Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 168 Jiang Henian's Death [7400 words]

About 100 kilometers south of the Southern Underwater Great Wall lies a vast underwater mountain range.

Mountains exist not only on land, but also in the endless ocean!

In fact, the mountains in the sea are even larger and more magnificent than those on land!

Undersea mountain ranges, also known as "ocean ridges" or "oceanic ridges," are long, narrow, and continuous highlands on the bottom of the deep sea.

In Jiang Chen's previous life, numerous underwater mountain ranges could reach tens of thousands of kilometers in length, 1000 to 3000 kilometers in width, and 2000 to 4000 meters in height.

In this extraordinary underwater world, due to frequent tectonic activity, the height and width of the underwater mountains are even more exaggerated and majestic.

This underwater mountain range, located 100 kilometers south of the underwater Great Wall in the southern border region, is also known in the Dragon Kingdom as the "Meat Grinder Mountain Range"!

Because this place is located at the junction of the Dragon Kingdom's territory and the Southern Wilderness Sea territory, it is generally believed that as long as you cross this continuous underwater valley, the north side is the Human Dragon Kingdom and the south side is the Southern Wilderness Sea. This is a boundary.

As long as there is a border, border territorial conflicts will always be inevitable.

In the past, when there were no major wars, this place was where humans and sea creatures fought face to face. People vented their anger, sought revenge, provoked their enemies, and fought selflessly.

At this moment, in this "meat grinder mountain range", many humans and sea creatures are fighting each other. The beast tamers here include some beast tamers from society and some beast tamers from the army.

The main body consists of beast tamers from society, belonging to individuals, organizations, companies, or mercenary groups.

The Southern Underwater Great Wall Legion has issued numerous bounty missions, offering generous rewards for killing soldiers from the four southern tribes. As a result, many free-spirited beast tamers are drawn to these missions by the bounties.

The seawater in Meat Grinder Canyon is a pale red color year-round, while the soil in the mountain valleys is brownish-purple.

Numerous severed limbs and various unidentified organs and tissues would forever form a layer of debris floating on the sea surface, emitting a foul stench.

Today, in the Meat Grinder Canyon, a large number of human beast tamers, like a school of fish in a panic, retreated in terror, constantly withdrawing from the "Meat Grinder Mountains".

Because today, a powerful sea king has arrived in the Meat Grinder Canyon!

It was a red skull demon fanged fish king, about ten meters long, dressed in gold. Although his strength was only at the commander level, he possessed the bloodline of a fifth-level general, and his aptitude was only one level lower than that of Hong Luo, who died a few days ago.

With its accompanying guards, it was now unstoppable in the Meat Grinder Canyon, killing anyone who stood in its way!

With another bite, it killed a level four beast tamer, then swallowed him whole. The Red Skull Demon Fangfish King comfortably closed his eyes and lazily ordered his personal guards, "We're full, let's go back!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" replied a Red Skull Devil Fangfish General, a nascent-level commander.

"boom!!!"

Just as the two fish were talking, suddenly, an extremely terrifying aura of destruction came from the sea above their heads!

The two fish looked up and were so frightened they almost peed themselves!

Suddenly, an old man wearing green T-strap shoes, tattered hemp clothes, and a messy head of hair appeared in the sky above the sea.

Beneath this old man was a terrifying toad nearly twenty or thirty meters tall!

This giant toad is dressed in a golden armor on its fat body, with a stylish red shawl tied behind its back. Its bulging eyes are wide open like copper bells. Its whole image is majestic and domineering, which makes people feel scared!

What terrified the two Red Skull Devil Fangfish even more was that the giant toad was slowly opening its mouth, and a golden-blue cannonball with a diameter of twenty or thirty meters was slowly condensing out!

By the time the two red skull devil fangfish noticed, the devastating cannonball was launched instantly!

"Bang!!!"

The moment the shell was fired, the whole world seemed to tremble!

The golden-blue shell exploded instantly, its trajectory almost impossible to detect. A small cloud of light rose slowly in the sea below, while the giant toad was pushed back more than ten meters by the powerful recoil!

"BOOM!!!"

The terrifying shockwaves formed towering tsunamis tens of meters high, crashing in all directions!

