Azure Desolate Dragon! The Beast Tide Ends! A Huge Haul!

After the first wave of the Beast Tide, Taishu Feng and the others withdrew into the town and tended to their injured Clan Members. Although they had lost some Clan Members in that first wave, most had suffered only minor injuries.

"Family Head, good news! The Beast Tide has been driven back."

A Taishu Family Clan Member ran over to report, his voice brimming with delight.

"Excellent. How are Xiaoyun and Jing?" Taishu Feng hurriedly asked.

"The eldest young master and second young master are both fine, completely unharmed. Please rest assured, Family Head," the Clan Member replied.

"That's good."

Taishu Feng immediately felt much more at ease. Though both his sons possessed peerless combat strength and had long surpassed him in power, they were still only seven and five-year-old boys. Such was the heart of every parent—they could not help but worry.

"Feng, don't worry. Xiaoyun and Jing are very strong," Jingyun said with a gentle smile.

Taishu Feng nodded and looked toward the town gate, his eyes filled with relief and pride.

Outside the town.

Taishu Yun had already clashed with that Fourth-Order Fierce Beast. Every punch landed solidly on flesh. Against the Fourth-Order Fierce Beast's massive five-zhang frame, Taishu Yun appeared tiny, yet those small fists contained terrifying power. The Fourth-Order Fierce Beast could gain no advantage whatsoever and was instead forced back step by step, Precious Blood glowing like crimson clouds splattering across the ground.

Roar!

The Fourth-Order Fierce Beast roared furiously. Fighting a little runt and being suppressed at every turn made it feel as though the dignity of a Dragon-kin Fierce Beast was being scattered bit by bit. It raised its right foreclaw, spiritual power gathering over its dragon claw, and slashed down at Taishu Yun.

At once, a massive spiritual-power dragon claw formed out of thin air. Carrying a trace of Dragon Might, it clawed down at Taishu Yun, its sharp talons about to pierce through his body.

"Little White, this looks rather like the True Dragon Claw of your True Dragon Clan, but it lacks a bit of the flavor."

Leaning lazily against a huge boulder, Taishu Jing spoke to Little White beside him.

Aang!

Little White responded softly, indicating that this was not a true True Dragon Claw. The dinosaur-like creature's True Dragon Bloodline was still impure, and it had not awakened its Bloodline Inheritance. It could only use an Innate Treasure Technique born from its own body, not a genuine Innate Divine Technique—let alone the True Dragon Claw.

"True. If every Dragon-kin Fierce Beast could awaken its Bloodline Inheritance so easily, Innate Divine Techniques would be far too cheap. Wait, Little White, why are you pressing so close to me?"

As Taishu Jing spoke, he suddenly felt Little White's body press against him, nearly squeezing him over. Little White had to wrap him with its tail to keep his face from hitting the ground.

"Hey, don't crowd me like that. You're a True Dragon, not a pet. Could you at least act a little aloof?"

Taishu Jing looked helplessly at Little White. Ever since Taishu Yun had told him to treat it better, he felt that Little White had become increasingly clingy. It would wrap itself around him at the slightest opportunity, and its scales were hard and uncomfortable. It was nothing like Little Fire, whose body was covered in soft, fluffy feathers.

Roar!

The Fourth-Order Fierce Beast fell to the ground, blood streaming all over its body. Beside it, Taishu Yun stood completely unharmed, as though he had not exerted much effort at all. Just now, the Fourth-Order Fierce Beast had tried to flee through Aerial Movement, but he had suppressed it with Battle Momentum. Its beast soul was still trembling, and it was already on its last breath.

Screech!

Little Fire flew to Taishu Yun's side and looked down upon the Fourth-Order Fierce Beast, its gaze carrying a faint trace of disdain. Though it possessed a small portion of True Dragon Bloodline, it was still far beneath their level. It could not even defeat Little White, much less the stronger Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing.

"Little White, hurry up and let go," Taishu Jing said lazily.

Little White stretched out and released Taishu Jing. Then, under Taishu Jing's astonished gaze, its five-zhang-long body slowly began to shrink. Before long, it had become only about a foot long and coiled around Taishu Jing's neck.

"I never expected you to have an Innate Divine Technique like this, Little White. But what I want to ask is, why are you coiling around my neck? You're not a scarf."

Taishu Jing held his forehead. He had really brought a baby back with him.

Still, after Little White shrank down and wrapped around Taishu Jing's neck, it really did resemble a white scarf. It looked like the sable fur those wealthy nobles wore around their necks.

Aang!

