49: Chapter 49 A Genius Arrives at Our Office

The night sky, like a tide soaked in thick ink, swiftly swallowed the last strand of dark purple on the horizon.

The car doors opened, and Lin Chen and Zhang Zhi stepped out one after the other.

The night wind rushed toward them, carrying the faint commotion and barking of dogs from the nearby village.

The two stood side by side, looking toward Luoxia Village not far away, where scattered lights flickered, and the sounds of barking and exclamations were intertwined, as well as several Gray-maned Wolf Dogs that had been briefly stunned by the imposing entrance of the Flame Claw Beast.

"It looks like we made it just in time."

Zhang Zhi narrowed his eyes, quickly scanning the outline of the village and the Duanshan Mountains behind it, his voice lowered: "The command center was right; the riot of wild pet beasts has already spread here."

An hour ago, the command center sent an emergency notification—a large-scale riot of wild pet beasts had occurred in the border area of the Duanshan Mountains for unknown reasons, and the border patrol team had been urgently dispatched to suppress the riot.

However, a few wild pet beasts took the opportunity to slip through the border line, causing harassment to the villages in this area.

Luoxia Village was one of them.

Their mission was very simple: to expel the wild pet beasts depending on the situation, or to assist the villagers in temporarily evacuating.

Zhang Zhi paused, his gaze falling on the Gray-maned Wolf Dogs that were confronting the Flame Claw Beast: "It really is this bunch."

"Gray-maned Wolf Dog..." Lin Chen whispered the name of this pet beast.

Race Name: Gray-maned Wolf Dog

Attribute: Normal

Race Level: Low-level Extraordinary

This type of pet beast moves in groups, has strong cooperative ability, often appears on the edge of mountain ranges, and is a typical pack predator.

Although their individual combat power is weak, they always travel in packs, and through cooperation, they can hunt above their level, making them one of the wild pet beasts that novice Beast Tamers least want to encounter.

"Let's deal with these in front of us first and control the situation."

Zhang Zhi was concise; a sudden white light emerged in front of him, and accompanied by a short, powerful bark, the figure of the Qinglan Hunting Dog shot out like lightning, crossing dozens of meters in an instant, and charging into the increasingly dim night.

Lin Chen and Zhang Zhi followed closely behind, rushing toward the area of the intense battle.

At the same moment, seeing the Flame Claw Beast and the police car appear one after another, the situation on the field suddenly reversed. Zhao Siwen looked up, and after seeing the appearance of the newcomers, he was suddenly stunned.

"Lin Chen?!"

The voice traveled through the night wind, clearly reaching them.

Lin Chen looked toward the sound, and with the help of the scattered lights of the village, he saw the two burly figures standing at the entrance of the village.

One was a Rock-attribute pet beast with a race level of Mid-level Extraordinary, a Thick Rock Bear, and the other was a young figure who looked even burlier than the Thick Rock Bear, with knotted muscles, but a face that looked slightly youthful.

Fragments of memories from high school flashed by quickly; the image of a deskmate who wore black-rimmed glasses, always stayed in the classroom quietly reading books, and had a somewhat literary name, slowly overlapped with the muscular and burly young man in front of him.

"Zhao Siwen?" Lin Chen's tone was certain.

In his memory, the only human who exuded such a fierce aura from the inside out was his classmate, Zhao Siwen.

A gentle-sounding name.

"You know him?" Zhang Zhi, who was next to him, was focusing on the Gray-maned Wolf Dogs and glanced at Lin Chen upon hearing this.

"Yeah, high school classmate, we were even deskmates." Lin Chen nodded quickly, but his gaze fell back on the three Gray-maned Wolf Dogs, which were pawing at the ground in anxiety because they were surrounded by the Flame Claw Beast and the Qinglan Hunting Dog. "Brother Zhang, let's deal with these guys first."

The two quickly exchanged a glance, and just as Zhang Zhi was about to command the Qinglan Hunting Dog to engage the second-order Gray-maned Wolf Dog, a voice reached his ears:

"Brother Zhang, leave that second-order one to me and the Flame Claw Beast."

Zhang Zhi was stunned and turned his head sharply to look at Lin Chen. Through the faint light, he could clearly see the calm determination on Lin Chen's side profile, and he fell silent.

At this moment, he recalled the scene where the Flame Claw Beast had easily defeated the two first-order Gray-maned Wolf Dogs just now, and his voice was a bit dry: "Did the Flame Claw Beast break through?"

"Yeah, it just broke through."

At this moment, Zhang Zhi could not describe what he was feeling.

Over the past month, as Lin Chen's partner, he had witnessed with his own eyes Lin Chen and the Flame Claw Beast becoming stronger at an incredible speed, a speed that exceeded his understanding.

From the initial shock and surprise, to numbness and immunity.

