I was terrified! Raising a colossal star beast in the Beast Taming World

Chapter 259 Anomaly

Meng Tianxiang suddenly raised her head, a moment of confusion flashing in her eyes.

"Look."

Manzhu counted on her fingers, one by one, "Bao Yunxing is not trustworthy. She only wants to use you and then throw you into the fire. If you follow her, you'll only be schemed against. But we're different; we have principles. Since we both have hostages, why don't we each take a step back and make peace?"

Just as Meng Tianxiang was struggling internally, Lin Yan chimed in.

She rarely put away her usual arrogant expression, and her tone was unusually sincere: "Tianxiang, I think my Feiyan and Xue Youyou get along quite well. Actually, there's no irreconcilable conflict between us, right?"

She took a step forward, adding half-jokingly and half-seriously, "We've been rivals for so many years. Looking back, I actually miss it a bit. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could drink together in the Alliance someday?"

Meng Tianxiang's lips moved slightly.

She looked at the two colleagues she had known for who knows how many years—

Manzhu remained as elegant and composed as ever, gently turning the Nine Nether Umbrella in her hand while gazing at her with a peaceful expression.

Lin Yan looked straight at her with his bright, fiery eyes, his gaze devoid of calculation or probing, only filled with straightforward honesty.

Meanwhile, Bao Yunxing chose the most despicable means.

Meng Tianxiang lowered her head.

"I……"

Her voice was so hoarse that every word seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of her throat.

Manzhu immediately pressed her advantage, her voice as gentle as silk: "That way, no one will get hurt or sacrifice themselves anymore, wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Lin Yan nodded in agreement, unusually serious, adding, "Following Bao Yunxing will lead nowhere. You might as well join us. You'll still be the Marquis of Qingming. The alliance is the alliance, and the Baiyue Sect is the Baiyue Sect. We'll still manage our own affairs, just like before, except for a different alliance leader."

"I……"

Meng Tianxiang opened her mouth, her eyes swirling with extremely complex emotions. There was wavering, struggle, resentment, and a kind of bewilderment that even she herself couldn't explain.

Just when Manzhu and Lin Yan thought the situation was settled and were preparing to offer further advice—

boom--!!!

A thunderbolt struck down from the sky without warning.

That wasn't ordinary lightning; it was a golden bolt of lightning that pierced the heavens and the earth, exploding in the night sky above the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts and illuminating the entire top of the tower as if it were daytime.

The thunder was so loud that the air around the three of them trembled violently, and the void beneath their feet seemed to have been cracked by the attack.

All three were startled and looked up at the sky at the same time.

Then, they simultaneously felt a sense of oppression they had never experienced before.

That wasn't a suppression of strength, nor an intimidating presence, nor an aura—but something more fundamental, more primal, something that crushed down from the deepest level of life.

The Nine Nether Umbrella in Manzhu's hand was trembling slightly at this moment.

The flames surrounding Lin Yan were extinguished in an instant, as if by something forcefully extinguishing them.

Meng Tianxiang was in no better shape; her face was pale and her breathing became rapid.

The three of them turned their gazes to the side—to the top of the tower, where a person had appeared out of nowhere.

It was a girl they had never seen before.

She was barefoot, her bare feet dangling slightly at the toes, standing steadily in the night sky without any support.

She was wearing an extremely revealing ancient garment, with large swathes of her fair skin exposed to the glow of the blood moon, through which faint golden threads of light could be seen flowing beneath her skin.

Her face was exquisitely beautiful, her features possessing a beauty that transcended race and time, and her eyes—those deep golden eyes—held an almost ancient indifference that had been accumulated over countless years.

If Xue Youyou were here, she would recognize that the person in front of her was the girl who had led the way, whom only she had seen in the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts.

She appeared before Lin Yan, Manzhu, and Meng Tianxiang for the first time.

Then, she spoke.

The sound wasn't loud, but it seemed to resound throughout the entire night sky at the same time. Each syllable was so heavy that it felt like it was hitting the depths of one's soul, causing the three veteran ultimate beast tamers, who had dominated the field for many years, to feel short of breath at the same instant.

"When—"

The girl leading the way tilted her head slightly, her dark golden eyes sweeping over the three of them. There was no anger in her eyes, but something even more unsettling—it was the dignity that had been offended, the absurdity of watching the pieces on her chessboard quarrel in chaos.

"Do you think you have the final say in the alliance?"

The moment the words fell, an immense and indescribable pressure emanated from the girl who had led the way.

A pure, primal aura belonging to another level of life.

That is a realm inaccessible to humans.

Lin Yan, Manzhu, and Meng Tianxiang's bodies all sank an inch uncontrollably at the same instant.

It wasn't because of a change in gravity, but because their instincts were driving them to submit, telling them that the person in front of them couldn't speak to them from the same height.

Manzhu gripped the handle of the Nine Nether Umbrella tightly, her knuckles turning white. A name surged through her mind, a terrifying name she had only glimpsed by chance in an ancient book in the Alliance Library.

Lin Yan clenched his teeth tightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

She has never bowed her head to anyone in her life, not even Bao Yunxing.

But now, her body betrayed her will—her knees were trembling slightly, not from fear, but from the surrender of biological instinct.

Meng Tianxiang was also in a bad mood. All the muscles in her body were instinctively tense, as if her limbs were bound by some invisible chains. She tried to summon Duan Du Qingming, but found that she couldn't mobilize even a trace of power, as if something had directly sealed off the connection between her and her pet beast.

The three exchanged a glance.

There was so much in their eyes—shock, confusion, fear, but more than anything, an emotion they hadn't felt for many, many years.

Powerless.

Faced with absolute power, their conversation just now seemed incredibly insignificant and laughable.

Looking at this girl they had never met before, yet who sent shivers down their spines, the same thought flashed through their minds simultaneously—

Who exactly is this guy?