Chapter 576

"Yes, this is the place. But …"

Yun Wanli stared at the empty walls in a daze. He remembered that the Tower had sent legendary battle pet warriors to guard the Deep Caves.

The entrance to the Deep Caves that the Valiant Academy was guarding was located in the center of the first base city of the Subcontinent District!

That was an important pass. The consequences would be unimaginable if the wild beasts were to come out. Why didn't he see any legendary battle pet warriors?

Su Ping closed his eyes. A few seconds later, he opened them and said in a low voice, "There are no other creatures nearby."

"That's not possible. Something like this is not a joke. The Tower must have sent legendary battle pet warriors to guard the place!" Yun Wanli blurted out.

Su Ping darted him a cold glance. "Don't you know what kind of place the Tower is?"

Ever since he went to the Tower and saw the legendary battle pet warriors enjoying themselves there, Su Ping had never had a good impression of the Tower.

The Tower was a place where no one dared to cause trouble and there was a legendary battle pet warrior who was known as the Wine Fairy. But there were no legendary battle pet warriors guarding the dangerous Deep Caves. Su Ping found the Tower more and more disgusting.

Yun Wanli noticed the mockery in Su Ping's words. He looked around and murmured to himself, "That's not possible. That's not possible. The Tower would never underestimate this place. If all the wild beasts were to come out, the entire world would be lost and humanity would face doomsday!"

"There must be … something else."

Yun Wanli remembered the beasts that had attacked his battle pets. The more he thought about it, the stranger the situation became.

Those beasts were at the beast king rank, but they were hiding in the tunnel. If there were no legendary battle pet warriors guarding the tunnel, then why hadn't those beasts left and returned to the surface?

The Valiant Academy would have been destroyed a long time ago.

The entire Longyang Base City would have been destroyed!

After all, those beast kings could have come out of the Deep Caves without any warning. They could have destroyed the entire Longyang Base City!

Su Ping looked at Yun Wanli with his eyebrows knitted together. "I'm going back to look for my sister. Sir, if you think it's dangerous, please go back. I don't think I can take care of you if you run into trouble." Yun Wanli frowned.

Yun Wanli came back to his senses. He found it strange that a titled battle pet warrior would say something like that to a legendary battle pet warrior.

Of course, he could only force a smile as he remembered Su Ping's strength. He would need Su Ping's help if he were to run into any danger.

"Since I'm here, I will go with you, Fate Challenger Su. I'm an old bag of bones. Fate Challenger Su is young and you're not afraid. Why should I be?"

Yun Wanli smiled lightly as he spoke, and he seemed rather heroic.

Su Ping darted him a glance. "I see that the Tower has some tough bones."

"Hmm." Yun Wanli forced a smile. He knew that Su Ping had a problem with the Tower.

Su Ping didn't say anything else. He told the Inferno Dragon to move forward and enter the passageway.

Su Ping felt something was different as soon as he stepped into the passageway. He couldn't describe what exactly was different. It was as if the atmosphere had changed.

It was as if he had stepped into the territory of some extremely dangerous creature.

Su Ping was worried. After all, this was the Deep Caves that even the Tower was afraid of. Since the beginning of the era of Astral Pets, the Deep Caves hadn't been completely eradicated. He wouldn't be surprised if there were creatures at the Star Rank inside.

Yun Wanli was just as worried. He told the Cracking Rock Dragon to summon several Obsidian Shields to protect him and Su Ping. The Obsidian Shields were about to reach the Inferno Dragon. The Inferno Dragon darted a look of dissatisfaction at Yun Wanli's words. But after Su Ping comforted it, the Inferno Dragon let the Cracking Rock Dragon do the work.

"Be careful. This place is strange."

Su Ping suddenly warned Yun Wanli. His experience in cultivation sites had allowed him to meet tens of thousands of beast kings. He was familiar with all kinds of rare skills. At the moment, he felt something was off. It was too quiet. Not even the sound of wind could be heard.

He couldn't sense any living creatures, not even the tiniest ants!

"Old Wan, be careful."

The Winged Wind Listener warned Yun Wanli.

Yun Wanli turned pale. He darted a look at the Cracking Rock Dragon. Without any hesitation, he merged with the Cracking Rock Dragon. Soon, he became a dragon that was four to five meters tall with a thick dragon tail. His hands turned into dragon claws and his body was covered in scales.

Just as Yun Wanli finished merging with his pet, the ground began to tremble. Many black chains shot out from underground and from all directions.

The chains were thick and fast. They entangled the Ghost Eye in an instant.

The Ghost Mist Entangling Eye Beast let out a roar and its body turned into mist, trying to break free. However, even after its body turned into mist, the chains still firmly locked its body!

"Danger!"

The Winged Wind Listener came back to its senses. It screamed and dodged the chains at once. The Winged Phoenix Nine Flashes had turned into nine phantoms.

However, the next second, the nine phantoms were crushed by the black chains. One of the nine phantoms was tied up by the black chains.

The chain was extremely fast, and in the instant it shot out, it disappeared into thin air and appeared right next to its target.

The chains could teleport!

Yun Wanli was terrified. He put his palms together at once. Energy surged out and many black crystal shields were erected around him, trying to stop the chains.

However, with a flash, the chains disappeared from the crystal shield and directly appeared beside Yun Wanli, wrapping around his body.

In a few seconds, Yun Wanli and his two battle pets were tied up and could no longer fight.

