Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

But see a lifelike Fire Dragon swirling around Zhou Yu, scattering the incoming swarm of insects as if a moving wall of fire.

Originally a purely offensive talisman, it was now being used defensively by her, impressing Zhou Chun with her adaptability.

After temporarily fending off the swarm's attack, Zhou Yu quickly flung her sleeve, sending a silver-white embroidered handkerchief flying from within, spinning towards Zhou Chun.

Upon reaching the sky above Zhou Chun, the handkerchief suddenly burst into silver light, shooting out slender threads towards Zhou Chun.

Clang clang clang!

Accompanied by the sound of metallic clashing, Zhou Chun brought out his "Profound Spirit Gold Bell" for defense, which was immediately bombarded by the threads, causing the golden light to scatter and sparks to fly.

These threads, as thin as strands of hair, were incredibly strong and made of exceptionally high-quality material.

The "Profound Spirit Gold Bell" was a rare second-tier top-grade defensive dharma artifact, having remained intact under the assault of other second-tier top-grade artifacts.

But this time, it was pierced by the silver threads, leaving tiny holes throughout it.

Furthermore, the threads were extremely tenacious, showing no sign of damage whatsoever.

When this move did not succeed, Zhou Yu quickly initiated another one.

With a point of her hand, the silver-white threads regrouped into a handkerchief, which then stretched and transformed mid-air into a Silver Thread Net, casting itself over Zhou Chun's head.

Zhou Chun was amazed by such a change, feeling that his horizons had been broadened once again.

However, Zhou Chun was not one to simply take hits without retaliating.

Seeing the Silver Thread Net approaching, he immediately slapped his storage pouch on his waist, and the "Sun Glare Wheel" spun and howled as it struck the net.

As Zhou Chun expected, with the toughness and hardness of those threads, the sharp blades of the "Sun Glare Wheel" were unable to cut through, and instead, the wheel itself got stuck in the net after losing its force.

But the Silver Thread Net's momentum was instantly interrupted by the "Sun Glare Wheel", allowing Zhou Chun to easily dodge out of its range.

Then Zhou Chun slapped his storage pouch again, producing a golden gourd magic artifact in his hand.

He struck the golden gourd, which automatically opened, and with a hand gesture toward Zhou Yu, a golden rainbow light shot out, heading straight for her.

The golden rainbow broke through the air, fast as lightning.

Zhou Yu did not have enough time to react further and could only deploy her cultivation technique's accompanying defensive spell, waving her hand in front of her to set up a dark water curtain in an instant.

But the power of the golden rainbow was unexpectedly strong.

As the golden rainbow struck the water curtain, the flowing curtain instantly shattered, leaving a huge gash.
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Zhou Yu could only turn her body in time as the golden rainbow grazed her waist, slashing it open by a large margin!

Ah——

A shrill scream emanated from Zhou Yu as she clutched her waist in agony, shoving her protruding intestines back inside her abdomen in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

Yet, situated on a battlefield with powerful enemies all around, she had little time to tend to her wounds.

Having landed a successful hit, Zhou Chun decisively directed a portion of the "Flying Sky Fire Scorpions" swirling in the air to shoot their stingers at Zhou Yu.

With the "swoosh swoosh swoosh" sound of flying needles cutting through the air, a multitude of thin, dark red scorpion stingers instantly covered several meters around Zhou Yu in all directions within their attack range.

But at that moment, a golden figure suddenly appeared beside Zhou Yu, using its body to block the barrage of needles.

It was the Golden Civet, which upon seeing its master grievously injured, swiftly abandoned its opponent, the Silver Lightning Python Baibai, to return and rescue its owner.

This timely defense unquestionably saved Zhou Yu's life.

However, the Golden Civet itself became riddled with holes from the relentless onslaught of flying needles.

Although most of the scorpion needles had not penetrated its fur, some of the mature "Flying Sky Fire Scorpions" had shot their needles through its skin, injecting fire poison into its body.

