Supreme Tamer

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi deliberately lingered for half a day before they began to make their way up the mountain.

The two of them were probably the first to discover prisoners entering the Tian Shou Mountain. It was expected that a large number of combatants would be eliminated in the Eighth Realm, and some ruthless criminals might even kill many contestants belonging to the Young Generation.

“What do we do now? Is the success or failure of this challenge determined by the number of prisoners we kill?” Ye Qingzi asked Chu Mu.

“Let’s go up first. In half a day’s time, something should have happened already.” Chu Mu steered the Night Thunder Dream Beast ahead of Ye Qingzi.

It was nearing dusk when Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi began climbing the mountain road. The setting sun cast a long shadow over the entire East Mountain, making it genuinely resemble a slumbering giant dragon.

As they ascended the slope, the smell of blood wafted down from the higher ground along the mountain breeze.

Chu Mu was very sensitive to the smell of blood. He motioned Ye Qingzi to stop first, then rode the Night Thunder Dream Beast nimbly around another direction to reach the high ground.

“This competition doesn’t prohibit fighting. I thought these young competitors in the Eighth Realm would be something, but they’re not that impressive,” a crude voice laughed.

Chu Mu looked over and quickly located the source of the voice. It belonged to the crude prisoner who had been meditating by the pool earlier. The man had an unkempt appearance, a shaggy, untrimmed beard, and a pair of brown eyes exuding a murderous aura. The crude prisoner glared menacingly at two pale-faced young contestants.

Five Soul Pets of the two young contestants had been killed, and the smell of blood was coming from their dead pets.

Each of the other three prisoners accompanying the crude one had a formidable Soul Pet by their side. Evidently, under the cooperation of the four prisoners, they had easily defeated the two young contestants in their first battle.

“Send out a signal to call the competition guards and have these two thrown out. Our punishment can be reduced that way.” A low-voiced, short-robed man spoke.

The short-robed man, who looked to be in his thirties, was the only one whose skills Chu Mu couldn’t gauge through his soul sense.

Chu Mu, a Five Thought Soul Master, should already be considered quite high among the second-tier. Yet, the short-robed man’s soul sense was definitely superior to Chu Mu’s.

Instead of killing the two contestants, the four prisoners sent a signal to summon competition guards to their location.

Competition guards were middle-aged individuals with greater strength than the prisoners, so as menacing as those four prisoners were, they did not dare to act recklessly when the two competition guards swooped down upon receiving the signal.

“You better behave yourselves. If we discover that you’ve killed anyone, you won’t escape punishment!” A competition guard in silver armor scanned the four prisoners and said sternly.

“But if these little things want to kill us and we fight back and kill them, do we have to be punished?” The tall prisoner said.

The silver-armored contest guard smirked and said, “Do you really think putting you in here is meant to reduce your sentence? Most of you people coming in here are basically being executed, so prepare yourselves mentally. You don’t have the right to maintain equality with the contestants and us.”

“What do you mean by that?!” The rough prisoner immediately widened his eyes, looking extremely angry.

In fact, these words from the contest guard also angered the other three prisoners. After all, if there was a high chance that the prisoners would die when they were released here, there was no need for them to show mercy to the contestants because the two parties were completely unequal. Prisoners couldn’t kill contestants, but contestants could kill prisoners at will.

“You are just props in this competition, don’t put yourself on a pedestal…” The silver-armored guard said arrogantly.

“Kid, when your grandpa was rampant in World City, you might still have been playing with mud. In the past, even my secondary pet could wipe you out!” The temperamental rough man’s face turned red with anger, and he pointed at the silver-armored man and angrily said.

“How about it, if you want to die, I can help you with that.” The silver-armored guard looked at the prisoner with contempt and said coldly.

“Zhang Tong, don’t be impulsive.” The short-shirted man pulled him away and let his soul pet suppress the restless soul pet of the crude prisoner.

The main pets of the four of them were either dead or sealed, and their secondary pets were no match for these contest guards. If they started a fight, they would be the ones to die.

“You’d better behave yourself!” The two contest guards snorted coldly, each twisted the arms of the young generation prisoners with damaged souls and took them into the air, flying towards the outside of Tian Shou Mountain.

