Its roar felt as though it could pierce through one's ears, causing one's body to sway uncontrollably.
Among the crowd, the weaker Yuan Tao, Sun Qiang, and the others were agitated, and their faces paled.
Under the impact of the roar, they had already sustained injuries.
"You all can leave first!"
Knowing that even if a powerful savage beast didn't make a move, just its roar alone would be able to kill a person on the spot, Zhang Xuan waved his hands.
Sun Qiang, Yuan Tao, and the others hurriedly backed out with reddened faces.
"That's the Nightmare Beast!"
Hall Master Xie Jiuchen's expression turned grave.
This Nightmare Beast was simply too powerful. Even he wasn't a match for it. If not for the unique formation in the cage and the tight encirclement in the courtyard, it would have long escaped.
Spirit beasts possessed intelligence on par with humans. Upon reaching this level, they could even cultivate on their own accord to raise their cultivation.
Even though the Nightmare Beast before them hadn't reached the level of a spirit beast yet, it wasn't too far from it. On top of that, it possessed the Dragon Bloodline as well. If not for a coincidence, even ten of him would have been unable to capture it.
"It's injured?"
Taking a look, Zhang Xuan frowned.
"Un!" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen nodded.
The coincidence was that the fellow happened to be injured, resulting in their capture.
However, judging from the rate at which the other party was recovering, it would probably take less than a month for it to fully recover. If they couldn't tame it within this period of time, they would have no choice but to watch it leave.
This was also the reason why they decided to bring forward the Beast Taming Competition to find a way to tame it.
"It wasn't injured by a human. Instead, it failed its breakthrough to become a spirit beast!" Hall Master Xie Jiuchen explained.
Zhang Xuan nodded.
That was indeed the case.
Even without using the Library of Heaven's Path and the Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan could tell with his knowledge of beast taming.
Half-Transcension spirit beasts, just like human experts, yearned to take that final step and evolve from a carp into a dragon.
This Nightmare Beast must have stumbled upon some fortuitous encounter and failed its breakthrough, resulting in its current state. Unable to move its body, it could only rely on its roar to intimidate its enemies.
Otherwise, if a Half-Transcension cultivator were to fly into a rage, even a Half-Transcension cultivator wouldn't be able to withstand its wrath. How could Xie Jiuchen and the others possibly capture it and seal it here?
"As long as you can find a way to tame it, even if you don't have to do it personally, we'll do it. As long as the method works, we'll also give you twenty drops of spirit beast blood."
After explaining, Xie Jiuchen stated his request.
Given the other party's strength, taming a Half-Transcension savage beast was no easy feat.
However, it was fine as long as they could find a way.
Even if he or all of the 3-star beast tamers in the Beast Hall were to make a move, as long as they succeeded, it wouldn't be a problem at all.
Taming such a savage beast would greatly enhance the strength of the entire Beast Hall.
Not to mention using 20 drops of spirit beast blood, even if the loss was greater, he would still be able to accept it.
"Find a way?"
Not expecting the other party's request to be so simple, Zhang Xuan was taken aback for a moment before waving his hand. "Very well. Knock that fellow out. I'll give you a solution after I've done some research on him."
This fellow was simply too powerful. Since he couldn't use the Eye of Insight, he could only rely on the Library of Heaven's Path. However, the requirement for the Library of Heaven's Path was for the other party to execute a battle technique or … faint.
Currently, this massive fellow was lying on the ground, unable to get up. The possibility of it executing a battle technique was close to zero, and roaring wasn't within the scope of battle techniques.
If he wanted to find a flaw in it, he would have to knock it out.
In other words, as long as this fellow fainted, he would be able to find a way to deal with it and tame it.
"Knock it out?"
Hearing those words, Xie Jiuchen and Wei Yuqing's eyebrows twitched.
That fellow possessed the Dragon Bloodline. Knock it out?
They had to have the capability to do so first!
The Dragon Bloodline possessed superior resilience and defense. Even a Half-Transcension cultivator would find it difficult to knock out a Half-Transcension cultivator, needless to say, them.
"You can't do it?"
Zhang Xuan frowned.
Since they couldn't execute a battle technique and couldn't knock it out, this made things difficult.
"Let's … think of something else!" Xie Jiuchen said.
Zhang Xuan scratched his head.
There were many ways to tame beasts, but given the prideful nature of the Nightmare Beast, if even the hall master was unable to tame it, what could he possibly do?
Even if his Heaven's Path zhenqi could help raise the cultivation of a savage beast, he couldn't make too much of a difference.
A Half-Transcension was simply too powerful. Since his zhenqi was completely ineffective against the other party, it was impossible for him to arouse its interest.
"My opinion is still … knock it out!"
After pondering for a long time, Zhang Xuan still couldn't come up with a solution. Thus, he could only suggest once more.
He really couldn't come up with a good idea.
"…" Xie Jiuchen and Wei Yuqing.
"Actually, we did think of a solution, but it's a pity that it doesn't work!"
After a moment, Xie Jiuchen said.
"Oh?" Zhang Xuan turned to look at him.
"Since the Nightmare Beast wants to become a spirit beast, it must have found a way to do so. Most of the ways to do so are left behind by ancient spirit beasts. If we can find a beast tamer who knows the ancient beast language, it'll surely respect it, and taming it will be much easier. "
Xie Jiuchen said.
"Ancient beast language?"
"Un. Beast tamers are able to communicate with their savage beasts, but it'll be troublesome for them to communicate with other savage beasts. Back then, Celestial Kong Shi left behind the [Beast Language Scroll], and as long as one learns it, they'll be able to communicate with spirit beasts freely. Even though that fellow isn't a spirit beast, it's a Half-Step Transcendent realm cultivator. Furthermore, it possesses the Dragon Bloodline, so it should be proficient in the ancient beast language. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to learn the ancient beast language. "
With a grim expression, Xie Jiuchen said, "If one of us is proficient in the ancient beast language as well, we'll be able to communicate with it and know what it wants. That way, it'll be much easier to tame it."
Zhang Xuan nodded in agreement.
There was a brief introduction to the ancient beast language in the books of the Xuanluo Mountain Range Beast Hall.
However, those who were proficient in the ancient beast language either kept it to themselves or kept it to themselves. Most of the time, it was in the hands of high-ranked beast tamers.
This was also the reason why beast tamers were able to subdue savage beasts easily.
"Does our Beast Hall have any books on the ancient beast language?"
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.
"We do, but they are all from ancient times. Furthermore, many of them are just the conjectures of the later generations, so we aren't able to discern their authenticity." Hall Master Xie Jiuchen shook his head with a bitter smile.
Even though the ancient beast language had been lost for a long time, there were still quite a few syllables and words that had been passed down. However … it was useless to just know these words. Putting aside whether they were true or not, even if they were, it would be pointless if one didn't know the meaning behind them.
Many of the predecessors in the Beast Hall had studied the ancient beast language, but most of them had only heard of it from legends. Due to the inaccuracy in their words, no one was able to discern its authenticity. As time passed, no one continued to study it.
"Can you bring me over to take a look?"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up as an idea popped into his head.
Others might be unable to discern it, but he was different!
With the Library of Heaven's Path, as long as he had the books, he would be able to discern the authenticity of the words. While others might be unable to discern the authenticity of the words, it was a walk in the park for him.
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