Chapter 24

Self-defense…

When I embarked on the beast-taming path, what I asked for was nothing more than self-defense.

My family and I wouldn’t need to worry about external forces then.

“That’s not enough.” Bai Ye shook his head.

My current strength is far from enough. I just appear terrifying.

This may have a brilliant effect on a ragtag group of soldiers.

However, I’m short of an effective killing method to deal with truly skillful individuals.

I wouldn’t even dare say that I’m invincible, so how can I call this self-defense?

However, Bai Ye was quite moody when he learned that his sister was about to leave.

Making a rare move, he headed to the supermarket to buy some ingredients and took the initiative to whip up a meal for his sister.

“Eat quickly! You may not have the chance to eat this in the future,” Bai Ye said.

“???” Fang Luolin’s eyes were filled with a murderous aura.

“You’re going to that remote central city of the Obsidian Planet alone. Don’t be bullied by others. If someone bullies you, please note their name down in your pocket journal. I’ll single them out one by one when I come there later on,” Bai Ye told his sister.

“Okay.” Fang Luolin felt amused.

However, she could not bring herself to laugh when she saw her younger brother’s serious expression.

She only stretched out her hand and pinched his face.

“Okay, I’ll remember all this,” Fang Luolin said. “If a central city is a remote place, which place is not remote then?” she asked with a smile.

Bai Ye looked at the starry sky above his head. The sky was vast and filled with shining stars. He had heard that some planets only had oceans and some planets had no water on their land. There were only endless mountains on their surface.

Humans did not exist on some planets, and only certain rare monsters could survive in these places.

However, that was too far-fetched for him.

Even ordinary people could not leave the planet he was currently living on, let alone those barren planets.

He shook his head.

“I don’t know either.”

At night, Bai Ye, who was laying on his soft bed, entered the Super Dimension Space.

Xiaowei’s space continued to grow as it became more powerful.

Due to Bai Ye’s persuasion and control, the Super Dimension Space had been intentionally divided into different spaces used for varying purposes.

The huge space had been segregated into smaller standard spaces.

One of these spaces stored daily necessities and staple food, such as rice, noodles, and grains.

These were spare items for him if he needed to hide inside to survive under unique circumstances.

There was also a space for living and daily training.

Xiaodiao carried out its daily training in that space.

The training space was the size of a football field, and obstacles made of stone and trees had been brought in from the outside.

The last space was where the Iron Chain Bird was currently locked.

All the spaces were very different. Unless a tamed beast possessed the ability to destroy the space or had a much stronger combat power than Xiaowei, they would not be able to break the barriers between the Super Dimension Spaces.

The Iron Chain Bird was a bird-like monster.

It was a gold iron flying bird with chain-like wings.

Its short-distance speed was very fast, but it could not persist for a long time.

There were numerous metal chains on its wings that it could move to hurt its enemy.

At the same time, the chains could be wound in some places to stabilize its body.

Someone had once subdued an Iron Chain Bird and trained it. Bai Ye had seen some people deliberately growing spiky chain balls on the wings of the Iron Chain Bird to increase the lethality of the bird.

This Iron Chain Bird had been captured to serve as a training partner for Xiaodiao.

Captivity had been hard on this little guy.

In any case, the Iron Chain Bird was seven levels above Xiaodiao.

Although Xiaodiao had a better endowment, it was, after all, a young bird and it was certainly not a match for the ferocious Iron Chain Bird.

After being tortured all night long, the bird was furiously crowing like an old hen.

Nevertheless, the Iron Chain Bird was intelligent. Aware that it was depending on others to live, it had not killed Xiaodiao. However, it had a violent temper and couldn’t help bullying the weak.

“Coo, coo.” Xiaodiao fled backward, its two small wings struggling desperately to duck and avoid the flogging chain behind it.

The Iron Chain Bird was right on its heels, both its claws sturdy and strong.

Its gaze was erratic, and it cast furtive glances at its surroundings, observing the strange and mysterious space in which human beings seemed to be hiding.

One also had to know who the owner was when beating a bird.

Had it not been for the fierce and vicious-looking master of this bird, it would have long whipped Xiaodiao to death.