The underwater mountain range located at the center of the explosion below was also instantly vaporized, flattened into a plain!

A large amount of seawater shot into the sky, but before it could fall, it was instantly evaporated by the terrifying heat of the explosion!

In the distance, all the human beast tamers who were preparing to leave the Meat Grinder Canyon were terrified and trembled as they fell into the waves.

They stared in utter horror at the mushroom cloud rising into the sky, and then in utter horror at the giant toad clad in golden armor hovering in the air, and the unkempt old man.

Once the terrifying screams and sound waves subsided, these people began to scream in horror!

"【The Tyrant Toad】!"

"My God, this pet is an extremely rare [Tyrant Toad]!"

"I recognize him! That old man... is Jiang Henian, the principal of Yingtian Academy!"

"..."

The crowd below was in an uproar, but Jiang Henian, who was in mid-air, looked down at the Red Skull Demon Fangfish King and its guards, who had been completely turned into mincemeat, with a cold and indifferent gaze!

He stared at the other sea creatures in the distance, who were also fleeing in panic, having wet themselves in fear, and shouted, "I told you, Jiang Henian holds grudges!"

"Anyone who dares to harm my people will be made to pay tenfold, a tooth for a tooth!"

"These are the first and second ones!"

"boom!"

After Jiang Henian finished speaking, he rode the [Overlord Toad] beneath him, his body transforming into a long rainbow once more, and continued his mighty charge towards the Southern Wilderness Sea!

Not long after, another small mushroom cloud rose into the sky from the front-line army of the Red Skull Devil Fangfish!

On this day, the entire southern border of the Dragon Kingdom was in a state of shock!

The entire Southern Wilderness Sea was also in awe!

As one mushroom cloud after another rose among the Red Skull Devil Fangfish army.

As darkness fell completely, the entire Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan had lost three royal members and seven generals!

With this tenfold return completed, Jiang Henian finally stopped his mad revenge!

……

The underwater Great Wall in the southern border region.

Sima Yuan and Yan Chao followed an old man as they slowly flew back to the human camp.

The old man was covered in blood, and his messy hair was completely flattened and hung down in strands, sticking to his back.

His tattered shirt was almost completely stripped down to rags, and one of his slippers was missing.

The old man was incredibly pitiful in appearance, but his eyes were as bright as stars, frighteningly bright, and full of fighting spirit!

As Jiang Henian flew back to the underwater Great Wall in the Southern Territory, he laughed wildly, as if he were a madman: "Haha, haha!"

"Useless! Red Skull Devil Fang Fish Sea Clan, you're all a bunch of trash!"

"So many sea creatures blocked my way, and I even killed so many of their generals. What use are you? What use are you?!"

"I'm going to fuck you all to death today, fuck you all to death!"

Jiang Henian's triumphant and cheerful voice carried on the sea breeze across most of the underwater Great Wall in the southern border, causing an uproar among the soldiers along the entire defensive line!

Revenge has been achieved!

Jiang Henian actually paid for his blood debt tenfold and successfully avenged himself!

This is truly astonishing and admirable!

As they approached the underwater Great Wall in the southern border, Yan Chao nodded to one of his personal guards.

The guard immediately ran to the control array and operated it. Instantly, a large number of beacon towers nearby lit up in the darkness, and five-clawed golden dragon flags rose up one after another!

At the same time, an order was given, and all the soldiers of the legion shouted in unison: "Welcome Principal Jiang! Congratulations on Principal Jiang's triumphant return!"

"Welcome back Principal Jiang! Congratulations on your triumphant return!"

"Welcome..."

In mid-air, Jiang Henian listened to the neat shouts below, and his expression immediately became even more smug and delighted!

Jiang Henian cupped his hands in greeting to Sima Yuan and Yan Chao, who were standing to the side, and then flew towards Yingtian Academy.

At this moment, a large number of students and teachers also gathered at Yingtian Academy, waiting for Jiang Henian to return.

"No destruction, no construction. Jiang Henian has transformed after suffering a huge blow!" Sima Yuan watched Jiang Henian's departing figure, his eyes filled with excitement and shock.

He originally thought that Jiang Henian could only kill a few general-level Red Skull Devil Fangfish at most, after all, they were not to be trifled with.

