Beast Taming: I Can Evolve Indefinitely

Chapter 435: Chapter 431: They Never Intended to Let Me Go to the Next Level

The environment on the fourth level was significantly more intricate than the third one.

The pitch-black surroundings, the complex paths, along with the abyss beneath their feet whose depth was unknown, all added layers of difficulty to their exploration.

However, this didn’t seem to affect Bai Qi in the slightest.

“Human, your propensity for laziness is catching up to that of the Martial Emperor.”

The Cowskin Snake looked disdainfully at Bai Qi, who was lounging comfortably in a chair, saying, “If you continue acting so slothfully, you’ll have a hard time becoming the strongest.”

Hearing the Cowskin Snake’s words, Bai Qi cast an annoyed glance in its direction, saying, “Next time you want to impart such ‘wisdom’, I suggest you get up from your seat and get rid of the food in your mouth first.”

“I was merely offering you a friendly piece of advice.”

The Cowskin Snake raised its head proudly, then bit into another piece of Bai Qi’s snacks, continuing its criticism, “The Martial Emperor is relaxed because he has befriended a group of legendary creatures. You, on the other hand, have a long way to go.”

“Legendary creatures… it’s only a matter of time.”

Bai Qi shrugged, utterly unconcerned.

With the Evolution Egg in possession, unless he died prematurely… no, that was a terribly unlucky thought. It was practically a certainty that he would turn into a legendary creature.

The only difficulty was to have all seven of his pets evolve into legendary creatures. Even his mighty teacher had only succeeded with four. It gave one a sense of how many resources were required to reach the level of legendary creatures.

“Now that I think of it, I still need more money.”

Bai Qi sat up from his chair, contemplating his current methods of earning money.

Apart from being a spokesperson for the Wuhou Corporation, there were also the first and second stages of rune evolution, Spirit-Control Orb, Rune Mechanical Armour, and Armament Evolution.

Hmm, once the Leap Evolution was perfected, it could probably be patented. Whether it would be considered a core patent or classified under Armament Evolution wasn’t clear, but either way, it should bring in a significant amount of money.

After all, based on the data provided by President Qin, the number of Federal Spirit Masters was growing, along with the profitability of related industries.

However, to raise a Legendary Beast Master, these sources of income still seemed insufficient.

As far as he knew, nearly every Legendary Beast Master was backed by at least one corporation. Even the Beast Masters of the Federation and the Association were sponsored by various industries.

For instance, the Jiuli Group was built with the support of Zhao Futu, the president’s family.

In other words, if he wanted to nurture all seven pets into legendary creatures, he needed to find more remunerative means of making money.

“Maybe I could become a professional copyist? Or develop a game or something? Both options seemed to make a lot of money in my previous life.”

Bai Qi scratched his head. He was having trouble coming up with good ideas on the spot, so he decided to put it aside for now.

“Bai Qi, have your pets returned yet?”

At that moment, Bai Qiucha, who had been training with the Bone Dragon, returned and asked Bai Qi, who was still alone.

“They should be back soon.”

Bai Qi listened to the sounds echoing throughout the cave, carefully sensed through the bond, and said, “Did you discover anything?”

Bai Qiucha shook his head and said, “I just encountered a Mid-Level King creature. It wasn’t very powerful, but after defeating it, I obtained this.”

With that, Bai Qiucha handed Bai Qi a fan-shaped stone, saying, “This appears to be a fragment of a Teleportation Rune Stone. I suspect that we need to compile all of these to advance to the next level.”

“I see, it’s unexpectedly complicated for the owner of the Twilight Tomb.”

The Twilight Tomb, unlike human secret realms, was a stronghold that a Witch Ghoul had created for itself. Using this method to increase the difficulty of invaders’ attacks was indeed an effective strategy.

I hope Alpha and the others will have some gains.

Finally, accompanied by a series of rapid hoofbeats, Alpha was the first to return with Six Swords, and he also brought back a rune fragment.

Then came the Husky, Gamma Jie Ta, and Wormgrass, who all returned one after the other with rune fragments, except for Delta.

Bai Qi put the six rune stones together, which quickly assembled into a round rune with one piece missing.

“One piece is missing. We need to wait for Delta.”

Bai Qi looked in the direction where Delta had gone. Given Delta’s space ability, transportation should not have been an issue. But he hadn’t returned yet. Perhaps there had been some trouble during the fight.

“Remembering now, out of the six pets, only Delta hasn’t evolved to King-level yet.”

Due to Delta’s unique condition, Bai Qi had spent the most resources on it, enough to elevate it to the level of King creatures. Coupled with its Void attribute, it wasn’t an issue for Delta to challenge creatures of the King level.

However, it would undoubtedly be more robust to defeat opponents of the same level.

“Hopefully, the space materials provided by the Thirteenth Bureau will have a strong effect and help Delta absorb the effects of the Life Blessing.”

Bloop bloop.

(Master, I’m back).

Just then, the space beside Bai Qi began to ripple, and Delta emerged from the void, holding the final rune fragment in its mouth.

“Good job. Now we’ve gathered all the parts for the Teleportation Rune Stone.”

