Beast Taming Era: I Became Groudon

Chapter 172: Names, Shadows of Trees
"Mmm, it's delicious."

"It's still the same taste, it's still the same smell, the boss's cooking skills are really great."

The giant crocodile ate a charred rat in one bite, making a crunching sound as it gnawed on it. Soon its mouth turned black and it became a black-mouthed crocodile.

"Tingting, do you think your giant crocodile looks a bit like Honghong?" Fan Lingling asked when she saw this scene.

The giant crocodile is obviously a crocodile, but why does it look so dog-like? Seeing his movements of looking for food reminded her of Honghong looking for bones everywhere.

"Yes, it is a bit similar." Hearing this, Xu Tingting smiled and said, "But it's not a big problem. As long as the giant crocodile is happy, it's fine."

"Now that we have dealt with these annoying demon-eating rats, we can sleep peacefully."

"Yeah." Fan Lingling nodded when she heard that, and Xu Tingting continued to dig the hole.

"Zizi"

"Zizi"

After the soil was dug up, white hot steam immediately came out. It seemed that the temperature underground was very hot. They didn't even need to cover themselves with blankets when sleeping underground.

"It's so warm, just like being in a greenhouse." Fan Lingling said to Xu Tingting with a smile while lying in the hole she had dug out.

"Yes, it's very comfortable here." Xu Tingting said with a smile: "Let's go to bed early, we still have to continue tracking the wooden unicorn early tomorrow morning."

"Um, Tingting, why don't you put the Giant Crocodile and Groudon into the Beast Taming Space?" Seeing Xu Tingting closing her eyes and about to fall asleep, Fan Lingling asked.

"The giant crocodile is still looking for food. He won't be willing to enter the beast control space before he finishes eating."

"Gurado hasn't come out for air all day. We finally let him out at night, but he won't be willing to enter the Beast Taming Space, so let them stay outside." Xu Tingting explained with her eyes closed: "Don't worry, Lingling, they won't be in danger if they stay outside. We just need to take care of ourselves."

"I'm worried that other beasts are in danger..." Fan Lingling said weakly after hearing this.

There is no need to worry about Groudon's overwhelming attack. Only other Beastmasters need to worry about encountering Groudon, right?

"There's nothing to do. We can just sleep." Xu Tingting said, and she fell asleep in a daze.

Seeing this, Fan Lingling closed her eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, the forest was filled with fog. The giant crocodile, which had been busy all night, was still happily searching for treasures in the scorched earth. Every time it found a roasted mouse, it would be happy for a long time.

"You've been looking for the giant crocodile all night, and you haven't finished eating yet?" Xu Tingting got up from the pit, rode the Dark Pegasus to the side of the giant crocodile whose body had turned dark gold and asked.

If the giant crocodile hadn't moved, she would have thought that there was a moving black hill on the ground.

"It's almost done. Give me some more time and I'll finish it soon." Hearing this, the giant crocodile opened his pitch-black mouth as if he had just chewed on coal and said.

"Then you have to be faster, time waits for no one." Xu Tingting looked at the happy face of the giant crocodile and said with a smile: "We still have to catch the wooden unicorn, but we don't have time to waste too much time here, you have to calculate the time yourself."

"Okay, okay, Tingting, go and get busy first."

"I'll be ready soon, give me a little more time." said the giant crocodile, and began to look for food while sniffing the ground.

"Tingting, is the giant crocodile not well yet?" Fan Lingling, who came riding on the Black Tengu, asked Xu Tingting after falling from the sky.

"No, he's still searching for treasure." Hearing this, Xu Tingting shrugged and said, "Let's wait for him for a while, he should be well soon."

"Okay then." Fan Lingling nodded when she heard that, and the two of them followed the giant crocodile and watched it happily search for treasure.

"The giant crocodile is so happy." Seeing the giant crocodile unable to hide the happiness on its face every time it dug up a big rat, Fan Lingling said enviously.

The happiness of the beastmasters is so pure. Just finding food can make them so happy.

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she felt so happy.

"Yes." Xu Tingting nodded and smiled when she heard that.

The current state of the Giant Crocodile can be described as free and unrestrained. If she could be like the Giant Crocodile, she would surely be very happy.

"It seems like they have all been eaten. What a pity. It would be better if the boss could keep all those guys here." The giant crocodile twisted its body and came to the dense jungle, looking at the jungle with regret.

The charred land stopped abruptly here, and the animals inside knew without even thinking that they were definitely not burnt to death.

