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Exactly how deep was the cave? Zhang Che didn't want to think about it.
He only wanted to know whether he would encounter any higher-quality exotic beasts afterwards since this place had nurtured so many five-star gold-quality Extreme Yin Bats.
It'd be pretty good if there were dark gold, or even legend-quality exotic beasts. Of course, it'd be best if there was an mid-tier epic-quality beast or two!
If there was a mid-tier epic-quality exotic beast, it'd be extremely likely for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to advance in quality after consuming it or them, becoming a six-star epic-quality pet.
At that time, Zhang Che would have two pets with epic-tier strength. It'd be much easier later on if he encountered more exotic beasts that needed to be left as corpses.
It couldn't be helped; he had so many pets to raise. It would be a little bit of a waste if he could only obtain beast cards when he encountered exotic beasts that were not of suitable attributes…They continued forward. This time, the air vibrated even more intensely in the darkness ahead. About ten Extreme Yin Bats flew out at one go. Similarly, they directly flew past the Scarlet Flame Drake and Purple Crystal Tortoise at the front, flying straight towards the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
Previously, Zhang Che had thought those fellows understood killing him meant eliminating his subdued beasts and pets. It was only afterwards that he realized they were all drawn here by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had treated those Extreme Yin Bats as delicious food. But at the same time, those Extreme Yin Bats also thought the dragon was delicious prey, and wanted to eat him to raise their strengths.
This was fine, too. Zhang Che, together with his other subdued beasts and pets watched at the side, not having to interfere at all.
Although the Extreme Yin Bats weren't weak, being at five-star gold-quality, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't even give them a chance to unleash their skills. He directly breathed a stream of cold air at them, freezing them to death, then devoured these supplements that came knocking on his door of their own accord.
-But that fellow has already eaten more than thirty Extreme Yin Bats, and yet there aren't any signs of him breaking through at all. Looks like it's very difficult for him to rank up…- Zhang Che sighed heavily inside. The bats were worth more than a billion dollars combined. He could only watch as they vanished like a puff of smoke before his eyes.
If he was still the same Zhang Che as when he first became a beastmaster, he'd probably faint from the heartache. Fortunately, he could now endure this for the sake of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon break through.
After devouring those ten or so Extreme Yin Bats, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was obviously full, letting out a satisfied roar. The darkfiend cold aura on his aura seemed a little different than before, seeming more active than before.
Of course, Zhang Che wasn't sure if that was really the case. Perhaps he was in pain over losing the fortune he could have gotten from those Extreme Yin Bats, and was imagining things to console himself?After a short rest, Zhang Che led his babies to continue explording deeper into the underground cave.
The cold air around them seemed to have actual substance, leaving Zhang Che with no choice but to put on the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor to keep the bone-piercing chill out.
"Shit, what exactly is in this place? Why is it so cold?"
Zhang Che even wondered if there was a divine-quality exotic beast in the deepest part of this underground cave. If that was really true, he would have no choice but to turn around and leave if they met.
A divine-quality exotic beast! Although Zhang Che had yet to have an opportunity to battle against such an existence, he could extrapolate that he was probably far from being a match for it.
The scarlet and white sword could only cause minor damage to divine-quality exotic beasts at the most, while those powerful exotic beasts probably didn't have to use their skills or Domain powers. Their normal attacks alone would be able to crush him.
-It's better to be more cautious…-
Done thinking, Zhang Che couldn't help slowing down his party. Not only that, he gradually realized something was amiss.
During the last quarter of an hour, no other exotic beasts came flying out of the underground cave after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon killed those ten or so Extreme Yin Bats.
Could it be that there was really a divine-quality exotic beast in here?
Zhang Che felt nervous. But after thinking things through, he didn't feel it was very possible.
If there was really a divine-quality exotic beast here, would those Extreme Yin Bats, who were only five-star gold-quality, stay here in peace?
There wasn't any evidence proving that divine-quality exotic beasts would definitely drive or kill all other exotic beasts inside its territory, Zhang Che didn't understand them at all. He had no way to make a proper judgment.
However, he didn't have to worry about this problem any more.
After making a few more turns, Zhang Che suddenly saw that the cave no longer extended down.
He had led his babies to a spacious cavern. This was an extremely open underground space!
Even though the golden scarlet flames around the Scarlet Flame Drake's body could illuminate a hundred meters around it, it was unable to fully light up the area. Not only that, Zhang Che couldn't see the top of the cave, either.
In other words, this underground cavern was over a hundred meters tall, and its width unknown!
Of course, those were not important.
What calmed Zhang Che, but left him disappointed afterwards, was that there wasn't a single exotic beast around.
Logically speaking, this was the deepest area of the underground cave, and the surrounding cold aura felt like it had actual substance. If a powerful exotic beast existed in this cave, it was impossible for it to not be here.
In other words, there were really no other exotic beasts in this underground cave other than those Extreme Yin Bats from earlier.
"So, doesn't that mean my hopes of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon break through are dashed?"
Zhang Che was depressed, not knowing how to express it.
However, in the next moment, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon underneath him suddenly let out an extremely cheerful roar, flying straight ahead.
Zhang Che's heart immediately thumped. -Could it be a cold-attributed spiritual herb!?-
But, that idea wasn't reliable. If there was indeed a spiritual herb, it would have been eaten long ago by those Extreme Yin Bats. They wouldn't wait for his arrival today.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew several hundred meters in. The surrounding cold aura was close to penetrating the defense of Zhang Che's beast card armor and seeping into his body. It was extremely dense.
Also, the area was covered in darkness. Zhang Che didn't know what was around him.
He hurriedly ordered the Scarlet Flame Drake to run over, intending to borrow the light around its body to illuminate the area.
Although the Scarlet Flame Drake hated the environment here, and that dark, bone-piercing air was threatening to freeze the fire elements inside it, it didn't dare to go against Zhang Che's orders. It ran over with long, quick strides, the flames around its body dimmer than before.
When the light around the Scarlet Flame Drake illuminated the area, Zhang Che finally saw what the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon desired so much.
Zhang Che was so suprised he was stunned in place.
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Chapter 444: Exotic Beasts Stirring Restlessly. Extreme Yin Ground Milk
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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The palm-sized snowflakes fell endlessly. Most areas in northern Hua Xia were covered by the blizzard. After half a day, the people's worries had turned into reality.
Due to the endless heavy snowfall, a thick layer of snow had soon accumulated on the ground, causing a severe snow disaster in various cities.
Although the respective government office and military departments had called for the citizens to start removing the snow not long after the heavy snowfall started, accidents arising from the snow disaster appeared one after another across the various cities.
Many buildings that weren't firm enough directly collapsed due to the thick snow.
When sporadic accidents started appearing in various cities, the government and military gave the orders, requesting all beastmasters join the operation in removing snow together with their respective subdued beasts, under the lead of the relevant departments.
With the masses of beastmasters joining in removing snow, the disaster began to be contained.
Even so, no one showed any happy looks on their faces, because the heavy snow was still ongoing. No one knew when it would stop.
If the heavy snow persisted, huge losses were inevitable in the end, even if everyone joined in on the snow removal operation.
Also, the heavy snowfall had severely affected traffic. There were sporadic cases of rioters appearing in various cities, taking the opportunity to rob beast card shops or exotic beast material shops, causing great disturbances.
Facing these lawless scum, the military liaised with the government departments in those cities to quickly mobilize large numbers of officers to suppress those rioters, not going easy on them at all.
The schools in the various cities affected by the snow were also closed, with the military's beastmaster teams stationed there to remove the accumulated snow in a methodical manner.
Huang Tielan didn't return to the Huang family's ancestral home. Instead, she went to Zhang Che's villa and started removing snow together with Liu Gang's squad.
Fortunately, since Liu Gang's squad were all high-tier beastmasters, and each of them were equipped with powerful subdued beasts, removing the accumulated snow in the vicinity of the two villas proved to be no problem for them.It wasn't only Hua Xia. In the northern hemisphere across all of Mercury, almost every region north of the temperate zone was experiencing heavy snowfall. Snow disasters were happening at the same time on a global scale!
The severe change in climate had left the exotic beasts in many areas of the northern hemisphere feeling restless.
They seemed unable to adapt to such a climate and had started to leave their original resting grounds, aimlessly migrating in all directions.
Of course, they were mainly moving south towards the warmer regions.
With that, all of the northern hemisphere, big and small cities, entered a high alert state, ready for combat at any time, in case those migrating exotic beasts decided to attack human cities without discrimination.
The whole world seemed to have suddenly become unfamiliar in just a day, and the root cause behind this change was likely the hundred and eight huge black doors scattered across the globe.
The demonic invasion wasn't as simple as just the army from before…Zhang Che was still deep underground in the beast world, having no idea of the drastic changes on Mercury.
At present, he was showing a shocked and overjoyed expression.
Under the illumination of the flames around the Scarlet Flame Drake, a few dozen meters in front of Zhang Che was the deepest area of the underground cavern. A small pond-like depression sat on this area, with a layer of creamy white fluid in it, emitting a terrifyingly cold aura.
Despite being dozens of meters away, Zhang Che could feel the cold aura from that layer of creamy white fluid, directly penetrating his beast card armor and seeping into his bones.
At the same time, there was a mass of pure, vigorous spiritual force coming from the pool of creamy white fluid, not dissipating at all.
"This… this should be the heavenly treasure of this place!" Zhang Che grew so excited his whole body was shaking slightly.
He finally understood why so many five-star gold-quality Extreme Yin Bats were nurtured in this underground cave.
If he hadn't discovered this place, those Extreme Yin Bats might keep evolving. Who knew, perhaps they might become a group of mid-tier legend-quality beasts one day!
Of course, it was impossible for the dozens of Extreme Yin Bats to all advance into legend-quality. After all, although the pool of creamy white fluid contained shockingly potent spiritual force, it was impossible for the pool to support the evolution of so many Extreme Yin Bats.
However, maybe that same threateningly cold creamy white fluid and its shocking spiritual force might be produced continuously from the unique environment?
"If we added a little of this during the refining of medicinal pills, the efficacy of the spiritual herbs should be brought out to a large extent…" Zhang Che narrowed his eyes slightly, not caring about the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's anxious movements underneath him, wanting to bring back some of this creamy white fluid back.
"Don't worry. There's a lot of this treasure. More than enough for you to advance. I'm only taking a portion of it," Zhang Che calmed the dragon, patting the latter's restless body. Afterwards, he jumped off the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and quickly went up, forcibly enduring the freezing cold air. He took out a few jade bottles from his spatial storage and dipped them into the pool of fluid, wanting to fill them up to bring home.
However, just as he came into contact with the creamy white fluid, an extremely cold aura quickly swept up along the jade bottle, invading Zhang Che's body. Even the six-star legend-quality Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor couldn't block it.
"Shit!" Zhang Che cried out in shock. He quickly retracted his hands as if he felt an electric shock. The jade bottle directly slipped off his hand and fell to the ground, shattering to pieces.
"This thing actually contains such heavy cold aura. I'm afraid it can't be used to refine pills…" Zhang Che furrowed his brow, giving up on the idea of collecting the spiritual fluid.
The extreme Yin spiritual force was truly too tyrannical. It probably couldn't be absorbed by the human physique.
Zhang Che sighed helplessly, then turned to look at the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, beckoning him, "Come here, this treasure is all yours."
Hearing Zhang Che summoning him, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately cried out excitedly. He quickly shot forth, opening his mouth and drew in the small pool of creamy white fluid into his mouth like a whale sucking in water.
Shortly afterwards, an intense spiritual fluctuation spread from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body. He couldn't help opening his mouth and letting out a high-pitched cry. Then, his body turned into a streak of five-colored light and directly flew into Zhang Che's brow.
Zhang Che was wild with joy. Without a doubt, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would advance after digesting the creamy white spiritual fluid!
Not only that, given how terrifyingly strong the spiritual force contained in the creamy white fluid was, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would probably advance to epic-quality directly. Perhaps, he might even advance a tier or two in level!
"My boy, it'd be awesome if you can advance to eight-star epic-quality!"
Without a doubt, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would become the strongest beast among all his subdued beasts and pets if he could really advance to eight-star epic-quality. The dragon's attacks would even be stronger than Zhang Che wielding the scarlet and white sword!
In that case, as long as Zhang Che didn't encounter a divine-quality beast, he wouldn't be in any danger, and could take down anything he came across!
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Chapter 445: Dark Yin Crystals. Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Advancement
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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What Zhang Che was looking forward to the most was how fast the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would be after advancing.
At that time, surpassing the speed of sound shouldn't be a problem at all! Perhaps, if the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon made a sufficiently big break through, he wouldn't just exceed the speed of sound. He might even go further, reaching five hundred meters per second!
As he thought about the future, Zhang Che's mood became incomparably beautiful. It couldn't be described with words alone.
However, he'd only find out the end results after some time. As for now, it was better to see what good stuff was in here.
Although the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had sucked in the whole pool of the extremely cold creamy white spiritual fluid, the cold aura in this underground cave didn't decrease by too much.
What did that signify? Naturally Zhang Che was clear about that. Without a doubt, that unknown creamy white spiritual fluid didn't appear out of nowhere. Surely it was formed from the combination of the unique terrain here and some special minerals.
Minerals that could produce such spiritual fluid naturally wouldn't be anything ordinary, either!
Done thinking, Zhang Che immediately went into motion, controlling the scarlet and white sword to slash at the pit.
The scarlet and white sword's attack power was terrifyingly high. Even epic-quality exotic beasts couldn't withstand its sharpness. Although the rocks here weren't simple, they too were cut easily.
As the sword light streaked about, large pieces of rock were hacked away.
"Damn, am I possessed or what!" Zhang Che suddenly slapped his own head after controlling the sword light to slash at the rocks for a while.
After not using the Purple Crystal Tortoise to scour for minerals for a long time, and heavily relying on the scarlet and white sword's high attack, Zhang Che actually forgot that he had the capable little Purple Crystal Tortoise to mine for him.
He recalled the sword light, then immediately ordered the Purple Crystal Tortoise to sink into the underground cave's rock strata, digging out all the minerals hidden inside.
At this time, the elemental queen, who had been responsible for standing guard, suddenly said, "Master, there isn't any more danger here. Can you let me leave this place first? This servant doesn't like the environment here."
Zhang Che turned to look at her. He saw the elemental queen's face slightly scrunched up, looking at him in anticipation.
Right. She was a fire spirit, after all. Of course she'd feel uncomfortable in this land of extreme cold.
Previously, they needed her to be on guard against any possible danger that might appear. Now that it was clear there wasn't a single powerful exotic beast in this underground cave, it was a given that the elemental queen wasn't willing to remain here any longer.
"Alright. You go wait outside the underground cave. I'll join up with you after the Purple Crystal Tortoise digs out the minerals."
Zhang Che was naturally understanding of this. He nodded and agreed to her request.
The Purple Crystal Tortoise still needed some time to finish digging. Of course Zhang Che wouldn't force the elemental queen to wait with him here.
"Thank you, Master!" the elemental queen let out a long sigh of relief. She bade farewell to Zhang Che and quickly ran back along the tunnel they had come from.
After sending off the elemental queen, Zhang Che was in no hurry. He stood and waited quietly. All of a sudden, the Scarlet Flame Drake let out a soft bark when it saw the elemental queen leaving.
As a fire-attributed subdued beast, the Scarlet Flame Drake hated this environment to the extreme, too. It barked as a reminder to Zhang Che, wanting its master to recall it back into his spiritual sea.
"Fine, you're all so delicate. Can't even take a little bit of suffering," Zhang Che shook his head helplessly. He recalled the Scarlet Flame Drake back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand.
The entire cave fell into an endless darkness.
"Shit, I shouldn't have let the dog come back!"
Zhang Che was depressed. Although there wasn't any more danger, waiting alone in this darkness left him feeling uncomfortable.
-Forget it. I'll go wait outside the cave too.-
Shaking his head, Zhang Che gave another order to the Purple Crystal Tortoise, telling it to meet him at the cave entrance when it was done digging for minerals. He followed the tunnel he came from and quickly retreated from the cave.After returning outside, the extremely cold feeling seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Zhang Che relaxed all over, feeling much more comfortable.
He stowed his beast card armor and chatted with the elemental queen.After waiting for close to an hour, they finally saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise emerging from the ground.
However, the Purple Crystal Tortoise obviously seemed to be in a bad state. The purple armor on the surface of its body was dyed with a faint layer of white frost.
"Could it be that there are still exotic beasts in the cave's rock strata?" Zhang Che widened his eyes. He saw the Purple Crystal Tortoise opening its mouth, and a pile of white jade-like mineral poured out from it, accumulating into a pile half as tall as a man.
As the white jade-like mineral appeared, the surrounding temperature quickly fell, like winter had suddenly descended on them.
"What a concentrated force of extreme cold!" Zhang Che finally understood why there was a layer of frost on the surface of the Purple Crystal Tortoise's armor. The pile of mineral in front of his eyes was the cause of it.
"This thing seems to be even higher grade than the fire crystals!" Zhang Che immediately grew excited.
No matter what, this was an extremely rare mineral. It would definitely be very useful.
"Since these minerals contain such dense aura of extreme cold, I'll call you Dark Yin Crystals," Zhang Che casually named the minerals, before stowing them away in the Nirvana Snake King's spatial storage.
It went without saying that their applications would only be known after he returned to Bei Du and had his father-in-law's men conduct research on them.
At this moment, changes suddenly happened in his spiritual sea.
Concentrated rainbow light suddenly shone from above the rainbow crystal, enveloping the light that represented the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
"Hmm? Could it be that the creamy white spiritual fluid wasn't enough to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon advance in quality, and so the rainbow crystal gave it a hand?"
After thinking things through, this seemed like the only possibility.
With that, however, Zhang Che looked forward to the end results even more.
"Then, since the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's breakthrough in quality is a given, I wonder if he will advance in level as well…"The sky gradually darkened.
Zhang Che decided to get back inside the cave, ready to set up camp here tonight.
Since the Dark Yin Crystals that emitted the extremely cold aura were already dug out, it shouldn't be very cold inside the cave anymore.
Indeed, after entering the cave, although a tinge of coolness could still be felt, it was no longer to the extent of being unbearable.
Thus, Zhang Che prepared tonight's roasted meat party while waiting for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's advancement.
He didn't wait too long. When the meat was roasted on the skewers stabbed into the wall to fragrant perfection by the elemental queen, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's light in Zhang Che's spiritual sea finally emerged from its cocoon.
His pet finally had supersonic flight speed!
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Chapter 446: Seven Star Epic. Store Robbed
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Zhang Che set down the skewer of meat in his hand. A rainbow ray of light shot out from his brow, and a deep blue, huge and savage dragon over fifty meters long appeared in the cavern.
Under the illumination of the light coming from the Scarlet Flame Drake, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was like a sculpture crafted from a deep blue jewel, exuding an indescribable sense of beauty.
A faint layer of mist also shrouded the dragon, adding a sense of mystery to him.
"Hah, he's finally broken through!"
Zhang Che had an ecstatic look on his face. He immediately swept his data eyes across the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who had grown a few times bigger.[Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon]
Level: Seven Star (Level 70)
Quality: Epic
Characteristics: Born from the Absorption of the Essence of Fiendish Darkice. Able to Devour All Auras of Abyssal Cold in the World. Normal Attacks Carry an Air of Cold, Able to Freeze Enemies' Bodies, Slowing Their Movements and Attack Speed.
Weakness: Lacking in Defense Against Innate Fire Elemental Attacks From Creatures of a Higher Level and Quality
Innate Attributes: Undying Body of Abyssal Cold. Non-Innate Fire Elemental Attacks are Unable to Damage its Foundation. Its Body Never Dies if its Aura of Abyssal Cold is not Extinguished.
Skill: Darkfiend Cold Energy Wave. Exhausts a Large Amount of Vital Energy and Breathes out Darkfiend Cold Air, Covering a Huge Area for a Short Period of Time. The Temperature of the Area Shrouded in Darkfiend Energy Will Fall Massively, Capable of Killing or Injuring of Enemies on a Large Scale. Requires Five Days to Recover Vital Energy After Use.
Skill: Extreme Yin Ray. Compresses the Darkfiend Cold Air in Its Body to the Extreme, Allowing User to Shoot a Ray Containing Explosive Cold Energy. Able to Instantly Freeze the Enemy, Destroying Their Body Composition. Skill Attack Range: 1,000 Meters, Cooldown Time: 60 Seconds.
False Domain: Darkfiend Cold Force Field
Potential: ?Zhang Che nearly wept from happiness after seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's new attributes.
He finally had a seven-star baby!
Due to the limitation of his own beastmaster tier, Zhang Che wasn't able to use the seven-star epic-quality Demonic Energy Large Boar, even though he possessed it. It was left inside his storage only for decoration purposes, unable to increase his strength.
Now that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had risen to seven-star epic-quality, Zhang Che's overall strength rose immensely.
"What a pity. It would have been even better if he rose to eight-stars in one go!"
Greed would bite back if one didn't know contentment. However, Zhang Che still felt a little regret over the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon not advancing to eight stars in one go. Even so, this wasn't bad!
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was at least ten times stronger than before! More impressively, the new skill the fellow awakened, his Extreme Yin Ray, had an attack range of a thousand meters, and its cooldown time was only a minute!
That was amazing!
It was the first time Zhang Che had seen such a skill with such short cooldown on a high-quality exotic beast!
What this signified needed no explanation.
While other exotic beasts needed at least half an hour to use their skill again, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could send out an Extreme Yin Ray once every minute! It was incredibly dominating even though it was only a single target attack!
Zhang Che could foresee that he wouldn't be disadvantaged even when fighting eight-star epic-quality beasts, unless their element countered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
"Congratulations to Master for gaining a large boost in combat force!" The elemental queen sensed the surge of energy from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, too. She could feel that she was definitely no match for this pet of her master, and immediately congratulated Zhang Che.
Zhang Che nodded, smiling more reservedly.
If it wasn't for that tiny bit of shame left in him, he would have yelled out something like conquering the world and starting an everlasting dynasty!
"What a pity it's already deep into the night. Otherwise, I could have tested the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flying speed to see how fast he can go."
Despite being extremely powerful now, Zhang Che still didn't dare to move around casually during the night in the beast world. Although the chances of coming into danger was very low, he didn't want to risk it!In Bei Du, the heavy snowfall gradually stopped.
Although it was already late into the night, people could be seen everywhere in the city, clearing the snow.
After only a dozen or so hours of continuous snowfall, the snow had accumulated to over a meter thick! It was simply terrifying!
Many places in Bei Du, especially the main streets and the small alleys, were covered in thick snow like white little hills, waiting for people to clear them.
After all, too many subdued beasts were needed even if they were relying on fire-attributed beasts to melt the snow. It was impossible to take care of the whole city.
Moreover, once this much snow had melted, it was a huge challenge for the city's drainage system. If they were careless about it, the city might face a flooding disaster right after the snow disaster!
As such, most of the accumulated snow could only be transported away bit by bit by vehicles and poured out into the wild.
In their villa, Liu Gang and Huang Tielan were still clearing the accumulated snow, too.
They had to clear the snow in the courtyard and roofs about every half an hour today to prevent the accumulated snow from getting too thick and jeopardizing the building.
"Young Miss, it's already so late. You'd better go rest first. The three of us are enough out here," Liu Gang suggested to Huang Tielan, seeing it was about to hit midnight, and the snowfall was gradually stopping.
Huang Tielan didn't insist on staying. In truth, she was really exhausted. After all, she was only a low-tier beastmaster. Her constitution wasn't much better than ordinary people.
"Alright then. I'll leave it to you guys. If the snow stops, you rest early, too," Huang Tielan nodded. She dusted the snow off her clothes and got ready to return to the villa to rest.
At this moment, they suddenly heard Sun Lan's cry from inside the villa.
Huang Tielan's heart tightened. She immediately dashed inside.
At the same time, Liu Gang's squad turned into three bolts of lightning as well, streaking into the villa's main hall even faster than Huang Tielan.
They heard Sun Lan crying out in shock inside the villa, "What? Someone barged into Premium House and tried to steal the beast cards? Muyun, don't get rash! Look out for your safety! We can earn it back if the things are lost, but you mustn't get hurt!"The next morning, Zhang Che crawled out from his sleeping bag early in the morning and ran out excitedly without even eating his breakfast first.
"Master, wait for this servant!"
The elemental queen immediately got out of her sleeping bag as well, and ran after Zhang Che in a hurry. She knew what Zhang Che was going to do, and wanted to experience it as well.
"Hurry!" Zhang Che replied softly, not stopping to wait and continuing to run outside.
As soon as they were outside the cave, a rainbow light shot out from Zhang Che's brow. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's huge figure immediately appeared floating in mid-air.
Lighting was more adequate in the day. Zhang Che could better feel that the current Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was much more robust than before. Also, the layer of mist-like deep blue air around his body made the dragon look like mythical beasts from the legends.
If nothing else, Zhang Che would give the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon full marks just for his appearance alone!
Zhang Che jumped onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back. The elemental queen quickly followed suit as well, moving as swift as the wind. Her slim figure seemed to sway with the breeze and landed gently behind Zhang Che.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was obviously a little dissatisfied with the elemental queen riding his back, but since his master daddy didn't say nothing, he only left out a low groan. Afterwards, his thick and long body started moving without any wind, streaking off into the distance like a blue bolt of lightning.
Only three seconds later, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon exceeded his previous top speed, then directly went supersonic and continued accelerating.
Zhang Che didn't know what talent or ability the fellow had, but he didn't feel any discomfort even after going supersonic. Not a wisp of the rapidly flowing wind outside seeped inside at all.
Zhang Che only saw the objects to his side quickly passing by, and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was still accelerating.
Four hundred meters per second… four hundred fifty meters per second…
In the end, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon only stopped accelerating when he reached close to six hundred meters per second!
"Amazing, my boy Xuanming! About six hundred meters per second… that's over two thousand kilometers per hour! That's too awesome!"
Zhang Che felt great inside. With this, his safety in the beast world was largely guaranteed. As long as he didn't encounter some type of exotic beast that was gifted in flying, even divine-quality beasts might not be able to catch up to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!
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Chapter 447: To Lure a Snake Out of Its Hole. Commiting Murder in the Night
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When Liu Gang's squad heard Sun Lan's voice again, they immediately let out a sigh of relief.
At the start, they had imagined the villa was under attack. If anything had really happened to Sun Lan and the others, Liu Gang's squad wouldn't be able to explain to Zhang Che.
From the looks of it, Premium House was probably broken into by some rioters, wanting to rob the store of its beast cards during the snow disaster.
Earlier in the day, disturbances of various scales had occurred at various places in Bei Du, too. Many unlawful people tried to break into beast card shops and material shops to steal things while the heavy snow was ongoing and officers were busy clearing the accumulated snow.
Unexpectedly, even Premium House was met with such a situation!
Didn't those people know to ask around for information before making their moves? It was impossible for them to escape Bei Du, even if they stole the Premium House's beast cards. That wasn't the business of some common folk. Would they be such an easy target to steal from?
"What's wrong, Auntie? Did something happen at Premium House?"
Due to her underwhelming strength, Huang Tielan was still a short distance away from the villa. As a result, she didn't catch what Sun Lan said, and only heard something about Premium House.
Sun Lan came down from the upper story with an anxious look on her face, nodding and said, "Mmm, Muyun just called, saying rioters have broken into the store and were destroying the shelves and safe, trying to steal the beast cards."
Huang Tielan's face turned grave. She hurriedly asked, "Ah? Are they alright?"
Sun Lan shook her head slightly, replying, "They're fine. The shop had just closed for the night. Muyun only heard about the matter after receiving a call from one of the staff who lived next to the store. Right, I already told them not to go to the shop, and that it's fine if the things are lost. Just keep themselves safe."
Huang TIelan sighed in relief. She nodded, "That's right. What's important is that they're fine. We'll retrieve what we lost sooner or later."
After a short pause, she turned to Liu Gang's squad and said, "Big Brother Liu, I'll have to trouble you guys to make a trip over there."
However, Liu Gang furrowed his brow slightly, saying, "This matter seems a little fishy… Then… Yi Chong, you make the trip. We'll stay and look after the house."
Yi Chong nodded silently. His figure shook, disappearing from the villa's main hall. Shortly after, the rumbling of an engine came from the courtyard.
Although there was still some snow on the road to the store, it wasn't a problem for the beastly cars Zhang Che had bought at all.In the villa, Liu Gang let out a low groan and explained to Huang Tielan and Sun Lan after seeing their confused expressions, "Young Miss, I suspect this matter isn't that simple.
"After the many disturbances caused during the day, the streets in Bei Du are being patrolled by military officers everywhere. No matter how daring those rioters are, they wouldn't dare break into shops so casually.
"So, I'm suspecting that someone wanted to target the villa and has purposefully caused trouble at the shop, trying to lure us over. If that really is true, it would be troublesome if an expert attacked here after we had left."
After listening to Liu Gang's analysis, Huang Tielan finally nodded in understanding.
Indeed, Zhang Che had made quite a few enemies of his own. If this really was a trap set by someone who had designs against him, the villa would be unprotected if it came under attack after Liu Gang's squad went to back up Premium House.
If they only sent Yi Chong over, in addition to leaving the two epic-quality beast cards here with Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi, their combat force wouldn't be affected much. They didn't have to be scared even if a high-tier beastmaster attacked them.
On the side of Premium House, if it truly was mere rioters causing trouble, a high-tier beastmaster with legend-quality subdued beasts like Yi Chong would be more than enough to handle the situation.
After understanding this, Huang Tielan nodded and said, "That's fine. Although the possibility isn't high, we still have to be careful."
A look of worry was on Sun Lan's face after hearing the two's conversation.
She had never seen Liu Gang's squad fight before. She only knew that they were high-tier beastmasters, and was thus worried it'd be a troublesome situation if someone really came to attack them.
Seeing her worried face, Liu Gang smiled faintly and said, "Madam Sun, Young Miss, you go rest. With us two here, we'll make sure there won't be any danger."
"I'm counting on you then, Xiaoliu!" Sun Lan nodded at Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi gratefully. Accompanied by Huang Tielan, she returned to the upper story, her heart troubled, unable to fall asleep.
Down on the lower story, Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi exchanged knowing glances with one another and nodded, then walked out of the hall. Each of them were responsible for standing guard in a direction, ready to summon their powerful subdued beasts at any time to receive enemies.Yi Chong drove the beastly car, charging straight ahead. The fallen snow was raised by the wheels. About twenty minutes later, he entered the district where Premium House was located.
After getting out of the car, Yi Chong ran straight towards the shop. From a distance away, he saw the Premium House's gate was wide open in the light of the yellow street lights. The counter was pushed down, a few silhouettes had broken through the wall on the other side and ran out, heading for the alley in the back.
Evidently, they left someone outside to act as the lookout. They quickly made their escape once Yi Chong's arrival was noted.
"Damn it!" Yi Chong cursed out. A cold glint shone in his eyes as he chased after the few silhouettes.
He didn't summon his flying subdued beast out casually. In these complicated alleyways, flying subdued beasts were too big, and would make it difficult to catch up to his targets instead.