Several of them were killed by Jiang Henian without warning, and he will definitely react quickly.

However, to everyone's astonishment, despite being intercepted by a large number of high-level experts from the Red Skull Devil Fang Fish, Jiang Henian actually fought against ten of them single-handedly and killed them all!

Failure would have been one thing, but Jiang Henian actually succeeded!

This completely stunned Sima Yuan and Yan Chao!

After suffering a great blow and falling into despair, this principal of Yingtian Academy achieved self-transcendence and breakthrough, and his cultivation reached a new level!

Now, both Sima Yuan and Yan Chao are somewhat unsure whether they can defeat Jiang Henian!

"I feel like he did this on purpose today." Yan Chao stared at Jiang Henian's back with his thick eyebrows and big eyes and said slowly.

"Yes." Sima Yuan nodded.

Sima Yuan turned around, his brows furrowed as he looked at the pitch-black Southern Wilderness Sea: "The Red Skull Demon Fangfish, the Diamond Fish, the Azure Water Asura, and the Dragon Head Eel—the movements of the four Southern Wilderness tribes have been noticeably more active lately!"

"Is it because of the secret realm where something bad is about to happen?" Yan Chao asked.

"That's part of the reason, but I feel there must be other, deeper reasons!"

"The situation is getting increasingly tense; it feels like a major war is about to break out!"

Yan Chao's expression immediately turned serious!

……

"Principal Jiang!"

"Principal Jiang is awesome!"

"ginger……"

At noon, when the students received the news that Jiang Henian had single-handedly charged into the Southern Wilderness Sea Clan army in front of Yingtian Academy, they were all shocked and dumbfounded!

Is that slovenly principal Jiang Henian really that tough? How come they didn't know!

Everyone was initially tense and apprehensive, fearing that Jiang Henian might not return and that they would have to change principals.

Unexpectedly, one victory after another came from the front lines!

Finally, even a large number of high-level beast tamers from the Southern Beast Taming Corps were mobilized to support Jiang Henian!

In this battle, Jiang Henian also unleashed extremely powerful strength. Despite being surrounded and attacked by a large number of experts from the sea tribe, he managed to escape successfully and even launched counterattacks from time to time, which was incredibly shocking!

Indeed, ever since the death of his disciple a few years ago, Jiang Henian had been depressed for a long time.

Therefore, many newly enrolled students and soldiers of the underwater Great Wall in the southern border had never even heard of Jiang Henian.

Jiang Henian's sudden outburst has surprised everyone.

So the principal of Yingtian Academy is this amazing!

At Yingtian Academy, in front of the majestic school gate adorned with numerous sea monster heads, a large number of students and teachers spontaneously gathered, awaiting Jiang Henian's return.

As soon as Jiang Henian arrived, everyone craned their necks to look ahead and raised their hands to cheer wildly.

At the forefront of the group, Vice Principal Yu Zhicheng, Combat Department Director Yu Ming, Beast Taming Department Director Zhuang Zheng, and others who were not on missions and were staying at the school all appeared here, looking at Jiang Henian with a mixture of surprise and delight.

After a full day of battle, Jiang Henian, exhausted in both spiritual and physical strength and covered in blood, flew over the school to greet the crowd. His previously hunched back immediately straightened, and he stood tall and proud, full of energy.

He descended from the sky with his hands behind his back, saying nonchalantly, "Alright, alright, it's just killing some sea creatures, isn't it?"

"Do you really need to make such a big fuss waiting for me here? It's really making a mountain out of a molehill!"

"Everyone, disperse and go back to your cultivation!"

The calmer and more composed Jiang Henian spoke, the more shocked and excited the students and teachers around him became. They were all so excited that their faces turned red, and they shouted to the sky.

Tonight, Jiang Henian suddenly became an idol worshipped by many students!

Jiang Henian said a few more words to everyone, then quickly walked towards the Biyue Bamboo Forest. Before leaving, Jiang Henian asked Fang Tongyun, the head of the medical department, to go with him.

Well, now that I've finished showing off, I need to heal my wounds quickly, lest I get even more injured and that would be the end of me.

Jiang Chen, Zhao Ziyi, and Lei San also hurriedly followed behind Jiang Henian, heading towards the Biyue Bamboo Forest.

