Beast Taming: My System is Bugged

"Third Level severe pollution... The Demon Pattern has infected its core bloodline, and the Demon Qi concentration has absolutely surpassed the safety threshold!"

Professor Wang rapidly spoke to Professor Shen using the Sound Transmission Technique, his voice laced with disbelief.

"It was hidden so deep that even the Array’s surveillance failed to detect it!"

Professor Shen’s expression was incredibly grave, his mind racing.

The live broadcast was still ongoing, with millions of viewers watching.

He couldn’t stop commentating. He had to keep the conversation going, but without inciting a panic.

He quickly composed himself and decided to skillfully pass the baton:

"Gu Ming’s three-in-one combined attack was truly exquisite, completely dismantling his opponent’s offense!

"However, the black smoke and patterns appearing on Jiang Chen’s Pet Beast... Professor Wang, you’re a man of vast experience. Don’t you find it... a little familiar?"

Professor Wang took a deep breath. He knew he had to pick up this thread.

He saw that by the arena tunnel, a group of figures had silently appeared at some point. They wore large trench coats with the emblem of the Demon Purification Court on their chests. Each one had a solemn aura; they were at least Seven-star Beastmasters.

Clearly, the official response had been extremely swift.

With this assurance, he spoke into the Sound Amplification Array. His tone was as steady as he could manage, yet carried the serious weight of academic inquiry:

"If I’m not mistaken, the dispersing black gas and the unique patterns on the Pet Beast’s body do indeed match the descriptions of ’Demon Qi’ and the ’Infecting Demon Pattern’ from the classic texts."

"Based on a preliminary judgment of its energy reaction and physical manifestation, the Pet Beast’s bloodline is deeply contaminated. The Demon Qi concentration is quite high, and it has likely reached the ’Third Level pollution’ standard..."

"Oh?

"I’ve just received additional information from off-site. Records do show that contestant Jiang Chen has previously undertaken an academic mission in the border region of the Cloud Country."

Professor Wang’s source was clearly the Demon Purification Court personnel who had just arrived and established contact with the commentator’s booth.

This was the Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, after all. With the Imperial Palace and the Demon Purification Court headquarters just a stone’s throw away, it was only natural that this elite force, which specialized in handling such incidents, would be deployed the moment such distinct Demon Qi appeared in the arena.

In the arena, the effects of Gu Ming’s Combined Techniques were already apparent.

Under the triple assault—struck by ’Blazing Shadow: Soul Shattering,’ its energy siphoned by ’Heaven-Devouring-star Transformation,’ and the abnormality within it fully triggered by the ’Light of True Wisdom’—the Pill Fire Beast could no longer maintain its fused form.

Its massive body rapidly shrank and reverted to its original form. The seven-colored flames were completely extinguished, revealing the battle-scarred and enfeebled body of the Red-scaled Dan Fire Beast.

The other three Pill Pets, separated and equally exhausted by the dissolution of the fusion, also reverted to their original forms.

Normally, after a fusion is undone, the temporarily merged Power should recede, and the Pet Beasts should return to their original states.

However, perhaps due to the combined effects of Gu Ming’s ’Decurse Technique’ and the unusual ’Catalyst’ effect contained within Cyan Treasure’s Light of True Wisdom, the ferocious, dark-red Demon Patterns on the Pill Fire Beast’s body did not fade away.

Instead, they remained on its body, even more glaring now that it had shrunk. Its eyes were stained an ominous blood-red, filled with a violent mix of pain and chaos.

Jiang Chen stood frozen on the spot, his face ashen and cold sweat beading on his temples.

The final fragments of consciousness from the Pill Fire Beast, combined with the undeniable scene before him, made him understand everything in an instant.

The ’Power’ he had always relied on—the one he’d tried to suppress and transform using superior Alchemy Dao techniques—had never truly been tamed or purified.

It had been lurking all along, like a cancer clinging to the bone.

And he had been completely oblivious, even believing at one point that he had made it his own.

Forcing the overdraft and eruption of ’Seven-Turns Fusion Refining’ this time was like opening Pandora’s box.

And Gu Ming’s Combined Techniques had been the final blow that dragged it into the light of day.

’Gu Ming... Was he doing this on purpose?’

’Using this chance to defeat me... and this hidden danger, all at once?’

’Or was it that...’

All sorts of thoughts crashed violently through his chaotic mind.

Across from him, Gu Ming had already relaxed his offensive stance.

He looked at Jiang Chen, whose gaze was vacant and who was clearly devastated. He knew the other man was suffering.

But Demonization was a major problem, not one that Gu Ming could solve.

This was a job for the professionals.

’Besides, if this wasn’t exposed sooner, he would only sink deeper and deeper, eventually reaching that moment the system described: a dazzling shooting star flashing past Wenquxing.’

"Jiang Chen, before the match, I privately consulted a senior from the Dan Temple about the hidden danger in your Elixirs."

"I’m sorry for defeating you this way, but you’re carrying a contamination you’re not even aware of. If this goes on..."

Gu Ming left it at that. The rest went without saying.

It was nothing more than a dead end, or complete corruption.

Only by accepting treatment was there any hope for recovery.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen’s entire body shuddered. His vacant gaze refocused as he stared at Gu Ming.

He was the chosen one of Wenquxing University, a man with a sharp and perceptive mind. How could he not understand the deeper meaning behind Gu Ming’s words?

His opponent had known all along, yet he chose to detonate this hidden danger on the tournament stage, under the public eye, in such a nearly ’cruel’ fashion.

They were both geniuses, and both had their pride. He wouldn’t necessarily have believed what others told him.

Whether it was Gu Ming’s own claims about Elixirs or the words of a professor from the Alchemy Element, Jiang Chen might not have paid them any mind.

To the outside world, the Demon Purification Court was a top-tier enforcement agency that deterred and exterminated Demon Fiends.

Internally, however, it was also responsible for the research, treatment, and containment of contaminated Beastmasters and their Pet Beasts.

As long as a contaminated Beastmaster retained their sanity and had not completely fallen, they would typically be sent to a special facility under the Demon Purification Court for long-term quarantine, observation, and treatment.

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