Beast Taming: I can even raise gods and demons!

Chapter 137 The Assassins of the Nightmare Court, Here for That Ring! (7000-word long chapter)

The three academies' tournament lasted a full week.

This is the last day...

But Chen Fan only stepped onto the ring on the first day.

For the next six days, he became a complete spectator.

This decision was made after discussions among the top leaders of the three academies.

This is the only option left...

There are only a handful of beast tamers who possess multiple level 5 beasts.

Each of them has already fought against Chen Fan.

Li Fengxing suffered the most. Chen Fan only sent Gangzi out, but he and his three beasts were chased around the field, howling and screaming.

Bai Rugo, Fang Qingqing, and the others did have a proper sparring session with Chen Fan... But calling it a sparring session really felt like adults playing with children; it wasn't interesting at all.

Even someone as strong as Chu Xuan, after making a few moves, hadn't even exchanged blows with Chen Fan before he voluntarily conceded defeat.

Who else can match Chen Fan?

It's too disheartening to put such a monster in the ring.

The students were initially very excited, full of fighting spirit and eager to show their skills on the ring.

Then a monster like Chen Fan appeared out of nowhere...

Many people have lost their fighting spirit and have begun to doubt the meaning of life.

How can this arena match be fought under such a heavy cloud of negative emotions?

What's the point?

When Tian Sheng Academy and Huan Hai Academy approached them, the War God Academy initially disagreed, but ultimately chose to compromise.

Chen Fan didn't seem to care much about this decision.

He was also happy to sit below the arena, observing the habits and skills of various beasts and enriching his knowledge of beast taming.

In the past few days, many things have progressed...

Lin Mengfei of the War God Pioneer Team has already sent people into the secret realm to collect "Drunken Dragon Grass" and sent the materials for cultivating the Savage Berserker Ape to the Beastmaster Association.

The City Lord's Mansion of Donghai City issued the rewards and punishments for Chen Fan's two meritorious deeds... The reward for the first secret realm was a full 2500 million Alliance Coins; the reward for the hospital crying demon incident was an even more staggering 4500 million Alliance Coins.

After all, Chen Fan and the others' actions at the hospital saved Grandmaster Fan Ling and so many other people, making a great contribution.

However, the rewards issued by the City Lord's Mansion were nothing compared to the level 32 Crying Demon that Yun Canghai had captured.

Chen Fan had previously asked Ye Hao and the others about the value of the Crying Demon, which was likely worth over a billion.

With such a huge sum of money, if Chen Fan and Chu Xuan split it, each of them would get at least 1.5 million!

totally unexpected……

Yun Canghai actually sent a full 20 ​​billion!

This morning, when Chen Fan saw the payment notification on his "phone," he couldn't help but rub his eyes and count all the zeros several times!

To confirm, Chen Fan even made a phone call to his master, Zhang Hai.

After his master Zhang Hai explained, Chen Fan realized that the amount was correct...

That level 32 Crying Demon is worth the price!

Zhang Hai told Chen Fan...

A level 32 Crying Demon is extremely rare and precious.

High-level demonic soul monsters, when combined with certain methods, can greatly enhance the spiritual power and star power of beast tamers or star warriors.

The corpse of a level 32 Crying Demon, along with its crystal core, could theoretically even help a sixth-grade expert break through to the seventh-grade Grandmaster realm!

Although this world is strange and bizarre, with unimaginable supernatural powers, even in such a world, finding something that can help a sixth-grade expert break through to the seventh-grade grandmaster in one fell swoop is as difficult as ascending to heaven!

And most importantly...

Yun Canghai has captured the living weeping demon!

A living Weeping Demon is several times more valuable than a corpse of a Weeping Demon!

This crying demon, in particular, has a peculiar skill... splitting!

This crying demon can split into many crying demon clones!

Level 5, Level 6, Level 7, Level 8...

What does this mean?

This level 32 Crying Demon is the most precious pig!

Keep this pig alive, feed it well, and it'll grow big and fat every day so you can harvest meat from it!

