“Capture this little fire unicorn. It would make a perfect mount for you. Once it matures, it can act as your bodyguard, and no one in the Ethereal Realm would dare face it,” Vermilion Demon Lord urged.
Jared was intrigued and moved closer to the creature. But as soon as he did, the fire unicorn opened its mouth and spewed thick flames at him. Jared quickly dodged, surprised at the creature’s fiery temperament.
“This thing’s too hard to catch, and even if I did, it’d be tough to tame,” Jared said, feeling the challenge.
“No problem, I’ll let my Celestial Devourer handle it. My Celestial Devourer is a rare demonic beast; it’ll scare this fire unicorn into submission!” Vermilion Demon Lord boasted.
“Mr. Vermilion, Celestial Devourer is indeed impressive, but all it does is eat and sleep. I can’t even wake it up half the time,” Jared grumbled. Though powerful, Celestial Devourer wasn’t exactly reliable.
Before Jared could finish, his Storage Ring quivered, and the little Celestial Devourer woke up, sensing the presence of the fire unicorn. As soon as the fire unicorn saw Celestial Devourer, it immediately froze with fear.
Celestial Devourer strutted confidently toward the fire unicorn, and the fiery creature tucked its tail, too scared to breathe fire anymore.
The little Celestial Devourer then batted the fire unicorn on the head with its paw, causing the latter to submit completely.
Seeing this, Jared approached and gently stroked the fire unicorn’s head. It no longer regarded him with hostility.
“Well, this fire unicorn has certainly met its match,” Jared said, marveling at how easily the Celestial Devourer had tamed the fire unicorn.
“Fire Spirit Lord’s mount is nothing but trash,” Vermilion Demon Lord scoffed. “It’s all bluster and bad temper. No wonder it ended up here.”
Jared didn’t dare comment further. Whether or not the Fire Spirit Lord was impressive, he was still far beyond Jared’s reach at the moment.
Besides, it feels like all the immortals in the celestial realm have a fiery temper.
“Brat, you should seize the opportunity while the fire unicorn is still young. Quickly claim it as your mount. Once it grows up, it’ll be much harder to tame, and the Fire Spirit Lord might come looking for it,” Vermilion Demon Lord advised.
“But how do I claim it?” Jared asked. He had no idea how to tame a blessed beast and have it acknowledge him as its master.
“You just need to feed it your blood essence. Once it drinks your essence, it’ll bond with you and acknowledge you as its master,” Vermilion Demon Lord explained.
Without hesitation, Jared forced out several droplets of his blood essence from his brow. The droplets hovered in mid-air, drifting toward the fire unicorn.
“Go ahead, drink up,” Jared coaxed the little creature. “Once you drink my blood essence, you’ll be mine.”
But the fire unicorn didn’t open its mouth. It eyed the blood warily and refused to drink it.
“W-What’s going on?” Jared was puzzled by the creature’s reluctance.
“Hahaha! It probably thinks you’re too weak to be its master. A mere Tribulator cultivator, trying to tame a blessed beast like a fire unicorn? You’re the first to attempt such a thing!” Vermilion Demon Lord laughed heartily.
“So, what should I do?” Jared asked, embarrassed by his failure.
Just then, Celestial Devourer raised its paw and smacked the fire unicorn on the head again. This time, the fire unicorn obediently licked up the blood essence, submitting fully to Jared.
As soon as the creature consumed the blood essence, Jared felt a sudden connection form between them, a mental link that confirmed the fire unicorn was now his to command.