Alas, he was a step too late. After chasing down a few alleys, Yi Chong lost track of those thieves.
It was obvious that they came prepared, even having planned their escape route in advance, leaving him unable to catch up to them.
"Shit, is this really a trick to lure us away?" Done thinking, Yi Chong's complexion darkened. He immediately returned to the streets, ready to drive back to the villa.
As for the beast cards Premium House lost, he wasn't afraid that they could take them away. The Huang family have probably learned about this matter now, and many experts should be on their way to provide backup.
However, when Yi Chong came back to the main street, he discovered the beastly car's tires were damaged, and he could not drive it.
Seeing this, Yi Chong's expression turned even darker. The beastly car's body and tires were all made with special materials. Even mid-tier gold-quality exotic beasts would take quite some time to damage them! Even so, Yi Chong had only given chase for a few minutes, and the car was already damaged to the extent that it was impossible for them not to be intentionally delaying his return to the villa.
With a grave expression, Yi Chong grit his teeth and ignored the ban on flying in the city. He directly summoned his flying subdued beast and flipped himself up onto it, speeding off in the villa's direction.
"Hopefully I can still make it back in time!"At the same time, Huang Juyun, who had received news about the matter some time ago, was flying on the Poison-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon from the military, heading straight for the villa district.
After receiving Liu Gang's report, he immediately agreed with Liu Gang's analysis. Someone was unresigned with their grudge against Zhang Che and the Huang family, and wanted to take action against them by getting ahold of Sun Lan and Huang Tielan. Not only that, perhaps they might even kill the hostages to vent their anger and exact revenge.
As such, Huang Juyun directly rode the Poison-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon and flew straight towards the villa. Not only that, a team of elite soldiers were on the ground in a military vehicle, following after him.
Meanwhile, there was also a team of elite soldiers in another military vehicle, driving towards Premium House.
Although the enemy's objective was to lure Liu Gang's squad away, it was best to not lose the Premium House's massive amount of beast cards if they could retrieve them.
"Don't let me find out who's the one behind all this. Otherwise, I'll definitely let them know our Huang family isn't something anyone can afford to find trouble with, even though we aren't a top clan in Bei Du!" Huang Juyun's expression was grave. Killing intent so strong that it seemed like it had actual substance was coming from his eyes, his whole body giving off a terrifying aura.Outside the villa, Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi were waiting quietly with no discernible expressions on their faces.
They were hoping that this matter was only them thinking too much.
Of course, if someone really dared to come to the villa, they had no fear, either. They still had the two epic-quality beast cards Zhang Che had left for them.
After a few minutes, their ears suddenly twitched, and their eyes narrowed…
-They're here!-
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Chapter 448: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow. Post-Investigations
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Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi sensed the difference in the night air almost simultaneously.
Liu Gang's worries had turned into reality. The matter regarding the beast card shop being attacked was indeed someone trying to lure them away, and they'd come to attack the villa afterwards, making a move on Zhang Che's family.
Although it was deep into the night, with the street lights reflecting off of the snow, it was possible to see clearly in the dark.
A few silhouettes appeared seemingly out of nowhere at a place less than three hundred meters from the villa, quickly running towards Zhang Che's place.
Before they got close, rays of light shot out from the silhouette's brows. Several powerful beasts were summoned one after another, surrounding the two villas in the center.
Among them were actually five legend-quality subdued beasts!
Their enemy must have investigated the villa's defense meticulously, knowing that Zhang Che had equipped Liu Gang's squad with legend-quality subdued beasts.
Now that Yi Chong had been lured away, leaving only Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi here, they'd have three legend-quality subdued beasts at the most. They thought it was simply impossible for the two men to defend against the attack.
Liu Gang's figure flashed, running from the back courtyard to the front. He whispered to Pang Dazhi, "Take the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise and set up formation behind it. If they break through my defensive perimeter, you protect the villa immediately. The Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise's Water Screen Heavenly Splendor has an incredibly tough defense. It will be enough to handle those that slipped past me."
Pang Dazhi nodded lightly, replying, "Rest assured, Captain! If they have only this much strength, I guarantee they won't make it back!"
If the ambushers only had those legend-quality subdued beasts, the two really had nothing to fear. Just Liu Gang alone was enough to beat them down with the Wind God Winged Dragon!
Of course, to be on the safe side, Pang Dazhi stood guard in front of the villa cautiously, ready to summon the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise at any moment to defend them with its powerful ability.
After all, the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise was heavily biased towards defense among epic-quality beasts. Even if their enemies had epic-quality subdued beasts as well, they wouldn't be able to break through its defense anytime soon.
Pang Dazhi didn't summon the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise right away, as he didn't want to scare them off.
Who was the one instigating these people behind the scenes? What kind of strength and background did they have? They had to find this out no matter what, or they'd have to live in worry all the time.
As the saying went, there was no such thing as guarding against thieves all the time!
Seeing the dozen or so subdued beasts surrounding them in a fan shape, Liu Gang didn't show the slightest hint of fear. He stepped forward unhurriedly. When their subdued beasts were barely a hundred meters away, a rainbow light suddenly shot out from his brow. The Wind God Winged Dragon's terrifying figure immediately appeared in the snowy night.
With a loud rumble, the Wind God Winged Dragon's Tempest Field spread out at a controlled rate, enveloping the oncoming subdued beasts and the four beastmasters behind.
Before they could show their shock on their faces, the Wind God Winged Dragon opened its mouth and let out a silent roar. Countless wind blades almost invisible to the naked eye swept over indiscriminately."Fu…ck!"
The four opposing silhouettes in the snowy night immediately froze on the spot, every one of them extremely shocked and immediately hiding behind their respective defensive subdued beasts!
-Epic-quality subdued beast!
-Why did an epic-quality subdued beast appear here?! Didn't the intelligence state that Zhang Che only had three epic-quality subdued beasts? Why would he leave them at home? Wasn't he afraid of being in danger in the beast world?-
Facing the totally unexpected situation, the four assassins were flustered. Countless curses raced across their minds.
Who would have thought the situation would play out like this on a mission that was originally thought to be rather simple?
However, the Wind God Winged Dragon didn't allow them time to think. As countless wind blades slashed out, it rushed forth as well. Its Tempest Field False Domain accompanied its enormous figure, shrouding all four of the assassins and their subdued beasts within.
Unlike the Jade-Shelled Mystic Tortoise's heavy emphasis on defense, the Wind God Winged Dragon was purely offensive, other than one of its skills being able to be used to escape.
For a period of time, all kinds of of light rays shone in the snowy night sky. Facing such a fearsome enemy, the legend and dark gold-quality subdued beasts unleashed their respective skills at the order of the beastmasters, hoping to pull through this calamity.
However, Liu Gang deeply understood the principle of a lion hunting its prey with all its might, even if it was only a rabbit. As the Wind God Winged Dragon rushed forth, Liu Gang gave the order to activate its attack skill.
Instantly, the wind elements in a wide area shifted, forming a fatal tornado. With the augmentation of the Tempest Field False Domain, it produced terrifying destructive power!
The subdued beasts, their speed and bearing already affected by the Tempest Field, were swept away by the terrifying tornado at first contact. They were torn to shreds inside the devastating attack, turning into streaks of light and dissipating.
Even so, Liu Gang didn't relax in the slightest just because he slew most of the assassins' subdued beasts. Earlier, he had heard their surprised cries.
The ambushing beastmasters were actually not Chinese!
-Looks like Zhang-shao is really good at causing trouble. Since when did he offend foreigners?-
Borrowing the reflection from the snow, Liu Gang finally got a good look at them. The four attackers didn't have local appearances. They were undoubtedly from overseas.
Of course, it was also possible that Zhang Che's enemies in Hua Xia were afraid of exposing themselves and thus hired foreign mercenaries. They would have to do a proper investigation before coming to a conclusion.
As the dozen or so subdued beasts fell one after another to the Wind God Winged Dragon's ferocious attack, the four beastmasters grew scared and could no longer care about their mission. Every one of them quickly turned around and ran for their lives.
They still had their flying subdued beasts unsummoned. However, they didn't dare flee on them inside Bei Du City, or they'd attract a large number of military officers after them. At that time, they'd really have nowhere to escape to.
Seeing the four running for their lives, Liu Gang finally relaxed a little. A fierce light shone in his eyes afterwards, humphing, "Thinking of running? Have you asked my subdued beast first?"
With a flap of its wings, the Wind God Winged Dragon immediately caught up to the four. In order to capture them alive, Liu Gang even had the Wind God Winged Dragon deactivate its False Domain. It flew above them, beat its wings a few times and slapped them to the ground. They were unable to resist.
From start to finish, Pang Dazhi had no need to make a move at the back. Naturally, he was glad it was so.
It would truly be terrible if they could penetrate Liu Gang's defense!When Yi Chong came flying back on his aerial subdued beast, the scene was still in a ruined state. He only saw Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi tying up the four foreigners.
"Hmm, it's settled so soon… Huh? They're actually foreigners!"
Seeing things at the villa's side were fine, Yi Chong finally felt relieved. He strode forward with long steps, curiously observing the four captured beastmasters, who consisted of Caucasians and black people.
Liu Gang and Pang Dazhi had dislocated the four beastmaster's jaws, in case any accidents happened.
It was very common for suicide warriors to hide a poisonous tooth in their mouths or kill themselves by biting off their tongues. If they had accidentally let their captives kill themselves, it would be impossible to find out who the ones orchestrating things behind them were.
However, Liu Gang and the others had obviously thought too much. The attackers didn't expect Zhang Che to leave epic-quality beast cards at home at all. They thought it'd be an easy mission with their strengths. Why would they send suicide warriors?
Just like that, the three stood in the villa's courtyard, looking at the four incapacitated beastmasters.
Interrogation wasn't their forte. It would be left for after Huang Juyun arrived and handed them over to the military. Naturally there'd be experts at interrogation to investigate the operation and their backers clearly.Huang Juyun arrived very soon, right after Yi Chong returned to the villa, flying in on the Poison-Fire Twin-Headed Dragon.
After all, the villa being attacked was a very serious matter. Even with the squad guarding the villa with two epic-quality subdued beasts, Huang Juyun didn't dare delay at all. He quickly rushed over from the military camp in a hurry.
Bei Du City's garrison troops weren't slow in reacting, either. Sharp police sirens were heard from the nearby streets, and many experts came rushing over from the sky, flying on aerial subdued beasts.
A huge battle had just occurred here, not to mention Yi Chong disregarding the flying ban and flying on his aerial beast for dozens of kilometers. It would indeed be strange if the garrison showed no reaction.
Of course, the police sirens only rang for a short while before they stopped.
The Huang family had reported that the situation here was under control. Naturally the garrison troops weren't needed to join the crowd here.
As for the outlaws who had attacked the villa district, they'd be handed over to the military department, and the garrison department wouldn't interfere in this matter.
"General!" Liu Gang's squad quickly saluted Huang Juyun when they saw his arrival, finally relaxing.
Huang Juyun nodded in satisfaction looking at the three, very satisfied with their performance. Although the empty space outside the villa was in ruins, and some architecture and trees were destroyed, the villa itself was kept in perfect shape. It went to show Liu Gang's squad didn't give the assassins any chance of getting into the villa.
However, Huang Juyun couldn't help but furrow his brow deeply when he saw the four foreign beastmasters laying on the ground.
Without a doubt, this incident was extremely likely to be the handiwork of the mysterious faction from the Bei Mei region. After all, not only did Zhang Che snatch their secret research information away, he even tricked them into clashing with Nihong's Miyazaki Clan, losing many of their people.
No one would be able to let this feud slide! They had held their hand all this while, probably to gather their strength and launch a fatal attack.
Of course, it was possible that they hadn't been able to find a chance to make their move given Zhang Che's indefinite movements, in addition to him having no plans of leaving Hua Xia. Coincidentally, the sudden climate change and snow disaster spurred them to decide on ambushing the villa.
Even so, how could they have expected Zhang Che to bear leaving his epic-quality beast cards behind as forces to protect the villa?
-Hopefully the Zhen family's shadow won't show up after this, or I'll definitely not let them have it easy!- Huang Juyun thought, narrowing his eyes.
However, this possibility should be very slim.
No matter how much the Zhen family hated Zhang Che, they shouldn't commit such a mistake on these huge issues.
After all, if they really dared to ally themselves with outside forces, the Zhen family wouldn't be able to remain in Hua Xia should the matter be exposed, no matter how influential they were.
Shortly after Huang Juyun's arrival, teams of elite soldiers arrived one after another, riding on military vehicles or their flying subdued beasts. Some even came on helicopters.
After handing the four foreign beastmasters to the military, Huang Juyun saw Sun Lan and Huang Tielan coming down from the second story.
This was the first time both party's parents had met one another. Naturally they exchanged greetings politely.
As for the post investigation, Huang Juyun didn't have to worry at all. Due to Zhang Che handing the research on exotic beast genetic evolution fluid over to the military, they had naturally learned about some of the matters behind this, and placed great importance on the matter. They wouldn't let the matter rest until they caught every one of the members who infiltrated Hua Xia!
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Chapter 449: First Test of the Blade's Edge. Huge Increase in Efficiency
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
It went without saying that Zhang Che had no idea of the things going on in Bei Du. All technological devices were non-functional in the beast world. Even if Huang Juyun and the others wanted to contact him, there was no channel they could use.
Of course, the incident had a strong start but a weak finish due to them mistakenly underestimating how strong Liu Gang's squad, the guardians of the villa, were. As a result, the four beastmasters were simply like meat buns thrown at a dog, going on a one-way trip.
Not only that, even the other team of people that stole a large number of beast cards from Premium House had nowhere to escape to after being pursued by the military's powerful troops. All of them were captured in the end.
Since that was so, it didn't matter if Zhang Che knew about this matter or not.After testing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight speed, Zhang Che was gratified to know the fellow could actually fly at more than two thousand kilometers per hour.
"Not bad, not bad. With such a fast speed, there shouldn't be anyone that can catch up to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon even among epic-quality beasts, with the exception of a small minority!" Zhang Che burst out in laughter excitedly, feeling extremely satisfied with this.
"Congratulations to Master!" the elemental queen behind him congratulated at an apt time. {TLN: She used a line that's commonly used for joyous occasions like weddings, childbirth…}
Zhang Che was stunned. He turned around to see the elemental queen smiling at him, and he asked, "Where did you learn that from?"
The elemental queen smiled like a beautiful flower and replied, "The television! The people in a fantasy movie I watched recently complimented the powerful like that."
Zhang Che was speechless. -Can you not be so direct? It's very awkward, you know?-
"Umm… don't learn to speak like the characters in television in the future. The screenwriters are all retarded. The lines are too eighth-grader."
"Ugh. Alright then… But, Master, what does eighth-grader mean?" {TLN: Check Eighth-grader syndrome, or Chuunibyou.}
Zhang Che was simply at a loss for words. He proceeded to explain what it meant to her, finally getting the elemental queen to correct her bad habit. Otherwise, it would only get worse in the future, learning all styles of speaking. He would be exhausted from that!
"Come on, let's go eat our breakfast, then continue hunting exotic beasts today and look for spiritual herbs at the same time!"
They were so excited to test the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight speed after waking up that they had yet to eat their breakfast.
They found a place for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to land and quickly settled their breakfast. Afterwards, Zhang Che summoned all his subdued beasts and pets of legend-quality and above, commencing a cruel slaughtering session in the area.
As usual, he didn't go with his other pets and subdued beasts. He flew on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon alone, looking for any powerful exotic beast that might be around, wanting to see how much stronger the dragon's attacks had grown, especially the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's new skill, Extreme Yin Ray. It was a single-target attacking skill that could be used once every minute. He wondered how much power it could display against other powerful exotic beasts.
For that reason, Zhang Che couldn't be bothered to chase down the exotic beasts that were slightly further away. He controlled the scarlet and white sword, cutting down every exotic beast within a hundred meters of his path, obtaining quite a number of beast cards on the way.
It couldn't be helped. These places were hand-picked by his father-in-law, with an extremely high density of mid-tier and above exotic beasts. He'd be able to obtain a decent amount of beast cards even if he didn't focus on hunting.
Zhang Che swept through the surrounding dozens of kilometers, but he didn't discover any exotic beasts that were worthy of letting the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon use his skill on.
On the other hand, after the significant increase in the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed, their hunting efficiency increased by a huge margin!
Despite having the scarlet and white sword's range reduced by more than half of before, the difference in hunting efficiency was made up for with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's increase in speed.
"Hmm, how strange. Is there not a single legend-quality exotic beast around here?" Zhang Che couldn't help but furrow his brow after searching for close to an hour and not finding any legend-quality exotic beasts.
Logically speaking, there should be a couple powerful exotic beasts in an area with such a high density of mid-tier and above exotic beasts.
After all, with such delicious food gathered in an area, it was impossible for the powerful predators to not discover the place and came searching.
In fact, there really were legend-quality exotic beasts here. However, Zhang Che's luck was a little on the bad side. The elemental queen was the one who came across them.
At present, the two were more than a hundred kilometers away from one another. Naturally it was impossible for the elemental queen to notify Zhang Che and get him to go over to test the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attack power. With her flaming halberd, she easily beat down the legend-quality exotic beast, leaving it in a half-dead state.
Afterwards, the Purple Crystal Tortoise quickly went up and dealt the final blow. A bone spike directly punched through the exotic beast's skull, gaining a legend-quality beast card for Zhang Che and earning him a fortune.
The elemental queen wouldn't be able to obtain any beast cards if she was the one who actually killed the exotic beasts.
Usually, when Zhang Che was with her, the elemental queen would hold back her strength when they came across any valuable exotic beasts, not killing them. Instead, she'd let Zhang Che deal the final blow. Her attack power was too devastating. If she struck without reservations, heavens knew how many beast cards Zhang Che would have lost.
They were all worth money! Even though Zhang Che was a rich man, he would feel the sting of losing mid-tier dark gold-quality or higher beast cards.After a long time, Zhang Che still didn't find anything. He patted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back with a depressed look, cursing regretfully, "Say, were the powerful exotic beasts in the area scared off after sensing your arrival?"
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon puffed and blew out a few mouthfuls of air, proudly showing that he was now different than in the past. Naturally those weak exotic beasts would run at the sight of him, not daring to come face to face with him!
"So conceited…", Zhang Che shook his head. He decided to give up on this idea, thinking that it was more important to take care of proper matters. After clearing all the mid-tier and higher exotic beasts in the area and scavenging for spiritual herbs, naturally he'd be able to go look for a powerful exotic beast without worries for the remainder of his time.
It might not hold true for other things, but looking for a powerful exotic beast in the depths of the beast world wasn't a problem at all.
When Zhang Che placed his focus back onto hunting exotic beasts, he could better sense his efficiency at hunting was satisfyingly high after the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed had doubled.
To paint a better picture, in the past he needed more than an hour to sweep through the exotic beasts in a hundred kilometer radius. Now, he might only need slightly more than half an hour to do the job.
-This fellow is only seven-star epic-quality now. If he grows to nine-star divine-quality in the future, or even super divine-quality, wouldn't his flight speed be comparable to Dijiang-hao?- Zhang Che couldn't help but feel a great anticipation at the thought.
If that day really came, why would he still need Dijiang-hao? The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would be all he needed!
After all, no matter how fast Dijiang-hao was, taking off and landing was a little more demanding when it came to location, not to mention its greatest disadvantage of being unable to be brought into the beast world. If someone stole or damaged it, then who could he cry to?
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was different, however. The riding experience of flying on him was amazing, in addition to his nimbleness being countless times better than a machine. Also, he could be by Zhang Che's side no matter when or where. How convenient was that!?
"Unfortunately, it'll take a really long time for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to grow to that extent by relying only on absorbing the rainbow crystal's energy. Fortuitous encounters like finding top-grade cold-attributed treasures yesterday all depend on luck."
Zhang Che naturally knew it was very, very difficult for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to continue growing stronger.
For a very long time, he'd still have to depend on Dijiang-hao to move around. That private sky shuttle had cost him close to two hundred million purple crystal points, and wouldn't become just a decoration for a very long time to come.Before he realized it, half a day had passed.
After sweeping through the surrounding two hundred-some kilometers radius, Zhang Che finally reunited with the elemental queen, Earthen Rock Demon, and Scarlet Flame Drake's teams.
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Chapter 450: Truth Revealed. Berserker Bear
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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The military was indeed very efficient at their work.
The interrogation results for the ambush were out after the night passed and were sent to Huang Juyun's office afterwards.
Things were as he had expected. The instigators were indeed from the mysterious faction from the Bei Mei region.
According to the captured beastmasters, the mastermind behind this was actually a General from the Bei Mei region's military. Not only that, a financial group was also involved in this, in addition to many small to mid-sized factions.
As their experimentations on humans were truly against the ways of humanity, everything was done in the dark. The matter didn't escalate to too large of a scale. Even so, during their conflict with the Nihong's Miyazaki Clan, they directly beat the Japanese down from a first-rate faction to nearly a third-rate faction without suffering too great of a loss.
It went to show how massive and powerful this faction actually was!
Fu Tianjiang gave a call to Huang Juyun, passing on the top brass' position on the matter. "Juyun, the higher-ups mean to treat this matter as if it never happened. After all, we're the ones on the wrong side of reason. Since we already profited a lot off of this matter silently, we can't possibly lie through our teeth and warn them through the proper channels, can we?
"Of course, we'll definitely negotiate with them in private. Zhang Che that brat stole their things, so they'll find trouble with him if they can! But if they dare make a move on his family again, then don't blame us for being impolite!
"You don't have to worry, though. As long as Zhang Che that brat doesn't leave Hua Xia, they'll probably not dare to make another move. After all, if they provoked the military, that tiny force of theirs wouldn't be enough to stand against us.
"Of course, if Zhang Che leaves Hua Xia, we won't be able to shield him from afar. It wouldn't be easy to protect him, then. So, when that kid comes back, you have to tell him clearly to not leave Hua Xia, no matter what!"
Huang Juyun nodded. He replied, "Rest assured, Chief! I'll remind Zhang Che."
After ending the call with Fu Tianjiang, Huang Juyun finally sighed in relief.
Fortunately, the Zhen family was rational enough. They didn't collude with outside factions. Otherwise, there'd have been an extremely huge commotion in Hua Xia's upper echelons.
Naturally, the external faction probably knew the Zhen family wouldn't shoot themselves in the foot in such a huge matter, and thus they didn't try contacting the Zhen family at all. Instead, they got in touch with some underground factions in Bei Du and hired them to investigate information related to Zhang Che in the dark for benefits.
It was exactly because of this that they weren't prepared well enough for the villa's forces. The strike force they sent wasn't a match for Liu Gang and the others at all, leading to their capture.
-When Xiaoche returns from the beast world, I'll have to reemphasize that he not leave Hua Xia's borders. They'll surely launch a crazy vengeance once they find an opportunity…- , Huang Juyun thought to himself.
After all, that kid wasn't one to stay put. Heavens knew if he would want to leave Hua Xia for whatever reasons in the future…
If that was really the case, it'd be very dangerous once they found out about it!
Of course, if a day came when Zhang Che advanced to a high-tier beastmaster and had subdued beasts even higher than epic-quality, he'd have nothing to fear. Even if Zhang Che sent himself to their doorstep, they'd probably only ask that he spare their lives and not dare to make any moves.
After all, beastmasters with divine-quality subdued beast were almost invincible existences. There weren't many of them across all of Mercury. Which one of them weren't legendary figures?
"Given that kid's outstanding talent and absurd luck, he'll probably become a divine-quality beastmaster in just a few years if he continues to grow stably."
Huang Juyun was very well aware of Zhang Che's heaven-defying luck. Otherwise, he wouldn't have such anticipation. Beastmasters with divine-quality subdued beasts were truly too rare. It wasn't like anyone could become one if they wanted to, because to become a divine-quality beastmaster, first you had to have a divine-quality subdued beast!
Even so, were divine-quality exotic beasts so easy to hunt?After reuniting with his babies, Zhang Che consolidated his rewards and found a place to have lunch. Afterwards, he summoned the frisky monkey out and started his search for spiritual herbs.
Previously, Zhang Che had promised the frisky monkey to find a spiritual herb potent enough for him to break through. If he didn't make good on his promise soon, the fellow would probably cause a tantrum.
Well, it was impossible for the frisky monkey to wreak havoc in the heavens, but Zhang Che wouldn't be able to stand his constant cries, either, especially since he had learned more words. Although the frisky monkey still couldn't form a proper sentence, he was able to express his intentions clearly at the very least, insisting that Zhang Che help him find a high-grade spiritual herb. {TLN: Reference to Sun Wukong's early days.}
It was the first time the elemental queen witnessed the frisky monkey's terrifying ability. He was actually able to sense spiritual herbs from thousands of meters away, not to mention having rough knowledge on the spiritual herbs' grades. It was simply an inhuman ability… no, it should be inmonkey!
For the first time, the elemental queen sensed that she might not really be the most important person in her Master's heart. It seemed like she had to work harder from now on!
Regrettably, she was unable to warm the bed for her master since she was a fire elemental creature. Otherwise, he'd probably like her more..?
The frisky monkey's eyes lit up slightly after he used his skill. Immediately, he extended his arm and pointed to the side, yelling at Zhang Che, "Baba, over there!"
Seeing the frisky monkey's reaction, Zhang Che thought they found a spiritual herb potent enough for the former to advance. He raised his eyebrow, asking excitedly, "How is the spiritual reaction? Is it enough for you to break through?"
However, the frisky monkey shook his head slightly, expressing that the spiritual herb they discovered was of a decent grade, but wasn't good enough for him to break through.
Zhang Che couldn't help feeling disappointed. High-grade spiritual herbs were too rare. Wanting to find them mostly depended on luck.
"No hurries. We'll find a high-grade spiritual herb eventually. Bring me to the spiritual herbs we found this time around first. I'll reward you handsomely when daddy's bees produce a higher-grade spiritual honey!"
Zhang Che knew the frisky monkey was a glutton, and thus directly used the spiritual honey to entice him.
As expected, having tasted the spiritual honey on multiple occasions, the frisky monkey's eyes shone brightly after hearing Zhang Che say that.
The spiritual honey they found was the most delicious thing the frisky monkey ever had. Wouldn't a higher-grade spiritual be even tastier?
A string of saliva drooled out from the frisky monkey's mouth. He quickly sucked it back in with a slurp.They found quite a number of spiritual herbs this time. After scavenging them all, more than twenty spiritual herbs were added to Zhang Che's storage. That was only what they had gained from the surrounding ten thousand meters using the frisky monkey's skill. Going forward, there was a larger area to explore. Zhang Che was fully confident in finding over a hundred spiritual herbs!
It wouldn't be long before the Huang family's herbal field would have to expand further. At that time, the several dozens of bee exotic beasts would be able to produce even better spiritual honey!When Zhang Che brought the frisky monkey and elemental queen to start sweeping through a wider area to look for spiritual herbs on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, the thing he had been searching for the whole morning, a powerful exotic beast, suddenly entered his sight.
Seeing the bloody-eyed, massive Berserker Bear ahead and its seven-star legend-quality status, Zhang Che was very pleasantly surprised.
It really was a case of growing a flower wholehearted only for it to not blossom, while a neglected willow one stuck in the ground unintentionally became pregnant… ah, no, it should be a neglected willow one stuck in the ground unintentionally grew to provide shade.
Using the seven-star legend-quality Berserker Bear to test the extent of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength was the most suitable.
"Come, Hanming, we'll test your Extreme Yin Ray's power. Don't kill it!"
Although he said that outwardly, Zhang Che wasn't worried at all. It was a seven-star legend-quality exotic beast, after all. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon might be a quality tier higher than the Berserker Bear, but it definitely wasn't possible for him to kill it with a single skill. At the most, he'd severely injure it… right?
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Chapter 451: Coming Across Another Fusion Transformation Type
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't hesitate after hearing Zhang Che's order. He directly shot out a deep blue ray from a hundred meters away.
The temperature in the air dropped drastically the moment the Extreme Yin Ray appeared.
Actually, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon could have used his skill from a thousand meters away, when they first discovered the Berserker Bear. However, Zhang Che wasn't able to determine the huge bear's level and quality at that time. Naturally he chose to get closer first and use his data eyes to have a look at the bear's attributes, and learn for sure how powerful the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's skill was.
The moment the Extreme Yin Ray shot out, the Berkserker Bear sensed a great danger approaching. It suddenly roared, ready to jump to the side.
However, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Extreme Yin Ray was too fast. It was upon the Berserker Bear at almost the same instant it shot out from the dragon's mouth, landing cleanly on the bear's body.
Its roar came to an abrupt stop!
A thin layer of deep blue ice crystallized over the surface of the seven-star legend-quality Berserker Bear's body. Afterwards, its huge body fell to the ground in the direction it was jumping to with a loud crash.
The ice cracked at the impact. The Berserker Bear suffered a pretty severe injury from the attack. It struggled for a while on the ground before finally getting back on its feet with difficulty, wanting to make a run for it. However, its movements were slow, like an old man's, swaying and wobbling.
"Damn, as expected of a single-target skill. It is indeed very powerful!" Zhang Che's eyes lit up at the sight.
Although the Berserker Bear wasn't too heavily injured, its movement was slowed by more than half, completely turning into a target practice that could barely move. It could only submit to its fate of getting slain by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
The skill was simply a perfect crowd-control skill! Zhang Che couldn't help but think of the frost damage mechanic in a game he played in his previous life, Diablo II. Not only did it deal damage to the enemies, it could even freeze them, or slow them down for a short period of time. It was the best thing ever to control mobs, especially when he was fighting against fast enemies. He only had to let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon shoot out an Extreme Yin Ray at the enemy and their speed advantage would be directly nullified, waiting to get beaten on.
Sitting behind Zhang Che, the elemental queen's expression changed slightly after they were done testing the Extreme Yin Ray's might and were moving to kill the Berserker Bear, it having outlived its usefulness.
Even though she had a body made of innate fire elements, the powers she'd be able to display would fall by at least half if she was met with such an extreme cold attack!
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon cried out proudly at the sound of Zhang Che's praise, not continuing to attack the Berserker Bear. Of course, he still had a wide area attack he hadn't used, but it wouldn't be too effective against a seven-star legend-quality exotic beast.
As for Zhang Che, who was still riding on the dragon's back, it didn't seem very suitable for him to take the fight in a melee. As such, their attacks suddenly came to a stop.
The Berserker Bear seemed to have seized the rare opportunity, struggling with its huge body to turn around and run staggering for its life.
"Tsk, tsk. You can't escape," Zhang Che shook his head. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon underneath him suddenly flashed forward, riding on the clouds, and caught up to the Berserker Bear.
A scarlet and white light flew out from Zhang Che's brow. With a single attack, it pierced through the Berserker Bear's skull. Its heavy body froze on the spot for a moment before falling back and slamming into the ground.
Inside the huge cloud of dust, the Berserker Bear's vitality was exhausted, turning into a resplendent display of five-colored light, and it collapsed inward, forming a five-colored beast card with seven hexagrams on it, laying silently on the ruined ground.
"Not bad. After devouring the metal-attributed spiritual sword fragment, it feels like the scarlet and white sword light is becoming stronger and stronger!"
