Beast Taming: Starting From Zero
Chapter 795: Siege

Little Treasure was actually being held hostage... Qiao Sang was both surprised and unsurprised at the sight in front of her.

She had long suspected that Little Treasure had most likely been taken away by Adinishi. She had thought Little Treasure would rely on his social skills to get along amicably with the other party.

After all, it had been a while and Little Treasure hadn’t been hurt, which meant Adinishi hadn’t done anything to him.

She just hadn’t expected that the next time she saw Little Treasure, he would be like this...

Being held hostage by a phantom beast, and even having his mouth covered so closely, how many pet beasts could ever receive this kind of treatment? Qiao Sang felt an itch in her heart, a sudden urge to document the moment.

Although Adinishi had a high danger rating, the fact that Little Treasure hadn’t been injured all this time, and the floor was littered with snacks, made Qiao Sang realize this Adinishi wasn’t the aggressive or explosive kind of pet beast.

Once she was sure Little Treasure wasn’t in immediate danger, she calmly took out her phone, opened the camera, and recorded the scene in front of her.

Since her phone was on silent and everyone’s attention was focused on Adinishi, no one noticed what Qiao Sang was doing.

Only Gangbao quietly glanced over.

Little Treasure saw his beast master taking pictures and realized what was going on. Tears welled up in his eyes instinctively, making himself look even more pitiful.

Once the filming was over, he looked completely aggrieved.

He was being held hostage, and his beast master was taking photos!?

Qiao Sang understood the look in Little Treasure’s eyes. Embarrassed, she put her phone away, raised her hand, and prepared to summon Little Treasure back into the Beast Codex to get him out of Adinishi’s claws.

But just then, Voidthorn, standing nearby, activated without any command. Its eyes lit up with a blue glow.

In an instant, a translucent barrier enveloped Adinishi and Little Treasure.

Summoning failed.

"Dee dee!"

Adinishi sensed something wrong, let go of Little Treasure’s mouth, and raised a paw to press against the barrier.

The moment it touched, a layer of blue light glowed on its paw.

The next second, the barrier cracked inch by inch and collapsed with a roar.

Voidthorn opened its mouth, and a white beam of terrifying energy shot out from deep within its throat toward Adinishi’s location.

The blast was so powerful that Little Treasure was also within its range.

Qiao Sang’s pupils contracted sharply. She quickly raised her hand.

"Xun xun!"

Just then, Little Treasure, with a frightened look, reappeared by her side.

Qiao Sang’s hand halted midair.

Boom!

At the same time, with a loud explosion, the beam blasted through the cave wall, punching a huge hole in it.

Sunlight streamed in.

Loose stones fell from above.

Adinishi was nowhere to be seen.

"Pursue it!" Rushumar ordered.

Before the words had even faded, Voidthorn vanished on the spot.

Rushumar walked toward the gaping hole.

"What are you doing?" Qiao Sang asked coldly.

After speaking, she suddenly realized that this man might be an even stronger powerhouse than Teacher Pirite, and her heart faltered. But outwardly, she still kept a stern expression.

Rushumar’s attention was completely on Adinishi. Without looking back, he kept walking outside.

Ogav understood what Qiao Sang was dissatisfied with and stepped in to smooth things over: "There was no other choice just now. The Ghost Ring King was too close to Adinishi, and we had to act fast to capture it. It was unavoidable that the Ghost Ring King got caught in the blast. Your Ice Aipalu has the Healing Light, it should be fine."

"Xun xun!"

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure cursed out loud from the side, clearly upset.

What kind of explanation was that! Was that even human language!?

Qiao Sang ignored him and walked toward the hole.

The explosion had been so loud that Adinishi and Voidthorn were likely fighting outside now.

Pirite, who had remained quiet all this time, suddenly spoke: "I’ll go take a look. Don’t get too close to the fight. If you sense anything wrong, leave immediately."

After a pause, he looked at Ogav and smiled: "Please help me protect Qiao Sang."

With that, he strode out.

Ogav glanced at the silent Famu Moth still hovering nearby.

Protect?

There’s an Emperor-level pet beast right next to her, does she even need my protection?

Is this a move to restrict my actions? Qiao Sang pondered the true intentions of Teacher Pirite, and as a result, her pace slowed slightly.

"Xun xun!"

"Xun xun!"

Little Treasure grew anxious when he saw his beast master like that.

Adinishi was this close to being persuaded to play the flute, there was no need to fight!

What? Persuaded to play the flute? Qiao Sang’s heart stirred when she heard Little Treasure, but since there was someone else beside her, she communicated with Gangbao through consciousness: [Tell Little Treasure not to worry. I’ll think of something.]

