Amidst the sea of flames, two thunder dragons were tightly wrapped around the Tiger Emperor.
Although the Tiger Emperor's aura had weakened, it was still struggling, and likely wouldn't die anytime soon.
Qin Shilei had taken too long, and in case something went wrong with the Shan He Tu, he meditated for a moment before casting a spell again.
Thunder Strikes the Nine Heavens!
A lightning bolt as thick as a water bucket descended from the sky, striking the Tiger Emperor's neck.
Boom!
Even though Qin Shilei had deliberately controlled the power of Thunder Strikes the Nine Heavens, this lightning bolt still obliterated more than half of the Tiger Emperor's neck.
Blood spurted out like a fountain.
The Tiger Emperor instantly stopped struggling and fell vertically towards the ground.
Qin Shilei quickly pursued, grabbed it, and lifted it up.
At this moment, An Qian also flew back, holding a phantom contract tome.
"Quick, any later and I'm afraid it will die."
An Qian thought for a moment, summoned her pet, the Wind Wraith King, and chose to break the contract with it.
After watching the Wind Wraith King fly away, she took out a purple contract scroll, activated it, and threw it at the Blazing Tiger Emperor held in Qin Shilei's hand.
A white light shot out from the phantom contract tome in her hand and struck the Tiger Emperor.
Using the contract scroll, An Qian's spiritual power delved into the Tiger Emperor's spiritual sea, preparing to imprint a master-servant mark deep within its soul.
"Roar!"
The Tiger Emperor, which had been unconscious, suddenly woke up. Blazing flames erupted from its body again and quickly spread towards Qin Shilei.
"Settle down for me."
Qin Shilei took out the Juque Sword and quickly stabbed the Tiger Emperor.
The struggling Tiger Emperor instantly stiffened.
Perhaps it was the effect of the phantom contract tome, or perhaps the exotic beasts in this world were easier to tame as pets.
Ten seconds later, An Qian had successfully tamed this Blazing Tiger Emperor as her pet.
Qin Shilei immediately took out over ten bottles of healing potions and poured them all onto the wound on the Tiger Emperor's neck.
After a simple treatment, An Qian temporarily returned the Tiger Emperor to her pet space.
Then, she took out several bottles of mental recovery potions, uncapped them, and drank them in one gulp.
"Are you alright?" Qin Shilei asked with concern.
"It's nothing, just a bit too much mental energy expended." An Qian shook her head.
Qin Shilei tenderly embraced her and flew back towards the mountaintop.
Boom!
Just then, a loud impact sound suddenly came from the mountaintop.
"You go back first, I'm fine," An Qian said with a worried expression.
"It should be fine, Qing Shu has already released that Qilin," Qin Shilei increased his speed again.
Upon reaching the mountaintop, they saw the phantom of a Qilin chasing and beating a Snow Spirit Horse.
Kong Qingshu, Zhang Xiaoli, and Zhang Qiang were also fending off three Snow Spirit Horses of Platinum realm or above.
On the ground lay the corpse of a Platinum ninth-star Snow Spirit Horse, likely killed by Zhang Xiaoli with a sword talisman.
"Qing Shu, control that Qilin, don't kill that Snow Spirit Horse."
Qin Shilei shouted to Kong Qingshu, then teleported to a Platinum seventh-star Snow Spirit Horse, and with several sword strikes, reduced it to a near-death state.
He threw the severely injured Snow Spirit Horse into his cave-heaven blessed land, and then, using the same method, also injured the remaining two Snow Spirit Horses and threw them into his space.
At this point, the Qilin had already severely injured the Diamond eighth-star Snow Spirit Horse and was about to spew a mouthful of flames to kill it.
Kong Qingshu used a summon token to dispel the Qilin in time.
The dying Snow Spirit Horse immediately fell straight from the air.
Upon receiving Qin Shilei's signal, Zhang Xiaoli quickly sent out vines to entangle it, hanging it in mid-air.
"Where is Mary?" Qin Shilei scanned the surroundings but couldn't find Mary.
"There were two Diamond realm Snow Spirit Horses that appeared earlier, and Mary voluntarily took on one of them. She used that contract tome to capture the Snow Spirit Horse, but she herself fell into a coma as a result. Fortunately, Sister Qing Shu saved her in time, otherwise falling from such a height would have meant death or severe injury."
Zhang Xiaoli pointed to the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc flying above, indicating that Mary had been placed on it.
"I'll go check on her. You two discuss who wants to tame this Snow Spirit Horse."
After speaking, Qin Shilei flew up and landed on the back of the Golden-Winged Thunder Roc.
Mary was lying amidst the soft feathers, with two water element users continuously casting healing spells on her.
"I'll do it."
Qin Shilei had the two Dark Night members step aside, took out a bottle of purple mental recovery potion, and fed it to Mary.
After a while, Mary slowly woke up.
"Ah!" As soon as she woke up, she cried out in pain, clutching her forehead.
"You must have been mentally exhausted, but you forcefully used the contract tome to tame a Diamond realm beast, causing a mental backlash. It's lucky you didn't become an idiot; that contract tome was quite something."
Qin Shilei reprimanded with a stern face, then handed her another bottle of purple mental recovery potion.
"If you hadn't returned so late, and I hadn't intervened, your women and subordinates might have all died. What would you have done if you blamed me, your ally, for that?"
Mary weakly snorted, but did not take the mental recovery potion.
"It was my fault, I thought you were greedy for a powerful pet and recklessly attempted to forcibly contract a Diamond realm beast. Drink this mental recovery potion quickly, or you'll really become an idiot."
Qin Shilei unscrewed the cap and poured the mental recovery potion directly into her mouth.
After drinking another bottle of mental recovery potion, Mary's face finally regained some color.
"What about the other Diamond realm Snow Spirit Horse?"
Qin Shilei replied, "It has been captured by me. I was planning to ask you for another phantom contract tome."
Mary took out the contract tome and after inputting her spiritual power, a phantom contract tome quickly appeared before them.
"Hmph!"
Mary, still injured, let out a muffled groan as she used her spiritual power again.
Qin Shilei thought for a moment, then took out another bottle of purple mental recovery potion from his Qiankun Ring, preparing to give it to Mary.
"No need, I can use an energy pearl or a green mental recovery potion. Don't waste such precious mental recovery potions."
Mary gently shook her head, took out a green bottle from her spatial ring, uncapped it, and drank it in one gulp.
"Here, just take it." Qin Shilei shoved the precious purple mental recovery potion into her hand without explanation.
Even for him, a bottle of purple mental recovery potion was an extremely valuable one-time use item.
After drinking one bottle, even someone as powerful as him could recover half of their mental energy within five minutes.
After giving away another bottle, he only had three left.
If more enemies were to attack later, he might be slightly insufficient.
"Rest here. I'll be back soon."
Qin Shilei used his vital energy to pick up the phantom contract tome and flew down towards Zhang Xiaoli and the others.