Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 380: Chapter 265: Strong Acid Refining (Part 2)

"Elder Qingyao, Yin Yi, are you done diluting it over there?"

Just then, Han Ning turned to Yin Yi, who had been diluting the strong acid.

"Lingling!"

Yin Yi manipulated a massive, pale green sphere of water, which slowly floated over to Han Ning.

The sphere of water resembled an airship. It was over 200 meters in diameter, a flattened oval that perfectly matched the shape of Grey’s body.

"Encase Grey within the sphere!" Han Ning commanded.

"Ling~"

Yin Yi let out a soft cry and manipulated the sphere, steadily enveloping Grey’s massive body within it.

It was like the quenching process, plunging red-hot steel into a special solution.

TSSSSS~

Thick plumes of white smoke billowed up.

Meanwhile, Han Ning could sense through his Spiritual Power that Grey’s life aura was gradually strengthening.

One second... two seconds... three seconds...

The diluted acid furiously corroded the newly grown outer layer of Grey’s skin, only for it to be instantly repaired by the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm.

After a full thirty seconds.

The white smoke vanished.

Bubbles began to burst on the surface of the green, diluted acid.

Then, the immense sound of a creature breathing emanated from within.

Suddenly, Grey’s heart began to pound like a war drum.

Its power level broke through directly from Extraordinary IV to War General I!

Mind you, that was a leap of 60,000 progress points—comparable to a Lord Soul Beast.

’As expected of the panel. It only produces top-tier results. It only took 20,000 Energy points to successfully help Grey break through to the War General Level with this method.’

Han Ning watched the data on the panel continue to soar, marveling for what felt like the hundredth time at its power.

The panel called this method Acid Nirvana.

From the Extraordinary Limit all the way to the Lord Limit, this procedure would need to be performed on Grey at least once a week to help its skin and muscles build up resistance to the acid.

Once it reached the War General Level, its flesh and bones would need to be separated. At that point, a Beast Master who had studied Spiritual Arrays would have to inscribe various arrays on Grey’s massive bones to fortify its skeleton, enabling it to carry an astonishing amount of weight.

According to the parameters shown on the panel, inscribing various Spiritual Array configurations onto Grey’s bones would increase its carrying capacity by at least 60%.

If its load wasn’t heavy, its travel speed would increase instead. The reinforced skeleton would maximize its blood production, help it resist the effects of subspace storms, and allow it to cut through wind resistance more effectively, increasing its travel efficiency.

As Grey broke through to the War General Level, the diluted acid began to be consumed at an even faster rate.

The sphere’s color gradually faded from pale green to clear.

After about ten minutes, the sphere of water had become completely clear.

"MWROOOO~"

A long, sonorous whale call suddenly echoed through the quiet of Night Nether City.

Grey gradually grew until it was over 350 meters long.

The sphere of water enveloping its body abruptly shattered, dissipating into a sky full of Water Element.

The next moment, Grey spread its ventral fins, and its dark gray form levitated in midair.

Han Ning looked up.

Grey’s appearance had changed significantly.

Its once grayish-white body had become a much deeper shade.

Moreover, its head, as well as its ventral, dorsal, and tail fins, were all encased in what looked like heavy Bone Armor.

On its back, with the dorsal fin as the centerline, rows of sharp bone spikes ranging from ten to twenty meters in length branched out to either side, like a forest of white bone piercing the heavens.

In the center of the Bone Armor on its head, a marking resembling the gamma (γ) symbol had appeared.

A faint, dark purple light occasionally flashed at the edge of its tail fin, a sign that Dark Type Spiritual Energy was still circulating just beneath its skin.

Most striking of all were the twin blades on its forelimbs and its pair of compound eyes.

A vortex that seemed to be made of pure Darkness constantly swirled within its jet-black pupils. When its gaze fell upon Han Ning, he felt a faint sense of vertigo, as if he were at the center of a storm.

He looked at Grey’s panel again.

