Don’t Tell Me It’s Cooked

[Option 1: Run away without hesitation and escape alive! Completion reward: Massive Beast Taming Power]

[Option 2: Try to calm the lord-level beasts and ease their rage! Completion reward: Three Tier-2 Ice Leaf Flowers]

[Option 3: Fight to the death and counter-kill with force! Completion reward: Golden Slime +10% to all attributes]

Chen Shu rubbed his chin. Was this even a choice?

In the next moment, the mutant Thunder Bird flapped its wings, spraying blue exhaust from its rear, and sped toward the Spirit Guard Army base.

"Damn, why are you running so fast?!"

Shen Wushuang twitched at the corner of his mouth. His Ice Luan also flapped its wings to escape.

But it had been attacked by the Frost Giant Wolf, and its speed had slowed significantly, struggling to catch up with the Thunder Bird.

Chen Shu shouted loudly, "Mr. Shen, hang in there! We'll find someone to come rescue you!"

Shen Wushuang twitched again. By the time you come back to save me, I'll probably be a frozen corpse.

...

...

For someone like Shen Wushuang, who's buried countless enemies, was he really going to die today in the Ice Canyon?

While the three were fleeing, the Bat Lord's eyes glowed with resentment, locking onto Chen Shu.

Its wings spread, glowing with blue light—it had clearly activated a skill, and its speed soared to the limit.

In an instant, the Bat Lord caught up with the mutant Thunder Bird.

"Oh my god!"

Chen Shu felt a chill all over. Could it be the beast saw he was the one who threw the bomb?

Screech!

The Thunder Bird trembled—its rear was bitten by the Bat Lord!

Its speed instantly plummeted, and its blood almost completely froze.

"I can't hold on—I'm retracting the Thunder Bird!"

Xu Xingxing panicked, sensing the bird's life force draining fast.

Although the mutant Thunder Bird was extremely fast, everything else about it was weak.

Chen Shu nodded, and the three of them plummeted downward.

The Bat Lord opened its jaws wide, attempting to swallow them whole.

But in that moment, a giant yellow round ball appeared, accompanied by thunderous snoring.

The three of them, in perfect sync, clamped tightly onto the slime's nostrils.

The sleeping slime instantly entered flight mode and managed to pull away from the Bat Lord.

But it was only temporary. The mutant Thunder Bird couldn't outrun it—how could the slime?

Escape attempt failed!

Chen Shu's eyes darted around, rapidly thinking of an escape plan.

Xie Sunan cried out, "Crap! It's back again!"

The Bat Lord caught up once more, opened its mouth, and bit into the slime—its sharp fangs piercing its defense.

Another layer of frost spread across it, and the slime's life force also began to drain quickly.

Just as things reached a critical moment, a giant python suddenly struck, forcefully knocking the Bat Lord away.

It was Shen Wushuang's other contracted beast—the Black and White Giant Python!

With its overwhelming power, Shen Wushuang managed to escape for now.

The four stood atop the Ice Luan, facing the surrounding lord-level beasts.

Chen Shu took the opportunity to recall the slime back into his Beast Taming Space.

Beneath the Ice Luan was the Black and White Giant Python.

Two contracted beasts vs. seven lord-level monsters!

"Mr. Shen, do you have a plan?"

Chen Shu's expression was serious, trying to figure out a way out.

But Shen Wushuang didn't answer—instead, he pulled out a white piece of paper and began writing something on it.

Chen Shu caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye, and the first two words on the paper instantly froze his expression.

"Teacher, isn't it a bit early to be writing your will...?"

Shen Wushuang didn't respond at all. He pulled out three more sheets of paper and handed them over.

"Write yours too. My contracted beast can hold out for a while!"

"..."

Boom boom boom!

At that moment, the black-and-white giant python had already engaged the seven lord-level beasts in a fierce battle.

Though it was a defensive-type contracted beast, it was getting relentlessly beaten.

Its innate skill Scale Armor Shift was useless— the Bat Lord excelled at elemental attacks, while the Ice Ape Lord unleashed terrifying physical damage.

No matter what color the scales shifted to, it was still getting wrecked...

"Teacher, we have to keep hope alive!"

Chen Shu tossed his paper aside and said, "Old Xie, give the teacher a little love and light!"

Xie Sunan gave an "Oh" and his bug-butterfly's eyes began glowing a radiant green.

Shen Wushuang's face twitched. "If you dare do that, I'll bury all three of you first."

"We can't give up, Mr. Shen!"

"I can maybe take down one lord-level beast at most, and now you gave me seven?! How the hell do I fight this?!"

Shen Wushuang looked forward and saw his black-and-white python already badly wounded.

The Ice Ape Lord had grabbed the python's head and was wildly slamming it around. The scene was brutal beyond words...

"I think we still have a shot!"

Suddenly, Chen Shu pulled out another vial, this one filled with red liquid.

"You planning to blow up the canyon again?!"

Xie Sunan and Xu Xingxing instinctively backed away, eyes full of panic.

That gray explosion potion earlier had left them traumatized.

"You used this stuff for that bomb?"

Shen Wushuang's eyes widened in disbelief.

Chen Shu twitched at the corner of his mouth. "Are you two colorblind? That one was gray! This is red!"

What he held now was the Berserk Potion—

Back when Shen Wushuang had randomly picked students to answer in class, Chen Shu had met his gaze, and the system rewarded him with this potion.

"If we're desperate, might as well treat a dead horse like it's alive. Let the Ice Luan drink it."

Chen Shu said calmly, confident in the system's potions.

Shen Wushuang twitched again. "It's not gonna explode, is it?"

If it was like that last potion, wasn't he about to feed a nuke to his Ice Luan?

"It won't!"

Chen Shu answered firmly, while silently adding: It probably won't...

"Alright! Let's bet on it!"

Shen Wushuang grabbed the vial and poured the red potion into the Ice Luan's mouth.

A few moments passed, and nothing seemed to happen.

"No reaction," Shen Wushuang said.

"Be patient. Let it digest a bit," Chen Shu said calmly, full of faith in the system's potion.

Suddenly, the Ice Luan's eyes bulged as if they were about to pop, the veins visible within its eyes.

Its entire body began emitting thick white mist.

Seeing this, the four of them instantly dropped to the ground.

Looking up at the Ice Luan in the sky, they saw it steaming all over, as if it were about to pass on to the next world...

Chen Shu swallowed hard and asked tentatively, "Is... is it cooked?"

As he spoke, he opened his backpack and pulled out a pack of seasoning.

Xie Sunan and Xu Xingxing also sniffed the air, then took out bowls and pots...

Before dying, having a taste of S-rank Ice Luan didn't sound like a bad deal...

Shen Wushuang's mouth twitched, and he shouted angrily, "Get lost! You guys are seriously insane!"

At that moment, mist surged around the Ice Luan's body, and its aura began rising rapidly.