Ch. 259 - The Miserable Drill Beast Lord

Chen Shu watched the husky's retreating figure and muttered, "Finally, it's useful."

"Goo-gii!"

The Slime had already turned around and immediately activated [Deterrent Roar]!

The Drill Beast Lord was controlled in an instant, but the Slime didn't attack.

If it sat on the Lord, although the skills would be sealed...

Burrowing relied on its claws — it could very likely still escape.

Chen Shu's expression was composed as he said, "Xiao Xing, grab it!"

The Mutant Thunderbird's body shimmered with flowing light, its tail continuously spraying blue trails. It released all manner of speed skills, reaching an unbelievable velocity!

Its talons spread open and it seized the Drill Beast Lord directly by the tail!

Since you wanna burrow so bad, we'll take you to the sky!

The Mutant Thunderbird shot upward at top speed, lifting the Drill Beast away from the ground.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The Drill Beast recovered, immediately realizing the danger it was in.

Its eyes flared with the light of a skill, and just as it was about to release it...

The Mutant Thunderbird let go.

The Drill Beast Lord plummeted rapidly. The height was only about a hundred meters — it definitely wouldn't kill a Black Iron-rank Lord from this fall.

A brutal gleam filled its eyes. Once it returned to the ground, it would be back in its element!

"Gotta arrange this nice and tidy for you!"

Chen Shu grinned and directly had the Slime transform into Flight Mode.

"Goo-gii!"

The giant Slime took off, ramming straight toward the falling Drill Beast Lord.

"Squeak!"

Terror filled its eyes, but suspended in midair as it was, it couldn't control its direction.

It could only watch helplessly as that massive blob came crashing toward it.

Bam!

The Drill Beast Lord was sent flying once again.

The Slime closed its eyes, savoring the joy of free flight.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Every time the Drill Beast Lord thought it was about to land, it got knocked right back up into the sky!

"Goo-gii! Goo-gii!"

Every impact made its guts ache — the Slime was just too huge.

"This kid!"

Du Ming stood on the back of a red flying bird, watching this scene from the sidelines.

He hadn't expected that Chen Shu, having just advanced to Black Iron-rank Beast Tamer, could already beat up a Lord of the same rank.

In truth, it wasn't that the Slime's power was overwhelming the enemy.

Rather, Chen Shu had found the Drill Beast's weakness and kept it from ever touching the ground again.

"Derpy husky, shoot some fireballs for me!"

Chen Shu rubbed his chin and gave the order, wanting to pile on some extra damage.

The husky, which had been munching on grass down below, immediately looked up. The light of a skill ignited in its eyes once more.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Another five-shot burst of fireballs, fired directly at...

...the Slime's butt!

"Goo-gii!"

The Slime's Sleep-Kill had already ended.

Its adorably dopey big eyes looked toward the derpy husky on the ground, filled with immense confusion.

"Holy crap, you stupid dog! Listen to my commands!"

Chen Shu's mouth twitched. His predictive ability was freakishly good — aiming at targets in the air was dead simple.

But this husky actually had its own ideas...

Chen Shu shook his head. It looked like he'd have to find some time to specifically train the husky.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The frenzied collisions had long since knocked the Drill Beast unconscious. It had probably vomited up all the blood in its body by now.

The Slime's Flight Mode ended, and it returned to the ground.

Thud!

The Drill Beast collapsed to the ground like a dead dog, but it still had a trace of breath left.

"Finally... on the ground..."

Its eyes opened slightly, a look of utter despair on its face.[2]

Just as it was about to desperately burrow into the dirt, a giant yellow butt appeared right before its eyes!

Boom!

The Slime directly sat on it, wiggling its butt nonstop.

The Drill Beast Lord was belly-up — even if it wanted to burrow, there was nothing it could do.

After a moment, its life force dissipated completely.

A Black Iron-rank Lord had died on the spot, just like that!

"Little Yellow's still the real MVP!"

The three of them came down to the ground, faces full of excitement. They hadn't expected to run into a Lord-level fierce beast right at the start, let alone successfully hunt one.

"I need to show off!"

Xie Sunan had been coasting the whole time, and Du Ming, standing beside him, had recorded everything.

He rummaged through his bag and pulled out a butcher's cleaver, ready to carve up the Drill Beast Lord's corpse.

"A butcher's cleaver..."

Du Ming's expression froze. Was he messing around? He actually carried a butcher's cleaver on him?

Are you sure that thing can cut a Lord?

But in the next moment, Xie Sunan raised the knife and brought it down, swiftly dismantling the beast.

To him, butchering a fierce beast was about the same as butchering a pig...

"We've got dinner tonight!"

The three exchanged grins, eagerly eyeing the ten-plus jin of fresh meat.

As for the core materials and Beast Taming True Pearl, they were directly stuffed into the urea bag without a second thought.

"Do these three clowns not know what a fierce beast is worth?"

Du Ming's mouth twitched. That beast meat was just for eating — it wasn't worth much at all!

"Let's go!"

The three exchanged grins, carefully carried the beast meat, and returned to the Mutant Thunderbird's back.

Little Yellow was recalled into Chen Shu's beast taming space, while the husky stayed by his side.

It wasn't very big, so the Mutant Thunderbird could handle it.

The group took flight directly, heading deeper into the space.

With the Lord dead, the remaining Drill Beasts scattered like startled birds, all retreating back to their underground territory.

"These guys are fucking ruthless!"

Someone watched the three's departing figures and couldn't help but swallow hard.

They'd hunted a Lord-level fierce beast right at the start!

For everyone else, Lords were still terrifyingly formidable existences. The vast majority of beast taming corps were completely wiped out because of Lord-level fierce beasts.

"I wonder what kind of faces the graders will have."

Du Ming suddenly thought of something, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Little Red, keep your eyes locked on these three!"

The red bird let out a light screech and immediately pursued. It was also a speed-specialized contract spirit, and Silver-rank at that.

The three flew at top speed, quickly leaving the other gaokao students far behind.

Actually, no one else was heading in their direction anyway.

Follow the bandit, get beaten nine times in three days![1]

The terrain of [Lieyang Hills] hadn't changed. The area below was still covered in small hillocks.

But the one difference was — the temperature had risen!

Xie Sunan seemed to think of something and said, "Chen Pi, do you think an alternate dimension has edges?"

"Of course they do! This is why you should've studied! They can't be infinitely large."

The three headed north, and night gradually fell...

"Let's rest down below tonight."

Traveling at night carried considerable risk.

More importantly, if they didn't eat soon, the Drill Beast Lord meat was going to spoil...

[1] 跟着悍匪混，三天挨九顿 (gēnzhe hànfěi hùn, sān tiān ái jiǔ dùn): "Follow the bandit, get beaten nine times in three days" — A rhyming cautionary folk saying coined by the students about Chen Shu. The logic: three meals a day for three days equals nine beatings. Any benefit of following someone strong is outweighed by the chaos they attract.

[2] 生无可恋 (shēng wú kě liàn): "Life has nothing left worth clinging to" — Internet slang for utter despair and complete resignation. Here, the Drill Beast Lord's state after being volleyballed by the Slime and denied even the dignity of a proper landing.