Although the Berserker Bear was frozen by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's skill and had difficulty moving, it was something unimaginable for the past Zhang Che to easily kill a seven-star legend-quality exotic beast with a single attack!
After all, a seven-star legend-quality exotic beast's basic strength wasn't very different from a six-star epic-quality exotic beast's. Moreover, their basic attributes like defense would be a touch higher!
Even so, the Berserker Bear wasn't able to withstand a single slash from Zhang Che. It went to show that the scarlet and white sword's attack power was indeed growing little by little…
"Such a pity that the scarlet and white sword's attack range is only about a hundred meters. Who knows how much luck I need to increase it…"
The golden vortex had already reached a certain limit. If Zhang Che wanted to continue strengthening it, he'd have to wait until the demons launched another large-scale invasion and go slaughter them again. That way, he'd have a chance of absorbing large amounts of their energy.
However, would the demons' next invasion be like the last, where only the weaklings and cannon fodder were sent?
If that day really came, the demons would most likely have found a way to bypass the spatial restriction. Countless powerful demons would descend upon Mercury then.
At that time, it'd definitely be a calamity for humanity on Mercury. As such, Zhang Che only hoped the demons' next invasion was a decade or two in the future.
If he had that much time, he'd have become a Tier Nine beastmaster by then, and probably be commanding a bunch of nine-star subdued beasts and pets.
Putting others aside, the Umbra Wind God Leopard would surely mature fully with ten, twenty years of buffer time. At that time, so what even if the powerful demons invaded Mercury?
Zhang Che was confident that with the Umbra Wind God Leopard at peak strength, in addition to his other powerful beasts, he'd be able to safeguard Mercury by himself!
Well, it'd be too much of an exaggeration to say that he could protect all of Mercury by himself, but protecting his family and friends would definitely not be a problem…
Even if the nine-star super divine-quality Umbra Wind God Leopard wasn't as strong as the golden divine bird with lightning all over its body, he had to be comparable to the green bird that killed Miyazaki Musashi back then, right?
Existences like that were at a level where their strength was unfathomable. Zhang Che could only guess blindly, without any basis to it.
While thinking to himself, Zhang Che jumped off of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back and picked up the Berserker Bear's beast card from the ground.
-If I'm not wrong, it should be another Original Combat Body-type. After all, that fellow didn't have any unique characteristics…- Just as he was thinking of that, he swept his data eyes across the beast card. Zhang Che's mind suddenly stopped for a moment, freezing on the spot.
"Th-this… I really struck the jackpot!" Zhang Che stared wide-eyed, his face filled with shock. His jaw dropped and he started laughing out loud uncontrollably.
The Berserker Bear card he had expected to be Original Combat Body-type was unexpectedly a Fusion Transformation-type!
This was only the second time Zhang Che had seen a Fusion Transformation-type beast card. The other one was his Myriad Transformation Lizard, which had provided great help to him while he was developing, despite the Myriad Transformation Lizard card itself not providing him with any strength.
At present, the Myriad Transformation Lizard card was only at two-star dark gold-quality. Meanwhile, the Berserker Bear card was at seven-star legend-quality! The difference between them was simply immeasurable!
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Chapter 452: Plan Failed. Slowly Scheming Again
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
"By heaven's grace, I've slain at least ten thousand exotic beasts over the past half year, and I finally saw another Fusion Transformation-type beast card!"
Needless to say, a very large fraction of beast cards were Original Combat Body-type. Percentage-wise, at least ninety percent of them would be Original Combat Body-type cards.
Next would be weapon and defensive equipment types, which were much rarer. Of course, that was only relative to Original Combat Body-types. As long as a beastmaster's luck wasn't too bad, they'd find a Weapon-type or Defensive Equipment-type card after obtaining a dozen different beast cards.
Even so, compared to the aforementioned three types, Storage-type, Fusion Transformation-type, and Healing-type beast cards were much, much rarer!
For Storage-type, Zhang Che actually had three of them in total, including both subdued beasts and pets. That was definitely unusual. As for Healing-type and Fusion Transformation-type, Zhang Che only had one of each. Even so, that was definitely something that would make most beastmasters die from envy!
Now, with no hope or expectations, Zhang Che actually obtained a seven-star legend-quality Fusion Transformation-type beast card! One could only imagine how surprised he was.[Berserker Bear]
Level: Seven Star (Level 68)
Quality: Legend
Type: Fusion Transformation Type
Characteristics: After Fusing With This Beast Card, Grants User One-Fifth of the Berserker Bear's Strength, and One-Third of Its Physical Defense.
Skill: Berserker's Rage. After Activation, User is Granted Full Strength of the Berserker Bear. Skill Duration: 5 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 20 Minutes.
Halo: Strength Blessing
Potential: E Rank"Hmm? Fusing with this beast card actually gives me one-fifth of the Berserker Bear's strength and one-third of its physical defense!" Zhang Che's eyes were filled with surprise after seeing the Berserker Bear card's attributes.
The seven-star legend-quality Berserker Bear could probably flatten a heavy tank using pure brute force with just a casual slap. Even if he could only gain one-fifth of its power, his strength would reach a shocking degree. If nothing else, he would be more efficient at dismantling a house than a large-scale excavator!
At that time, a casual push would probably contain several tons of force. More terrifyingly, that fellow's ability actually granted Zhang Che its full strength. Even if it was only for five minutes, it'd totally be enough for some unique situations!
"Damn, I really want to experience what it's like having that kind of explosive power in my body after fusing with the beast card!"
Alas, Zhang Che needed some more time before he advanced to Tier Seven beastmaster. It was impossible for him to learn what it was like to have that kind of explosive strength in the near future!
"Going forward, I have to make better use of my time to hunt exotic beasts!" Zhang Che anticipated the day he got to experience the feeling as he flew on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, heading towards the next area.
Once he advanced to Tier Seven beastmaster and was able to employ that beast card, if nothing else, his physique would improve to a terrifying degree. At that time, with the Purple Crystal Armor equipped, he would not be injured as long as his enemy's physical attacks weren't able to penetrate his armor's defense.
Was there any reason Zhang Che would not work hard for this objective?Far off in San Diego, Bei Mei region…
A middle-aged man with a general's insignia on his shoulder exuded a strong yet contained aura, giving off an unfathomable feeling. Just by standing still, his tall figure gave off an extremely heavy pressure.
At this moment, the beautiful woman standing in front of him had a pale complexion.
Even though the general usually pampered her, she was still shivering, afraid of being punished failing her mission.
"General, it's my mistake this time for not investigating the target's forces clearly before striking. Not only did we lose a batch of powerful beast cards, we even left traces leading back to us…"
The general suddenly extended his hand, stopping the beautiful woman from continuing. His face was emotionless. However, the more that was true, the more uneasy the beautiful woman felt.
After a short silence, the high-nosed, deep-gazed general with a gentle facial contour slowly spoke. His voice was like an ice-cool machine, carrying no emotion behind it, saying, "I have already somewhat expected this failure. The target is backed by Hua Xia's military, after all. How could he be unprepared?
"Failure isn't what's scary. What's scary is that you don't know what you've failed at. Mmm… Do you understand where did you fail at in this operation?"
Done speaking, the general turned his head slightly, his narrowed gaze meeting the beautiful blonde woman's eyes. An irresistibly heavy pressure washed over her, and her knees went limp from the pressure, sending her directly kneeling to the ground.
"General, this subordinate understands now!" the blonde woman barely managed to speak after she had seemingly exhausted all her strength. She felt a sudden urge to urinate, so strong that she almost couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Do you really understand? Then tell me, what went wrong in this operation?" the general asked, the corners of his lips drew back into a faint smile, revealing a hint of ridicule.
"General, I, I… I shouldn't have launched an attack before investigating the target's strength clearly. Also, choosing to attack the target's family was also a wrong choice. No matter if it succeeded or not, it would have caused the target to become extremely wary, compromising any future plans."
The general nodded slightly, then shook his head, saying, "No, your biggest mistake was that you shouldn't have executed your plan in Bei Du, Hua Xia. Their security was the tightest there; it's very difficult for our forces to infiltrate there. How was it possible for us to succeed?
"So, any future operations are best executed outside of Hua Xia. That way, they won't have the homeground advantage!"
The beautiful blonde woman's face blanked for a moment, before asking, "But, General, the target has already grown wary. I'm afraid it will be very difficult to lure him out of Hua Xia…"
The general sighed leisurely, saying softly, "There's an old saying in Hua Xia that went: With effort, one can achieve anything. It means no matter how difficult a task is, you'll definitely reap some effects as long as you do it seriously. So, I'll need to see your upcoming efforts. Understand?"
The blonde woman nodded profusely, answering, "I understand. Please rest assured, General. I'll definitely investigate the target's information thoroughly first and plan carefully to lure the target out of Hua Xia and make our move."
The general finally nodded in satisfaction. Afterwards, an ambiguous flame burned in his eyes, looking straight at the beautiful woman's proud chest.
The blonde woman immediately looked much happier, and took the initiative to start undressing herself. Soon, a young yet nubile body was fully displayed before the general.
Everything that came after need not be said…
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In Bei Du, the residual snow from yesterday was basically all cleaned up. The massive convoy organized by both the military and government had transported large amounts of snow outside of the city, piling them up inside a near-dried up lake.
Due to the reduced rainfall over the past half year, the lake's bottom could almost be seen. With this snowfall, there were no worries of it drying up anymore.
When the snow on the nearby hills melted, the lake would definitely be filled with clear water again, able to withstand another few months of dry weather.
In the mountain forests around Bei Du, countless trees in the dense woods were toppled. It was a mess everywhere.
Because of it, many of the exotic beasts in the mountain forests had also lost their hiding places. The heavy snow had just stopped, and many beastmasters were already entering the mountain forests to hunt the exotic beasts.
Although killing exotic beasts on Mercury wouldn't gain them any beast cards, their corpses were valuable goods, too! Aside from the useful materials, their meat was also very popular among beastmasters due to the abundant spiritual force in them.
Most importantly, Mercury was humanity's homeground. Even if they weren't strong enough, they could borrow the strength of technological weapons to hunt exotic beasts that were slightly stronger than them without putting themselves in too much danger.
In the past, those exotic beasts could conceal themselves in the dense forest. Now that large areas of vegetation had collapsed under the accumulated snow, the beastmasters, or even commoners with firearms could survey the area clearly without having to worry about being ambushed by exotic beasts.The Haotian Gang was a medium-sized underground faction from Bei Du. The gang had hundreds of members. Majority of them were beastmasters, but there were also quite a number of ordinary people.
The Haotian Gang's overall strength wasn't considered high. Their gang leader, Sun Haotian, had only achieved Tier Six beastmaster, and possessed a few mid-tier dark gold-quality subdued beasts.
The rest of the members mostly had gold and silver-quality subdued beasts. Furthermore, some low-tier beastmasters' best subdued beasts were only at bronze-quality.
At present, given the advantageous circumstances set up by the snow, Sun Haotian led the elites of his gang into the mountain forest, carrying large amounts of firearms, ready to hunt a bunch of exotic beasts to sell the materials obtained for some funds.
Some time ago, the Haotian Gang was commissioned by foreign factions to investigate information on a certain person and received ten thousand purple crystal points in return.
Adding on to the gang's savings of many years, they only needed to make a little more money before they could afford a four-star legend-quality beast card for their gang leader, Sun Haotian!
If they had a mid-tier legend-quality beast card, the Haotian Gang's strength would rise a level higher, becoming one of the top dogs among Bei Du's underground factions.
Sun Haotian couldn't help but smile widely when he thought of obtaining a legend-quality subdued beast soon.
"Heh heh, when I have a legend-quality subdued beast, I'll see if those scoundrels at Tianan Society dare to show off in front of me again!"
Tianan Society was also a medium-sized underground faction in Bei Du. Their overall strength was a few touches above Haotian Gang, and the two had always been at odds with one another, their feuds deep.
Sun Haotian had always dreamed of stepping on them one day!
The Haotian Gang's elites soon ventured dozens of kilometers deep into the mountain forest. Sun Haotian looked at the fallen trees around him, standing on the hardened snow under his feet. He said with a low voice, "Everyone, have your guards up. We're already dozens of kilometers into the forest. Don't drop your pants if we encounter any powerful exotic beasts!"
The second-in-charge of the gang, who was also Sun Haotian's sworn brother, Vice Gang Leader Sun Haiying chuckled, saying, "Big Brother, the anti-material sniper rifle loaded with the latest special rounds we obtained with much difficulty wasn't just for show. Even a mid-tier dark gold-quality exotic beast will have to run in fear after taking a shot of that!"
Sun Haotian furrowed his brow, saying, "Even so, we have to be more careful. With our strength, if we're unlucky enough to come across a legend-quality exotic beast, we definitely won't be able to win at all!"
Sun Haiying smiled, saying, "Big Brother, are there that many legend-quality exotic beasts around? Not to mention, we're only a few dozens of kilometers into this forest. It's absolutely impossible for there to be legend-quality exotic beasts here."
"It's best to be careful in everything!" Sun Haotian glared at him. Afterwards, he swept his strict gaze across the other members, saying with an unquestionable tone, "You won't go wrong listening to me. In this world, it's better to be safe than sorry. Be more mindful, or you won't like it when the ship capsizes."
Seeing Sun Haotian acting so seriously, the rest didn't say anything, only nodding one after another, acknowledging his words.At the same time, in Bei Du's military zone…
Huang Juyun stood in the plaza. A few squads of fully-geared soldiers stood before him. The squad leaders, however, were empty-handed, not holding any weapons.
The squad leaders were all powerful mid-tier beastmasters, and the military had equipped them with a total of three legend-quality beast cards for this mission. It could be said that their overall strength was extremely high.
Soldiers at that level naturally wouldn't be using firearms. Legend-quality subdued beasts were the most reliable weapon, their attack powers comparable to large missiles!
"The mission this time is very simple. Our targets are the executives of the Haotian Gang. Their information will be sent to your personal terminals shortly. I shan't go into it in detail."
Huang Juyun looked at the soldiers in front of him, his expression strict, his voice sonorous and forceful.
"Due to the Haotian Gang leaking confidential military information to foreign influences, I don't want to see any survivors in this operation. Kill them all without mercy! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" the soldiers answered in unison.
Huang Juyun nodded in satisfaction. He waved his hand and said, "Good. Set out immediately. The satellite will be guiding you. I'll be waiting here for your return!"
The soldiers saluted in unison, then quickly dispersed from the drill ground, running towards the aircraft parked nearby in an orderly manner.
A total of ten new model fighter planes had their propellers extended, spinning quickly with a loud buzz.
The dozens of soldiers took turns boarding the aircraft. Afterwards, the ten fighter planes slowly took off, and their jet engines began to operate, suddenly accelerating and flying off into the skies to the northwest.
Seeing the soldiers setting off, cold killing intent flashed across Huang Juyun's eyes.
The Haotian Gang really didn't know what was good for them. They actually dared to sell information on Zhang Che to foreign factions; did they really think the military wouldn't be able to find out?
It seemed like it was time to tidy up the underground forces in Bei Du. Otherwise, those people would slowly forget what they amounted to if they had too many good days, and became bolder and bolder, daring to do any illegal things!
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Chapter 454: The End of the Haotian Gang
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Rustle, rustle… A wave of messy footstep sounds rang out in the devastated forest.
Shallow footprints were left behind on the firm snowy ground everywhere the Haotian Gang's elites walked. At the same time, they were looking around cautiously, and would look to their feet from time to time.
If there were any exotic beasts' active in the area, surely they'd leave footprints on the snow, and wouldn't go unnoticed. Of course, it'd be a different story if it were flying exotic beasts.
In fact, they had indeed discovered the tracks of quite a few exotic beasts through this method. However, those exotic beasts were too weak, and didn't give much profit to the Haotian Gang.
After all, only Sun Haotian had a storage-type beast card of all of the Haotian Gang. The storage space wasn't huge, either, only twenty cubic meters or so. It was known as a Nirvana Snake, a four-star storage-type beast card.
Back then, the Haotian Gang paid an extremely huge price to purchase the beast card from Premium House!
With just this tiny storage space, naturally they wouldn't waste it on storing those trash exotic beast's remains. At the very least, only materials from mid-tier exotic beasts were considered worthy of being kept in the precious storage-type beast card.
Suddenly, one of the gang members exclaimed in a suppressed voice, "Big Brother, check out over there!"
Sun Haotian and the others turned their heads, following that member's gaze. They saw some sink-sized, foot-deep footprints in the valley to the front and side, between the fallen trees, extending towards deeper into the valley.
Needless to say, if that exotic beast to leave behind such a huge footprint, it definitely wouldn't be weak. It should be about mid-tier gold-quality, at the very least!
An exotic beast at that level happened to be just within the range the Haotian Gang could hunt without much danger.
"Come, we'll follow the prints and go have a look!" Sun Haotian commanded, a hint of joy flashing on his face. He led the group as they headed into the valley.
Unbeknownst to them, however, in outer space above them, a military satellite had locked onto their tracks, and was sending their positions to the ground on the other end accurately.About half a day after entering the mountain forest, they finally discovered a decent prey. The Haotian Gang was unusually excited at the prospect, quickly following the footprints in search of their prey.
They searched around in the valley for about ten minutes. When Sun Haotian and the others were about to give up, a commotion was finally heard from ahead.
In the forest several hundred meters ahead, a wave of animals' frightened cries was suddenly heard.
That exotic beast seemed to have gotten into an extremely dangerous situation and was quickly running for its life, knocking against the trees, causing a huge commotion. Large amounts of snow fell from the branches.
The trail of sink-sized footprints ended right in the forest ahead!
Without a doubt, the prey Sun Haotian's gang was searching for was currently preying on weaker exotic beasts in the forest!
Sun Haotian turned to look at Sun Haiying, instructing him, "Haiying, have your scouting beast fly over to check out the situation there. We'll charge right in if that exotic beast isn't too strong!"
As a medium-sized gang, naturally the Haotian Gang had their own scouting-type subdued beast. This kind of set-up was necessary.
Sun Haiying nodded excitedly. A silvery ray shot out from his brow, directly soaring into the skies and turning into a large sky-blue bird, winging towards the sky above the forest.
Soon, Sun Haiying received information from his scouting beast. He could no longer suppress his excitement and told Sun Haotian, "Big Brother, my Blue Wind Beast has investigated clearly. It's a huge bear over five meters tall, and is very strong. It wouldn't be any weaker than mid-tier gold-quality! Perhaps it might even be at mid-tier dark gold-quality!"
"Good, we should be able to hunt it as long as it's not above mid-tier dark gold-quality!"
A hint of excitement shone in Sun Haotian's eyes. He waved his hand fiercely. The gang members quickly took their positions, ready to surround the forest ahead.
Although they wouldn't obtain a beast card from that mid-tier gold-quality or higher exotic beast, the materials they could obtain from its corpse were also worth a lot. It shouldn't be a problem to sell the materials for tens of millions of dollars.
However, as the gang was stealthily moving forward, outflanking their prey, a wave of buzzing sounds suddenly came from the skies above.
"What's that sound?" Sun Haotian and the others were slightly taken aback. They looked up and saw a series of fighter jets in the gloomy skies above, homing in from all directions. Their target was obviously this valley they were in.
"Big Brother, those seem to be military fighter jets. Could it be…" Sun Haiying cried out in shock. Before he could finish his sentence, the rapidly approaching fighter jets fired their autocannons, tongue after tongue of flames raining down upon the valley they were in.
"Shit! Run!" the Haotian Gang members cried out in shock, feeling overwhelmed. They could no longer care about the prey in the forest ahead and ran into the nearby forest in different directions.
However, they were a little too slow. Several of the weaker members were shot. Their beast card armors blocked off some of the bullets at first, then mists of blood sprayed from their bodies, falling to the ground as they cried out miserably.
After all, the gang members were only Tier Three or Four beastmasters. The best beast card armors they had were only at silver-quality. It truly wasn't enough to withstand the concentrated attack from the autocannons.
Sun Haotian and a few of the leading figures, however, were wearing mid-tier gold-quality beast card armors at least. Even if they were struck by the autocannon rounds, they didn't receive much injury, if at all, and successfully escaped into the devastated forest.
"Big Brother, why did the military's people come attack us? Did they find out something we did?" Sun Haiying asked in disbelief while running at Sun Haotian's side at maximum speed. He truly didn't know what the Haotian Gang did that prompted the military to send out aircraft to exterminate them.
Sun Haotian had a grave expression as he ran deeper into the forest, not answering Sun Haiying. He knew that the matter about them helping foreign factions investigate Zhang Che was probably exposed.
-Damn it. Those Bei Mei bastards are really unreliable. Didn't they display really powerful abilities? And they failed, too? If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have coveted that generous reward!-
Sun Haotian was in deep regret. Alas, whatever happened had happened. It was already too late for regrets. He could only hope to escape the pursuit of the fighter jets. Afterwards, he'd immediately find a chance to leave Hua Xia.
In any case, there was quite a lot of good stuff in his storage-type beast card equipment. Even if he went to the unfamiliar foreign lands, he would be able to live a good life.
Moreover, he still had three mid-tier dark gold-quality subdued beasts. It was totally enough for him to establish himself in a foreign country!
-Hmph hmph, the military is really looking down on me, Sun Haotian, too much! They want to kill me with just a few fighter jets?- Just as Sun Haotian was thinking of that, a few sharp whistles suddenly rang out in the skies. A few missiles came flying towards where he and Sun Haiying were, leaving long trails of flame.
Seeing this, Sun Haiying's spirits escaped him.
Sun Haotian didn't mind it. He was wearing a five-star dark gold-quality armor. Those mini-missiles wouldn't be able to penetrate his armor's defenses at all. Even the shockwave from the explosion wouldn't penetrate the armor and hurt him.
Explosion sounds boomed and rumbled, blowing the snow, earth, and trees into the sky. Together with those, the Haotian Gang members were also blown sky-high.
The strongest among those members were only wearing mid-tier gold-quality beast card armors. Even if their armor barely withstood the missiles' explosion, the resulting impact was enough to shatter their bones and organs, killing them instantly!
"Keep bombing all you want. It's best to blow this whole area up. I'll have a chance to escape then!" Sun Haotian ignored the missile explosions around him, only caring to keep running.
In the next moment, however, several powerful auras suddenly appeared in the skies above, making Sun Haotian pale immediately.
That was the powerful aura unique to legend-quality subdued beasts. As the leader of a medium-sized underground gang in Bei Du, Sun Haotian had seen some legend-quality subdued beasts from some big figures, and was very clear on how terrifying those subdued beasts were.
"I'm done for… I didn't expect the military to actually mobilize legend-quality subdued beasts to kill me. There's no way I can escape now!"
Sun Haotian lost all hope. He staggered and fell onto the snow, tumbling a few times. He didn't get up for a long time. He knew he was done for. His Haotian Gang was also finished.
Seeing Sun Haotian falling down, Sun Haiying ran over in a hurry to pick him up, wanting to continue escaping. "Quickly get up, Big Brother. We have to run!"
However, Sun Haotian smiled bitterly, shaking his head, "We can't escape. The military's men have legend-quality subdued beasts…"
After he said that, Sun Haiying's face turned ghostly pale, too…
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Chapter 455: Operation Purification. Dark Gold Fiery Scorpion
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"Legend-quality subdued beast!" Sun Haiying paled after hearing Sun Haotian's words. His legs turned to jelly, and he knelt down on the ground.
He knew it was impossible for him and his Big Brother to escape, no matter what.
"Haiying, it's all big brother's fault, dragging everyone down. I shouldn't have agreed to do those foreigners' work. Otherwise…"
The words of a man on his deathbed always came from his heart. Thinking that he would die here today, Sun Haotian was hopeless and started regretting his actions that had resulted in him dragging his brothers down.
Sun Haiying shook his head, saying, "Don't say that, Big Brother. We agreed to it as well. You can't take the blame alone!"
Seeing Sun Haiying acting so thusly, Sun Haotian smiled sadly, nodded and said, "Good! We'll pay with our lives at the most! Eighteen years later, we'll be brothers again!"
Sun Haiying burst out laughing as well, "Right, we'll be brothers again eighteen years from now!"
In the midst of their laughter, in the skies to behind them, three soldiers with legend-quality subdued beasts had jumped off the fighter planes they were on and were quickly closing in on them.
Sun Haotian suddenly asked, "Haiying, are you scared of death?"
Sun Haiying blanked out for a moment, then laughed, "I'm scared. Only an idiot wouldn't be afraid of dying… No, even an idiot is scared of dying. But, since things are already like this, it's no use being scared, either. My only regret is that I can't be brothers with you for a few more years!"
Sun Haotian burst out laughing, "Hahahaha, good! My good brother! Then I'll send you on your way first. We can't let ourselves die at the hands of those soldiers!"
Done speaking, Sun Haotian thrust the dark gold-quality long knife in his hand into the heart of Sun Haiying under the latter's incredulous gaze and twisted it violently.
Sun Haiying was filled with disbelief. A trail of blood leaked out from the corner of his lips, mumbling, "Big Brother…"
In the next moment, Sun Haotian smiled bitterly as he pulled out the long knife and directly drew it across his own neck. Fresh blood immediately sprayed out like a fountain.
Sun Haiying finally understood. He showed a bitter smile, too. Afterwards, his vision faded to black, falling frontwards to the ground.
When the three squad captains came rushing to the scene, they only saw the two corpses laying on the ground. The smell of blood was thick in the air, giving off a solemn feeling.
"What a pity. Since they had such a spirit of loyalty, why do something as stupid as collude with foreign factions?" one of the squad captains sighed. He waved his hand. A subdued beast came forth and swiped its huge claws, digging a large hole in the ground. They buried Sun Haotian and Sun Haiying's corpses inside.
The execution mission was perfectly accomplished, just like that.The day after the conclusion of the execution mission, the military coordinated with the Bei Du government and launched a massive purification operation, executing large-scale captures and assassinations of some infamous underground factions and solo beastmasters.
There were only slightly more than three years left until the fifth beast swarm, not to mention the demonic army was like a Sword of Damocles hovering over humanity. Those evildoer beastmasters were definitely an extremely unstable element.
During the snow disaster from two days ago, many beastmasters took the opportunity to rob places, or even rape women. The majority of them were members of such underground factions.
At the same time, it wasn't only Bei Du. The military liaised with the local governments across all of Hua Xia and launched a large-scale purification operation.
Of course, the operation only targeted people with evidence tied to their names. As for the factions that were only formed to unite people for self-preservation, the military and government departments only gave them a verbal warning, not taking any actions against them.
Not only that, some factions who had always disliked the tyrannical ways of the infamous gangs, and acted cautiously for the people, even cooperated with the military's operation and helped them lock onto those evil factions, providing them with the most detailed and up-to-date information.
For a time, all of Hua Xia was in fear of the slightest move. All the evil factions or individuals who had committed crimes but left no evidence behind were shaking in fear, not being able to even sleep in peace. They no longer dared to commit evil again.
It could be said that the purification operation that lasted two whole months had reaped a very notable effect in the end."Eh? It's only been a few days; why does the weather feel so much colder all of a sudden?"
Just as he stepped out from the spatial gateway, Zhang Che felt the air was much colder than before. Although he wasn't afraid of the ordinary cold weather given his physique, it didn't mean that he couldn't tell the change in weather.
"Haha, I can watch television again!"
Unlike Zhang Che, who sharply felt the difference in temperature, the elemental queen was cheering, a bright smile on her face.
They had only stayed inside the beast world for about three days, and the elemental queen already felt that she was missing television to death. She was simply like a drug addict. Zhang Che was at a loss for words regarding this.
"Come on, it's not too late to watch after we get in our plane. The travel time is enough for you to watch a full movie," Zhang Che told her, shaking his head when he saw the elemental queen's head was lowered, her eyes brought up close to her personal terminal's display screen. He pulled her to the military camp at the side.
"Aiya, this servant is afraid there won't be enough time, Master. Please just let me watch a little while longer." The elemental queen didn't believe Zhang Che's nonsense. With Dijiang-hao's speed, it wouldn't take them two hours to get to the next city. If she didn't make full use of whatever time she had, she might not be able to finish a full movie!
Zhang Che shook his head, no longer bothering with her.Indeed, when Dijiang-hao landed at the side of the spatial gateway at their next destination, there was still a few more minutes before the movie the elemental queen was watching ended.
Needless to say, Zhang Che waited for that much time before getting out of Dijiang-hao and entering the beast world.Since they had left a little late today, Zhang Che wasn't able to get to the indicated location on the map before the sky turned dark.
While they traveled, Zhang Che knew that they wouldn't be able to reach their destination in time. Thus, he decided to summon the frisky monkey out, ready to scavenge for spiritual herbs along their route.
Alas, they weren't too far from the safety zone. Despite the frisky monkey being able to sense the spiritual fluctuations in a wide area around him, he didn't find many spiritual herbs in the end, not even breaking through two digits.
As for the grades of those spiritual herbs, they were even poorer, barely making it within the standards of spiritual herbs.
"Looks like it isn't very likely for mid and high-grade spiritual herbs to appear in these places. I have to go deep into the beast world again if I want to actually find something worthy."
In fact, Zhang Che had this idea previously, and ended up exploring that peculiar desert in the end. Although he didn't find any high-grade spiritual herbs that time, his gains weren't small, either.
Putting aside the fact that he found a bunch of fire crystals, he even obtained a fantastical lifeform like the elemental queen as his pet, bolstering his combat force!
After shooting a sideways glance at the frisky monkey, Zhang Che shrugged and said, "Hey, don't blame daddy for not finding a spiritual herb for you. There really isn't anything good on our way."
Although he really wanted the frisky monkey to rise in level, or perhaps even in quality as well, it wasn't such an easy matter after all.
Were high-grade spiritual herbs so easy to find?
The number of high-grade spiritual herbs Zhang Che had obtained over the past few months could be counted with his hands, not to mention it was with the help of the frisky monkey's ability. Otherwise, Zhang Che would be considered to have heaven-defying luck if he found even one high-grade spiritual herb!
Unexpectedly, the frisky monkey didn't seem to care whether he could break through. Instead, he rubbed his hands excitedly, looking at Zhang Che in anticipation, saying, "Baba, spiritual honey, roasted meat!"
For a glutton, strength wasn't important. What was most important was delicious food!
Ever since he had tasted the spiritual honey-roasted meat, the frisky monkey's tastebuds were thoroughly conquered, wanting to eat a few meals a day.
So, when he heard Zhang Che's apologetic words, he immediately grew excited. -Baba, you don't have to feel guilty. Just feed me a few more meals of roasted meat!-
Zhang Che nearly rolled his eyes back. Really, eating was all this glutton knew!
However, he had yet to find the high-grade spiritual herb he had promised the frisky monkey after delaying a few days, after all. Zhang Che still had to satisfy the frisky monkey's simple request as best as he could.As a result, in the cave the Purple Crystal Tortoise dug out afterwards, the elemental queen turned into a meat roaster once more, filling the whole cave with the fragrance of roasted meat and spiritual honey.