Forget it, he has already eaten a lot from last night to this morning, so he won’t think about it anymore, so as not to make himself feel bad.

Putting aside the troubles, the giant crocodile staggered towards Xu Tingting: "Tingting, I have cleaned up the battlefield. Now we can continue to look for the little Qilin."

"Yeah, I saw it." Hearing this, Xu Tingting smiled and said, "Giant Crocodile, you have worked hard cleaning the battlefield all night. Come back and rest first."

"Okay." The giant crocodile nodded when he heard this. Life of just eating and sleeping was so comfortable.

He really wanted this kind of life to continue forever.

"Okay, Lingling. Let's continue on our journey." After putting away the giant crocodile, Xu Tingting said to Fan Lingling with a smile.

Fan Lingling nodded when she heard that, and the Black Tengu flapped its wings and flew away. Seeing this, Xu Tingting hurriedly followed.

"Hey! Scarface, why are you back? Did you catch the wooden unicorn?" The beast hunter who came late asked the dusty scarface and his companions. They were the kind of people who would not release their eagles until they saw the rabbit. Why did they come back so early? Did they catch the wooden unicorn?
Thinking of this, the Beastmaster Hunter's face turned grim.

As expected, those who came early got meat to eat, but those who came late didn’t even get soup to drink.

"Catch the wooden Qilin? We don't want to live anymore, but we can give it a try. We were almost wiped out yesterday. Let's catch them all?" The scarred man said angrily.

"So you didn't catch the wooden Qilin?" Upon hearing this, the beast hunters breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s good that they are not caught, then they still have a chance. If they are caught, it will be difficult for them to rob.

Everyone's strength is about the same, so it's not easy to rob each other.

"Yes, are you happy?" The scarred man looked at them and said, "You can continue to chase Mu Qilin, but be careful not to sacrifice everything."

After saying that, he walked towards where Yushou and the others came from.

"What happened to Boss Scarface and the others? They feel like they've taken bullets."

"Yes, and it looks like he's running for his life."

The beast hunters muttered as they watched the Scar Man and the others leave.

"What else can we do? We just hit a wall. Can't you see that?" The leader of the beast hunters said with a smile, "Don't worry about them for now. Let's go after the wooden unicorn quickly so that others won't catch it first."

"Yes, boss." Hearing this, the beast hunters nodded, then quickened their pace and ran towards the direction where the scarred man was coming from.

"These guys really value money over their lives. Do they not know what is waiting for them ahead?"

"That's right. When they start fighting over the wooden unicorn, they'll cry."

Hearing the footsteps fading away behind them, the scarred man and his gang sneered and said.

A bunch of idiots thought that it was so easy to catch the wooden unicorn? They really thought too much. They will cry when they are caught.

"Okay, don't underestimate us, let's get out of here quickly." Scarred Man looked at the beastmasters coming in front of him and said, "What happened yesterday was unknown to anyone. We suffered a great loss. There is no reason for them to know so easily."

"Yes, Scar Brother." Everyone who heard this nodded.

Even if Pug didn't say it, they wouldn't tell these guys.

Why are they the only ones who are unlucky and not the others? If we are going to be unlucky, we should all be unlucky together.

This is called sharing happiness and sharing hardships.

"This wooden Qilin is really good at moving around. It actually ran this far inside."

After flying in the sky for most of the day, Fan Lingling finally saw the wooden Qilin that she had been chasing for more than half a year.

This is a dark green creature that looks like a deer, but is larger in size; it has a cow's tail, horse hooves, and a single horn on its head.

At this time, he was happily rubbing against the trees in the forest, and the trees he rubbed immediately grew taller at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's amazing! This is even more amazing than the rapid growth of my Blue Ape King." Xu Tingting couldn't help but exclaimed upon seeing this scene.

Is this the Friends of the Wood Qilin Forest? This ability to make trees grow quickly is really amazing.

"Yes, but his most powerful ability is healing." Fan Lingling looked at Mu Qilin and said, "Tingting, please help me keep watch over the surroundings so that no one can disturb me. I am going to subdue Mu Qilin now."

"Okay, just go ahead and don't worry. Leave the surroundings to me, I won't let anyone disturb you." Hearing this, Xu Tingting said with a smile.

"Yeah." Upon hearing this, Fan Lingling ordered Black Tengu to rush towards the Wooden Qilin.

At this time, the wooden Qilin, who was rubbing against the tree with his eyes closed, opened his eyes immediately after hearing the noise coming from above.

When he saw the familiar face in front of him, his whole body went numb.

