Chapter 22
’A Divine Beast?’
’Is this it?’
Su Mo looked with some disappointment at the Ink Flood Dragon pinned beneath his hand.
’A Divine Beast should be incredibly strong,’ he thought. ’Capable of obliterating everything in sight.’
And yet, the Ink Flood Dragon couldn’t even withstand a single move from him before being slammed to the ground by his palm!
The people of the Beast Taming Sect, however, were utterly stunned.
That included Pingyangzi and the others!
The Ink Flood Dragon that they couldn’t harm even by joining forces had been suppressed by Su Mo with a mere raise of his hand.
That was a Divine Beast!
Even if it wasn’t a pure-blooded Divine Beast, ordinary people would be helpless against the Ink Flood Dragon. What’s more, the Divine Beast bloodline within it had already begun its Secondary Awakening!
Under such circumstances, the Ink Flood Dragon should have been invincible. Who would have thought it would be beaten by Su Mo so badly it couldn’t even fight back, let alone resist?
’He’s too strong!’
Pingyangzi asked, "Brother Chu, this... Daoist Su... no, Elder Su, what is his background?"
Chu Tianxiong shook his head.
He didn’t know Su Mo’s origins either, so he could only turn his gaze to the hemp-clothed elder. "Elder Wu, this Elder Su is..."
Before, Chu Tianxiong had been unwilling to place himself below Su Mo, addressing him as an equal.
Now, after witnessing Su Mo’s power, he had voluntarily lowered his own status and addressed him as an Elder.
Du Feng and Roger also looked over curiously, awaiting the hemp-clothed elder’s reply.
The hemp-clothed elder said awkwardly, "I don’t know the specifics either. Perhaps he’s from the Desolate Empire?"
The Desolate Empire?
Chu Tianxiong furrowed his brow!
The Desolate Empire was one of the Eighteen Kingdoms where the Beast Taming Sect held sway. They knew the Desolate Empire extremely well!
The Desolate Empire did indeed have one powerful expert.
But that was the Heaven-Suppressing King.
Aside from the Heaven-Suppressing King, they had never heard of any other supreme expert. Besides, Su Mo’s strength seemed to surpass even the Heaven-Suppressing King’s.
CRACK...
The sound of a bone shattering reached everyone’s ears.
The Ink Flood Dragon roared in fury, "Despicable human... You actually broke my bones! Aaaah... I’m going to slaughter you!"
CRACK, CRACK, CRACK...
Immediately after, the sound of several more bones breaking rang out.
The Ink Flood Dragon was completely shocked.
Su Mo had broken several more of its bones. All the strength left its body, and it went limp like a loach.
Su Mo was speechless. "I told you not to move, but you insisted. Is this my fault?"
Before coming here, he had only wanted to draw a bit of blood from the Ink Flood Dragon to take back for Alchemy. He never intended to hurt it!
For that reason, he had only used thirty percent of his Protective Dragon Power.
Who knew the Ink Flood Dragon would be so fragile?
Could he be blamed for that?
This time, the Ink Flood Dragon truly didn’t dare to move, lying obediently on the ground.
It had struggled just twice, and several of its bones had been broken. If it kept struggling, it would probably lose its life.
’This human before me is as strong as a monster.’
Su Mo said calmly, "That’s more like it. If you’d had this attitude from the beginning, you wouldn’t have had several of your bones broken by me."
The Ink Flood Dragon’s face was full of grievance.
It had been tricked by Chu Tianyun into coming to the Beast Taming Sect more than ten years ago, and its heart was filled with accumulated rage. It was just about to vent its fury when it ran into such a tough customer.
’What rotten luck!’
Even when Su Mo removed the force pressing down on it, it didn’t dare move an inch, lying obediently at Su Mo’s feet.
This... this... this...
Not far away, Chu Tianxiong and Pingyangzi were both frozen in place.
The lawless, hot-tempered Ink Flood Dragon had actually submitted to Su Mo, allowing him to decide its fate.
Was it because it feared Su Mo’s power?
’Just how strong is Su Mo?’
Du Feng asked curiously, "Sect Leader Chu, can you see through Elder Su’s Realm?"
Chu Tianxiong shook his head. "Forgive my incompetence, but I cannot see through it. Can any of you?"
