Even Grandmaster-level Beast Tamers would find it very difficult to catch up to him.
Of course, Zheng Dong's ultimate goal was not to escape, but to separate the two and deal with them one by one.
Not long after, the precognitive sense passively predicted danger, alerting Zheng Dong, who had already left the boundaries of Anhe District.
Zheng Dong quickly used his super-perception to detect that Old Liu was catching up.
Old Liu also possessed a King-level space-type pet, the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King.
The White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King's spatial teleportation covered a greater distance than Zheng Dong's combined skill, the Earth Vein Teleportation, allowing it to easily travel from one district of Rongcheng to the next.
As a pet with a King-level growth grade, the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King could sustain the energy expenditure of spatial teleportation.
Furthermore, the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King had mastered elemental tracking, enabling it to clearly distinguish the energy fluctuations produced when Zheng Dong used the Earth Vein Teleportation.
This allowed Old Liu to quickly pursue Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong remained calm. With only Old Liu pursuing him, he intended to seize this opportunity to eliminate Old Liu.
Therefore, he feigned exhaustion, slowed down, and stopped.
Before long, Old Liu, who had merged with the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King, arrived above Zheng Dong's location.
The White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King was a pet of the undead, space, and wind elements, resembling a golden eagle that was entirely black with pure white eyes.
After merging with Old Liu, its power not only did not diminish but was also enhanced by Old Liu's beast-taming talent.
Old Liu's body underwent a transformation, his eyes turning pure white, and a pair of black wings appearing behind him.
However, these wings could be retracted, and his eyes could be freely switched to a hidden state.
At this moment, Old Liu did not conceal his merged state, appearing like a bird-man flying in mid-air.
Upon discovering Zheng Dong's whereabouts, he used his communication device to notify Old Ma.
He then summoned his other two King-level pets, the Desert Tortoise and the Savage Pangolin.
The Desert Tortoise excelled at sealing and had average offensive capabilities.
The Savage Pangolin was ill-tempered and a tank-type pet, not specializing in offense but possessing strong defense.
As for his other contracted pets, their growth grades had not reached King-level, and their combat power was not significant, so there was no need to summon them.
Therefore, Old Liu's plan was to try his best to eliminate Zheng Dong, or at least stall him until Old Ma arrived.
Sensing the pets Old Liu had summoned after burrowing underground, Zheng Dong instructed Jingjing to continue her analysis.
"Master, the opponent is in a merged state and can escape using spatial teleportation at any time, making it difficult for you to defeat him.
However, it will also be difficult for him to attack us, as he can only rely on the Desert Tortoise and the Savage Pangolin.
I believe Master can start with the Savage Pangolin.
The Savage Pangolin has extremely strong defense but lacks offensive power. Master might try to lure it into the relic space of the relic bead and eliminate it."
Zheng Dong currently possessed two relic beads. The one obtained from Bai Wenxuan had a relatively large and stable relic space capable of withstanding battles between King-level pets.
Furthermore, no items were placed inside, so even if it were damaged, it wouldn't be a significant loss.
Zheng Dong decided to give it a try.
Zheng Dong summoned Xiao Zi and instructed Xiao Zi to create clones to lure the Savage Pangolin.
One by one, Xiao Zi's clones emerged from the ground.
Just as they were about to attack the Savage Pangolin, the Desert Tortoise struck first, attacking Xiao Zi's clones.
Many of Xiao Zi's clones were destroyed by the Desert Tortoise.
However, Xiao Zi did not mind and condensed more clones.
These clones only attacked the Savage Pangolin.
This infuriated the Savage Pangolin.
What did this mean?
Did they think it was easy to bully?
The hot-tempered Savage Pangolin also began attacking Xiao Zi's clones.
Seeing this, Old Liu did not suspect anything.
He instructed the Savage Pangolin to burrow underground and pursue Xiao Zi's clones to find Zheng Dong and force him out.
At that point, he, in his merged state, along with the Desert Tortoise, would be able to deal with Zheng Dong.
His intentions were sound.
However, he was unaware that Zheng Dong possessed a King-level undead puppet, the Hell Bullhead.
The enraged Savage Pangolin, chasing Xiao Zi's clones, gradually lost its reason and fell into Zheng Dong's trap, entering the relic space of the relic bead.
Within the relic space, Youyou had already released the Hell Bullhead and the General-level Skeleton General.
Additionally, Xiao Qing, Ling'er, and Zheng Dong were providing assistance.
Even with the Savage Pangolin's astonishing defense, it could not withstand the attacks.
Moreover, Youyou had unleashed the Karmic Fire of Reincarnation.
The longer the Karmic Fire of Reincarnation burned, the stronger its attack power became.
Before long, the Savage Pangolin was eliminated.