Bai Qi took the fragment, put it into the gap on the rune, and then waited attentively.

Then, there was nothing.

“Why is there no reaction? Is it broken?”

Bai Qi curiously examined the seven rune stones for a while. He confirmed that he hadn’t incorrectly identified the runes on them and tried reassembling them again, but there was still no reaction.

“Should I add some glue?”

Bai Qi couldn’t think of an appropriate solution for the moment, and neither could Bai Qiucha. They were at a loss at how to proceed.

“Is it possible that there are other fragments to this teleportation rune stone?”

Bai Qiucha voiced his own opinion, but before Bai Qi could respond, a flame suddenly lit up within the cave.

“Another enemy?”

Bai Qiucha and the Six Pets immediately entered combat mode, while Bai Qi, seeing the source of the flame, showed a look of joy on his face.

“Law Emperor Assistant! You’re still here!”

When Bai Qi had initially wanted to enter the third level, the Law Emperor Assistant had attempted to stop him. He had thought that the guy wouldn’t show up again, let alone expect to bump into him now.

“I’m also surprised. I didn’t expect you to make it this far.”

The fire person glanced at the seven rune fragments in Bai Qi’s hand and said, “The Law Emperor set a rule for me: only when someone collects all seven rune fragments would I appear.”

Having said this, the fire person looked around as if searching for something.

“What are you looking for?”

Bai Qi asked immediately upon seeing this. Since the Law Emperor had arranged for the fire person to guard here, he might know the way to the next level.

“After collecting the seven rune stones, the Dark Race Guardian will appear to seize them. Only when the Dark Race Guardian reassembles these seven rune stones and is defeated by you can the entrance to the next level be opened.”

Bai Qi: “…”

After listening to the fire person’s words, everyone looked at each other and were at a loss at what to say.

No wonder the Dark Race Guardian was so strong. They couldn’t open the door to the next level even after defeating him, let alone assemble the runes. It turned out that they had defeated the Guardian in the wrong order.

“This feels similar to the sensation of battling in the Shankou Mountain instance in my previous life.”

Bai Qi looked at the rune stone in his hand with a headache. The Dark Race Guardian had been eaten by Jerry. Unless another one appeared, he would never be able to enter the next level.

With such complexity, the lord of the Twilight Tomb certainly didn’t intend to let him enter the next level.

“By the way, haven’t you been here all along? Hasn’t a Legendary Beast Master riding a large bird been here before?”

Bai Qi suddenly raised his head and asked.

“A strong character riding a large bird? Indeed, there was one, but he did not collect the rune stones and did not trigger the mechanism left by the Law Emperor, so I didn’t appear.”

The fire person recalled for a moment, then quickly came up with an answer.

“Didn’t collect the rune stones? Isn’t that to say that there are other ways to enter the next level?”

Bai Qi’s eyes lit up. He remembered clearly that Bai Heguang had told him that the first six levels had been repaired. Therefore, Bai Heguang must have gone down one level at a time.

“No, under normal circumstances, there’s only this method if you want to enter the next level.”

The fire person shook his head, ruthlessly extinguishing Bai Qi’s hope.

“Then how did he descend to the next level?”

Bai Qi was somewhat perplexed.

“He tore through space directly and descended.”

Tore through space directly?

Bai Qi and Bai Qiucha looked at each other, their minds involuntarily recalling the scene where Bai Heguang took them straight into the dying secret realm.

Indeed, it’s the teacher’s style…

“So it means that we can only leave and challenge this place again, right?”

Bai Qi sighed and asked.

“Yes, and the rune stones in your hand are now useless. Come back after three days when the new rune stones are condensed.”

“Alright.”

Bai Qi helplessly shrugged his shoulders. Without Bai Heguang’s method of forcibly breaking into the secret realm, he could only obediently follow the mechanism of the Twilight Tomb.

“Since that’s the case, I wish you luck.”

Seeing that Bai Qi had understood, the fire person prepared to leave, but Bai Qi, not about to miss such an opportunity to seek advice, promptly stopped him.

“I have a question to ask you, did the Law Emperor use alchemy when he made the Dual Sky Mech?”

The fire person shook his head and replied, “Sorry, I am not responsible for the Mech. If you have the chance to meet Heibai, he might be able to help you.”

“Heibai? Where can I find him?”

Bai Qi felt a headache come on hearing the fire person’s words. It’s been several months since Heibai took the Gemini Tower and ran off, and he had no leads to go on. Now finding him would be even more difficult.

“Then I’ll await your next arrival.”

The fire person didn’t wait for Bai Qi and quietly disappeared as he had come.

“Bai Qi, what shall we do next? Do you need this dragon to try brute-forcing our way in?”

Seeing Bai Qi’s look of conflict, Nicholas made a suggestion.

“Well… Let’s forget it. The teacher just repaired it, let’s not break it again and allow the Death Knight to get in.”

Bai Qi disdainfully threw away the fragment of the rune stone in his hand, glanced at the place where the Dark Race Summoner had died and gritted his teeth.

It’s just an adventure instance, isn’t it? He used to be an old-time player in such raids. Why should he be afraid of this?

“Let’s go, let’s rest for three days. After three days, we’ll come back!”