Pingyangzi and Daoist Xuanqing shook their heads in unison.
They couldn’t see through it either.
At this moment, an elite disciple to the side said, "Sect Leader, I feel that Elder Su is at the Martial Apprentice Realm."
What!
A Martial Disciple...
Chu Tianxiong shook his head. "Impossible. How could a Martial Disciple have such strength? You must have sensed it wrong!"
Pingyangzi and Daoist Xuanqing also thought it was impossible.
If a Martial Disciple possessed such immense power, it would mean they had all wasted their years of cultivation.
Absolutely impossible!
Daoist Xuanqing pondered, "My guess is that Elder Su is at least at the Martial Monarch Realm, perhaps even the Martial Monarch Great Perfection Realm."
Martial Monarch Great Perfection...
Everyone nodded in unanimous agreement.
Chu Tianxiong said, "Actually, we don’t need to guess blindly. Once Elder Su is finished, we can go ask him. If that doesn’t work, we can ask the Heaven-Suppressing King."
SHHNK!
Su Mo gently raised his finger and poked the Ink Flood Dragon, instantly creating a bloody hole in its body.
The Ink Flood Dragon trembled in terror.
Its invincible defense, which it took so much pride in, couldn’t even block a single one of Su Mo’s fingers.
’Is Su Mo’s finger a sharp sword?’
’But even a sharp sword couldn’t break through my defenses.’
SPURT!
A stream of black blood shot out from the hole. Su Mo quickly held up a bottle to collect it, filling it to the brim.
"Thank you for your Divine Beast Essence Blood!"
Su Mo put the bottle away, stood up, and turned to leave.
What!
’He’s leaving already?’
The Ink Flood Dragon asked in confusion, "You... you don’t want to take me as your Demon Pet?"
In the past, almost everyone had dreamed of taking it as their Demon Pet.
Because Divine Beast blood flowed through its veins.
Back then, Chu Tianyun had coveted the Divine Beast bloodline within it, luring it to the Beast Taming Sect to serve as a guardian for the Sect’s gates.
’Su Mo surely is no exception!’
However, Su Mo said, "Sorry, I only wanted to borrow some of your Divine Beast Blood for Alchemy. I have no interest in you, because... you’re a bit trash!"
Trash...
The Ink Flood Dragon was instantly enraged.
No one had ever dared to call it trash, especially not to its face like Su Mo had.
But it was a rage it didn’t dare to voice!
If it had been a pure-blooded Divine Beast, Su Mo might have had a little interest.
’But a hybrid? Forget it.’
In Su Mo’s mind, the Ink Flood Dragon’s only use was as Alchemy Materials; otherwise, it was completely worthless.
"Elder..."
Chu Tianxiong led the hemp-clothed elder and the others to Su Mo, bowed respectfully, and pleaded, "Elder, you should take the Ink Flood Dragon."
What!
’Take the Ink Flood Dragon?’
Su Mo looked at Chu Tianxiong, completely baffled. ’Who would just give away their Sect’s own Sect Guardian Beast?’ he thought.
Chu Tianxiong said awkwardly, "Elder, the Ink Flood Dragon has already betrayed our Beast Taming Sect. We are now enemies. It is thanks to your presence that we have been spared. Once you leave, no one will be able to suppress the Ink Flood Dragon. We fear we will all be sent to our graves."
As he spoke, Chu Tianxiong shot a wary glance at the Ink Flood Dragon.
The Ink Flood Dragon stared back at Chu Tianxiong with a cold gaze.
"Is that so!"
Su Mo glanced at the Beast Taming Sect and the Ink Flood Dragon, who were filled with mutual hatred, and said lightly, "Seeing as I have a connection with both of you, I’ll play the peacemaker this once. From now on, neither of you is to cause trouble for the other."
Chu Tianxiong and the others were overjoyed.
The Ink Flood Dragon, however, said reluctantly, "Elder, it’s not that I’m unwilling to let this go, but the Beast Taming Sect deceived and imprisoned me for over a decade. This is an irreconcilable feud..."
Hmph!
With a sudden cold snort, the Ink Flood Dragon instantly felt a mountain crashing down on it. Its expression changed drastically as it cried out, "Elder, don’t—"