JSCMU-Chapter 162: A Trace of Hope

“Not convinced?” Gun Gun remained arrogant, “If you’re not convinced, then come at me all at once!”

The spirit beasts immediately howled and charged.

Gun Gun didn’t even fight back, letting their attacks land on him with a series of crackling sounds. Once it was over, he still had the nerve to say, “Did Senior Ling not feed you enough? Why does it feel like none of you has any strength?”

The spirit beasts were beyond furious and charged again with more howls.

Gun Gun picked at his ears and became even more arrogant, “What’s going on? Getting weaker and weaker, huh?”

The spirit beasts were at a loss.

They started chattering.

“You’re too mean, Iron-Eating Beast! You’ve already reached Foundation Establishment, yet you’re still bullying us!”

“Exactly. If we had been picked by the pretty sister back then, we’d be Foundation Establishment Stage too by now!”

“What’s there to be proud of?”

The spirit beasts all voiced their complaints.

Gun Gun puffed out his chest, speaking as if it was only natural, “Who told you to not be as cute as me! My master choosing me was clearly the best choice.”

The spirit beasts instantly gritted their teeth, wishing they could beat him up again.

But thinking about Gun Gun’s iron-like body, they felt helpless.

No matter how much they hit, it was pointless and would only waste their strength.

The Brightlight Beast suddenly said, “Gun Gun, you’ve already reached Foundation Establishment, so you should go challenge Foundation Establishment spirit beasts instead.”

The other spirit beasts immediately voiced their agreement.

Gun Gun didn’t flinch at all.

He came here precisely to get beaten up!

Gun Gun shouted arrogantly, “Foundation Establishment? Then Foundation Establishment it is! I, Lord Gun Gun, will show you all that I am invincible under the heavens!”

As he spoke, Gun Gun began walking toward the Foundation Establishment spirit beast zone.

The other Qi Refining spirit beasts also followed, joining in the commotion, all trailing behind Gun Gun.

Ling Fei: “???”

What’s going on?

A spirit beast rebellion?

“Gun Gun! Stop! Where are you going!” Ling Fei couldn’t help but shout.

Gun Gun stopped and started waving his arms and legs around, making exaggerated gestures.

Ling Fei vaguely understood, “You want to go to the Foundation Establishment spirit beast area?”

Gun Gun struck a boxing pose.

Ling Fei frowned, “You want to spar with them? Don’t mess around! The Spirit Beast Pavilion isn’t a place for fighting!”

The group of Qi Refining spirit beasts began chattering excitedly. Judging from the tone, they were clearly riled up and determined to see this fight happen.

Ling Fei was helpless.

Who knew where this Iron-Eating Beast learned to stir up crowds like this. It couldn’t be from Yun Jin, right?

That Yun girl was so obedient and sensible, it must be the beast’s own crooked nature.

“Senior Ling,” said Gu Jinghong beside him, “Gun Gun is training his Iron Armor. He likely wants to use the Foundation Establishment spirit beasts’ attacks to temper himself.”

Ling Fei paused.

He knew the Iron Armor technique.

It’s an extremely strong defensive skill.

Generally speaking, a spirit beast’s skill improvement depended on innate talent and abundant resources. Iron Armor was a fairly common skill that typically required specialized Iron Armor Pills to upgrade.

But from what Gu Jinghong said, Gun Gun seemed to have a special way of tempering himself?

“It’s a method taught by Master. So far, it’s been quite effective,” Gu Jinghong said.

Now Ling Fei was interested.

If it was something taught by Yun girl, it must be trustworthy.

Ling Fei thought for a moment, “The Spirit Beast Pavilion can’t handle your chaos. In that case, go to the back mountain. I happen to be taking the Foundation Establishment spirit beasts out for some air.”

The Qi Refining-stage spirit beasts all started chattering again.

Ling Fei looked at them kindly, “Alright, alright, I’ll bring you guys along too.”

Only then did the crowd quiet down.

On the open ground.

Sure enough, Ling Fei brought out the Foundation Establishment spirit beasts.

Gun Gun still wore that same punchable expression. It only said two sentences, and the lover beast of the little Brightlight Beast’s dreams, the Lightning Beast, howled and charged at Gun Gun.

The Lightning Beast was extremely fast, with an imposing presence.

The little Brightlight Beast already had stars in its eyes.

Gun Gun stood still, completely motionless, as a layer of silver light appeared over its body.

Bang.

