Beast Taming: Bloodline Golden Hand-Chapter 785 - 494: Rescuing Bai Ling
As Lin Chen descended, the once chaotic battlefield fell into an eerie silence.
The air of Celestial Capital seemed to have frozen.
Everyone’s gaze focused on the man riding the Little Blue Fish, filled with apprehension and even deep fear.
Though Lin Chen’s movements had not reached Celestial Capital, rumors about him were incessant.
Be it his active presence on the Divine Race battlefield or the increasingly formidable forces he commanded, they made the high officials of Celestial Capital uneasy.
Although war had not been officially declared between the two sides, everyone knew well that the façade was as fragile as a cicada’s wings.
Once the issues with the Divine Race are resolved, Lin Chen’s sword would inevitably target Celestial Capital!
Lin Chen paid no heed to the hostile gazes surrounding him, patting the Little Blue Fish and slowly landing by the massive pit’s edge.
He first glanced at the Calamity-Devouring Beast at the pit’s bottom, barely breathing, then his gaze fell onto Bai Ling.
At this moment, Bai Ling was devoid of her previous commanding presence when controlling the abyss.
Upon seeing Lin Chen and Liu Gu approaching, she instinctively retreated a step, lowering her head, disheveled hair hiding her face and concealing the panic and inferiority in her eyes.
She dared not meet Lin Chen’s gaze.
Like a runaway child, eager for revenge to the point of falling into demonic ways, committing "bad deeds" in adults’ eyes, now found by her family, her first reaction wasn’t grievance but shame.
She feared seeing disappointment in Lin Chen’s eyes, feared hearing Liu Gu’s reprimands, and feared her current ghostly, power-by-consumption self would tarnish the Academy’s reputation.
Yet, the expected questioning never came.
Lin Chen merely walked up to her quietly, disregarding her still chaotic aura, his voice calm like an ordinary afternoon:
"Bai Ling, we’ve come to take you home."
A simple sentence, like a mighty hammer, struck the softest part of Bai Ling’s heart.
Bai Ling suddenly raised her head, eyes once dry and hardened from her revenge’s dark days now reddening instantly.
Home.
These words were such a luxury for her now.
She knew Lin Chen and Liu Gu would not oppose her revenge, but the path she walked was ultimately a forbidden demonic way.
She thought, having chosen to become a demon herself, she was destined to be forsaken by all, doomed to die lonely in some corner.
Yet now, they said, take her home.
At this time, Liu Gu, who had remained silent, stepped forward.
Looking at this once wounded disciple, his eyes filled with heartfelt pain.
He extended his coarse hands, gently touching Bai Ling’s head like when she was a child, his voice slightly choked:
"Silly child."
This tender and helpless sigh completely broke Bai Ling’s last emotional barrier.
"Teacher..."
Tears flowed like a flood bursting its banks, Bai Ling biting her lip fiercely, shoulders trembling violently, all grievances, pain, loneliness were released at this moment.
However, this warm scene did not last long.
"Done catching up?"
From high above, Gu Ning’s icy voice sounded inopportunely, shattering the warmth.
He looked down from above, and although the Golden Dragon behind him dimmed somewhat, it still emitted a suffocating pressure.
"Consider Lin Chen’s service for the Human Race, you two may leave."
Gu Ning pointed to Bai Ling, his tone domineering and unquestionable:
"But she, and this beast, must die."
"This is the accountability owed to Celestial Capital’s countless souls."
The atmosphere plunged instantly to freezing point.
Lin Chen slowly turned around, shielding Bai Ling and Liu Gu behind him.
He looked up at the overbearing Gu Ning, his lips slightly curling into a signature cold smile:
"Is that so?"
"What if I say no?"
Gu Ning’s gaze sharpened:
"Then don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
"You can try!"
As Lin Chen’s words lingered, he swung his right hand abruptly.
"Xiaobai!"
"Roar——!!!"
Accompanied by a ferocious roar, a Cyan Ox emerged from the Void.
As Xiaobai appeared, its originally black and white eyes immediately transformed, the left eye pitch black as ink, the right as brilliant as gold.
Almost instantly, it entered Divine Demon Evolution state.
A terrifying aura of semi-divine, semi-demonic rose to the sky, rivaling Gu Ning’s Ancestor Dragon in momentum!
"Divine and Demonic Power, truly terrifying..."
Li Gu and others felt their hearts tremble.
In former days, Lin Chen was still an ant in their eyes.
Their greatest fear was Lin Chen’s Spirit Beast rising, for a Spirit Beast with Divine and Demonic Power had limitless potential.
But now the thing they feared most had finally come to pass.
"God Demon·Stepping God!"
In its Divine Demon state, Xiaobai suddenly charged, massive hoof enveloped in black and golden destructive energy, fiercely stepping towards the Spirit Dragon in the sky.
This stomp seemed capable of trampling even gods beneath its feet!
