Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 374: Chapter 262: Consolidation

At the same time, he opened the panel with the Gray Demon Whale’s information, exchanged for a certain amount of Energy, and added it to its relevant Attributes.

Awakening I → Awakening II... Awakening I → Extraordinary I → Extraordinary II...

Surging Dark Spiritual Energy churned and roiled within the hall.

Dark Particles, visible to the naked eye, enveloped the Gray Demon Whale.

Its body began to rapidly expand.

meters, 4 meters, 6 meters...

It wasn’t until its massive body nearly occupied half the hall that the panel displayed a warning: "Reached current physical limit."

Every Soul Beast’s body has a limit to what it can bear. It’s impossible to devour an infinite amount of Spiritual Energy in one go, and not even the Gray Demon Whale was an exception.

It would need a period of time for the Spiritual Energy and flesh to fully integrate, allowing it to grow accustomed to its stronger body before it could be enhanced further.

The fact that even the Gray Demon Whale’s body couldn’t take any more was a testament to just how much Energy Han Ning had fed it.

You have to understand, the Gray Demon Whale’s Spiritual Energy capacity was 100 times greater than that of a Blood and Flesh Soul Beast of the same level!

’Hiss... A damn whale indeed... "Jingtun" is no exaggeration.’

Even he, who was accustomed to seeing Lord Soul Beasts consume and release Spiritual Energy, was startled by the total amount of Spiritual Energy the Gray Demon Whale had consumed for this breakthrough.

200,000 Energy, a full 200,000 Energy!

’Whatever, whatever. The Energy is just being stored in the Gray Demon Whale’s body in another form.’

Han Ning looked at the small amount of Energy left on his panel and couldn’t help but grimace. No wonder Yue Lin and the others had only managed to raise a single War General Level Gray Demon Whale.

’These things can really eat!’

’Considering you’re practically our savior, a good appetite is a blessing, a good appetite is a blessing.’

He consoled himself inwardly as he crouched down and gently stroked the Gray Demon Whale’s large head.

The Gray Demon Whale was now nearly the size of Egg Pancake. It lay curled up on the hall floor, its ivory-white skin slightly bloated, looking completely stuffed.

Its appearance had changed drastically.

From its back, long, thick, scimitar-shaped bone spurs now jutted out, reaching toward the ceiling.

A dark halo of light swirled around the spiraling horn on its head.

Its ivory-white skin had darkened slightly, and a layer of hard bone now encased the pectoral fins on its sides and the dorsal fin on its back.

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Race: Gray Demon Whale

Gender: Male

Talent: C

Level: Extraordinary IV (1/60,000)

Talent: Jingtun

Acquired Soul Techniques: Dark Fluctuation I (1/3,000), Whale Roar I (1/25,000)

Power: 1,572

Body: 1,231

Agility: 11

Spiritual Energy: 6,157

Elemental Affinity (Dark): 157

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[Dark Fluctuation]: Condenses the Dark Energy within its body and spews a tidal wave-like surge of Energy from its mouth.

[Whale Roar]: Vibrates its vocal cords to emit an infrasonic wave that can stun nearby creatures.

[This Soul Beast has met the criteria for its first evolution. A pure-blooded Gray Demon Whale has only one evolutionary path.]

[Yunlan Whale: Primary Attributes are Power and Physical Strength, with Spiritual Energy as a Support Attribute; Dark, Water; B Talent. As this Soul Beast has not formed a contract with a Beast Master, there is no Spiritual Power requirement for the Beast Master. However, it may become distant after evolution.]

[Introduction]: Be it the gloomy and treacherous Netherworld, the dark and oppressive Deep Sea, or the vast and boundless heavens, all are places where the Yunlan Whale roams free.

[When the Beast Master’s Spiritual Power reaches Tier Four, the bloodline purification function can be awakened, unlocking more evolutionary paths.]

’The evolution materials for the Gray Demon Whale...’

"..."

’To cross the Subspace storm, the Gray Demon Whale’s physical strength is already sufficient. There’s no rush to evolve it.’

Han Ning merely glanced at the requirements and dismissed the idea of helping it evolve anytime soon.

The evolution materials it required were just as numerous, if not more so, than Egg Pancake’s. ’With that kind of effort, I’d be better off strengthening my own Egg Pancake.’

"Whooo~"

No matter how slow the Gray Demon Whale was, it was still a Soul Beast and smarter than an ordinary animal. It knew that the creature before it was the one who had helped it become stronger and had fed it until it was full.