"Gang Slice."

After hearing this, Gangbao looked at Little Treasure and gave a bark. She meant: These two humans aren’t on our beast master’s side. Our beast master can’t win against them. We’ll act based on the situation. Calm down.

Light Fang quietly glanced over.

Hey hey hey! Who told you to translate it like that! Qiao Sang screamed internally, but her face remained impassive.

"Xun xun…"

Little Treasure quieted down, sighed, then looked worriedly toward the outside.

Even though Adinishi had held him hostage earlier, he could feel that the guy meant no harm.

If possible, he still wanted to use food to convince Adinishi to play the flute, then become the boss himself.

Ogav walked beside Qiao Sang.

The two of them exited the cave one after the other.

High above, three pet beasts were attacking at extreme speed.

Voidthorn and a new pet beast that hadn’t appeared before were surrounding Adinishi.

White and black beams of energy shot toward it.

Suddenly, Adinishi vanished from sight.

The white and black beams collided, sending a terrifying shockwave that seemed to tear the air apart and destroyed everything in its path.

Even though the fight was high in the sky, far from the ground, the clearing below was still impacted by the force.

Dust flew, rocks scattered, and weeds in crevices thrashed violently.

Voidthorn seemed to sense Adinishi’s location. Each of its tails formed a silver-white energy sphere about a meter in diameter, and they all launched an attack toward a point in the upper-right sky.

Adinishi reappeared, blue light in its eyes. A thick light wall formed in front of it.

The three silver-white energy balls hit the light wall, and were actually blocked.

"Popo!"

At that moment, a bird-like pet beast about two meters tall appeared behind Adinishi. It wore a black miniature ring on its claws. Its red skin was embedded with black branching patterns. Each foot had two forward-facing toes and one backward toe. It raised its head and let out a sharp cry.

The sky turned completely black, and all dark clouds gathered above Adinishi.

Carrying a terrifying aura of destruction, a massive black sword, tens of meters long, slowly emerged from the clouds and descended vertically toward Adinishi.

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Qiao Sang looked up at the scene and asked.

"It’s a phantom beast, what do you think?" Ogav looked intently at Adinishi and answered with a question of his own.

"You want to contract it?" Qiao Sang asked again.

"Me?"

Ogav chuckled.

"This is Adinishi we’re talking about. Like I’d even get the chance."

Qiao Sang fell silent for a moment.

"But didn’t that person say the contract pages were already full?"

"Beast masters can dissolve contracts." Ogav looked toward Rushumar in the distance.

"It just comes at a cost. But compared to contracting Adinishi, that price is nothing."

Forcefully dissolving a contract inevitably damages the brain domain. However, for an older beast master whose brain domain hasn't expanded in a long time and whose lifespan is nearing its end, it's better to dissolve a contract, suffer some brain damage, and exchange it for a phantom beast.

Even if it doesn't extend their lifespan, contracting a phantom beast would be enough to make their name go down in history, remembered by future generations.

All the more so since the phantom beast in question is Adinishi.

And if they're lucky enough to reach the predicted evolution site before their time runs out, and help the pet evolve successfully, the resulting feedback could extend their life further.

So it was about contracting Adinishi... Qiao Sang felt her suspicions confirmed.

Ogav seemed to think of something and added, "Don't worry. If it all goes well, we'll have Adinishi give you a prediction."

Qiao Sang: ...

...You're actually kind of nice.

Honestly, there was nothing wrong with someone wanting to contract a phantom beast.

No beast master didn't want one.

If the person ended up contracting a phantom beast and was still willing to help her with a prediction, that wouldn't conflict with her own goals.

She wasn't a member of the Phantom Beast Protection Association, always shouting that every phantom beast must have freedom.

It's just that... Qiao Sang looked at Adinishi in the sky and felt a sudden, inexplicable sense of sympathy. She thought of Qiyunla, who had once waved to her before entering the rift.

As that thought flickered through her mind, suddenly, a figure appeared in the air.

Wait!

What's going on?

Nyudikaka?!

It had been summoned back? Teacher Pirite is helping that guy attack Adinishi?!

Qiao Sang's eyes widened in shock.

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High in the sky.

"Dee dee!"

Adinishi sensed danger and tried to move, but found it couldn't budge.

It sensed something and looked diagonally upward, there, it spotted a third opponent.

Adinishi's eyes sharpened as it raised its red flute.

Then, a strange voice suddenly echoed in its mind: "Don't move. Trust me."

The sudden voice startled Adinishi.

