up. Its head turned to one side, its eyes like lightning.

"The one hiding over there, you can come out now!"

This time, it wasn't speaking the beast language, but human language.

"I've been discovered..."

Hearing its words and seeing its gaze fixed directly on his hiding spot, Zhang Xuan's entire body tensed, and his blood immediately turned cold. He had thought he was well hidden, but to his surprise... he had still been found!