“Where is the Five Venoms Young Master?”
Wu Ming let out a loud laugh and leaped from the city wall, with Dongfang Dieyu and other Dongfang family members watching anxiously behind him.
He arrived at the front line and suddenly roared, causing countless spirit tamers to involuntarily take a step back.
The might of a single individual rivaling an entire army—that is the terror of a King-level spirit tamer!
Watching this scene, countless Dongfang clanspeople clenched their fists, their faces flushed with admiration.
“Ah Ming…”
Dongfang Dieyu gripped the hem of her skirt, letting out a helpless smile: “You’re getting further and further away from me…”
“Are you Dongfang Suoming?!”
A commotion stirred the vanguard of the Five Venoms sect’s army, which quickly parted to make way as the Five Venoms Young Master rode forward atop a tall steed, looking down arrogantly at Wu Ming.
In his mind, he was an established King-level expert. What could this newcomer, even if he had fortuitously advanced to King-level, possibly amount to?
Even among King-level spirit tamers, there were strong and weak. Newly promoted ones, even someone like Jun Xuanming, were not regarded highly by him.
“What a pity… that Lava Tyrant must have been contracted by him…”
The Five Venoms Young Master coldly snorted. His mood soured as his wish hadn’t been fulfilled: “For your sake, I can spare Stone City, but you must still pay a price…”
“Hahaha…”
Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Wu Ming burst into laughter.
“What are you laughing at?”
The Five Venoms Young Master grew somewhat furious; he felt he had already shown Wu Ming great courtesy, yet the other showed no gratitude.
“I’m laughing at you for acting superior just because you’re older… Even if you’ve reached King-level, you’re still just a… waste!”
Wu Ming smiled lightly, but his words were so shocking that the spirit tamers who heard them wished they could faint on the spot.
“How dare you insult me!”
The Five Venoms Young Master exploded in rage. “Good! Very good! You’re the last person who dares to speak to me like this and still draws breath…”
A thick layer of black mist appeared beneath his feet, rapidly spreading out to reveal a fierce Taipan snake at the peak of the Warlord level.
The steed neighed in terror, turning into a puddle of pus and blood, while the Five Venoms Young Master stood atop the Taipan’s head, rising higher and higher.
“Sssss!”
The Taipan, already at the peak of its race, hissed, emitting terrifying poison gas that made other spirit tamers avoid it like a tiger.
“A Warlord-level peak?”
Wu Ming continued laughing, as flames erupted from beneath his feet.
Boom!
The ground cracked open, and from the rolling magma emerged a Lava Tyrant, towering and mighty. The aura it exuded caused the Five Venoms Young Master’s expression to change repeatedly: “A King-level, peak condition Silver-rarity phantom spirit!”
“That’s just your luck, but you only have this one!”
The Five Venoms Young Master tried to reassure himself. Even for an established King-level spirit tamer, acquiring a Silver-rarity phantom spirit was extremely difficult.
His expression darkened, and four streams of light shot forth, taking positions in the four directions.
To the east was a giant multicolored spider, its two fangs long and sharp, gleaming coldly in the sunlight, clearly also at the Warlord peak.
To the south was a jade-green scorpion, icy and crystalline, waving its massive pincers. Its tailhook swept sideways, and its back bore what appeared to be a terrifying human face—the outstanding rarity Human-faced Ice-green Scorpion, also at the Warlord peak.
The phantom spirit to the west was even more terrifying: a golden centipede with six pairs of wings. Its many legs were like blades, producing a grating sound that sent chills down one’s spine, radiating an astonishing aura. This was the Silver-rarity Sky-flying Golden Centipede, cultivated to the early stage of King-level.
Finally, in the north crouched a mountain-sized three-legged toad. Its back was covered with golden warts, its belly swollen like a drum, its voice like thunder. Its two lantern-like eyes fearlessly stared at the Lava Tyrant. This was the Silver-rarity Three-legged Golden Toad, already at the high stage of King-level, the Five Venoms Young Master’s main phantom spirit!
“Is this all the depth a typical King-level spirit tamer has?”
Wu Ming stood atop the Lava Tyrant’s shoulder, unafraid despite being surrounded by five venomous creatures: “Five Venoms Young Master, if your trump cards today are only this, then next year’s today will be your death anniversary!”
“Roarrr…”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Lava Tyrant roared, its fists filled with flames and magma, completely unafraid of toxins or poison gas, and directly smashed toward the Taipan snake.
“Hehehe…”
A sinister smile appeared on the Five Venoms Young Master’s face: “Five Venoms Battle Formation! Activate!”
“Sssss…” “Gua gua…” “Jiji…” “Zizi…” “Gu gu…”
The five venomous creatures let out cries, their bodies emitting colorful auras that formed a rotating array, instantly enveloping the Lava Tyrant.
“Oh? So this is the highest form of combined combat techniques—the array formation?”
Wu Ming stood with his hands behind his back, watching the colorful formation with great interest.
