Just as Xia Xiaonuan was wondering how Zhang Lin managed to sleep with the city lord who was covered in metal, the Beast King quietly left the beast tide.

Given its size, it would be extremely difficult for it to leave the beast tide silently without being discovered by humans.

But things are different now.

The fierce battle over the past few days had left the vanguard army extremely exhausted. They were unable to keep a close eye on the movements of the beast tide. In addition, the return of Zhang Lin and the city lord had drawn the attention of the vanguard army, making them even less inclined to pay attention to the situation down the mountain.

The Beast King was also extremely intelligent, especially after fighting humans for so long, its wisdom had increased to a certain extent. So it keenly sensed the opportunity and left without being noticed by anyone.

It followed a familiar scent and arrived at a forest.

If Zhang Lin were here, he would probably feel very familiar with the place.

This is the place where he discovered the corpses of two extraordinary behemoths and the tiger cubs.

The moment the Beast King approached, the white kitten that had been perched on the tree branch with a resentful expression instantly reverted to its original form.

A massive, sleek white tiger with pristine fur.

What are you doing here?

The white tiger looked wary.

It withdrew from the competition for the Beast King position, but that doesn't mean it's safe. In any case, if it were in its place, it would hunt down its former rivals.

And now the Beast King still controls the beast tide, so if the Beast King wants to kill it, it can only flee.

"I've come to invite you to form an alliance with me!"

The Beast King let out a low growl, which was very imposing.

But to the white tiger's ears, the roar sounded particularly ugly. It bared its teeth disdainfully and said, "I told you, I won't mate with an ugly thing like you!"

It assumed that the alliance the Beast King spoke of still meant mating with it.

The Beast King's face showed anger.

Although it was a wild beast and didn't care much about its appearance, it still got angry when the white tiger constantly called it an ugly thing.

But this time it came with a genuine desire to form an alliance, so it suppressed its anger and said, "It's not about mating, it's about a real alliance. I'll hold back the main human force at the front, and you go and raid the human rear. There's a city with the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled humans. Once you control them, the humans at the front will surrender!"

The Beast King couldn't understand why humans would take such good care of the old, weak, sick, and disabled. It looked down on this behavior because it believed that the old, weak, sick, and disabled were only fit to be food. And that's exactly what it did. The weak and injured superhuman creatures in the beast tide would be given to the other strong superhuman creatures as food.

Its bestial nature prevents it from understanding human civilization.

If a human were here, they would probably think of something terrifying.

How did the Beastmaster know that by controlling the families of human warriors, he could control these humans?

Did some other human tell him?

But at this moment, it was the White Tiger who was communicating with the Beast King. The White Tiger was also a wild beast, and it did not understand these things, so it did not realize what was behind it.

The White Tiger remained dismissive of the Beast King's invitation to form an alliance, saying, "Exterminating humanity is your business, what does it have to do with me?"

It was certainly influenced by the Celestials and instinctively wanted to exterminate all of humanity. However, something else has now influenced it, making it less obsessed with annihilating all of humanity.

"I need to kill that human who will ride me in the future!"

Before achieving this goal, Baihu was too lazy to think about anything else.

White Tiger silenced the Beast King with a single sentence.

It has already developed a certain level of intelligence. Previously, it was driven by instinct to want to eliminate humans and thought it was only natural. But now, after being asked a question by the white tiger, it also has a question in its mind.

Humans are so weak, they pose no threat to me. They're so small, they're not satisfying to eat. Why would I want to exterminate all humans?

But a beast is a beast after all, and the Beast King didn't think too deeply about it. Since they wanted to destroy humanity, then so be it!

Why think so much?

"Help me conquer Hope City and capture some people alive, and I can reward you." Seeing that empty words couldn't persuade the White Tiger, the Beast King immediately offered his bargaining chip, "If you can do that, I promise you will become our second king, second only to me!"

It couldn't leave on its own, after all, the vanguard on the mountain was no pushover, and among them was Zhang Lin, whom it greatly feared.

The other supernatural beings under his command were neither strong nor intelligent enough to carry out this kind of capture mission.

Therefore, it can only seek out the White Tiger.

In order to persuade the White Tiger, it offered very generous terms, at least in its own view.

But the Beast King underestimated the White Tiger's pride.

The White Tiger doesn't want to be a king whose status is lower than others; if he wants to be a king, he wants to be the one and only king.

There's another king above the king's head. Is this a king?

The white tiger glanced disdainfully at the beast king, and although it didn't speak, its attitude gave the answer.

The Beast King was enraged by that look.

But in order to form an alliance, it suppressed its anger and continued, "As far as I know, you are very interested in that most powerful human, aren't you? The people I want you to capture are all the mates of that male human, and one of the mates is pregnant with that male human's offspring. As far as I know, humans care a lot about their mates' offspring. If you capture them, that male human will be at your mercy!"

This is the Beastmaster's last trump card.

The Beast King knew that the White Tiger had been lingering near the battlefield. At first, it thought the White Tiger wanted to ambush it, but as time went on, it realized that the White Tiger's target was not itself, but its enemy.

The white tiger was startled by the beast king's words.

It thought it was well hidden, but it was discovered by the Beast King anyway...

But I'm a little tempted.

If we could capture that man's spouse, wouldn't we be able to manipulate that man at will?

That way, I won't be ridden in the future!

But then I thought...

“Those human females, like me, are all being ridden. Maybe we should just forget about it…”

For a moment, the white tiger felt a sense of empathy, as if they were both being ridden in the same boat, and immediately rejected the beast king's proposal again.

"you!"

The Beast King was very frustrated. He hadn't expected that even after explaining himself to this extent, the White Tiger would still disagree, but he was also helpless.

"Think about it again. This won't do you any harm. I'm in the beast tide. Come find me when you've made up your mind, but remember to be discreet and don't let that man find you."

Before leaving, the Beast King left behind a single sentence.

The white tiger scoffed at its words. Tigers are solitary animals and would never stoop to cooperating with others; it still believed its own plan was the most reliable.

"I can already sense that man's presence nearby; he'll be back soon to adopt me!"

It transformed back into an adorable white kitten, perched on a tree branch, and began to wait.