The elemental queen was indeed a specialist at controlling flames. After this period of time, her achievements at roasting meat had far exceeded the Scarlet Flame Drake, reaching the level of a grand master.
It could be said that the elemental queen had learned by heart how intense of a fire she should use during every minute and second of the process of roasting meat. Roasting the meat to a world-class standard was nothing strange.
Even though Zhang Che had long gotten sick of eating roasted meat a few months ago, he could still eat over a dozen kilograms of spiritual honey roasted meat and still not feel sick of it at all.After a filling meal, Zhang Che recalled the frisky monkey back into his spiritual sea, then took out two sleeping bags from his spatial storage and spread them open in the cave. The master and pet got ready to sleep.
Of course, the elemental queen had no actual need to sleep.
However, after watching Zhang Che sleep a few times, she learned the unique skill of sleeping without anyone teaching her, and she would even wake up a little later than Zhang Che.
It was still early. Naturally the two wouldn't fall asleep so soon. As such, Zhang Che fished out a few books from his spatial storage. He had specially bought them for the elemental queen before embarking on this journey, aiming to help her get rid of her addiction to television.
However, it didn't seem to be going well thus far.
Although the elemental queen had listened to Zhang Che's suggestion and started reading books, it felt like she was reading them half-heartedly, probably thinking of watching television.
Zhang Che didn't bother with her. He sat on top of his sleeping bag, flipping a book open as well and started reading with the help of the flames from the Scarlet Flame Drake, ready to waste some time.
At that moment, a change suddenly occurred in his spiritual sea. Zhang Che looked inside, a warm smile rising on his face.
The Fiery Scorpion Miss Tienan had gifted him in the past was now starting to break through, on its way to becoming a dark gold-quality beast card!
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Chapter 456: Is It Because of Love?
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Counting the days, it had indeed been three months since the Fiery Scorpion advanced to gold-quality.
"Time, oh, time…" Zhang Che sighed for no reason, coming to a realization. It had only been half a year or so since he became a beastmaster. Not much time had passed; what was there to sigh about?
Although the Fiery Scorpion was completely useless to Zhang Che, it was a gift from Miss Tienan back in the day, after all, and it had helped him earn his first bucket of gold. This subdued beast was deeply sentimental to him.
Now, this originally one-star silver-quality beat card was about to break through to three-star dark gold-quality. Zhang Che wondered: if the Fiery Scorpion was at dark gold-quality to begin with, would his development have been even faster?
Random thoughts popped up in his mind, one after another, leaving him with no mood to read anymore.
In fact, Zhang Che had barely read any books since his arrival in this world, not even books like novels or whatnot that were meant to waste time.
It couldn't be helped. As someone who had been baptized by the many mind-blowing webnovels, how could he possibly enjoy traditional novels anymore?
Zhang Che remembered in his previous life, he almost couldn't stand reading traditional literature after he came into contact with web novels, except for some ancient poetry and literary classics.
Admittedly, the ancient Hua Xia culture was truly something worth being proud of. No matter how uncultured someone was, or how much they disliked reading, anyone could see the beauty in some universally appreciated poetry.
While waiting for the Fiery Scorpion to finish its advancement, Zhang Che was bored out of his mind. He turned to look at the elemental queen at the side, and he realized she had already tossed the book aside and closed her eyes to sleep.
It seemed like the elemental queen really had no love for books…
"Forget it. She likes watching television, so be it. It's not really considered a bad habit anyway. It's much better than smoking, drinking, or gambling."The time passed in boredom. Before he realized it, the Fiery Scorpion had completed its advancement.
Zhang Che immediately summoned it out from his spiritual sea. The newly-advanced dark gold-quality Fiery Scorpion was a size bigger than before, exceeding three meters in length with its tail, and standing close to a meter tall on all fours. The color of its carapace had turned bloody red, lustrous and shiny, looking like it was a sculpture crafted from the finest ruby.
"Tsk, tsk. The appearance is pretty cool! Too bad it's limited by its potential and had grown to the height of its ability," Zhang Che shook his head. The Fiery Scorpion's attributes really didn't interest him at all. After breaking through to dark gold quality, there wasn't much change to its stats: its basic attributes only grew a little stronger, and it didn't have a Halo, either. Indeed, its potential was a little too low…[Fiery Scorpion]
Level: Three Star (Level 30)
Quality: Dark Gold
Type: Original Combat Body
Characteristics: Poison Attribute Attacks, Outstanding Carapace Defense
Weakness: Fears Ice Elemental Attacks
Innate Attribute: Enhanced Fire Attribute Toxin, Able to Destroy Enemy's Physical Body Faster
Skill: Penetrative Strike: Stinger's Penetrative Ability is Doubled Upon Activation, Allowing It To Penetrate Its Enemies' Tough Scales, Instantly Pouring Large Amounts of Fire-Attributed Toxin Into Their Body. Cooldown Time: 25 Minutes.
Potential: D Rank"Hmm? Master, you actually have such a weak subdued beast?"
Sensing the weak fire elemental fluctuations coming from the Fiery Scorpion, the elemental queen, who had originally fallen asleep, had sat up without Zhang Che realizing, and looked at the large Fiery Scorpion in the cave in confusion.
She was naturally able to tell with a glance that the fearsome-looking subdued beast was actually very weak. She only needed a casual wave of her hand to burn it to ash.
Thus, she had a question. Why would her master keep such a weak subdued beast at his side, and summon it out to have a look at it in the middle of the night?
The elemental queen was naturally very curious about this. As such, she asked Zhang Che directly.
The subdued beasts Zhang Che had displayed thus far were basically all powerful creatures. The combat-type subdued beasts and pets were at least at legend-quality. Even the relatively weaker frisky monkey had a unique skill of his own, with the ability to search for spiritual herbs in their surroundings. His role was even more important than ordinary epic-quality subdued beasts!
Could it be that this big scorpion had its own unique role as well? But the elemental queen didn't feel that this thing had any use…
Zhang Che didn't find it strange to see the elemental queen had woken up. After all, she was powerful, not to mention her being a fire specialist a few touches stronger than the Scarlet Flame Drake. Since the Fiery Scorpion was also a fire-attributed subdued beast, naturally she could sense it easily.
Of course, even if Zhang Che summoned any random subdued beast or pet the elemental queen had never seen before, she would be able to sense it immediately. Although she had learned to sleep, her alertness wasn't any inferior to when she was awake.
At the elemental queen's question, Zhang Che smiled faintly and said, "Where do I find so many powerful exotic beasts to hunt? Your master, I, is someone who can employ more than ten subdued beasts!"
The elemental queen still couldn't understand the situation. She continued, "But isn't this scorpion too weak? If I'm not wrong, the many exotic beasts Master hunted recently were all many times stronger than this scorpion. Why didn't you swap them out?"
Putting legend-quality or whatnot aside, Zhang Che had obtained many mid-tier gold-quality beast cards. Even mid-tier dark gold-quality cards he had gotten numbered two digits. So, it didn't make sense that he still kept a low-tier scorpion in his ranks, did it?
Hah, there must be a reason why!
Done thinking, the elemental queen's gaze toward the Fiery Scorpion became much more excited. Before Zhang Che could reply to her, she continued, "Ha, I know! Is it because this subdued beast was once Master's strongest beast and is thus unwilling to swap it out, keeping it until now?"
The elemental queen's intelligence was truly not that different from humans. She actually got to the important point right away.
Zhang Che was slightly taken aback, then smiled and nodded, saying, "That is one of the reasons why. More importantly, this Fiery Scorpion was my first subdued beast, and was given to me by Huang Tielan."
-So that's why!- The elemental queen instantly understood a lot. She suddenly said, "Oh, oh, oh. I get it now. The reason why Master keeps this subdued beast around is because of love, huh?
Zhang Che nearly spat out a mouthful of blood at hearing that. -You inhuman woman. You're talking to me about love?-
He cast a glance at the elemental queen, whose flames of gossip were now burning fiercely. He said helplessly, "Do you even know what love is?"
The elemental queen stuck out her chest and said proudly, "Of course I do! I didn't watch all that television for nothing!"
Zhang Che was completely speechless. If he continued letting her indulge herself in television, heavens knew how many more things she'd learn in the future…
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The elemental queen saying it was because of love had given Zhang Che a headache.
He decided that he needed to save her from television. If she continued this way, one of his powerful combat forces would be crippled.
Of course, this wasn't the main point. The key was that she even knew what love was now. What should he do if a day came where she wanted to pursue her own love?
Zhang Che wouldn't deny her this freedom… well, maybe saying that would be going against his conscience a little, but the thing was, was there anyone who could bear the elemental queen's passionate, burning love?
If someone really developed feelings of love for the elemental queen and they were in love with one another, it would really turn out to be like adding firewood to the burning flames. All that would be left would be ash.
It was too dangerous. Zhang Che resolved himself when he thought of the consequences. He had to divert the elemental queen's attention!
So, what should he use to divert her attention? That was a very tricky question…
Books were obviously out of the question. Zhang Che had already tried them. The elemental queen wasn't interested in books at all. Even novels with very high readability would be put down after a few minutes of reading, leaving her about to fall asleep.
Comics? Well, they were also considered a type of book. The elemental queen would probably not be interested in them, either.
If not… games? That seemed very feasible!
No matter how entertaining television was, how could it compare to games? The elemental queen would definitely be drawn into them…
However, Zhang Che couldn't help but hesitate. -Is it really good to do this? Games seem to do more harm than television. Is this considered me trapping an underaged chi… pet?-
Thinking of this, Zhang Che cast a glance at the elemental queen's chest. He shook his head, -Underage my ass. Would any underage woman have such full hills?-
"Gah, what am I thinking!?" Shaking his head, Zhang Che hurriedly shifted his gaze away from the elemental queen's body. That was a mass of raging flames that could burn everything. He mustn't have any thoughts that he shouldn't have, or the consequences would be too horrifying!
"This is tricky. Looks like it really won't be easy to get rid of the elemental queen's addiction to television."
In the end, Zhang Che didn't come to a decision on what he should use to divert the elemental queen's attention, and he fell asleep before he realized it.It was the dawn of another morning.
The group of foreigners who had attacked the villa were all apprehended, and the Haotian Gang was already a thing of the past. Huang Tielan woke up early in the morning and had breakfast, then bade farewell to Sun Lan and let Liu Gang drive her to Bei Du University.
Although Huang Tielan didn't go to school during the past few days, she wasn't lagging behind in her work.
On the contrary, not only did she learn a lot of information about beast card cultivators in advance of the school curriculum, she even studied the attributes of a mid-tier beast card and produced the recipe of its cultivation fluid.
That beast card wasn't one Zhang Che left behind for her. Instead, it was homework Professor Sun Qilong gave to her personally after she mentioned the examination for becoming an intermediate beast card cultivator.
The homework was very simple. Professor Sun gave her a few days' time to figure out the beast card's attributes and write down a cultivation fluid recipe for it. If the ingredients listed down were over ninety-five percent compatible to it, then she'd be allowed to take the examination for becoming an intermediate beast card cultivator.
If she failed to reach the standard, then she had to drop the matter.
After all, although Professor Sun knew Huang Tielan was very gifted in beast card cultivation and was far ahead of her peers, her experience after becoming a primary beast card cultivator was too lacking.
Professor Sun's intentions were that he wanted Huang Tielan to accumulate more experience before taking the examination to become an intermediate beast card cultivator. However, Sun Qilong was unaware of Huang Tielan's little secret. She had Zhang Che's support, giving her countless perfect cultivation fluid recipes and learning from them. At present, she was confident of passing the intermediate beast card cultivator's examination.
Time waits for no man! Miss Tienan was very aware of that truth. Zhang Che's most pressing desire was to have his powerful subdued beasts advance a star tier or two. Although his data eyes showed him the recipes to their respective cultivation fluids, it would be too difficult of a task if Huang Tielan's practical ability wasn't a level higher. Once she became an official intermediate beast card cultivator, Huang Tielan could start learning the more advanced knowledge. It would be very helpful to Zhang Che's cause!After reaching school, Huang Tielan went to Sun Qilong's office directly and expressed her purpose clearly. He couldn't help but sigh slightly when he saw the glint of confidence in the girl's eyes.
She was the most talented beast card cultivator he had ever seen. He was hoping she would spend more time consolidating her foundations first. That way, her future developments would be smoother.
Alas, since Huang Tielan had insisted, he had no way to stop her. He only hoped that she would experience a little setback this time. It would prove to be more beneficial to her future growth.
After receiving the paper and mid-tier beast card from Huang Tielan, Sun Qilong casually put the beast card aside and focused on looking at the paper.
Upon reading it, his expression changed subtly. He had originally thought it would be very difficult for Huang Tielan to research the cultivation fluid recipe for the beast card in only a few days. At the very least, she should have gotten a few things wrong.
Unexpectedly, the ingredients Huang Tielan had listed down on the paper, in addition to their purity and sequence, actually didn't have many obvious mistakes! In other words, if her luck was good enough, there was an extremely high chance of her successfully advancing the beast card to the next star tier, even if the recipe wasn't the most optimal!
Huang Tielan stood at the side, stealing glances and studying Sun Qilong's expression. When she saw the astonishment on his face, she couldn't help drawing back her lips slightly into a smile.
She knew she had passed his test! The next course of action should be to apply to the school to formally take the test to become an intermediate beast card cultivator!
Sun Qilong was still shaking from the shock. He put the paper aside silently, then asked Huang Tielan a series of deep and tricky questions, all of which were related to the beast card and the cultivation fluid recipe.
However, words flowed out from Huang Tielan's mouth like a smooth river, answering Sun Qilong's questions without the slightest hesitation or pause, nor were there any mistakes.
With that, Sun Qilong was finally certain that the recipe was indeed completed by Huang Tielan herself, and not by the hands of someone else.
Sun Qilong could no longer hide the gratified smile on his face.
Although he had hoped for Huang Tielan to settle down for some time to solidify her foundations at the start, now that he had discovered she did indeed have enough experience, in addition to her shocking talent, why not let her have a try at it?
If this little girl could really pass the examination to become an intermediate beast card cultivator in one try, it could be considered as adding to his face too, not to mention having a successor!
"Not bad. Looks like you indeed have the skills to take the examination for intermediate beast card cultivators!"
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Chapter 458: Intermediate Beast Card Cultivator
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Back in the beast world, Zhang Che woke up and had a simple breakfast. Afterwards, he summoned all his capable subdued beasts and pets, raised his arms, and yelled out, "Get to work, everyone!"
Although he had reached the edge of his destination yesterday, it was already too late by the time he arrived. Zhang Che didn't risk hunting any exotic beasts at night. Instead, he rested for the whole night and waited until it was morning before officially starting work.
"Alright, Master. We'll be changing locations after we're done here, yes?" the elemental queen asked in anticipation.
It went without saying that she wasn't really passionate about helping Zhang Che hunt down the exotic beasts. Instead, she wanted to kill all the mid-tier or higher exotic beasts in this area as soon as possible and they'd have to head to their next location. On their way there, she'd be able to watch another movie, or two or three drama episodes!
Naturally Zhang Che could tell what she was thinking. He nodded and said expressionlessly, "That's right. Work hard if you want to watch television!"
Done talking, he waved his hand and flew off on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.It went as usual. Zhang Che and the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon would form a team, the elemental queen had a team of her own, and so did the Scarlet Flame Drake, and the Earthen Rock Demon. They were split into a total of four teams, sweeping through the area with devastating strength.
Every team had epic-quality level combat force among them, ensuring they'd be able to hunt down more exotic beasts in the shortest time possible, greatly increasing their efficiency.
Of course, this was only a tactic that could be used while hunting exotic beasts. After sweeping through the area, Zhang Che could only rely on the frisky monkey for the herb gathering operation that followed, flying across the whole area from top to bottom.
Fortunately, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight was close to Mach 2 speed, greatly reducing the time needed to fly about, not wasting too much of Zhang Che's time.
The four teams rushed out in a grand manner, slaughtering everything in their path. The exotic beasts in this area were in for a bad time.
Zhang Che wasn't worried that any one of his teams would encounter an exotic beast so powerful they couldn't win against it. After all, given each team's strength, there wouldn't be any danger as long as the exotic beasts they encountered weren't at divine-quality.
Of course, if they were really unlucky enough to encounter a divine-quality exotic beast, they wouldn't be able to claim victory even if Zhang Che gathered all his forces in one place.
"Hmm, there shouldn't be any divine-quality exotic beasts here. After all, father-in-law's men investigated the area very clearly before passing on the information to me. Even if there are any divine-quality exotic beasts that love wandering around, it should be impossible for me to bump into them…"As Zhang Che began his massacre of mid-tier and higher exotic beasts in the beast world, Huang Tielan was taking the official intermediate beast card cultivator examination at Bei Du University.
After checking on Huang Tielan's homework, Sun Qilong could only admit, much to his gratification, that this freshman indeed had the skills to take the exam to become an intermediate beast card cultivator.
So, why continue stopping her?The intermediate beast card cultivator examination was split into two parts.
First, the examinee's knowledge and understanding of the system would be tested. After all, there was no need for the examination to go on if the examinee didn't even have a solid foundation in the basic knowledge of the field.
Next was naturally a test on their practical operations.
Bei Du University's Beast Card Cultivation major was one of the top courses in all of Hua Xia in the field. Several of the teachers in the course were members of the Beast Card Cultivators Association, notably Sun Qilong, who was the vice president of the association!
As such, Huang Tielan didn't have to go to the beast card cultivators association, she could take the examination in school directly. As Huang Tielan's teacher, naturally Sun Qilong couldn't preside over the examination. The examining officers consisted of a few other teachers, as well as a member of the association.
After all, although Bei Du University could host the examination, in order to prevent any unwanted controversies, another member of the association was required to come oversee it.
The first portion of the assessment officially started. Huang Tielan was facing the few examiners in front of her, not showing any signs of nervousness. She firmly believed she could become an intermediate beast card cultivator. How could she be held down by a little test on her knowledge?
To paint a better picture, Huang Tielan didn't only study all of the professional knowledge taught during the freshman year. She had also studied much of the knowledge taught in the next three years on her own.
Speaking of her library of knowledge alone, Huang Tielan could totally handle the examination for intermediate beast card cultivators!
The truth was just so. Although the invigilators' questions were very tricky during the exam, and had tested her on much obscure knowledge, Huang Tielan was basically able to answer them all, only making mistakes on two points.
The two mistakes weren't very important knowledge, either. It was just that the knowledge was so minor, Huang Tielan hadn't learned it before.An hour later, the theoretical and understanding portion of the examination was done. Huang Tielan passed with flying colors, getting ninety-five points, and could start on the practical portion of the test.
Due to time constraints, naturally the examiners wouldn't let Huang Tielan concoct the cultivation fluid for a completely unfamiliar beast card. Even someone on the level of Professor Sun Qilong wouldn't be able to research the recipe of an unfamiliar beast card in just a few hours.
Cultivating beast cards wasn't something that could be done overnight to begin with!
The practical exam was separated into two parts. For the first part, the examiners would take out three different mid-tier beast cards and hand out a long list of ingredients. Huang Tielan was required to find as many ingredients needed for the three different beast cards as possible in an hour, and she'd be considered to have passed the test if her completion rate reached sixty percent.
That was undoubtedly something very difficult to do. Even though the examinee was informed of the three beast cards' specific attributes beforehand, not even actual intermediate beast card cultivators could guarantee they'd be able to find the required ingredients for the three beast cards in an hour every time.
Fortunately, Huang Tielan had Zhang Che's help, and had accumulated quite a bit of experience at this. An hour later, her completion rate in finding the ingredients for the beast cards had actually exceeded over seventy percent, easily passing the first part of the test!The second part was naturally the actual practical operation.
Similarly, the examiners gave Huang Tielan a mid-tier beast card, in addition to all the required ingredients. However, she wasn't given the detailed recipe.
This time, the test required Huang Tielan to finish concocting the cultivation fluid in four hours and successfully advance the beast card.
Although all the required ingredients were provided, it was very difficult to complete the task without the detailed recipe. In addition, the examiners only provided her with three sets of ingredients.
In other words, Huang Tielan only had three chances. If she used up all three tries and didn't manage to advance the beast card, then she failed the test!
However, unbeknownst to the examiners, Huang Tielan had a wonderful cheat. That cheat was called Zhang Che. Her practical experience was totally not inferior to some official intermediate beast card cultivators at all. She only used two tries before she succeeded in concocting the cultivation fluid, in addition to advancing that four-star beast card to five-stars, dazzling the examiners.
It was truly too shocking. She was only a student who had enrolled into the course for a semester, and she had actually become a skilled intermediate beast card cultivator! How could anyone not be shocked?
"Congratulations, Huang Tielan! You are now officially an intermediate beast card cultivator! We will do the relevant documents for you within three days. You'll just have to come collect them at the branch in your school!"
The examiners gave their congratulations to Huang Tielan, then started chatting with Professor Sun Qilong, who had been at the examination all this time, congratulating him for taking in a talented student and having someone to pass down everything to.
-Yay!- Huang Tielan cheered inside, picturing herself pumping her fist in the air. She thanked the examiners and Professor Sun Qilong.
-Zhang Xiaoche, I'm an intermediate beast card cultivator from today on! You have to work hard, too!-
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Chapter 459: Vines As Nimble As a Snake
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It went without saying that Zhang Che didn't know Huang Tielan had officially passed her test, and had become the youngest intermediate beast card cultivator in history, raising a rather large commotion at Bei Du University.
It wasn't too much to say that Huang Tielan was now the most famous figure of the student body in Bei Du University. Her fame was even higher than those mid-tier beastmasters studying in the beast card cultivation major!
After all, young beastmasters were common, but such a young beast card cultivator was a first, even looking at all of Hua Xia! Huang Tielan wasn't even nineteen yet, and had become an intermediate beast card cultivator!
Of course, Zhang Che wouldn't find it strange even if he knew about it. After all, Miss Tienan had his help, which was as good as a cheat, and had conducted many practical sessions during a short period of time, in addition to her outstanding talent. Her smooth promotion to an intermediate beast card cultivator wasn't too shocking if you knew about all that.At present, Zhang Che was finishing up the elimination of mid-tier and higher exotic beasts of the area.
Although they were split into four teams, Zhang Che's luck was not bad. They didn't encounter any overly powerful exotic beasts, and not even a single legend-quality exotic beast.
Since the four teams each had epic-quality level combat ability, it simply couldn't be any easier. They easily swept through hundreds of square kilometers in the area.
Zhang Che could faintly sense that he only needed to clean up about eight more of such areas and he'd probably advance to Tier Seven beastmaster.
According to his past record of spending about three days in an area, it meant that he would need a month at most to break through to high-tier beastmaster and gain a huge boost to his strength.
More importantly, after becoming a high-tier beastmaster, he could practice what was only limited to high-tier beastmasters: using soul force to temper their bodies!
Zhang Che was very much anticipating that!
His physique had already reached a superhuman level. If he practiced the soul force body tempering method too, in addition to equipping the Berserker Bear card, he'd probably be able to withstand the attacks of mid-tier dark gold-quality and below exotic beasts without wearing beast card armor!
The revolution was about to succeed. Continue working hard, comrade!
After fantasizing for a while, Zhang Che reunited with the other teams. He recalled the subdued beasts and pets with the exception of the elemental queen and frisky monkey, then flew around on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and began his search for spiritual herbs.
Although the frisky monkey was a glutton, he was very meticulous when it came to searching for spiritual herbs. After all, he also wanted to grow stronger!
After activating his skill, the frisky monkey focused on sensing for a short while. Suddenly, he pointed in a direction excitedly and cried out loudly at Zhang Che, "Baba, baba, that way, that way!"
Seeing the frisky monkey acting so excited, Zhang Che raised his eyebrow and asked just as excitedly, "Is the spiritual force reaction very strong over there? How is its grade? Is it high enough?"
The frisky monkey kept nodding and blinking, so excited that he couldn't speak a word.
After all, his ability to speak was still rather weak. He needed to expend quite a bit of effort just to say a few simple words. Now that he was so excited, he didn't know how to start talking. But, that wasn't important!
Seeing him acting like that, Zhang Che knew they must have discovered a high-grade spiritual herb, potent enough to let the frisky monkey breakthrough!
"Go, go, let's get going!
Zhang Che immediately had the frisky monkey pointed them in the right direction, then patted the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon underneath him. The dragon proceeded to turn into a streak of deep blue light, quickly speeding off in the indicated direction!The spiritual herb wasn't very far away. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew less than three thousand meters before stopping. They didn't need the frisky monkey to pinpoint its exact location, either. Zhang Che could already sense a faint spiritual fluctuation from the valley's complicated terrain ahead.
He had to admit, the Halo attribute the frisky monkey awakened after advancing to dark gold-quality was rather useful. At the very least, Zhang Che could use its ability to find the spiritual herb on his own when they were close, not having to keep relying on the frisky monkey.
-Such a strong spiritual reaction! It feels even stronger than when we discovered the huge ginseng the last time. This is definitely enough to let the frisky monkey break through a star tier directly!- Zhang Che immediately grew excited when he sensed the extremely faint, yet strong spiritual fluctuation.
However, he quickly grew wary. If such a potent spiritual herb was still growing nicely in the valley, it went without saying that a powerful exotic beast must be guarding it!
After all, the stronger an exotic beast was, the more aware of spiritual force they were. Any legend-quality and higher exotic beast would be able to easily sense the spiritual reaction at this level, for instance.
"But I seem to recall passing by this area when I was hunting exotic beasts… I didn't discover any signs of a powerful exotic beast here..?" Zhang Che was confused.
If a powerful exotic beast was really guarding the spiritual herb, it didn't make sense that the nearby mid-tier and higher exotic beasts would be so leisurely in this area. Also, when Zhang Che was hunting exotic beasts, the commotion he caused was certainly not small. It was impossible for the exotic beast inside not be alerted.
-Could it be that the spiritual herb is nearing maturity, and that powerful exotic beast didn't want to stir up trouble for no reason, thus staying in the valley, and not intending to come out?-
"That's possible… It's better to be careful!" Zhang Che nodded slowly as he made sense of it. He didn't rush into the valley recklessly. Instead, he summoned the Purple Jade Condor out and had it fly above the valley to scout things out first.
If the exotic beast inside was too powerful, Zhang Che would have no choice but to give up on that spiritual herb and look for alternatives. After all, no matter how good a spiritual herb was, he had to be alive to enjoy its benefits.
However, when the Purple Jade Condor flew over the valley, it was unable to confirm the situation below at all. A thin layer of fog hung above the valley, in addition to the rich vegetation, shrouding the valley in mystery. The Purple Jade Condor had no way to see the situation inside from above.
"Looks like I have to make a trip inside…" Shaking his head, Zhang Che equipped the Purple-Gold Demonic Armored Worm armor, and recalled the frisky monkey. He flew on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back together with the elemental queen, and they carefully made their way into the mountain woods.
With the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon around, Zhang Che was confident he could turn around and successfully escape if they encountered any danger.As they slowly entered the valley, Zhang Che couldn't help feeling suspicious. They were already inside the valley; why wasn't there any commotion? Not only that, he didn't sense any dangerous auras around, either.
Zhang Che felt a little uncomfortable about that. This made him feel unusually wary, not daring to be careless in the slightest bit.
Suddenly, Zhang Che's eyes narrowed and he looked to his front left. The vegetation there was a little sparse. An exotic beast's pale white skeleton lay scattered on the bare ground, as if its flesh and blood were peeled away.
"Like I said, there's a powerful exotic beast here… no, wait…" Zhang Che's face changed slightly, an indistinguishable glint flashed across his eyes. If that exotic beast was really killed by the powerful beast here, why was such a neat skeleton left behind? Not a single scar could be seen on the ghostly white skeleton!
This was too abnormal!
"Master, watch out!"
Just as Zhang Che's suspicions rose in his heart, he heard the elemental queen crying out from behind him, followed by a rustling noise.
Looking in the direction the sound originated from, Zhang Che was immediately shocked. In the valley ahead, countless vines were closely packed together, swimming towards him as nimbly as snakes and as swift as lightning, bringing with them cold killing intent that sent chills through his heart.
"This… is that a different species of the demonic flower?"
Zhang Che's heart nearly leapt out from his chest. He had a rough idea of the demonic flower's strength. However, these vines were obviously different from the demonic flower. If it was a stronger variety, it wouldn't be easy to deal with…
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Chapter 460: Blood-Sucking Demon Vine
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Zhang Che had, on more than one occasion, seen the kind of demonic flower that could possess humans. He was very clear on its strength. As long as you were able to withstand their mind control, those things were nothing to be afraid of. Their attacking ability wasn't very high.
However, the oncoming vines obviously didn't belong to that type. They were very aggressive!
Zhang Che had only just entered the valley and the vines already came attacking. One could only imagine how huge the vines' main body was. It went without saying it would be extremely strong, too!
Although Zhang Che was confident in his strength, he was a little reserved about going all out without knowing his enemy's strength.
He even thought of the possibility of this being the demons' way to strike again after their failed invasion on Mercury, although Zhang Che knew that it wouldn't be easy for the demons to invade the beast world, either.
However, since those mind-controlling demonic flowers could enter the beast world, why wouldn't any stronger demonic plants be able to do the same?
"Master, let this servant take care of them!"
Countless thoughts flew through Zhang Che's mind in an instant, but the elemental queen behind him didn't care so much. As a fire elemental spirit, the elemental queen was very fond of fighting.
Seeing those vines rushing at them madly so fast, the elemental queen couldn't wait for Zhang Che's reply. Waving both her hands, countless golden scarlet flaming snakes appeared out of nowhere and swept towards those vines.
Fire restrained wood. No matter how peculiar those vines' attacking method was, the elemental queen was confident the vines wouldn't be able to reach her, or hurt her master.
The truth justified her beliefs.
When the elemental queen's fire snakes swept out, it was like the vines had seen the snake spirits of heaven and earth. Every one of them twisted about, evading the golden scarlet flames in extreme fear.
"Good, not bad!" Zhang Che praised out loud when he saw this, disregarding what he thought before.
Although his scarlet sword was fully capable of cutting down those vines as well, and was also fast as lightning, it wouldn't be as easy as how the elemental queen had done it. After all, there were too many of those vines. They were spread all over, extending out from the depths of the valley with seemingly no end to them. Anyone who saw them would feel their scalps turn numb.
"Master, watch me burn them to ash!" The elemental queen was excited after receiving Zhang Che's praise. She waved her hands again, summoning more golden scarlet flames out of thin air. They spread out into a sea of flames and swept forth.
A wave of crackling noises rang out. The vines were unable to evade in time, and most of them were caught up by the flame snakes and were burned to ash instantly. The remaining vines instantly retreated deeper into the valley.
Those vines weren't the only things burned. The nearby vegetation were devastated, too. A large spread of it was burned to nothing by the terrifyingly hot golden scarlet flame snakes, turning a verdant piece of land to white ground. Even the earth underneath had crusted from the heat.
Zhang Che was a little lost for words at the sight.
If there were any environmental organizations present, wouldn't they reprimand him harshly for damaging the land?
Luckily, the vegetation in the beast world would only wither away when burned, or directly turn to ash. There was no need to worry about causing a fire.
