Pokémon: Having just completed the Pokédex, I'm now traversing the world of Beast Taming.

"Chinese?"

"How did the dragon riders of China end up here?"

Among the group besieging the white-haired old man, the middle-aged man in the lead secretly thought things were going badly.

The sudden appearance of such a powerful figure would disrupt his plans.

"Sir, this matter is none of your concern. You should know that this is Italy, not your China."

"I think you'd better not get involved..."

Pfft~~~

Before the man in camouflage could finish speaking, two bright red rays pierced his head. After passing through his head, the rays made a very clean turn in the air, appearing as if they had been "folded".

The speed of the refracted ray was too fast for the naked eye to keep up with. After piercing through the head of the camouflage-clad man, it bent and pierced through the head of the camouflage-clad pet again!

"You're holding your head too high..."

Chi Yi patted a large golden rat on his shoulder and said very politely, "Although I'm standing on high ground, you and I..."

"No, when speaking to me, one should keep their head down to avoid being impolite..."

Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man decisively lowered his head. He had clearly seen that the golden-haired rat suddenly crawled up from the Chinese man's back, perched on his left shoulder, and its beady eyes shot out a bright red light, instantly killing the man in camouflage!

"Legendary!?"

"Perhaps I have a chance..."

"Not sure, let's wait and see..."

The white-haired old man gripped his snake staff tightly, his head bowed low, appearing extremely humble.

Seeing how ruthless this Chinese man was, killing one of his companions on sight, the others immediately fell silent and lowered their heads.

Are you kidding me?

One-hit kill of an S-rank Beastmaster?

"Speaking without thinking, it's all Lukel's fault. He's only an S-rank himself, and he won by being outnumbered, yet he calls himself 'a mere S-rank piece of trash.' Isn't that just insane?"

"Doesn't he know that one should avoid using prophetic language in one's speech?"

"Now look what's happened, S-rank is completely useless!"

The bald man's face turned bright red; he desperately wanted to rush up and kick Luke's ass!

The atmosphere at the scene began to become oppressive. Putting everything else aside, the aura emanating from that blue Eastern dragon seemed to have already covered the sky.

This is an absolutely invincible opponent!

"That, that thing, it couldn't be...."

"The Staff of Asclepius, perhaps?"

Chi Yi immediately spotted the snake staff tightly gripped in the white-haired old man's hand, and a look of great interest appeared on his face.

Upon hearing this, the old man subconsciously took a few steps back, tucking his snake staff into his arms. Even so, he still didn't dare to raise his head or utter a sound.

Chi Yi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, because his forceful actions had scared everyone into silence!

"Um..." Chi Yi scratched his head and pointed at the white-haired old man, saying, "He stays, the rest of you can leave. There are those who want to avenge that dead man and those who want to go back and call for reinforcements."

"Please do as you please, I won't stop you."

The white-haired old man being pointed at by Chi Yi began to have his heart racing. It was quite obvious that the other party also had his eye on his divine artifact!

But he was willing to take a gamble with those few people; this dragon rider in front of him...

"If we use that move, there should be about a 20% chance of escaping."

"In other words, they're probably courting death..."

While the white-haired old man was struggling with his inner turmoil, the others had already made a hasty retreat. What a joke! If they didn't leave now, would they wait for this crazy, red-eyed rat to shoot them with lasers?

Chi Yi jumped down from the head of the Azure Dragon, which was the real Chen King. The big rat on his shoulder raised its head and squeaked something in Chi Yi's ear.

In short, Chi Yi listened and nodded slightly, as if what the golden-haired rat was saying made perfect sense!

As Chi Yi drew closer, fine beads of cold sweat began to appear on the white-haired old man's forehead...

"Make a move?"

"After a desperate attack, he turns around and burns his life force to escape?"

"This Chinese guy might be more than just legendary; am I right to do this?!"

The white-haired old man subconsciously took a step back, still keeping his head down, his mind in turmoil!

Until a hand grabbed his serpent staff...

"Decisiveness is a fundamental quality of a strong person; hesitation leads to defeat."

"Of course, even if you act decisively, you will definitely not be a match for me... you will never be a match for me!"

Chi Yi snatched the Staff of Asclepius from his hand, then, without even glancing at the white-haired old man, walked back, muttering to himself, "How could that guy so naturally refer to himself as 'This King'? I feel so embarrassed about it..."

"He... just... took it?"

"No aura was activated, and no tools were used? He just touched the divine artifact with his bare hands?"

The white-haired old man finally raised his head and looked at Chi Yi's back. On his right hand, all five fingers were wearing some kind of grass ring. These five were all very special props. If he was missing even one of them, and touched the Staff of Asclepius, he would be impacted by the surging life force and turned into a "prop person".

Completely lose consciousness.

boom!!!!

A burst of intense white light erupted from the snake staff in Chi Yi's hand!

The ground, scorched black from the battle, was now covered with dense vegetation, and trees were growing into towering giants in the blink of an eye!

The flowers bloomed in an instant, and butterflies and bees appeared out of nowhere.

The originally barren environment was transformed into a vibrant and lively place within just a few seconds!

"Praise be to life!"

The white-haired old man, now without the Staff of Asclepius, had cloudy eyes. He prostrated himself on the ground, praising it aloud.

At this moment, all seven orifices of Chi Yi were emitting white light. His body was unable to move, and a pure white flower even grew from his neck and flesh.

"As expected, even legendary beast tamers cannot directly touch [life] with their mortal bodies."

The white-haired old man sighed. He hadn't expected the turning point to come so quickly. As long as that terrifying dragon rider completely lost consciousness, he could take back the Staff of Asclepius!

Ultimately, the Staff of Asclepius will belong to him!

With this divine artifact, eternal life will allow him to stand at the pinnacle of beast tamers sooner or later!

The azure dragon held its head high, showing no intention of attacking, while the golden-haired rat plucked the flower growing from Chi Yi's neck...

Hiss hiss hiss~~~~

From within Chi Yi's slightly open mouth, a jet-black snake poked its head out...

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

The golden-haired rat pointed its paw at the serpent staff, looking completely calm.

The black snake suddenly burst from Chi Yi's mouth, instantly coiling around the snake staff. In an instant, a black aura spread, and the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees began to wither rapidly...

"It even has a built-in suppression function."

"Do foreign countries have such wonderful things too?"

Chi Yi returned to normal, praised the snake staff a couple of times, then twisted his neck and his eyes flashed with a sharp light!

"My body..."

"He's actually back to his peak condition?!"