On the other side, a large number of chains were flying toward the Inferno Dragon and Su Ping. The Inferno Dragon didn't have the time to react before it was entangled by the chains.

The moment the chains were entangled, violent flames surged out from the Inferno Dragon. There was a dark purple glow in the flames. The Inferno Dragon let out an angry roar. With a bang, all the chains on the Inferno Dragon were broken. Some of the chains even showed signs of melting.

Su Ping didn't move at all. The Little Skeleton flew up and cut the chains with its bone dagger at once.

As the Inferno Dragon broke free from the chains, the ground began to rumble. The next second, a majestic and ferocious beast crawled out from the ground. Those chains were actually part of the beast's body. The beast's mouth was made up of several pieces of flesh that were filled with barbed teeth.

"Hell Shackled Ghost Beast!"

Su Ping recognized the beast at first glance.

That was a rare beast king that lived in the Realm of the Undead. It fed on advanced undead creatures and ghosts, and its skills were powerful. The Demon Shackled Ghost Beast was one of those skills; it was the nemesis of pets of the undead family. No pet of the energy type could escape from that chain.

Of course, the effect of that skill would be greatly reduced when dealing with beasts with bodies like the Inferno Dragon.

The Inferno Dragon was a beast king with a bloodline at the Fate State. It was said that there was a small chance that the Inferno Dragon could evolve into a Ghost King at the Star Rank. There was a chance that the Inferno Dragon could evolve into the legendary … Hades!

"This one isn't at its prime yet. It should only be at the Void State."

Su Ping had seen that beast king in the Chaotic Realm of the Undead. The one in front of him, from its size to its aura, didn't seem like a Hell Shackled Ghost Beast at its prime.

Time alone wasn't enough for a beast king to grow to its peak; it had to be in a suitable environment and with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Otherwise, even if it had the bloodline limit of the Fate State, it would never be able to touch the limit of its bloodline.

"I can't believe there's such a rare beast king at the entrance." A glint of coldness rose in Su Ping's eyes. He was even more scared of the Deep Caves. However, he was actually thinking about taming that Hell Shackled Ghost.

That beast king was definitely worth taming.

The Hell Shackled Ghost Beast was as rare among beast kings as the Inferno Dragon was among battle pets below the king level, or even higher!

"Beast-catching Rings!"

Whoosh!

Su Ping turned his hand and two black rings appeared in his palm. He didn't throw them out right away; instead, he sent a message to the Little Skeleton.

The beast-catching rings would be more likely to catch a beast king when it was heavily injured.

The Little Skeleton understood at once. With a whoosh, the Little Skeleton dashed out decisively. The bone dagger in the Little Skeleton's hand was suffused with dark energy and the Little Skeleton was emitting a ferocious aura. The aura was so strong that the Little Skeleton's white bones were faintly discernible.

For a moment, the Little Skeleton seemed to have stepped out from the underworld!

Bang!

The blade wrapped in dark energy burst out a dazzling ray of light. The ray of light was aimed at the Chained Ghost's head.

The Chained Ghost bellowed. The space above its head suddenly collapsed and a swirl appeared. The Chained Ghost was about to tear the Little Skeleton apart.

But the next moment, the swirl froze. Even the Chained Ghost's body became sluggish. The Little Skeleton's body was not affected at all in the slow-motion picture. Therefore, the Chained Ghost became even more violent and swift. The Little Skeleton swung its blade.

Sin Punishment!

It was one of the Little Skeleton's king-rank skills.

The ray of light didn't cut off the Chained Ghost's head. Instead, the Chained Ghost was pressed to the ground like a mountain. The ray of light hovering above the Chained Ghost's head was like a token of judgment, full of majesty.

The Chained Ghost's body stopped moving. Its consciousness was forcibly pulled into the consciousness space of the Sin Punishment. This was an extremely vicious and chaotic consciousness space. There were only the Chained Ghost and the Little Skeleton here, facing each other from a distance. The next second, the Little Skeleton's body surged. In the blink of an eye, the Little Skeleton had turned into a skeleton king that sat on the earth and looked down on everything.

The Little Skeleton sat on the ground, using the mountains and rivers as its throne.

It was invincible and domineering!

The Chained Ghost's eyes were filled with fear. It let out a low growl, but it sounded like an injured cub. Its voice was full of fear.

The next moment, the Little Skeleton's huge hand covered the Chained Ghost's vision and grabbed its body.

The Chained Ghost was so scared that it went limp.

At the same time, in the real world, the Little Skeleton had put away its bone blade. The flames in its eyes died down. The Little Skeleton darted a glance at the Chained Ghost, which had lost all its strength. Then, the Little Skeleton teleported back to Su Ping.

Su Ping was surprised to see that the Little Skeleton had subdued the Chained Ghost with one slash. Ever since the Little Skeleton absorbed the Skeleton King's bloodline and was revived, Su Ping had yet to test the Little Skeleton's combat strength. His understanding of the Little Skeleton was merely based on the numbers the system gave him.

But numbers were just numbers. What he had just witnessed had made him realize how ferocious the Little Skeleton was.

"Back!"

Su Ping quickly took out the beast-catching ring.

With a bang, the beast-catching ring smashed into the Chained Ghost. A dark space collapsed and the Chained Ghost, which had lost its ability to fight, was sucked in.

After the Chained Ghost was sucked in, the dark swirl shrank and turned into a black ring again. But this time, there was something different about the black ring.

Su Ping waved his hand and called the black ring back.