Beast Taming: Invincible Breeder-Chapter 196 - 171: Island (18)

Chapter 196: Chapter 171: Island (18)
The once lush island was now draped in a garment of white snow, an endless stretch of white reaching to the horizon, as if overnight, nature’s palette had been washed clean by a mysterious force, leaving only pure white snow.
Tiny snowflakes danced in the wind, light and graceful, they settled on the branches, bending the tree tips. The sea, sealed by ice, once roaring with waves, now fell silent, as if time had frozen at this moment.
Not only had Bengma Island, where Li Cunxu was, turned into Ice and Snow Island, but the other contestants’ islands also transformed into Ice and Snow Islands.
The culprit behind the islands turning into ice islands overnight was the Storm Cold Seagull.
The storm from the Storm Cold Seagull could bring a cold wave that turned the world into a kingdom of ice and snow.
Of course, such a vast expanse of snow couldn’t be credited entirely to the Storm Cold Seagull; it merely harnessed the power of nature.
Simply put, the Storm Cold Seagull dragged snow meant elsewhere into this sea region.
"It’s snow! We can have a snowball fight."
Li Cunxu hadn’t seen much snow, especially snow of this magnitude.
Tongdu was a city where snow was rare; even when it snowed, it would vanish upon landing, pitifully small.
Li Cunxu summoned all his pet beasts out to play in a snowball fight,
The little foal had never seen snow and found it fascinating, tentatively touching it, finding it icy cold and comfortable. Then, like a wild thing, the foal rolled around in the snow.
Li Cunxu threw a snowball at each of them, with the Blood Lotus Eye enhancing his vision, allowing for 100% accuracy within ten meters.
As a result, every pet beast got hit by a snowball on the face.
"Come play the snowball fight, don’t just stand there."
The little white spider was the first to counterattack, followed by Xiaoruan who also started throwing.
The Dark Ferry Raven and Blood Lotus Carp were at a disadvantage, having no hands.
The Dark Ferry Raven tried to make snowballs with its claws, but they weren’t as nimble as hands, and it was too slow, getting knocked over by the little white spider’s snowball before it even finished a snowball.
The Blood Lotus Carp didn’t even have claws and could only take hits passively; soon, it became the first creature buried in snow.
The little foal also had no hands to make snowballs, but it loved to run, dodging snowballs as it ran around.
Ironically, it got hit more while running than standing still, but the foal enjoyed it anyway.
It loved running too much.
This love came after gaining the [Milestone] growth talent.
As long as it ran, it got stronger. Who wouldn’t love that?
Besides, running was addictive, for someone who loved to run every day, suddenly asking them to stop would be hard to adapt to.
The second creature buried in snow was the Mechanical Pupil.
The Mechanical Pupil in the snow pile wished for a gun that could mass-produce snowballs for rapid fire.
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After the fun, Li Cunxu lit a whale oil lamp for warmth.
The Evil Shark Whale’s whale oil burned long, not diminishing after half a day.
Lunch included grilled swordfish.
The swordfish’s nasal bone was like a bone sword, with a sharp tip but not sharp edges. By holding the side blades, one wouldn’t get cut unless too forceful.
Li Cunxu loved the swordfish’s bone sword, perfect for grilling as skewers.
Swordfish meat was a bronze-level resource, enhancing control over water-type spiritual energy.
People valued not the swordfish meat’s effect, but its taste.
Swordfish was a creature that swam rapidly at all times, making its meat particularly tender and delicious.
Li Cunxu tried it and couldn’t stop; it was too tender, melting in the mouth, with an endless flavor.
Once again, he acted as a mukbang, almost making the audience drool.
"If only another swordfish fell from the sky."
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Compared to Li Cunxu’s delight, the other contestants were quite miserable.
In the freezing cold, the lodging’s insulation was like a mirage.
Contestants could only chop wood to make a fire, but there was a problem with making fire: smoke would attract other pet beasts on the island.
Some couldn’t stand the strong smoke smell, while more feared the island catching fire.
A fire would burn the island’s food and resources, so pet beasts living in the area generally acted as firefighters, preventing it from spreading.
Making fire attracted pet beasts, but without fire, freezing ensued.
Contestants found themselves in a dilemma.
Those with contracted fire-type pet beasts fared better.
A fire-type pet beast was like a portable heater, providing warmth by proximity.
However, having fire-type pet beasts had its drawbacks: they consumed more food in the cold snowy weather, twice as much as usual, risking a food crisis.
Compared to them, Li Cunxu was much more at ease.
For warmth, there was Evil Shark Whale’s whale oil, which burned long without smoke or odor.
For food, during the typhoon, too much seafood fell, enough for over twenty days.
On the fifty-sixth day on the island.
A furious dragon roar woke Li Cunxu.
The Blue Lightning Dragon was back.
Sensing that its beloved Thunderous Fierce Horse had been killed, it had rushed back after healing its poison.
The dragon roar was both an outlet for its anger and a call to its hybrid offspring, the Thunder Horse.
No Thunder Horse showed up for half the day.
Clearly, the only possibility for this scenario was that all the Thunder Horses were dead.
The Blue Lightning Dragon grew even angrier.
The sky darkened, the snow clouds turned to storm clouds.
Thunder fell like long serpents.
The Blue Lightning Dragon first attacked the marked Grass Healing Thousand Riding Horse.
With six thousand Grass Healing Horses connecting to its Grass Healing link, it posed no threat to the Blue Lightning Dragon.
With a rapid dive, it plucked the Grass Healing Thousand Riding Horse from the herd.
Snatching the enemy’s head from amidst the army.
The Blue Lightning Dragon flew the Grass Healing Thousand Riding Horse over ten thousand meters high, breaking the healing link at a hundred meters, and tossed it into the flashing black thunderclouds.
By the time the Grass Healing Thousand Riding Horse fell out of the thundercloud, only a skeletal frame remained.
The next marked one.
The Sunshine Horse.
When the Blue Lightning Dragon attacked, the Sunshine Horse waited fearlessly alone.
Fearing the battle would impact the Radiant Horses, or bring revenge from the Blue Lightning Dragon, it had long hidden the Radiant Horses into the forest.
As the Blue Lightning Dragon circled, surrounded by blue lightning for a dive, the Sunshine Horse unhesitatingly used its suicidal skill, [Radiant Desperation].
The Sunshine Horse erupted with unparalleled heat, transforming into a brilliant solar radiance, charging toward the Blue Lightning Dragon.
Dodge?
The Blue Lightning Dragon never considered it.
Such speed of light, how to dodge?
Moreover, the Blue Lightning Dragon never expected the Sunshine Horse to go for such a move, completely unprepared.
Who good-hearted just self-destructs right away?
The Blue Lightning Dragon sensed a mortal threat, a hint of fear flashing in its eyes, instinctively curling its body, shielding itself with its wings.
Once again, the beam pierced through the Blue Lightning Dragon’s heart.
Why say "again"?
The previous generation’s Radiant Horse King also used Radiant Desperation, piercing its heart.
It was precisely because it had been pierced last time that the wound hadn’t healed, becoming a weakness, allowing the Golden Seven Suns Radiant Horse’s Radiant Desperation to succeed once more.
With a pierced heart, the Blue Lightning Dragon did not fear; instead, it sneered mockingly.
Two foolish horses didn’t know that this dragon’s heart was naturally different, on the right, not the left.