Of course, there was another possibility: like the monsters in the Beast Abyss, they could turn directly into Fallen Mutant Beasts.
Neither outcome was one the people of the Beast-Tamer Guild wanted to see. That was why they had been working to treat the berserk energy inside Demon Beasts, hoping to find a way to resolve the condition.
A Beast Tamer's mental power could address part of the problem, but it only treated the symptoms, not the cause. After a temporary calming, the berserk energy inside a Demon Beast would fall dormant for a while, but its concentration would continue to rise.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Chuqi confronted the rampaging Demon Beast head-on. Without drawing the Thousand-Leaf Sword, she swung it like a club and struck the beast squarely on its broad forehead. It let out a miserable shriek, and its mad charge came to a halt.
Only its blood-red eyes remained filled with frenzy and hatred, as though it might tear Ye Chuqi apart at any moment.
Naturally, Ye Chuqi gave it no chance to attack again. The Thousand-Leaf Sword left its sheath, and frost surged forth, instantly freezing the rampaging Demon Beast into a lifelike ice sculpture. Only then did the other staff members and Beast Tamers hurry over, all of them dusty and disheveled.
Then they saw the enormous ice sculpture before them and froze.
"This is..."
"Don't worry, it's still alive." From the worried looks on the staff members' and Beast Tamers' faces, they clearly weren't concerned about Ye Chuqi's safety, only whether the Demon Beast was still alive after being frozen like that. "This frost can only hold it for a little while. If you have some other way to contain it, take it away first."
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