Come on, he has been running for a long time to escape from this human, but why is the other person still chasing him?

He has already run into Yinque Ze, why can the other party still find him?
"Mu Qilin, I told you that we will see each other soon. How about that? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Seeing the surprise in Mu Qilin's eyes, Fan Lingling smiled and said, "Become my partner, Mu Qilin. Let's become stronger together, okay?"

"Of course it's not good. Are you sick, human? I'm living a good life. Why should I follow you for no reason?" Mu Qilin shook his head when he heard that, turned around and prepared to run away.

"Mu Qilin, don't try to escape this time. I will definitely subdue you this time." Seeing this, Fan Lingling immediately shouted, "Black Tengu, use the black domain. Don't let Mu Qilin escape."

"Wang Wang"

"Wang Wang."

Upon hearing this, Black Tengu immediately flapped his wings, and a black whirlwind covered the entire sky above the forest as he flapped his wings.

Upon seeing this, the wooden Qilin tried to run away, but was quickly stopped by the Black Tengu and fanned back with his wings.

Although he is a relatively rare healing Beast Tamer, his combat power is indeed a bit lacking.

If you encounter an opponent who is slightly stronger than you at the same level, you really cannot win.

"Qilin, you'd better surrender. I don't want to hurt you. There are a lot of people looking for you outside. If you don't go with me, you will be caught by them." Seeing the wooden Qilin flying back, Fan Lingling said.

Originally, she wanted to persuade Mu Qilin with emotional appeal and reason, but now time waits for no one. If she continues to procrastinate like this, Mo Qilin will be snatched away by others, so she has to use some tough measures?
"It's all your fault that this happened, right? I was living well in the forest, and you came to disturb me." Mu Qilin couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this, if it wasn't for the other party's annoying annoyance.

Would he have to run around so much that he would be discovered by other humans?
"Lingling, there's no point in reasoning with this guy. Only after we beat him up will he listen to us." Black Tengu said upon seeing this. It has been proven by now that this wooden Qilin is a guy who won't eat or drink, so continuing to talk to him is just a waste of time. It's better to speak with fists.

As long as this guy can be defeated, he will naturally be willing to sign a contract with Lingling.

He has wasted more than half a year on this guy, and to be honest, he is a little fed up with him.

Lingling has never been so nice to him before, so why should she treat this wooden Qilin like this? The key point is that this guy has no idea what's best for him.

"Then thank you for your help, Black Tengu." Seeing that Mu Qilin was still like this, Fan Lingling sighed and said.

"Okay, leave it to me next. I will teach him a good lesson." Hearing this, Black Tengu smiled and said, flapping his wings. Dozens of black tornadoes appeared around Wooden Qilin and surrounded him.

"Zizi"

"Zizi"

The wooden Qilin who was in the vortex did not sit there and wait for death. Green light emanated from his body, and soon huge vines grew out of the ground, which slapped the tornado like a big green hand.

"They fight so slowly. Why does it take so long to deal with a little Qilin?" Dark Pegasus, who was standing guard in the sky with Xu Tingting on his back, yawned in boredom and said, "If it were me, I could make him kneel down with one move and he wouldn't be able to get up."

"Because it is them who are trying to tame the Wood Qilin, not us. Dark Pegasusmon, you should just be patient and wait. They should be there soon." Xu Tingting said with a smile when she heard that.

Of course it would be faster if Dark Pegasusmon came up, but if that happened, it wouldn't be Lingling that would be obeyed by Wood Qilin.

Then Lingling chased Mu Qilin for half a year but failed? So this kind of thing is not something they should interfere with.

"Okay, then they should hurry up. I'm almost bored to death watching them." Hearing this, Dark Pegasusmon said boredly, stepping on the air, and his eyes suddenly looked into the distance.

"What's wrong? Dark Pegasusmon." Xu Tingting asked when she noticed Dark Pegasusmon's gaze.

"There's a group of reckless guys running towards this side. They must have noticed what's going on here and are chasing after us." Dark Pegasus said, his eyes becoming a little excited: "Tingting, I remember you said you would help them guard, right? Now that the enemy is coming, I should be able to take action, right?"

It's so boring staying here, it's finally his turn to take action.

He will have some good fun with these guys for a while, since it doesn't look like it will end anytime soon.

"It's better not to take action yet, Dark Pegasus." Xu Tingting said, "If they don't listen to our advice, we will take action later."

Although she knew that these beast masters came to steal the wooden Qilin, she did not want to take the initiative before the other party made a move.

