Wriggling itself out of Gao Peng's arms, the Desolate Frost Lion tore open the plane door and roared into the wind . Its body ballooned as it hurtled through the air . With one flick of its claws, it easily shattered the pillar of light that was still pus.h.i.+ng against the airplane . The blue light around its body began converging into ice spears that fell alongside the Desolate Frost Lion as it fell freely towards the ground .

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

The ice spears rained upon the ground, piling up on the One-Eyed Giant Demon until it was trapped beneath an ice mountain alongside Tong Mo, who was sitting on its shoulder .

The pilot wiped the sweat off his forehead and looked at Gao Peng gratefully . If it hadn't been for him, he would have died .

Gao Peng patted his shoulder and said to him in his native language, j.a.panese, “Go back . ”

Dumby then carried Gao Peng in its arms and leaped out of the plane through the door that the Desolate Frost Lion had left open . After Dumby closed the door behind it, the pilot noticed that there was a crack on the surface of the plane's winds.h.i.+eld . Thankfully, its engine and wings hadn't sustained too much damage, so he could still make an emergency landing nearby .

“Master, should we kill them all, or should we take them alive?” said the Desolate Frost Lion through its Blood Contract with Gao Peng .

“Kill the familiars . As for their trainers, we'll see if there's any value in keeping them alive,” said Gao Peng casually .

He had a bad feeling about these people . Their modus operandi seemed to be “shoot first, ask questions later . ” He would have been instantly killed by those two attacks back then if he had been even slightly weaker . Since these people had apparently had no qualms about murdering him on the spot, why should he have?

“Understood . ” The Desolate Frost Lion landed lightly on top of the ice mountain . It was channeling the ice energy in its body into the ice mountain, causing it to harden around its prisoners until it proved nearly impossible for them to break out .

A long elephant cry could be heard nearby . The Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant slammed both of its front legs down on the ground .

Thud! A seismic wave rapidly expanded outward from the elephant .

The elephant's psychic energy was intertwined with the seismic wave, which seemed to distort the fabric of s.p.a.ce and time around it . Most of the city's inhabitants fainted as a result of the elephant's psychic pulse, while the young, old, and those with heart conditions instantly dropped dead .

The elephant's psychic attack managed to awaken the One-Eyed Giant Demon and Tong Mo, both of whom were both trapped under the ice mountain . It didn't seem to bring any harm to the One-Eyed Giant Demon . Rather, it struck the cyclopean familiar like a sharp prod, jolting it back to consciousness . Its glazed eyes gradually regained focus .

Roooaaar! A m.u.f.fled roar sounded from the ice mountain, causing the whole thing to shake and s.h.i.+ver .

The Black Lightning Eagle made a sharp turn through the air before making a beeline towards Gao Peng, who was at that moment, freefalling in the air .

This was the perfect chance to strike . In mid-air, most Brawny-type familiars could only bring out 70 percent or less of their total power .

For some reason, Tong Ying couldn't shake the feeling that there was something wrong about this picture . He could see two figures freefalling in the air at that moment . The smaller figure must have been the enemy trainer, which would mean that the other figure cradling him or her in its arms must have been… a familiar?

This guy has two familiars?! How is that even possible? Tong Ying was shaken by what he was seeing . Could this be a Holy Individual that the legends speak of?

The legends spoke of a human being whose unique physiology allowed him or her to have as many familiars as they wanted under their wing . Known as a Holy Individual, such a person was capable of leading their tribe to greatness .

As they could sign as many contracts as they wanted, a Holy Individual would have all sides covered in combat . A trainer with just one familiar would have a hard time handling every situation on the battlefield . However, with a diverse collection of familiars, a Holy Individual wouldn't encounter such a problem . Their survival and combat power would be significantly increased by the diversity and number of their familiars .

“What, is that guy a Holy Individual?” exclaimed Tong Xiang in astonishment .

“It's just a guess . I didn't see any other trainers near him, so I'm guessing that the familiar beside him must be his . ”

Dumby was gazing impa.s.sively at the Black Lightning Eagle . Its bones began to turn gray, and the white Soul Flames in its eye sockets burned brightly as its soul wailed out loud . Its vast spirit energy now enveloped both the sky and earth .