To be honest, the most excited people at this moment were actually Jiang Chen and his two companions.

Damn it!

Wow!

That's absolutely amazing!

When Jiang Henian said he was going to avenge them, to pay for their crimes in blood, and to repay them tenfold, Jiang Chen and the other two were only slightly excited.

Unexpectedly, no sooner had Jiang Henian finished speaking than he actually ran off to seek revenge!

He killed three members of the Red Skull Demon Fangfish royal family and seven generals, and said that this was the price for attacking his disciple!

Gan!

Jiang Chen, Lei San, and Zhao Ziyi suddenly felt incredibly proud!

A surge of inner identity and belonging!

Who wouldn't love a master like that, a teacher like that?!

……

"I never knew you, Principal, had such a heroic side!"

In the bamboo forest by the clear water, Fang Tongyun, the head of the medical department, a beautiful young woman who looked to be in her thirties or forties and still had a charming appearance, was sending information to Jiang Henian through the Sea Moon Shell behind her while staring at Jiang Henian with surprise in her beautiful eyes.

The head of the medical department is the biological mother of Fang Ruidan, the female doctor who treated Jiang Chen and Yan Mengmeng today, so both of their original pets are sea moon shells.

Covered in blood, Jiang Henian glanced at the beautiful young woman and said righteously, "I had no choice. I've been too low-key these past few years; I had to make a splash eventually!"

"Otherwise, all those rats from the sewers would rush up to my head and poop!"

"Starting today, I'll see who dares to mess with my training system!"

Fang Tongyun looked at Jiang Henian and chuckled, "It seems our Yingtian Academy's principal has truly pulled himself together. The other old friends will be very happy to know!"

……

After treating Jiang Henian, the beautiful young woman Fang Tongyun bid farewell and left the Biyue Bamboo Forest, leaving behind Jiang Henian, Jiang Chen, Zhao Ziyi, and Lei Sanlian.

As soon as Fang Tongyun left, Jiang Chen took a step forward with his right foot and said passionately, "Thank you, Grandpa, for standing up for me!"

Jiang Henian: "..."

Upon hearing the word "grandfather," Jiang Henian felt like hitting someone!

Zhao Ziyi and Lei San also had veins bulging on their arms, and they also wanted to fight!

Jiang Chen, you bastard!

If you want to be a simp, then be one yourself. You're calling Jiang Henian "Grandpa" right in front of us. What are we supposed to do?

Should we also call him Grandpa like you?

Fortunately, Jiang Henian took the initiative to speak up and defuse the situation for the two: "I didn't act impulsively today, you understand?"

"Understood." Jiang Chen and the other two nodded slowly.

Jiang Henian's actions today are clearly meant to send a warning!

The traitor hidden within Yingtian Academy is truly well concealed!

Jiang Henian has yet to catch his opponent by the skin of his teeth, so he can only temporarily vent his anger on the Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan.

Jiang Henian's actions today have several deeper meanings.

First: If you mess with my training system, I, Jiang Henian, will fight you to the death!

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth; if you touch my disciple, I'll strike back ten times!

Jiang Henian put his promise into practice today, showing that the training system is not to be trifled with, and establishing a fearsome image!

This way, anyone who wants to touch the refining system in the future, or even Jiang Chen and Lei San, will have to think twice before acting recklessly.

Second: Jiang Henian is demonstrating his military strength!

The enemy is in the shadows, while Jiang Henian is in the open.

The most troublesome thing about poisoned arrows hidden in the shadows is that you don't know when the opponent will launch an attack.

Jiang Henian is also human. As a human being, he has moments of slackness. He also needs to cultivate himself and cannot keep an eye on Jiang Chen, Lei San, Zhao Ziyi, and Zhu Wushuang every single day.

By demonstrating his strength and determination, Jiang Henian was also telling the other party that he was not someone to be trifled with!

You better watch out, or I'll find out and make you suffer!

Third: Consider the overall situation.

The situation on the southern front was already becoming increasingly tense, but now, with the imminent emergence of a secret realm, the situation is becoming even more precarious!

Many powerful sea creatures from all over the Southern Wilderness Sea will come here, interested in the secret realm.

Jiang Henian's display of strength was also a way of telling these people that Yingtian Academy is not to be trifled with, and they should behave themselves.