The big fellow let out a low whimper and pressed its large head against Han Ning’s palm in a show of affection.

"Good boy."

While stroking the Gray Demon Whale’s head, he analyzed its panel.

These stats weren’t much weaker than a War General Level Soul Beast’s, or even a Lord Level one.

It was just that its three main stats were developing abnormally. Like the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, its Agility was far lower than its other Attributes.

After several days of observation, Han Ning had discovered that Agility didn’t just affect a Soul Beast’s speed; it also influenced its reaction time and even its Spiritual Strength.

In other words, Agility and Spiritual Power had a positive correlation.

’No wonder the Alataku People don’t use them as their primary Contracted Soul Beasts.’

Low Agility meant that even with the help of a Beast Master’s Spiritual Power, it would be difficult for the Gray Demon Whale to dodge incoming Soul Techniques in a battle against an opponent of the same level.

Although they were tough and thick-skinned, capable of withstanding most Spiritual Energy and physical attacks, this world was not lacking in strange offensive methods—like spiritual, weakening, or sealing attacks—that could bypass armor and flesh.

’Other people might not be able to, but what if I gave the Gray Demon Whale a Talent that could compensate for its low Agility? Wouldn’t this thing be invincible? Even more ferocious than the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm.’

But then Han Ning had another thought. The Gray Demon Whale was a huge glutton, which suddenly made it feel a bit like a white elephant.

’If I spent this much Spiritual Energy raising another Soul Beast with high Talent, it would have been invincible long ago.’

’Compensating for its Agility is unnecessary. But I could pick some Talents for it that increase Spiritual Energy absorption or reduce its body’s burden... to maximize its use as a transport whale.’

His eyes darted about as a series of ideas flooded his mind.

For example, the Gray Demon Whale absorbed a massive amount of Spiritual Energy, but its energy utilization efficiency definitely wasn’t 100%. He could start by looking for Talents related to energy efficiency.

Alternatively, since the Gray Demon Whale’s Spiritual Power was low, maybe he could find it a Talent that increased its spiritual aptitude, accelerating its comprehension of the Gathering Spirit Stage and allowing it to reach the Lord Level faster.

After thinking it over, Han Ning decided that a Talent to increase the Gray Demon Whale’s intelligence was the most important.

He and the Dragon Blood Race could figure out a way to handle the Spiritual Energy needs.

But making a Soul Beast smarter was extremely difficult. That was practically the domain of a "Creator," something only his omnipotent panel could achieve.

「The next day.」

Every member who had just woken up could clearly see a gigantic whale, over 200 meters long, floating in the sky outside the dormitory building.

It slowly waved its pectoral fins and swished its massive tail fin, leisurely swimming through the radiation-filled sky above Night Nether City, looking completely at ease.

"Holy shit?! Am I dreaming? How did Grey get so big overnight?" Lin Tianhe rubbed his eyes, a look of disbelief on his face.

"In the northern darkness there is a fish... its wings are like clouds hung from the heavens." Leon shook his head, reciting a passage from an ancient text of the Xia Country.

Ah Yu put down the black Spiritual Pen in her hand, rubbed her sore wrist, and pushed open the window, staring blankly at the whale swimming in the sky.

On the table in front of her was a pile of stone slabs, each etched with various strange Spiritual Energy Circuits.

Everyone stood at their windows, gazing at the sky, each lost in their own thoughts.

...

Inside a spacious, 300-square-meter stone classroom.

A few energy-saving lamps cast down bright light, illuminating every last corner of the classroom.

Before more than fifty students stood a handsome man with a full head of vibrant red hair tied in a short ponytail. He was slender and lean, with two flaming patterns visible on his cheeks. In a hoarse Witch Spirit Language, he said,

"A Basic Level Buffer Array is composed of 1,032 Spiritual Energy Circuits... Leon, you will first draw the specific forms of the first 15 circuits. Then, we will proceed in order of seating."

The man speaking was none other than the Scorching Sun Bishop—Sage.

Like Hom, he was using a fragmented Soul Spirit to control a Flesh Puppet created by the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm, temporarily acting as a teacher.

The Buffer Array Sage mentioned was a type of Array used to mitigate conflicts between different types of Spiritual Energy.

A large-scale Spiritual Array System inevitably involves multiple series of Spiritual Energy. Even a small Array might be filled with Spiritual Energy of different Attributes.

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