I'm Just a Beast Tamer

Chapter 45: Chapter 43: The Dead Return

Zhao Daonan sat withered atop the city wall.

Nearly half of Red Fox Town was already a sea of fire, dyeing half the sky red.

Fanned by the wind, the flames blazed fiercely through the houses, and panicked cries filled the town.

But a mere two or three hundred bandits were far too few compared to Red Fox Town’s population of nearly thirty thousand.

Even though the fire had swept through nearly half the town, the actual number of casualties was not severe.

Zhao Daonan watched, growing impatient.

Slow!

Too slow!

’Killing so few people barely makes a scratch!’

’So Du Chaozhen isn’t coming? Fine! Even if he does, I’ll make him regret it!’

He thought of his annihilated clansmen, of the twisted, hateful expressions on their faces in death.

His heart flooded with killing intent. With a wave of his hand, a rain of fire materialized above Red Fox Town and descended upon the crowds below.

In an instant, large swaths of people were consumed by the sea of flames.

Having decided to act, Zhao Daonan no longer held back. A crazed look filled his eyes as he watched the struggling crowds.

Showers of fire rained down one after another over Red Fox Town, and waves of wretched screams rose and fell.

"Zhao Daonan, stop this at once!"

Finally, a streak of pale red light tore through the sky from a distance.

Before the figure arrived, a Wind Blade shot toward Zhao Daonan from afar.

"Hahaha! Du Chaozhen, you’ve finally come!"

Zhao Daonan roared with laughter, sending a fireball to meet the Wind Blade.

The fireball and Wind Blade collided in the night sky with a deafening BOOM and a dazzling explosion of light.

"It’s an Immortal Master!"

"Red Fox Town has actually drawn the attack of an Immortal Master?"

The people of Red Fox Town who witnessed this turned pale, even those who were still unharmed.

’Bandits are one thing; you can hide and survive.’

’But an Immortal Master’s methods are unfathomable. I’m afraid we’re all going to die here tonight.’

Amid the explosive light, the pale red glow came to a halt above Red Fox Town.

A middle-aged man with disheveled hair and an unstable aura stared at Zhao Daonan with absolute fury.

If looks could kill, Zhao Daonan would have died ten thousand times over.

"Zhao Daonan, do you have any idea what you’re doing? The Venerable Red Fox will not spare you! You will die without a grave!"

Du Chaozhen ground his teeth and let out a furious Roar.

"Hmph! So what if it’s the Venerable Red Fox? As long as I’m not afraid of him, he is nothing to me! What I can be sure of, however, is that you, Du Chaozhen, are largely to thank for Red Fox Town ending up like this. Just you wait for the Venerable Red Fox’s wrath! Hahaha!"

Zhao Daonan spoke with contempt. The moment he decided to act, he had already accepted his own death.

’Once I’m dead, what can the Venerable Red Fox do to me, no matter how powerful he is?’

On the contrary, looking at Du Chaozhen’s furious and twisted face, Zhao Daonan felt a surge of vengeful satisfaction.

"Come on! Du Chaozhen, hurry up and stop me, or even more people will die at my hands!"

Zhao Daonan laughed maniacally as he descended into Red Fox Town, flinging one Talisman after another from his hands.

His Cultivation was one Small Realm lower than Du Chaozhen’s. If Du Chaozhen attacked with full force, Zhao Daonan could only focus on dodging; using his Spiritual Power to counter-attack would be impossible.

But Zhao Daonan had anticipated this and acquired a large number of Talismans made by Qi Cultivation Cultivators.

These low-grade Talismans were hardly effective against Cultivators, not even those at the lowest Qi Cultivation level.

But against mortals, they were instantly lethal.

Seeing this, Du Chaozhen nearly ground his teeth to dust.

’I can’t let this drag on. I must end this quickly, or the casualties will only grow!’

Du Chaozhen did not hold back just because Red Fox Town was below. Casualties had already occurred, and stopping Zhao Daonan was now the most important thing. It couldn’t be helped if some mortals got caught in the crossfire.

With a wave of his hand, Du Chaozhen sent a barrage of Wind Blades sweeping toward Zhao Daonan.

Below, Zhao Daonan dodged with all his might, but even so, it wasn’t long before he was covered in wounds.

"Du Chaozhen, you truly are powerful. I am no match for you!"

Zhao Daonan sighed, no longer hiding on the ground, and slowly rose back into the air.

"Hmph! Regretting it now? Too late! Go and die!"

Du Chaozhen snorted coldly.

’If not for my fear of causing too many casualties, I would have used even more powerful techniques.’

"Regret? Hehe, Du Chaozhen, are you daydreaming? Right now, I feel more exhilarated than ever before!"

Zhao Daonan cackled. A Talisman floated slowly from his hand, emitting an inexplicable aura of power even before it was fully activated.

"A third-rank Talisman... the Wind Thunderstorm?"

Du Chaozhen stared at the Talisman, his voice trembling.

"Correct. In one breath, this Talisman will activate and raze the whole of Red Fox Town to the ground! It was originally meant to protect the Zhao Family. Since the Zhao Family is gone, this is the perfect place to use it."

Zhao Daonan said with a smile.

Among third-rank Talismans, this one had a large area of attack and immense power. It was said to have been created by modifying and downgrading a fourth-rank Talisman.

But it also had significant drawbacks. Even for a Dao Foundation Cultivator, it wasn’t easy to activate; it required a large amount of Spiritual Power to be injected in advance.

Furthermore, after activation, it still needed one to two breaths of time to take effect.

