Beast taming, starting from zero point

Chapter 94: Chapter 90: Thunderclaw Bird

Thunderclaw Bird, a General-level Pet Beast.

Its lightning-like speed ranks among the top three Flight Type Pet Beasts at the same level in the Yuhua Region.

The well-developed muscles of its thighs, its agile speed, and its splendid appearance make many Beast Tamers covet it.

Qiao Sang stared in shock at the Thunderclaw Bird before her, its appearance exceedingly wretched.

If not for the Thunderclaw Bird’s general shape still being recognizable, she would have hardly believed that this was the king among the General-level Flight Type Pet Beasts.

Qiao Sang’s body tensed involuntarily.

Undoubtedly, this kind of Pet Beast, which was not supposed to appear on Huangming Mountain, also cost 5 million.

Qiao Sang silently watched the two Pet Beasts before her, her face showing no reaction.

Only her tightly clenched fists revealed her nervousness.

A Thunderclaw Bird, a Rockhelm Spirit, and a Silvertail Sea Serpent.

If these were not a criminal’s Pet Beasts but those of an ordinary Beast Tamer, she might have even wanted to take a photo as a keepsake.

But now, she only felt an unprecedented crisis.

It made her realize that the world was much more dangerous than she had imagined.

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The Thunderclaw Bird spotted the person it had never seen before from afar.

It looked at the Fire-Toothed Dog’s stance, hesitated briefly, and then a strange excitement rose in its heart.

Qiao Sang felt that the Thunderclaw Bird, limping toward her, seemed to be moving even slower as if its injuries had suddenly become more severe.

The Thunderclaw Bird dragged its mutilated body to the side of the Rockhelm Spirit, its sharp eyes looking at the Fire-Toothed Dog with dissatisfaction.

“Rockhelm!”

“Rockhelm!”

The Rockhelm Spirit hurriedly came forward to report everything that had just happened.

“Thunderclaw!”

The Thunderclaw Bird pretended to flap its wings angrily, but as it raised its wings halfway, it felt a wave of intense pain.

Out of the corner of its eye, the Thunderclaw Bird caught sight of its left wing: bald and devoid of feathers, and the anger on its face suddenly became genuine.

“Thunderclaw!”

The Thunderclaw Bird turned its head and cried out loudly at the Fire-Toothed Dog, as if it was about to charge.

“Rockhelm!” The nearby Rockhelm Spirit, startled, quickly stepped in front of the Thunderclaw Bird.

“Thunderclaw! Thunderclaw!”

The Thunderclaw Bird’s demeanor was ferocious, as if it was irrepressibly angry, yet its claws stayed where they were, not moving an inch forward.

Qiao Sang looked at the two tugging Pet Beasts with a strange expression on her face.

The Rockhelm Spirit’s concern seemed genuine, but why did this Thunderclaw Bird feel so fake?

For a General-level Thunderclaw Bird, if it really wanted to attack the Fire-Toothed Dog, one could understand why it would worry about not being as fast as the Fire-Toothed Dog due to its injured legs and wings.

But what about its Thunder-type Skills? Were they just for show?

Was it afraid that its lightning would also strike its own Beast Tamer?

Qiao Sang’s thoughts raced, and she suddenly called out, “Yaobao!”

The time spent together had indeed made the bond between the Fire-Toothed Dog and Qiao Sang even stronger.

Upon hearing its Beast Tamer’s voice, the Fire-Toothed Dog’s mouth opened slightly, ready to bite at the man’s throat.

“Rockhelm!!!”

The Rockhelm Spirit let out an earth-shattering lament at the sight.

While the Thunderclaw Bird stopped its movement and excitedly watched the Fire-Toothed Dog.

The flames on the Fire-Toothed Dog’s sharp teeth stopped just a hair’s breadth away from the man’s neck.

The Rockhelm Spirit sighed with relief.

But the Thunderclaw Bird showed disappointment, then continued angrily crying out at the Fire-Toothed Dog, with the Rockhelm Spirit hurriedly intercepting.

Watching the two Pet Beasts’ entirely different behaviors, Qiao Sang realized that the Thunderclaw Bird, seemingly angry, was actually trying to provoke the Fire-Toothed Dog into really biting down.

Not every bond between a Pet Beast and a Beast Tamer is akin to that of family and partners.

Some Beast Tamers purely see their Pet Beasts as tools for making money, pushing them to the limit.

