Taira no Masakado hesitated for a moment, then nodded. He had no choice but to agree.
If Gao Peng turned around and left, they would be in deep trouble. Besides, they had no choice but to hope that those people were weaker.
Taira no Masakado was glad that Gao Peng had come to the Nihon District today. Otherwise, there would be nothing they could do.
"What? Master Taira no Masakado, we can't agree to this. That treacherous Huaxian wants to use us as cannon fodder …" Taira no Masakado swallowed the rest of his words.
"We have no choice!" Taira no Masakado said decisively.
"Then who should we send to talk to those people, sir? Should we send someone more alert or calm?"
Taira no Masakado was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll go."
"Huh?" The higher-ups of the secret service were stunned. "No way."
It wasn't because they wanted to stop Taira no Masakado, but because Taira no Masakado was one of the few powerful fighters they had left. They couldn't afford to lose someone like that.
"If the person we send is too weak, they'll think we're just trying to brush them off. Would you seriously talk to an ant?" Taira no Masakado glanced at them.
The higher-ups fell silent and stopped arguing. They knew that Taira no Masakado was stubborn and that it would be difficult to persuade him otherwise.
.....
"Tung Elephant, is this the ancestral land our ancestors spoke of?" asked a tall, burly young man. His voice was loud and clear. He was the leader of the group.
"It should be," said a fat man who was several times bigger than the burly young man beside him. "Tung Mo, this ancestral land is pretty rich. We met a King-tier monster as soon as we came out. It's pretty strong, at least four-star."
"Haha, my Cyclops Demon cut it in half. My Cyclops Demon is metal-type, so it's the bane of wood-type monsters." Tung Mo laughed proudly. His voice was full of pride as he secretly observed the girl on the far right.
The girl on the far right had dark green hair that went past her hips and was tied into a scorpion tail. Her eyebrows were like willows, and her eyes were like almonds.
When she heard Tung Mo's loud voice, she wrinkled her nose and hugged the golden furball. The furball's fur split open, revealing a pair of large eyes. The girl blinked, and her tense expression softened. Her lips curled into a smile.
The Black Condor circled overhead, surveying the surroundings.
"Someone's coming." The black-robed youth standing at the edge of the cliff spat out a few words.
"Hmph, the local aborigines, huh? My dad told us to check the strength of these aborigines before we came here. To be honest, these aborigines are just people who were abandoned by us. What kind of powerful monster trainers could they have?" Tong Mo said, unconcerned.
"They are not survivors, but back then, we …" the Tung Elephant said in a muffled voice.
"Alright, alright, let's not talk about it anymore." Tong Mo interrupted him.
"Tong Ying, have your Black Lightning Eagle test their strength," Tong Mo instructed the young man in black.
Tong Ying nodded. With a thought, the Black Lightning Eagle turned into a black bolt of lightning and flew into the distance.
Boom!
A thunderclap sounded in the clear sky. A bolt of lightning exploded in the distance, piercing through heaven and earth like a lightning spear.
Taira no Masakado, who was riding on the Rat Dragon's back, was turned to ash by the black lightning. Even the Rat Dragon beneath him was turned to ash.
It was pitch-black and had a burnt smell. It had completely turned into charcoal from the inside out.
Taira no Masakado, one of the twelve elders of the Monster Trainer League, had died on the spot.
"How was it? How strong was that person?" Tong Mo asked Tong Ying.
Tong Ying frowned. "I killed him. He was just an ordinary Lord-tier monster trainer."
"Only Lord-tier …" Tong Mo was a little disappointed. He licked his lips. "Looks like these aborigines aren't that strong after all."
"Tong Ying, let's go take a look at their tribe."
"It's too dangerous," Tong Ying reminded him.
"Dangerous my ass. The strongest monster allowed to appear in this world is King-tier. Our familiars are the strongest in the tribe. What's there to be afraid of?" Tong Mo said nonchalantly.
"Before we came here, the big leader ordered us not to let you go too far. We're only here to check out the situation." Tong Ying stopped Tong Mo.
Tong Mo narrowed his eyes. "That's my dad, not yours. Tong Ying, get out of my way. "
Tong Ying hesitated.
"Let's go take a look. We'll go together. That way, we can take care of each other. We'll be fine if we're careful," the Tung Elephant said with a silly smile.
.....
In front of the screen, Gao Peng saw a black bolt of lightning descend from the sky. The next moment, the screen exploded and turned black.
Gao Peng frowned. "I couldn't see it clearly."
Gao Peng couldn't see the data of a blurry figure like this.
"But judging from the speed and power of this bolt of lightning, it's at least King-tier in combat." Gao Peng thought. As long as it wasn't beyond King-tier, everything was fine. Although the Dumb grade had temporarily dropped to Legendary-grade due to the increase in level, Dumb's peak grade was still Mythical-grade.
The biggest difference between a Dumb and a Legendary-grade monster of the same level was that Dumb had an additional monster characteristic.
Therefore, Dumb was actually stronger than a Legendary-grade monster of the same level.
Unless the other party also dropped from Mythical-grade to Legendary-grade.
Rustle …
The screen in front of Gao Peng lit up. A low voice said, "Go-kun, they're heading to Higashida Base City."
The screen lit up. The four familiars appeared on the screen.
[Monster Name]: Cyclops Demon
[Monster Level]: Level 58
[Monster Grade]: Epic
[Monster Name]: Black Lightning Condor
[Monster Level]: Level 57
[Monster Grade]: Perfect
[Monster Name]: Golden Light Holy Spirit Beast
[Monster Level]: Level 58
[Monster Grade]: Epic
[Monster Name]: Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant
[Monster Level]: Level 59
[Monster Grade]: Epic
There were four familiars in total. Three of them were Epic-grade, and one was Perfect-grade. All of them were high-level King-tier.
But what made Gao Peng relieved was that there were no Legendary-grade familiars. Logically speaking, such an early scouting mission would definitely send out high-level combatants. This meant that Legendary-grade familiars were extremely rare even in the tribes on the other side of the Spatial Rift.
And not all of them were Epic-grade. There was even a Perfect-grade Black Lightning Condor mixed in. This Black Lightning Condor's role was probably scouting.
There were probably no Epic-grade flying-type King-tier familiars.
This made Gao Peng feel relieved. It seemed that the ancient tribes on the other side of the Spatial Rift weren't as "rich" as he thought.
Moreover, there was a limit to the strength of Earth Star now. Beings above King-tier were unable to travel through space to come here.
By the time Emperor-tier beings could exist, the strength of his familiars should have increased to a corresponding level.
Under the same level, grade was king.
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