piratefiction Chapter 52: Dragon's Roar
Chapter 52: Dragon's Roar
Lin Yi mingled among the new students, walking briskly forward with the crowd. The more he walked, the more he felt something was wrong.
It wasn't just the senior students from the Spirit Plant Department who were surging in one direction; it seemed that more than half of the senior students from the entire Tiannan Beast Taming University were gathering there.
Before long, Lin Yi also left the territory of the Spirit Plant Cultivation and Research Department and realized that everyone's destination was the largest central playground of Tiannan Beast Taming University. It wasn't until they got close that Lin Yi finally caught some information in the crowd.
"What's going on? What happened? Why are so many upperclassmen rushing towards the central sports field?"
"You don't know yet? I heard that the Beast Tamer Association sent a message to all its members that there are unusual movements in the mountains south of Tiannan City. It seems that a Beast King of the Fallen Beast Clan has appeared and launched a large-scale attack."
"Holy crap, another Beast King has emerged? And this time, how many Beast Kings are teaming up?"
"The specifics are still unclear, but it seems to be more intense than the one two years ago. Even the school is gathering powerful beast tamers to prepare to go and support the beast taming legion."
Many freshmen gasped upon hearing this, and just then, loud cries of birds echoed across Tiannan University.
Lin Yi stood in the crowd and looked up. He saw countless bird-type battle beasts soaring into the sky from the direction of the central training ground, covering the sky and sweeping over the heads of the crowd, flying south. Some beast tamers who did not have contracts with bird-type battle beasts were led by beast tamers who did have contracts with bird-type beasts, in a grand procession.
When Lin Yi and his group arrived at the central playground, the area outside the vast playground fence was already packed with people, all peering towards the center of the playground.
Lin Yi climbed to a high vantage point and looked over there.
But then, senior students kept flocking to the area around the playground. A group of beast tamers rode away on flying beasts, and soon another group of people gathered there.
Lin Yi also saw Li Zhenbei and Lao Wang in front of the senior beast tamers. Even Su Guoan and others were among them, seemingly talking to the arriving beast tamers. Before long, batches of beast tamers took to the air and flew towards the southern mountains.
Tiannan City is surrounded by mountains, with vast mountain ranges. Although it has been frequently attacked by the Fallen Beast Clan in recent years, and everyone has long been used to it, there has never been such a large-scale mobilization.
Lin Yi thought for a moment, then took out his phone and sent a message to Chen Shiqi.
[Senior, is the situation serious?]
Soon, he received four consecutive replies from Chen Shiqi.
[Normal operation], [No problem], [Don't worry], [You are safe]
Lin Yi: ...
That's fine.
Having received an accurate reply, he immediately turned around, took the mushroom cub and left. An hour later, he was running wildly in the back mountain of Tiannan Beast Taming University, continuing his daily training.
At first, Lin Yi also thought it shouldn't be a big deal, after all, Chen Shiqi had said that there was no problem and that he was safe.
As time went by, everyone sensed something was wrong. In the following days, batches of beast tamers from Tiannan Beast Taming University went there, and the cries of avian-type battle beasts could be heard almost every morning. In the end, many instructors also rushed over.
Lin Yi couldn't resist in the end and sent Chen Shiqi another message.
Lin Yi: [Senior, am I still safe?]
Chen Shiqi: [To be determined]
This "pending" statement immediately broke Lin Yi's composure.
As expected, on the third day, the situation began to deteriorate rapidly. More than half of the instructors from all the Beast Taming Universities in Tiannan City were transferred away, and the city began to be filled with panic. Swarms of flying beasts and war beasts frequently flew over the city, making it seem more turbulent than ever before.
On the fourth night of the event, everyone heard the roars of the beastmen coming from the southern mountains. A loud noise woke everyone from their dreams, leaving them wide awake.
"Are we about to fall?"
Some beast tamers were terrified, especially those who had not yet grown up, who were breathing rapidly.
Fortunately, the animal cries gradually subsided after an hour, and were not heard again until dawn.