I, Jiang Henian, am a person who holds grudges and seeks revenge. If you touch me, I'll stab you ten times. Think it through!

Fourthly, it is also to give an explanation to Jiang Chen and Zhao Ziyi, the two newly initiated disciples.

How long have the two of them been in the refining system?

He was almost killed by someone. If Jiang Henian doesn't step up now, when will he?

If Jiang Henian doesn't step up now, who else will join the refining system in the future?

Jiang Chen thought for a moment, then couldn't help but slowly say, "Teacher, won't your bullying of the weak and attacking sea creatures weaker than yourself cause some bad consequences?"

Jiang Henian sneered, "Don't blame me for overturning the chessboard, because they were the ones who overturned it first!"

"Jiang Chen, let me tell you, in the desolate sea, it's usually king against king, soldier against soldier."

"The strong usually care about their reputation and won't just slaughter the weak without careful consideration."

"Take me, Jiang Henian, for example. As the principal of Yingtian Academy, I was given a mission to kill a sea beast in its early stages of awakening. Do you think that's reasonable?"

"Doesn't look like it!"

"Therefore, there is generally an unspoken rule in the wilderness: the younger generation deals with the younger generation, and the older generation deals with the older generation. Unless there is some deep-seated hatred, they generally will not cross the line to kill you."

"However, this mission of yours involves a member of the royal family with the bloodline of a level six overlord, a late-stage general, two early-stage commanders, and a personal guard!"

"Who do you think went shamelessly first?"

"It's a member of the Red Skull Devil Fang Fish family!"

"Since it's shameless, I, Jiang Henian, naturally don't need to give it any face!"

"A bunch of bastards! I'll wipe them out every time I see them again!"

Jiang Chen suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

If the strong act recklessly against the weak, it could very likely trigger a host of unforeseen consequences.

For example, Jiang Henian would squat outside the Red Skull Devil Fangfish tribe every day after that. Whenever he found a Red Skull Devil Fangfish, he would kill it and then run away!

Then the Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan will live in fear, and the entire tribe will be unable to function properly.

The unspoken rules are reciprocal. If you don't cross the line to kill my disciple, then I, Jiang Henian, will naturally not cross the line to kill members of your Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan!

You've crossed the line, so I'll make you pay the price today!

Give me a taste of my own medicine, and I'll pay you back tenfold!

Moreover, people are inherently bullies who prey on the weak and fear the strong. If Jiang Henian were to back down even a little today, the Red Skull Devil Fangfish clan would definitely take advantage of his kindness and become even more unruly!

Kindness without edge is useless; sometimes, a counterattack is the best defense!

"I understand, thank you, teacher!" Jiang Chen felt a surge of admiration, let out a deep breath, and bowed to Jiang Henian.

Jiang Henian's attack today may seem generous and passionate, but it is actually very dangerous!

After all, combat is not child's play; one wrong move could result in injury or death.

But Jiang Henian still went ahead and did it anyway, and this spirit is truly admirable!

"Thank you, teacher!" Lei San and Zhao Ziyi also said solemnly.

"Well, you guys shouldn't go out into the desolate sea for a while. After all, I've killed so many Red Skull Devil Fangfish. I don't want them to hold a grudge and wait for you outside the underwater wall in the Southern Territory. That would be troublesome."

"Yes, teacher, I understand."

……

The four people exchanged a few more words and then slowly dispersed.

Jiang Chen walked out of the Biyue Bamboo Forest and headed towards Jian Qingqiu's dormitory. He had to help her incubate eggs tonight.

"I forgot to ask my teacher about spiritual martial arts techniques..."

However, Jiang Chen took two steps and then stopped, turning around and walking into the Biyue Bamboo Forest.

Today, while Jiang Henian was wreaking havoc in the Southern Wilderness Sea, Jiang Chen himself was not idle either, discussing spiritual martial arts techniques with the Seven Star Knife Fish.

The Spiritual Martial Skill Star Slash is now Jiang Chen's strongest move!

With a single move, he was able to kill Hong Luo, who possessed the strength of a quasi-general, a power that was simply heaven-defying!

A level three beast tamer slaying a level five sea beast—that's terrifying!