[

Race: Gray Demon Whale

Gender: Male

Talent: C (Projected to reach C+ after 30 Tempered Body sessions)

Level: War General I (1/80,000)

Talent: Jingtun, Refraction Skin

...

]

[Refraction Skin]:

1. The Gray Demon Whale absorbs Dark Particles from the surrounding space, which adhere to the surface of its body to form a hard, Dark Element shell. This increases its resistance to Spiritual Energy, radiation, Subspace particles, and physical attacks.

2. When the Gray Demon Whale’s skin is attacked, it will refract a certain percentage of the damage back at the attacker.

"Holy crap! Grey was burned down to a skeleton, then it revived and broke through?"

"It must be some Secret Technique Han Ning got from the Alataku People. See? I told you he wasn’t just torturing Grey."

The expressions on the faces of the spectating students were a complex mixture of shock, astonishment, excitement, and joy.

It wasn’t just the students. Even Hom, who had been observing from the sidelines the entire time, couldn’t help but reveal a look of profound surprise on her rigid face.

’Han Ning never shared this body-tempering method with her at all.’

’And it seemed incredibly efficient.’

’Another one of the humans’ inherited training methods?’

’And that special Meditation Technique... Every human Beast Master who reaches Tier Two has Spiritual Power that’s already approaching the Dark Star Level...’

Hom recalled some of the things the humans at the academy had once idly chatted with her about.

This group of humans wasn’t native to the Insect Continent; they had arrived here by accident, through some kind of spacetime disruption.

According to them, their home world had developed a highly prosperous civilization that wielded the power to destroy stars.

Even an ordinary individual with no physical strength to speak of could kill a Soul Beast of the Extraordinary Level or higher, just by using a weapon that required no extensive training.

Ever since then, Hom had become intensely curious about this highly intelligent race known as "humans."

She naturally classified this method of tempering Grey’s body as another one of the humans’ inherited Beast Taming techniques!

"Mmmph~"

Grey, having been under Hypnosis the entire time, had no idea what had just transpired.

It felt as though it had been dreaming; its body had been hot and in great pain.

But now that it was awake, its body felt much stronger.

Grey looked down at the being on the ground who was giving it a gentle smile, and an inexplicable sense of closeness washed over it.

Soon, with its less-than-ample brainpower, it managed to recall who this person was.

The being who was always feeding it!

Grey blinked. It wanted to descend and get closer to the being below.

But its body was simply too large. It had only descended halfway when its massive frame sent pieces of rubble flying, creating a series of thunderous crashes.

"Grey, remember my name. I’m Han Ning. Stick with us, and you’ll have a never-ending supply of food."

Han Ning jumped onto Egg Pancake’s back and flew up to Grey’s enormous head, gently stroking its smooth skin.

Grey was now even larger than Egg Pancake in its normal form. It was a magnificent sight, like a colossal freighter stretched across the sky.

As he stroked it, he noticed that Grey’s skin was constantly swarming with a dense layer of Dark Particles. Any attempt to forcefully harm its skin would be repelled by these particles.

"Whaaa~"

Grey closed its eyes, savoring the touch of the being before it, and felt a sense of peace and comfort wash over it.

’Implanting a Subordinate Insect would affect the target’s growth potential. Plus, Grey is an innocent newborn, so I have no intention of letting the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm parasitize its brain.’

’However, that creates a significant risk. Once Grey becomes powerful, without the binding of a Soul Beast Contract, it might suddenly leave or refuse to obey human commands.’

’So, I’m considering having the All-Encompassing Spiritual Silkworm implant a long-term "flesh-and-blood seed" in Grey’s body. It can secrete pheromones that will make Grey feel close to me, and combined with the friendship built from spending time together and feeding it, our bond should deepen.’

’Most Alataku People control the Gray Demon Whales they use for navigation by placing a slavish Spiritual Brand deep within their brains. I don’t intend to do that.’

’Doing that would reduce Grey to a mindless Puppet.’

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