"Master, do we give chase?" the elemental queen asked in anticipation when she saw the vines shrinking back into the depths of the valley.
Zhang Che nodded, "Chase! Of course we're chasing! There's a high-grade spiritual herb in there waiting for me to harvest!"
If it were any other time, Zhang Che would really consider the risks involved first. However, there was a spiritual herb potent enough for the frisky monkey to break through inside. Naturally he didn't want to give it up so easily!
Moreover, he had a powerful combat force at his side who happened to counter those plant-type things. He didn't have to be scared of any tricks deeper in the valley.
Even if those vines were plants from the demon world, so what? A fire would get rid of them all!
Well, if a fire wasn't enough, then two would do the job!The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew unhurriedly further into the valley, ferrying Zhang Che and the elemental queen. On the way, Zhang Che saw more exotic beast skeletons.
Those exotic beast skeletons all had a similarity: the skeletons were basically preserved perfectly. It was rare to see any defects on them. Obviously there wasn't much resistance put up before they were killed, and their flesh and blood consumed by the vines.
As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew deeper, rustling noises could be heard from ahead from time to time. However, the anticipated ambush never came. The vines' main body must have realized the elemental queen's flames were tough to deal with and it chose not to risk itself.
However, Zhang Che didn't mind that. Since the vines' main body was unwilling to come out, he'd just push his way in!
In any case, his objective was the spiritual herb. Whether the vines' main body decided to fight or escape in the end didn't actually matter much.As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon flew deeper and deeper into the valley, the vines didn't come out to stop them. This made Zhang Che feel a little suspicious inside.
-Could it be that its intelligence is really so high, knowing that it can't win against me and decided to hide itself like a tortoise, not showing its face?-
Just as he thought of that, loud rustling noises suddenly rang in all directions at the same time. Countless vines rushed out, densely packed, yet the end of them couldn't be seen, like countless long green snakes shooting out.
"Damn, you think you can succeed by relying on an ambush?" Zhang Che curled his lips in disdain. Without needing any instructions from him, the elemental queen behind him raised her hands and tongues of golden scarlet flames appeared out of nowhere, and a huge fireball exploded, streaking in all directions.
For a time, intense crackling noises rang out everywhere. Countless vines were burned to ash during their rush.
This time, however, the remaining vines didn't retreat, and continued rushing forward endlessly.
Suddenly, the elemental queen exclaimed in shock, "Master, the surrounding fire elements are isolated away. I can't get replenished and won't be able to hold on for long!"
Zhang Che's heart jumped. -That demon plant is actually this powerful!-
"Let me!" he yelled. The scarlet sword light came flying out from his brow, sweeping around him, cutting down a large spread of vines.
Not only that, a thick aura of murder was being emitted by the scarlet sword light. The leftover parts of the cut vines were unable to continue acting as they wished, and had no choice but to retreat.
"Go, charge in there and snatch the spiritual herb!" Zhang Che instructed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon. He didn't dare to stay here for too long. The group quickly shot in the direction the spiritual reaction was coming from.
Zhang Che no longer cared whether they could kill the plant demon. All that mattered was snatching the spiritual herb!
With the elemental queen's flames and the scarlet sword light's attacks, Zhang Che progressed through the valley very quickly. Not even a minute later, he could already sense the intense spiritual reaction.
The spiritual herb was right in front of them!
With a shout, the golden vortex in Zhang Che's spiritual sea suddenly erupted. The scarlet sword light suddenly shone brightly, its power increased by more than thirty percent. Instantly, not a single vine remained intact within a hundred-meter radius of Zhang Che.
In the next moment, Zhang Che finally saw the spiritual herb. However, what he saw had surprised him so much his eyes nearly popped out.
"Th-thi-this… what the heck is this!?"
That wasn't a freaking spiritual herb at all! It was clearly the huge main body of the demonic vines, rising up a few dozen meters away from Zhang Che. The strong spiritual fluctuations were coming from its body!
Not only that, the vines weren't the demonic plants he had thought they were earlier, either!
That thing was actually an exotic beast… well, perhaps it wasn't very accurate to say that it was an exotic beast. It should be considered an evolved plant in the beast world, because Zhang Che's data eyes were actually able to see the large vines' attributes!
Its name was the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine!
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Chapter 461
: Demon Vine Essence. Gluttony Monkey Advances
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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Zhang Che had not expected at all that the main body of the vines was actually the source of the spiritual energy.
What was even more unexpected was that the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was clearly a plant, yet Zhang Che's data eyes displayed some simple attributes to him!
Although those attributes was indeed extremely simple, only showing its name and some characteristics, it was shown to him nonetheless. That was very unusual. To put it in perspective, his data eyes had showed no reaction when Zhang Che came across the demonic flowers in the past.
-Looks like there are still many mysterious layers undiscovered in the beast world,- Zhang Che sighed inwardly. Even now, beastmasters had only explored tens of thousands of kilometers into the beast world at the most. Those who did were all the best of the high-tier beastmasters. Among the ordinary beastmasters, there weren't many who explored even several thousand kilometers deep, let alone ten thousand kilometers!
In the gap of those several thousand kilometers, legend-quality, or even epic-quality exotic beasts, were already not uncommon. Some had even spotted divine-quality exotic beasts before.
What about ten thousand kilometers deep? Or places beyond that?
No one knew exactly how vast the beast worlds were. What exactly was in those places so deep into the beast world that they were unreachable? No one knew…
Perhaps even those rare divine-quality beastmasters weren't clear about the secrets in the true depths of the beast world.
"Why think so much? I'd better take care of this Blood-Sucking Demon Vine first and let the frisky monkey have a good meal!" Zhang Che shook his head, not worrying so much.
The Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's strength was clear in his data eyes. It had reached epic-quality, and emitted strong spiritual waves. If he could kill it and obtain the demon vine's essence, it shouldn't be a problem for the frisky monkey to advance.
While Zhang Che was thinking all that, the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine opposite him was obviously not fond of his intrusion. It waved its countless vines about, launching a crazed attack on him. Alas, the elemental queen used the last of her strength to summon her golden scarlet flames and stopped them all.
The elemental queen had said earlier that the fire elements nearby were isolated by the Blood-Sucking Demon Vines by some unknown methods. She had lost her sustainability in fights, and wasn't able to hold on for much longer.
Since the elemental queen couldn't fight for long, then let the powerful combat forces who could do it!
The golden vortex was filled with energy. Zhang Che had no problem in fighting a long drawn-out battle. "Kill!" With a loud cry, the scarlet and white sword burst out with a resplendent light, and flew forth.
At the same time, Zhang Che felt he wasn't secure enough. The main thing was, he didn't want to drag the matter out. Thus, he summoned the Earthen Rock Demon out as well.
That fellow was an earth-attributed subdued beast. As long as it stood on earth, there was no need to worry about running out of earth elements to use. Once it was summoned out, at Zhang Che's order, it strode forth with long steps, reaching out and grabbing the oncoming vines like it was grasping a handful of grass, pulling and snapping them.
Zhang Che wasn't satisfied with just that. He also ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to use his Extreme Yin Ray skill, shooting at the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's main body.
Although the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was a little peculiar, being a plant that resembled an exotic beast, it would most likely suffer quite a bit from an extremely cold attack like the Extreme Yin Ray.
It was indeed the case.
After the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Extreme Yin Ray struck the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's main body, the countless vines slowed down noticeably. Zhang Che grabbed the opportunity and had the scarlet and white sword sweep across them, cutting down most of them.
The Earthen Rock Demon let out a silent roar. Electric light shone in its hands. A huge rock spear with the powers of lightning coursing through it suddenly appeared, and it hurled the spear at the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's main body violently.
The Blood-Sucking Demon Vine sensed the danger. However, its main body was slow. Naturally it wasn't able to dodge an attack like that.
However, the plant had certain degree of intelligence, after all. It knew to move its countless vines to form a densely packed green shield in front of its main body.
BAM! A deafening bang rang out! The shield formed from countless vines was instantly punched through by the lightning spear, leaving a hole behind. Afterwards, without losing any momentum, it plunged into the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's main body.
Large amounts of green fluids spattered in all directions. The vines on the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine stirred crazily, as if it was letting out a miserable shriek.
"Die!" Zhang Che yelled. The scarlet and white sword no longer attacked the vines swinging about in the air. Instead, it directly streaked towards a certain part of the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's main body at Zhang Che's command.
His powerful spiritual sense let him vaguely discover where the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's weakness was. He quickly made his attack, aiming right at the vitals.
The sword flew out; the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine sensed the grave impending danger.
However, given the scarlet and white sword's lightning-fast speed, it couldn't dodge in time at all, and was slashed at its root. Afterwards, its huge body was directly split in half, collapsing to the ground.
However, the grave injury wasn't enough to kill the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine on the spot.
Before its death, it launched a crazed, final counterattack. Countless vines danced about like mad demons, all of them lashing towards Zhang Che!
A concentrated sharp whistle rang out. Zhang Che wasn't afraid at all, however. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, revealing a mocking smile. All of a sudden, the Earthen Rock Demon's enormous figure stood in front of Zhang Che, shielding him.
A wave of crackling noise rang out endlessly. Countless bits of rock, big and small, scattered from the attacks on the Earthen Rock Demon's body, but the attacks weren't able to hurt its foundations at all.
Meanwhile, Zhang Che took the opportunity and slashed with the scarlet and white sword once more, finally killing the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine.
When everything settled and peace returned, Zhang Che let out a long breath.
For his first time facing this kind of plant-type exotic beast… well, maybe referring it as an exotic beast wasn't appropriate, but Zhang Che really couldn't find a better term for it, and thus categorized it as an exotic beast… At the start, he actually didn't know how to look for the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's weakness. According to the usual practices, plant-type objects were surely vulnerable to flames. However, the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was obviously not very scared of the elemental queen's attacks.
Fortunately, he had a strong spiritual sense, and had the golden vortex. With a flash of inspiration, he had found the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's weakness and slashed twice at it, successfully killing it.
"Hmm? It actually gave soul force points!"
At the moment the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was killed, a notification rang out in Zhang Che's mind, informing him of his obtaining of the soul force points, surprising him.
It seemed like classifying the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine as an exotic beast wasn't wrong after all…
Receiving the notification of killing the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine meant that it couldn't be any more dead. It was impossible for it to be feigning death. Zhang Che lowered his guard, directing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly over.
Immediately, he looked at the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's several-meters-wide body. Its midsection was emitting thick spiritual fluctuations.
-It seems the spiritual reaction comes from the inside of the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's body. In that case, it can't be a parasitic spiritual herb. Could it be that this plant-type exotic beast mutated from a spiritual herb?- Although he guessed that, he wasn't certain whether it was true, since the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was the first plant-type exotic beast he had ever seen.
"Why think so much? Let's see what exactly is in that fellow's body!" Zhang Che pouted, and stopped worrying about pointless things. He walked up and found the correct position, slashing down with the scarlet and white sword. The Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was cut in half, exposing the area emitting the spiritual waves.
An extremely concentrated burst of blood-colored light shone from where the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine was sliced open.
Zhang Che walked up, carefully controlling the scarlet and white sword to shave away layer after layer of the fibers on the outside. Soon, an oval-shaped red crystal appeared in his sight.
Zhang Che suddenly had an absurd thought. -This thing… could it be the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's heart?-
However, the red crystal could be referred to as its heart. After all, it should be the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's energy core. Perhaps it was the energy essence converted from all the exotic beasts it had killed.
Zhang Che didn't know whether the frisky monkey could eat it. He summoned the pet with a wave of his hand, letting him judge for himself.
In any case, this monkey was very smart. Surely he could tell what he could or could not eat at a glance.
As he had expected, the frisky monkey immediately cried out excitedly when he saw the red energy essence in Zhang Che's hand. "Baba, eat, eat!"
Obviously, the heart's effect wasn't very different from spiritual herbs. The frisky monkey could eat it.
Since that was so, Zhang Che didn't waste any time and directly stuffed the fist-sized red crystal into the frisky monkey's hand. Afterwards, the frisky monkey directly opened his mouth wide, swallowing the red crystal down.
In the next moment, a violent yet pure energy wave erupted from the frisky monkey's body, scaring him into turning into a dark golden ray of light and directly entering Zhang Che's spiritual sea.
"Such a strong eruption of energy! The frisky monkey should be able to advance a star tier, right?" Zhang Che smiled at the thought of it.
Perhaps the frisky monkey wouldn't advance only a star tier. After all, he was only at three-stars and was considered a low-tier exotic beast. After absorbing the energy essence of an epic-quality exotic beast all of a sudden, it was impossible for him to only advance a star tier!
Zhang Che didn't go anywhere after the frisky monkey returned to his spiritual sea. He decided to wait for his pet to finish advancing in this devastated valley. After all, there should be quite a number of lesser spiritual herbs in the area. He needed to wait for the frisky monkey to guide him after he was done advancing and gather them all.The wait lasted about an hour.
When the frisky monkey appeared before Zhang Che once more, the latter immediately realized the monkey had directly grown a whole size larger.
Previously, the frisky monkey stood about a hundred sixty centimeters tall, with an average build. At this moment, the frisky monkey was even taller than Zhang Che, standing about two meters tall. His figure resembled that of a bodybuilder, with bulging muscles under his body hair. One look and anyone could tell the frisky monkey was filled with explosive strength!
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Chapter 462: Stronger, and Uglier
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"Baba, I, stronger!" the frisky monkey cried excitedly to Zhang Che after getting a feel of his much stronger body.
However, Zhang Che's brow was furrowed.
"Not good looking. He doesn't look cute at all now…"
All of a sudden, the frisky monkey turned from a little exquisite monkey into a gorilla. That ugly face which originally had a hint of cuteness to it had become an utter tragedy!
How wronged the frisky monkey must feel!
-I finally advanced after much difficulty, and in the end master daddy you only cared whether I looked good or cute?-
Zhang Che let out a long sigh. -How I miss the old frisky monkey. His current appearance is really too ugly! So ugly that I can't look at him straight!-
As for the point about the frisky monkey having grown stronger, Zhang Che really didn't care about that. He already had a bunch of powerful subdued beasts and pets. Having one more or not made no difference.
Moreover, this fellow's strength was far from comparable to the likes of the Scarlet Flame Drake and the others. How useful could he be?
However, when he saw the grief on the frisky monkey's face, Zhang Che couldn't bear to continue hurting him. He nodded and said, "Not bad. You really advanced two star tiers in one go. When you finally advance to legend-quality some day, you'd really possess powerful strength then."
After consuming the Blood-Sucking Demon Vine's essence, the frisky monkey had directly advanced two star tiers, as Zhang Che had expected, and he became a five-star exotic beast.[Gluttony Monkey]
Level: Five Star (Level 50)
Quality: Dark Gold
Characteristics: Lively and Mischievous, Extremely Skilled at Climbing, Excels in Finding All Kinds of Fruits and Spiritual Herbs
Weakness: Poison Attribute Attacks From Beasts of the Same Level and Quality
Innate Attribute: Spiritual Reaction, Able to Sense the Fluctuations of Spiritual Herbs Within a 2,000 Meter Radius.
Skill: Superstrong Spiritual Reaction. Able to Sense the Spiritual Fluctuation of All Spiritual Herbs Within a 15,000 Meter Radius After Activation and be Aware of Their Exact Location. Cooldown Time: 12 Hours.
Halo: Spiritual Force Sensitivity
Potential: B Rank{ TLN : Level is unconfirmed. Author updated star tier but not exact level.}
However, an increase in level wasn't comparable to an upgrade in quality, after all. The growth of his strength wouldn't be too noticeable.
The range of the frisky monkey's passive spiritual sense increased from fifteen hundred meters to two thousand meters. It was better than nothing. Meanwhile, the range of his skill increased by five kilometers, reaching fifteen kilometers radius. That search range had increased by a large margin!
With that, Zhang Che would be much faster at searching and gathering spiritual herbs in the future. Other than that, there weren't many differences in the frisky monkey's attributes.
Seeing the nonchalant look on Zhang Che's face, the frisky monkey knew his master daddy didn't seem very satisfied with his growth.
-But what can I do about this? An increase in level isn't as good as an upgrade in quality. It is basically impossible for my attributes to improve significantly. Moreover, my strength has already grown to a terrifying degree. If I have a strong bow equipped, I can probably even injure a mid-tier legend-quality exotic beast, can't I?-
When he thought of that, the frisky monkey immediately grew excited and cried out loud, "Baba, bow, bow!"
-What are you going on about, talking about male and female?!-
{ TLN: Bow has the same pronunciation as male.}
That fellow's ability to speak didn't improve at all. Zhang Che didn't understand the frisky monkey immediately and couldn't react to it. It was only when the frisky monkey used his hands to gesture himself drawing a bow that he reacted to it, understanding the monkey's meaning.
"Right! This fellow is a few sizes bigger now. His strength must be at an even more terrifying level. I wonder how strong a bow he can draw now?"
Thinking of that, Zhang Che began looking forward to seeing it.
In the past, his subdued beasts and pets had grown too fast too quickly. Zhang Che had put the matter about using bows and arrows aside.
After all, although the arrows shot by him and the frisky monkey were extremely powerful, they could only cause harm to mid-tier dark gold-quality exotic beasts at the most. Legend-quality beasts wouldn't be hurt at all.
As a result, the Falling Star Model X and Fallen Star bows had been stowed away in his spatial storage for a very long time without being used. Zhang Che had nearly forgotten about them.
Now that the frisky monkey had jumped from three-stars to five-stars directly, in addition to him being at dark gold-quality, his strength must have increased by a huge margin.
Muttering to himself, Zhang Che took out the Falling Star Model X bow.
The frisky monkey received it happily, holding the bow with one hand and sticking out his thumb on the other, hooking it onto the drawstring. He pulled on it lightly, and the super strong bow was easily drawn by the frisky monkey.
"Damn!" Zhang Che was really surprised. The new Falling Star Model X had a maximum draw weight of thirty-two hundred kilograms! Although the frisky monkey could draw it easily in the past, he couldn't do it with just a finger!
Judging from the frisky monkey's performance, it seemed he still had strength to spare.
"Hah, not bad! When we return, we'll go test your draw weight and custom order a real superstrong bow for you. That way, you'll be able to display extremely terrifying combat force!"
Zhang Che felt he might have been a little too reserved in his guess. Based on the strength the frisky monkey had displayed, if he was equipped with a superstrong bow, perhaps even legend-quality exotic beasts would be easily sniped by him, and maybe even epic-quality exotic beasts might be threatened!
Of course, Zhang Che wasn't exactly sure how strong the frisky monkey was. So, he still had to wait until they got back to conduct the proper tests to know.
"Daddy, I, strong, no ugly!" the frisky monkey argued excitedly after displaying his strength. {TLN: Yes, he's pronouncing daddy correctly now!}
From his perspective, now that he was stronger, he shouldn't be considered ugly, right?
Zhang Che nodded expressionlessly, "Mmm, not ugly!"
However, he cursed inside, -No matter how freaking strong you are, that face of yours is still a tragedy! Return me my cute little frisky monkey!-
Hearing Zhang Che's untruthful words, the frisky monkey couldn't be any happier. He jumped around nimbly, doing about a dozen flips consecutively in the air and landing easily.
With that huge body, he was actually able to move as nimbly as a gymnast. It really made the frisky monkey seem like he wasn't that ugly.
"Come on, let's go. Stop showing off. We still have to gather spiritual herbs." Zhang Che cast a glance at the frisky monkey, then turned to jump onto the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back, ready to continue gathering spiritual herbs.
They had only visited this place because the spiritual fluctuations were the strongest here. There were surely many more spiritual herbs to be found in the area.
"Daddy, wait for me!"
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was already ready to take off when Zhang Che jumped onto the former's back. The frisky monkey cried out and jumped over in a hurry, directly sitting on the dragon's back, his position less than a meter away from the elemental queen.
Society judged heavily on appearance. Sensing the frisky monkey coming up behind her, the elemental queen turned her head around and shot a glare at him, scaring him into shivering all over. He could only shift backwards a little, not daring to get too close to this flame demon.
Well, in Zhang Che's eyes, the elemental queen was an absolute beauty, but to the frisky monkey, she was covered in flames, someone he couldn't afford to offend!Under the frisky monkey's guidance, Zhang Che in turn directed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon and scavenged the surrounding hundreds of square kilometers, obtaining dozens of spiritual herbs.
This area was probably advantageous for growing spiritual herbs. Of the herbs he found, a third of them were actually mid-grade spiritual herbs, leaving Zhang Che smiling so widely his eyes couldn't be seen.
However, they didn't discover any high-grade spiritual herbs, which left him slightly regretful as well. Naturally, one needed some luck to come across a high-grade spiritual herb. It was a rare resource in the beast world.
Of course, Zhang Che couldn't say for sure that there weren't more high-grade spiritual herbs deeper in the beast world. After all, he was only thousands of kilometers deep into the beast world. Compared to the whole beast world, perhaps he was only at the edge of it.After gathering all of the spiritual herbs in the area, Zhang Che instructed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to return to the safety zone along the route they took when they entered.
The mid-tier and higher exotic beasts, as well as the spiritual herbs, were all swept away. It was time to change locations.
No, not right. It was time to return to Bei Du and custom order a real superstrong bow for the frisky monkey!
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Chapter 463: Shocking News. Surprise. Strength Test
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
On the 8th November, Year 36 of the New Era…
Around noon, Zhang Che gradually closed in on the safety zone flying on the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, with an excited elemental queen sitting behind him.
The elemental queen was getting excited, thinking about watching television once they exited the beast world, wanting to hug Zhang Che's back to thank him.
Seeing there were more and more people in his sight, Zhang Che instructed her expressionlessly without turning back, "Cover your face."
"Oh." The elemental queen conjured a fire elemental veil somewhat unwillingly, covering her beautiful face.
Truthfully, with her devilish figure, she might draw even more attention onto herself after covering her face. Sometimes, it was even more alluring when only a faint appearance was shown. If everything was exposed, it might not be as attractive.
As such, Zhang Che continued, "Oh, right, change the style of your clothing, too. Don't be so revealing."
"Heehee! Does Master only want to see for himself?" the elemental queen giggled. Although she was teasing Zhang Che, she still conjured a long robe obediently and covered up her slender body thoroughly.
With that, the elemental queen's charm was completely hidden, not drawing anyone's attention. But, this woman actually dared to tease him?
-She's getting bolder by the day!-
Zhang Che turned his head around, giving her a fierce stare. However, the elemental queen wasn't intimidated at all. She even breathed out from her mouth intentionally, lifting her veil slightly and revealing her seductive red lips.
"Damn it, I absolutely can't let her watch television anymore. She's learned all the bad things!" Zhang Che grit his teeth, deciding that he had to reorganize himself after returning. He had to find something to divert the elemental queen's interest and re-educate her on expressing herself. He definitely couldn't let her learn from those seductive characters on television, or wouldn't she become so audacious in the future that she'd find her way into his bed in the middle of the night?
That was absolutely intolerable!As the master and servant teased one another, they soon arrived at the safety zone.
Zhang Che and the elemental queen hopped off of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's back together. Afterwards, the dragon turned into a mass of rainbow light and flew back into Zhang Che's spiritual sea, and the two walked towards the crowd to the spatial gateway.
Seeing the two coming over, the people nearby hurriedly gave way to them. They were experts with an epic-quality subdued beast! Who would dare fight them to cross the spatial gateway first? If these two were the vengeful type and remembered their faces, they could forget about having peaceful days in the future!
Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Zhang Che raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to have such an effect. If he had known about this earlier, he wouldn't have asked the elemental queen to cover herself with a veil and long robe. Even if she was walking stark naked at his side, there wouldn't be many who dare to steal a glance at her.
In the past, Zhang Che had always summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon further out from the safety zone, and thus he didn't cause a huge commotion. From the looks of it, the intimidation aspect of an epic-quality subdued beast was really impressive!As they crossed the spatial gateway, Zhang Che's personal terminal immediately vibrated. When he saw the message Huang Juyun had sent him, his complexion instantly changed.
"What!? That faction from the Bei Mei region actually sent people to attack the villa!?"
Although Huang Juyun had clearly stated that Liu Gang's squad had easily fended off the ambushers, and that his mother Sun Lan and Huang Tielan were safe, Zhang Che was still furious. A chilling aura immediately erupted from his body.
The expressions of the beastmasters who came walking out of the spatial gateway quickly changed one after another, hurriedly walking around Zhang Che, afraid of offending the enraged beastmaster.
Sensing his fury, the elemental queen at the side hurriedly asked, "Master, what happened?" On television, it was said that the subjects would give their lives to take revenge for the humiliation their masters suffered. -Who actually dared to make my master so angry? I have to find them and burn them to ash!-
"Some people think they've lived too long a life! Come, we'll go back first! We'll talk about this on the way." Zhang Che had a dark expression, and was not in a hurry to explain the situation. He walked to the military camp at the side quickly.
The elemental queen hurriedly followed behind, not in the mood to watch television.Shortly afterwards, Dijiang-hao rose to the skies, speeding off in Bei Du's direction.
Zhang Che had briefly explained the matter to the elemental queen. After hearing about the origins of the matter, a strong wind suddenly blew inside Dijiang-hao. It was the fire elements in the surroundings, on the verge of eruption.
The elemental queen grit her teeth. "Those people are quite daring! Master, should we fly over immediately and teach them a lesson?!"
"Keep calm. Are you trying to burn my aircraft?" Zhang Che glared at the elemental queen after sensing the rampaging fire elements in her body, annoyed. Afterwards, he said, "The time is not ripe. After this ambush, they'll surely be on guard against our revenge. I'm not strong enough yet. With them on their guard, I might not be able to gain any advantage. It's better to wait until I'm a Tier Seven beastmaster first."
Seeing Zhang Che had decided what to do, the faintly rampaging fire elements in the elemental queen's body quickly calmed down. She nodded in agreement, "That's right. As Master has said, the enemies definitely have a number of high-tier beastmasters. They will surely have more than a handful of epic-quality subdued beasts as well. We really don't seem to have a chance against them if we strike now."
"Mmm. We'll wait for Master to advance to Tier Seven beastmaster first, then we'll go crush them!" The elemental queen even swung her little fist fiercely.
Unlike her appearance, she was really fond of fighting. She actually grew so excited that she even forgot about watching television after hearing about going to find trouble with others!
Zhang Che couldn't help but turn to look at the elemental queen with a renewed, curious gaze. However, in the next moment, she suddenly opened her personal terminal and quickly searched for a romance film, watching it intently.
"Okay… I must be out of my mind, to actually think she would forget about watching television…"The journey was a silent one. Dijiang-hao flew at extreme speed tens of kilometers up in the sky. A little less than four hours later, they landed at Bei Du Airport.
After walking out from the runway, he saw Liu Gang waiting outside in a respectful manner.
Zhang Che and the elemental queen nodded at Liu Gang in acknowledgment. After getting inside the car, they directly drove off towards the villa.
In the car, Zhang Che opened the soundproofing partition in between the front and back seats and said to Liu Gang, "Big Brother Liu, thank you guys so much for that matter!"
Liu Gang didn't dare to take credit for it. He hurriedly answered respectfully, "You're too kind, Zhang-shao. This is our responsibility. Moreover, it was all thanks to the two epic-quality beast cards Zhang-shao left behind. Otherwise, we might not have been able to capture those ambushers so easily."
Ever since Huang Juyun had assigned the three of them to Zhang Che, they knew their lives would be thoroughly tied to Zhang Che if nothing unexpected happened.
Obviously, following a powerful beastmaster with unlimited potential like him was many times better than staying in the Huang family, not to mention they were all equipped with legend-quality subdued beasts shortly after becoming Zhang Che's men. Some time later, he even left two epic-quality beast cards for them, even though the main reason was to ensure his mother's safety.
However, that level of generosity wasn't something ordinary people could compare to!After returning to the villa, Zhang Che saw that his mother wasn't affected by the ambush from before, and finally relaxed. At the same time, he decided that he'd have to make a trip to Bei Mei once more after he rose to Tier Seven beastmaster and became stronger to get back at them.
If he didn't teach them a lesson, heavens knew what kind of tricks they'd pull next time! Zhang Che wanted them to know that a dragon's reverse scale was untouchable!
Shortly after, Huang Tielan's voice suddenly rang out from outside as Zhang Che chatted with his mother, "I'm back, Zhang Xiaoche!"
"You're back, Xiaolan! You two talk. I'll go prepare dinner." Sun Lan stood up tactfully, leaving the two youngsters alone and going into the kitchen.
"Hah, are you especially happy seeing that I'm back?" Zhang Che couldn't help teasing when he saw Huang Tielan was so excited.
"Shameless. Who cares if you're back," Huang Tielan gave him a sideways glance. Afterwards, she said happily, "Zhang Xiaoche, this Miss here is already an intermediate beast card cultivator. Don't make me angry, or you won't have anyone to help you advance your subdued beasts!"
"What? You've already passed the exam for intermediate beast card cultivator?" Zhang Che was totally surprised. Although he knew Huang Tielan was extremely talented in that field, he truly didn't expect her to become an official intermediate beast card cultivator after having not seen her for only a few days.
"Of course! This Miss is a one-in-a-century genius beast card cultivator!" Huang Tielan answered proudly, raising her head high.
"Tsk, tsk! Not bad, not bad! Our Miss Tienan is indeed the best!" Zhang Che smiled. He took two steps forward and gently brought Huang Tielan into his embrace.
At this moment, a head stuck out from upstairs. The elemental queen said with a pure face, "Eww, Master, the two of you are so mushy. I can't watch my television."
Zhang Che was frustrated! The nice atmosphere was ruined by her just like that. She really was getting more and more impudent. Zhang Che shot a glare at the elemental queen on the second story fiercely, but the latter wasn't afraid at all. She giggled and retracted her head, continuing to watch her romance film.
Huang Tielan had a streak of black lines on her forehead, too. The good mood from reuniting after a short absence was thoroughly destroyed. She pushed Zhang Che away and ran off into the kitchen to help Sun Lan cook.
Zhang Che was speechless. That pet of his was really too much. It seemed very necessary to give her a good spanking on her butt!The next morning, Huang Tielan went back to school, while Zhang Che drove to a weapon shop in Bei Du.
He was going to buy a strength-testing device to see how strong the frisky monkey's arms were, in order to customize a superstrong bow for him later on, allowing the monkey to display some powerful force in combat as well.
After all, having a powerful long range attack was oftentimes pretty advantageous!
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Chapter 464: Twenty Thousand Kilograms!
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
Sitting in the passenger seat, seeing Zhang Che driving skilfully and nimbly shuttling through the streets, the elemental queen suddenly asked eagerly, "Master, may I learn to drive?"
Zhang Che was elated at hearing that.
-Hmm? This woman is actually interested in driving. Will she forget about television after learning how to drive?-
"Sure. Your Master, I, is a veteran driver. I'll definitely teach you properly if you want to learn!"
The elemental queen immediately showed an anticipatory look on her face, nodding, "You're a veteran driver, Master? I can't tell?"
"Tch. You're looking down on me, huh? Let me tell you…"
In the midst of his sentence, Zhang Che suddenly felt something amiss. He took a second look at the elemental queen's face and saw her smiling mischievously. He sighed helplessly, no longer speaking.