However, when Jiang Chen summoned the Seven-Star Knife Fish today, intending to use this move again, he found that he couldn't quite execute it...

Damn it, this is so embarrassing!

He and the Seven-Star Knife Fish tried for a long time but found that they could not enter the "unity of mind and body" state again like last time, no matter how they tried, they could not perform it.

It's really frustrating not being able to use your trump card.

Jiang Chen had been so focused on Jiang Henian's rampage that he had momentarily forgotten about this matter.

Returning to the Biyuezhu Villa, the surrounding bamboo forest was quiet, with only the villa radiating a soft light.

Jiang Chen walked back to the villa and saw Jiang Henian sitting on the sofa in the living room, making tea and reading intently.

Jiang Chen glanced at the book cover subconsciously; it read "Spring and Autumn Annals".

Well, do both of my masters really enjoy reading?

Jian Qingqiu likes to read, and so does Jiang Henian.

"Why are you back?" Sensing Jiang Chen, Jiang Henian casually put down his book.

"Teacher, I forgot to ask you about spirit martial arts techniques." Jiang Chen immediately told Jiang Henian about his failure to use spirit martial arts techniques with the Seven Star Knife Fish today.

"I was busy today and forgot to tell you about it."

Jiang Henian picked up the teapot, poured Jiang Chen a cup of hot tea, and slowly said to him, "Do you know how long it took Lei San to master his first spiritual martial skill?"

"have no idea."

"Six months."

"Uh..." Jiang Chen froze a bit. He had only been practicing spiritual martial arts for less than two weeks.

"Do you know how long it took me to cultivate my first spiritual martial skill?" Jiang Henian asked again.

"have no idea."

"Three months." Jiang Henian shrugged. "So do you know how shocked I was when I heard you use your spiritual martial arts technique today?"

"You've already mastered spiritual martial arts techniques in less than two weeks! That's terrifying!"

"So now that I hear you didn't use it again, I'm actually relieved."

Jiang Henian explained, "You've successfully used it once, so you should know that spirit martial arts techniques require the beast tamer and the beast to be of one mind and perfectly in sync to be used."

"In other words, the beast tamer and the beast must be very familiar with each other."

"And you've only had a contract with the Seven-Star Knife Fish for less than two weeks, right? You two probably don't know each other very well yet, do you?"

"When you faced Hong Luo, you shared a common belief and a common pressure. Under external pressure, you had a chance to succeed."

"Now that Hong Luo is dead, and that external pressure is gone, you two are back to where you were when you'd only known each other for less than two weeks!"

"So what you need to do now is to get along well with the Seven Star Knife Fish, build a bond, and develop a tacit understanding."

Jiang Chen, who was about to take a sip of tea, suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"

"Thank you, teacher, I understand!"

Jiang Chen was excited, as if he had suddenly understood something. He couldn't help but put the hot tea he was about to drink back onto the teacup, wanting to clap his hands in delight!

However, the teacup was put back with a little too much force, immediately splashing some tea onto the Spring and Autumn Annals book next to Jiang Henian.

"Oh dear, teacher, I'm so sorry!" Jiang Chen quickly picked up the "Spring and Autumn Annals" and tried to wipe off the tea stains with the back of his hand.

"Ah, no need..." Jiang Henian's expression changed drastically when he saw Jiang Chen touching his book, and he was shocked!

Unfortunately, Jiang Henian was a step too slow, and Jiang Chen had already picked it up.

As soon as Jiang Chen picked up the book, two colorful notebooks fell out of it!

Jiang Chen looked at the two colorful books.

Upon seeing this, the air immediately fell silent!

The covers of the two colored books were titled "Xi'an Fever" and "Xi'an Errenzhuan".

Jiang Chen: "..."

Jiang Henian: "..."

Suddenly, Jiang Chen looked at Jiang Henian, and Jiang Henian also looked at Jiang Chen.

The two locked eyes, and the air around them was incredibly awkward!

After a while, Jiang Chen silently put away the two colored notebooks and put them back into the "Spring and Autumn Annals," pretending that nothing had happened.

"The teacher was reading the *Spring and Autumn Annals*, but I didn't see anything!"

After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he turned around and left, leaving Jiang Henian standing there dumbfounded!

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