There's no need to use a whole level 32 Crying Demon; it's possible to help a Rank 6 expert break through to Rank 7 Grandmaster!

In the past few days, a group of powerful figures from Donghai City have gathered at the City Lord's Mansion, researching how to use the Crying Demon to help City Lord Bai Tianyu break through to the Grandmaster level in the shortest possible time!

Even at the peak of the sixth rank, Bai Tianyu, having mastered the "Nine Blades of Heaven-Severing," possessed the strength to kill a grandmaster with a single strike.

If he breaks through to the seventh-grade Grandmaster...

Hey, what's 20 billion?

If Yun Canghai were to take the Crying Demon to the Demon Capital or the Imperial Capital, even if he offered 40 billion, countless powerful figures would probably fight tooth and nail for it!

Therefore, Zhang Hai reassured Chen Fan that he could accept it without worry.

Chen Fan didn't gain much advantage.

On the contrary, Yun Canghai and City Lord Bai Tianyu benefited greatly!

Chen Fan was in a great mood as he looked at the string of zeros on his account.

But he hasn't told Ye Hao and the others about this yet.

Instead, he planned to talk to them after leaving the training ground.

With such a large sum of money, Chen Fan no longer hesitated and prepared to change his previous equipment upgrade plan...

While at the hospital, Chen Fan logged into the East Sea City Armory and selected a longsword with lightning attributes.

That was a "superior-grade earth weapon," priced at around 1500 million Alliance coins.

But things are different now...

Now Chen Fan is preparing to choose a top-grade Xuan weapon!

The most powerful weapon in the East Sea City armory!

Powerful weapons can turn the tide of battle and change destiny!

Although a top-grade Xuanbing weapon requires more than 2 million Alliance Coins.

But Chen Fan didn't take it to heart at all.

Later, he planned to use the resources of the Animal Breeders Association to start his animal breeding business.

Once the animal breeding business is established, how could it possibly lack money?

No matter how precious the Crying Demon is, there's only one of its kind.

Once the animal breeding business takes off, it can be much more profitable than this... It's just that Chen Fan hasn't had time to get started yet.

He told Zhang Hai about it the night before last.

Zhang Hai was naturally more than happy to accept it.

Chen Fan has been with the Beast Tamer Association for so long, but apart from helping the association solve some difficult problems with beast taming, he has never actually done anything related to "beast breeding".

Zhang Hai was also very interested to see just how powerful Chen Fan's methods were.

Before this, all he knew was that Chen Fan had casually given him some pointers, which turned Bai Rugo's four-winged flying snake into a six-winged flying snake.

So, after Chen Fan brought it up, Zhang Hai immediately arranged a pet breeding shop for him...

The animal breeding shop was located on the street outside the Animal Breeders Association, less than 500 meters away. It served as the association's storefront.

After returning from the second secret realm, Chen Fan can go to "work" at the beast breeding shop at any time.

With everything going smoothly, Chen Fan was in a very good mood.

As soon as the afternoon tournament ended, Chen Fan greeted his homeroom teacher, Li Sheng, and then rode Yang Chang's white crane back to the Beast Tamer Association.

As soon as he got home, Chen Fan added Ye Hao, Chu Xuan, and the others to a group chat and started a video conference.

Ye Hao: "Brother Fan, what's the good news?"

Chen Fan: "A sum of money has arrived in my account..."

Ye Hao: "Has the money from the Blood Petal Flower King arrived? Then kick Qingqing out first. The Blood Petal Flower King's affairs have nothing to do with her."

Fang Qingqing: "..."

Chen Fan: "The matter of the Blood Petal Flower King will probably have to wait a few more days. The alchemist from Shanghai is still refining medicine... But the money for the Crying Demon has arrived."

"What?!" Ye Hao was overjoyed and immediately asked nervously, "How...how many?"

Shen Daodao tried to speak, but Shen Hongxiu slapped him back down.

Shen Daodao covered her face, looking aggrieved.

