Thud!
The instant he saw Zhou Fan's Sharingan,
Shukaku sensed trouble, but it was already too late.
"Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"
His consciousness blurred, and he was dragged into Zhou Fan's genjutsu space.
Huge stakes pierced his body one after another, restraining him until he couldn't move.
"This is... genjutsu?"
"I never thought you'd actually have the Sharingan."
"You damned evil Uchiha brat!"
"Hurry up and let me go!"
Shukaku shouted.
His level might have been higher,
but the Sharingan's genjutsu was simply too effective against Tailed Beasts.
Even the Nine-Tails was constantly toyed with by the Sharingan, let alone the One-Tail.
With Shukaku caught in the genjutsu, the sand around Lin Qianqian and Zhou Fan lost its pressure and collapsed.
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" Lin Qianqian asked in confusion.
Why had Shukaku suddenly stopped moving?
And why had he actually let them go?
Zhou Fan walked over, looked into Shukaku's eyes, and cast another genjutsu.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan!"
Trapped in two layers of genjutsu, Shukaku couldn't break free at all.
The Sharingan was the sternest father a Tailed Beast could have!
Shukaku was now under the control of the Sharingan's genjutsu.
What next?
Was he really going to kill Shukaku? That would be such a waste!
"System, is there any way for me to tame Shukaku?"
[Yes, absolutely!] [You don't need 99,999 Emotion Points, or even 88,888 Emotion Points. For just 9,999 Emotion Points, you can contract Shukaku as a Summoning Beast!] [The system guarantees that Shukaku will obey you completely and cannot defy you!]
The system really did come through!
Zhou Fan paid without hesitation.
Even the slightest hesitation would have been disrespectful to Shukaku!
He could forcibly control Shukaku with the Sharingan's genjutsu, too.
But his ocular power was limited at present. He could only trap Shukaku in a genjutsu, not force him to fight alongside him.
Besides, even if he used genjutsu to control him,
a Tailed Beast under genjutsu couldn't fully unleash its strength.
Only when a Tailed Beast genuinely wanted to fight alongside him could it unleash its greatest power!
[9,999 Emotion Points consumed. Summoning Beast contract successfully established—One-Tail: Shukaku!] [Summoning Beast: One-Tail: Shukaku] [Level: Tier 2, 1 star] [Special notice: Shukaku's level will rise along with the host's level. He can also grow independently, becoming stronger through battle!]
Shukaku was still relatively weak at this stage.
He was nowhere near the real, fully developed Shukaku.
But he could keep growing, and there was no telling how strong he might become in the future.
Once the contract was complete, Shukaku officially became Zhou Fan's Summoning Beast.
He put Shukaku into the Summoning Beast space.
Seeing Shukaku suddenly vanish at Zhou Fan's hands, Lin Qianqian froze for a moment.
Then it dawned on her. Zhou Fan had defeated Shukaku??
Shukaku had suddenly stopped moving because of Zhou Fan's ability?!
How had he done it??
She hadn't even seen Zhou Fan use a superpower.
Yet Shukaku had submitted just like that.
How was that possible?!
"All right, mission accomplished!"
Zhou Fan clapped his hands, relieved.
That fight had been seriously dangerous.
If the Sharingan's genjutsu hadn't come through,
they really might have died here today!
"Are you okay?" Zhou Fan walked over and looked Lin Qianqian up and down.
She had quite a few wounds from Shukaku's Sand Shuriken.
There was also a glaring smear of blood at the corner of her mouth.
But there wasn't a trace of pain on her beautiful face.
An S-rank really was an S-rank!
She could take a beating better than ordinary people!
"What... did you do to that Beast King?" Lin Qianqian finally asked after hesitating.
She couldn't figure out how Zhou Fan had done it.
"Oh, I've tamed him. Mission accomplished. He won't have a chance to hurt anyone else," Zhou Fan said.
"How did you do it?" Lin Qianqian asked anyway.
She felt that asking a question like this made her seem inferior to Zhou Fan.
A mighty S-rank superpower user, yet she couldn't even tell what methods a C-rank superpower user had employed.
It would be embarrassing if anyone heard about it.
But she really was curious.
Zhou Fan thought for a moment.
Controlling Shukaku required the Sharingan's genjutsu.
But Lin Qianqian didn't have the Sharingan.
So he said, "You want to learn? But with your aptitude, you wouldn't be able to."
Lin Qianqian: "???"
Seriously!
What are you showing off for?
If you don't want to tell me, just say so!
What do you mean, "with your aptitude, you wouldn't be able to"?
What's wrong with my aptitude?
Is my aptitude that bad??
I have an S-Rank Superpower! How could I possibly lack the aptitude???
Lin Qianqian seethed with anger.
A C-rank superpower user actually dared to look down on her?
Fine, don't tell me!
I don't want to know anyway!
With an icy expression, Lin Qianqian turned and walked away.
[Anger from Lin Qianqian +1,000!] [Anger from Lin Qianqian +2,000!]
Zhou Fan: "????"
He was completely dumbfounded.
Come on, girl!
Why are you suddenly angry?
Had he done something wrong?
Lin Qianqian had asked him a question, and he'd answered honestly.
Controlling Shukaku required the Sharingan's genjutsu.
Lin Qianqian didn't have the Sharingan, so she couldn't use the genjutsu.
Wasn't that true?
You need a case of pink eye to use genjutsu!
Zhou Fan couldn't fathom why Lin Qianqian had suddenly gotten so angry.
He just found it baffling.
It was like a girlfriend suddenly getting angry in front of you but refusing to explain why, making you guess instead.
Guess right, and she was angry. Guess wrong, and she was even angrier!
Of course,
Lin Qianqian wasn't Zhou Fan's girlfriend, so he couldn't be bothered to guess why she was angry.
She could be as angry as she liked.
Outside the secret realm.
Jiang Canghai, Wang Daochuan, and the others were all waiting anxiously.
They had seen on the map that Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had reached the Beast King's location quite some time ago.
They must have already started fighting.
But so much time had passed without a result that they couldn't help worrying.
"Wang, do you think they'll succeed?" Jiang Canghai's expression was calm, but his tightly clasped hands betrayed him.
Wang Daochuan said, "I believe in my students."
Just then, something changed over at the secret realm.
On the map, the Beast King's marker disappeared!
That meant Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian had succeeded!
"Director, the Beast King has disappeared."
"They did it!"
Both Jiang Canghai and Wang Daochuan breathed sighs of relief.
Soon,
Zhou Fan and Lin Qianqian emerged from the secret realm.
Wang Daochuan hurried over and carefully looked them both up and down.
"How are you? Are you okay? Where are you hurt?"
"We're fine. Just a few minor injuries," Zhou Fan said.
"Hahahaha! I knew you two could do it!"
"Jiang, didn't I tell you our students wouldn't let you down?"
"Hurry up and pay!" Wang Daochuan roared with laughter.
Jiang Canghai also looked pleased.
"Excellent. You really didn't let me down."
"Here's the reward we agreed on."
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