With the Black Blood Mud stuck to their bodies, the Qiao family's three pet beasts' combat strength plummeted. Their original Rank 3 strength was reduced to Rank 2.
In just a few moments, the four demonic appraisers had used all sorts of methods to defeat the Qiao family and their remaining guest retainers.
It was still the same saying. Demonic experts mostly relied on cunning spells. They rarely fought head-on with their opponents and instead relied on underhanded tricks.
At first, the Qiao family had recruited experts from all over the place. They had the advantage in numbers and strength but the demonic appraisers resorted to underhanded tactics to make their pet beasts go berserk, scaring most of them away. Then, when their opponents were at their weakest, the demonic appraisers struck and weakened their strongest pet beasts. With that, victory was in their grasp.
The Qiao family was defeated in an instant. If Escort Zhang hadn't controlled his pet beast to stop the black rat at the crucial moment, the Qiao family would have suffered casualties by now.
"How dare a mere mountain lion act so arrogantly in front of an elder like me?" As soon as Elder Zhou finished his sentence, his shirt began to bulge, as though something was crawling out of his skin and flesh. Then, from his collar, a dense swarm of venomous insects crawled out. There were centipedes, scorpions, and even some nameless bugs. The sight of it was enough to make one's scalp go numb.
Hundreds of venomous insects lunged at the mountain lion. Escort Zhang paled in fright. Although his mountain lion was powerful at Rank 3, these venomous insects were clearly not to be trifled with. If one of them bit him, even his pet beast wouldn't be able to take it.
However, given the current situation, he couldn't recall his pet beast. If he did, the Qiao family wouldn't be able to hold their ground.
Escort Zhang was a loyal man. Even though he knew he couldn't win, he gritted his teeth and persevered.
The mountain lion was of the earth attribute so all it could do was stick mud on its body to strengthen its defense. Even so, it wouldn't be able to stop the venomous insects from gnawing on it.
Suddenly, a fireball swept over from the side. At first, it looked like a small flame but when it came into contact with the venomous insects on the ground, the fire intensified.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of venomous insects were incinerated by the flames.
On the other side, Elder Zhou let out a miserable shriek. These poisonous insects were raised with his blood, sweat, and tears, and it was not easy to collect them. Now that they were all burned to ashes, how could he let this go?
"Who is it? Get the hell out here!" Elder Zhou was thoroughly enraged.
He had spent at least ten years nourishing these venomous bugs. Ten years of effort had been wasted in a single day. Anyone with a good temper would have cursed at him, not to mention Elder Zhou, who was naturally vicious and bloodthirsty.
"Today, this old man shall bathe the Qiao Family in blood! From the top to the bottom! Old and young! Leave no one alive!" Elder Zhou roared with his eyes wide open.
In the next moment, he suddenly looked at the only person who was still sitting on the other side.
If there was no mistake, that ball of fire was released by this person.
"Worm King, come out!"
Although Elder Zhou was arrogant, he would not look down on others. Especially that strange flame just now. That kind of ferocious and domineering might seemed familiar, but he could not recall where he had seen it before.
Hence, this time, he released his blood contract pet beast.
A large flower-backed centipede crawled out from Elder Zhou's sleeve. This centipede was much larger than normal, resembling a large python with a menacing expression. Its fangs glowed green, a clear indication of its high toxicity.
This was Elder Zhou's pet beast, a Rank 4 flower-backed poisonous centipede.
Although he had a Rank 4 pet beast, Elder Zhou's Rank 4 centipede wasn't adept at direct combat. As its attribute was a worm king, it had the ability to control and refine other venomous insects. That was why Elder Zhou was able to use his flying mosquitoes to drive other people's pet beasts into a frenzy. He was also able to control hundreds of venomous insects. Rather than saying that this was Elder Zhou's doing, it was more likely due to this flower-backed poisonous centipede.
Elder Zhou rarely brought out this centipede so this time, it was obvious that he had been robbed clean.
The man whose hair and eyebrows had been burnt had turned pale the moment the flames had appeared. Elder Zhou couldn't recall the flames, but he had immediately recalled them.
Because his hair and eyebrows had been burned off by this unique flame. Moreover, he had witnessed his pet beast being burned to death by this flame so the memory was still fresh in his mind. He couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.
Finally, he snapped out of his daze and abruptly turned to Lin Jin who was sitting there. He cried out hoarsely, "It's him! He's the one who burned my pet beast to death!"
Upon hearing this, Elder Zhou came to his senses as a hint of fear crept onto his face.
The other demonic appraisers turned to look at him as well.
The Qiao family and their insignificant guests were no longer a match for them. The only one who could stop them now was the person who released the flames earlier.
"What kind of dog is this? Why are you trying to act mysterious? Bite him to death!" The demonic appraiser who was controlling the black rat glared murderously as he directed the rat to charge at Lin Jin.
"Appraiser Lin, be careful!" Escort Zhang quickly warned.
Only then did the Qiao family snap out of their daze.
"Appraiser Lin?"
"Could it be the person Escort Zhang mentioned two days ago? The one who robbed our convoy?"
"Who else could it be? It's most likely him."
Qiao Feigong's eyes widened. Only now did he take a closer look at the seated Lin Jin. He had noticed this person before but he didn't expect him to be the Maple Leaves Forest appraiser that Escort Zhang mentioned.
By then, the black rat had already pounced on Lin Jin.
Lin Jin didn't move.
To deal with a Rank 3 rat, Lin Jin didn't have to do anything himself. Behind him, White Ape had already charged forward at lightning speed. Halfway through, White Ape had grown in size until he was ten feet tall.
This wasn't even White Ape's true form. If he was in his true form, he would be at least thirty feet tall and could flatten this place with just a few simple blows.
But even so, the white ape was powerful enough at this moment. He raised his hand and punched the big black mouse that was pouncing on him, smashing it to the ground. The big black mouse felt the ground shake, and half of its body caved in.
Still, it was a Rank 3 pet beast so it wasn't dead yet. Hence, White Ape added a few more punches.
The black rat had been beaten into a pulp with its head gone. There was a crater on the ground and the tables and chairs around it were shattered. Even the walls closest to the rat were cracked.
White Ape's punching strength was evident.
Back at the royal capital, Lin Jin already knew how powerful White Ape's punching strength was so he gave it more advice. Now, there weren't many pet beasts that could withstand a single punch from White Ape.
This black rat was clearly not one of them.
Previously, the black rat had given off a violent and savage vibe. But now that it was facing White Ape, the latter was even more violent and savage. Everyone was dumbfounded.
Even the demonic appraisers were in disbelief.
As beast appraisers themselves, they could tell that White Ape was only a Rank 3. But it didn't seem like it either. The strength White Ape displayed earlier had clearly surpassed a Rank 3 pet beast.
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