With the retreat of those Iron-Backed Saber-Toothed Tigers, Dragon Scale Fire Pattern Rhinoceroses, and Earthly Ferocious Bears, the other Exotic Beasts became panicked and halted in place. Clearly, the defeat of those Iron-Backed Saber-Toothed Tigers and Dragon Scale Fire Pattern Rhinoceroses struck fear into these beasts, whose intelligence was hardly inferior to humans. Now was the perfect opportunity to thoroughly crush their spirits.

The ethereal figure descended gracefully, the white robes fluttering with the wind like a celestial being descending into the mortal world, pure and breathtaking. However, the moment the Cold Sky Sword was unsheathed, an imposing aura filled the heaven and earth, deterring anyone from casting a direct gaze.

Feeling this overwhelming aura, Dan Tai Xuan’s three fellow disciples’ expressions changed abruptly, instinctively retreating backward.

The Iron-Backed Saber-Toothed Tiger also sensed the impending danger, lifting its head abruptly, fear evident in its eyes, and suddenly turned to flee.

"Boom!" A loud crash echoed as the entire earth shuddered. Outside the city, a trench over a hundred feet long, nearly ten feet wide, and twenty feet deep was slashed open by this single strike.

Despite sensing the threat and attempting to flee, the Iron-Backed Saber-Toothed Tiger was sliced into pieces by this strike. Its defense, famed for being as strong as fine steel, was utterly powerless before this sword, akin to cutting through tofu.

Below the tower, everyone was dumbstruck, perhaps terrified by Mu Hanyan’s sword blow.

Great Sword Master! It turned out, Mu Hanyan was not merely a Sixth Rank Sword Master but a Tenth Rank Great Sword Master, the strongest among the Sword Masters!

It was evident that Mu Hanyan’s confidence did not stem from her formidable followers but from her strength surpassing theirs!

Dan Tai Xuan’s face turned as red as a pig’s liver. He, a Ninth Rank Sword Master, dared to threaten Mu Hanyan, a Great Sword Master. It was sheer folly—underestimating the gap between a Ninth Rank Swordsman and a Great Sword Master was like dismissing a chasm as vast and impassable as a moat.

"Mr. Tantai, I’m curious if you’re still interested in that lake. If Exotic Beasts besiege the city again, I hope you’ll lend a generous hand?" Mu Hanyan’s voice brimmed with sincerity, yet even a deaf person could discern her mocking tone toward Dan Tai Xuan.

Lady Mu wasn’t someone who retaliated at every slight, but she wouldn’t exactly repay grievance with virtue either. Getting extorted to the brink, she had to retaliate with a few verbal jabs to vent her anger.

Overcome with embarrassment, Dan Tai Xuan wished he could dig a hole and hide.

"Let’s go!" Dan Tai Xuan, with no face left to linger here, mumbled, summoning his dozen fellow disciples to leave in a hurry, their previously high spirits nowhere to be seen.

Watching Mu Hanyan, all the Chamber of Commerce guards and Fang Family disciples wore expressions of reverence, while the commerce stewards looked deeply ashamed. No one spoke, as thousands of Exotic Beasts still gathered below the city. Despite their strength being far inferior to the few leaders, if swarmed, they still posed considerable trouble.

However, their worries were evidently unnecessary.

Below the city, of the five Exotic Beasts comparable to Ninth and Eighth Rank Great Sword Masters, four had escaped and one was sliced into pieces by Mu Hanyan. The other beasts were utterly terrified, prostrate on the ground, not daring to resist or even muster the courage to flee.

"Awoooo..." A Wind Wolf, comparable to a Fourth Rank Sword Master, howled at the sky. Mysterious light encircled its body, the power of the heavens and earth surged, and simultaneously, another circle of mysterious light floated around Mu Hanyan.

A Master-Servant Contract! Mu Hanyan was slightly surprised. Her original intention was merely to shatter the Exotic Beasts’ spirits with a thunderous blow, never daring to invade Fang Town again. Unexpectedly, she scared them to the point of proposing a master-servant contract on their own. Ah, these creatures fear the strong and bully the weak.

Understandably so, the intelligence of Exotic Beasts isn’t much less than humans. This Wind Wolf, particularly stronger than other beasts, is also smarter, realizing that with Mu Hanyan’s strength, it couldn’t escape, thus decisively choosing submission.

The light enshrouded Mu Hanyan for a long time, yet the Heaven and Earth Law didn’t activate. The disparity in strength was too vast; this contract couldn’t establish without Mu Hanyan’s consent.

A mere Fourth Rank Wind Wolf, and its bloodline hardly noble among Exotic Beasts—Mu Hanyan wasn’t interested in such a Sword Pet. Her existing Sword Pet was Taowu, one of the Four Great Fierce Beasts. Even sealed in the Beast Soul Hall, with only a Beast Soul Avatar available to Mu Hanyan, it was far superior to this Wind Wolf. If she accepted this Wind Wolf, Taowu would likely feel dishonored.

"Awoo..." The Wind Wolf, sensing the Heaven and Earth Law not activating, guessed that Mu Hanyan saw it as too weak. Overwhelmed with anxiety and fear, it lay flat against the ground, lowering its head humbly and whimpering in supplication.

Seeing the pitiful demeanor of the Wind Wolf, Mu Hanyan’s mind shifted. She pointed to Family Head Fang. While she disdained such a Sword Pet due to its weakness, others wouldn’t. Didn’t she see the envy in Family Head Fang’s eyes, practically gleaming with desire?

The Wind Wolf quickly understood Mu Hanyan’s intent. Hesitating for a moment, it resolutely shook its head.

For Exotic Beasts, power rules supreme, and they too have their dignity. It submitted to Mu Hanyan due to her strength, while the Fang Family’s strength clearly wasn’t enough to earn its willing submission.

"In the name of Aolai, I command the beasts of the world; those who follow me thrive, those against me perish!" The ancient, obscure voice echoed as Mu Hanyan invoked the Divine Beast Contract.

With the awakening of the Aolai Divine Beast’s memory inheritance, though she still couldn’t decipher the legendary Aolai Divine Beast’s lifetime of upheavals, her understanding of its Skill Sword techniques and the resulting strange and mysterious arts deepened. The divine power within the Divine Beast Contract seemed stronger, though Mu Hanyan hadn’t had time to verify it before. Today presented a good opportunity.

Of course, she could use Taowu’s brutal Beast Taming Technique to make the Wind Wolf submit, but a Great Sword Master and a legendary Divine Beast dealing with a mere Fourth Rank Exotic Beast—it was below their status. Moreover, there were several relatively strong ones among the remaining Exotic Beasts. If successful, she hoped to tame a Sword Pet for each of the Nanyan Commerce guards and Fang Family disciples. She couldn’t afford the time to fight them one by one.

With Mu Hanyan’s Divine Beast Contract uttered, the winds surged, clouds churned in the sky like mighty waves. An ancient, desolate aura descended, enveloping a radius of ten miles. The overwhelming, vast divine beast pressure suffocated everyone.