This fire poison, compounded by its similar attributes, was unstoppable even for a second-grade superior Demon Beast with such a robust physique.

A piercing wail came from the Golden Civet, as its nose, eyes, paws, and other areas not covered by fur visibly swelled and reddened at an alarming rate; white smoke began to billow from its back as its body temperature soared to terrifying heights under the effect of the fire poison.

Then, the beast that had just now been sacrificing itself to protect its master suddenly abandoned its owner in a red-eyed frenzy, plunging toward a pond on the ground below.

Hisss!

As the Golden Civet plunged into the water, the pond erupted like a bucket of lava had been poured into it, producing copious white steam.

This showed just how ferocious the fire poison of the "Flying Sky Fire Scorpions" was.

Without the protection of the Golden Civet, Zhou Chun's mind moved, and three bolts of lightning struck Zhou Yu right on the head.

Under the bombardment of the three bolts, Zhou Yu, who had just barely managed to summon a Defensive Talisman to protect herself, had her shield shattered and was sent plummeting towards the ground.

At that moment, pale-golden insects swiftly flew beneath her and formed a cloud of bugs that caught her, then they crawled all over her body, leaving only her face exposed.

By now, Zhou Yu was barely clinging to life.

"Zhou Yu, do you have any last words?"

Zhou Chun looked down from on high, his gaze indifferent as he looked at Zhou Yu's wrinkled and spotted old face, speaking the words of a victor.

Upon hearing him, Zhou Yu couldn't help but widen her cloudy eyes to look at him and coughed up blood as she said, "Cough, cough, cough… If you are willing to spare my grandson, I will give you my hidden savings and tell you the reason behind the sudden decline of the Black Jade Toad's vitality!"

Though nearing death, her consciousness was remarkably clear, immediately grasping the crux of the matter.

However, upon hearing her offer, Zhou Chun replied indifferently, "The Zhou Family does not lack your savings, and how your grandson should be dealt with is for the Supreme Elder to decide!"

After that, he shifted his tone, speaking of savings, "However, if you are willing to atone for your crimes, the Supreme Elder might also turn a blind eye and spare his life!"

"No, you must promise to spare his life before I'll tell you!"

Zhou Yu struggled and roared with emotion.

It has to be said, despite her terrible character and the many evil deeds she had committed, her maternal affection for her progeny was indeed somewhat touching.

However, such sentiment was not enough to change Zhou Chun's mind.

He coldly replied, "Since you refuse to see reason, then let it be. I'll send you and your grandson on your way together!"

Saying so, he no longer restrained his suppression of the "Mystical Armor Golden Feathers."

A moment later, a plaintive scream rang out, and within moments, Zhou Yu was no more in this world. Her Storage Pouch and Spirit Beast Pouch fell from mid-air, which Zhou Chun captured with a raise of his hand.

In the distance, seeing this unfold, a middle-aged man in green robes, who had been brought over half-dead by the Golden Winged Tiger, shut his eyes in fear and fainted on the spot.

Zhou Chun shook his head at this, lamenting, "What a waste, such a pity for that Foundation Establishment Pill!"

He then simply ordered the Golden Winged Tiger to bite and kill the man.

Zhou Yu likely never understood, until her death, why Zhou Chun gave no consideration to her terms.

Little did she know that in Zhou Chun's eyes, since she was willing to exchange the Black Jade Toad for just one Foundation Establishment Pill, it indicated to him that she must have concluded that the toad was beyond recovery.

Therefore, even if he had learned the reason for the sudden decline in the Black Jade Toad's vitality from her, what good would it do?

More importantly, before leaving, Zhou Mingde had already confided in Zhou Chun his suspicions about why the Black Jade Toad's vitality had plummeted, advising Zhou Chun not to be coerced by Zhou Yu.

Just when Zhou Chun had finished off Zhou Yu and her grandson and was collecting the spoils of war, preparing to leave the scene to return to his family, an unexpected situation arose.