Chapter 156: Taming Beasts

“Damn it, what bad luck!”

Looking at the herd of Fierce Beasts rumbling and charging towards him, Zhou Liming started cursing. He pulled his foot out of the mud, then shook it to fling the mud off. Who would have thought that under this patch of green weeds, there was actually a muddy swamp? Zhou Liming, who wanted to land on the ground gracefully, unfortunately stepped right into it.

Amidst his cursing, his shoes turned the color of gray mud, and the mud getting inside made him very uncomfortable.

The Fierce Beasts nearby did not care about Zhou Liming’s bad luck at all. They rushed down from the road and continued to run wildly on this muddy ground. The mud beneath their feet did not affect their speed at all. As they ran, countless splashes of mud and water were kicked up and flew everywhere. Originally clean, they turned the color of mud in an instant.

His wings flapped violently, and Zhou Liming flew away from this muddy area. Ignoring the herd of Fierce Beasts still chasing him, he found a pool of water to wash the mud off his feet, then flew back into the air. Since he wanted to tame this herd of wild boar-shaped Fierce Beasts, Zhou Liming certainly could not just leave.

He flew slowly in the air, constantly guiding this herd of Fierce Beasts to chase him.

Soon, a not-so-small Small Town appeared ahead. Under his senses, there were no people present, not even any Fierce Beasts.

“This really is an ideal place for taming.”

Flying over the Small Town, the Fierce Beasts below did not realize the danger at all. They just crashed recklessly into the Small Town and crowded onto the main street of the town. Their terrifying impact pushed over the vehicles abandoned on the street, and they rumbled all the way to the government square in front of the town hall.

This group of guys, temporarily named Pig Beasts by Zhou Liming, seemed to know no fatigue. They had chased Zhou Liming for half an hour, yet they were still this fierce.

Hovering in the air above the town government square, Zhou Liming frowned into a knot. Looking at the Pig Beasts grunting below, he did not know how to start for a moment. Actually, the main reason Zhou Liming came up with this ridiculous idea was that they were just a group of Level Three Fierce Beasts. If they were not social Fierce Beasts and were solitary instead, they would have been taken care of by people or other Fierce Beasts long ago.

Level Three Fierce Beasts posed no threat in Zhou Liming’s eyes, but facing dozens of Level Three Fierce Beasts was still somewhat worrying.

The Pig Beasts below made grunting noises, digging at the cement pavement on the square from time to time. Their hooves were incredibly hard; the cement-paved square was treated like soft soil by them, and they dug out pit after pit. In just a moment, the entire town square was turned into a mess by them, with pits everywhere and cement debris scattered all around.

“Use the method of taming wild horses?”

Zhou Liming racked his brains, and after thinking his head off, he finally came up with this method. Wild horses have a fiery temper, but haven’t they been tamed by people? The temper of these Pig Beasts was equally violent, even fiercer than wild horses. Perhaps… this method could succeed in taming them?

But Pig Beasts are different from wild horses; the latter do not have much offensive power, but with the Pig Beasts’ Form Skill, whoever gets hit is in for bad luck.

Zhou Liming was young and full of vigor, naturally not as steady as a middle-aged man. So after confirming his method, he twisted his body and landed on the square with a “bang.” Without deliberately slowing down, his powerful force directly cracked the ground upon touching it with his feet, creating a pit.

The Pig Beasts, which had just been grunting and making noise, were startled by Zhou Liming’s way of landing, but they only paused for a moment before charging up immediately.

Don’t let the Pig Beasts look like pigs; their size was not small. Standing up to a person’s chest, they weighed at least five or six hundred kilograms. The momentum of their charge was extremely terrifying. Trying to tame them using the method for wild horses was quite difficult; their strength was definitely not something wild horses could compare with.

Facing the rumbling charge of the Pig Beasts, Zhou Liming gritted his teeth, rubbed his feet, and shot out like an arrow.

Seeing this seemingly weak human actually dare to charge at them, the Pig Beasts naturally paused instinctively, then as if provoked, they let out grunting roars, stomped their hooves, and charged desperately. The impact force of dozens of Pig Beasts was terrifying; with a sprinting speed exceeding one hundred kilometers per hour, the distance between the two sides was covered in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Liming stared tightly at the charging Pig Beasts. After confirming the tallest one, at the moment they were about to collide, he leaped up fiercely, spread his arms, straddled the back of this Pig Beast, and held its thick neck tightly.

This Pig Beast was given a big scare. Feeling that it was being ridden by someone, it immediately became angry and wildly increased its speed.