Little White raised its head and rubbed against Taishu Jing's face, leaving him caught between laughter and tears. Was Little White going to stay around his neck like this from now on? It was far too undignified.

"Fine. Who told you that, in my brother's heart, you're even more important than I am?"

Taishu Jing lightly tapped Little White on the head and teased it.

Leading Little White over to Taishu Yun's side, Taishu Jing looked at the Fourth-Order Fierce Beast whose life had ended with a single punch. He stretched out a foot and gave it a kick. "Brother, take this big fellow back. They should be quite happy."

"Mm. No matter what, it's a Fourth-Order Fierce Beast. Its entire body is valuable. With it, the children of the Four Great Families in this generation can build a solid foundation. Perhaps in the future, they'll be able to leave this Great Marsh of Cloud Dream just like us."

Taishu Yun smiled.

"By the way, is that Little White around your neck?"

"Mm. It should be an Innate Divine Technique it recently mastered—Size Manipulation. It can freely change its size. It looks quite convenient, but as you can see, it likes clinging to me even more now."

Taishu Jing looked at him with some resentment.

Taishu Yun smiled carelessly. "You and Little White are companions. That's a good thing."

With a sigh, Taishu Jing knew he would say that. "Let's go. Time to head back."

Bringing the Fourth-Order Fierce Beast back to town, the two brothers received praise from everyone. Especially during the first wave of the Beast Tide, Taishu Yun's bearing as a war god had already been etched into their hearts.

"Heavens, this is a Fourth-Order Fierce Beast!"

"Even dead, it carries such majesty!"

"I know it! This is an Azure Desolate Dragon. I saw it in a book."

"The two young masters are truly too powerful! They can even hunt Fourth-Order Fierce Beasts!"

"..."

Boom!

Taishu Jing set down the Azure Desolate Dragon's corpse. "Father, this... Azure Desolate Dragon, was it? Discuss how to handle it. Don't waste any of it."

"Haha, naturally. A Fourth-Order Fierce Beast is a treasure. We would never bear to waste it," Taishu Feng said with a laugh.

"Oh, and the ones outside too. Father, have people deal with them as well," Taishu Jing reminded him.

"Don't worry."

The Beast Tide had ended. The Family Heads of the Four Great Families personally led people to deal with the Fierce Beast corpses. No matter what, these Fierce Beasts were all valuable. Their Precious Blood could be used for Foundation Establishment cultivation, while their Fierce Beast Meat could be salted and preserved as stored food.

Nearly all the Fierce Beasts from this Beast Tide had been left behind. Even that Fourth-Order Fierce Beast had not escaped alive. This was the most bountiful Beast Tide harvest they had ever had.

In past Beast Tides, the Four Great Families had struggled just to defend themselves together. At most, they could kill several dozen Second-Order Fierce Beasts and over a hundred First-Order Fierce Beasts. Third-Order Fierce Beasts had rarely appeared, much less Fourth-Order Fierce Beasts. If the First- and Second-Order Fierce Beasts had not all been wiped out, the Third-Order Fierce Beasts might not even have appeared.

There were no fewer than two thousand Fierce Beast corpses lying outside the town gate. Many more had been completely destroyed by Taishu Yun and Taishu Jing, leaving no corpses behind. Once these Fierce Beasts were processed, the Four Great Families would not need to worry about cultivation resources for nearly a year. Their Precious Blood would be more than enough.

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

During those seven days, the Four Great Families were busy beyond measure. There were simply too many Fierce Beasts to process. Each family had to handle six or seven hundred relatively intact corpses, along with one or two hundred more that were less complete. Altogether, the number was far greater than two thousand.

After seven days of work, with nearly every Clan Member mobilized, they had only completed sixty percent. The remaining forty percent was still waiting to be processed.

If they had been ordinary wild beast corpses, they would have rotted long ago. Only Fierce Beasts could remain preserved for one or two months after death, and that was only for First-Order Fierce Beasts. The higher a Fierce Beast's order, the longer its corpse could be preserved. At a certain level, its flesh could even remain eternally intact.

Over the past few days, Little White and Little Fire had also taken the chance to enjoy plenty of Precious Blood and Fierce Beast Meat, and their bodies had grown another size larger. Little White was fine, since it could freely change its size with the Innate Divine Technique Size Manipulation. Little Fire, however, could not. Its body, originally three zhang in size, had directly grown by another zhang, becoming four zhang long.

At this rate, perhaps it would not be long before Little White and Little Fire could break through and advance into Fourth-Order Fierce Beasts.

Before, Little White and Little Fire together could fill the courtyard. Now that Little White had moved elsewhere, Little Fire alone nearly filled the courtyard.

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