Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 365: Chapter 258: Settling

A mysterious, deep blue hue now colored Qingyao’s body, which was originally wreathed in emerald light.

A graceful arc of deep blue light constantly overflowed from the void, seeping between its beautiful scales.

It was clear that it had also comprehended a new void-related Talent.

As for what it was, the panel only showed a series of question marks, so Han Ning couldn’t tell for now.

After so many Authentications, he had noticed a pattern.

When the panel performed an Authentication on a Monarch Level Soul Beast, it could sometimes identify its Talents, but not always.

It was likely related to the fact that Talents also had different levels.

Some Talents were high-level and some were low-level. Just as the panel had stated earlier, absorbing a Dragon Type Soul Beast’s True Dragon Mark would allow one to comprehend a Basic Spatial Talent. However, after the panel’s Authentication, all the Talents in Qingyao’s section were just question marks.

This meant it had comprehended an even higher-level Talent!

"Elder Qingyao, could you show me your new Talent?" Han Ning asked curiously in the Dragon Language.

"RAAWRU~ (Of course.)"

Qingyao gave a slight nod.

Then, its emerald eyes, deep as a placid lake, suddenly began to glow with a faint blue light.

The storm in the area, which had long since subsided, suddenly showed signs of stirring again.

"RAWR!"

Qingyao abruptly turned its head, looking at a point in the empty space to its right.

The next second, a dozen or so chains glowing with deep blue light shot out, striking that patch of empty space.

BANG! BANG! BANG!!

In just three seconds, the chains had struck thousands, even tens of thousands of times.

And in that patch of battered space, a fine crack, a dozen or so centimeters long, suddenly bloomed open.

A strange vortex with a gray halo suddenly gusted out from the crack, enveloping the surrounding area.

The sand, stones, and blades of grass caught in the vortex were all pulverized into dust and sucked into the crack.

"RAWR~ (A new Talent!)" Qingyao said, lifting its claw and pointing toward the small vortex.

’Oh? It seems to be another crowd-control ability. That fits Qingyao’s role quite well.’

Meanwhile, the people who had been caught in the storm were successfully brought to a safe clearing by Yin Yi.

Han Ning nodded to Qingyao, acknowledging that he had seen the demonstration, then quickly hopped on Egg Pancake’s back and rushed over.

"Han... Han Ning?" someone in the transport team recognized him.

"What... what just happened? We tried to fly out of the storm’s range, but it felt like space itself had changed. No matter which direction we flew, we couldn’t seem to escape... It was so strange." A member of the team’s guard unit rubbed his head, his face a mask of confusion.

"It was a spatial storm. It disorients a creature’s five senses. If your Spiritual Power isn’t high enough, or your Soul Beast isn’t strong enough, you can get lost in it," Han Ning explained. He glanced at the distant sky and added urgently, "The storm is gone now. Please head to the Jade Forest as quickly as possible. I’m worried other Insect Masters might show up."

"Uh... okay, we’ll leave right away."

This transport team was mostly made up of academy members. They were a cohesive group, and upon hearing Han Ning’s words, they all grew tense. They immediately gathered their belongings and set off once more.

Watching them depart, Han Ning still felt uneasy. He turned to Qingyao beside him and said, "Elder Qingyao, I’ll have to trouble you to escort them to the Jade Forest. I’m worried they might run into other Insect Masters from the Ancestor Families."

The Monarch Level Sky-Splitting Instant Butterflies from before had been torn to shreds by the storm the True Dragon created. Even for an Ancestor Family, Monarch Level Soul Beasts aren’t common. An Insect Master from the Sky Splitting Butterfly Family is bound to come and investigate.

"RAWR~ (Alright~)"

...

After settling the arrangements, Han Ning rode Egg Pancake back to the academy.

As he was about to reach the academy, he took out his Communication Device and reported to Dean Wu and the others that the storm had subsided, telling them not to worry too much.

Along the way, he saw many members of the Red Centipede Tribe and the Dragon Blood Race, as well as Beast Masters and Soul Beasts from the academy, all speeding toward the site of the spatial storm. He stopped and intercepted them one by one.

The watchtower outside the academy’s dormitory building.

Egg Pancake folded its wings, shrank in size, and glided smoothly onto the balcony.

Dean Wu, who was already waiting there, quickly stepped forward and asked,

"Han Ning, what happened? Why did the storm just stop out of nowhere?"

Han Ning’s expression turned serious.

"We have to speed things up. Just now, inside the storm, I encountered a real dragon..."

He recounted his recent experience to Dean Wu.

After listening, the expression on Dean Wu’s face grew much graver. He continued to ask, "Oh... I see. So, should we continue the relocation, or...?"

"For safety’s sake, let’s wait for half a day! An Ancestral Insect Master will definitely be checking out that area. I’ll have the Red Centipede Tribe monitor the perimeter. We’ll continue the relocation once it’s safe," Han Ning said after a moment of thought.

"Alright. I’ll arrange for people to handle the preliminary preparations then," Dean Wu nodded.

...

「Two days passed in the blink of an eye.」

Han Ning and his Soul Beasts, also riding on several Flying Flame Mosquitoes from the Red Centipede Tribe, traveled from the academy to the nearest entrance of the Jade Forest.

After more than two days of transport, a total of 517 humans—including that group of foreigners who had split off before—and over a thousand Soul Beasts were successfully relocated from the academy to the outskirts of the Jade Forest, without a single person or beast left behind.

He had chosen to ride the Flying Flame Mosquitoes to experience the transport process himself and to be ready to protect the final group at a moment’s notice.

To Han Ning’s surprise, the entrance to the Jade Forest closest to the academy turned out to be the very place where they had first encountered the giant mushroom caps!

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