Chapter 47:Taming Beasts is Actually Pretty Easy
Cai Zhenyu swung onto his Windchaser Horse, and just as his fingers tightened around the reins, he instinctively glanced back.
Everyone in the clearing had already fled. Only Qi Tian remained standing where he was, while the Crimson-Scaled Beast slowly advanced toward him, one step at a time. Yet Qi Tian still hadn’t moved an inch.
Cai Zhenyu’s heart shook violently.
He had deliberately invited Qi Tian to join the team in the first place to test his true strength. But he had never expected Qi Tian to face a berserk late-stage second-rank demonic beast without even taking a step back.
Was he truly that fearless, or had he been scared witless?
As Cai Zhenyu was still pondering this, the Crimson-Scaled Beast was already less than a zhang from Qi Tian. Its massive body suddenly dropped low. Its hind legs slammed against the ground, and it shot toward Qi Tian like a streak of crimson lightning!
And then—
Qi Tian ran.
Yes, he ran.
He darted sideways so fast that only a blur remained, then plunged straight into the dense forest, heading toward the mountain.
The Crimson-Scaled Beast missed its target. Enraged beyond measure, it spun around and chased after him without hesitation. One crimson figure and one human figure vanished into the dense shadows of the trees in an instant.
"Senior Brother Cai!" Zhuang Lili called anxiously. "Should we... go after him and help?"
Cai Zhenyu turned his gaze away.
"Help? Help fill the Crimson-Scaled Beast’s stomach?"
He kicked his horse into motion.
"Down the mountain. Now!"
With that, he urged his Windchaser Horse forward and raced back the way they had come. Zhuang Lili and Chen Er exchanged a glance before reluctantly following.
The three horses sped away, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Qi Tian’s riderless Windchaser Horse flicked its mane and followed at the very end.
——
Qi Tian raced uphill, weaving through the dense forest.
Behind him came the Crimson-Scaled Beast’s continuous roars, accompanied by the thunderous crashes of trees being smashed apart.
After running for roughly three hundred zhang, he came upon another relatively open clearing.
Qi Tian stopped.
A distance of three hundred zhang was already beyond the range of a Qi Condensation cultivator’s spiritual sense.
Even so, he remained cautious.
He reached into his storage pouch and took out a second-tier Isolation Formation Plate.
Although he had just blown up the Talisman Chamber, Elder Li had still lent him this formation plate before he left the Formation Hall.
He had barely taken it out.
Boom!
The Crimson-Scaled Beast had caught up!
Its massive body smashed through the trees ahead and burst into the clearing.
Qi Tian didn’t even look up. He simply poured his spiritual energy into the formation plate.
Hummm!
The formation plate immediately lit up.
The next moment, a faint barrier rose, completely isolating everything within a five-zhang radius.
Qi Tian casually placed the formation plate on the ground. Only then did he raise his head and look at the Crimson-Scaled Beast before him, a faint smile appearing on his face.
"Good thing your intelligence is lacking. Saves me a lot of trouble."
The Crimson-Scaled Beast couldn’t understand human speech, but the contempt in the cultivator’s eyes enraged it completely. It suddenly lowered its body, the dark-red patterns between its scales churning like boiling lava as it prepared to pounce!
But in the very next instant—
The aura of Qi Tian, which had been at the seventh layer of Qi Condensation, suddenly changed.
Boom!
Foundation Establishment, early stage!
Boom!!
Foundation Establishment, mid stage!
Boom!!!
Foundation Establishment, late stage!
A violent spiritual pressure swept out of his body like a tangible force. His robes billowed wildly despite the absence of wind, snapping loudly in the air.
Faced with an opponent of equal strength, the giant beast hesitated.
Unless the grudge was deep enough to warrant it, a demonic beast would never willingly fight an equal to the death. Even a victory could leave it badly wounded. In a world where the strong preyed on the weak, that was enough to put it in danger of becoming another predator’s prey.
The moment the Crimson-Scaled Beast hesitated, Qi Tian suddenly moved.
He took one step forward and shot toward it, throwing a punch.
Bang!
The Crimson-Scaled Beast’s massive body was sent flying through the air. It crashed heavily into a tree as thick as a man’s embrace, snapping the trunk on impact before slamming to the ground.
For a long moment, it didn’t get back up.
Qi Tian stood there with his hands behind his back.
"Get up."
The Crimson-Scaled Beast remained motionless.
"I know you’re not that fragile."
The Crimson-Scaled Beast finally struggled to its feet.
It shook its head, still dazed, then suddenly raised it and let out a deafening roar at Qi Tian.
"Roar!"
The scales across its body rose again as it lowered itself into a stance, ready to pounce.
Qi Tian looked at it.
The Crimson-Scaled Beast looked back.
The next moment, it suddenly turned around and tried to bolt into the forest.
"..."
Qi Tian blurred and appeared behind it.
"Did I say you could leave?"
He grabbed its heavily scaled tail.
Then, with one arm, he swung it clean off the ground. The Crimson-Scaled Beast weighed nearly a ton, yet Qi Tian sent its massive body whirling through the air by sheer force.
Boom!
He casually slammed it into the ground, sending dirt and stones flying.
Before it could recover, Qi Tian swung it up again.
And slammed it down.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Crimson-Scaled Beast was tossed around like a discarded sack, its body smashing into the ground hard enough to leave one crater after another.
Finally, Qi Tian stopped.
The Crimson-Scaled Beast lay sprawled on the ground, foam mixed with streaks of blood spilling from its mouth. Its entire body twitched, and its beastly eyes were filled with terror. There was no trace left of the dignity of a late-stage second-rank demonic beast.
Qi Tian crouched beside it with a smile.
"If you want to live, submit to me."
"..."
The Crimson-Scaled Beast rolled its eyes weakly but gave no response.
Qi Tian’s smile disappeared.
He raised his hand and slapped it across the face.
Smack!
"Submit?"
The Crimson-Scaled Beast: "..."
Smack!
"Submit?"
Smack! Smack! Smack!
"Sub. Mit?"
The Crimson-Scaled Beast’s head whipped violently from side to side with every slap. Its eyes spun with stars.
Finally—
It struggled to lift one forepaw and planted it on the ground, trembling as it pushed its upper body up.
Then its enormous head began bobbing up and down like a chick pecking at grain.
It nodded frantically, letting out a pitiful, submissive whimper.
Qi Tian withdrew his hand with satisfaction and rubbed his wrist.
"Taming beasts is actually pretty easy."