While driving, Zhang Che decided to himself, -Other than watching television, did she learn how to surf the internet, too?
-Shit! The television alone is enough to destroy one's life. She actually learned to surf the net, too! A pure elemental lifeform like her is actually going further and further down the path of an otaku?
{ TLN : A person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills.}
-This won't do! When I'm done with Falling Star Model X, I'll have to guide the elemental queen's development properly. If not, who knows how she'll turn out in the future? The world of the internet is too scary! Throwing a blank piece of paper like her into it, who knows what kind of drawing will emerge?-Half an hour later, Zhang Che drove into a large equipment company in the western sector of Bei Du. He parked the car in the underground car park and walked inside the building with the elemental queen.
The equipment company sold a wide range of products. Other than all types of cold weapons and neo-material equipment, they also had physical tools to measure a person's strength. They simply had everything!
Of course, Zhang Che had searched for information on his personal terminal terminal before choosing to come to this equipment company, known as San Yuan Equipment Corporation.
As they walked out from the underground car park, Zhang Che and the elemental queen quickly became the focus of the crowd.
Although Zhang Che thought he was very handsome, he knew he wouldn't draw this much attention. The key thing was that the elemental queen was too strong an attraction for people's eyeballs.
She was taller than Zhang Che, in addition to her slim and sexy figure, and that perfect face. She was simply a rare beauty. Let alone men, even women weren't able to shift their gazes away when they saw her.
However, Zhang Che had gradually gotten used to this, not minding the attention. He brought the elemental queen and directly walked into San Yuan Equipment Corporation. After stating his purpose here, a staff member brought them in.
Since the frisky monkey was the one who needed the strength test, ordinary measuring devices weren't suitable. They would probably be destroyed by him easily.
Luckily it was the new era. The companies that produced the strength-measuring devices were aware that the physiques of high-tier beastmasters would improve drastically, and thus they also produced devices that could measure tens of thousands of kilograms of strength.
Zhang Che bought the devices he needed very quickly. After making the payment, he easily picked up the set of devices that weighed hundreds of kilograms under the shocked gaze of the staffer and walked out of the lobby.After Zhang Che and the elemental queen left, the staffers immediately whispered among themselves in discussion.
"Incredible! That guy must be a high-tier beastmaster! He looks to only be barely in his twenties, and yet he's already that powerful!"
"I know, right? How can ordinary people carry hundreds of kilograms? Even mid-tier beastmasters can't do that! Though… do you have a case of male chauvinism? All you noticed was that handsome guy's strength. Didn't you see that companion of his? She's a real beauty!"
"Tch, what do you know? It's better to not look too much at beauties of that level. If not, you won't be able to find a girlfriend in the future!"Zhang Che shook his head with a smile, not caring about them talking behind his back.
However, that brother's perspective really made sense. Ordinary people really shouldn't look too much at rare beauties of the elemental queen's level. Otherwise, their standards would rise without them realizing it, and finding a girlfriend they were satisfied with would become troublesome.Zhang Che didn't return to the villa to test the frisky monkey's strength. Instead, he drove the car out of Bei Du City and found a deserted area in the suburbs, then summoned the frisky monkey out. He instructed the monkey to use the strength-measuring equipment he had assembled.
Creaaaak . A dull, yet sharp noise was heard. The stupidly big, black, and thick pull-strength-measuring device was pulled open by the frisky monkey. Afterwards, the numbers on the attached screen quickly shot up.
"One, two, three, four, five! Damn! Like I had expected, this fellow's draw strength has broken through to five figures!"
Zhang Che's eyes shone when he saw the string of numbers on the device, showing a radiant smile.
His estimation was right! The frisky monkey's pull strength with both arms combined had exceeded five figures, reaching more than twenty thousand kilograms!
Although it was barely over twenty thousand kilograms, that level of strength had left Zhang Che incredibly shocked. Despite his superhuman physique, his strength was massively inferior than the frisky monkey.
Perhaps Zhang Che would have such terrifying strength after advancing to Tier Seven beastmaster, in addition to employing the Berserker Bear card and fusing with it.
"Baba, I, powerful!"
The frisky monkey was all smiles as well when he saw the satisfied expression on Zhang Che, claiming merit at the appropriate time. He kept feeling that his master daddy seemed to be shunning him ever since his advancement.
-I was master daddy's favorite little baby in the past. I can't let that damn fire monster steal the limelight away! So, I have to showcase my good points!-
Naturally he wouldn't understand him being ugly wasn't something that could be changed with strength.
Seeing the frisky monkey claiming credit so excitedly, Zhang Che couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Mmm. Not bad, not bad! Your draw strength has actually reached twenty thousand kilograms! You're very strong indeed!"
The praise came from the bottom of Zhang Che's heart.
With twenty thousand kilograms of draw strength, and the frisky monkey's talent in archery, as long as they found the appropriate materials and crafted a superstrong bow from them, in addition to ordering a batch of metallic arrows infused with special minerals, the frisky monkey would be able to challenge mid-tier epic-quality exotic beasts with his mid-tier dark gold-quality strength!
That was the strength of weapons!
"Mmm, according to this fellow's potential, he can become a seven-star legend-quality exotic beast in the end. At that time, how strong will he be? Would he be able to draw more than a hundred thousand kilograms? If he can really do that, and I ordered a complementary strong bow for him, that attacking power… Tsk, tsk. I don't even dare to imagine it!" Zhang Che squinted, fantasizing about the future happily.
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Chapter 465: Herbal Field Expansion
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Edited by Aelryinth
With his draw strength reaching twenty thousand kilograms, the frisky monkey once again possessed powerful offensive ability. If he was equipped with a superstrong bow, he'd become a long-range killing machine.
But there was a problem. Given the frisky monkey's twenty-thousand-kilogram draw strength, where could Zhang Che find such a strong bow?
Materials from dark gold-quality exotic beasts were probably unable to satisfy the requirements needed to craft a bow of that level. At the very least, materials from legend-quality exotic beasts were needed.
Moreover, not all materials from exotic beasts could be used to craft strong bows; their elasticity, plasticity, and many other factors had to be considered.
Most materials from exotic beasts were tough enough, but lacked a certain elasticity. Even if they were forcibly used to craft into bows, they'd probably snap at the first pull.
Zhang Che still had the Titan Python's ribs he'd obtained long ago in his spatial storage. Regrettably, he had already let the frisky monkey try them; those ribs could withstand less than ten thousand kilograms of pull strength. If the frisky monkey were to use them, he wouldn't be able to display his true strength.
"Tsk, tsk. This guy… having too much strength is also troublesome."
Zhang Che was at a loss with regard to this trouble born from happiness, shaking his head. He could only pin his hopes on those exotic beast material shops, hopefully finding the materials that suited his requirements. Otherwise, he could only do it himself and let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon kill suitable exotic beasts when he came across them in the beast world. He'd be able to obtain the materials that way.
But the problem was that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's attacks contained extreme cold attributes. If he killed the exotic beasts, the materials left behind would surely be affected to a certain extent. At that time, whether the materials could still be used to craft a bow was questionable.
Of course, Zhang Che still had the legend-quality pet, the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus. He could totally beat a legend-quality exotic beast whose body parts could be used to craft a superstrong bow half to death first, then let the Steel-Armored Tyrannosaurus go deal the final blow.
All this was based on the assumption that Zhang Che wouldn't be able to find the suitable materials. If he could find the materials in the next few days, then he wouldn't have to worry so much.
"Come on, we'll go walk around in the material market and see if there are any suitable materials available," Zhang Che beckoned the elemental queen to his side, who was busy watching films on her personal terminal. They got in the car and sped off to northern Bei Du.
On the way, the elemental queen never mentioned anything about learning to drive anymore. Indeed, she was so obsessed with the television that she couldn't pull herself back.
-Hmm, I definitely need to find something to divert her attention!- Zhang Che thought.Soon, they arrived at the northern sector.
The material for the bow grip was very easy to find. The wood from aged trees in the exotic beast worlds could do the job. Even if there wasn't such good wood, Zhang Che could totally substitute with alloy materials, even though the user's experience might be a little worse, but it wouldn't affect the bow's power.
As for materials to craft the bow limbs, they weren't so easy to find. Zhang Che went to several large material companies and still didn't manage to find anything that suited his needs.
"What? Materials able to withstand twenty thousand kilograms of draw strength? Mister, are you joking? Let alone those materials being very rare, even if a bow was crafted from them, is there anyone who can use it?"
"Twenty thousand kilograms draw weight? Pardon my straightforwardness, but it's impossible for even high-tier beastmasters to draw such a strong bow! I'm very sorry, mister, our shop doesn't have materials suitable for you."
"Handsome, are you sure you're not joking with us?"——
In the end, Zhang Che went to almost every large-scale exotic beast material company, but was unable to find the materials he needed, only buying a piece of ten thousand year old scarlet-gold wood to craft into a bow grip.
Alas, not finding the materials to craft the bow limbs meant that the true superstrong bow Zhang Che had in his heart couldn't be crafted.
"Master, it looks like we won't be able to buy that kind of material. Let's go look for it ourselves in the beast world."
Although the elemental queen had the appearance of a human, she was fundamentally a fire elemental creature. Her interest was television; shopping really wasn't something she liked.
Seeing Zhang Che wasn't able to find the suitable materials, she suggested Zhang Che end their shopping trip, as she wanted to get back to watching television.
Zhang Che sighed, nodding slowly.
They had no other choice. Since they weren't able to find what they needed after walking through the whole of northern Bei Du, it was very unlikely they'd be able to buy suitable materials to craft into the limbs of a bow.
Going forward, they'd have to wait until they entered the beast world again and look for the materials themselves.After driving back to the villa, Zhang Che didn't forget what he had set out to do. He started to shift the elemental queen's attention. "Come, I'll teach you an interesting game."
In the study, Zhang Che sat facing the unwilling elemental queen. Two chess boards were placed on the low table between them. One of them was Chinese chess, the other was Go.
These were the spiritual treasures handed down from their Chinese ancestors. They were the most suitable to cultivate a person's disposition.
"What are those, Master?"
Indeed, the elemental queen immediately asked curiously when she saw the two chess sets Zhang Che set on the table.
Zhang Che raised his eyebrows. – Looks like there's a chance?-
As such, he started using his lousy chess skills and taught the elemental queen how to play chess.
First, he taught her about Chinese chess.
The rules of Chinese chess were quite complicated. It wouldn't be easy for a newbie to grasp them in a short time. However, the elemental queen was indeed a highly intelligent creature. She only spent an hour to learn all the basic rules, then split the territories with Zhang Che and battled across the river.
Of course, even though the elemental queen was very gifted, it was impossible for her to be Zhang Che's match after just learning how to play Chinese chess.
As a result, after losing three games in a row, she immediately grew to hate the game and shifted her attention to the Go chess at the side.
"No matter. Chinese chess is too complicated. But Go is very simple. It's easy to learn."
Seeing the elemental queen's attention was temporarily shifted away from television, Zhang Che grew happy inside and started teaching her how to play Go.
The rules of Go were unusually easy. It was a much happier experience learning it than Chinese chess.
Of course, Go was an extremely complicated, yet simple game. Although the learning process was fast, becoming a master at it was something many people couldn't achieve in their lifetime. That was because Go chess had a very high requirement for calculating ability. If you wanted to obtain victory, there were many more things you needed to learn.
However, the elemental queen displayed the advantage of her super high intelligence here. After learning the basic rules, she was actually able to play on par against Zhang Che in a game where he let her have a nine piece advantage.
Well, the reason for that was mainly because Zhang Che was a noob at Go chess. His Go skills were too pathetic.
The elemental queen progressed very quickly, and she seemed to be absorbed in the profoundness of Go chess. She really forgot about the television's existence and sat in front of the chess board, playing with Zhang Che until dinner time.
By that time, Zhang Che could barely let the elemental queen have a three piece advantage!
"Ai, this really is a case of the master starving after teaching the apprentice. If she had two more days of practice, I probably won't be a match for the elemental queen anymore…" Zhang Che sighed, feeling a little terrible inside. Although he wasn't good at chess, wouldn't letting someone who only learned the game for a few days surpass him make him seem stupid?
{ TLN : The apprentice having surpassing the master would then open their own shop and take all the business away.}
-Okay, the elemental queen can't be considered human, after all. I won't compare myself with her.-
"But, I finally managed to shift her attention away from the television for now. Hopefully the status quo is maintained!"
The elemental queen was really beginning to be absorbed into the profound world of Go chess. That night, she even started searching for guides on the internet and learning by herself.This surprised Huang Tielan when she returned home. She had no choice but be impressed with Zhang Che's methods.
The next morning, Zhang Che let the elemental queen stay at home to learn by herself, while he drove to the Huang family's herbal research institute.
Yesterday he was busy preparing the materials for the frisky monkey's strong bow, and to divert the elemental queen's interest, forgot about transplanting the spiritual herbs he had obtained on his latest trip to the research institute.
Although Huang Juyun was busy with military affairs this time and wasn't present, Zhang Che already knew his way around the herbal research institute. After verifying his identity, the person-in-charge quickly came to receive him.
"Oooh, you built such a huge greenhouse here!" Zhang Che saw the huge shed erected on the herbal field just as he entered the research institute.
Of course, Zhang Che wasn't surprised by this. After all, the weather was now cold. The snow from before hadn't fully melted yet, and some spiritual herbs wouldn't be able to grow in this kind of weather. If the spiritual jade's spiritual qi wasn't nourishing them, the herbs would probably freeze to death."Zhang-shao!" The institute's in-charge came out to receive him, greeting him respectfully.
Zhang Che nodded at him, indicating for them to open the greenhouse. He had brought many spiritual herbs this time. It was better to transplant them quickly.
In the end, they met in the greenhouse. The person in charge of the research institute watched as Zhang Che took out close to a hundred spiritual herbs from his spatial storage in one go, shocking him to no end, his eyes nearly popping out.
"Zhang-shao, with so many new spiritual herbs, I'm afraid the herbal field doesn't have enough space to accommodate them."
Cultivating spiritual herbs wasn't like growing grass, being able to survive with a little bit of soil. Their attributes and other relevant things had to be considered, and the spiritual herbs had to be spaced a certain distance from one another.
At present, the herbal field was nearly filled up with all the spiritual herbs Zhang Che had brought back on previous occasions. It really couldn't accommodate close to a hundred new spiritual herbs.
Zhang Che waved his hand, immediately deciding, "Expand it, then!"
Since they had the huge spiritual jade, the spiritual qi would be able to sustain the place even if they expanded the field a few times over.
As for the future, they could purchase spiritual jades through some other channels. Although they were expensive, it wasn't much of a problem given how wealthy Zhang Che was, as long as they didn't purchase too big a jade.
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Chapter 466: High-Grade Spiritual Honey
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Expanding the herbal field wasn't anything difficult. In fact, Huang Juyun had been anticipating it.
Although he didn't know exactly what ability Zhang Che had that allowed him to find large amounts of spiritual herbs in the beast world every time, he knew the current herbal field would be out of space soon.
As such, some time earlier, Huang Juyun had already ordered his men to head deep into the beast world where spiritual herbs grew in a higher concentration and dig out large amounts of beast world soil, transporting it back.
Huang Juyun had planned to expand the herbal field some time in the future. Unexpectedly, Zhang Che had harvested so many spiritual herbs on this trip.
Although Huang Juyun wasn't around, there was no need to trouble him over trifles like expanding the herbal field. Zhang Che gave the instruction, and as the person in charge of the research institute's order, the relevant staff operated the machinery and shoveled away a piece of the land next to the original herbal field, then covered it back up with soil from the beast world they had brought in.
Afterwards, they only needed to expand the greenhouse to cover the new herbal field as well, and Zhang Che could transplant the spiritual herbs he had brought back.
With the spiritual jade, it was simply too easy to grow the spiritual herbs. There was no need to consider how harsh the environment they were growing in was.
As for the batch of spiritual herbs Zhang Che brought back this time, they only needed to be planted above the spiritual jade temporarily. Even if it was only for a few days, there wouldn't be any problems afterwards.
After offloading the spiritual herbs, Zhang Che was about to leave when the person in charge of the herbal research institute suddenly thought of a matter and reported to him, "Right, Zhang-shao, we recruited enough people to employ the spiritual bees a few days ago. The spiritual bees have gathered some nectar and produced some spiritual honey. Do you want to go take a look at it?"
"They're already producing spiritual honey?" Zhang Che was overjoyed at hearing the news. He didn't expect the herbal research institute to be so fast at their work. It had only been a few days, and the relevant staff had already been recruited!
It seemed like his father-in-law's influence in the military was really something!
Speaking of this matter, the Huang family recruiting those disabled mid-tier beastmasters was considered as helping the military settle them down. Naturally they would be able to recruit the men they needed very quickly.
Those disabled mid-tier beastmasters had basically lost their ability to fight. Although they had the military's compensation and their own savings to tide them over the rest of their lives, and their livelihood shouldn't be a problem, who would reject getting a second chance to contribute to their country, in addition to earning a decent wage?
So, this matter had gone very smoothly from beginning to end, and as a result, the first batch of spiritual honey was produced quickly.
"Quick, bring me over to have a look!"
-This is spiritual honey produced by using only nectar from spiritual herbs! Its effects are sure to be far better than the batch of spiritual honey I obtained back then, right?- Zhang Che grew incredibly excited.
If anything, the original spiritual honey was already greatly beneficial to humans. Now that it was elevated a few levels, perhaps it could even be used to help high-tier beastmasters cultivate?
If that turned out to be true, putting aside the importance of using the spiritual honey to concoct medicinal pills, it would make a fortune just being sold to those powerful high-tier beastmasters!
Of course, the prerequisite was that the amount of spiritual honey produced here was sufficient…
"Please come with me, Zhang-shao," the person in charge extended his arm respectfully, bringing Zhang Che towards the research institute's warehouse. After opening three guarded doors, he finally retrieved a fist-sized jade bottle from the cold storage carefully.
"Ugh, the spiritual honey is inside?" Zhang Che's expression stiffened a little when he saw the fist-sized jade bottle.
Although he had already expected the amount of spiritual honey wouldn't be much, he totally didn't think it would be THIS little.
With just this little bit of spiritual honey, even the research institute wouldn't have enough to produce medicinal pills from them, let alone selling the honey to earn some purple crystal points.
Seeing the expression on Zhang Che's face, the person in charge immediately explained, "Zhang-shao, our herbal field is a little short on spiritual herbs, not to mention it's winter now. Many spiritual herbs didn't bloom, so the amount of spiritual honey produced is a little low. When spring arrives next year, and Zhang-shao had gathered more spiritual herbs, the production of spiritual honey will surely rise by at least a level."
Zhang Che didn't speak a word. After receiving the jade bottle from the person in charge, he uncorked the bottle with a pop. A faint fragrance containing extremely thick spiritual force wafted out from the jade bottle.
Zhang Che took a light whiff, taking in the fragrance filled with spiritual force, immediately feeling his spirits rise.
"Good stuff!" Zhang Che's eyes shone.
As expected of spiritual honey produced using nectar from spiritual herbs. The quality of this bottle of spiritual honey was more than a level higher than the batch he had brought back from the beast world.
Seeing the enchanted look on Zhang Che's face, the person in charge hurriedly explained the quality of the honey to him. "Zhang-shao, we've already done the relevant tests. The medical efficacy and spiritual force contained in this new spiritual honey is more than six times higher than that you brought back from the beast world! This was under the circumstances of the spiritual herbs in the herbal field not blooming. When there are more spiritual herbs in the future, the quality of the spiritual honey produced by those bees will be even higher!"
Zhang Che couldn't help but nod in admiration. Afterwards, he sealed the jade bottle and said, "You've worked hard. Oh, right, how long did it take to produce this bottle of spiritual honey?
This question was a very important one. If the quantity of the spiritual honey produced couldn't be raised, they wouldn't be able to demand too high of a value. After all, even if the spiritual honey was worth more than ten times its weight in purple-gold crystal, it wouldn't be worth much if the production quantity was too little.
"This was produced in three days. Other than a little of it was used for tests, the remaining amount is at about a hundred and sixty grams."
Zhang Che nodded, saying, "In other words, under the current circumstances, about sixty grams of honey is produced a day?"
"That's right, Zhang-shao, but after the spiritual herbs Zhang-shao brought back are transplanted and some of them have bloomed, the production quantity should increase by ten grams or so."
Zhang Che nodded slightly again, not saying a word. Even if the production quantity was increased by about ten grams a day, the amount wasn't much.
Less than a hundred grams a day was less than a thousand purple crystal points. It truly didn't have much value.
In truth, Zhang Che was earning money too easily, which is why he felt earning a thousand purple crystal points a day wasn't much.
To put it in perspective, if it was converted into dollars, that was equivalent to more than ten million dollars a day! Not only that, this was when the production amount was at its lowest. When the weather turned warm, and the Huang family obtained more spiritual herbs via other channels and transplanted them to the herbal field, the production amount of spiritual honey would only increase further and further. In the future, producing a thousand grams a day wouldn't be too difficult!
According to the value of spiritual honey being ten times of purple-gold crystals, a thousand grams meant ten thousand purple crystal points. When converted to dollars, that was a hundred million!
In a year, that would be thirty-six billion dollars at the very least!
Of course, using dollars to measure the worth of spiritual honey was somewhat inappropriate. After all, it could be considered a strategic resource. The Huang family could totally use this batch of spiritual honey and refine better medicinal pills, earning higher profits off them, or exchanging them for greater benefits.
-It looks like I have to continue working hard to gather more spiritual herbs!-
Zhang Che wasn't able to calm down even after leaving the herbal research institute.
This kind of high-grade spiritual honey was truly too rare. No matter if it was used for cultivation by high-tier beastmasters, or exchanged for benefits with other factions, it was something incredibly valuable.
However, the frisky monkey had just advanced by two star tiers. Putting aside the matter of the range of his spiritual senses increasing, the cooldown time of his skill had reduced from a full day to twelve hours.
That meant that the area Zhang Che could search had increased by more than three times!
Furthermore, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's flight speed had reached about Mach 2. Wanting to find more spiritual herbs wouldn't be anything too difficult for him!
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Chapter 467: News of Legend-Quality Silver-Horned Flood Dragon
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After he was done with matters regarding the spiritual herbs, Zhang Che didn't slack off at home. He started searching for information on legend-quality exotic beasts on the internet.
Thinking of preserving the exotic beast materials as perfectly as possible, Zhang Che wasn't targeting exotic beasts in the beast world. Instead, he set his sights on legend-quality exotic beasts on Mercury.
The exotic beasts here would all leave corpses behind as long as they were killed, and he would not have to worry about the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's cold breath damaging the materials.
Although there weren't many leathery legend-quality exotic beasts on Mercury, that was only relative to ordinary exotic beasts. After all, hunting those exotic beasts wouldn't earn the hunters any beast cards. Many high-tier beastmasters wouldn't target them. They'd rather go to the beast worlds to hunt exotic beasts; the gains there were far more worth the risk.
As long as the legend-quality exotic beasts on Mercury didn't go near human settlements and threaten them, very few people would be willing to provoke them.
After all, when an exotic beast's quality tier reached legend and higher, their defense against firearms reached a very high level. Even large missiles weren't guaranteed to be able to kill them.
After entering a few key phrases in his personal terminal's search engine, a large amount of information soon appeared before Zhang Che. After all, those legend-quality exotic beasts were extremely threatening to most beastmasters. Many people and organizations chose to share the information publicly after discovering the whereabouts of legend-quality exotic beasts.
"Looks like it won't be difficult to find a suitable legend-quality exotic beast."
Seeing the amount of information available, although Zhang Che wasn't certain whether they were true, he knew that there was hope of finding the materials to craft the superstrong bow for the frisky monkey.
"A tiger-like exotic beast in northwest Nanyang's mountain; its strength seems to be at legend-quality, perhaps even epic-quality? Useless. There shouldn't be any useful materials for crafting bow limbs on a tiger-like exotic beast.
"In the depths of Miaoling, southern Hua Xia, a legend-quality pangolin-like exotic beast… This can be excluded as well. Let alone the difficulty in capturing pangolin-like exotic beasts, even if they were killed, the materials from them aren't very useful, either…"…"Hmm? This one's not bad. Silver-Horned Flood Dragon! Flood dragon-type exotic beasts have many things in common with snake-type exotic beasts; their ribs can surely be used to craft bow limbs!
"It's decided, then! Let's see where it's at… Eh? It's actually far off near the coast in Bangziguo region. That's it!" { TLN : Korea}
After sifting through the available information for some time, Zhang Che finally set his sights on a Silver-Horned Flood Dragon found near the coast in the Bangziguo region.
To verify the authenticity of the information, he read through a lot of other information on the internet, and finally confirmed it. There was indeed a Silver-Horned Flood Dragon in southern Bangziguo near the coast.
Due to the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon being a water-type exotic beast, in addition to it being active around the coastal area, no one had ever thought of going to hunt it, although the Koreans had discovered it since more than two years ago.
First of all, as mentioned earlier, the exotic beasts on Mercury would not drop beast cards after death. Wasting energy and effort on them was truly not worth it.
Second, the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon lived in water. Once it realized something was amiss, it would immediately dive into the sea. There was no way to chase it, let alone killing it.
As a result, although the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon had lived near the coast for years, since it had never attacked any human settlements, the Korean beastmasters closed one eye to it, not bothering with it.
Not only that, Bangziguo's military even set up obstacles near the coastal areas, forbidding local beastmasters from going near the area, preventing them from being ambushed by the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon and losing their lives for naught.
Actually, it wasn't considered very far to travel to that coastal area from Bei Du, only about twenty thousand kilometers. Dijiang-hao needed less than an hour to reach there. It was even closer than going to central Hua Xia.
The elemental queen had completely switched her interest, absorbed in the profoundness of Go. Thus, Zhang Che didn't bring her with him on this journey. Moreover, the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon he was going to deal with was a water-type exotic beast. Even if the elemental queen went with him, she wouldn't be very useful.
In that endless region of sea, let alone hunting exotic beasts, it would be pretty good if she could just protect herself!
Of course, Zhang Che was leaving Hua Xia's borders this time, after all, and he informed Huang Juyun about it.
"What? You're going over to Bangziguo?" Huang Juyun turned pale when he heard that. The faction from Bei Mei was precisely waiting for an opportunity like this. Couldn't this brat just stay put for a while? What if he got into danger? If he was thousands of kilometers away, it was impossible for Hua Xia to send help in time.
"It's fine, Uncle Huang. I'm flying over on Dijiang-hao, and I'll return immediately after I'm done. Even if Bei Mei learned about this, I'll be back in Hua Xia by the time they come looking for me. Nothing will happen," Zhang Che hurriedly explained, knowing what his father-in-law was worried about.
Zhang Che had calculated the time. Going to and fro, in addition to searching and killing the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon, he would make it back tonight. The people from Bei Mei region could do nothing about it, even if they knew.
Huang Juyun muttered to himself for a while. He knew Zhang Che must have his reasons to go out. Moreover, like what Zhang Che had said, he was only going on a short journey. By the time the people from Bei Mei region reacted to this, Zhang Che would have returned to Hua Xia already.
"Alright, but you have to watch out for your own safety. Once you discover anything amiss, don't try to show off; just try to keep yourself safe."
Before Zhang Che left, Huang Juyun reminded him again and again to keep himself safe.
"Right, when you arrive at the airport, wait for a little while. I'll get someone from the military to send something over to you and help you disguise Dijiang-hao." Huang Juyun suddenly thought of something and told Zhang Che not to leave in a hurry, then contacted the military.
-Are they going to conceal Dijiang-hao?- Zhang Che roughly understood Huang Juyun's intent. The military should have this kind of technology. They probably only needed to coat Dijiang-hao with a special layer of paint made with unique materials, and it should hide the plane from detection by satellite and radar. His safety would increase a lot!
At that time, even if the mysterious faction from Bei Mei had some influence in Bangziguo, it wouldn't be easy for them to find Zhang Che.
After bidding farewell to Huang Juyun, Zhang Che had Liu Gang drive him to the airport. He indeed saw a military vehicle waiting there. A group of people got off the vehicle, carrying a few exquisite cases. They followed him to Dijiang-hao, and their leader said, "Mister Zhang, please open the cabin. We need to install the stealth equipment inside the aircraft."
Zhang Che found it strange. "Huh? Isn't it supposed to be applying a layer of stealth paint?"
The leader smiled, explaining, "We don't have enough time for coating. Also, this is the latest stealth equipment the military has developed. There's a very high chance of evading detection from a satellite as long as it is installed inside the plane; its stealth effects aren't inferior to the stealth paint!"
"Oh, I'll have to trouble you, then."
Zhang Che didn't understand this well, and just opened Dijiang-hao's cabin. He watched as they started moving in a well-practiced manner.
Obviously, this wasn't the first time they had installed this kind of stealth equipment on sky shuttles. About half an hour later, they were done with whatever they were doing. Their speed and efficiency really surprised Zhang Che.
After the installation was done, the military personnel turned on the engines and ran some tests. Upon confirming there weren't any problems, they bade farewell to Zhang Che and quickly left the airport.
Those from the military were indeed fast in everything they did!
Zhang Che sighed inside in admiration, and went inside Dijiang-hao. He issued a series of commands to the control panel, and the super luxurious private sky shuttle glided down the runway. Afterwards, it quickly accelerated and tipped up, taking off into the air, and sped off towards the northeast.
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Dijiang-hao flew across the sky at extreme speed. Zhang Che used the satellite positioning system to determine his location, and less than two hours later, arrived in the southern seas of Bangziguo.
"According to the information on the internet, I should be only a few hundred kilometers away from where the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon is active."
After confirming his position, Zhang Che had to find a place to park Dijiang-hao. However, the aircraft wasn't very big, and could move vertically like a helicopter. Finding a place to land really wasn't anything difficult.
Sweeping his gaze over the coastal lands below him, Zhang Che soon found a small island only a few kilometers wide and piloted Dijiang-hao over to land there.
Dijiang-hao was unlike the more common commercial planes. Its outer body was formed with large amounts of purple-gold crystals and other rare minerals. Even if the ground wasn't flat, landing there wouldn't cause any damage.
Of course, Dijiang-hao wouldn't be able to take off via gliding afterwards, and would have to expend large amounts of energy. However, that tiny bit of energy was nothing for Zhang Che. He owned a pile of fire crystals, enough for him to use until Dijiang-hao's parts were aged and worn. That little bit of fuel didn't matter to him.After successfully landing on the little island with scarce vegetation, Zhang Che exited the aircraft and summoned the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon out with a wave of his hand.
Zhang Che had targeted the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon precisely because the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was a water-type exotic beast. With his strength, the dragon could easily hunt that wild exotic beast, with no fear of it escaping!
If Zhang Che didn't have the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, it wouldn't be easy for him to hunt a water-type exotic beast, no matter how strong he was. After all, a water-type could directly dive into the sea upon seeing the situation was disadvantageous to them. Unless Zhang Che could turn the sea over, he had no choice but to watch as his prey got away.
