I'm No Breeding Boar

A derisive laugh rang out from across the street. A blur of motion followed, and the Path Clearing Envoy vanished, leaving Great Meng City.

The master of Great Meng City had ordered him to leave. The Path Clearing Envoy came from the Dragon Ascending Holy Sect, but he still didn't dare stay.

Ascending Wu Rong's expression darkened further. With the Path Clearing Envoy gone, their strength was even weaker; they simply couldn't stand against Chen Bao.

"You think I'm dead? You kill someone on my turf, and you'll pay for it."

Chen Bao looked domineering and unreasonable, as if he were about to roll up his sleeves and fight the Ascending Wu Clan.

Ascending Wu Rong's face paled with fright. He and the disciples around him retreated.

"City Lord, this is a time when we need all the help we can get. Please show mercy."

A commanding voice rang out. With a rumble, one enormous warship after another flew across the sky—three in all.

The giant warships appeared overhead, their surging bloodlust bearing down on everyone.

The Grandmaster Mansion.

At the sight of the giant warships, Liu Chengfeng and the others recognized them at once.

The person who had just spoken was one of the Grandmaster Mansion's Three Retinues, Young Master Ye.

Young Master Ye had never shown his face. He maintained an air of lofty distinction, deploying troops and issuing commands like a marshal over ten thousand soldiers, standing high above everyone.

"The Grandmaster Mansion's Three Retinues."

Chen Bao's expression tightened at the sight of the three war cruisers.

"Beasts have gathered, and Great Meng City is in danger. At His Majesty's behest and on the Grand Marshal's orders, I have been appointed commander-in-chief. I've brought the Three Retinues to help you, City Lord."

"Good. Much obliged."

Chen Bao snorted and replied in a muffled voice.

"The Three Retinues' army will defend the city and protect the people. The City Lord and his generals will guard the gates..."

"Ye Yitian, you've only just broken through to the Third Rank. What gives you the nerve to order me around?"

Chen Bao had a fiery temper, and his expression immediately changed.

"City Lord, the Grand Marshal has put me in complete charge. If you object, you can speak to the Grand Marshal, or return to the Imperial Capital and appeal to His Majesty."

The Grandmaster Mansion's Young Master Ye, Ye Yitian, remained aloof and unseen.

Chen Bao's face looked terrible.

Su Youqian, standing beside him, tugged at his sleeve, urging him to rein in his temper.

"I'll send the Ascending Wu Clan to guard the gates and help the City Lord. Whoever kills a beast gets its true blood."

"We'll do everything we can."

Seeing a way forward, Ascending Wu Rong cupped his hands and led the experts straight outside the city.

Fighting the beasts was dangerous, but opposing Great Meng City was even more so.

Not only was Chen Bao powerful, but all three of the Grandmaster Mansion's Retinues had arrived. If they still failed to read the room, they'd be throwing eggs at a rock.

"Fourth Elder, you come help me too."

Chen Bao was seething inside, but held it in as he called for the Fourth Elder.

"We'll go together."

The Fourth Elder called Liu Chengfeng and the others to join him in guarding the gates.

In this moment of danger, Chen Bao had stood on his side. Now that Chen Bao needed help, the Fourth Elder wasn't going to turn him down.

Outside the city, Great Meng City's troops had already erected defenses. They dug trenches, strung up barriers, and set up formations... building a fortified camp.

In the distance, shadows crowded Great Meng Mountain. One towering beast after another had gathered, their beastly breaths surging like waves.

"They're attacking Great Meng City tonight. Two king-tier treasure beasts are leading them, each with eight thousand years of life."

Inside the camp,

Liu Chengfeng had sensed what the beasts on Great Meng Mountain were doing and told Chen Bao.

Chen Bao stared at Liu Chengfeng strangely, puzzled by how he knew so much.

"Our boy's a ten-thousand-year genius. He knows the beasts like the back of his hand."

The Fourth Elder spoke up for Liu Chengfeng. One more ally meant one more source of strength.

Chen Bao's expression grew solemn. He looked toward Great Meng Mountain, then lifted his gaze toward the city.

By then, the Grandmaster Mansion's giant warships had taken up formation inside the city, one stationed in each direction. One of them hung directly above Tiger Mound.

Chen Bao's face darkened. The Grandmaster Mansion's giant warship was hovering right above Tiger Mound, showing disrespect.

"Did the Grandmaster Mansion come to help us, or do they have another motive?"

