Wilderness: I Tame Beasts to Survive

Chapter 410: Chapter 280: Collapse (Part 2)

The thin mist was swept away by a fierce wind, revealing a majestic and imposing great cat.

"Meow~"

The great cat lowered its head to look down at the smiling Han Ning and extended its long, thick tongue for a gentle lick of his palm. It curled its tongue around a Dark Spiritual Crystal Stone and swallowed it. Afterward, like a docile kitten, it sprawled on the floor and let out a series of purrs that rumbled like a starting engine.

"It’s only been a few days, but Lan Qian seems to have gotten stronger again."

Han Ning’s tone was filled with emotion as he looked Lan Qian up and down, admiring its magnificent fur.

"An illusion, perhaps? Or it could be because this little guy ate too many Dark Crystal Stones while out looking for Elemental Crystal Stones with Grey."

Liu Mengting hopped off Lan Qian with a grin, vigorously ruffling the beast’s head as she chatted familiarly with Han Ning.

In the past six months, Liu Mengting, who had been a panda keeper before transmigrating, had also made great strides in her Beast Taming abilities.

Perhaps because of her great love for all kinds of animals, Liu Mengting’s Spiritual Power Level wasn’t among the very best of her fellow transmigrators, but when it came to raising Soul Beasts, she was second to none.

Despite her Spiritual Power being only at the Tier Two Limit and approaching Tier Three, all her contracted Soul Beasts—Lan Qian and two others—had been raised to the War General Limit.

Lan Qian in particular had already entered the Gathering Spirit Stage. As soon as the evolution materials were collected, it wouldn’t be long before Liu Mengting became one of the few Beast Masters in the academy with a Lord Soul Beast.

Furthermore, she was the human closest to Grey, second only to Han Ning. Whenever Han Ning wasn’t around, she was the one who would take Grey to inscribe Arrays with members of other study groups and soothe its emotions.

"Lan Qian is about to become a Lord. Your Spiritual Power level needs to keep up, or else... you won’t be able to command it in a Lord Level battle."

After all, Liu Mengting had only barely managed to raise her Spiritual Power Level to the Tier Two Limit with the feedback from three War General Limit Soul Beasts. The jump from Tier Two to Tier Three was another significant hurdle, and there was no telling how long she’d be stuck there.

"Sigh, I’ll do my best. I heard Teacher Fang has developed a high-quality Concentration Liquid. I’ll go try it later."

Liu Mengting seemed quite distressed about her own Spiritual Power.

"You can’t rush these things. The right way is to just extend your Cultivation time a little."

"How many Crystal Stones did you collect this time?" Han Ning smiled, his gaze landing on Liu Mengting’s bulging waist pouch.

Because the Cosmic Light Tower had to provide hundreds of Beast Masters with a massive amount of Spiritual Energy for Cultivation at all times, the number of Crystal Stones consumed daily was astonishing, ranking second in total Crystal Stone consumption.

The first, naturally, was Grey’s appetite.

To alleviate this situation, after a group discussion, it was decided that every few days, either Han Ning or Liu Mengting would take Grey and other Soul Beasts to search for Crystal Stone sources near Night Nether City to supplement their reserves.

One reason was to let Grey experience dangerous environments ahead of time.

Another was to test the various parameters of the Spiritual Arrays and look for any flaws.

Over time, some of the powerful Abyssal Races living near Night Nether City became aware that a group of uninvited guests had taken up residence in Night Nether City.

There were even active attacks from Monarch Level Soul Beasts, but they were all driven away by Qingyao and the Qing Dou Leader’s Jade Aurora Dragon, who would occasionally stop by.

"It was a good haul. It should be enough to keep the Cosmic Light Tower running for two days." Liu Mengting patted the side of her waist.

"Mm, come on. Let’s go see Grey."

As he spoke, Han Ning summoned Egg Pancake and swung himself onto its back. He then led the two beside him on a flight several kilometers away to a specially made landing platform—right next to Grey.

Due to Grey’s enormous size, and since it couldn’t learn the Transformation Technique to change its size like the Dragon Race, it couldn’t get close to where everyone lived, except by flying and hovering.

The landing platform was a flat area of land covering about six square kilometers.

The ground had been compacted by Egg Pancake manipulating the Earth Element and was inscribed with vast Spiritual Energy Circuits.