Following that, Youyou transformed the Savage Pangolin's corpse into an undead, preparing to command it to fight.
Outside, Old Liu noticed the anomaly, but it was too late to intervene.
His White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King could not burrow underground.
He hesitated to send the Desert Tortoise for rescue, fearing it might also be in danger.
Although the Desert Tortoise's attacks were stronger than the Savage Pangolin's, its defense was considerably weaker, making it more susceptible to damage.
What to do?
"Damn Old Ma... why isn't he here yet!" Old Liu cursed anxiously.
At this moment, Zheng Dong began his counterattack.
Zheng Dong burrowed out of the ground and appeared before the Desert Tortoise, directly releasing Youyou and the other pets from the relic space.
The Desert Tortoise was momentarily stunned by the sudden turn of events.
It was then subjected to fierce attacks from the Hell Bullhead.
What confused the Desert Tortoise even more was that the Savage Pangolin was blocking its path, acting as a shield for the enemy.
Its attacks were blocked by the Savage Pangolin, but the Hell Bullhead's attacks landed squarely on it.
Coupled with the assistance of Youyou, Xiao Qing, and other pets, the Desert Tortoise was quickly reaching its limit.
Seeing this, Old Liu could no longer afford to be cautious. He frantically attacked Zheng Dong, intending to eliminate him before rescuing the Desert Tortoise.
However, strangely, Zheng Dong actively flew towards him, using spatial teleportation to appear right beside him.
The next second, Zheng Dong deployed a miniature forbidden bomb, blasting him away and causing him to crash heavily onto the ground.
The close-range detonation of the miniature forbidden bomb was enough to severely injure Old Liu in his merged state.
As for the Zheng Dong he perceived, it was likely just a clone.
Zheng Dong's target all along had been him, and the attack on the Desert Tortoise was merely a diversion to attract his attention.
Subsequently, Youyou commanded the Hell Bullhead, the Desert Tortoise, and the Skeleton General to launch an even more ferocious assault on Old Liu.
As for the Desert Tortoise, no one paid it any attention.
By the time Old Liu attempted to escape using spatial teleportation, it was too late. He was engulfed by the overwhelming attacks.
In an instant, Old Liu was eliminated.
Afterward, it was the Desert Tortoise's turn.
Affected by the contract, the Desert Tortoise was also severely injured after Old Liu's demise and, not lasting long, followed Old Liu to the afterlife.
This outcome surprised Zheng Dong somewhat.
Without Jingjing's analytical planning, it would have been far more difficult to eliminate Old Liu so smoothly.
At this point, Jingjing analyzed again:
"Master, quickly clean up the battlefield. The remaining Grandmaster will definitely arrive soon. We can disguise ourselves and ambush him!"
Zheng Dong nodded.
First, he had Youyou transform the corpses of the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King and the Desert Tortoise into undead.
After Old Liu fell in his merged state, the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King was also eliminated almost simultaneously.
This passively deactivated the merged state.
The transformed undead White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King, Desert Tortoise, and Savage Pangolin were completely under Youyou's command, just like the Savage Pangolin.
Zheng Dong then condensed a clone, instructing it to use mimicry and disguise itself as Old Liu. He then had the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King possess the clone, making it appear indistinguishable from Old Liu in his merged state.
After swiftly clearing the battlefield, Zheng Dong left behind another clone disguised as a corpse, preparing to deceive Old Ma.
As for Zheng Dong himself, he burrowed underground, collecting the Desert Tortoise, Savage Pangolin, and Youyou into the relic space, ready to act at any moment.
After a while, Old Ma arrived.
It wasn't that Old Ma was slow, but his pets lacked space-type abilities and had not mastered spatial teleportation.
Furthermore, he had been chasing Zheng Dong's clone in the wrong direction, and then turning back to help Old Liu, which involved a considerable distance.
Old Ma, riding a flying pet, the Twin-Headed Egret King, arrived above the battlefield.
He saw that the surroundings were in disarray, with traces of burning on the ground.
Fortunately, this was a wilderness area, and it was outside the jurisdiction of Rongcheng, so it did not attract the attention of the security bureau.
"Old Liu, where is that brat?" Old Ma asked as he had the Twin-Headed Egret King descend.
"Isn't he right there?" Zheng Dong's clone pointed to the corpse disguised by Zheng Dong's clone nearby.
Old Ma immediately looked over, not noticing that Zheng Dong's clone wasn't stuttering.
After all, Old Liu didn't stutter in every sentence.
"Heh heh, you old fellow, you're quite capable, finishing the job all by yourself. How can I not feel bad about this? Let me treat you, let's go for a bath!" Old Ma chuckled, patting the shoulder of Zheng Dong's clone.
He had no suspicion of "Old Liu" in front of him.
After all, who could disguise themselves in a merged state!
