Chapter 313 — A Deterrence Beyond the Peak of Mastery

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! A hundred thousand thudding impacts, near enough an earthquake, rang across the land; whether Transcendent, Commander, or even the ten Monarch-level vicious beasts within the beast tide, all of them — without exception — lost the capacity to fight the moment they witnessed that thunder of intimidation flash across the sky, their pupils flipping from terror to blank white. For these ordinary Monarchs with energy values under two million, whose Intimidation proficiency had not yet reached Perfect, that thunderbolt was the gulf between god and mortal — uncrossable.

The hundred-meter giant beast looked down at the fallen horde. Slaying a hundred thousand vicious beasts in an instant was nothing for Eleven to be proud of; its maxed-out royal Intimidation was probably only good for this much. Nothing to be done — its Intimidation tier was high, but in team matches every teammate commanded Mastery-level Intimidation too, so it truly wasn't much use.

Yet what was ordinary enough for Eleven was, for the viewers watching the livestream, a mind-boggling sight fit to make their eyes burst and their eyeballs pop clean out.

"This———"

Watching a hundred thousand vicious beasts drop in an instant at one thunderclap — including ten Monarch-level beasts not to be underestimated, all stripped of their ability to fight — the two commentators covering the national tournament fell slack-jawed, utterly unable to explain that single pulse of Intimidation.

At that moment, the bullet comments in every livestream room froze for an instant, countless viewers staring at their screens in disbelief.

The spectators on site were just as baffled — and not only them; even the top-tier bigwigs on the rostrum had fallen utterly silent.

Then Elder Zhong Yan drew a deep breath and spoke, incredulous:

"This is..."

"This is Intimidation that has surpassed Mastery and reached a higher realm. To this day, in modern times, this tier of Intimidation has never appeared on a Beastmaster's pet beast — only those alien kings are entitled to possess it."

"This Jiuli Battle Beast... what is going on with it?"

First the fragrance spreading slowly across the whole island, then a bolt of thunder — Shi Tanli had indeed become the center of attention in an instant. Even across a great distance, many contestants sensed the energy fluctuations here, drawn by the commotion, and crept over cautiously to see what was happening. One of the faster ones had already ridden an elemental pet beast in at low altitude to this side — but gazing at the pet beasts fallen all around, his pupils filled with utter incomprehension.

At the Lingdu University contestants' seating, the university's leadership happened to catch, on their own contestant's blurry little screen, their student appearing in the area Shi Jin had been tearing up — and their eyes flew wide, their gaze exploding.

Damn it, you foolish child, run!!!! What the hell are you doing wandering around over there, don't let that monster set its sights on you!!!

That kid isn't playing around — he... really means to lure every Monarch and every contestant over and wipe them out together!