Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 110 - 85: Homeward Journey at Sunset

Chapter 110: Chapter 85: Homeward Journey at Sunset
The Fifth Day trembled on the table, as if very displeased with Li Cunxu’s threat.
"I’ll wear it just this once. If it doesn’t fit, it means you refuse."
Li Cunxu grabbed the Fifth Day and placed it on his face. This time, there was no repelling force to obstruct him, and he put it on easily.
The abilities of the Fifth Day also manifested in Li Cunxu’s eyes.
The ability of the Fifth Day is [Return of the Sunset].
Return of the Sunset: As the sun sets in the west, you and I return home.
Summon a path back home in the sunset; stepping on the sunset path brings one instantly to the doorstep, and no one can catch up or stop them unless the sun no longer sets in the west.
The limitation is: use once, with a cooldown period of five days.
The cost is: within five days, run five times the distance home; if not completed within five days, a curse will befall the user.
In other words, if Li Cunxu uses the Return of the Sunset one kilometer away to go home, he must run a total of five kilometers within the next five days; if not completed, he will suffer the Curse of the Sun.
Curse of the Sun: The cursed person will relentlessly chase the sun, until they die of thirst and exhaustion.
"Ha, what a terrifying curse, I’m so scared."
Li Cunxu said irritably.
He was extremely displeased; he knew the abilities of the First Day, the Sixth Day, the Second Month, the Third Month, the Fourth Month, the Fifth Month, and the six day and month masks. He was somewhat familiar with the day and month masks, but he had never heard of the concept of costs associated with the twelve day and month masks.
The day and month masks are treasures of human path, not demonic path treasures.
Those with costs are demonic path treasures.
So, why does using the Fifth Day have a cost?
Li Cunxu strongly suspected it might be because the Fifth Day did not recognize him, or perhaps it was because he forced it to let him wear it.
"Forget it, I’ll be the bigger man and forgive you this time."
"Who is it? Who did this? I’ll tear them to pieces."
Seeing the Blood Cultists burned to charcoal by the blood fire, Xue Wu Kuai was furious, shouting angrily.
He had merely gone out to an auction, and all his subordinates were burned to death.
"It was me."
Li Cunxu, holding a torch, walked out of the sorting workshop.
"You? It was you?"
Xue Wu Kuai said, eyes red.
"Yes, it was me."
Having said that, Li Cunxu tossed the torch into a pile of cardboard in the workshop and clapped his hands.
Xue Wu Kuai was stunned; this person was audacious enough to set fire in front of him.
"Courting death, Flying Cloud Horse, kill him."
The Flying Cloud Horse is the evolved form of the Flying White Horse.
The Flying White Horse evolution chain: Flying White Horse—Flying Cloud Horse—Flying Celestial Horse.
As soon as Flying Cloud Horse was summoned, Li Cunxu flipped him off and jumped onto the sunset path.
Although he was a hundred meters away from Xue Wu Kuai, as a silver-level blood beast, a speed-type pet beast, in the blink of an eye, the Flying Cloud Horse could rush to the front; he wasn’t going to take any chances.
It was then Xue Wu Kuai noticed the Fifth Day on Li Cunxu’s face; he understood the abilities of the Fifth Day and immediately realized he couldn’t kill him.
"Who are you?"
"May Apostle·Lotus God greets you."
The pupil of his left eye rotated, turning into a blooming Blood Lotus.
Their eyes met, and Xue Wu Kuai soon felt his eyes burning painfully, with flames appearing.
Oh, his eyes were on fire.
Huh?
Xue Wu Kuai quickly patted it out, extinguishing the unseen flames on his eyes; if it were the visible Burning Lotus Blood Fire, it wouldn’t have been put out with just two slaps.
"His eyes have a pupil technique, very similar to the Holy Lotus Eye, except for the color difference, it’s identical to the Holy Lotus Eye; could he be from the Saint Lotus Li Family?"
Xue Wu Kuai speculated about the origins of the Lotus God.
Setting fire to his eyes, after this, Li Cunxu walked into the depths of the sunset path without looking back.
The end of the road was a curtain of darkness; he stepped in, and the next second, appeared at the front door of the ranch’s wooden cabin.
"This ability is really convenient!"
Returning home, Li Cunxu put the fivefold road trip he owed within the five days out of his mind.
Cost penalty: failure to complete within five days will invoke the Curse of the Sun.
If it were any other cost penalty, Li Cunxu might be concerned, but it’s a curse.
The thing Li Cunxu fears least is a curse.
...
At the ranch’s gate.
"You want to challenge me to a duel?"
"Yes."
Yang Meixin nodded.
Li Cunxu spoke softly, "Have you dueled with Zhang Shuihuo?"
"I have."
"Who won, who lost?"
"He had a slight edge, but if we go again, I’m sure I’ll win."
Yang Meixin seemed a bit unwilling to accept it.
"He can’t beat me. Come challenge me again when you can beat him."
"I know he hasn’t defeated you."
"You know, and still seek me out?"
"I’m not here to have a match with your Xiaoruan; I want to have my new pet and your new pet duel."
"Your Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig against my Dark Crow?"
"Yes." Yang Meixin took out a Crown of Water from her bag, "This is the Water Slime King’s crown. As long as you agree to a battle, whether win or lose, it’s yours."
"Alright."
If you had mentioned that earlier, I definitely wouldn’t refuse.
With the Mechanical Annihilation Hunter as the referee, the match was declared to start.
"Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig, it’s time to play."
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig lay on the ground, snorting, sound asleep.
"Dark Crow, let’s go!"
Yang Meixin loudly called, "Piggy, wake up."
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig reluctantly got up.
"Dark Crow, Cursed Nail Kill."
The Dark Crow conjured a black nail with a purple tint and fired it off.
Yang Meixin shouted, "Piggy, dodge."
Though the Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig was fat, it was actually very agile, yet it didn’t dodge; Cursed Nail Kill was a tracking skill like a missile.
"Piggy, use the Flying Stone to shoot down the bird for me."
Flying Stone, using special force applied to stones, could make them fly higher and faster.
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig scooped numerous stones from the ground, flinging them up with its pitchfork. In the air, it used the back of the pitchfork to strike the stones.
A series of stones shot toward the sky.
"Dark Crow, dodge freely."
The five seconds elapsed.
Cursed Nail Kill, the curse activated for the first time.
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig felt as if someone drove a large nail into its body.
Cursed Nail Kill was a mutually harmful skill.
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig suffered curse damage, and the caster also had to endure curse damage, though the caster suffered slightly less, at seventy percent of the Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig’s level.
The Flying Stone, specifically made for flying pet beasts, wasn’t very effective, and seeing the mutual harm from the curse skill, Yang Meixin had an idea.
"Piggy, use the Golden Bell Shield and burn fat for recovery."
The Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig set up a Golden Bell Shield, burning accumulated body fat to recover its injuries.
Li Cunxu immediately saw through Yang Meixin’s intention.
She aimed to rely on the mutual harm of Cursed Nail Kill to exhaust the Dark Crow to death.
Although the Three-Toothed Pitchfork Pig suffered more curse damage than the Dark Crow, it had more health than the Dark Crow, presenting a chance to deplete the Dark Crow.
The second curse activation of Cursed Nail Kill occurred.
The third curse activation of Cursed Nail Kill occurred.
The Dark Crow was teetering, and Yang Meixin felt a secret joy, believing victory was near.
Li Cunxu calmly said one sentence.
"Curse Eater!"
In an instant, the situation reversed.