Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 377 - 352: The Swordbearer

If you are not a king, you’re no more than an ant.

Why are kings so powerful? Because they have the laws.

Kings are human, overlords are human too, so what’s the difference between them?

A king is like a person holding a rifle, an overlord is like a person holding a big knife.

And that rifle in the king’s hand is the law.

Why is Li Shiji considered a monster? Because during his time as an overlord, he defeated kings, and not just one, creating the same shock as a martial arts grandmaster who can catch bullets with bare hands among a group of grandmasters who fear bullets.

Holding the Treasure Pearl that stored spiritual laws, Li Cunxu was very happy, as he could use the spiritual laws for reference and understanding, allowing him to comprehend his own spiritual laws faster.

Comprehending laws is like building a car; having nothing and starting from scratch is troublesome, but having a car for reference makes it much simpler.

You need to comprehend laws on your own, of course, absorbing others’ laws can also make you a king, but after that, your progress will forever be stagnant.

That’s how fake kings are made, by consuming medicines that contain others’ laws.

Li Cunxu accepted the law Treasure Pearl and turned, looking resentfully at Li Shiji.

"You knew about the demon mischief on the island, yet you didn’t tell me, just watched as I was influenced by it."

The demon mischief came to the island when Ju Xinjie challenged Li Cunxu.

To be precise, Ju Xinjie came all the way to find Li Cunxu under the emotional influence of the demon mischief.

The demon mischief’s original plan was to provoke Ju Xinjie to challenge Li Cunxu, and during their fight, have Ju Xinjie speak insolently, triggering Li Cunxu’s killing intent to kill Ju Xinjie.

Ju Xinjie, as an Awakened with the Giant God transformation talent, was dearly treasured by the Ju Clan, and if Ju Xinjie were killed by Li Cunxu, the Ju Clan would never let Li Cunxu go.

This way, the task would be completed smoothly, inciting an unresolvable conflict between the Ju Clan and Li Cunxu.

However, the demon mischief didn’t expect Li Cunxu to grow so quickly.

He suppressed Ju Xinjie just by using his domain throughout.

The demon mischief had to think of new tricks, and upon learning Ju Xinjie’s brother Ju Xin Hao was also in Tongdu, it came up with another sinister idea: provoke Ju Xin Hao to avenge his brother by challenging Li Cunxu, with the same scenario as before, and Ju Xin Hao accidentally getting killed by Li Cunxu during the challenge.

Although not as effective as Ju Xinjie being killed, it still could provoke a conflict between Li Cunxu and the Ju Clan.

Li Shiji said, "The demon mischief can sense your emotions, if you knew the trouble was caused by it, your emotions would show flaws, making it impossible to test its intentions."

Since the demon mischief’s first plan to have Li Cunxu kill Ju Xinjie failed, Li Shiji didn’t know the demon mischief’s purpose for being on the island, so he didn’t rush to deal with it, instead waited for it to act again, to confirm its motive before taking action.

Li Cunxu turned a resentful gaze towards the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog.

"Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog, even you discovered it yet didn’t tell me."

Li Shiji took a step forward, shielding the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog behind him.

"Don’t blame it, I was the one who told it not to tell you."

Why did the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog inform Li Shiji first rather than Li Cunxu, who was more familiar and owed its life to him?

It was due to the instinct learned from its training at the Alliance Police Headquarters, for dealing with crises in the best way.

The demon mischief was a king, and the only person on the island capable of dealing with a king was Li Shiji, so informing Li Shiji was the most correct response.

Even if the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog had told Li Cunxu about the demon mischief, he still would need to tell Li Shiji to deal with it.

Li Cunxu looked at Li Shiji, then at the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog hiding behind his legs, not daring to meet his eyes.

"Grandfather, you and the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog get along quite well, why not contract with it!"

After this incident, realizing the usefulness of the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog, Li Cunxu understood even more why the alliance police headquarters considered it a treasure, and he increasingly didn’t want it to leave.

However, always having it with himself wasn’t ideal, and Li Cunxu had no intention to contract a new beast pet for the time being.

The eight pet beasts Xiaoruan had grown too fast, making it difficult for Li Cunxu to manage, and contracting more beasts wouldn’t be responsible to Xiaoruan or the new pet beasts.

Suggesting Li Shiji contract with the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog was not an impulsive idea but the result of several days of observation.

Because the demon mischief was on the island, the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog needed to constantly report its movements to Li Shiji, so they stayed together every day.

Their time together was very harmonious.

So harmonious that it created the illusion that the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog was Li Shiji’s pet beast.

In fact, their harmonious interaction was not surprising, as the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog was a police dog whose former master was a policeman, and Li Shiji was also once a policeman, and not just any policeman.

A special profession among the police – a Sword Holder.

The duty of a Sword Holder: internally, to scrape away the human corrupt flesh, externally, to fight on the most dangerous front lines.

Sword Holder is also the profession with the highest mortality rate within the alliance.

On average, only one out of every hundred Sword Holders survives.

Those who survive either become disabled from frontline combat or have exceptional strength.

Li Shiji belonged to neither.

Is Li Shiji strong? If he were truly strong, he wouldn’t rely on the Demon Lotus Eye Technique: Demon Lotus to resurrect multiple times.

Upon hearing Li Cunxu’s suggestion, Li Shiji was quite moved.

Having a police dog like the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog is every policeman’s dream, and Li Shiji was no exception.

As for the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog?

Due to Li Cunxu avenging its former master’s death, the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog was quite grateful to Li Cunxu’s family.

Concerning the idea of contracting with Li Shiji, the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog wasn’t opposed.

With one party interested and the other not against it, under Li Cunxu’s mediation, the man and dog signed a Beast Taming Contract.

Li Cunxu murmured to himself, "I should contract a functional pet beast like the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog that can track and alert the surroundings."

This was overheard by Ju Xin Hao at his side.

"My Ju Clan has a pet beast called the Giant-eared Rabbit, whose talent as a family is the purple epic [Downwind Ear]. Although not quite matching the tracking and alert ability of the Ten Thousand Miles Tracking Dog, it’s not too shabby. If you wish, I can give you one."

Without the demon mischief’s secret emotional manipulations, Ju Xin Hao became much more modest. Of course, his modesty also had to do with seeing Li Shiji effortlessly killing the demon mischief like it was a mere rabbit.

Especially because he learned of Li Shiji’s ability for infinite resurrection, he didn’t want to provoke such a formidable enemy for his family.

Causing trouble for the Ju Clan would be a hassle for Li Shiji.

Conversely, provoking Li Shiji would be equally troublesome for the Ju Clan.

An immortal and invincible enemy with formidable combat ability is one that no one would willingly face.