In that brief moment of distraction, the third beast appeared, transformed into a flash of white light and reached it even before the nightmare sword descending from above!

"Dee dee?"

The expected pain never came. Instead, it felt enveloped in warmth.

The blinding white light completely shrouded Adinishi's form, hiding the thin membrane that was wrapping around its body.

When the membrane fully enveloped it, Adinishi vanished, and reappeared beside the Famu Moth.

At this moment, everyone's attention, beast and human alike, was focused on the white light in the sky, so no one noticed what had happened here.

Famu Moth gently spread its wings, shielding Adinishi from view.

Then it gave a subtle shake, releasing a fine dusting of scale powder.

Adinishi's presence was immediately concealed.

"Lu Ai..."

Lubao's head peeked out from the backpack and locked eyes with a dazed Adinishi.

Boom!

A deafening explosion shook the ground. Nearly a hundred meters of terrain collapsed, leaving behind a massive, jaw-dropping crater.

And this happened while Nyudikaka was still wearing its miniature shrinking ring.

Rushumar quickly reached the edge of the pit. Seeing no sign of Adinishi, his expression darkened as he turned to the approaching Pirite and demanded: "Where's Adinishi?"

"Adinishi? Not in there?" Pirite approached the crater looking confused, peered inside, and frowned.

"Why wouldn't it be in there?"

Nyudikaka jumped out of the crater and landed beside Pirite.

"That's your pet?" Rushumar's sharp eyes narrowed.

Pirite gave a simple "Mm."

Rushumar shouted angrily, "If your pet hadn't suddenly attacked, Adinishi would've already been defeated by my Yue'ega!"

"Be reasonable." Pirite replied coldly.

"I was helping. If Nyudikaka hadn't used psychic force to momentarily restrain Adinishi, would it really have just stood there and let you attack it? That Nightmare Sword is so slow, by the time it landed, Adinishi would've already fled."

Even without you, Voidthorn would've restrained it... Rushumar thought to himself.

Now that he had calmed down, he didn't voice that thought.

Though it had been a bit of a redundant move, the other party had helped.

Plus, this guy had two Emperor-level pets and was Qiao Sang's mentor, no reason to make an enemy of him.

"Voidthorn, scan the area." Rushumar said grimly.

Pirite's heart tensed slightly.

The powder on Famu Moth could suppress a creature's presence and reduce its detectability, but it wasn't high-level. If they scanned thoroughly, they might still be found.

Voidthorn was an Emperor-level beast. Its senses should be incredibly sharp.

Truthfully, Pirite didn't want to engage in a direct confrontation.

Just earlier, he'd seen Rushumar's summoning formation for Yue'ega, it was one rank higher than his own.

He might not win.

And Qiao Sang was still here...

"Gugu!"

Just then, a furious roar echoed from above.

Pirite looked up to see the Steel Armor Emperor Beast and felt secretly relieved, though he furrowed his brow and put on a stern face: "That beast is coming for us. Let's deal with it first, otherwise we won't be able to properly search for Adinishi."

As soon as he spoke, the Steel Armor Emperor Beast flapped its wings powerfully.

A brutal, chilling wind surged down, interrupting Voidthorn's scan.

Rushumar's expression darkened as he glared at the unwelcome intruder above.

"Qiao Sang, get out of here!" Pirite shouted.

Nyudikaka, Famu Moth, Voidthorn, Yue'ega, four Emperor-level beasts were all present.

Do I really need to leave...? Qiao Sang's hair whipped wildly in the wind as she hugged a nearby tree and silently questioned.

At the same time, Adinishi glanced toward the wind-swept area, then looked at Little Treasure's back. Finally, its gaze locked on the ring on Treasure's ear, and in a flash, it teleported and slipped inside, vanishing.

"Xun xun..."

The moment it entered, Little Treasure seemed to sense something, and his body abruptly stiffened.

"Lu Ai..."

Lubao, who had witnessed the entire scene, hesitated to speak since there was still another human and unfamiliar beast nearby.

Forget it. There's no way I can get involved in battles at this level... Qiao Sang was just about to call for Little Treasure to use space movement.

But at that moment, Ogav suddenly said: "Let's go."

Light Fang's eyes glowed blue.

The next second, the two humans and all the beasts vanished from the spot.

Pirite, who had been closely watching, finally let out a sigh of relief.

Famu Moth would take Adinishi.

By now, Adinishi should've gone elsewhere with Qiao Sang.

That guy Ogav was a B-rank beast master. With Famu Moth around, even if he discovered Adinishi, it shouldn't pose any danger.

Next, all Pirite had to do was shake off Rushumar and reunite with Qiao Sang.