Shi Yu sprinted along the dirt road, leaving Daping Village far behind.
While other Beastmasters were focused on watching the thrilling battle, Shi Yu thought it was more important to find his brother first.
"Any findings?"
Shi Yu looked around, his gaze sweeping over the fallen bare trees, the chaotic snow, and the rock walls showing obvious signs of destruction, searching everywhere for his brother’s whereabouts.
But he found nothing.
"Roar..."
Compared to the incompetent Beastmasters, the Abyssal Giant Bear had a much keener sense of smell; its nose twitched slightly, capturing every scent circulating in the air.
Suddenly, it caught a familiar scent.
The Abyssal Giant Bear’s gaze shifted to the front, the confusion in its eyes quickly vanished, replaced by confidence and determination.
Following the Abyssal Giant Bear’s gaze forward, Shi Yu clearly saw the scene ahead—a pile of massive stones lay on the ground, forming a small stone mountain.
It looked like these stones had fallen from the mountain due to a violent collision and piled up together.
Wait a minute.
"Are you saying they’re buried underneath?" Shi Yu suddenly awoke, turning his head to look at the Abyssal Giant Bear, a sinking feeling in his heart.
No, my brother can’t be in trouble, right?
"Roar roar~"
Faced with the serious and urgent gaze of the Beastmaster, the Abyssal Giant Bear scratched its head, then quickly moved forward to the pile of stones, carefully and meticulously sniffed again, finally nodding.
Indeed, they are buried inside.
Shi Yu: "..."
Staring at the pile of stones in front of him, Shi Yu couldn’t accept this fact for a moment.
Could it be that my brother really...
No, it can’t be.
Shi Yu shook his head, casting away the wild thoughts in his mind, his gaze suddenly becoming firm, saying, "Abyssal Giant Bear, let’s move these stones together."
"Roar!"
The Abyssal Giant Bear pounded its chest, raised its head and roared, extending its sturdy arms and easily lifting a heavy boulder, placing it on the ground beside it.
Bang!
The boulder hit the ground with a loud crash, kicking up a cloud of dust.
As the Abyssal Giant Bear moved one stone after another, Shi Yu was not idle either, helping to move some smaller stones.
After becoming a mid-tier Beastmaster, Shi Yu’s physical fitness improved significantly; although he was not yet superhuman, he was far from an ordinary human.
After working hard for a while, both of them panting heavily, they finally moved away the top pile of boulders, revealing the scene below.
The first thing to catch the eye was the familiar dark gray stone armor, with the Rock Meteor Giant lying prone, its back facing Shi Yu.
It was pinned down by a pile of boulders, its body immobile.
At that moment, Shi Yu’s heart almost leaped to his throat, his voice shaking faintly: "Brother, are you in there?"
No response, just silence.
Shi Yu’s heart sank to the bottom, his expression visibly darkening.
"Still alive."
Suddenly, a weak voice came from below.
Shi Yu’s eyes lit up again: "Brother, you’re still alive!"
"Get me out first."
After a long while,
the boulders piled on the Rock Meteor Giant were all moved away, and the Abyssal Giant Bear was completely exhausted, gasping for air.
Shi Yu quickly stepped forward, helping up Shi Gang who had been protected under the Rock Meteor Giant, urgently asking, "Brother, what happened?"
Shi Yu did not answer this question immediately; he took a long breath, brushing off the dust on his body, then lifted his eyes to the standing Rock Meteor Giant, his face showing a complex expression of a narrow escape: "Once again, you saved me."
"Roar..."
The battered Rock Meteor Giant scratched its head clumsily and waved its big hand.
"Earlier, while blocking the Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard, the Monstrous Strong Monkey was forced to retreat, so I had to send out the Rock Meteor Giant." Shi Gang withdrew his gaze and turned to Shi Yu, slowly recounting the events that had occurred.
"The Rock Meteor Giant used Arbitrary Divine Power but was still no match, yet it broke through to Tier Three."
Hearing this, Shi Yu’s eyes sparkled, exclaiming in surprise: "Brother, the Rock Meteor Giant broke through!"
The Rock Meteor Giant was Shi Gang’s initial Pet Beast, but its progress had been less than ideal, later surpassed by the Monstrous Strong Monkey.
In the current battle, the Monstrous Strong Monkey had already become Shi Gang’s trump card, and the Rock Meteor Giant had fallen to alleviating pressure and exhausting the opponent’s stamina as support.
But after this event, the hitherto lagging Rock Meteor Giant unexpectedly broke through to Tier Three, once again becoming Shi Gang’s strongest Pet Beast.
"Yes." Shi Gang nodded, unlike the overjoyed Shi Yu; his eyes reflected scenes from before, still filled with lingering fear, he whispered, "Despite breaking through, the Rock Meteor Giant was still no match for that guy, easily repelled."
"In the final clash, the aftermath of their battle caused massive stones to fall, burying the Rock Meteor Giant and me together."
After a brief pause, Shi Gang looked up at the increasingly towering Rock Meteor Giant, a wry smile on his lips: "Fortunately, it protected me underneath, otherwise, our family would only rely on you to carry on the lineage."
Shi Yu: "..."
"By the way, has it ended over there yet?" After a conversation, Shi Gang brought up the main topic.
"Not yet." Shi Yu briefly described what happened before he left, "When I left, Advisor Chen had just arrived and was battling with the Thousand-Spine Rock Lizard."
Shi Gang nodded lightly: "Advisor Chen should be able to handle the guy, even though the Flame Cloud Falcon struggles against it, with the help of the Gale Hunting Dog and Twin Flower Concubine, it shouldn’t be an issue."
"Advisor Chen only sent out the Flame Cloud Falcon." Shi Yu shook his head, refuting Shi Gang’s claim, "More accurately, it should be the evolved form of the Flame Cloud Falcon, a Pet Beast I’ve never seen before."