Chapter 65: Witnessing What Should Not Have Been Seen

She was still a delicate young girl, wasn’t she?

Lin Qiu, surprised and momentarily distracted, failed to respond. To Hei Ze, this was nothing short of blatant disregard.

Hearing Hei Ze’s humiliating question, Lin Qiu simply laughed.

“Big guy, open your eyes and take a good look!”

With a bold swagger, Lin Qiu produced his credentials, his voice brimming with pride. “I am Lin Qiu, an enforcer from the Bureau of Exotic Beasts.”

“You’ve disrupted the order of Wu City. Drop your weapon, put your hands on your head, and squat in the corner.”

“You have the right to remain silent, but anything you say may be used as evidence against you.”

“The Bureau of Exotic Beasts, you say?”

Hei Ze stared at the badge in Lin Qiu’s hand, the vivid depiction of a divine dragon exuding authority and power.

Yet, upon hearing Lin Qiu’s words, he couldn’t help but laugh.

“I didn’t expect you humans to have taken action already, even establishing a Bureau of Exotic Beasts.”

“I really don’t know whether to call you naive or ignorant.”

His voice dripped with mockery, eyes full of disdain as he looked down upon the two.

“Today, Lord Hei Ze is in a good mood, so I won’t bother with whatever so-called enforcer you are. Leave now, and I’ll pretend I never saw you.”

“If you don’t know what’s good for you, I don’t mind sending you on your way.”

Hei Ze bared his teeth, a ferocious aura erupting from him.

Lin Qiu stood his ground, but Xu Bing, under this pressure, instinctively stepped back.

“You, woman, are embarrassing me?”

Lin Qiu’s face flushed red. After all, she was the one who had formed a pact with him, the dragon whale.

After his evolution, she had evolved as well, carrying a trace of draconic aura.

But to think she’d be frightened back by a dog—this was a humiliation to the dragon clan, robbing Lin Qiu of any dignity.

Xu Bing’s cheeks reddened, her eyes tinged with awkwardness.

She clenched her right fist, and a mighty halberd appeared in her hand.

A black dragon coiled around the long shaft, its mouth agape, the blade of the halberd emerging from between its jaws, gleaming coldly.

Silvery light swirled around her as the starlight faded, revealing her clad in silver armor adorned with dragon scales.

On her helmet, the swaying swallow wings added an aura of strength and majesty.

Her crimson cloak billowed, and the halberd in her hand pointed directly at Hei Ze.

“Huh!”

Hei Ze uttered a sound of surprise, staring at Xu Bing in disbelief. “When did humans acquire such abilities?”

“No, wait…”

He frowned. “You bear the aura of an exotic beast—did you sign a pact with one?”

Hei Ze’s eyes widened.

As an exotic beast, endowed with inherited memories, he naturally understood the concept of a pact.

But in the age of their ancestors, and even in the subsequent five civilizations, humans were absent.

There had never been a pact between an exotic beast and a human.

But the absence of humans did not mean the idea of a pact was unknown.

In the beasts’ memories, pacts existed: after forming a pact with another creature, the two would fight side by side.

But this was always hypothetical, for no beast had ever actually made such a pact.

Before her armoring, Xu Bing’s individual strength was only at the second tier, but once armored, Lin Qiu’s power augmented her.

Now, with her armor, she had third-tier abilities, capable of manifesting fourth-tier combat strength, and could even contend with the fifth tier.

“Criminal, drop your weapon and put your hands on your head, or face lethal force!”

Xu Bing’s command was icy and domineering.

Lin Qiu followed suit, gripping his multifunctional staff, which began to transform.

A current of one hundred thousand volts sparked across it, crackling in the air with a rapid “da-da-da” sound.

“Big guy, you may be a fourth-tier exotic beast, but if you don’t cooperate, my partner will bring you down, and I can turn you to ash with this.”

Lin Qiu grinned menacingly, threatening him.

Hei Ze watched, his scalp tingling.

The blue sparks were terrifying.

Humans these days were fragile, but their technology was not to be underestimated.

If the exotic beasts surged in and attacked humanity, in a life-or-death crisis, weapons best left untouched would be unleashed.

It would be mutual destruction—a deadlock with no survivors.

“It’s all a misunderstanding! Just a misunderstanding!”

A flicker of cunning appeared in Hei Ze’s eyes. He loosened his grip, and his weapon dropped to the floor with a crisp clang.

“I submit to the leader’s arrangements!”

A sycophantic smile spread across Hei Ze’s face as he put his hands on his head and slowly squatted down.

Lin Qiu and Xu Bing looked at him with pride.

So what if you’re a dog? You still obediently surrender.

But at that moment, as Hei Ze squatted, his eyes gleamed slyly.

“Too hot to handle, time to bail!”

With a crafty smile, Hei Ze’s crouched form abruptly transformed into a huge black dog, its fur gleaming like silk.

“Not good!”

Lin Qiu exclaimed, catching a glimpse of a black streak flashing by.

The room’s window was now utterly wrecked.

“He escaped! After him!”

Lin Qiu’s face darkened as he issued the order.

“Lin Qiu, mind your attitude and your place,” Xu Bing said irritably. “Even if we’re colleagues, you’re my pact beast—you must follow my lead.”

“You…”

Lin Qiu stared at her, aggrieved.

He truly wanted to teach her a lesson.

It was all the system’s doing; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so passive.

“Lin Qiu, follow my command: pursue him now!”

Xu Bing issued her order, prideful, retracting her armor and rushing out.

“Damn it!”

Lin Qiu spat and followed after her.

“Trying to capture Lord Hei Ze is nothing but a joke.”

“I may not be human, but you two are real dogs!”

Through Dingyuan Community, a black streak smashed through a window and landed on the ground, racing at breakneck speed.

“Ah!”

A gust of wind swept through, and a resident returning from grocery shopping found her floral skirt billowing up.

She shrieked, clutching the front of her skirt, while the back flew up high.

“My God, my eyes!”

The whirlwind was Hei Ze, who brushed past the woman, causing her skirt to fly.

Lord Hei Ze couldn’t help but glance back, then barked in shock.

Running at full speed, he covered his eyes with his paws.

With his paws off the ground, he lost his balance and tumbled forward, rolling several times across the pavement.