Xiaodiao suddenly stopped moving. After being chased for a long time, it was already panting. Suddenly, it turned around and jumped up, condensing a green light on its wings.

A moment later, the elements converged.

Then, a green crescent shot out.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

The Iron Chain Bird reacted the very moment Xiaodiao struck.

After all, this was the first time Xiaodiao condensed the Wind Blade, so its speed was too slow.

To the Iron Chain Bird, this speed was…

It dodged the attack as soon as it moved.

The Wind Blade passed by and hit a stone behind it.

A splash of debris appeared on the surface of the stone, leaving behind finger-length scratches.

The Iron Chain Bird’s body stiffened when the Wind Blade swept past the feathers on its wings.

Based on instinct, the beast knew that its life would be in danger if the Wind Blade were to hit the vital parts of its body.

There was a subtle change in the way the Iron Chain Bird looked at the Blue Sky Sun-Chasing Eagle.

From a harmless juggler acting like a fool, it had turned into a potential calamity with a certain degree of threat.

If this had been merely a young kid who did not pose a threat, it would have just played around with it and then found an opportunity to escape.

However, since it was now a threat… the nature of things had changed.

The Iron Chain Bird spread its wings and flew into the sky. One after another, chains began to hang down from its wings.

Carried by the wind, the chains danced and flew backward, making clear, clanging sounds as they swayed.

The bird swept across the sky at lightning speed.

Then, the ground broke open.

There was a puff of dust.

Xiaodiao jumped up and dodged the attack, but the Iron Chain Bird flew in circles in the sky and returned.

Xiaodiao was about to be hit when…

A fluctuation appeared in that space.

Xiaodiao disappeared from its original spot.

“Coo, coo.” Xiaodiao landed on the ground heavily, looking terrified.

“It’s not enough. Your current performance is too poor.” Bai Ye stretched out a finger and poked the ground.

“You have to either achieve a breakthrough and become more powerful or increase your combat ability.”

Xiaodiao stood up, chirping and chattering furiously.

“Being young is not an excuse. The grandson of Uncle Li, the vegetable seller next door, has a tamed beast that already knows how to do laundry and collect the food delivery even though it’s only two years old!” Bai Ye lifted Xiaodiao up.

Xiaodiao felt down and depressed.

It felt that it was shouldering a huge pressure that did not match its young age.

Although it could not remember what its childhood was like, based on the memories in its bloodline, it vaguely remembered that it should be slightly happier.

…

“Sister, remember to call me when you get there!” Bai Ye stood beneath a flying car and shouted at Fang Luolin.

Fang Luolin was taking a long-distance flying car that traveled regularly to the Obsidian Planet’s central city.

Its speed was relatively fast. The teachers of the school in that place were already pestering the students, so Fang Luolin had to pack her belongings today and set off.

The flying car was an air transportation vehicle powered by a total of 20 Swan Hercules.

At the same time, flying Beast Tamers at or over the gold level would personally attend to the vehicle.

Platinum-level Beast Tamers would also patrol the route of the flight.

In addition, there were at least hundreds of passengers in each flying car. Therefore, it was a relatively safe means of transport.

The cost of the transport was 30,000 stars, which was relatively expensive. Nevertheless, it seemed reasonable for long-distance travel.

“Drink some water, drink some water.” A large number of workers carried buckets of meat broth to the Swan Hercules so they could quench their thirst.

Standing at three meters tall, the strongly-built Swan Hercules grabbed the buckets, poured the liquid down their throats, and took big mouthfuls of the broth.

Water flowed from the corners of their mouths and spilled onto their chests. Under the sunlight, the strong chests of the Swan Hercules exuded a masculine charm.

After putting on her windbreaker, Fang Luolin turned around and waved at Bai Ye reluctantly.

“Take-off!”

Someone on the land beat the drum.

The Swan Hercules moved into place and put on their equipment.

They then spread their wings.

The flying car weighed dozens of tons but was carried easily. It then flew toward the sky steadily.

The flying car became smaller and smaller until it turned into a black spot on the horizon. It was only then that Bai Ye retracted his gaze.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Three days after Fang Luolin left, Bai Ye was still a little unaccustomed to living alone in an empty place.