What the hell kind of ridiculous options are these?¹
Chen Shu stared blankly at the screen. A bathroom break triggers system choices now?
And what was up with that first option's reward title? The equipped effect actually increased the urge to urinate??
Chen Shu looked around and picked the nearest big tree.
Even if they gave him that first title for free, he wouldn't want it.
As for the second option, it could add a level to Golden Slime's Overlord Body skill.
Overlord Body was actually an incredibly powerful skill—too bad it could only negate control effects from same-tier creatures.
Chen Shu had always been fighting above his level, so he'd overlooked this combat skill for a while.
If he could level it up, it would definitely prove useful.
Chen Shu moved with practiced agility, scrambling up the nearby tree like a monkey.
The night breeze rustled past, moonlight shone bright and clear. Chen Shu felt a wave of comfort wash over him as he decisively began to relieve himself.
Tssss...
"Ahhh, much better..."
Chen Shu let out a long breath. There was actually something uniquely satisfying about taking a leak from up high, wasn't there?
[Overlord Body skill +1! Duration increased!]
Chen Shu smiled with satisfaction and prepared to climb down from the tree. Suddenly, he glanced down—and his expression froze.
Two brilliantly glowing blue lights flickered in the darkness below, looking eerily ominous in the night.
"Ah, this is..."
His pupils contracted as an ice ball rapidly expanded in his field of vision!
Chen Shu's adrenaline surged, his thoughts becoming crystal clear. He threw himself backward, barely dodging the ice ball by a hair's breadth.
Just as he was about to crash to the ground, Golden Slime instantly appeared beneath him as a cushion.
A strange sound rang out as the massive tree came crashing down, revealing a giant black rabbit several meters tall.
Those two blue glows were its pupils!
"Holy crap! We actually ran into a Lord-level!"²
Chen Shu's voice shattered the night's silence, startling flocks of birds hundreds of meters away.
"What's happening?!"
Everyone in the 666 Beast Taming Corps³ jolted awake. The two words "Lord-level" exploded in their minds like thunder.
For any beast taming squad, a Lord was an existence that could potentially wipe out the entire team.
ROAAAAR!
In an instant, Rend Claw Wolf came charging over, but didn't attack rashly.
Its eyes were filled with gravity, even a trace of fear.
Lord-level creatures had potential ratings equivalent to at least A-rank Contract Spirits. Rend Claw Wolf was only C-rank—in a one-on-one fight, it was basically suicide.
Chen Shu scrambled and rolled toward the campfire.
In his wildest dreams, he never would have imagined that just taking a piss would lead to encountering a Lord-level Ice Field Rabbit.
"Damn it, did we hit some kind of cursed luck? This is the second Lord we've run into."
Zhou Shi cursed under his breath. "Run escape plan!"
The Lord-level Ice Field Rabbit's blue pupils blazed with murderous killing intent.
Water droplets occasionally dripped from its head, emanating a fishy, rank odor.
You had to admit—Chen Shu's aim was pretty damn good...⁴
"ROAAAAAR!"
A vicious howl rang out as rustling sounds came from the distance, as if massive numbers of creatures were gathering!
"Run! It's summoning an Ice Field Rabbit swarm!"
Zhou Shi's expression became impossibly grave as he instantly summoned Wind Wing Eagle.
The four squad members quickly mounted the eagle's back. Zhou Shi and Old Deng climbed onto Rend Claw Wolf, while Chen Shu and Xu Xiaoyu got on Flame Bird's back, fleeing in one direction.
"Whatever you do, don't let a single ice ball hit you, or you're dead!"
Zhou Shi called out gravely, warning everyone.
Ice Field Rabbit's talent skill was Ice Ball, which carried a speed-reduction effect. Once you got hit, countless more ice balls would follow, controlling you to death.
Even Black Iron rank Contract Spirits couldn't avoid this fate. If you wanted to hunt an Ice Field Rabbit Lord, this was definitely a critical danger point.
BOOM BOOM BOOM!
Behind the Ice Field Rabbit Lord, hundreds upon hundreds of Ice Field Rabbits had already gathered—the momentum was terrifyingly intense, definitely no weaker than a Steel Fang Rat swarm.
In that instant, the Ice Field Rabbits opened their mouths like cannons, ice balls sweeping toward them.
"Xiaoyu, fly higher!"
Chen Shu looked tense, catching sight of the ice balls in his peripheral vision.
Flame Bird screeched and beat its wings, shooting upward and barely avoiding the ice balls.
Wind Wing Eagle and Rend Claw Wolf were equally fast, fleeing into the distance.
The Ice Field Rabbit swarm didn't give up, charging forward on their powerful short legs like a plague of locusts.
The Ice Field Rabbit Lord's eyes burned with fury, staring fixedly at Flame Bird—
Or more precisely, at Chen Shu on Flame Bird's back...
During their nighttime flight, the group encountered plenty of other fierce beasts—Azure-eyed Snakes, Steel Fang Rats...
But they were all trampled flat by the rabbit swarm. Without a Lord leading them, there was no way to resist.
The quiet night was completely shattered.
The Ice Field Rabbits' blue pupils glowed with eerie light, chasing the group like ghostly flames.
"Chen Shu, what the hell did you do? I get the feeling it's targeting you specifically."
Zhou Shi called out while constantly looking back with a grave expression.
"I just accidentally... peed on that big rabbit's head..."
Hearing this, everyone else looked absolutely stunned. None of them had ever heard of anything so ridiculous.
"You son of a bitch... you really are something special!"⁵