Everyone Tames Beasts, So Why Are You Taming Goddesses? - Chapter 40

The situation took a dramatic turn!

What was initially a three-way standoff now became a dire crisis for Su Yu and Kong Huanyuan.

In Rose Plaza, cheers erupted louder than ever.

Shi Shaolong’s odds of winning the championship skyrocketed from 1:45 to 1:15 in real-time.

With Yan Ling’er’s Spirit Projection enabling instant transport and the Dragon-Grade artifact Thousand Lakes Bowl at hand, Jianghe University had clearly gone all out to claim victory in this round.

Standing in the upwind position, holding the Thousand Lakes Bowl, Shi Shaolong sneered, “Surrender!”

“I was waiting for reinforcements, what were you waiting for?”

Behind him, Yan Ling’er and the other six Jianghe University participants summoned their pet beasts, taking positions behind the Heaven’s Mandate Black Tortoise. They showed no fear of Alia’s Death Apostle’s Hymn.

It seemed that once Shi Shaolong tipped the Thousand Lakes Bowl, their victory would be assured.

—

However—

Alia raised her hand. Crimson light points gleamed on the Black Tortoise’s shield.

Kong Huanyuan immediately understood. It was time to collaborate briefly with Su Yu to stop the activation of the Thousand Lakes Bowl.

“Phantom Void Mirage!”

“Immortality: Blood Queen!”

Even though Su Yu’s blood arrow had been blocked by the tortoise shell, the blood it left behind remained.

Kong Huanyuan’s Phantom Void Mirage fractured part of the tortoise shell.

Crack.

Shi Shaolong stared in disbelief as a crack appeared on the Black Tortoise’s impenetrable shell. The crimson light of Immortality transformed Su Yu’s blood into an indestructible Blood Spear!

Boom!

The spear pierced through Shi Shaolong’s right arm!

“Ahhh—!”

Completely confident in the absolute defense of his Black Tortoise, Shi Shaolong had not accounted for the possibility of the shield being breached. He had no backup plan for such a scenario.

He had never imagined that any power could shatter the Black Tortoise’s shell in an instant.

The Thousand Lakes Bowl slipped from his grasp.

Alia condensed her blood into a claw to seize the bowl. Ignoring the pain and unable to destroy the Blood Spear, Shi Shaolong retaliated with Piercing Edge, pinning the spear to the claw as he reached again for the Thousand Lakes Bowl with his left hand.

Meanwhile, the five Death Apostles controlled by Alia’s hymn—two Desert Blood Scorpions, two Snow Giants, and a Snow Fox—charged forward to engage Yan Ling’er and her team!

Since they weren’t Su Yu’s own pet beasts, he felt no guilt about sacrificing them to carve out a path.

Bang! Bang!

The Desert Blood Scorpions, ill-suited to the environment, were the first to fall, reduced to a pool of blood. But the Snow Giants and Snow Fox danced through the icy winds, tying down the remaining Jianghe S-rank participants.

—

Shi Shaolong didn’t hesitate. He activated the Thousand Lakes Bowl!

From above, the bowl unleashed a torrent of water blessed by the Lake Spirits, capable of dissolving all evil in the world.

The water poured forth, transforming into ice and snow under the extreme cold of the Blizzard Calamity, surging toward Su Yu and Alia with the intent to bury them completely.

—

Alia, no longer holding back, clasped her hands together.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion erupted from the ground. Every drop of blood Alia could control formed a wall of blood, crashing head-on into the icy barrage of the Thousand Lakes water.

The moment lifeless matter mixed with blood, Alia could take control of it.

It worked for inanimate objects—and now, it worked for the Thousand Lakes water!

—

A bizarre scene unfolded.

In Rose Plaza, gasps of astonishment resounded as the Thousand Lakes water, now under Alia’s control, leapt from the ground and surged back toward Shi Shaolong!