The Lightning Beast crashed into it, only to be bounced away.

In the next instant, several female spirit beasts ran over with concern.

Little Brightlight Beast: “???”

It looked at the female spirit beasts surrounding the Lightning Beast and suddenly howled in grief.

Wu wu wu.

The lover beast of its dreams turned out to truly be a scumbag beast.

The other Brightlight Beasts immediately started comforting her with a flurry of chatter.

The Lightning Beast fell down, and its red-faced confidantes were furious. They rushed forward one by one, and then they were all bounced away by Gun Gun.

“I haven’t even made a move yet! Why were you all defeated already?” Gun Gun was extremely arrogant.

But at this moment, the little Brightlight Beast didn’t feel like anything it said was wrong. Its eyes sparkled as it looked at Gun Gun.

“Sis, forget that Lightning Beast. We’ll have someone better in the future,” the other Brightlight Beasts consoled it.

The little Brightlight Beast pointed with its tiny paw, its eyes shining, “I’ve decided! From now on, I’m going to like the Iron-Eating Beast, Gun Gun!”

Brightlight Beast group: “???”

The little Brightlight Beast had already found a new target. Its eyes turned into the shape of hearts.

Gun Gun noticed the little Brightlight Beast’s gaze and glared back, “What? You want to try it too?”

The little Brightlight Beast immediately lowered its head shyly.

Gun Gun was quite satisfied. Looks like its glare was very powerful, it directly scared the little Brightlight Beast silent.

Ling Fei narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, “Rock Beast, your turn.”

A spirit beast made entirely of stone slowly stepped forward. It lazily stretched out a fist, and Gun Gun took the hit head-on.

In the next moment.

The Rock Beast gave a delayed “Ah!” and was bounced away.

Ling Fei’s interest grew stronger. He pointed to a few more Foundation Establishment spirit beasts.

Result.

Even those late Foundation Establishment spirit beasts couldn’t break Gun Gun’s defense!

Among them, there was even a high-grade spirit beast.

And Gun Gun was clearly just a mid-grade spirit beast.

“Come on!” Gun Gun continued shouting provocatively.

Ling Fei said, “That’s enough for today.”

Gun Gun was reluctant to stop, but it still respected Ling Fei. It nodded, clearly unwilling to leave.

Ling Fei had the disciples send the other spirit beasts back, then looked at Gun Gun with deep meaning in his eyes.

That Iron Armor skill’s level must be quite high.

Ling Fei asked Gu Jinghong, “Gun Gun’s skill level seems to be improving very quickly?”

Gu Jinghong replied proudly, “My master has a unique beast-taming method. Gun Gun trained according to her method, and his strength has improved by leaps and bounds.”

Ling Fei thought for a moment, then suddenly said, “Gu brat, ask Yun girl if she’d be willing to lend me Gun Gun for one day.”

Gu Jinghong was a little confused.

Ling Fei explained, “I have a friend visiting tomorrow. He’s a top-tier beast-taming master. Every time he visits, we spar to compare the strength of spirit beasts at various levels. In the past, I always lost. But this time, I think Gun Gun might have a chance to win at the Foundation Establishment level. After all, Gun Gun is from the Spirit Beast Pavilion. If it wins, it’ll give me some face.”

Gun Gun immediately hit his chest and shouted, “I’ll go! I’ll definitely win!”

Gu Jinghong ignored its shouting and respectfully said, “I will ask my master.”

Ling Fei nodded. “As it should be.”

Gu Jinghong left temporarily with Gun Gun.

Bai Yu silently appeared behind Ling Fei.

He raised an eyebrow, “You went to such lengths to invite that person, was it for Yun Jin?”

Ling Fei smiled. “The chance of Yun girl winning that duel was too low. I absolutely cannot watch her perish. That man owes me a favor. Originally, I intended to ask him for help no matter what. But now that Yun girl has raised Gun Gun so well, letting him put on a show might increase the chance of him agreeing to help.”

“You really value that girl,” Bai Yu glanced sideways at Ling Fei.

“I suppose this is fate,” Ling Fei only smiled.

Bai Yu said nothing more.

On He Mountain, Yun Jin received a message from Gu Jinghong. She didn’t think much about it and casually agreed.

Gu Jinghong then conveyed the reply to Ling Fei.

Ling Fei smiled faintly and immediately began making arrangements.

Even if it’s just one more sliver of hope, he would fight for it on Yun girl’s behalf.