"Work hard. When we find that Silver-Horned Flood Dragon, I only want a few of its ribs. You can have all the other parts as your supplement."
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately became spirited after hearing Zhang Che's promise, and let out a long cry in acknowledgment. He quickly flew in the direction Zhang Che pointed.
Although they knew roughly where the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon was, they were surrounded by the sea, after all. Finding it wouldn't be easy.
Zhang Che could only pray his luck wasn't too bad. He didn't want to stay here for a long time. Although the people from Bei Mei region might not know he came here, Zhang Che decided to stay here for only twenty-four hours at most in order to prevent any unwanted trouble. If he couldn't find the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon by then, he'd change targets and go somewhere else.
After all, this Silver-Horned Flood Dragon wasn't the only legend-quality exotic beast on Mercury whose parts could be used to craft a bow!As it turned out, Zhang Che's luck was pretty good. When they arrived in the area, before they even started a thorough search, they discovered a huge fight was going on in the waters ahead of them.
Wasn't that flood dragon-like exotic beast with a shiny horn on its head, currently chasing an enormous whale, the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon he was looking for?
"Hah, I'm really a man loved by the heavens!" Zhang Che sighed contentedly. He ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to fly towards them.In the waters about a thousand meters away was an enormous whale, that seemed to have undergone some sort of mutation, being around a hundred meters in length! However, under the pursuit of that Silver-Horned Flood Dragon, who was only thirty-some meters long, the whale was covered in wounds, its blood dying a spread of the sea red.
Zhang Che was stunned for a moment, before thinking, -Looks like that whale might not be a creature from Mercury, either. Maybe it's also a water-type exotic beast from the seas of the beast world.
-Otherwise, how could a normal whale last so long against the attacks of a legend-quality exotic beast? It would have been torn to pieces long ago!-
The Silver-Horned Flood Dragon's senses were very sharp. As the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was flying toward it, it shot a glance in his direction warily. Afterwards, it actually gave up on the prey already within reach, and its body suddenly sank into the water, disappearing from Zhang Che's sight.
"The heck? That thing is too cautious!" Zhang Che was depressed. He had originally thought the legend-quality Silver-Horned Flood Dragon would more or less have some ego as a high-quality exotic beast, and let the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon have a round with it first, even if it could not win.
Unexpectedly, it actually turned to run with its tail between its legs the moment it sensed the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's aura.
That was actually normal, however. After all, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was a real dragon, while that fellow was only a flood dragon. Naturally it would be very aware of the strength of a dragon. Not daring to engage with the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon in a fight was understandable.
"I don't believe you can escape right under the nose of the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon!"
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Che summoned the Purple Jade Condor and jumped onto its back. Immediately, he ordered the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon to give chase.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon let out a long cry. His huge body suddenly plunged into the vast sea, disappearing from Zhang Che's sight as well.
The Purple Jade Condor circled a few hundred meters above the waters, while Zhang Che paid close attention to below. However, he wasn't able to discern anything, and could only anticipate inside, -The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon should be able to catch up to that Silver-Horned Flood Dragon, right? His level and quality are both higher than it, after all. He should be able to crush it easily…-
Although he didn't know how fast the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was in water, that fellow could easily reach Mach 2 in the air. His speed in the water definitely wouldn't be slow, either. Surely he could catch up to that escaping Silver-Horned Flood Dragon…Indeed, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon wasn't slow in the water.
After entering the water, a unique layer of light shone from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's body, seemingly ignoring the water resistance. His body shifted and flashed across a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.
Although it wasn't at the terrifying level of the speed of sound, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon quickly slithered in the direction of the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon's aural traces, chasing after it.
The Silver-Horned Flood Dragon was a legend-quality exotic beast, and although it wasn't as strong as the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, its speed underwater wasn't low. With the ongoing chase, they quickly swam towards the deep, open sea.
Zhang Che was still circling around above the waters, unaware that the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had already chased his target a hundred kilometers away, fighting an intense battle a thousand meters deep in the sea.
Remembering Zhang Che's instructions, forbidding him from damaging the raw materials, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon didn't use his skills, and only relied on his body to tangle with the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon.
Even so, the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon didn't have the slightest advantage. Although it quickly unleashed its attacking skills, it was unable to damage the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's crystallized body.
After less than a minute, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon suddenly launched a fierce attack with his edge in speed, reaching out with his jaws and biting down on the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon's neck. He bit down hard with his crystallized teeth, easily penetrating the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon's scales with almost no resistance, nearly biting through its neck.
The Silver-Horned Flood Dragon struggled violently, stirring the waters, but it couldn't break free from the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's bite.
All of a sudden, the nearby deep sea creatures quickly swam away, in case they were caught in the mess. The earth and water at the bottom of the sea were stirred into a cloudy mess, shrouding the surrounding thousand meters in darkness.
The deep sea creatures that couldn't run away in time were immediately twisted into shreds!Zhang Che waited more than half an hour above the waters, and started to knit his brows together.
"Impossible… Given the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's strength, he should be able to catch up to that Silver-Horned Flood Dragon very easily. Could it be that he wasn't able to display all his strength because of my instructions, and the fight came to a standstill?" Just as Zhang Che was feeling suspicious about the situation, the water suddenly parted. A huge, deep blue dragon suddenly rose into the skies, flying straight towards where he was.
The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had a proud look on his face. His jaws were holding onto a dead snake-like creature, its savage-looking head bearing a dazzling silver horn. Wasn't that the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon he managed to catch a glimpse of earlier?
"My boy, I knew you wouldn't disappoint me!" Zhang Che was overjoyed inside.
With only a glance, he knew the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon had taken his instructions to heart and didn't use his abyssal cold breath to attack the exotic beast. The Silver-Horned Flood Dragon was killed by the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon with only his bite.
With that, the flood dragon's ribs were definitely preserved in a perfect state. Now, let alone crafting a superstrong bow, Zhang Che would have enough rib bones to craft ten, or even twenty bows with the number of the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon's rib bones he had!
"Good boy, daddy didn't appreciate you for naught! You've really achieved huge merits this time!" Zhang Che sighed with praise on seeing the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon looking like he was here to claim credit, and caressed the dragon's head. Afterwards, he jumped over to the dragon's back and recalled the Purple Jade Condor, flying back to the small island he had landed Dijiang-hao on.
Despite how smoothly this trip had gone, Zhang Che had no intention of staying behind to admire the sea. He wanted to return as soon as possible and dissect the materials, then go custom order a superstrong bow.
After all, even the best bow master craftsmen in Bei Du needed at least a few days to craft a superstrong bow of that level. Zhang Che also had to go to the beast worlds as soon as possible to hunt more exotic beasts, as well as scavenge spiritual herbs. He couldn't afford to waste much time!
Of course, Zhang Che wasn't willing to stow the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon inside Dijiang-hao, either. He quickly harvested the few best rib bones off of the corpse on the island and gave the rest of the corpse to the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon, who was already drooling at the sight of it.
Although the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon wasn't an ice-attributed exotic beast, it was water-attributed, at the very least. There were some similarities. Moreover, it was a flood dragon, and was a great tonic for the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon.
Seeing his master rewarding him with the prey, the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon immediately opened his mouth wide excitedly and directly swallowed the thirty-some meters long Silver-Horned Flood Dragon down into his stomach.
Zhang Che had cold sweats watching that. The way the dragon ate his food was pretty horrifying.
When the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon was done eating the Silver-Horned Flood Dragon, Zhang Che recalled his pet back into his spiritual sea with a wave of his hand, then piloted Dijiang-hao to take off and rush back to Bei Du.
If he rushed back, he would still have time to send the materials to the bow crafting company and place his order for the new Falling Star Model X. Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't delay if he could get the finished work a night earlier!
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Chapter 469: Falling Star Model X Mk III (2 in 1 Long Chapter)
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When Dijiang-hao landed back in Bei Du Airport, it was only around four in the afternoon.
Just as Zhang Che walked out of the airport, he received a call from Huang Juyun. "You're back, Xiaoche!"
"Mmm. I'm back, Uncle Huang."
On the other end of the call, Huang Juyun mumbled to himself for a moment, then suggested, "I think it's better that you don't leave Hua Xia borders easily in the future. They are a large faction in Bei Mei, after all. Although Dijiang-hao has stealth equipment installed, no one can guarantee they won't find information on you via surveillance with the satellite.
"If anything happens, we won't be able to help you when you are all alone, away from our reach."
Zhang Che naturally understood Huang Juyun's concerns. Like he had mentioned, there was always a chance of the Bei Mei faction finding out about him travelling around on Dijiang-hao.
However, he couldn't tell Huang Juyun that he could switch up his identity and enter other countries via other means. As such, he could only nod understandingly and reply, "I understand, Uncle Huang. I really had something very important to take care of this time. I won't leave Hua Xia thoughtlessly."
"Mmm. I'm glad you understand," Huang Juyun replied. He continued, "Right, I have already reported the matter about researching exotic beast genetic evolution fluid using human specimens to the Bei Mei government through the military. Although the faction might not receive too severe of a punishment, it should be enough to keep them to themselves.
"After the storm has passed, you just have to be more careful and not step on Bei Mei soil, and there shouldn't be any trouble."After ending his call with Huang Juyun, however, Zhang Che seemed to have forgotten everything about this matter.
It was exactly as Huang Juyun had said. Although the alliance government had forbidden conducting research using human specimens, since they had gone unpunished for so many years, they must have some kind of connections and had no need to fear punishment from the alliance government.
Zhang Che felt that the so-called alliance government was no different from the United Nations of his previous life on Earth. They could only punish the small and weak factions, and could do nothing against the big dogs.
In this world, nothing was real. Only by becoming strong could you guarantee you could do whatever you wanted. The world worked like that.
If Zhang Che could become a powerful divine beastmaster, the world could do nothing against him, even if he was a man who committed all kinds of evil.
Not only that, due to their fear of his destructive powers, perhaps many people and factions would try to coax and pacify him, not daring to say a word.
Of course, if a day came when Zhang Che really became a divine beastmaster, he would still follow his heart and not become an evil man…Driving the beastly car Liu Gang had parked at the airport previously, Zhang Che went directly to the equipment shop he custom ordered his bow from the last time.
"Ah, it's Mister Zhang. Please, come in!"
Although the manager had only interacted with Zhang Che once in the past, he immediately recognized a huge customer like him.
After Zhang Che's arena deathmatch with the Zhen family, he had become famous among the upper circle in all of Hua Xia, in addition to him having ordered a bow here before. It wasn't strange the manager could recognize him at a glance.
After he respectfully invited Zhang Che in, the latter spoke directly, "Is your master craftsman available? I want to place a custom order for a superstrong bow."
"Super strong bow?" The manager revealed a doubtful look when he heard that.
From what he could remember, didn't Zhang Che order two superstrong bows just two months ago? They were bows with over two thousand kilograms draw weight! Only some very experienced high-tier beastmasters could draw them after their bodies were tempered to a certain degree.
When Zhang Che fought the Zhen family in the arena deathmatch recently, he was only a mid-tier beastmaster. Even if he had advanced to high-tier since then, it was impossible he could use that kind of a bow!
Furthermore, to high-tier beastmasters, the attacking power of those bows were actually worthless. They wouldn't increase your overall combat ability by much.
Those bows wouldn't be able to kill any legend-quality beasts. Of course, perhaps Zhang Che was only collecting them? After all, all kinds of people existed. Many people collect weird things. Collecting strong bows seem to be more on the normal side…
After a quick thought, the manager hurriedly nodded and said, "He's available, he's available! Even if our master bow craftsman isn't free, he has to finish the orders of a VIP like Mister Zhang first!"
After hearing that, Zhang Che immediately smiled faintly and followed the manager inside.
This was the advantage of status and reputation! If he was an unknown kid and specifically asked for their master craftsman to craft a bow for him, see if they'd pay him any heed…
Not only that, if you didn't have certain status, even if you were rich, people might not be willing to help you. Of course, if you spent enough money, it should be no problem. After all, there were very few things in the world money could not get done. It was just that doing so wasn't very cost-effective…The manager brought Zhang Che to the manufacturing department. Their master bowyer took over from the manager and spoke with Zhang Che.
"Young man, bring out your materials and let me have a look." This elder's attitude wasn't as polite as the manager. Those with skills, in addition to age, naturally became much more casual when dealing with youngsters, even though Zhang Che was a potential big customer.
Zhang Che nodded and brought out the materials he had prepared. First, he took out the ten thousand year-old scarlet-gold wood.
"Hmm? This wood is not bad!" The elder squinted slightly the moment he saw the ten thousand year-old scarlet-gold wood Zhang Che took out.
As a master bowyer, he recognized basically every material that could be used to craft bows. With only a sweep of his gaze, naturally he discovered the extraordinariness of the wood.
Zhang Che didn't say anything and brought out two pieces of flood dragon ribs arced at an angle. This time, the elder's eyes nearly popped out from their sockets.
He immediately realized how extraordinary the two ribs were. When Zhang Che placed them on the table, the elder quickly reached out and picked one up, feeling a heavy sinking sensation in his hand. The rib, which was only as thick as his wrist and less than a meter long, actually weighed more than twenty kilograms!
"Th-this… Could this be the rib of a legend-quality exotic beast!?"
Obviously, a rib with that high of a density had to be the bone of a legend-quality exotic beast at the very least, perhaps even from an epic-quality exotic beast!
Of course, it wasn't very likely that the two ribs came from an epic-quality exotic beast. If that was true, let alone the difficulty in crafting them into bow limbs, even if they were produced, it would have a draw weight of tens of thousands of kilograms. Who could possibly use such a superstrong bow?
Even a bow crafted from the bones of a legend-quality exotic beast wasn't something humans could draw!
"Young man, are you sure you're not joking with me? A bow made from the bones of such quality would have a draw weight of ten to twenty thousand kilograms, at the very least! Who can draw such a bow?"
Zhang Che chuckled, not explaining himself. He only said, "I didn't say it was meant to be used? It's just that I like to collect strong bows. I happened to come across such good materials by chance and thus wanted to craft a bow out of them for collection."
The elder nodded. That was only reasonable. It would be strange if anyone could use such a strong bow! If the bow was only a collectable, then it wouldn't matter even if the bow had twenty thousand kilograms draw weight, or even higher. In any case, the bow would only be hung on the wall for display. Who cared if anyone could use it?
Immediately, the elder furrowed his brow slightly, saying, "But it's very difficult to craft a bow of this level."
Zhang Che was stunned for a moment. -What do you mean?- "Uh, can you not do it?"
Heavens! This could be considered the best bow crafting company in Bei Du! If they couldn't make it, wouldn't he be helpless, then?
The frisky monkey had finally advanced in level after so long. Zhang Che really wanted to have a walking cannon; if they couldn't craft a bow suitable for the frisky monkey, then his hopes would be dashed!
Of course, given how huge Mercury was, perhaps some other bowyer from other regions could do it, but that was too troublesome. More importantly, it wouldn't be easy to find that kind of a craftsman!
"It's not like I can't craft it," the elder shook his head slightly, "But the difficulty is extremely high, and I will need to use many supplementary ingredients. The fees will be a little expensive."
Zhang Che let out a long sigh of relief. -In the end, it's about money, huh?- "That's not a problem. As long as you can craft it, I will pay the company whatever the fees are."
"Is this a problem about money?" The elder was slightly enraged. He blew his beard and opened his eyes wide, saying, "Given the two ribs' shape, they can't be used to craft the bow limbs directly. Some expensive materials needed to be used to soak them first. Afterwards, they can be shaped when they're softened from soaking. There's a lot of work to be done, and whether it will succeed is another story!"
Zhang Che finally understood. He nodded and said, "It's fine. Please do whatever you can, master. It's fine if you fail, too. I won't let your company pay for the loss of materials."
He couldn't help but think, -This is only a bow with twenty thousand kilograms draw weight, and the difficulty is already this high. If I find better materials in the future, wouldn't there be no way to produce a better bow, then?
-This is bad news. According to the frisky monkey's potential, even though he can no longer increase his level, he can definitely advance to legend-quality. Wouldn't his talent in archery be wasted if he doesn't have a suitable bow to use at that time?-
With Zhang Che's assurance, the elder nodded and said, "There's no problem, then. But don't worry, we'll definitely strive for excellence and try to produce the completed bow.
"Right, I'll need to test the ribs' draw weight first, so that we can customize them properly to craft it into the appropriate strength grade."
Done speaking, the elder took both ribs and walked to the side, testing them with a special device. Soon, he got the data.
"Mmm, not bad. According to this draw strength level, a bow with a maximum of twenty-six thousand kilograms draw weight can be crafted from them."
-Twenty-six thousand kilograms draw weight! As of now, the frisky monkey can't draw that!- Zhang Che thought. He asked, "Then, can you please process the materials and set the draw weight at about twenty-thousand kilograms?"
The elder nodded, smiling, "That's not a problem. We'll just need to process the materials a little more. I'm only afraid you'll want me to craft a bow with a higher draw weight than that; it'd really be impossible then!"
After confirming the specifics, Zhang Che asked about the crafting fees. The elder made some calculations, and finally offered the sky-high price of a little more than ten thousand purple crystal points.
They wouldn't accept alliance dollars to craft a bow of that level, only accepting purple crystal points. Zhang Che had no objections to that, however. He paid three thousand purple crystal points as deposit very straightforwardly, and asked them to produce a thousand complementary alloy arrows. The fees for that weren't much, and were directly considered a free service for him.
At the same time, the elder told Zhang Che the crafting process for the bow was a little troublesome, and thus he needed more time for it. Zhang Che would only be able to get the bow a whole week from now.
Although Zhang Che felt it took a little too long, he understood that good products came from meticulous work, and he made no objections.
After paying the deposit, Zhang Che left the bow and arrow crafting shop and drove home. As for the name of this strong bow, Zhang Che didn't intend on coming up with another name. He'd still call it the Falling Star Model X, but more accurately, it should be called Falling Star Model X Mk III!After dinner, since Huang Tielan didn't return home tonight, the elemental queen immediately pulled on Zhang Che and asked him to play Go with her. "Master, come play chess with me, quickly!"
Zhang Che agreed to it, smiling. He was gratified that the elemental queen had shifted her interest. That way, he didn't have to worry that she'd learn all the bad stuff.
Moreover, when they were in the beast world in the future, the two could spend time playing chess while waiting for their sleepiness to catch up to them. Otherwise, the nights in the beast world were really too hard to deal with with no entertainment activities.
The two came to the study and started playing chess.
This time, the elemental queen strongly requested Zhang Che not give her any advantage. The two decided on playing first alternatively and played on equal terms.
In the end, as the game went on, Zhang Che grew astonished.
Previously, Zhang Che was still giving the elemental queen a three piece advantage. Now, they were playing on equal terms and were actually on par, unable to easily distinguish the winner.
After a long, bitter match that lasted close to an hour, Zhang Che actually lost by a little, shocking him so much that he couldn't keep his mouth closed.
If this inhuman girl was put on Earth in his previous life, she'd probably be able to become a one-in-a-century chess grandmaster if she was given the proper training!
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Chapter 470: Return to Qian Wei City. Legend of Number Two Secondary School
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The Falling Star Model X Mk III could only be collected in a week. Naturally Zhang Che wouldn't stay at home for such a long time; he was ready to set off for the beast world again tomorrow!
Unexpectedly, the next morning, Sun Lan came to him and said, "Xiaoche, don't be in such a hurry to go out. I have already spoken to your great-aunt; we are preparing to return to Qian Wei City to relocate your grandparents and your father's graves to Tian Xing City. Come with us."
"Oh, okay then. Are we setting out today, mom?" Zhang Che blinked. He had nearly forgotten about this matter.
His mother and his great-aunt had discussed this before. They wanted to shift the graves of his grandparents and that so-called father to Tian Xing City, or they'd feel lonely by themselves in Qian Wei City. It was just that after the opening of Premium House, everyone was busy and didn't bring up the matter until now.
Starting a few days ago, due to the people from Bei Mei wrecking Premium House and the heavy snowfall, the beast card shop was now in the midst of renovation. They probably wanted to make use of this free time to get the matter done.
Sun Lan nodded, explaining, "Mmm, Premium House isn't busy these next few days. We'll set out today. By the way, your great-aunt has checked the lunar calendar; tomorrow is a good day for shifting graves. We'll go over today, get things prepared, and tomorrow we'll hire help to dig out their remains."
Zhang Che nodded, not objecting to it. He'd just push going into the beast world back a few days. It could be considered taking a balance between work and rest.
Moreover, it had been a long time since he returned to Qian Wei City. Although his life in that small city wasn't long, it was his first hometown after arriving in this world. Going back to have a look at it wasn't bad, either.As such, the whole family packed their things, then had Liu Gang and the others drive the two beastly cars, sending them off to Bei Du Airport, where Zhang Che then piloted Dijiang-hao to fly them over.
It was indeed much more convenient with his own sky shuttle plane!
If it was in the past, there was no direct sky shuttle flight from Bei Du to Qian Wei City. They would have had to go to Tian Xing City first and switch to an ordinary commercial flight. Going that way would take more than ten tours before they arrived at Qian Wei City. Now, with Dijiang-hao, they needed less than five hours to return directly to Qian Wei City.
This was the first time for Sun Lan and Sun Shaoying's family on Zhang Che's Dijiang-hao. When they got into the private sky shuttle, made with the most advanced technology and having the best defense, they couldn't help but feel extremely shaken, especially that little girl Lin Xin'er. She was incredibly happy after boarding the aircraft, running here and there around the cabin, climbing next to the glass window and looking at the scenery outside, crying out loud excitedly.Five hours was neither long or short. The group landed in Qian Wei City's military airport at around 3 PM.
The Qian Wei military had been notified by Huang Juyun long ago. After Zhang Che and the others' arrival, a military vehicle was arranged for them to take them into the city.
Zhang Che hadn't sold off his newer house in Qian Wei City. He had entrusted the property management to take care of it. Someone would come clean the house every now and then; the house was very clean. The air was fresh, too. There wasn't the moldy smell that occured when a house was empty for too long.
The house was an ordinary place, with three rooms and a living room. Although it was a little small, and they had a little too many people, it was livable if they squeezed a little. After all, with a house here, they didn't have to go stay in a hotel!
After reaching home and tidying themselves up, they went out again, heading to Qian Wei City's public cemetery, first paying their respects to Zhang Che's grandparents and his so-called father.
Seeing her elder brother and his wife's grave all of a sudden, Sun Shaoying couldn't help thinking back on a lot of things in the past, and immediately cried up a storm.
Soon, Sun Lan and Xi Muyun also started crying. Even the little Lin Xin'er was at a loss seeing her grandma, mother, and aunt crying, and she too, cried out loud.
Zhang Che was standing at the side. Although he felt a faint sorrow, his soul came from another world, after all, and wouldn't reach the point where he wanted to cry.
Fortunately, when the three adults saw Lin Xin'er crying after them, they hurriedly kept their emotions in check and stopped crying. As per the traditions, they burned some paper money and offered a ring of flowers to the three graves, then left the public cemetery.Afterwards, Sun Lan and they others got busy. They needed to hire people to survey the dates and confirm the time to unearth the remains, as well as all kinds of arrangements. An important matter like shifting graves had many little details to take care of.
Zhang Che couldn't be bothered with all those things. After dinner, he left the neighborhood and walked around outside. Afterwards, he was suddenly moved by a thought. He flagged down a taxi and went to visit Qian Wei City Number Two Secondary School.
He wanted to go visit his ex-homeroom teacher, Han Sheqing!
When he first decided to enter the beast worlds, Han Sheqing had lent him a bronze-quality beast card. He could be considered as having taken good care of Zhang Che. Furthermore, Han Sheqing's character and virtue as a teacher was great. There was no reason for Zhang Che not to visit him after coming back to Qian Wei City!After riding in the taxi for more than half an hour, Zhang Che finally arrived at the Number Two Secondary School's main gate.
At this time, the sky had already darkened, but the school was well lit. The students still had self-study sessions going on inside.
Just as he was about to enter the school gates, Zhang Che was stopped by the gate guard, Uncle Tai. "Eh? Who are you looking for?"
"Uncle Tai, I'm Zhang Che, a senior from the last cohort. I'm here to look for Teacher Han Sheqing."
Although Zhang Che knew Uncle Tai, the same couldn't be said for the opposite. After all, Zhang Che wasn't a well-known figure in school back then. How could the gate guard recognize him?
Uncle Tai looked at Zhang Che suspiciously, then shook his head and said, "You're a student from the last cohort? Don't think I'm easy to fool just because I'm old! You look like you're in your mid-twenties, at least! How dare you pretend to be last cohort's student. Speak, who exactly are you, and what do you want by coming here?"
It was no wonder Uncle Tai didn't believe him. Zhang Che was a hundred ninety centimeters tall, and had the calm attitude of someone strong. Although his face still seemed a little immature, it wasn't comparable to typical students who had just graduated!
As a result, the gate guard, Uncle Tai immediately treated him as a member of society, looking at him warily. Meanwhile, he had stealthily pressed a red button installed next to his hand.
Zhang Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said helplessly, "Uncle Tai, I'm really a senior from the last cohort. You don't have to inform the security office, either. Just use the computer to check and look for information on students from Year Three Class Two. My information and picture is in there."
Uncle Tai immediately grew doubtful. -Did I really make a mistake?
-Impossible. The hoodlums of society are very cunning nowadays. Who knows if he is aware he resembles a certain fresh graduate from last year and wants to sneak his way into the school?-
However, in order to keep Zhang Che here, Uncle Tai opened up the computer regardless and pretended to check, while wondering anxiously why the people from the security office weren't here yet. "Really? Let me check, then."
Uncle Tai took his time. Before he could bring up Zhang Che's information, a wave of hurried footsteps was heard from behind the security door. A few muscular men came running out, looking at Zhang Che warily and asked Uncle Tai, "What happened, Uncle Tai?"
Seeing the security were here, Uncle Tai let out a sigh of relief. He pointed at Zhang Che, saying, "There, this little hoodlum dares to pretend to be a senior from the last cohort and is trying to sneak into the school. Quickly handle this. An old man like me can't deal with this kind of hoodlum."
Zhang Che nearly wept. Uncle Tai really didn't believe him after all! He turned his head around, facing the wary security officers and said to the leader, "Team Leader Ma, I'm Zhang Che from Year Three, Class Two from the last cohort. I've just returned to Qian Wei City and am here to visit Teacher Han Sheqing. Please help me pass on the message."
"Eh? You look… you're really Zhang Che?"
Although Ma Jihui didn't recognize Zhang Che, the latter was considered a legend of Number Two Secondary School. Although he didn't go on to study in a university in the end, he withdrew from school before finishing his studies in his senior year and became at least a Tier Three beastmaster in only two months! Ma Jihui was aware of that much.
Not only that, Ma Jihui also heard rumors this legendary student got connected with a large clan from Bei Du military, and had gotten into an arena deathmatch with a Tier Six beastmaster for some reason, even obtaining the final victory in the end!
This kind of news was very shocking. A young man, not even nineteen years old, was only an ordinary person a year ago. In half a years' time, he actually went on to beat a powerful mid-tier beastmaster! It could be said to be a miracle! For a small city like Qian Wei City, someone like that was a legend!
As such, Ma Jihui had seen Zhang Che's picture before. Comparing them, they really looked similar…
"That's right, Team Leader Ma, I am Zhang Che. If you don't believe me, ask Teacher Han to come here, and you'll get your confirmation," Zhang Che smiled faintly.
He truly didn't expect to be stopped at the gates when he visited his alma mater. Luckily the students were doing self-study inside, or, he'd be embarrassed to death if his juniors were watching this.
"Okay, I'll get Teacher Han Sheqing to come out here."
Although Ma Jihui was somewhat sure this burly young man was Zhang Che, he didn't dare let him in since this matter concerned the students' safety. He immediately contacted Han Sheqing, who was inside the school, via his personal terminal.Soon, Han Sheqing's laughter rang out, "Zhang Che, you didn't even tell me earlier when you're coming back! Why, you got yourself stopped by Uncle Tai now, huh? Hahahah!…"
Han Sheqing was very excited when he received Ma Jihui's notification.
As Zhang Che's old homeroom teacher, he more or less understood what happened to Zhang Che in Bei Du, and often felt proud having such a legendary student.
Han Sheqing was very gratified that Zhang Che actually came to visit him when he returned to Qian Wei City. Of course, he didn't think Zhang Che came to Qian Wei City specially to visit him. The time of a young prodigy like him was very valuable. Han Sheqing didn't think he was qualified to have Zhang Che making a trip just for him.
"Teacher Han!" Zhang Che called out to Han Sheqing, who was walking over with quick steps. Afterwards, he looked at Ma Jihui, Uncle Tai, and the others with a smile, saying silently, -Look, I told you I'm a student from the last cohort! You didn't believe me, did you?-
Uncle Tai was especially noteworthy. That elder actually thought he was a hoodlum, wanting to sneak into the school to do bad things! How hurtful!
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Chapter 471: My Daddy is a Great Hero
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"Hmm? That kid is really a student from the last cohort. Looks like I'm really old now, and my eyes aren't reliable anymore…" Uncle Tai mumbled to himself with a suspicious look, seeing Zhang Che walking into the school with Han Sheqing.
His fellow security officer, the other "Uncle Tai", was still experiencing the springtime of love in his old age, meeting with countless youthful girls. He was incomparable to that. He had really grown old. -Looks like I should apply for retirement after this year ends…-
Ma Jihui and the other security officers were similarly shocked. Since he was aware of some matters, Ma Jihui was incredibly shaken right now. He didn't expect to really meet the legendary student of Number Two Secondary School!
As for the other ordinary members, they didn't know much about Zhang Che. They only heard some rumors, and thus asked Ma Jihui, "Team Leader, is that kid really the senior from the last cohort, Zhang Che? I recall hearing that student is incredible, and is doing great in Bei Du. Look at the way he walks; he should be a mid-tier beastmaster now, right?"
Ma Jihui cast a glance at him, saying, "Mid-tier beastmaster… If I'm not wrong, he is already at the peak of Tier Six. Perhaps he will advance into a high-tier beastmaster anytime soon!"
Ma Jihui knew a little about Zhang Che battling the Zhen family's Tier Six beastmaster. Him emerging victorious in the arena deathmatch went to show Zhang Che was extremely powerful. Being at the peak of Tier Six wasn't a problem for him at all!
"Ah? That powerful? He shouldn't have hit twenty yet, right? And he's already about to become a high-tier beastmaster? Heavens! Looks like an incredible figure is about to emerge from our Qian Wei City!"
"How incredible! I heard that kid only became a beastmaster when he was close to eighteen years old. He's actually going to become a high-tier beastmaster in less than a year! I've never heard of someone so incredible over the last thirty-some years!"
The security officers gasped in shock after hearing Ma Jihui's words.
Suddenly, one of them asked, "Team Leader, you're making Zhang Che out to be so powerful. What level do you think his subdued beasts are at? Surely he has legend-quality subdued beasts, right?"
"Right, I think he definitely does. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to reach the peak of Tier Six beastmaster so quickly. Tsk, tsk! Legend-quality subdued beasts! If I could have a legend-quality subdued beast in my life, even dying right now would be worth it!" The group of officers sighed together.