Chen Fan flashed a Mona Lisa-like smile and held up two fingers.

"Only two hundred million?"

Ye Hao jumped three feet high: "Brother Fan, we've been tricked by Grandmaster Yun Canghai!"

"I asked my dad, and that level 32 Crying Demon is worth at least 10 billion!"

"If it were put up for auction, it would be snapped up even for 15 billion!"

"He only gave us 200 million? That's outrageous!"

Shen Hongxiu's face also turned icy cold: "Does being a Grandmaster give you the right to bully people like this?"

Fang Qingqing opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.

Chu Xuan remained silent.

Shen Daodao mocked, "You know what, a Grandmaster can bully people."

"That's a terrifying entity that guards an entire main city!"

"Besides, that one is the youngest grandmaster in our Tang Kingdom, and he's at the height of his fame!"

"Moreover, he was the one who captured the Weeping Demon. Although we have some credit, the greatest credit actually belongs to him."

"Even if it's made public, other people can't really say anything."

Ye Hao was furious: "Brother Fan, why don't we go find him and ask him? Is this all he gave us? Are he treating us like beggars?"

Shen Daodao: "Are you crazy? Do you think we can beat him? Even if you sent my old man over there, he'd probably get slapped to death, believe it or not!"

Ye Hao: "If we can't beat him... we can at least try to reason with him, right?"

"Shut your mouths!" Chen Fan rolled his eyes and said, "You're all chattering away, can't a person say a word? Who said two hundred million? My two fingers meant... two billion!"

Everyone: "..."

Even Chu Xuan's eyes widened!

On the screen, Chen Fan waved his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense, the money has been deposited, I'll transfer it to you in a bit."

"Are you out of your mind, questioning the character of a grandmaster?"

"That Weeping Demon was originally defeated by someone else..."

"If he wasn't willing, he wouldn't have bothered with me at all back in the hospital... What could I do if he ignored me?"

"That's it, I'm hanging up now."

"Received the money, send a message in the group."

With that, he ended his video call.

A little while later...

The smartwatches of Ye Hao and the others all displayed notifications of the funds arriving.

Even someone with Chu Xuan's personality lost his composure when he saw the long string of zeros on his account.

As for Ye Hao and Shen Daodao, they went completely mad, shouting and yelling in the street.

Shen Hongxiu and Fang Qingqing both widened their eyes and became excited.

This is destined to be a sleepless night.

……

Early the next morning.

Chen Fan walked out of the Beast Tamer Association gate, preparing to ride Yang Chang's white crane to the War God Academy.

A man with a large beard strode towards them, and the two nearly bumped into each other.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry..."

The bearded man hurriedly apologized.

Immediately...

His eyes widened as he stared at Chen Fan: "Huh, you, you're not...?"

Chen Fan was also amused.

This bearded man was the truck driver who had taken him to the Mountain of Ten Thousand Beasts before the ant swarm.

At that time, the bearded man kept observing Chen Fan and asked about the Frost White Python and Black Iron Dragon Turtle behind the truck.

Chen Fan was annoyed by what he heard, and told him that he had stolen the two beasts from the Beast Tamer Association, which scared the bearded man so much that he didn't dare to speak for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the two met at the entrance of the Animal Breeders Association.

"What a coincidence!"

Chen Fan said with a smile, "How come I always run into you, uncle, every time I come to the Beast Tamer Association to steal something?"

Big Beard: "..."

"Don't worry, I didn't succeed in stealing it this time," Chen Fan said calmly. "I'll come back tonight."

Big Beard: "..."

Chen Fan nodded slightly to the bearded man and walked past him.

Sudden……

His expression shifted slightly.

A beast taming attribute panel appeared to his right front.

To the right front, there is a large tree. Under the tree, there is only a cleaner sweeping the area; there are no beasts present.

[Monster Name]: Shadow Spider

[Combat Power Level]: Level 10 (Elite)

[Race Rank]: Low-level Extraordinary

[Monster Attribute]: Shadow

[Monster Weakness]: Lightning, Fire

[Racial Skills]: Shadow Cloak, Paralyzing Web, Slime Web, Demon Blade Strike, Venom Spray

[Monster Status]: Tense

Chen Fan was slightly taken aback.

