Secretly Telling You

Su He slammed into it, only to be swatted back by a claw.

The White Tiger's sharp claws scraped against the turtle shell, emitting a piercing screech.

The turtle shell was injured!

This was the first time an attack had managed to bypass the turtle shell's complete defense.

Fortunately, Su He retracted his head quickly, otherwise he would have been embraced by the White Tiger.

Of course, Su He wasn't without success. He bit down on the White Tiger's elbow, tearing off a piece of flesh. Blood spread across the lakebed.

Azure Origin Sect, Suppression Prison.

Lu Ming's eyes suddenly narrowed. He sensed that the White Tiger was injured, and his breath hitched. Then, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was fine. After all, they were trying to capture a Divine Turtle with a Divine Beast Bloodline. Who wouldn't get injured? To be able to injure the White Tiger even while suppressed by the Myriad Force Talisman, this turtle's bloodline must be incredibly pure. Good! The more powerful it was, the greater the White Tiger's talent would increase after devouring it. Correspondingly, he would also gain greater benefits.

Good! The White Tiger has a Slave Ghost, capable of attacking from afar and defending up close. That turtle is surely doomed! He hoped the White Tiger would act faster, lest other beasts smell the Divine Beast's blood and come to snatch it.

Beneath Listening Sea Lake, Su He heard a sharp shriek from behind. The Slave Ghost abandoned the Green Snake and rushed back to protect its master.

A dagger thrust straight towards Su He's tailbone.

Despicable!

He dodged, his turtle shell skirt blocking the dagger. At the same time, he instinctively bit down on the Slave Ghost's arm.

He bit down, feeling a cold, foul taste. Halfway through, he suddenly bit into empty air.

Su He's eyes lit up. This Slave Ghost was corporeal at the moment of attack! It could be bitten!

"Roar~"

He let out a meaningless cry, but the Green Snake immediately understood. Its body coiled like a spring, and just as the Slave Ghost thrust its dagger towards Su He's turtle claws again, a water arrow pierced the lake water and shot through the Slave Ghost's head.

The resentment in the Slave Ghost's eyes instantly turned confused and vacant. Its entire sack-like body dissolved like a bubble, vanishing with a pop.

In the Azure Origin Sect, Lu Ming's face changed drastically. He sensed the dissipation of the White Tiger's Slave Ghost.

His heart began to pound.

How could this be?! That Slave Ghost was something he painstakingly helped the White Tiger choose, even secretly refining it with the Ghost Gate Art. Although it was still immature, it was impervious to knives and axes. How could a mere wild beast destroy its Slave Ghost?! Could it be that the turtle's bloodline was special, ignoring the Slave Ghost's incorporeal nature?

If so... his heart pounded faster. Then, if the White Tiger devoured it, could it inherit this ability?

The excitement on his face was almost uncontrollable.

No, he needed to find an excuse to dismiss the enforcers. He needed to use Linked Perception to share vision; he had to witness the White Tiger devour the Divine Turtle with his own eyes!

"Roar! ... Gulp..."

The White Tiger roared, then gulped down a mouthful of lake water.

It wasn't an aquatic animal. Its ability to dive was purely because tigers could swim, and with the powerful lung capacity of a Three-Star Exotic Beast, it held its breath and dived.

It coughed up water several times, having choked. But its physique was powerful; it would take at least several hours to drown it.

Su He didn't dare to wait.

The White Tiger was just a pet. Outside, there was still Lu Ming, who could fly with Sword Control. Who knew when that guy would arrive?

Delay would lead to complications!

"Roar~"

He let out a low growl, signaled the Green Snake, and paddled towards the White Tiger again. At the same time, he swiped his claws, creating two water ribbons that, like jelly, wrapped around the White Tiger's paws.

The White Tiger swiped a claw, but the water ribbons buffered it, preventing it from scratching the turtle shell again.

Su He lowered and raised his body. His turtle head shot out and bit down on the White Tiger's neck. The moment the White Tiger swung its paw, Su He tore back, ripping a piece of flesh from its neck.

An artery burst, and blood gushed out.

"Roar!"

"Crack!"

Su He was sent flying again by a claw. His internal organs vibrated, and his vision went black.

In the Azure Origin Sect, Lu Ming suddenly stood up, his face a mask of shock.

He sensed that the White Tiger was severely injured.

How? How was this possible? How could a turtle suppressed by the Myriad Force Talisman injure the White Tiger? Based on his senses that day, that turtle, let alone being suppressed by the Myriad Force Talisman, wouldn't even be a match for the White Tiger without any restrictions. Where did it go wrong? Were the other escaped beasts fighting the White Tiger? The White Tiger was the strongest pet this year, but even the strongest fighter can't win against many. Could it be that the pets released by Feng Ya Ya were all targeting the White Tiger?

"Did I... make things worse?" "Brother Enforcement Officer, please wait a moment. My White Tiger has encountered some issues. Let me take a look."