"Okay, then Tingting, you talk to them first. We're going to fight then anyway, and I don't mind the time." Dark Pegasus said indifferently. Humans are really strange creatures. They insist on reasoning when they can just fight directly.

In the end, it all comes down to the hard work, right? Why is White wasting all this energy?

"The boss is ahead. I hope we are not too late and the wooden Qilin has not been subdued yet."

"So what if he's been subdued? This is a no-man's land. If he's been subdued, we can just snatch him away."

"Yes, we traveled all night, we can't make a wasted trip."

Just as Xu Tingting was communicating with Dark Pegasus, the beast hunters had already arrived around Xu Tingting and the others.

When Xu Tingting saw a large number of beasts appearing, she patted Dark Pegasus and came in front of them and said, "My companions are taming beasts here. Please don't come and disturb us. Thank you."

"No need to thank me, we are here just to disturb you in recovering the beast."

"Yes, we have been traveling for a long time. Little girl, please be sensible and get out of the way. The master can't stop us by yourself."

The beast hunter smiled when he heard this, and looked at the dark Pegasus beast under Xu Tingting with some fear.

If it was a king-level beastman? They wouldn't even waste words on the other party, but if it was an emperor-level beastman, they still needed to give him some face.

After all, if they couldn't kill this beast in one go, they would have a lot of fun in the future.

"It looks like you all are planning to take action?" Xu Tingting sighed when she heard that.

I really don't want to fight, but looking at the current situation, it seems that I have no choice but to fight.

"Yes, since the wooden Qilin has not been tamed yet, then of course everyone who sees it will have a share." The leading beast hunter said, "If he has been tamed, we will leave immediately without saying anything, but if he hasn't been tamed, we can only apologize."

"Okay then." Xu Tingting sighed helplessly, released the giant crocodile and said, "You two should stop them, but try not to be too ruthless."

As he spoke, wings similar to those of Dark Pegasus appeared behind him, and he flapped his wings and flew up.

"No problem, just leave it to me from now on, Tingting, you just watch." Dark Pegasus said with a smile, without Tingting on its back.

Then he can use his skills without restraint, which is so cool.

"Boss, this woman is not simple."

"There is an emperor-level beast and a king-level beast." The beast hunters spoke up when they saw this.

"I'm not blind, I saw it." Upon hearing this, the leader of the beast hunters said, "Release all the beasts, don't waste time. Otherwise, it will be bad if her companions subdue the wooden unicorn."

"Yes, Boss." Upon hearing this, the beast hunters nodded and released their beasts.

"Old Crocodile, I'll take care of the guys on the ground, how about that? Is that ok?"

Looking at the beastmasters that appeared, DarkPegasusmon spoke.

"No problem." The giant crocodile nodded upon hearing this, and stomped its body towards the ground. Countless stalagmites emerged from the ground and hit the standing beast masters, causing them to dodge repeatedly due to the pain.

"huhu"

"huhu"

At the same time, the sky turned completely dark. The thick darkness made it impossible for the flying beastmasters to see where Dark Pegasus was.
One by one, they were hit by a horse's hoof for no apparent reason and fell to the ground like dumplings.

"Don't stand too close. The weaker ones should stand further away and use their skills. The stronger ones should go up and contain them."

"How come you have forgotten all the content of your training?"

The beast hunter boss who saw this scene cursed angrily, "Hasn't he taught them a lot in normal times? How come they forgot everything when it came to the critical moment?"

How can we fight after being beaten like this by the opponent's Beast Tamers at the very beginning?

"Whizzing"

After hearing this, the beast masters that fell to the ground rushed towards the sky again, but they soon fell down.

The beasts on the ground did not gain any benefit either. Although there were many of them, they were like weeds in front of the giant crocodile.

The giant crocodile swept its tail and a large group of them flew away.

The skills released seemed to have no effect on him.

"Boss, this isn't good. These two beasts are a little too strong."

When the beast hunters saw this, they said with grim expressions.

The other side had only two beasts to stop them all here. If they hadn't taken out other beasts, they wouldn't be able to defeat the other side even if they used their heads to fight.

"I know." Upon hearing this, the beast hunter leader shouted into the distance, "If you guys still want to see us lose the fight, you don't think it's any different if you come to our door, right? Come and help us all."

"If we can't get past her, none of us will be able to catch Mu Qilin."

"Whizzing"

"Whizzing"

As the beast hunter leader finished speaking, groups of people appeared in the distance.