An aura of death spilled out from Dumby in all directions . The fabric of s.p.a.ce and time around it was now quivering under the weight of its spiritual energy . At that moment, images of their deaths flashed before Tong Ying and the others .

“Activation of the Heart of the Yin Soul—the Yin Soul Dominator!”

“Arrrgh!!!” The screams of the dead filled the air at that moment .

In an instant, Dumby had switched from its Skeleton Dominator form to its Yin Soul Dominator form .

It aimed its right hand at the incoming Black Lightning Eagle . Without warning, the eagle swerved to the side . It seemed to have lost control of its trajectory . Like an out of control fighter plane, it began nosediving towards the ground . Its long wings cut through both wood and stone as it fell . Finally, it wedged itself deeply into the earth . Its tail feathers, which were left exposed in the air, twitched slightly .

Two streaks of blood flowed down from Tong Ying's nostrils . His body was shaking uncontrollably as he stared up in fear at the Yin Soul Dominator, which was floating silently in the air .

In the span of a single moment, his familiar had been taken down, its spirit completely wiped clean by its opponent . There was absolutely nothing it could have done . Even though the Black Lightning Eagle was a grade lower than the others, there was just no way this small difference in monster grade could have allowed it to be killed so quickly . If the other three familiars of his party were to face the Black Lightning Eagle in one-on-one combat, they would need at least ten minutes to subdue it .

“Run! Run, you fools!” shouted Tong Ying at his compatriots .

“What?” said Tong Mo, stunned .

Tong Xiang's reaction was much quicker . After all, his familiar, the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant, was a Psychic-type familiar that was much more sensitive to spiritual and psychic stimuli than the others . The Six-Tusked Elephant was visibly frightened, as if it had just met its natural predator . Its opponent was probably at least a five-star familiar .

They only had one five-star familiar back in their tribe . It was a familiar of great repute that had once belonged to one of their ancestors .

Clambering up onto the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant, Tong Xiang fled the scene . The thought of saving his comrades from certain doom never once crossed his mind . The only thought on his mind was escaping .

As long… As long as I'm alive, everything will be all right .

The good-natured look on his face was all but gone . In its place was the look of a man desperate enough to do anything in order to survive .

A second later, Tong Ying let out a moan behind him before falling to the ground with a thud .

Thirty seconds later, the Golden Light Holy Spirit Beast and Tong Ling fainted .

Forty seconds later, gooseb.u.mps began rising on Tong Xiang's skin as a powerful spiritual shockwave stripped his spiritual barriers down . In the next second, Tong Xiang collapsed on the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant's back .

Not only was the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant a Psychic-type familiar, but it was also a ma.s.sive creature . Despite being hit by Dumby's spiritual shockwave like everyone else, it was still standing on its feet . It had managed to s.h.i.+eld itself from Dumby's attack just in time with its psychic energy, which s.h.i.+mmered around its body in the form of a golden barrier .

The Yin Soul Dominator's shadow fell upon the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant, floating in the air like an eerie statue of Bodhidharma . It slammed its palm against the elephant's scalp . Ripples exploded outward from the point of impact, shattering the elephant's psychic barrier instantly . The Six-Tusked Elephant let out a pitiful wail before falling to its knees and cras.h.i.+ng face-first into the earth .

In just a total of fifty seconds, all four intruders were sent into a state of deathly slumber .

Dumby floated down to the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant, then flicked a hand at it, sending a clump of white flames into the elephant's head .

There was a dull noise . In the next second, the Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant was dead . A huge ball of light floated out from the elephant's head and into Dumby's body, strengthening Dumby's aura significantly . The souls of Dumby's victims would serve only to strengthen its soul for as long as it lived .

The Six-Tusked Brahman Elephant's skin began melting away . A gray-white outline s.h.i.+mmered across its body . Two clumps of spectral flames now burned in place of its eyeb.a.l.l.s .