It's normal for all sorts of beasts to appear in places like the Beast Tamer's Association.

But what is a shadow-type beast that can turn invisible hiding under this big tree up to?

Suddenly, Chen Fan noticed a change in the tamed beast's status on the attribute panel...

[Monster Status]: Excited, murderous intent rising!

What?

Killing intent?

Just a moment ago I was tense, why did I suddenly become excited and filled with murderous intent?

Chen Fan felt a strange aura locking onto him.

The hairs on my hands stood on end!

"They're after me?!"

Chen Fan was taken aback.

At this moment, Yang Chang, who was standing next to the white crane in the square, saw Chen Fan and came over to greet him.

During this period, the white crane practically became Chen Fan's personal mount, carrying him to and from school.

"Brother Yang, wait a minute, I forgot to take something."

Chen Fan frowned, turned around, and walked into the Beast Tamer Association.

Then, he glanced back at it, seemingly unintentionally.

The monster's stats have changed again...

[Monster Status]: Annoyed, depressed.

Damn it, they're really after me!

Chen Fan's anger flared up instantly.

During this period, he didn't offend any important people, did he?

If we have to pinpoint a conflict, it would be that Li Fengxing made a fool of himself during the arena battle.

But could Li Fengxing, or the Li family, be so arrogant as to send assassins to stake out the entrance of the Beast Tamer Association?

impossible……

Although Li Fengxing is a bit of a simpleton who's always causing trouble and fighting recklessly, he's not this crazy.

If I had to pinpoint a grudge, it would be that he recently ruined two of Nightmare Court's plans...

But how dare the people of Nightmare Court, so arrogant and presumptuous, come to East Sea City?

He does seem a bit arrogant and conceited...

Otherwise, how could they dare to ambush a grandmaster in a hospital?

The problem is, I'm just an insignificant nobody who only accidentally ruined their plans and doesn't pose any threat to them at all.

Chen Fan immediately sent a message to his master, Zhang Hai.

A moment later, a middle-aged man carrying a long sword, along with four others, strode toward him.

It's that fifth-rank expert!

Chen Fan felt a slight sense of relief.

He recognized the man who came over.

It was at the hospital that he heard about Fan Ling's trouble in the air from that Star Warrior, a fifth-grade Star Warrior!

"Young Master Fan!"

The middle-aged man walked up to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan said in a low voice, "Under the old locust tree on the right side of the main gate."

"It's a level 10 Shadow Magic Orb. It can become invisible and is hiding under the old locust tree."

"But I haven't found out where the Beastmaster is hiding."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly, then winked at the four people behind him.

The four figures flickered and vanished without a trace, like ghosts.

The middle-aged man turned around and transformed into a gust of black wind.

Without thinking, his voice rang in Chen Fan's ear: "Young Master Fan, you can go out, I'll be right next to you."

Amazing!

Although a fifth-rank Star Warrior cannot fly or control beasts, he can still perform such strange spells!

Chen Fan walked out again.

As he walked, he summoned Old Ape and Little White, among others.

At Chen Fan's command, Xiao Hei took off and flew to the front.

Emerald jumped onto Chen Fan's head and chirped a couple of times.

The old ape disappeared into the shadows.

Chen Fan carried Xiaobai, followed by Gangzi, and walked out of the main gate of the Beast Tamer Association.

Under the old locust tree...

The monster's attribute panel is still there.

But I didn't see the four people from before.

The monster's state shifted to one of excitement and rising murderous intent!

"Young Master Fan, can you pinpoint the monster's location?"

The middle-aged man's voice rang in Chen Fan's ears: "I only sensed a faint, malevolent aura nearby, but I couldn't pinpoint its exact location."

"That monster's ability to conceal itself is truly remarkable; it didn't even let out a trace of its aura."