Originally, they were all preparing to take advantage of the situation from a distance, but now seeing this situation, they immediately realized that if they didn't take action, Mu Qilin would really be captured by others.

So they all came out, ready to work together with the Beast Tamer Hunter to solve the problem at hand first.

"So many people have come? Should I retreat?" The Giant Crocodile muttered when he saw this scene. Now there are too many beastmasters and it seems that he cannot handle them.

Should he give up the C position and let the boss take the stage? After all, he has almost finished his digestion exercise, and if he continues, he will be hungry.

"You have seen this, beautiful lady, right? We have a lot of people on our side. Although you are very powerful, you can't stop so many of us at the same time, right?" The leader of the beast hunters stepped on a purple manta ray and flew in front of Xu Tingting and said, as if he felt that they had already won.

"Since you have come this far, it seems I have no choice but to release Groudon." Xu Tingting muttered to herself when she heard this.

Since I promised Lingling that I would help watch over the place, I can't go back on my word.

She really didn't want Groudon to come out, because once Groudon came out, it would definitely cause big trouble. At least the forest within dozens of kilometers would definitely not be able to be saved.

"Release Groudon?" The beast hunter leader was stunned when he heard this, and saw that Dark Pegasus and Titanoceratops had left the battlefield and came to Xu Tingting's side. His face suddenly changed and he said, "Everyone, evacuate quickly, she is..."

"boom"

Before he could finish his words, a white light flashed and a dazzling flame shot up into the sky. The beasts closest to him were directly engulfed by the magma rushing out from the ground. In an instant, a pungent smell of burning came from the surroundings.

"This is?"

The beastmaster was originally very happy to see Dark Pegasusmon and Giant Crocodile retreat, but the next second he was stunned when he saw the ferocious giant beast appearing in front of him.

"Groud...Groud?"

"There's no mistake. It's Groudon. She's Xu Tingting, the Fire Master of the Beast Tamer Competition."

"But why is she here? Shouldn't he be in Lava City?"

"Do you know this? Do you think this Groudon is fake?"

After a few seconds of stunned silence, everyone immediately reacted and looked at Xu Tingting sitting on the back of the dark Pegasus with serious eyes.

They just came out to rob a beast, but they actually met the best beastmaster under the legend? What the hell is this?

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

They are not stupid enough to think that the other party's nickname is bought with money.

To be able to become the master of the seventh level of the Beast Tamer Competition, there is no need to say more about the opponent's strength.

"It seems that everyone knows who I am. I won't waste my time talking to you. This time I am here with my friends to subdue the wooden Qilin."

"I don't want to release Groudon unless it's absolutely necessary. If you are willing to give me some face, please leave. If you still want to break in by force, I will not show mercy." Hearing that the other side recognized her, Xu Tingting was too lazy to continue concealing her identity, and took off her hat and said.

"Since you are Miss Xu Tingting's friend, then of course we have to give you some face. Brothers, let's go." Someone in the crowd said, and immediately left with his teammates.

The remaining beastmasters also left in groups of six or seven. They did not want to offend Xu Tingting for the sake of a wooden qilin. They might not be able to snatch the wooden qilin, but offending someone would be a real offense.

They are not that stupid yet.

"Many of them have already left. Do you still plan to give it a try?" Xu Tingting asked the beast hunter leader with a smile after seeing this.

"Of course not." Hearing this, the beast hunter looked at the ground turning into a sea of ​​magma, and his face turned ugly: "I'm sorry for disturbing you this time. I hope Miss Xu Tingting won't mind."

"Of course not, after all, this is just a normal way of taming the beast, right?" Xu Tingting said with a smile.

"Right, right." Upon hearing this, the beast hunter quickly agreed: "Then we'll take our leave first. I wish Miss Xu Tingting's friend success in taming the wooden unicorn."

"Thank you, I think so." Xu Tingting said with a smile, and the beast hunters left one after another.

"Tingting, I've already taken care of it here, what's going on with them?"

Fan Lingling, who flew here on the Black Tengu, asked curiously. She rushed over immediately after hearing the noise, but after she arrived, all these people left. She wondered what was going on.

"It's okay, everything has been done." Xu Tingting replied with a smile after hearing this, and a huge explosion was heard in the distance.

The dazzling firelight instantly froze Xu Tingting's smile on her face.

“That…there”

Fan Lingling pointed in panic at the distance and said that a giant snake as big as a mountain appeared in the woods. The trees on the ground were like weeds under its body. It opened its mouth wide and swallowed the clouds in the sky in one gulp.

(End of this chapter)