Luring the Golden Horned Beast

As long as he could obtain a single drop of the Golden Horned Beast's blood, he would be able to acquire the Avatar Secret Technique!

Shen Mu took a deep breath, then sent a thread of mental power into his optical-brain wristguard.

"Babata, Babata, come out quickly! I have something I need to ask you!"

In the virtual space, Babata, who had been slacking off, froze. This was the first time Shen Mu had ever taken the initiative to call for him.

"Eh? Shen Mu, you actually came looking for me on your own. Ask the great Lord Babata anything you don't understand!"

"Babata, let me show you a video."

Shen Mu then sent over a recording captured by a miniature camera embedded in the scales of the Azure Dragon Avatar.

In the video was the scene of the Thunder Dragon Emperor being utterly crushed by the Golden Horned Beast.

"Damn, that's actually a Golden Horned Beast! Where did you get this video—from an ancient civilization ruin? Take me there, quickly! We might be able to find clues about a Golden Horned Beast."

"This kind of intelligence could fetch a sky-high price in the universe. At the very least, you won't need to worry about cultivation resources in the early stages."

Babata's eyes gleamed. If they could obtain the Golden Horned Beast's whereabouts, they could sell the information in the universe for at least a hundred million Cosmic Coins—more than enough for Shen Mu to spend extravagantly in his early cultivation.

"This video was recorded by my Azure Dragon beast. That battle took place in the Pacific Ocean not long ago."

"Damn, an eighth-order Planet-Level Golden Horned Beast. Its combat strength is probably greater than that of a first-order Star-Level human. You're in serious trouble."

Babata was not overly anxious. With an eighth-order Planet-Level Golden Horned Beast, there was a strong chance that Hong, that domain expert, could suppress it if he went all out.

Moreover, humanity possessed large quantities of nuclear weapons. Even if they had to pile them on, there was still hope of blasting it to death outright.

With both measures combined, dealing with this Golden Horned Beast would not be too difficult.

"Babata, do you think it's possible to Body Snatch this Golden Horned Beast?" Shen Mu abruptly changed the subject.

Babata was stunned. Body Snatch?

Then Babata shook his head helplessly.

"What nonsense are you dreaming of? The Golden Horned Beast's soul defense is ten times that of an ordinary eighth-order Planet-Level human. Neither you nor Luo Feng could... no, Luo Feng has a chance of successfully Body Snatching it!"

Babata's face became fervent. He had remembered that Luo Feng's soul still contained the Inheritance Soul Mark.

When Huyan Bo created the Inheritance Soul Mark before his death, he had not known what level his future successor would reach. To be safe, the Inheritance Soul Mark he created retained enough energy to completely transform the mental power of a first-order Cosmic-Level expert!

Yet Luo Feng was only a first-order Planet-Level warrior. After the soul mark fused with his soul, he had not fully absorbed its power.

If he used Body Snatch and treated the soul mark as a Soul Attack weapon, he could easily breach the Golden Horned Beast's defenses and successfully seize its body.

"My idea is to first have my beast lure the Golden Horned Beast into a trap containing buried nuclear bombs and severely injure it. Then Brother Hong will suppress it, and finally Luo Feng will Body Snatch it. That will ensure nothing can go wrong."

The more Babata thought about it, the more feasible Shen Mu's method seemed. As long as they subdued the Golden Horned Beast and prevented it from attacking Luo Feng, Luo Feng would certainly succeed in Body Snatching it with the power of the Inheritance Soul Mark.

The power level of the Inheritance Soul Mark was equivalent to that of a first-order Cosmic-Level Mentalist.

No matter how powerful the Golden Horned Beast's soul defense was, it could not possibly withstand the Soul Attack of a first-order Cosmic-Level expert.

This plan was practically perfect!

"Good, good, good. I'll go speak with Luo Feng first."

"Wait, you need to put it this way... otherwise, Luo Feng may not be willing to abandon his human body and Body Snatch the Golden Horned Beast."

"Oh, oh, I understand. It has to be you, Shen Mu. You've thought this through more thoroughly than I did!"

After settling matters with Babata, Shen Mu piloted his fighter straight toward Limit Martial Hall headquarters, sending Hong and Thunder God an email along the way.