Chen Fan said calmly, "It's right under the old locust tree. I'll force it to show itself."

As he spoke, he took a few steps toward the old locust tree.

then……

The jade's mouth opened.

"Storm - Wind Blade!"

A storm swept in, and countless wind blades struck the trunk of the old locust tree in an instant!

A blood-red shadow spider was instantly forced to reveal itself!

"Sizzle!"

The Shadow Spider was stunned for a moment!

Immediately, the Shadow Spider opened its mouth, and a huge spider web descended upon Chen Fan at incredible speed!

"How dare you!"

A soft shout came from behind Chen Fan.

A sword light flashed in the air...

"brush!"

The enormous spider web was instantly cleaved in two and then burst into flames!

The Shadow Spider was startled, its body trembled, and it quickly became ethereal!

"snort!"

A soft hum echoed from the void.

A black shadow flashed in the air, and the fifth-rank star warrior appeared, stomping heavily on the back of the Shadow Spider.

"boom!"

The Shadow Spider's enormous body crashed into the ground with a loud thud, shattering into pieces!

Even its feet broke off several times in an instant!

"So strong!"

Chen Fan was speechless.

This is the power of a fifth-rank...

With a casual kick, he crushed the body of a level 10 beast!

Star Warriors do not tame beasts, so they focus more on martial arts and improving their own physical strength.

That fifth-rank martial artist looked like an ordinary middle-aged man, and his aura was not particularly noticeable. But when he kicked, it seemed that even a beast like the Savage Berserk Ape couldn't stop him!

"Crunch...squeak!"

The Shadow Spider, whose body was crushed into pieces, was not quite dead yet.

One of its legs, like a sharp scythe of death, twisted in a violent manner as it slashed wildly at the Star Warrior on its back!

The martial artist's face was cold as he transformed his palm into a blade, and he made a feinting slash...

"Snap!"

A flash of light appeared in the air, and the Shadow Spider's legs, which resembled death scythes, were instantly severed!

The Star Warrior let out a soft snort, then slightly raised his right foot before stomping down again...

"boom!"

A terrifying aura emanated from the Shadow Spider, spreading outwards in all directions!

Dark green slime oozed from the monster's body, emitting a foul stench.

The Star Warrior somersaulted down from mid-air.

Just then...

On the other side of the plaza in front of the Animal Breeders Association, a man wearing a baseball cap turned around hurriedly, wanting to leave.

but……

A cold, aloof figure appeared silently before him: "Trying to run now? Isn't it a little too late?"

The man wearing a baseball cap paused for a moment, then said, "What are you saying? I don't understand..."

"Is that so?" The Star Warrior from the Beast Tamer Association smiled slightly, his right hand flashing out like lightning, and his claw landed on the right shoulder of the man wearing a baseball cap!

"what!"

The man wearing the baseball cap screamed in agony!

Grabbed by those iron claw-like hands, the man wearing a baseball cap was completely unable to move.

Even the star power can't be activated!

The two sides are simply not on the same level!

The Star Warrior from the Beast Tamer Association, expressionless, dragged the man in the baseball cap to the old locust tree and threw him next to the Shadow Spider's corpse.

The fifth-rank martial artist glanced at the onlookers and said in a deep voice, "Some scoundrels came to the Beast Tamer Association with malicious intent, but they have been captured by us. There is no need to panic."

"The city defense team will be here to handle this soon."

"Everyone, please disperse!"

Chen Fan nodded gratefully to the fifth-rank martial artist.

I'm a little annoyed...

These heartless bastards dared to attack him right inside Donghai City!

With a cold face, Chen Fan sent Gangzi and the old ape back to the Beast Taming Space, then took Xiaobai and Emerald and jumped onto the white crane's back.

It seems that spending a lot of money on weapons and armor this time was the right decision.

But this is not enough.

Far from enough!

We must further improve Xiaobai and the others' strength!

The combat power level increased from level 6 to level 7;

The race's rank has risen from low-level lord to mid-level lord!

