Beast Taming Patrol

"If a legendary Beast Tamer were to arise among humans, even just one, all immortals would no longer have peaceful days. Do you intend to just watch them grow and slaughter our kind?"

The Swallowing Cloud Whale spoke coldly, "When that time comes, those who should settle scores are the three who initiated the Alien Beast Ban, what does it have to do with me?"

"It's hard to say." Long Ao spoke chillingly. "Before the catastrophe, had whales ever attacked humans? Yet, they were still hunted by humans."

The Swallowing Cloud Whale fell silent for a moment before bursting into loud laughter.

"I suddenly understand why you hate humans so much," it said mockingly, casting a glance at Long Ao. "After all, before the catastrophe, your kind must have been food on the human table."

"Hmph!" A snort of anger, and the body of Long Ao suddenly erupted with ferocious might, an overwhelming supernatural power surged forth, enveloped with limitless sharpness and Extreme Cold.

Not to be outdone, the Swallowing Cloud Whale's terrifying might was wrapped in swirling mists, striking fiercely towards Long Ao like a cloud pillar in the water.

Although the cloud pillar was extremely gentle, it was like silk threads, crazily infiltrating every gap in Long Ao's attack, instantly dissolving the attack. What remained, a wisp of smoke, lashed out at Long Ao's exoskeleton, leaving a faint trace upon it.

The two Rule Powers clashed against each other, turning the surrounding seawater into nothingness.

Everything around was obliterated by the clash of the two immortals, with only the distant sea water crazily surging back towards this spot.

Having gained the upper hand from the strike, the Swallowing Cloud Whale seemed to handle it with ease.

Clearly, it exhibited strength far surpassing that of Long Ao before it.

"You are afraid," the voice of the Swallowing Cloud Whale suddenly calmed down. "You fear being treated by humans as you were before the catastrophe."

"But I am not afraid."

"Because I am not a whale, not a mere life form, I am the unique Swallowing Cloud Whale in this world." The Swallowing Cloud Whale's voice carried a hint of disdain. "You should be after those three individuals, not after me."

"I think they would quite enjoy cooperating with you."

"Dark Scale has already sought me out," a flash of golden light passed over Long Ao's exoskeleton, and the mark left by the Swallowing Cloud Whale quietly vanished. "But that fellow delusionally thought to make me submit to him."

It looked intently at the Swallowing Cloud Whale, "You are strong, but I have only just entered the ranks of the immortals."

"In the future, we shall battle once more."

As the words fell, Long Ao's figure swiftly vanished, heading in a certain direction,

That direction was not toward the return to the Arctic ice sea, but further south toward the Western Ocean.

"Is it going to find that individual?" whispered the Swallowing Cloud Whale. "Well, let it seek whomever it wishes."

Its expression carried a bit of gravity.

Although it had the upper hand in the recent clash, this newly immortal Long Ao really instilled a great sense of crisis in it.

Because it possessed the attributes of water, ice, and metal.

To break through to immortality, creatures of alien attributes need to completely master the rules of their attributes.

This fellow growing up could really be troublesome.

Yet, thinking of the reason for its animosity toward humans, the Swallowing Cloud Whale fell silent.

Though humans were unaware of its existence, it became immortal in the same era as Dark Scale.

These first-generation mutants, who first stepped into immortality, had experienced both the pre-catastrophe and post-catastrophe periods.

Some mutants, after mutating, no longer retained their former memories, but some still held onto their past memories.

And the Swallowing Cloud Whale was among the latter.

Although it now said it was no longer a whale, the Swallowing Cloud Whale still remembered, two hundred years ago before the catastrophe occurred, its species was called the beluga by humans.

Humans truly were malevolent, capturing it, confining it, making it perform...

But...

A figure, now growing quite hazy, silently appeared in the mind of the Swallowing Cloud Whale.

It had been so long that it could not remember what that human looked like anymore.

But the warmth of those hands, that it remembered distinctly.

The fellow who fed it small fishes every day.

It vaguely remembered, when the calamity came and it began to mutate, it was that same fellow who repeatedly told itself not to harm humans; it was also that fellow who, when humans decided to prematurely terminate mutant creatures, secretly released it back into the ocean.

Enough, no more thoughts on this.

The Swallowing Cloud Whale shook its head.

Almost two hundred years had passed, that fellow must have died by now.

In an instant, it returned to its previous majestic state, the swirling smoke around it vaguely forming an imposing throne.

"King!"

An unusual fluctuation occurred in the water currents, and a fish-like alien beast about a hundred meters in size quickly appeared in front of the Swallowing Cloud Whale, tremblingly spoke, "Humans have agreed to the duel."

It was a high commander of the Water Nation, the water and space dual-attribute alien beast, Flash Silver Fish King.

Since it possessed space attributes, its status in the Water Nation was second to none.

But in front of the Swallowing Cloud Whale, it still dared not breach any rules.

"Understood," the Swallowing Cloud Whale replied indifferently.

"But King, with your strength, why do we not just seize it?" the Flash Silver Fish King seemed quite puzzled, "I think even if we outright seize it, humans wouldn't dare do anything to you?"

"Are you suggesting… I am a robber?"

"No! I dare not!" The Flash Silver Fish King trembled more severely, "My King, forgive my reckless speech…"

"The beasts chosen for the duel, have they been decided?" Not paying heed to the Flash Silver Fish King, who was quivering as if disaster was imminent, the Swallowing Cloud Whale spoke calmly.

"They have been decided." Seeing that the Swallowing Cloud Whale seemed not to be angry over this, the Flash Silver Fish King breathed a sigh of relief and dared not babble nonsense anymore, reporting honestly.

"An emperor-tier will be from the Clan Leader of the Ocean Phantom Dragons."

"A monarch-tier will be taken up by the strongest emperor-tier of the Snake-necked Cold Turtle clan."

"As for the supreme commander-tier…"

The Flash Silver Fish King was about to continue when the Swallowing Cloud Whale suddenly interrupted.

"Change the supreme commander-tier beast."

"Has the King already made a selection?" the Flash Silver Fish King respectfully spoke, "Of course, there's no problem. Who will replace him?"

"Replace with Yun Shu," the Swallowing Cloud Whale declared calmly.

"Yun… Yun Shu Prince?!" The Flash Silver Fish King couldn't help but exclaim, "King, does the duel need to involve a prince?"

"It's fine, he has always been very interested in humans. Better to guide than block."

"This…" The Flash Silver Fish King wanted to give advice, but recalling the consequences of speaking out of line previously, it shuddered and instantly fell silent, "I will inform Prince Yun Shu right away then."

As its words fell, the Flash Silver Fish King's form vanished abruptly.

In the deathly still trench beneath the sea, where all was silent, the Swallowing Cloud Whale slowly closed its eyes, lost in thought.

(Missed 5,000, will make up for it next week.)

(If you haven't joined in on the peripheral activities yet, time is running out~)