Chapter 703: Leo Versus Gatekeeper

A few moments back,"Just because you used to be a Diamond Grade Beast in the past doesn't mean you can win against me."

Looking at the huge red-coloured dragon under his feat, the Old Man scoffed at it.

"Orion, you b*stard."

The Crimson Blood Dragon King was furious when it heard the old man's words and cursed him out and wanted to kill him.

However, it was unable to do anything to him because its previous injuries opened up and it lost the fight against the old man in less than five minutes.

'If only I was careful and not get surrounded by those group b*stards, I could have easily taken care of a mere gatekeeper in a single strike.'

The Crimson Blood Dragon King was regretting getting injured to the point that it lost all its strength.

'I thought I was finally free after leaving the Beast Sanctuary; however, they are not letting me live in one piece.'

The dragon king had mixed emotions and swore, 'If I have another life, I am going to destroy all the Beast Temples in this world and erase them from the face of this world.'

However, the chances of that happening was so rare that the Blood Dragon King shook its head and looked at the sky without any hope.

"There is still hope for you."

Suddenly, the old man spoke, "As long as you form a contract with me, I will help you heal your injuries and return you to your peak strength. Moreover, I will make sure that the Beast Tamer God's temples won't attack you anymore in the future. What do you say?"

There was a suppressed excitement in the old man's space when he said those words.

'I came for one thing and I got another thing. It looks like lady luck has been smiling on me.'

The Old man could not help but become excited as everything was going in his way.

"I didn't even form a contract with a Temple Master, do you think I will form a contract with a mere gatekeeper?"

Even though it was only a foot away from its grave, the Blood Dragon King was proud and scoffed at the Old Man's suggestion.

"As expected of an Old Dragon that lived for a thousand years. I will just kill you and process your energy into essence before letting my contracted beasts absorb it."

The old man was angry; however, he suppressed it and chuckled, "Also, I will make sure not a single thing from your body goes to waste."

As soon as he finished his words, a huge sword materialized in his hand.

"Huh? Old Gatekeeper?"

Just as the old man was about to kill the huge Crimson Blood Dragon King, Leo's voice resounded from a distance, making the old man stop his actions.

"Here comes my second lucky good."

When he saw Leo come out of the Blood Valley, the old man no longer wanted to kill the Blood Dragon as he jumped down from the dragon and walked towards Leo.

"I heard you have a good ability to condense a Beast Essence Orb by killing the Beasts. Why don't you go and kill that dragon and let me see the ability." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the ɴøvᴇl_Firᴇ.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

With a slight smile on his face, the old man pointed at the huge dragon behind him and asked Leo to kill it.

'Huh?'

Leo was shocked when he heard the old man's words and thought, 'How did he know about it?'

Leo was careful when he was fighting and didn't let any who witnessed his ability condense a Beast Essence Orb for every 10 beasts killed by him or his beasts.

Even Uncle Grey didn't know that Leo could get the Essence Orbs from the beast he and his beasts killed.

Hence, Leo raised his brows and became alert before checking out the old man's information.

'Ding,

Name: Orion, the gatekeeper of 149th Beast Tamer God's Temple's Beast Sanctuary.

Beast Tamer's Rank: Level 10 Purple Grade.

Beast Tamer Talent: Shadow Slaves (High-Level).

Information: A dangerous and cunning old man who would go to any extent to become stronger.

Soon, the system sent him the old man's information and the last line caught Leo's attention.

'It looks like I will be making my move against the Beast Tamer God's Temples right away.'

Since the other party found out about his unique ability to make the beasts he and his beasts killed drop the Essence Orbs would be a divine ability in the eyes of the old men who were struck by their strength.

Moreover, after learning about the old man's personality, Leo was even more adamant about killing the old man at any cost.

"Don't worry, I didn't tell anyone about your ability. As long as you become my sla…servant, I will reward you handsomely."

The old man saw that Leo didn't move from his place and frowned but still, he said his terms and continued, "If you don't want to become my servant, it's alright! I will just kill you and check for the secret that you're hiding. If I find it, it will be good, if I don't, then I will go and greet the Stormrider Family and Moonshadow Family."

In short, the old man was indirectly telling Leo that he could use that ability and give him the essence orbs and he would let Leo live in one piece and even let him enjoy the essence orbs once in a while.

'It looks like he wanted to have that ability for himself. As long as I kill him, no one will know about my ability; however, it would officially make me an enemy of the Beast Tamer God's Temple.'

On the other hand, Leo was calm and silently thought about it.

Even though Leo was not exactly sure, he guessed that the moment he killed the old man, the organization behind him would find out about Leo.

Nevertheless, Leo had already decided to go against the Beast Tamer God and his organization in this world. Hence, he didn't think much about it and ordered, "Howler, activate your bloodline and kill him."

'Yes, Master.'

The Celestial Forest Howler was excited when it heard Leo's words because it wanted to activate the bloodline and test its power.

It's been more than half a day since it awakened its bloodline; however, it didn't encounter any beast that was strong enough to make it activate its bloodline.

And now, its master directly ordered it to activate its bloodline, meaning that the enemy this time is strong and it could go all out in fighting against the enemy.

'[Celestial Forest God's Bloodline], activate.'

As soon as it activated the bloodline, the Celestial Forest Howler's entire body shone with white light and looked like a Celestial Beast that descended onto the mortal world.

"You have a beast that awakened a bloodline? A bloodline that could temporarily raise the strength of the beast to Diamond Grade? Excellent."

The old man was surprised by Leo's actions; however, when he saw the powerful aura emitted by the Celestial Forest Howler, he was shocked before becoming excited.

"Coincendiatally, I have a much stronger beast with a similar bloodline...hehe."

The old man had lots of battle experience as he summoned his beast, "Purple-Winged Devil Vulture, activate your bloodline."