There was no one else in the camp, only their own people, so the Fourth Elder spoke frankly with Chen Bao.

Chen Bao gave a cold snort.

"What about the Old Ancestress?"

The Fourth Elder was also confused. The Great Meng Su Family held a position of no small importance, especially its Old Ancestress, Lady Chen, one of Qiuchi Kingdom's three greatest experts.

With Lady Chen's temper, would she really allow the Grandmaster Mansion's people to hover over her head?

Chen Bao hesitated, then sighed.

Liu Chengfeng understood. Lady Chen was struggling to protect herself; she was suppressing She Tian and couldn't spare a hand.

"The Grand Marshal probably has bad intentions. He might take the chance to strip Uncle of his position. If anything happened to the Old Ancestress, it'd suit him just fine."

"You talk too much."

Chen Bao glared at Su Youqian, annoyed.

"Marry the Ye Clan's princess and give her a chubby little boy. Wouldn't that put the Grand Marshal's mind at ease? The Old Ancestress could also give His Majesty an explanation."

Chen Bao was Lady Chen's nephew, while Su Youqian was her grandson—and one of the future heirs to the throne.

Chen Bao wanted to teach the profligate a lesson, but because of their relationship, he couldn't bring himself to lay a hand on him.

"I'm no breeding boar. Besides, Princess Ye wouldn't look twice at me."

"The Grand Marshal will arrange it, and His Majesty will back him. Whether she likes you or not, she'll have to marry you. You're the one who doesn't want to."

Chen Bao knew full well that Su Youqian, a playboy through and through, had never considered marrying the girl. Lady Chen doted on him, so the matter had been left to fizzle out.

The Grand Marshal's Ye Clan naturally wanted an alliance with the imperial family.

"Uncle Bao, have a little humanity."

Su Youqian gave Chen Bao a mournful look. There was nothing Chen Bao could do about him.

"Get back to the Capital City and let His Majesty teach you a lesson."

Su Youqian shrank his neck in alarm. He was scared of His Majesty and wouldn't go back even if it killed him.

"They're here. They're about to attack."

Liu Chengfeng had been keeping an eye on the beasts on Great Meng Mountain. Now he opened his eyes and warned everyone in a low voice.

"Sound the horns. Prepare for battle."

Chen Bao sprang to his feet and led his troops out.

"Don't stray too far."

Though Chen Bao had threatened to teach Su Youqian a lesson, he still cared about him.

"Stay close together. Don't get separated."

The Fourth Elder led Liu Chengfeng and the others behind Chen Bao's Iron Brigade. They'd be safer that way.

Great Meng Mountain was already swarming with beasts. Their terrifying beastly breaths surged like a raging tide as they charged toward Great Meng City.

The ferocious beastly breaths made the ordinary people and weak cultivators inside Great Meng City tremble with fear.

Several thousand beasts had gathered before Great Meng Mountain. Some had lived for hundreds of years, others for thousands...

All the beasts bared their fangs and prepared to charge, ready to tear Great Meng City apart.

Among the beast tide, two treasure beasts stood out for their enormous size, drawing everyone's attention.

One was a snake more than eighty meters long, its scales shimmering with a silver, icy gleam.

It raised its head high and flicked its venomous tongue. Poisonous mist billowed from its mouth, forcing the other beasts to keep their distance.

It was a Meng Snake King, a treasure beast that had lived for more than eight thousand years.

The other was the Wild Boar King. Its thirty- or forty-meter-long body was packed with muscle, like a small mountain. Its tusks were blades, ready to slaughter every living thing.

Seeing the Wild Boar King, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help thinking of Ah Yuan. Did that make it one of Ah Yuan's distant relatives?

A roar rang out, shaking the earth as clouds of dust rolled skyward.

At the two treasure-beast kings' command, every beast and treasure beast roared and charged toward Great Meng City.

Boom—boom—boom!

The earth shook, sand and rocks flew, trees crashed down, and village houses were trampled flat. The beasts surged like a raging tide, swallowing the land.

"Kill!"

Chen Bao charged at the head of the army. Tall as an iron tower, he was wreathed in light as he rushed straight into the fray.

As a powerful Reception Fourth Rank cultivator, Chen Bao was indeed formidable. When his strength erupted, his aura was fiercer than any beast's.

Like a mountain, Chen Bao ignored the weaker beasts and charged deep into their ranks, cutting them down in a bloody frenzy. In one breath, he killed dozens and carved a path through them.