"Outrageous!"
Gu Ning’s face darkened, not expecting Lin Chen to take action so suddenly.
His mind stirred, and the Spirit Dragon behind him let out another dragon roar, swinging its massive claws filled with residual Ancestral Dragon Power towards Lin Chen.
Boom——!!!!
Another earth-shattering explosion!
Divine and Demonic Power clashed fiercely with the Ancestral Dragon Power in mid-air! 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
The terrifying shock wave tore the surrounding space into fragments, with fierce winds howling and sand and stones flying.
When the dust settled, Xiaobai and the Spirit Dragon each retreated several hundred meters.
Evenly matched!
The strong ones below were watching with their hearts skipping a beat.
It was clear to everyone that Gu Ning’s Spirit Dragon was worn out from a recent fierce battle, leading to a draw with Xiaobai.
If in peak form, Gu Ning would likely have the upper hand.
Yet, even so, the strength Lin Chen displayed was enough to instill fear!
After all, Xiaobai was only level 97.
"Stop them! Don’t let Bai Ling escape!"
Li Gu saw the situation and shouted furiously from afar.
The surrounding strong ones of the Celestial Capital were ready to move, trying to encircle from all directions.
But just then, a sacred silver light suddenly illuminated around Lin Chen and his group.
Neigh——
An elegant Spirit Beast, entirely snow-white with a spiraled horn on its forehead, walked gracefully through the void.
It was Bai Ling’s Unicorn!
As the Unicorn’s horn shone with dazzling silver light, the previously shattered and unstable space was instantly leveled, constructing an extremely stable space tunnel.
Seeing this, Gu Ning’s face changed drastically.
Gu Ning might attempt to seal the space with the Little Blue Fish, but the Unicorn is the darling of space, especially a mature one like this; if it wants to take someone away, even Gu Ning at his peak might not be able to stop it!
"Lin Chen!"
Gu Ning, seeing that he couldn’t stop them, shouted sternly, trying to suppress Lin Chen from a moral high ground:
"If you take Bai Ling away today, you are sheltering the evil that slaughters the common people!"
"You, along with your Spirit Academy, the Monster Hunter Guild, and even all of Thunder City, henceforth will be deemed traitors to the Human Race!"
"You will become public enemies of the entire world!"
The weight of this accusation was heavy.
Standing within the circle created by the Unicorn, Lin Chen merely looked at the furious Gu Ning coldly, with mockery in his eyes.
"Do you represent the Human Race?"
Lin Chen’s voice wasn’t loud, yet wrapped in spiritual power, it resounded clearly throughout:
"Gu Ning, don’t try to suppress me with grandiloquent speech."
"I will settle accounts with you one by one after I’ve finished dealing with the Divine Race!"
Pausing here, Lin Chen’s eyes sharpened like blades, piercing straight into Gu Ning’s heart:
"Don’t think I don’t know that when I went to the forbidden zone, my whereabouts were top secret, and besides your Qi Observation Skill, no one else could deduce it."
"You disclosed my whereabouts to the Divine Race, trying to use them to dispose of me!"
With these words, Liu Gu, standing next to Lin Chen, had his pupils suddenly shaken, promptly turning to look at Lin Chen, and then at Gu Ning in the sky.
Exactly!
That operation back then was extremely secretive; how could the Divine Race have set a trap in advance?
If it was Gu Ning...if it was that legendary Qi Observation Skill that could divine secrets, everything suddenly made sense!
This isn’t just using others to eliminate, this is outright collusion.
Upon hearing this, a fleeting trace of panic crossed Gu Ning’s eyes, but he quickly regained composure due to his deep scheming, loudly refuting:
"Nonsense!"
"I, Gu Ning, as the National Preceptor, have always acted righteously, how could I engage in such deeds!"
"I have no idea what you’re talking about!"
"Oh, not aware..."
Lin Chen sneered, as the Unicorn’s space teleportation had already been initiated, their figures beginning to turn blurry.
Before completely disappearing, Lin Chen left one last sentence, echoing like a curse above the Celestial Capital:
"Soon enough, you will know."
Buzz——
With a flash of silver light, Lin Chen, Bai Ling, Liu Gu, and the two Spirit Beasts vanished instantly.
"Roar!"
Gu Ning’s Spirit Dragon furiously swooped down, its massive dragon claws striking at the remnants of silver light, only to shatter a fragment of the void, not even touching any of the opposing party’s garments.
The place was empty.
Looking at the desolate pit, Gu Ning’s face was dark and ominous, as if it could drip water.
Meanwhile, below, in Celestial Capital City, chaos erupted, everyone was in shock and uncertainty, and the entire Celestial Capital turned tumultuous.
No one expected that today would involve a third-party force.
Lin Chen, the hero of the Human Race, who had saved the race countless times, the strongest genius, was now set to clash with the National Preceptor.
It was an unimaginable turn of events.
