Zhou Xu, who was in Black Moon City, received the report earlier than Xie Liancheng. He also reached the grassland horse ranch more quickly, arriving one step ahead of Xie Liancheng.
He had only just arrived outside the grassland horse ranch when he heard a tremendous boom. A stable inside the ranch seemed to have been blasted straight through, and amid billowing dust, a black steed charged out of it.
Faced with this sudden situation, Ma Guotao, who had already been outside the ranch preparing to welcome him, was obviously thrown into disarray. He waved both hands speechlessly, shouting something at the ranch workers inside.
Although Zhou Xu had no idea what exactly had happened, there could be no harm in taking control of the situation first.
With that thought in mind, Zhou Xu slapped his horse and shouted, "Giddy-up!" before pursuing the steed.
The black steed that had burst out during the chaos had clearly noticed Zhou Xu catching up. As it raced forward, it turned its head and glanced at him, then, incredibly, revealed a trace of provocation on its face, an expression so humanlike it was almost comical.
"Hah!"
Just for that arrogant little expression, Zhou Xu felt that he ought to teach the beast a lesson.
[Beast Soldier Control!]
Without wasting even a single word, he directly used a True Word!
The black steed had just provoked Zhou Xu and was preparing to accelerate and leave him in the dust when, in the next instant, it was enveloped by the power of Zhou Xu's True Word.
Its body lost control almost at once. With a heavy thud, the suddenly slowing black steed fell flat on its back, all four legs in the air.
Throughout the entire process, it was utterly dazed, with no idea what had