For ordinary low-tier beastmasters like them, let alone legend-quality subdued beast, they had never even seen a dark gold-quality beast before. No, even gold-quality subdued beasts, only Ma Jihui had one in the whole security office as the team leader, and it was only a low-tier one!
-Legend-quality subdued beast? Heh heh, you might die from shock if I said it out loud. That kid has a few epic-quality subdued beasts!- Ma Jihui thought to himself. However, he didn't expose the fact that Zhang Che had epic-quality subdued beasts. That was already considered half-confidential information. It was better to not let ordinary people like them know about it.
However, it seemed like a huge figure was really going to emerge from Qian Wei City! Someone who was not even twenty years old was possibly becoming a high-tier beastmaster, in addition to having multiple epic-quality subdued beasts! Zhang Che might not only be a legend of Number Two Secondary School in the future, but a legend of Qian Wei City!Zhang Che stopped Han Sheqing from informing the school leaders of his return. The two strolled through the spacious and empty soccer field, speaking casually.
"With you coming back this time, are you interested in giving a speech to your juniors to encourage them, and let them have you as their role model, helping more powerful beastmasters emerge from our Number Two Secondary School?"
Zhang Che shook his head at Han Sheqing's suggestion, smiling, "Forget it. I think Teacher Han probably knows some secrets, and is aware that we're entering times of trouble. Just let these juniors grow naturally.
"After all, if they're weaker, they won't be the first to be sent into the battlefield. It'd be hard to say otherwise if they're stronger. Moreover, I have things to take care of during my stay here in Qian Wei City. I'm afraid I can't find the time for that. I only have a little bit of time tonight and thus decided to come visit you, not thinking about any other matters."
Zhang Che didn't want to become a role model for others. His growth wasn't something others could imitate. Even if he really became the role model for his juniors, none of them could develop like him. Instead of leaving them in despair in the future, it was better for them not to know about his experiences.
Thinking back carefully, it really was too shocking to go from an ordinary person into a high-tier beastmaster in less than a years' time. It was better for those without a strong will to not know, or they'd come to doubt life itself.
Han Sheqing didn't press on. He smiled, "Forget it then, since you don't have the time. But, an example like you can't be applied to normal people, anyway. It really is best to let them grow naturally."
The two strolled about, chatting, and the bell signalling the end of the night study session rang before they realized it.
Seeing as it was getting late, Zhang Che expressed his intention to leave to Han Sheqing. Before he left, a dark golden beast card suddenly appeared in his hand. He offered this two-star dark gold-quality beast to Han Sheqing with both hands, treating it as a gift to him.
Han Sheqing was shocked at the sight. He shook his head profusely, saying, "No, no, Zhang Che. That's too valuable. Teacher is already very happy that you came to visit. I can't accept your gift."
Zhang Che smiled and said, "Teacher, I suppose you know about my situation, more or less. Just treat it as a little token from me. You have to accept it; if I didn't have the beast card you lent to me when I first entered the beast world, I might not have been able to get to where I am today."
Zhang Che made up a little lie. His achievements today really wasn't very related to the beast card Han Sheqing lent him back then. It was all thanks to the Fiery Scorpion Miss Tienan gave him that he grew so quickly.
Han Sheqing tried to refuse, but seeing Zhang Che insisting on giving him the beast card, he could only accept it in the end, feeling a surge of emotion.
"Then teacher will thicken my skin a little and accept it. Zhang Che, I can no longer see through your skills. I'm sure you've grown extremely powerful now. I hope you will stay true to your heart and not to anything that will harm society.
"There's an old saying that's very true. With great power comes great responsibilities! I hope a day will come when I get to see you become the hero who saves the world. Of course, what's most important is to keep yourself safe. Only by being alive do you have hopes of achieving greatness!"
Zhang Che nodded, "I will, teacher!"After bidding farewell to Han Sheqing and walking out of the school gates, Zhang Che felt the gaze from Uncle Tai still contained some doubts.
-Do I really look that mature now and Uncle Tai is still suspecting me of being a hoodlum?-
After taking a last look at the familiar school, Zhang Che strode off and walked to the streets. He didn't take a taxi home. Instead, he strolled along the main street unhurriedly.
After this trip here to shift his relatives' remains, he might not have many chances to come back to Qian Wei City. It was better to take a walk on the streets and get more in touch with his hometown.
Just like that, Zhang Che strolled for half an hour in the direction back to his place. It was already past 10 PM, and the weather had officially shifted to winter. Although Qian Wei City was warmer than Bei Du, the night breeze still sent strong chills blowing upon on him.
Of course, this bit of cold was nothing much for Zhang Che. All of a sudden, Zhang Che stopped in place, his brow slightly furrowed. He turned his head to look at a secluded alley to the side. In the next moment, he turned his body as well and walked into the alley.
The alley was in ruins. The houses inside were unevenly matched. Those old apartments with two or three stories were even inferior to the poor district Zhang Che used to live in.
At a corner, a weak little figure was wrapped up, crying in a soft voice helplessly.
It was a little girl about seven or eight years old. Her clothes were tattered, and she was wearing a pair of torn shoes, her toes peeking out. She was shaking from the cold night wind.
She seemed to have heard Zhang Che's footsteps. That little girl suddenly stopped crying and raised her head, looking up at Zhang Che with a smile. Two clear trails of tears could be seen on her cheeks, her eyes swollen red, and her skin slightly chapped.
"Little girl, why are you alone outside? Your family…" Zhang Che squatted down. He suddenly stopped mid-sentence just as he was about to ask why her family left her outside.
Obviously, for this little girl to be loitering out here in the middle of the night, she might not have anyone at home.
Indeed, the little girl looked to be on the verge of tears when she heard Zhang Che's question. However, she probably didn't want to cry in front of strangers and forcibly suppressed her tears, saying, "Daddy went to fight exotic beasts and haven't been back in a long time. Our house was taken away by the baddies. They said my daddy died somewhere outside, but I don't believe them. My daddy is a great hero; he'll surely come back!"
Zhang Che sighed inside. Hearing her story, he roughly understood what had happened. Her father had probably met with an accident in the beast world and was never heard from in a long time. With no other relatives in the family, their apartment was occupied by some scum.
"Mmm. Uncle believes that your daddy must be a great hero! Then, what is your name? Where do you stay? Bring Uncle over; I'll help you beat them off and get back your house, okay?"
The little girl looked at Zhang Che warily. Afterwards, she was probably affected by his smile and nodded, saying softly, "My name is Wu Yichen. My house is just inside this alley."
"Alright, bring Uncle over. We'll snatch back your house!" While speaking, Zhang Che took off his jacket and gently wrapped it around the little girl under her cautious gaze. Afterwards, he smiled faintly, indicating she should lead the way.
"But, Uncle, those baddies are very, very bad. Can you win against them? Too bad daddy isn't back, or those baddies definitely wouldn't dare to snatch our house!"
-Hmm, this little girl is very confident in her father.-
Zhang Che maintained the smile on his face, saying, "Don't worry. Uncle is as strong as your daddy. I'll definitely beat them up and make them run. Oh, by the way, what's your daddy's name?"
Zhang Che was thinking this little girl was so pitiful and wanted to ask her father's name. Later on, he'd ask the Qian Wei military to help keep a lookout. Perhaps her father wasn't dead and was trapped somewhere in the beast world?
Of course, that possibility was very slim. No one with such a little girl at home would stay in the beast world for an extended period of time and not come back!
"My daddy is called Wu Yunfeng. He's the strongest hero!" the little girl said proudly.
However, Zhang Che raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard the name, huge waves crashing in his heart.
Translator's Notes
Wu Yunfeng first appeared in Chapter 150. He tried to rob Zhang Che of his Cold Abyss Flood Dragon (before evolving into Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon) and Gluttony Monkey back then, but Zhang Che achieved Tier Four in the nick of time and reverse-killed him by summoning the Scarlet Flame Drake.
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Chapter 472: Entrust. Relocating Graves
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"My daddy is called Wu Yunfeng. He's the strongest hero!"
Zhang Che couldn't resist raising his eyebrows when he heard that name. He asked calmly, confirming, "Is your daddy really called Wu Yunfeng?"
The little girl's eyes lit up. She looked at Zhang Che, filled with hope, and asked, "That's right, Uncle! My daddy is called Wu Yunfeng! Do you know my daddy?"
Zhang Che nodded. He couldn't bear to tear down the heroic image in her heart and said, "I don't know your daddy, but I have heard of him before. He is indeed very strong!"
The latter portion wasn't lying through his conscience. Wu Yunfeng was indeed very powerful. He was the first expert Zhang Che had ever encountered. If he hadn't broken through to Tier Four beastmaster in the nick of time, in addition to having the rainbow crystal to withstand his mental attack, Zhang Che would have died!
Wu Yichen was very excited at hearing Zhang Che praising her daddy. Afterwards, her expression dimmed a little, pleading, "Then, Uncle, if you see my daddy in the future, you have to tell him to come back quickly. Chenchen got bullied by the baddies, and our house was taken by them, too!"
Zhang Che sighed inside. That Wu Yunfeng had really hid things deeply. A powerful Tier Four beastmaster like him was actually staying in this poor neighborhood.
As for Wu Yichen thinking of her father as a great hero, Zhang Che didn't find it strange. No matter how evil of a person, they probably wouldn't want their descendents to become like them, right? As such, it was only natural he would act like a righteous hero in front of his daughter.
"Mmm, okay. If uncle meets your daddy, I'll be sure to tell him to come home and keep Chenchen company," Zhang Che replied, smiling, but he sighed inside.
If Wu Yunfeng hadn't employed methods like robbing subdued beasts from other beastmasters and developed honestly, given that he had a beast card weapon with a mental attack ability, he could totally have developed quickly and become a core of humanity's beastmasters.
With that, he wouldn't have died, and his daughter wouldn't have been reduced to such a poor state today, right?
However, it was impossible after thinking about it.
Those kinds of people were used to gaining rewards without working hard for them. Relying on the fact that he had a mental attack weapon, he went around robbing other beastmasters recklessly. That method of gaining beast cards was indeed much faster than hunting the exotic beasts himself.
After all, beastmasters didn't have much, if any, resistance against mental attacks. Many stronger exotic beasts, however, had certain resistances against mental attacks. Comparing the two, naturally he would be more willing to take the shortcut. It was just that this little girl who had heard her father's lies since young was very pitiful.
"Come, we'll go get your house back, first." Zhang Che felt complicated inside, but he still decided to help this poor little orphan.
After all, from a certain perspective, Wu Yichen living a dog's life in the alleys was because of him. However, Zhang Che didn't feel any guilt. Putting aside the fact that Wu Yunfeng tried to rob him and silence him afterwards, even if Wu Yunfeng was robbing some other beastmaster and was discovered by Zhang Che, he would most likely take action and kill such a scummy beastmaster.
"Really, Uncle? That's wonderful!" Wu Yichen jumped excitedly after hearing Zhang Che was willing to help her get her house back. Afterwards, she showed a hint of worry on her dirty little face, "But, Uncle, those baddies that took our house away are very strong. Can you win against them?"
Done speaking, Wu Yichen's stomach suddenly growled. It was probably due to her jumping, and her empty stomach immediately feeling off and rebelling.
"No hurry in getting the house back. Uncle will bring you to go eat something first." Zhang Che sighed inside again. He didn't know how long have this pitiful little girl been starving here for. He brought her to a nearby restaurant that had yet to close for the night and fed her a full meal, then walked back to the poor neighborhood her house was located in.
As for those who took over Wu Yichen's home, they were probably only some low level thugs, and noticed that Wu Yunfent hadn't been back in a long time. They had gotten some ideas in their heads, and acted on them.After making a few turns in the alley and walking some distance, Wu Yichen suddenly pointed at a small courtyard ahead and said, "We're here, Uncle. That house ahead is my home."
Zhang Che looked to where she pointed to. The courtyard seemed very ordinary; the building was decades old, probably built during Wu Yichen's grandfather's generation. It was already rather worn out.
Who would take over such a house?
Harboring such suspicions, Zhang Che let Wu Yichen wait outside, while he jumped lightly over the two-meters-some wall and walked inside the dark house.
When Zhang Che was directly outside, he could sense that the house was empty. He turned on the lights, and saw that the furnitures were in disarray, like a group of wild boars had devastated the house. It was as messy as could be.
"Like I thought, who in the right mind would take over such a worn out house…" Zhang Che nodded, guessing the reason. They were probably some low-tier beastmasters who knew Wu Yunfeng. Seeing as he hadn't been back for a long time, they guessed that he had met with an accident in the beast world. As such, they grew daring enough to come take over his house, trying to find any valuables and beast cards.
After all, Wu Yunfeng was considered an expert among Tier Four beastmasters. It was impossible for his whole fortune to be on him. Surely some good stuff was hidden at home!
Of course, Zhang Che wouldn't know whether Wu Yunfeng had indeed hidden valuable things at home. Even if there were, they would have been taken by now.
Moreover, he wouldn't be interested in any valuables Wu Yunfeng had hidden at home with his current wealth. After taking another look at the devastated house, Zhang Che turned to leave and opened the gates to let Wu Yichen in.
"Uncle, did you beat all the baddies away?" Wu Yichen asked cautiously, her expression guarded.
Zhang Che chuckled, saying, "Don't be afraid. Those baddies knew we were coming and have run away on their own. You can stay at your place again from today on."
"Really? That's great!" Wu Yichen cheered. When she saw the sorry state the house was in, she couldn't resist saying fiercely, "Those baddies really deserve to die! They actually messed up my house so badly. I will need to clean up for a long time!"
Seeing the bitter look on Wu Yichen's face, Zhang Che sighed inside again, then said, "No problem. Uncle will help you clean the house, alright?"
"Okay! Thank you so much, Uncle!"Zhang Che returned home very late. The next morning, he woke up early and rushed over to the Qian Wei City's military camp, informing them of Wu Yichen's matters and asking them to help look out for her in the future.
As for the reason behind it, Zhang Che told them Wu Yichen's father was a friend he got to know in the beast world, and had unfortunately lost his life to exotic beasts. Now, this orphaned girl was left all alone, and he had no time to take care of her. He was thus entrusting the military to help her out.
Regarding this, the people from Qian Wei City military naturally agreed to it immediately. They patted their chests, guaranteeing to take good care of Wu Yichen and not let her get bullied by those thugs and lowly beastmasters.That day, Sun Lan and Sun Shaoying's family were very busy. First, they went to the public cemetery and unearthed Zhang Che's so-called father and maternal grandparents' remains, then immediately rushed over to Tian Xing City to bury them in the public cemetery there.
Although Zhang Che wasn't needed much during the whole process, as a junior, he was required to be around the whole time.
After many complicated ceremonies, the remains were successfully unearthed. Zhang Che piloted dijiang-hao and ferried his extended family, as well as the three urns of ashes, immediately flying back to Tian Xing City.When they arrived at Tian Xing City, the Feng Shui master they hired there said it was already late, and they couldn't bury the remains today, needing to wait until tomorrow.
As a result, they went through a lot of trouble the next day as well, and finally buried their three late ancestors' remains, bringing the matter to a close.
The relocating of the graves was completed, but Sun Shaoying's family hadn't been back to Tian Xing City in a long time. They had many friends and family here, and they needed to go visit them for the next couple of days. It would be two days later, at the very least, before they headed back to Bei Du.
Fortunately, Zhang Che had friends in Tian Xing City, too. He wouldn't feel too bored here.
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Chapter 473: Dark Gold Ghost-Patterned Butterfly. Discovery of Another Secret Plane
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After finishing the grave relocation matters, Sun Shaoying's family needed to go visit some family and friends, and especially needed to discuss the wedding of Xi Wenshan with the parents of his girlfriend, so they needed to stay here for a few days more.
Zhang Che didn't idle around. He went looking for Luo Wenjun to catch up.Luo Wenjun had long become a Tier Seven beastmaster, and with the epic-quality beast card he obtained by hunting the Wind God Leopard together with Zhang Che back then, he was confirmed to be the next clan patriarch of the Luo family.
Every time their hunt of the Wind God Leopard was brought up, Luo Wenjun would feel a surge of emotion, feeling very grateful to Zhang Che. After all, if he didn't have Zhang Che's help, he would never have been able to kill such a powerful exotic beast, no matter how weakened it was.
"By the way, Brother Zhang, you're reaching Tier Seven soon too, right?" Luo Wenjun could sense the aura on Zhang Che. It was already at the brink. It wouldn't be long before he broke through to Tier Seven beastmaster.
Zhang Che was already so powerful that he could send people into despair when he was still Tier Six. When he reached Tier Seven, he would surely shine even brighter, becoming the most outstanding junior in all of Hua Xia, right?
"I'm almost there. I'll probably need to stay in the beast world for half a month or so," Zhang Che replied, smiling faintly.
"Good. When Brother Zhang advances to Tier Seven, let's go explore the depths of the beast world together. What do you think?"
Luo Wenjun seemed to have an adventurous spirit in his bones. He was weak in the past and didn't dare to go. Although he had become a Tier Seven beastmaster, he still felt a little unsafe.
Given that Zhang Che was unusually powerful, with the two of them journeying together, they should be able to explore ten thousand kilometers deep into the beast world!
Zhang Che was a little taken aback. He didn't expect Luo Wenjun to have such an idea, and was a little moved when he heard it. However, he didn't agree to it directly. Instead, he took a rain check, saying, "We'll see when the time comes. If there aren't any other matters, we can make that trip together."
Truthfully speaking, Zhang Che was a little curious about the depths of the beast world. If nothing else, there should be more spiritual herbs there, and their grades should be higher on average, right?
If he could gather a large enough number of spiritual herbs, the production of high-grade spiritual honey would increase considerably!
As for the danger factor, Zhang Che wasn't really afraid. The more powerful exotic beasts had the concept of owning their own territories. Whenever they went near those places, they would definitely feel the anomaly. As long as they were more careful about it, there shouldn't be any problems.
Moreover, given Zhang Che's current strength, he wasn't afraid of anything as long as he didn't encounter those flying-type divine-quality exotic beasts. Even if he couldn't win, he could outrun them!
"Alright, let's settle on that!" Luo Wenjun clapped, smiling, his excitement and anticipation apparent.That night, Zhang Che suddenly felt something happening in his spiritual sea.
Upon taking a closer look, it turned out that the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly had started advancing! It was finally breaking through from gold to dark gold-quality!
Previously, the five-star gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly could already control six-star dark gold-quality exotic beasts after activating its skill. Once it advanced to dark gold, wouldn't it be able to control seven-star legend-quality exotic beasts?
With that, it was akin to adding on a powerful combat force to his army!After waiting for close to an hour, the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly was finally done with its advancement. Zhang Che immediately checked on its new attributes.[Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly]
Level: Five Star (Level 50)
Quality: Dark Gold
Type: Original Combat Body
Characteristics: Able to Disperse Hallucination Powder, Mentally Confusing Those Affected
Weakness: Innate Fire Elemental Attacks
Innate Attribute: Amplified Confusion. The Effects of the Hallucination-Inducing Poisonous Powders are Greatly Amplified.
Skill: Enchant. Allows Temporary Control of Five Targets at Maximum After Activation, Obeying Any and All Commands. Lasts 30 Minutes, Cooldown Time: 10 Minutes. (Note: Skill is Ineffective Against Beasts Above Seven-Star Legend-Quality, and Effect is Increasingly Stronger Against Weaker Beasts. Has Terrifying Effects on Humans. Non-High-Tier Beastmasters Are Sure to be Affected, and Non-Divine-Tier Beastmasters are Unable to Resist When Caught Unguarded.)
Potential: B RankZhang Che's eyes immediately lit up when he saw the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's attributes. Although it didn't awaken a Halo, it didn't diminish its strength at all!
The dark gold-quality Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly's Enchant skill could be said to have achieved a heaven-defying level. Zhang Che's guess was right on the spot. Its Enchant skill could control seven-star legend-quality exotic beasts!
Also, the number of beasts it could control had increased from three to five, and the duration of the skill had increased to half an hour, while the cooldown time was reduced to only ten minutes.
The biggest change was that the Enchant skill could totally control all humans who weren't high-tier beastmasters. They would be affected regardless of whether they were on their guard or not!
That was very terrifying!
In other words, from today on, as long as a beastmaster hadn't achieved high-tier, they would for sure be controlled, and become his puppet for half an hour. They would obey Zhang Che without question no matter what he told them to do.
Even high-tier beastmasters would fall under his control if they weren't on guard. Only divine-tier beastmasters were immune to the effects of this skill.
In this world, how many divine-tier beastmasters were there? In all of Mercury combined, there were probably barely two digits of them?
"Not bad! This is indeed good stuff!"
Seeing the Psychedelic Ghost-Patterned Butterfly, who now had dark golden flower patterns on its body, giving off an even more mysterious appearance, Zhang Che smiled so widely his eyes turned into slits.At the same time, in the endless mountain range of western Nan Mei region… { TLN: South America}
A purple light suddenly appeared in a huge rift valley, quickly expanding like a balloon. Soon, it turned into a purple door about a hundred meters tall.
The military satellite in the skies discovered the purple door almost immediately. The government and military in all regions were shaken at the same time.
Another secret plane gateway appeared!
How long had it been since the last appearance of the secret plane gateway near northern Hua Xia? Another secret plane had actually descended on the world so soon?
According to past experience, there would be at least a two-year-gap between the appearances of two secret plane gateways. This time, another secret plane appeared after less than half a year!
What was the reason behind it?
Could it be that during the demons' invasion, an enormous amount of unknown energy had flowed into this world and triggered the early appearance of the secret plane gateway?
No one knew the underlying reason, and could only guess.
However, this was a very good piece of news for mid-tier beastmasters across the globe! After all, beastmasters could obtain lots of good stuff in the secret planes every time they opened. It was greatly beneficial to the increase in strength of the core powers of humanity.
The news spread extremely quickly to the upper circles of every region!
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Chapter 474: Entering a Secret Plane Once More
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
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The next morning, Zhang Che received a phone call from Huang Juyun before he even woke up. His father-in-law revealed a shocking piece of news to him, and he directly jumped out of bed.
"What? Another secret plane gateway appeared?"
-What kind of joke is this? Didn't they say secret planes appear once every two years at the earliest?
-How long has it been since the last secret plane ended? It hasn't even been half a year yet!-
"Right! This time, the gateway appeared at Nan Mei region, in the mountain range near their west coast. The time of appearance was in the morning, local time. The military satellites from all regions checked clearly. This can't be wrong." Some excitement could be heard in Huang Juyun's voice. Obviously he was excited at the news, too.
By heaven's grace, Zhang Che was still a tiny bit away from reaching Tier Seven beastmaster. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to enter this secret plane and would have missed a great opportunity!
As for the danger, Huang Juyun was actually pretty confident in Zhang Che's strength. At present, even ordinary high-tier beastmasters might not be a match for Zhang Che if they didn't have a few powerful high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts!
Since that was the case, in a secret plane only mid-tier beastmasters could enter, Zhang Che didn't have to fear threats from other beastmasters, at the very least. The only thing he had to worry about was the unknown dangers in the secret plane this time!
Judging from the data of the past secret planes, the survival rate of beastmasters wasn't low. It was at least half every time.
Given Zhang Che's strength, he would belong to the surviving half no matter what, right?
"Then when are our Hua Xia's participants setting out?" Zhang Che directly asked about the departure time and date.
Since the secret plane was far off in the Nan Mei region this time, Hua Xia definitely needed to prepare early. It was impossible for them to set out at the last moment like last time.
Zhang Che was still thinking of his Falling Star Model X Mk III superstrong bow. If the participants from Hua Xia had to set off right away, he wouldn't be able to wait until the Falling Star Model X Mk III was completed.
"There's no hurry for that. Although the journey to Nan Mei is long, we still have to organize the participants for entering the secret plane. Most likely we'll be officially setting off for Nan Mei three days from now."
Zhang Che was much happier after he heard Huang Juyun's words. With that, the Falling Star Model X Mk III would be done just in time before the huge event!
"Alright, then. I'll head back today."
Since Zhang Che had no other matters to take care of in Tian Xing City, he wanted to return to Bei Du in advance to go take a look at the bow crafting shop, in case they delayed the time and he was not able to get the bow before he left for the secret plane.
As for the other preparations, Zhang Che didn't need any of that. He was no longer the same person from before. The Purple Crystal Tortoise's spatial storage always had large amounts of food and water in stock. He didn't need to worry about those things after entering the secret plane.Two days later, Zhang Che received the completed Falling Star Model X as he wished. The Falling Star Model X Mk III was about a hundred thirty centimeters long. The bow grip was scarlet-gold in color, and the bow limbs purple with patterns on them. It had a powerful appearance.
Zhang Che tried pulling on the bowstring. In the end, he only managed to vibrate the string slightly after exerting all his strength.
"As expected of a superstrong bow with twenty-one thousand kilograms draw weight! My arms have around three thousand kilograms of pull strength, and yet I can't even draw it at all! I wonder how terrifyingly powerful the arrows shot from this bow will be…"
Zhang Che was very satisfied with the Falling Star Model X Mk III. He paid the balance very straightforwardly, and bought a thousand superalloy arrows at a forty-percent discount.
Originally, the shop wanted to gift a thousand ordinary alloy arrows to Zhang Che as a service. However, Zhang Che was obviously not interested in those ordinary goods. When he checked in two days ago, he asked them to work overtime and produce a thousand superalloy arrows for him.
This kind of arrow could theoretically puncture the scales of mid-tier epic-quality exotic beasts if the projectile was fast enough, and posed a certain threat to high-tier epic-quality exotic beasts, too!
"It's settled! Now, the frisky monkey can also fight against mid-tier epic-quality exotic beasts. He'll be even more terrifying if I use him to assassinate other beastmasters!"
After collecting the Falling Star Model X Mk III, Zhang Che immediately went into the beast world that was close to Bei Du to test how fast the arrows shot by the frisky monkey were with a device.
In the end, a soft but sharp whistle rang out the moment the frisky monkey released the bowstring. However, before the noise was heard, Zhang Che saw the huge mountain rock a few hundred meters ahead he had specially chosen explode into countless bits.
"An average projectile speed of nine hundred and sixty meters per second!" Zhang Che couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw the displayed number on the speed test device.
The bullets shot from many guns were around that speed as well. Even so, those bullets only weighed a few dozen grams at most. How could the destructive power of those bullets compare with the superalloy arrows that weighed about a quarter kilogram?
The difference between the two simply couldn't be measured by logic!
The frisky monkey was very excited after shooting the arrow. His increasingly ugly face was full of smiles, saying loudly to Zhang Che, "Baba, I, strong!"
"Haha, I know you're very strong! You can take part in future fights from now on!" Zhang Che laughed out loud as well. If anything, the frisky monkey could totally become an outstanding sniper with the Falling Star Model X Mk III, picking off enemies from afar, especially hostile beastmasters. He would be able to display his skills brilliantly.
His shots could even penetrate the defenses of mid-tier epic-quality exotic beasts. Ordinary legend-quality beast card armors were probably not enough to block the frisky monkey's arrows. Even if they were wearing epic-quality beast card armor, and managed to withstand the arrows, what about the enormous resulting impact?
Even ordinary high-tier beastmasters wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of impact when it erupted; their bones would break from the shock, and their organs bleed internally, right?In the Nan Mei region, the local date was 17th November, Year 36 of the New Age. In the mountain range surrounding the tall purple gateway to the secret plane, multiple ad-hoc campgrounds were set up. Factions from all over Mercury were gathered there.
The mid-tier beastmasters who were going to enter the secret plane were all gathered, waiting for the alliance government to affirm the time for all of them to set off for the gateway.
Zhang Che stood inside the Hua Xia camp. The unfamiliar beastmasters around him were all greeting him in a friendly manner.
It couldn't be helped; Zhang Che could be said to be the strongest person among the younger generation of Hua Xia, or even among all the mid-tier beastmasters. As fellow beastmasters from Hua Xia, naturally they wanted to get along with him. They weren't hoping for Zhang Che to help them after entering the secret plane, but at the very least, him not targeting them would be something very nice!
After all, no one could be sure of the situation inside the secret plane. If they were eyed by such an expert unknowingly, they might not even know how they died in the end.
Facing the intentional display of friendliness from all the unfamiliar faces around him, Zhang Che acknowledged them all with a faint smile and nods, not putting on the aloof airs of an expert at all.
This time, Zhang Che didn't intend to conceal his identity. Instead, he chose to enter the secret plane in his original appearance.
He chose to do so was because he didn't want others to know the secret of him being able to switch up his identity as he pleased, not even the Huang family. On the other hand, only mid-tier beastmasters could enter the secret plane. High-tier beastmasters would be restricted by the spatial tunnel and forbidden from entering. That way, Zhang Che didn't have to worry about getting into any danger.
Since that was so, so what if he entered the secret plane in his original appearance?Just like that, the beastmasters waited for some time. The public announcement system in the campground suddenly rang out. The alliance government had arranged the time to set off and notified the beastmasters from all the regions. They would officially set off in half an hour's time.
As they were about to set off, Huang Juyun, who personally came to Nan Mei to send Zhang Che in, reminded him once more, "You have to be careful on this trip. Although you're already very strong now, being careful won't go wrong."
Zhang Che nodded, showing a confident smile and replied, "Don't worry, Uncle Huang. I understand."
With multiple epic-quality combat forces on him, Zhang Che really didn't put this trip to the secret plane to heart. He was confident that he would be able to escape in the end even if he encountered some grave dangers inside.
After all, he wasn't the only one entering. Although he would appear randomly in the secret plane after crossing the gateway, there were about a thousand participants! With the Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's speed, it wouldn't be long before Zhang Che came across other beastmasters inside. With that, as long as he outran others, danger would usually not come to find him.
As for whether he could outrun others, Zhang Che was very confident in this aspect. The Darkfiend Abyssal Dragon's Mach 2 speed was no joke. Many high-tier beastmasters' epic-quality flying subdued beasts might not even reach that speed!
"No matter what, it's best to be safe!" Huang Juyun gave a final reminder. Half an hour went by very quickly. The mid-tier beastmaster teams immediately rushed forth.
The average strength of the beastmasters on this trip to the secret plane was much higher than the previous. While they were forging their way ahead, Zhang Che clearly saw several beastmasters were wearing legend-quality armors. Some people also summoned their legend-quality combat-type subdued beasts out.
On Hua Xia's side, Zhang Che estimated the beastmasters had brought at least twice the number of legend-quality subdued beasts on this trip than the last!
Perhaps it was because the appearance of the gateway was much earlier than expected, and the factions were less confident, worried that their descendents would die inside, and thus pooled together a legend-quality beast card for them no matter what?
They were a thousand kilometers away from the tall, purple oval-shaped gateway deep in the mountain range. It went without saying large amounts of powerful exotic beasts were gathered ahead as well. The beastmasters were well aware it was impossible for them to reach the goal in one day.
Since that was the case, everyone was still acting very cautiously, not flying over on their mounts. After all, it was too dangerous that way. The result would be unimaginable if they were eyed by those truly powerful exotic beasts.
On Hua Xia's side, however, there was an exception…
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