About ten minutes later, Shen Mu arrived at the martial hall headquarters. Thunder God had already arrived.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, you've received the news, right? This Devouring Beast Emperor rose from first-order Planet-Level to eighth-order Planet-Level in just half a year. We can't delay any longer. Otherwise, no human on Earth will be its match!"

The moment Shen Mu met Hong and Thunder God, he went straight to the point.

"I've already issued an emergency council order through the War God Palace. In ten minutes, all councilors and the leaders of the five major nations will attend," Hong said with a slight nod, still quite confident in his own strength.

Seeing that Hong had not realized the severity of the situation, Shen Mu projected the video of the battle between the Golden Horned Beast and the Thunder Dragon Emperor.

"This... how could it possibly possess such strength at only eighth-order Planet-Level?" Thunder God's expression instantly turned grave after watching the video.

Hong stared fixedly at the footage. Then he spoke with some uncertainty. "If I risk my life, I only have a fifty-percent chance of killing it."

Hearing this, Shen Mu said, "Big Brother, Second Brother, at this point, I won't hide it from you. Luo Feng and I happened upon the inheritance of a line of Mentalists. Even those basic martial artist manuals we gave you were merely included along with it."

"Within that inheritance, there is a special Soul Attack secret technique called Body Snatch... as long as nothing unexpected happens, this Golden Horned Beast will be completely unable to resist Body Snatch."

After hearing Shen Mu's explanation, Hong and Thunder God exchanged a glance.

"I understand. When the time comes, I will give everything I have to hold this Golden Horned Beast back and create an opportunity for Luo Feng to use Body Snatch."

Hong's eyes were half-closed. Then they snapped open, and a vast, surging aura filled the entire room.

Hong had likewise prepared to risk his life. If Luo Feng failed, he had to kill this Devouring Beast Emperor.

"Before that, we can actually make some preparations..."

Shen Mu explained once more his plan to use the Azure Dragon Avatar to lure the Golden Horned Beast, and it won Hong's approval.

"If this Golden Horned Beast's strength falls by half, I will have absolute confidence in suppressing it—or even killing it." Hong spoke calmly, but his tranquil eyes held absolute confidence.

Shen Mu nodded slightly. "All right, it's settled, then. Big Brother, go coordinate the five major nations to set up the trap. I'll contact my tamed beast, the East Sea Azure Dragon, and prepare to lure that Golden Horned Beast in."

Ten minutes later, the highest emergency meeting convened as scheduled in the War God Palace within the virtual space.

After witnessing the mysterious Beast Emperor effortlessly slaughter the Thunder Dragon Emperor in the ocean, all of Earth's powerful figures and the leaders of the major factions became deeply unsettled.

Hong then spoke, declaring that he was confident he could defeat this Devouring Beast Emperor, though it would be best to severely wound it first.

At this moment, Shen Mu and Luo Feng sat together among the seats reserved for Councilor-level powerhouses.

"Brother Shen, Babata has already told me the plan." Luo Feng's expression was somewhat complicated.

Shen Mu looked at Luo Feng. "Then you should understand as well. What Brother Hong said about being confident he could defeat this monster was only a pretext. Only if you use the secret technique of Body Snatch can we truly ensure everything is foolproof."

Luo Feng pursed his lips, then nodded. "I've already made my final arrangements. Human civilization must continue."

The entire meeting lasted fifteen minutes. Once the trap plan was confirmed, the various major factions began setting it up.

After careful deliberation, they ultimately chose a natural cavern inside one of the peaks in the Andes Mountains as the trap site.

Once the meeting ended, the various nations began sending in additional manpower, burying high-yield mushrooms before covering them with a layer of spaceship metal wreckage as camouflage and bait.

Three days later, a perfect trap had been laid. The natural cavern had been dressed up as the site of a UFO crash, with every display and detail flawless.

Although Shen Mu believed that the Golden Horned Beast cub, barely half a year old, had no experience discerning traps, when it came to something this important, one always had to strive for perfection.

In the deep sea, the Azure Dragon Avatar clamped a piece of spaceship metal wreckage in its jaws and rapidly approached the resting Golden Horned Beast.