On the fifth day, the entire Tiannan Beast Taming University was abuzz with news that Su Guoan, the head of the Beast Tamer Association, and Li Zhenbei and others had rushed over.
That night, the roars of the beasts were even more deafening, and even from a great distance, one could almost feel the fluctuations of terrifying, extraordinary power.
On the sixth day, the oppressive silence was broken by the cry of a Snow Eagle. Many beast tamers looked up and were greatly shocked.
"Senior Chen?"
Everyone recognized the stunningly beautiful Snow Eagle as Chen Shiqi's Tier 3, Level 10 combat-type pet. The appearance of that genius girl caused the already bustling Tiannan University to erupt in excitement.
As night fell again, the most intense commotion came. Lin Yi stood at the dormitory window, looking at that world. The night sky there seemed to be illuminated, with all kinds of colorful extraordinary evolutionary power exploding and roaring.
Suddenly, at a certain moment.
"Roar~~~!"
An unusually loud roar echoed throughout Tiannan City, putting everyone's nerves on edge.
"What was that sound?"
"A dragon's roar! Heavens, that's the sound of a dragon's roar!"
The moment everyone recognized the sound of the war beast, Tiannan City was destined to have a sleepless night, and the image of a beautiful young girl involuntarily appeared in everyone's minds.
At the same moment... at the main campus of Tiannan Beast Taming University, an elderly man over sixty years old stood in front of the principal's office. His aged eyes, which carried a hint of domineering power, instinctively gazed towards the Southern Mountains the instant the dragon's roar sounded, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.
Has the situation become that serious? Even that genius girl has made a move?
In fact, the moment that dragon roared, everyone in Tiannan City knew that the most mysterious girl had also joined in. This was not hard to guess, because there was only one white dragon in the entire Tiannan City.
Although it was called a Jiao, any beast tamer who saw that war beast back then knew that it was a Jiao that had evolved to have the might of a dragon, and was only one step away from becoming a true dragon.
The battle in the Southern Mountains continued. Lin Yi stood by the window, his heart filled with complex emotions. With each dragon's roar, the earth seemed to tremble, and even the glass in front of him visibly shook.
Fortunately, this scene lasted for less than fifteen minutes before the entire Southern Mountain Range returned to complete silence.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yi immediately picked up his phone and sent Chen Shiqi his third message in several days.
Lin Yi: [Senior, is it a safe period?]
Lin Yi waited a while before receiving a reply.
Chen Shiqi: [Returning tomorrow morning]
Upon seeing this message, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief and secretly thought to himself, "My senior is awesome!"
After relaxing, he subconsciously looked at the little mushroom on the windowsill, whose small eyes were also fixed on the Nanshan Mountains, and patted the little guy's head.
"Little mushroom, you must become strong quickly. In this world, hiding in the rear is not necessarily safe. Who knows, the rear might become the front line one day."
The little guy nodded frantically in response to the sound, indicating that GuGu agreed.
After saying that, Lin Yi added, almost as if possessed, "When you become stronger, perhaps we can also help our senior with something."
In fact, the moment Lin Yi heard the dragon's roar, he knew it was Chen Shiqi. To say he wasn't worried at all would be a lie. He even had many images of Chen Shiqi fighting in his mind. From the brief but unprecedented intensity of those battles, it wasn't hard to imagine what kind of opponent she was facing this time.
After all, Lin Yi remembered someone saying that since the battle with Su Guoan, it had been a very long time since anyone had been able to force her to summon that beast pet.
That night, Lin Yi and Gu Zai thought a lot... and slept soundly.
The next morning, just as Chen Shiqi had predicted, the instructors and senior powerful beast tamers from Tiannan Beast Taming University began to return one after another. It was said that many people were injured, and some even lost their contracted beast pets. The reality was extremely cruel.
However, when Lin Yi saw Chen Shiqi return unharmed, he also showed an instinctive smile. He asked Chen Shiqi what exactly happened in the Southern Mountains, and the only reply he received was a simple sentence.
I killed a few arrogant bastards.
That's it.