Shi Shaolong stared in shock. The water he had summoned was no longer under his command—it had become Alia’s weapon!

Alia smirked disdainfully.

A relic of the gods? How could it hope to oppose the true might of a God-Tier Sequence?

—

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The Thousand Lakes water reversed course, forming a swirling vortex that engulfed Shi Shaolong!

“Black Shield!”

The Heaven’s Mandate Black Tortoise enveloped Shi Shaolong within its protection, but even so, the impact left him severely injured.

Yan Ling’er rushed to catch Shi Shaolong as he fell.

—

In Rose Plaza, the two Star-Badged Mentors exclaimed in disbelief:

“She actually reversed control of the Thousand Lakes water? But that’s a relic of the gods!”

“No, she merged her blood with the Thousand Lakes water…”

“For a moment there, I thought Shi Shaolong had it in the bag.”

—

The power Alia displayed had already far exceeded the scope of a no. 99 Vampire, surpassing even the Moonlight Apostle. Could she be a Moonlight Herald?

Shi Shaolong coughed up blood, his chest heaving violently from the shock.

Kong Huanyuan’s eyes widened, her gaze toward Alia now burning with even greater intensity.

Yan Ling’er cradled Shi Shaolong, her heart aching. The strongest spear was no longer sharp, and the strongest shield had failed to protect. For the first time, she witnessed the helplessness of a prodigy brought low.

Shi Shaolong forced himself upright, his blood surging. He turned to his teammates and said, “Hold them off for me. I still have a second pet beast.”

His comrades, initially demoralized, found new hope.

That’s right—they hadn’t lost yet. Jianghe University’s trump card hadn’t been fully revealed.

And besides, they still had the numbers advantage!

—

But just then, a series of long howls tore through the blizzard, each one piercing and resonant, making even the biting wind seem less harsh in comparison.

“Roar!!”

Everyone’s hearts sank as they turned to look behind Su Yu.

Emerging from the shadows was an army of beasts that seemed to blot out the sky.

Humanoid Void Clan spirits, flame-spewing Crimson Python Clan beasts, Twin-Headed Griffins soaring through the air, Three-Eyed Golden Qilins racing through the pines, and trident-wielding Ghostly Yashas flapping their wings—

The sheer number was overwhelming.

Thousands at least!

What was even more unsettling was that these beasts, despite their differences in species, weren’t attacking each other. Nor were they rampaging as wild beasts typically would. Though their ranks were generally low-level, with many being only first-rank Awakened Realm, the simulation field hadn’t generated stronger creatures.

This played directly into Su Yu’s hands.

Su Yu’s Crown of Blood could only drive stronger beasts into madness, but against lower-ranked ones? Absolute domination.

—

Su Yu turned to Shi Shaolong, his lips curling into a smile.

“I was waiting for reinforcements, what were you waiting for?”

“Those few minions? Don’t tell me they’re your so-called reinforcements.”

“Open your eyes and see what real reinforcements look like.”

—

Shock reverberated through the battlefield.

Thousands of beasts, driven by the Lethal Allure of Su Yu’s blood and enslaved by his Crown of Blood, became his loyal Blood Servants!

Even Kong Huanyuan widened her eyes in disbelief.

She suddenly remembered that during Magic City University’s entrance test, Su Yu had once used his blood to create an utterly ridiculous record.

At the time,

She and Imperial Capital University had analyzed that Su Yu’s ability could only control around a hundred low-tier beasts. After all, the Blood-Drinking Ants back then had only gone berserk, so it wasn’t a major threat.

But now—

He was like a walking natural disaster!

—

Though irrelevant to the battle at hand, the announcer’s voice rang out from the sky, perfectly timed to disrupt the flow.

“Magic City University’s Su Yu has enslaved 3,277 beasts. Points +32,770!”

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The students still climbing the mountain, oblivious to what had transpired, stared at the scoreboard in shock.

It was as if the world had broken. Was this some kind of bug?