These Pig Beasts were covered in mud earlier. Now Zhou Liming was holding its neck, but his hands could not wrap around its incredibly thick neck. Added to that, the mud was slippery, so his grip was not very tight to begin with. But now, finding itself going crazy, this Pig Beast jumped up and down, almost throwing Zhou Liming off. Using all his strength, he barely managed to stay on its back. His hands holding the neck would slip from time to time, only to be quickly grabbed back by the responsive Zhou Liming.

It was like sitting on a roller coaster. Unable to hold the Pig Beast steady, Zhou Liming really wished he could use his Bone Spur to chisel two holes in it so he could grab on.

But the power of the Bone Spur was not as simple as just chiseling two holes. Vibration frequencies in the hundreds of millions would shatter the wound and directly kill this Pig Beast. His goal was to tame it, not kill it. Otherwise, he would have just used his Form Skill on this herd of Pig Beasts from the sky; the power of Death Light would be enough to blast them into minced meat.

This Pig Beast was also ferocious. Seeing that it could not throw Zhou Liming off, it aimed directly at a residential house on the edge of the square, then let out a snorting sound and charged right at it.

“Damn it!” Zhou Liming cursed. Seeing that the Pig Beast was about to crash, he had no choice but to let go. His wings flapped, and he shot up into the sky. The charging Pig Beast did not slow down at all; with a “bang,” it fiercely hit the wall of the house, sending bricks flying everywhere, and charged straight inside.

The sound of “crashing” came from inside the house. It was the kitchen being smashed to pieces by the Pig Beast; tables and bowls were all shattered by the impact.

Amidst “grunting” sounds, this Pig Beast turned out from the house. Facing Zhou Liming in the sky, it stood its two ears upright, and a ball of orange-yellow spark appeared between them, then sprayed towards Zhou Liming in the sky. The angry Pig Beast had directly used its Form Skill.

By this time, the nearby Pig Beasts had long stopped charging. Led by this Pig Beast, they also sprayed balls of orange-yellow light, blasting towards Zhou Liming like a blanket covering the sky.

Zhou Liming was confident that taking a hit from these Level Three Pig Beasts’ Form Skill would be no big deal, but he couldn’t just let himself be beaten for nothing, right? So after dodging, the government building behind him became the target for these Form Skills to vent their anger. Dozens of orange-yellow lights smashed onto the government building. The entire government building, right in front of Zhou Liming, turned into a pile of ruins amidst the rumbling energy explosions.

The surging energy, like a shockwave, sent a large amount of broken stones, bricks, and cement dust into the sky, falling down like heavy rain.

Since the government building was right behind the town square, the flying dust shrouded the entire square.

Zhou Liming had already flown high into the sky one step ahead, completely unaffected by the dust. But the Pig Beasts below were naturally enveloped by the dust, running around in panic. They created rumbling demolition work throughout the Small Town; wherever they went, solid walls could not stop them at all.

When he could see them clearly, Zhou Liming laughed. Since the mud from before hadn’t dried yet, after mixing with the dust, they had all turned into gray-white mud pigs.

He shook off the mud on his body somewhat awkwardly, but Zhou Liming did not give up. He found that tallest Pig Beast again, dove down from the air, and soon appeared right above it. Seeming to sense Zhou Liming’s arrival, this Pig Beast squealed and suddenly stopped. It kept digging its right front hoof towards Zhou Liming, like a bull in a bullfight.

“Hehe…” Zhou Liming laughed. With another teleportation, he appeared on its back.

This time, Zhou Liming learned to be smart. He didn’t hug its neck, but instead grabbed its ears tightly, clamped his legs against its back, and shouted triumphantly: “Giddyup, giddyup!”

How could the Pig Beast submit to being controlled by someone? So it started its crazy performance again. It supported itself with its front limbs and kicked its hind legs high, trying to throw Zhou Liming off. Seeing that didn’t work, it ran around wildly again like before. It used every trick in the book, and when it saw it couldn’t throw him off, it directly charged at a wall.

“Again?” Zhou Liming wasn’t angry; instead, he laughed and said, “I don’t believe that my defense is weaker than a Level Three Fierce Beast, or that my skin isn’t as thick as yours, or my bones aren’t as hard as yours.” Under his will, dark green scales floated up piece by piece, quickly covering Zhou Liming’s entire body.

The Pig Beast didn’t care about any of this; it just slammed into the wall with a “bang.” Amidst the flying bricks and cement debris, it actually broke through two or three walls and smashed right through a residential house.

The flying dust and cement powder made Zhou Liming covered in grime. He awkwardly kept blowing air to spray the debris out of his nose, and kept going “ptui, ptui, ptui” to spit out the mud and sand from his mouth. Zhou Liming now had messy hair covered in dust, and with his upper body bare, he looked exactly like a beggar riding a pig.

Zhou Liming was so angry. “Damn it, is it that hard just to eat some pork?”