At the same time, by using the power of the feedback from Xiaobai and the others, he broke through to the second rank in one fell swoop!

On the back of the white crane, Chen Fan opened the internal resource network of the Beast Tamer Association and began searching for materials for Xiaobai and Gangzi to break through to level 7.

Nine days have passed since Xiaobai and his friends broke through to level 6.

Preparing to challenge for Level 7 now seems a bit too hasty.

But without improving them and his own strength, Chen Fan felt a little insecure.

Even within the main city, it's not 100% safe.

If it weren't for his system, which allowed him to see the attribute panel of the invisible monster, he might have been in big trouble.

Who would have thought that such a crazed killer could be encountered right here in the main city... or even at the gate of the Beastmaster Association?

Hopefully, the city defense team can extract some valuable information from the man in the baseball cap.

While checking Xiaobai and the others' attribute panels, Chen Fan searched for various materials and added them to his shopping cart.

Regardless, let's get all the things they need for their upgrades first.

The white crane flies extremely fast...

In no time, they arrived above the Ares Academy's training ground.

After thanking him, Chen Fan jumped off the white crane's back.

On the playground, Ye Hao came bounding over: "Brother Fan, you're here... Hmm? Why do you look so pale?"

"Let's talk as we walk," Chen Fan said. "This morning, I encountered an assassin at the gate of the Beast Tamer Association."

"Huh?!" Ye Hao was startled. "An assassin? At the entrance of the Beast Tamer Association?"

Chen Fan turned to look at Ye Hao and whispered, "How much do you know about the Nightmare Court?"

"Don't tell me you don't know... So much has happened in this time, I refuse to believe that you powerful families of Donghai City are truly ignorant of the Nightmare Court!"

Ye Hao's expression also turned serious: "Brother Fan, are you saying that the assassin who ambushed you at the entrance of the Beast Tamer Association this morning was from the Nightmare Court?"

"I don't know yet," Chen Fan said grimly. "But I don't have any enemies in Donghai City... I've only beaten up Li Fengxing a few times."

"I have killed a few people in the Black Ant Forest, but they were all newcomers from out of town."

"Moreover, I have already killed the masterminds who wanted to harm me..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

I've already received a message from Zhang Hai on my phone...

"The people who ambushed you at the entrance of the Beastmaster's Guild were from the Nightmare Court!"

"They're after a ring on your hand."

"It's the ring from the black-robed man you killed when you saved Zhen Qing and Ye Hao last time."

"Have you arrived at the War God Academy yet?"

"I just sent someone to the War God Academy to find you. Give him the ring... A while ago, a weapon refiner was sent from Shanghai to study the 'beast trap' you got. Perfect, let them see what kind of magical artifact the ring you obtained is."

"Okay!" Chen Fan replied to the message, then looked up, his eyes icy cold.

He always wore that ring.

When he first received the ring, he had suspected it was a magical artifact, or one of those storage rings described in novels.

But after looking around, aside from feeling a bit eerie, they didn't find anything of value.

And recently a lot of things have happened, so he almost forgot about the ring.

The Nightmare Court actually came all the way to the main city to kill him just for a ring?

This bizarre organization is a real nightmare; once you're entangled, it's hard to get rid of.

But when you think about it, something seems a little off...

The matter of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain had actually been suppressed by the City Lord's Mansion.

In order to protect Chen Fan, the City Lord's Mansion distorted the facts, claiming that Grandmaster Yun Canghai arrived, killed the Nightmare Court's experts, and rescued Zhen Qing, Chen Fan, and the other two.

Apart from Chu Xuan and Shen Hongxiu, no one else knew that Chen Fan had killed people from the Nightmare Court on Mount Ten Thousand Beasts...

As for that ring, even Yun Canghai didn't know about it.

Only Ye Hao and Zhen Qing had seen it at the time.

So, how did Nightmare's Court know that the ring was on his hand?

What kind of organization is this damned Nightmare Court?

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I had a bit of writer's block today, so this chapter only has 7000 words. I'll try to update it to 10,000 words tomorrow.

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