Both contest guards had winged soul pets and flew very fast. Soon after, they had risen to a high altitude.

The four prisoners watched the two impossibly arrogant guards with cold eyes, and only when they were completely gone did the prisoner called Zhang Tong angrily say, “I knew it, I should have slaughtered those two kids just now to vent my anger. Back when I, Zhang Tong, was not in prison, everyone treated me with the utmost respect…”

“Stop talking about the past, we are now prisoners. If we each defeat five contestants, our punishment will be halved. It’s better to be more conservative, after all, even if we kill more, we will still be controlled by the World Contest Organizers and can’t escape.” The short-shirted man said.

As he was speaking, the short-shirted man suddenly frowned, and his sharp gaze swept to one side, then focused intently on the previous position where Chu Mu was.

“What’s wrong, Cai Ji?” The swollen middle-aged female soul pet trainer asked.

“Someone, I sensed a fluctuation in soul sense the last time, but I thought it was the soul sense of the contest guards. Now that the contest guards have left, the soul sense still exists…” Cai Ji said in a low voice.

Chapter Tong, who was in a temper, heard there was someone and immediately jumped onto the back of his spotted demon tiger, heading in the direction Cai Ji pointed to!!

The Spotted Demon Tiger had reached the ninth rank of Low King, and its strength was among the ranks of the second-tier strong pets. As the demon tiger rushed forward, it roared loudly!!

The roar carried the spread of sound waves, spreading all around, trying to reveal the enemy through this roar.

The roar echoed back and forth on the slope, and after some chasing and patrolling by Zhang Tong and his Spotted Demon Tiger, they found no trace of anyone.

“Elder Cai Ji, have you been out of combat for too long? You’re having delusions, there’s no one there!” Zhang Tong said angrily.

“Maybe.” Cai Ji released his soul sense as soon as he sensed something, but he didn’t detect anything. Plus, Zhang Tong had already inspected the area and confirmed that no one else could be around. So they can only assume it was an illusion…

“I’m feeling aggressive right now. Let’s just go up there. There must be some itchy guys waiting for us up there. If there are women, I won’t care about adding punishments!” Zhang Tong seemed to have a bad temper. After speaking, he directly drove his Spotted demon tiger towards the slope.

Not giving it much thought, everyone else drove their Soul Pets along the slope, embarking on a hunt for the contestants.

Not long after the four left, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi’s figures slowly emerged from the shadows underneath the rocky recess of the slope.

Standing beside them were their Night Thunder Dream Beasts and the Purple Robe Dream Beasts. These prisoners were all middle-aged members, and despite their mediocre Soul Pet strengths, their perceptive abilities are very sharp. Chu Mu’s and Ye Qingzi’s Dream Beasts simultaneously performed their concealment abilities just barely to escape their search.

“These are all very experienced Soul Pet Masters. We must be extra careful,” Chu Mu said with lingering fear.

Chu Mu’s ability to hide was already pretty strong, but was still discovered by Cai Ji in the end. There was indeed a certain difference in strength between the younger and middle-aged generations.

“Yeah, let’s wait a bit and continue to move forward,” said Ye Qingzi.

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi might not necessarily be outmatched by the four prisoners, but with four people on the other side, it would be somewhat wasteful to go all out right now, as the final challenge lasts half a month.

…

Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi deliberately waited awhile, making sure the others were a certain distance away before continuing forward.

The two had not yet determined their directions, so they followed the footsteps of the four prisoners to navigate their way, in a way, using the prisoners to help clear their path.

As they approached a plank road at night, Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi were struck by a strong smell of blood coming from the bottom of the cliff.

“Did they take out more contestants?” Chu Mu asked with some surprise. These prisoners seemed to be quite strong, and they had already eliminated several younger contestants in such a short amount of time.

This time Chu Mu and Ye Qingzi heightened their alertness, not recklessly getting close to the four prisoners.

After waiting awhile, Chu Mu let the Night Thunder Dream Beast stealthily descend along the cliff under the cover of night to see the source of the blood.