Therefore, for Dao Foundation Cultivators, this Talisman was only truly useful for sneak attacks or defending a position.

In a direct confrontation, it was quite useless, making it almost impossible to harm an enemy and only wasting the Talisman.

Previously, when Red Fox Town had a Guardian, Zhao Daonan hadn’t dared to use it recklessly. Otherwise, the Wind and Thunder Talisman would have been stopped before it could fully activate.

But Du Chaozhen was only at the mid-Dao Foundation stage; it was impossible for him to stop the Wind Thunderstorm.

"Don’t run! Stay here!"

If Du Chaozhen were caught in the Wind Thunderstorm, he would be flayed alive, if not killed outright.

Seeing the Wind Thunderstorm about to unleash, no matter how unwilling he was, Du Chaozhen could only retreat for now.

When Zhao Daonan saw Du Chaozhen trying to retreat, he laughed maniacally and shot toward him, intending to take him down with him.

Naturally, Du Chaozhen wouldn’t just wait for death. He prepared to escape at full speed.

Just then, in the distant sky, a colossal red light suddenly appeared on the horizon.

In a mere instant, the colossal red light shot from the horizon and landed just outside Red Fox Town.

The figure of a giant Red Fox, dozens of yards tall, instantly materialized in the night sky.

The Venerable Red Fox!

Zhao Daonan and Du Chaozhen both froze, staring in shock at the giant Red Fox.

The giant Red Fox gazed coldly at the Wind and Thunder Talisman, which was just about to activate.

POP!

With a soft pop, the Talisman burst and vanished without a trace.

The Red Fox’s gaze shifted, landing on Zhao Daonan.

Before Zhao Daonan could even react, his body also went POP! and exploded into a mist of blood.

"Venerable, I am..."

Seeing the Red Fox’s gaze turning toward him, Du Chaozhen hurriedly shouted.

But before he could finish, his body was also torn asunder, vanishing from the world.

It wasn’t just Zhao Daonan and Du Chaozhen. Inside Red Fox Town, the bandits all began to explode one by one, turning into clouds of blood mist.

Then, a torrential downpour appeared from nowhere, and in an instant, the great fire that had been consuming Red Fox Town was extinguished.

"The Venerable Red Fox! It’s the legendary Immortal Master, the Venerable Red Fox!"

"We’re saved! Hahaha, the bandits are all dead!"

"Long live the Immortal Master! Long live Lord Venerable Red Fox!"

"Immortal Master, please take me with you to learn Cultivation!"

Inside Red Fox Town, the surviving townsfolk gazed at the giant Red Fox in the sky, ecstatic. They shouted one after another, and quite a few hoped to seize this opportunity to embark on the path of Cultivation.

But many more were lost in grief.

Many had watched their loved ones die right before their eyes.

The giant Red Fox in the sky silently dissipated. The surviving townsfolk, having calmed down, began searching for their relatives, or for their relatives’ bodies.

But soon, something strange happened.

Many people clearly remembered where their loved ones had died, but when they rushed over, the bloodstains were still there, yet the bodies had vanished without a trace.

One or two could have been a case of someone moving the bodies.

But soon, the entire town was shocked to discover that the bodies of all the dead had completely disappeared!

"Can the Venerable Red Fox be seen again?"

The New County Magistrate was horrified when he heard the reports from his subordinates.

He was just a minor County Magistrate; he had never encountered anything like this.

The only lifeline he could think of was the Venerable Red Fox.

But the Venerable Red Fox had clearly not been there in person and had vanished without a trace after eliminating the bandits.

After the great disaster, shrouded by this incredibly bizarre event, almost none of the surviving people of Red Fox Town slept that night.

They barely made it to dawn when the guards at the town gate suddenly heard a commotion outside.

They went up to the top of the wall to look and were dumbfounded by what they saw.

Emerging from the faint white mist outside the town was a massive, dense crowd of people. At a rough glance, there were at least two or three thousand.

"It’s Xu!"

"And Chief Lu and the others!"

"Didn’t they all die last night?"

"It’s not just them! All of these people died last night!"

Looking at the familiar faces of people who had died last night now appearing alive and well, the guards on the wall felt their scalps tingle and a chill run down their spines.

"Open the gate! Hurry up and open the gate and let us in!"

"What are you doing just standing on the wall? Open the gate!"

Outside, the people pounded on the main gate, demanding the guards open it.

But how could the guards dare? They could only hurry to find the New County Magistrate and report.

The New County Magistrate had been busy all night and was just about to get some rest when he heard the news from the gate guards. All sleepiness vanished in an instant.

When he arrived at the town gate, a large crowd of townspeople had already gathered, having heard the news.

Urged on by the loud cries of the people on both sides of the gate, it was finally opened.

Then, the New County Magistrate discovered that these people, who had died last night and returned from outside the town, were truly living human beings, not some ghosts or monsters.

After spending the morning taking a count, the result left the New County Magistrate even more flabbergasted.

Not a single person had died in Red Fox Town last night!

If not for the burnt-out houses all over Red Fox Town, the New County Magistrate would have suspected he was dreaming!

He wasn’t even sure anymore if bandits had ever come at all.

The bandits and the two dueling Immortal Masters had not left a single body behind either.

Carrier pigeons took flight from the Worldwide Bank, scattering in all directions.

Half a day later, news of the incredibly bizarre events in Red Fox Town had spread far and wide.

Amidst this strange atmosphere, a team of Cultivators quietly arrived in Red Fox Town early the next morning.

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