He had never seen a Beast Tamer with such a fast growth rate.

He thought that only a top-tier academy like the Qiming Beast-Taming Academy would possess such a genius.

So he nodded: "Alright, leave the remaining two to me."

While Lin Chen commanded the Flame Claw Beast to fight the second-order Gray-maned Wolf Dog, Zhang Zhi silently took out his mobile phone and entered a question into the search engine: "A newcomer has arrived at the unit, and he is an out-and-out genius Beast Tamer. How do I build a good relationship with him?"

Meanwhile, the battle broke out.

"Gagu~"

The newly broken-through Flame Claw Beast was eager to find a suitable opponent to test its strength after the breakthrough. It swaggered up to the second-order Gray-maned Wolf Dog, looked at it with disdain, and beckoned with its claws.

"Awoo!"

The Gray-maned Wolf Dog suddenly let out a roar, kicked the ground with its four limbs, and launched an attack first, carrying a foul wind.

As a wild pet beast best at killing, its attack was not flashy; it lunged straight at the Flame Claw Beast's neck, its fangs ominous in its open mouth, and the Normal-type skill [Tearing Bite] was already ready to go!

A fierce light flashed in the Flame Claw Beast's eyes. It did not dodge or avoid, and its right front claw suddenly reached out.

The claw tip was instantly covered by the pale cold light of [Sharp Claws], and the condensed energy made the claw blade seem to extend by several inches, carrying a sharp whistle that tore through the air, accurately meeting the blood-thirsty maw of the pouncing Gray-maned Wolf Dog!

Clang—!

Sharp Claws and fangs collided violently, and it actually burst out with a harsh, piercing sound like metal clashing, with sparks splashing at the point of impact.

In a pure contest of strength, the newly promoted second-order Flame Claw Beast was not at all inferior to this second-order Gray-maned Wolf Dog that had been fighting for years, and even had the upper hand.

The Gray-maned Wolf Dog's head was tilted by the recoil force, and its offensive was frustrated.

But it was rich in combat experience, and taking advantage of the tilted head, it twisted its waist strangely, and its tail, like a steel whip, swept fiercely toward the Flame Claw Beast's lower body with a vicious wind, while at the same time using the force of its body to try to lunge and bite again from another angle!

In the blink of an eye, there was no need for the Beast Tamer's command.

The Flame Claw Beast retreated half a step with agility, while its chest swelled, and a condensed orange-red fireball was instantly spat out, shooting straight at the gap in the wolf dog's chest and abdomen exposed by its twisting body!

"Awoo!"

The Gray-maned Wolf Dog's pupils shrank, and it forcibly stopped its lunge and flashed rapidly to the side!

The Flame Breath Bullet grazed its ribs, and the high temperature scorched its fur until it curled.

But the Flame Claw Beast had almost no pause; a second Flame Breath Bullet whistled out, its trajectory slightly to the left, sealing off the most likely direction for the Gray-maned Wolf Dog to dodge!

Bang!

This time, there was no way to avoid it.

The fireball slammed solidly into the root of the Gray-maned Wolf Dog's left hind leg, and the exploding flames mixed with the impact force made it let out a miserable howl, its figure staggering, its left leg obviously limping, and its movements immediately slowed down.

Continuously injured, the fierce light in the Gray-maned Wolf Dog's eyes was completely replaced by crazy rage.

In an instant, the short hair all over its body stood on end, and a layer of abnormally sharp white light appeared, as if every hair had turned into a steel needle!

It gathered strength in its hind limbs, the ground was kicked into a shallow pit, and its whole body turned into a blurry gray shadow, launching [Violent Charge] at the Flame Claw Beast!

Concentrating all its power and defense on one point, striving to kill the enemy in one blow!

"Fiery Charge." Lin Chen's eyes sharpened, and the thought arose.

The Flame Claw Beast's gaze turned cold, and blazing flames instantly covered its whole body, turning it into a raging, burning flame meteor.

It kicked the ground with its hind limbs, not retreating but advancing, violently crashing head-on into that gray shadow!

The two figures drew a trajectory of death in the night, and collided solidly in the center of the open space at the village entrance!

Boom!!!

The explosion sounded, and the air wave exploded in a ring, lifting up all the surrounding dust and gravel, blowing so that Zhao Siwen, who was not far away, could not help but narrow his eyes.

He stared at the Flame Claw Beast, which was fighting fiercely with the second-order Gray-maned Wolf Dog, and was a little stunned.

This Gray-maned Wolf Dog was very, very strong; even if he took the initiative to attack, it would be at most a match.

He looked at Zhang Zhi, his face full of admiration.

A second-order Qinglan Hunting Dog, a second-order Flame Claw Beast—this young Beast Control Bureau staff member was truly amazing.