The armor Chen Bao wore was Hunshan Ding Armor, forged from mid-grade Vein Gold. It was so hard that even treasured swords could barely scratch it.

"Earth Splitting!"

Chen Bao roared and slapped his palms together. The earth heaved, and mud and stone blasted into the air, flinging more than ten beasts high above the ground.

Before they could land, he charged after them and stomped hard. With a thunderous bang, the ground caved into a huge crater around him.

He killed every beast around him in one breath.

"He's terrifying."

Chen Bao was so savage that Jiang Yu gaped in shock.

Chen Bao was unstoppable. The Wild Boar King, which had lived for more than eight thousand years, roared and charged at him.

The Wild Boar King came barreling over. Thirty meters of icy light flared from its tusks, like two enormous blades slashing toward Chen Bao.

"Just what I wanted!"

Chen Bao's anger erupted. He roared, circulated his heart method, and drew on the power of the earth. Both fists shot forward like giant hammers.

Earth Quaking Heart Method and Mountain Collapsing Six Styles were both mid-grade Sage Scroll techniques from the Reception Divine Treasury.

With the Earth Quaking Heart Method, Chen Bao could draw on the power of the earth beneath him. That was why he was so formidable fighting on foot.

"Kill!"

Liu Chengfeng charged out too. Thunder Sound Staff in hand, he killed more than a dozen beasts that had lived for seven or eight hundred years in one breath. He fought with terrifying ferocity, his body drenched in blood.

Then he set his sights on a treasure beast that had lived for two thousand years and began to fight it. Roaring wildly, he battled it to a standstill.

"Brother, are you really that fierce?"

Su Youqian, standing nearby, stared in shock.

The Fourth Elder and the others were dumbfounded too. They wouldn't dare face a beast that had lived for more than two thousand years alone.

But Liu Chengfeng was fierce enough to take on a two-thousand-year-old treasure beast by himself. His body was drenched in blood—some his own, some the beast's.

Liu Chengfeng fought like a man possessed. Even when one of the treasure beast's horns pierced through his shoulder and blood poured out, he didn't so much as furrow his brow. He swung his Thunder Sound Staff down with all his strength.

In the midst of the bloody battle, the Innate Heart Method displayed an advantage beyond compare.

Liu Chengfeng circulated the Gold Knot Heart Method. Golden threads covered his body like a garment woven from gold. Even the sharp horn of a two-thousand-year-old beast couldn't pierce him in one strike.

A bloody hole had been stabbed through his shoulder, but under the healing power of the Innate Heart Method, the wound visibly closed.

"This guy isn't even human."

Su Youqian hid behind the others as he fought beasts. Seeing Liu Chengfeng's ferocity, he clicked his tongue in amazement.

Su Youqian was stronger than Liu Chengfeng, yet he didn't dare take on a two-thousand-year-old beast himself.

Even the Fourth Elder, who had reached the fourth rank of the Treasure Mountain realm, wouldn't dare.

In terms of strength, Liu Chengfeng couldn't beat a two-thousand-year-old beast.

But with his Innate Heart Method and Innate Cultivation Method, he could take the beast's hits and grow fiercer with every clash.

Both sides were covered in wounds.

Liu Chengfeng grew more excited as the battle wore on, gradually forcing the two-thousand-year-old beast onto the defensive.

The Innate Heart Method strengthened his body and healed his wounds. The divine blood in his Blood Sea Divine Treasury surged without pause, supplying him with an endless stream of blood and energy.

That made Liu Chengfeng like a cockroach that couldn't be killed, with an inexhaustible supply of firepower.

The brutal hand-to-hand fight gave Liu Chengfeng even more real combat experience. Nothing improved your strength better than fighting to the death.

The two-thousand-year-old beast looked as if it had seen a ghost. At first, it had held the upper hand and kept Liu Chengfeng pinned down.

Now it had more and more wounds, its blood and energy were draining away, and it was growing weak. Liu Chengfeng had turned the tables.

"Give me another five hundred years of youth, and I still couldn't fight that fiercely."

The Fourth Elder cultivated a Sage Scroll technique and was renowned as the Cloud Rising Sect's best defender. Even he wouldn't risk his life the way Liu Chengfeng had against a two-thousand-year-old beast.

"This really is a genius. Excellent, excellent."

Chen Bao was fighting the Wild Boar King. When he saw how fierce Liu Chengfeng was, he couldn't stop praising him. The Fourth Elder hadn't been exaggerating.

A genius this fierce truly deserved to cultivate the imperial family's techniques.