Just as Old Ma relaxed, Zheng Dong's clone detonated the two micro forbidden bombs on his person.
Although their power was not as terrifying as the miniature forbidden bomb, they were sufficient to injure the unsuspecting Old Ma.
At the same time, Zheng Dong also burrowed out of the ground and released Youyou and the other pets.
The Hell Bullhead, Desert Tortoise, and Savage Pangolin, who were prepared, launched fierce attacks on Old Ma.
Old Ma suffered a great disadvantage from the sudden assault.
"Bastard, you're not Old Liu, who are you?" Old Ma said angrily.
Zheng Dong's clone was also injured by the explosion and fell to the ground, not answering him.
The possessed White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King, under Youyou's command, also broke free from its possession and attacked Old Ma.
If Old Ma were not merged with the Blob Monster, he would have died long ago.
Currently, facing attacks from multiple King-level pets, even in his merged state, he could not withstand it and was severely injured.
Fortunately, with the help of the Twin-Headed Egret King, he managed to recover and quickly summoned his other King-level pet, the Golden Lion-head Monster.
Thus, the battle between the two sides entered a stalemate, with the outcome depending on who could last longer.
Old Ma's three pets were clearly stronger in combat power than Old Liu's, but their other abilities were far inferior.
What Zheng Dong could utilize were only the three King-level undead pets of the deceased Old Liu, along with the Hell Bullhead.
Fortunately, the ambush had severely injured Old Ma in his merged state, and as long as Old Ma was dealt with, it would be easier.
Zheng Dong instructed Youyou to command the three King-level undead and unleash the Karmic Fire of Reincarnation, attacking Old Ma at all costs.
Soon, the Savage Pangolin, acting as a tank, could no longer hold on. Following that, the Desert Tortoise also fell, and even the White-Eyed Ghost Eagle King was close to its limit.
Fortunately, Old Ma was also at the end of his rope and was about to collapse.
Under the attack of the Hell Bullhead, he fell to the ground and was then completely incinerated by the Karmic Fire of Reincarnation unleashed by Youyou.
After eliminating Old Ma, both the Twin-Headed Egret King and the Golden Lion-head Monster suffered contract backlash and were severely injured.
Next, Zheng Dong was not in a hurry and slowly wore down these two pets.
Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
Without the Emperor-level Nine-tailed Ghost Fox, it was indeed not easy to eliminate a Grandmaster-level Beast Tamer.
Fortunately, after careful planning, he managed to eliminate the opponent without using the energy flame fruit.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong began to collect the spoils of war.
Unfortunately, the two were not wealthy. Zheng Dong found over two hundred ethereal stones, three skill inheritance beads, a bottle of memory dew, a branch from the Flame Golden Light Tree, and some resources totaling less than two hundred million in value from them.
Zheng Dong picked up the skill inheritance beads and examined them carefully. They could respectively inherit the ultimate-tier skill Invincible Tank, Elemental Tracking, and the advanced-tier skill Yellow Sand Seal.
Invincible Tank was a special skill possessed by the Blob Monster, similar to the Treasure Hunting skill mastered by Xiao Zi. It was likely that pets like Xiao Zi would find it difficult to learn.
Either he could keep it for later to contract suitable pets and assist them in learning, or he could sell it to obtain resources or other skills.
Elemental Tracking was a dual-element skill of wind and spirit, while Yellow Sand Seal was a triple-element skill of wind, earth, and spirit, which pets like Xiao Zi would also find difficult to master.
In addition, the memory dew was quite useful to Zheng Dong. The branch of the Flame Golden Light Tree was equivalent to a level seven resource and might assist Ling'er in further mutating to possess the fire attribute.
The only regret was that Zheng Dong had run out of forbidden bombs and would need to apply for more from the Special Operations Bureau.
It was past midnight, marking the New Year.
Zheng Dong used spatial teleportation to arrive at a road, summoned Jingjing, transformed into a sports car, and headed back to Rongcheng.
He did not go home but found a five-star hotel in Rongcheng to stay.
He also invited Bei Wen's family out of the relic space.
After briefly explaining the events, Zheng Dong returned to his suite to rest without much further explanation.
He left the Bei family in a state of lingering fear.
Bei Jingming was shocked to learn that Zheng Dong had been pursued by two Grandmaster-level Beast Tamers and had managed to eliminate them.
This made him realize that being around Zheng Dong was very dangerous.
Therefore, Bei Jingming said to Bei Wen:
"Bei Wen, I originally wanted you to transfer to Modu, but now I've changed my mind. It's too dangerous to be with Zheng Dong. It would be better to stay away from him! How about going to Shendu?"
Bei Wen's mother also nodded.
Although they admired and respected Zheng Dong, they did not want Bei Wen to be caught in a vortex of danger.