“That’s right! My Five Venoms Battle Formation uses five supreme venomous phantom spirits as formation nodes. Even a peak King-level expert will be reduced to a pool of pus…”
From within the formation came the Five Venoms Young Master’s laughter: “Kid… today I’ll teach you that us veteran King-level experts are not to be trifled with, no matter how you fortuitously broke through…”
The thought of eliminating such a talent filled the Five Venoms Young Master with satisfaction.
“Indeed impressive—the art of battle formations…”
Wu Ming shook his head: “But unfortunately… your formation can only trap one peak King-level opponent. What if there are a few more?”
“A few more… more?”
The Five Venoms Young Master choked, a shocking thought suddenly flashing through his mind: “Could it be that…”
“Awooooo!!!”
“Chirp chirp!!!”
Suddenly, two earth-shaking roars erupted from within the colorful formation.
A mountain-sized azure wolf and a golden bird with wings spread wide enough to blot out the sky appeared.
Gurgle! Gurgle!
Outside, the colorful array dome swelled to its limit and then exploded.
Bang!
In the astonishing explosion, the savage wolf slashed with its claws, pinning the Three-legged Golden Toad beneath its feet, biting down on the Human-faced Ice-green Scorpion and chewing it up quickly, then licking its lips as if still hungry.
The Golden-winged Roc struck the Sky-flying Golden Centipede with its talon, then pecked hard, immediately creating a large hole in the multicolored spider’s back. The spider flipped over, legs pointing skyward.
Boom!
The Lava Tyrant’s body burned with rolling flames, its incredible heat directly incinerating the poison mist. It grabbed the coiled body of the Taipan snake, smashing its head forcefully against the ground. The mere heat was enough to blister the Taipan’s skin, causing it to cry out in pain repeatedly.
“You… pfft… you…”
The Five Venoms Young Master’s face was filled with horror, spitting large mouthfuls of blood, his face pale and wobbling unsteadily.
The destruction of the Five Venoms Battle Formation had already caused a soul shock. Added to that were the later blows of losing two phantom spirits, and even with the foundation of a King-level expert, he could barely endure.
This was still Wu Ming intentionally holding back.
Otherwise, if he had directly eliminated the two Silver-rarity phantom spirits, the Five Venoms Young Master would probably have immediately fallen from King-level, never to recover in his entire life.
Leaving him alive, of course, was for better interrogation.
“Five Venoms Young Master, do you want to live or die?”
Wu Ming crossed his arms, asking indifferently, looking down like a god.
“I… I…”
The Five Venoms Young Master spat blood, his vision blurring as if returning to his youth, facing his first Warlord-level spirit tamer.
Back then, he was just a novice, helpless before an irresistible force.
Never did he expect this nightmare would reappear at King-level!
“Of course I want to live!”
Under such pressure, he had no choice but to submit; resisting would only mean death!
“Good! Starting today, the Five Venoms sect will be incorporated under Stone City, and you will serve as an affiliated force of the Dongfang family for fifty years!”
Wu Ming made the decision without hesitation.
“Make me your servant for fifty years?”
The Five Venoms Young Master’s eyes widened, but seeing the three King-level peak phantom spirits staring at him, he immediately chose to yield: “This old servant humbly surrenders!”
“Hehehe…”
Seeing this, Wu Ming naturally knew that this person was only outwardly compliant, while inwardly he was likely plotting revenge.
But it didn’t matter. With his Taoist techniques restored to Grandmaster level, he had plenty of ways to place restrictions on the man. If he ever plotted rebellion, he would be made to suffer endlessly, wishing for neither life nor death.
“What?”
“Did the Five Venoms Young Master… lose?”
“Am I dreaming? A King-level spirit tamer was defeated by that youth…”
“What kind of youth is that? Didn’t you see how powerful those three phantom spirits were? He’s a spirit tamer even stronger than the Five Venoms Young Master!”
…
The entire army, especially the spirit tamers within, fell into a state of mental chaos.
Seeing their usually lofty Five Venoms Young Master directly subdued and begging for mercy by a young spirit tamer was an unimaginable blow to them.
They further realized that a new star of spirit tamers, whose talent rivaled or even surpassed Jun Xuanming, was rising.
On the city wall.
“I… I… I…”
Dongfang Tie was stunned, unable to believe his own eyes: “I was merely trying to let Dongfang Suoming mediate and make some compromises for the Dongfang family… how did it turn out like this?”
“Isn’t this outcome good?”
Although Dongfang Dieyu was astonished, she could still think clearly and immediately countered.
“It’s good… it’s just too far beyond expectations…”
Dongfang Tie smiled bitterly, looking at Wu Ming in the battlefield with a very complex expression: “So young yet already a King-level spirit tamer, and even defeated the Five Venoms Young Master… Dongfang Suoming’s talent really reminds me of his parents…”
“Ah Ming’s parents?”
Dongfang Dieyu blinked, suddenly filled with curiosity: “What exactly happened? Grandpa, quickly tell me…”
…
“So… you inherited a phantom spirit map from your teacher, which records the locations of high-level phantom spirits based on your teacher’s experiences…”
Several days later, within Stone City.
Wu Ming sat before the Five Venoms Young Master, watching the now thoroughly subdued figure nervously presenting his secrets, a satisfied expression on his face.
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