The landing platform was also considered part of the project to build the "Grey Grey Spaceship."

It was actually composed of a giant Spirit Absorption Array.

While on it, Grey’s Spiritual Energy absorption speed was slightly increased, and its weight was reduced to decrease its Spiritual Energy consumption during takeoff.

This was just its Spiritual Energy-related function. In addition, the landing platform also made it convenient for everyone to modify Grey.

A series of maintenance towers, each several hundred meters tall, had been built on the platform to facilitate the inscription of Spiritual Arrays and the transport of materials.

The towering maintenance structures stood upon the starlit ground. Rings of bright lights fixed to their bodies cast a white brilliance, illuminating the surroundings in perfect detail. On the towers, a dozen or so Beast Masters on the maintenance shift were working with their Soul Beasts.

Sparks of Spiritual Energy shot out, bursting like fireworks.

From a distance, the scene looked like a spaceship docking bay, giving it a rather sci-fi feel.

When Grey returned to the landing platform, a dozen or so Beast Masters responsible for checking the Spiritual Energy circulation immediately gathered around it, carefully inspecting the situation.

Just as the dozen or so people were gathered around Grey’s back, patting and inspecting it, a voice came from the sky:

"What a coincidence, Mr. Leon. Are you on shift today?"

"That’s right. The High-Pressure Defense Array we drew last time had some issues. We had Mengting take Grey out specifically to test its strength. We’re collecting the test data now." Leon, who was wearing a pair of black mirrored glasses, saw Han Ning on Egg Pancake’s back in mid-air and greeted him with a smile.

"You guys are busy. I’ll go play with Grey for a bit."

They were working, so Han Ning didn’t want to disturb them. He had Egg Pancake fly directly in front of Grey’s cheek.

"Wooo~"

Grey rolled its eyes, each the size of a small lake, and happily watched Han Ning and Egg Pancake. It snorted streams of powerful air from its nostrils as if playing with them.

"Brother Han Ning, what are you planning to do?" Liu Mengting asked, a puzzled look on her face as she watched Han Ning’s serious expression.

[

Race: Gray Demon Whale

Sex: Male

Aptitude: C

Level: Lord II (556,200/1,200,000)

Talent: Jingtun

Acquired Soul Techniques: ...

Power: 62,300

Body: 71,000

Agility: 312

Spiritual Energy: 71,000

Elemental Affinity (Dark): 7,000

]

’What a peculiar creature. With such high stats, it’s still only Lord Level.’

Every time he browsed Grey’s data, Han Ning couldn’t help but marvel at the Creator’s wondrous work.

Most of these inflated stats had translated into defensive power. Although Grey was only Lord Level, he estimated it could already withstand attacks from a Lower Monarch.

"Let’s have Grey try out this treasure I brought back from the Netherworld."

As he spoke, Han Ning took out a purple sphere that somewhat resembled a Lord Energy Core and tossed it into Grey’s abyssal maw.

In reality, however, he had already instructed the panel to infuse all the energy from the Energy Core directly into Grey’s body.

BOOM!!

In an instant, the entire Night Nether City was enveloped in a terrifying Spiritual Pressure.

The air and Elemental Particles flowing from all directions trembled slightly, causing blurry, distorted images of light and shadow to appear in the void.

Stationed within the Cosmic Light Tower, Qingyao’s eyes shot open. It transformed into a dragon of light and soared into the sky.

"WUUUAAAH~"

A torrent of dark purple particles, visible to the naked eye, enveloped Grey, forming a thick pillar of light that shot straight into the heavens.

At the same time, Grey’s level progress and its three primary stats began to rise at a visible rate.

[

Level: Lord II (556,200 → 600,000 → 650,000... / 1,200,000)

Power: 62,300 → 65,000 → 67,000...

Body: 71,000 → 76,000 → 80,000...

Agility: 312 → 320 → 325...

Spiritual Energy: 71,000 → 77,000 → 85,000...

]

"AWOOO~~"

Bathing in the astonishing, highly condensed Spiritual Particles, Grey let out a roar of pure ecstasy.

Meanwhile, some of the Dark Type Soul Beasts near it also enjoyed the benefits of the dense Dark Spiritual Energy and began to absorb it voraciously.

Several full minutes passed before the terrifying Spiritual Pressure gradually began to weaken.

Grey’s Cultivation Progress for its level also stopped at around 750,000.

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