A young man in an Enforcement Hall uniform opposite him said, "Junior Brother Lu, please don't worry. The Beast Taming Valley has had some sudden incidents, and many spirit beasts have escaped. Perhaps the capture team injured Junior Brother's Lifebound Beast. Just bring it back and let it recuperate for a few days..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Ming's eyes had already glazed over as he activated Linked Perception.

What an impolite fellow! The Enforcement Disciple's expression turned cold. Even the chief disciple of the Beast Taming Valley shouldn't treat him with such disrespect!

The struggling White Tiger's eyes flickered slightly, becoming more alert. Lu Ming had shared his vision.

As soon as Lu Ming opened his eyes, he was met with a sea of red, the lake water stained with blood obscuring his vision. Before he could grasp the situation, he heard a sharp sound of water being broken.

Immediately after—

Pop! It burst like a ripe grape, and his vision went completely dark.

Lu Ming in the Suppression Prison suddenly snapped back to reality, his face as dark as ink. Blinded! One of White Tiger's eyes had been shot out.

This was retaliation! The ability to shoot arrows couldn't be that turtle's divine power; it must be a Beast Taming Valley disciple capturing escaped spirit beasts. They deliberately blinded my White Tiger! Didn't every Beast Taming Valley disciple recognize my White Tiger?

Jealousy? Ruining my path? Lu Ming was furious. He rose with his sword, intending to rush out of the Suppression Prison, but was ensnared by a law enforcement disciple who threw a magic net over him.

"Insolent! Are you trying to break out, Junior Brother Lu?"

Escaping in the Azure Origin Sect is a major crime. Even if you are wrongly imprisoned, you can appeal and seek compensation, but you cannot escape. Doing so will not only negate your appeal but also add three more charges.

Lu Ming was pinned to the ground. He glared at the law enforcement disciple, offering no defense, and circulated his magic arts, re-establishing Linked Perception.

White Tiger struggled underwater, unable to even roar. Its throat artery and trachea were bitten off. Bubbles uncontrollably gurgled from its windpipe as lake water flooded its lungs.

Lu Ming watched through the remaining tiger eye, trying his best to see through the blood-red lake water.

He saw it.

There was no one on the other side, only a turtle ferociously lunging and biting, shaking its head.

Lu Ming was stunned. This turtle wasn't suppressed by the Myriad Force Talisman?

Its aura hadn't grown stronger; how did it break through the Myriad Force Talisman?

Was it Yu Lin? Yu Lin wasn't tricked away by me and went to teach his class again?! He saw the Spirit Talisman I left on the Turtle Shell? Killing intent flowed through Lu Ming's heart.

Yu Lin cannot be kept! No, that's not right. He's suspicious. Even if this turtle wasn't restricted by the Myriad Force Talisman, it shouldn't be a match for White Tiger. Why was White Tiger bitten to the brink of death by it?

White Tiger struggled. Following its gaze through its eye, he saw the Turtle Shell pressed firmly onto White Tiger's back.

The Myriad Force Talisman flickered with a brilliant clear light.

Lu Ming was stunned and at a loss.

He couldn't figure out where to start untangling his thoughts. Then he heard the sound of an arrow piercing water, and his vision instantly plunged into darkness. His only remaining tiger eye was also shot out.

He only heard the turtle's roars and growls.

Lu Ming in the Azure Origin Sect suddenly woke up, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his face as pale as paper.

The heart!

That turtle broke White Tiger's heart!

White Tiger wouldn't survive.

White Tiger was his Lifebound Beast. If White Tiger died, the owner would inevitably be affected. A serious injury was the least of it; any more severe injury could still be saved by the Azure Origin Sect.

White Tiger was gone, his path was severed! "Turtle!" Lu Ming clutched his chest and collapsed to the ground, blood seeping from between his gritted teeth, roaring.

Vermin! You severed my path for no reason, I will kill you! And the Azure Origin disciple behind you, and those despicable Elders who privately occupy the Divine Turtle! "Turtle!" he yelled.

"Huh?" a grandmotherly voice chimed in, "Does Senior Brother Lu also have a beautiful turtle?"

Two law enforcement disciples at the entrance of the Suppression Prison looked helpless as they escorted a little girl inside.

Feng Ya Ya.

This escort was rather unique; they used a skewer of sugar-coated haws to coax Feng Ya Ya inside.

This little ancestor, for some unknown reason, went mad and burned down the Beast Taming Valley's cages, releasing more than half of the spirit beasts. The Sect Leader was furious and punished her with hard labor in the Suppression Prison for her transgressions.

Was this punishing her? This was punishing the Suppression Prison! What crime did we, the disciples of the Suppression Prison, commit?

Feng Ya Ya hopped in front of Lu Ming, "Let me tell you secretly, Senior Brother, I also have a turtle. It's in Listening Sea Lake, and we agreed that he would come see me after a hundred days."

"Senior Brother Lu looks so uncomfortable, was your little turtle snatched away?"

She patted Lu Ming's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, Senior Brother Lu. Mother placed a Warning Rune on my turtle's head, so it's not afraid of being taken away."

Lu Ming's eyes suddenly widened. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.