If a low-level Beast Tamer has insufficient intimacy with their Pet Beast, it’s entirely possible for a hot-tempered Pet Beast to prefer suffering backlash over maintaining the contract.

But for high-level Beast Tamers, the more developed their brain domain, the more powerful the Beast Taming Codex, it’s impossible for the Pet Beast to break the contract even under backlash.

As long as the Beast Tamer awakens the Beast Taming Codex to three pages, reaching the level of a D-rank Beast Tamer, the Pet Beast contracted to them no longer has the chance to terminate the contract on its own.

Unless the Pet Beast’s level is much higher than that of the Beast Tamer, which is impossible.

The higher-level Pet Beasts that have not been contracted are basically in the Secret Realm.

Their thinking is mature enough that without overwhelming force, it’s impossible to contract with them.

Only a Beast Tamer who is stronger than them can contract with them.

But even if one forcefully contracts with such a high-level Pet Beast, there’s no guarantee it will obey.

If it’s not a Pet Beast that has been raised from a young age, it can easily have various disagreements with its Beast Tamer.

Therefore, in this world, even Beast Tamers who have reached A-rank prefer to contract with low-level Pet Beasts in their initial form and then slowly train them.

But there are always some people who think differently.

They take the risk of contracting high-level Pet Beasts to rapidly enhance their strength.

Qiao Sang felt that the person who offered 5 million might be one of these people.

The behavior of the Thunderclaw Bird was clearly different from that of the Stone Helmet Spirit.

If one assumes that the Stone Helmet Spirit was contracted when it was still a low-level Pet Beast, while the Thunderclaw Bird was contracted after it had already become a high-level Pet Beast,

then everything makes sense.

Because the Thunderclaw Bird, despite the risk of backlash, could not break the contract and under the influence of the contract could not harm the Beast Tamer it had contracted with, so it wanted to use a roundabout way to kill and thus have the contract automatically dissolve.

After straightening out her thoughts, Qiao Sang immediately felt a lot more relaxed.

She looked up at the two quarreling Pet Beasts and said, “You two better not start fighting. If you scare me, I’ll have the Fire-Toothed Dog snap your Beast Tamer’s neck.”

The Thunderclaw Bird paused upon hearing this, then adopted an angry posture and was about to rush over.

“Stone Helmet!”

The Stone Helmet Spirit once again stepped forward.

This time, the Thunderclaw Bird made a different move.

It threw back its head and let out a long cry towards the heavens, and instantly, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky towards the location of the Stone Helmet Spirit.

The Stone Helmet Spirit got a fright and quickly vanished from sight.

The next second, the lightning struck mercilessly where the Stone Helmet Spirit had stood, leaving a deep pit in the ground.

The Stone Helmet Spirit reappeared behind the Thunderclaw Bird.

“Stone Helmet!”

“Stone Helmet!”

It angrily accused the Thunderclaw Bird.

Their master had forbidden the Thunderclaw Bird from recklessly releasing its Skill on the mountain, because lightning that appeared out of nowhere would draw attention to the place.

And right after that despicable human had spoken those words, how could the Thunderclaw Bird take action again?

It was clearly on purpose!

The Stone Helmet Spirit was just angrily scolding and did not fight back.

The Thunderclaw Bird’s eyes swiveled, catching sight of Qiao Sang’s position, and it swiftly flapped its still-feathered wings downward.

A Thunderball about 20 centimeters in diameter immediately formed.

Qiao Sang’s eyelid twitched and she cleanly and decisively ran to the side of the man to use him as a shield.

Seeing this, the corner of the Thunderclaw Bird’s mouth twitched and the direction of the released Thunderball curved towards the Stone Helmet Spirit.

“Stone Helmet!”

This time, the change in the direction of the Thunderball was so sudden that the Stone Helmet Spirit, completely unprepared, took the blow head-on.

Although the Thunderclaw Bird’s condition was not even a tenth of its prime, the Thunder-type power was real; the Stone Helmet on the Spirit’s head cracked open.

“Stone Helmet!!!”

The Stone Helmet Spirit touched the crack with its hand, and then began to wail in grief.

It angrily looked at the Thunderclaw Bird and stretched out its right pincer. A black Shadow Ball began to condense in its hand.

“Stone Helmet!”

“Thunderclaw!”

Watching the crazed release of energy from the two figures in front, Qiao Sang couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

Without their Beast Tamer, Pet Beasts are really just like loose sand…

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ps: Thanks to Luoyu Morany for the reward for the new month!