“In order to get their sentences reduced by half, each of them needs to defeat five contestants. With four people, that means defeating a total of 20 young-generation contestants. The World Decree is a high-stakes competition by the time it reaches the Eighth Realm. There are probably only about twenty or so contestants from Soul Hall in Tian Shou Mountain. That means, for all four prisoners to have their sentences reduced in half, there’s a high probability that they’ll have to face the strongest contestants of major powers. Moreover, the strongest contestants usually have teammates, so in reality it will be difficult for them to deal with anyone ranked in the top three of a particular power. This means their chances of getting their sentences reduced by half are very, very low,” Ye Qingzi whispered to Chu Mu.

“Yeah, there’s definitely more than one batch of prisoners. If a lot of batches of prisoners are competing, then some of the prisoners would have to face stronger contestants in order to have their sentences reduced in half, as they snatch up the weaker ones. I think the World’s Contest Organizers have already calculated this. They may not be able to predict each contestant’s strength, but they can roughly estimate the average strength of all contestants in the Eighth Realm based on the previous year’s data. Then, they would release a certain number of prisoners accordingly. The number of prisoners released must be enough to eliminate most competitors while, at the same time, ensuring that most prisoners get defeated or killed…” Chu Mu said. Afterward, it seemed as if he thought of something else and added,

“This eighth realm battle will be intense, right? Because if the number of prisoners and competitors creates a very contradictory ratio, it must be a life-and-death battle to balance both sides in terms of numbers…”

As Chu Mu said this, Ye Qingzi started to think. Soon, a smile bloomed on her face, and her beautiful, alluring eyes gazed at Chu Mu.

Seeing Ye Qingzi smile at him, Chu Mu felt his heart vaguely waver as he subconsciously grasped her tender white hand, pulling her closer to him.

“What are you doing?” Ye Qingzi coyly asked, her gorgeous eyes staring at Chu Mu.

Chu Mu was becoming bolder now, seizing any opportunity to make a move.

“Hehe.” Chu Mu chuckled, his intentions clear, seemingly leaving no need for an explanation.

“Be serious, we’re discussing important things.” Ye Qingzi said earnestly.

“You talk, I’ll listen.” Chu Mu replied solemnly. Of course, he didn’t let go of Ye Qingzi’s hand, her delicate and silky palm felt like a gentle jade…

“You said that the number of both sides will eventually balance, and it could be the key to breaking through the realm. Half a month’s time is enough for many competitors and prisoners to encounter each other several times in various places on Tian Shou East Mountain, leading to a high chance of battles. Prisoners will constantly try to eliminate competitors to reduce their sentences, but at the same time, they will avoid provoking strong contestants to preserve themselves. Gradually, this will leave only a group of powerful competitors in the mountain who are stronger than the prisoners, and they will succeed in breaking through…” Ye Qingzi said, her face blushing.

“Yeah, that makes sense. Prisoners can reduce their sentences by eliminating five people, so if the organizers control the number of prisoners, they can also control the number of successful competitors.” Chu Mu finally understood the purpose of the contest organizers after listening to Ye Qingzi’s analysis!

“I wonder which organizer came up with this idea…” Ye Qingzi pondered.

“Indeed, it’s very clever. Many competitors may not realize what it takes to succeed in breaking through even by the end of the contest.” Chu Mu said.

*Whistle*~~~~~~~~

Just as Chu Mu was secretly admiring the organizers’ unique breakthrough method, the Night Thunder Dream Beast returned.

“How’s the situation?” Chu Mu asked.

*Whistle~~~~~~~* The Night Thunder Dream Beast informed Chu Mu of the situation through soul sense.

However, after hearing it, Chu Mu’s face changed!

Previously, Chu Mu thought that the four prisoners had eliminated some competitors, but this time, three of the four prisoners were actually killed, leaving only Cai Ji alive!!

(Today’s updates were a bit messy. I apologize for that, and it will return to normal tomorrow. I hope you all understand~~~~~~ I made this chapter a bit longer to make up for the lack of words at noon~~~~ A new day has come, and I have to ask you all to vote for Little Fish again~~ I sincerely thank all the friends who have voted for Little Fish every day~~~~) (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian ) to cast recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is the greatest motivation for me.)