On the other side, Li Pingsheng's son, Xiao Er, was rushing home with a birthday cake.
"Dad, I'm almost home!"
"Okay, where are you? Should I come pick you up?"
"No, no!"
"Alright, be careful."
Li Pingsheng hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. Everything was proceeding according to his plan.
That's right, this was a secret belonging solely to Li Pingsheng and his son—celebrating his wife's birthday.
His wife was not a Beast Master; she was an ordinary person. Since marrying Li Pingsheng, she had become a full-time housewife.
She had been busy with Li Pingsheng and their son, even forgetting her own birthday.
Now that Li Pingsheng had his own land, he no longer had to struggle for a living. He decided to give his wife a proper birthday!
After waiting for a moment, Li Pingsheng saw his son. He was about to go out to greet him, but he suddenly noticed an unusual gaze staring at them.
Li Pingsheng's expression changed drastically, and he anxiously shouted, "Xiao Er, come in quickly!"
He hurriedly ran out and shielded his son behind him.
He was an earth-type Beast Master, and one of his beasts was called Vision Rat. The Vision Rat had no eyes but could sense heat, detecting changes in thermal energy within a hundred meters.
After sensing something was wrong, he released the Vision Rat to investigate. Behind Xiao Er, there were several foreign creatures following!
"Who is it? Show yourselves!"
Li Pingsheng was, after all, an elite Beast Master, and he had plenty of experience in dealing with such situations. Running away wouldn't solve the problem.
Several large beetles slowly appeared, followed by some scattered members of other alien races.
"Didn't expect an unexpected harvest…"
These alien races looked at Li Pingsheng, their eyes flashing with hatred.
Humans!
Damn humans!
Looking around, many of the once-victorious races were present.
After Li Pingsheng clearly saw the opponents' appearances, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy, and sweat poured down his face. The leader among them was actually Sequence Twenty, the Soul Devourer!
Although in Qian Er's eyes, and even in the eyes of those True Kings, the words "Sequence Twenty" were like a joke, it was not funny at all to Li Pingsheng, who was only an elite Beast Master.
"Do it, and be quick about it."
The Soul Devourer waved his hand, and soon Li Pingsheng and Xiao Er were surrounded. Li Pingsheng gritted his teeth. His elite-level Vision Rat was like a toy in the face of these victorious races.
"You pack of stray dogs, Zhen Wang will not let you go if he finds out!"
Li Pingsheng invoked Qian Er, intending to make a final struggle.
Upon hearing this, the alien races' expressions changed. The fear that Qian Er instilled in them was too great.
However, after a moment, at Sequence Twenty's signal, they calmed down again.
"I admit, Qian Er is indeed powerful, but how could he possibly come to save you in such a short amount of time?"
"No one will know that we killed you, silly child."
After saying that, Sequence Twenty's expression turned cold, and he flew towards Li Pingsheng, opening his sharp mandibles.
Li Pingsheng narrowly dodged, but his face was still grazed, and a gash instantly appeared, with blood gushing out frantically.
Xiao Er was already terrified and cried loudly on the spot.
The crying attracted Li Pingsheng's wife. She looked at the scene before her, somewhat bewildered, but maternal love still drove her to walk over and hug Xiao Er.
Li Pingsheng's heart turned to ashes when he saw his wife come out. He charged towards Sequence Twenty again.
This time, Sequence Twenty did not miss, and his sharp mandibles instantly twisted the man into two pieces.
The wife ran towards Sequence Twenty like a madwoman, but ultimately could not escape being killed.
After dealing with the three of them, Sequence Twenty nodded, and the surrounding alien races began searching the land.
The few humans were just an unexpected bonus; what they were doing now was their true purpose for traveling around.
The alien races began to roughly overturn every inch of the land, and Li Pingsheng's small house was instantly torn apart. "Reporting, Your Majesty, one of the pioneer Beast Masters we sent out has gone missing!"
The official in charge of the pioneering affairs frowned as he listened to his subordinate's report.
"Missing? Didn't you go check it out?"
The subordinate's face was also very anxious. At first, he thought that the Beast Master named Li Pingsheng was just being lazy and violating the rules, and he didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, there was too much territory this time, and even some elite-level Beast Masters were assigned to it. There was a mixed bag of people, and there were bound to be some slippery old foxes trying to take advantage.
However, as time went on, he finally realized that something was wrong.
Because Li Pingsheng hadn't been heard from for more than a day or two, and they didn't even know if he was dead or alive.
Now that the situation was serious, he had no choice but to report directly to his superiors.
"Reporting, Your Majesty, Li Pingsheng's territory is relatively remote. Currently, our technological level and teleportation arrays do not support reaching such distant areas."
This subordinate wore a bitter face. As one of the Beast Masters he was responsible for, Li Pingsheng's incident meant that he could not escape responsibility, of course.
Especially since he hadn't reported it in the first place.
"Your Majesty, could it be Dark Beast Masters…"
Before he could finish speaking, the official interrupted him.
"No, the problem of Dark Beast Masters is said to have been resolved. That Zhen Wang took action, and there's nothing he can't handle."
"Could it be that those alien races have returned?"
The subordinate's face changed, and his breathing became somewhat紊乱.
"Send people to investigate first. Find out who was behind this. I will notify everyone that all pioneer Beast Masters should be careful recently."
"Yes!"
The subordinate said respectfully, turning to leave with a worried expression.
Soon, he brought several of his men to the territory assigned to Li Pingsheng, Watery Skies.
They quickly found some clues.
"Come over and test if these bloodstains belong to Li Pingsheng!"
The subordinate was shocked, and his face turned pale. If he was really dead, he was afraid that he would lose his official hat.
At the same time, he secretly prayed in his heart, Li Pingsheng, oh Li Pingsheng, these bloodstains on the ground had better be from Li Yu, otherwise, if your family is gone, mine will be gone too!
"Chief, we found the footprints and fur of a Cleft-Marked Hound here!"
Suddenly, the subordinate's voice rang out.
Chief Zhang walked over, looked at the traces on the ground, and his expression gradually became serious.
The Cleft-Marked Hound, along with the Nine-Headed Corpse Rat and the Soul Devourer, belonged to the once-victorious races.
It was common knowledge that these alien races had been driven to the ends of the world by Qian Er.
It's over, it's over, this is really a big deal.
But it's also good, the bigger the matter, the less attention anyone will pay to me.
The subordinate's expression was erratic, somewhat conflicted.
At the same time, he kept hearing the voices of the staff reporting.
"The bloodstain identification is complete. It is indeed Li Pingsheng's family, including himself, his wife, and his son."
"There are some strange traces on the territory, and the soil is very loose."
"Your Majesty?"
The subordinate reacted, his eyes regained their luster, and he pondered the known information.
Li Pingsheng's family was probably in grave danger. He was just an elite-level Beast Master, and it would be difficult for him to even face a Cleft-Marked Hound.
Most importantly, the Cleft-Marked Hound clan actually had such courage. It was very likely that there was someone else behind them…
The more he thought about it, the more scared he became, and he shook his head.
The matter here was no longer up to him to think about. Although he was considered a "Your Majesty" in front of these staff members, he was actually just a low-level worker.
"Everyone, stop moving, go back, and report!"
