Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder

Chapter 532 - 517: Desolation

Looking at the blood rain falling from the sky, Li Cunxu grew increasingly puzzled.

"This blood rain is strange. Clearly, two emperors have fallen, so why is the rain volume so low?"

"This rain volume doesn’t resemble the blood rain of two fallen emperors; it seems more like that of one."

"Could one among them be feigning death? Yet it’s clear that two emperors have indeed fallen."

Though the Divine Wood Elves couldn’t comprehend the actions of the Elf Queen, she was their ’queen’, the pillar of leadership among the tribe. Her death left all Divine Wood Elves bewildered.

Moreover, the cause of the Elf Queen’s death was inexplicable, as none among them could uncover the reason.

A young Divine Wood Elf, in a voice full of hatred, said, "Her Majesty must have been killed by that despicable human."

"Him? It shouldn’t be, he’s just a newly ascended monarch."

"Besides him, who else could it be? Every Monarch Level 9 Desolate Elf capable of harming the queen is dead. In the Elf Divine Court, only we and that human remain. It certainly isn’t us; it must be him."

"But how did he kill Her Majesty?"

"He must have vilely poisoned Her Majesty, perhaps causing her to mistake the Queen of Desolation for us and desperately try to save her."

These words gained the approval of most Divine Wood Elves.

Thus, an inexplicable accusation landed on Li Cunxu’s head.

"Kill him, avenge the queen."

"Revenge! Revenge!"

Under the tribulation, the remaining seven Divine Wood Elves fiercely charged towards Li Cunxu.

Seeing their undisguised killing intent, Li Cunxu softly said, "Just in time, I was wanting to test the breakthrough enhancements."

"Lower their will, spiritual intimidation."

Li Cunxu’s Will Law swept through the seven Divine Wood Elves. Although the Will Law didn’t cause harm, it significantly reduced their willpower.

Then, a surge of spiritual intimidation pressed towards the seven Divine Wood Elves, momentarily freezing them.

Even if they later broke free from the spiritual intimidation, their thought processes would be affected, slowing down by at least forty percent.

Curse Crow followed up, using Past Law to forcibly revert the levels of the seven Divine Wood Elves towards the past, causing their energies to plummet one by one.

The seven Divine Wood Elves retaliated.

"Divine Wood Thousand Arrows."

"Divine Wood Thousand Arrows."

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"Divine Wood Thousand Arrows." ×7

The Divine Wood Elves shot an arrow, which split into thousands, forming a sky-covering rain of arrows.

Black Flame Horse spoke, "Slow down, accelerate."

Once its Speed Law was activated, it slowed down the shot arrows, subsequently accelerating the attack of the pet beasts.

Whitespider said, "Cause and effect."

Cause and effect, a derivative skill of the Law of Cause and Effect, reflects back the same damage in a causal manner when attacked.

Chi Xiaoxiong unleashed Gravity Fist and Universal Gravity, pulling all the arrows toward itself.

Mechanical Pupil raised a defensive field, shielding the pets from the arrows.

Cause and effect activated, with Mechanical Pupil inflicting as much of a counterstrike as the damage it received upon the Divine Wood Elves.

Xiaoruan used All Things Seal and Real Slime Transformation Technique once more.

Quickly, before cause and effect could take hold, transforming the seven Divine Wood Elves into Slimes and sealing their law skills.

Pure Crystal Dragon’s Life Law swept over the seven Divine Wood Elves, suppressing their ability to recover life’s vitality.

Blood Lotus Flame Dragon, blessed by the Blood Dragon Law, enacted a Blood Dragon Fist. The punch energy transformed into a fierce blood dragon, roaring into the skies, charging at the Divine Wood Elves with an unstoppable might.

Little Demon Whale flicked its tail, unleashing space slaughter, causing swathes of space to shatter like glass, with sharp space shards slicing towards the pets.

Together, in joint attack, they instantly killed five of the seven Divine Wood Elves. The remaining two, while not dead, suffered severe injuries, lingering on the brink of death.

Receiving such results, Li Cunxu wasn’t the least bit surprised.

After the tribulation, Li Cunxu’s pet beasts obtained the Water of Creation. Absorbing the Water of Creation, their injuries were healed within a mere few breaths.

In contrast, the Divine Wood Elves, punished by the tribulation, lacking the Water of Creation for recovery, suffered considerably.

Additionally, Li Cunxu’s pet beasts are not ordinary, accustomed to fighting beyond their levels.

With ease and comfort, winning was inevitable for Li Cunxu.

One of the remaining two soon met death under the siege of Li Cunxu’s pet beasts. The other Divine Wood Elf, at Monarch Level 9, upon realizing defeat was imminent, fled. But with Speed Law in play, escape was impossible.

Half an hour later under siege, it equally met its end.

With the battle concluded, Li Cunxu approached the body of the Elf Queen, investigating the cause of her death.

The Elf Queen’s body was almost unscathed. In the act of drawing the life force of the Life Tree from the Queen of Desolation to cast resurrection, she absorbed part of the life force and healed all her tribulation-inflicted injuries.

"The body is intact; the problem lies with the soul."

The soul had already dissipated, beyond examination.

However, precisely because the soul returned to heaven and earth, Li Cunxu was even more convinced the Elf Queen had a soul issue.

The soul of an Emperor Strong Person is exceptionally resilient; it doesn’t immediately disperse after death, remaining for a long time. With certain skills and resources, the extension of the soul’s presence is viable, even leading to soul usurpation.

The body of the Queen of Desolation was not worth examining, struck to ashes by the Emperor-Slaying Celestial Thunder.

"Fortunately, the Emperor-Slaying Celestial Thunder targeted only living bodies and didn’t destroy the Space Ring."

Li Cunxu picked up the Space Ring of the Queen of Desolation using Spiritual Power, encountering an unexpected situation.

A mass of black resentment floated out from the Queen of Desolation’s body, forming her face. She glared at Li Cunxu, bitterly cursing.

"It’s all your fault. If not for you, I wouldn’t have been discovered by the tribulation, leading to my death!"

"I’ll curse you, I’ll lay the curse of my entire tribe upon you."

"Desolate ones! Curse him for me."

The boundless resentment from the deceased Queen of Desolation could manipulate the life of the entire Desolate Elf tribe, sacrificing them to curse Li Cunxu.

The black resentful face turned, revealing another face behind. Initially, it was the face of the Elf Queen.

The faces of the Elf Queen and the Queen of Desolation were similar, but the aura was vastly different; the Elf Queen’s was more peaceful, and the Queen of Desolation’s more wild.

The Elf Queen’s face bitterly cursed, "I want you to accompany me in death."

The unending resentment after the Elf Queen’s death also sacrificed the lives of the entire Divine Wood Elf tribe to curse-kill Li Cunxu.

This act made Li Cunxu certain the Elf Queen was not a virtuous being.

Understandably, the Queen of Desolation manipulated the lives of her tribe for sacrifice—the Desolate Elves, inherently bloodthirsty and violent, akin in nature to cold and heartless demons; it was understandable for her to control subordinates.

But for the Elf Queen? She was supposedly a noble and friendly elf, who would lay such sacrificial moves on her kin?

The double-faced resentful visage drilled into Li Cunxu’s body, erupting with boundless resentment, forming a curse—Desolation.

A curse at the emperor level that could seize all life.

The Desolation Curse.