"Young Master, be careful!" The Great Elder, who had been resting some distance away, leaped to his feet and struck toward Amber with an upraised palm.
From his perspective, Lu Ye's Lifebound Demonic Beast had clearly succumbed to madness. In such a situation, the only option was to kill the Monster Beast quickly—otherwise, it would surely turn on its master.
A fiery saber light flashed. The Great Elder hurriedly withdrew his hand and stared at Lu Ye, who had drawn his saber, in astonishment. "Young Master?"
"Wait!" Lu Ye barked, his expression grave.
Amber had actually contracted that madness. This was something he had never expected. Amber had always fought at his side and had never left him. There were no signs of injury either, so how had it become infected?
Yet unlike other Monster Beasts that immediately went berserk after contracting the madness, although scarlet occasionally flashed through Amber's eyes and threatening growls continuously rumbled from its throat, it was clear that it was doing everything in its power to maintain its sanity and suppress the urge to attack everything around it without restraint.
After all, it had shared life and death with Lu Ye for more than two years, and they were bound by the Pet Contract bestowed by the Heavenly Mechanism. Even after contracting the madness, it had not gone completely berserk like other Monster Beasts. It still retained its last shred of reason.
A message came through the Battlefield Mark. Lu Ye hurriedly checked it. As expected, it was a message from Yiyi.
After reading Yiyi's message, Lu Ye abruptly raised his head. Amber, standing before him, lowered its tiger head toward Lu Ye.
A gleam flashed across the Crag Mountain Saber. Lu Ye thrust forward, driving the long saber precisely into a spot three inches