A while later, Xu Yang arrived at an open stretch of flat ground. He carefully raised his head and looked toward the clearing. A fierce battle was underway. A disciple of the Hundred Beasts Sect was fighting two opponents at once and had the upper hand, leaving the two disciples from Baicao Hall in a sorry state.
The two disciples from Baicao Hall were a man and a woman, both handsome and beautiful. They were doing their utmost to fend off the attacks of the demonic beasts before them. The Hundred Beasts Sect specialized in controlling demonic beasts in battle. When fighting other cultivators, its disciples could use not only all kinds of Dharma Artifacts and spells but also the beasts they had raised.
Some demonic beasts were extremely powerful, even surpassing the strength of the Hundred Beasts Sect cultivators themselves. Of course, they also had to beware of their beasts turning on them. That was why most Hundred Beasts Sect cultivators raised young beasts, nurturing a bond with them from an early age.
A bond alone wasn't enough, of course. The Hundred Beasts Sect naturally had its own secret methods for keeping the beasts in check and fighting alongside them. According to rumors, Golden Core cultivators of the Hundred Beasts Sect could fuse with their bonded beasts. Once they reached the Nascent Soul Realm, their bonded beasts would form beast souls and gain all the abilities of demonic beasts.
A bonded beast was much like a Golden Core cultivator's bonded Dharma Artifact. The difference was that a bonded Dharma Artifact was forged from various spiritual materials, while a bonded beast was made from a demonic beast raised from a young age. A bonded beast could not only transform into a beast soul, but also continue to grow. In the