Bizarre Survival: I Can Devour Thousands of Talents

Chapter 204, Section 203: Perfect Hatching! The Netherworld White Tiger!

Sometimes surprises come so suddenly.

This twisted tree spirit is connected to the Lord of the Swamp, but it seems their relationship isn't close enough to attract attention.

Ling Xiao's hidden special attack move will remain hidden as well.

The only one who can deal with a god is another god.

Ling Xiao is naturally not involved in the divine war at the moment, but even some of the gods' followers can cause him great trouble, and the threat is not to be ignored.

So after much deliberation, a bold plan was decisively implemented on Ling Xiao after repeated consideration.

[Ember's Radiance] is indeed a powerful weapon.

However, with the fall of the Goddess of Light, Ling Xiao is now unable to actively improve the quality of this talent.

Therefore, another ability to counter other gods became the core of the plan.

That's bloodline!

He's not human anymore!

After taking up the job of [Dragon Slayer Beowulf], Ling Xiao already had dragon blood in his body.

His bloodline concentration is currently very thin, far from being enough to fundamentally affect his status as a "human being".

If there is only the struggle between "human and dragon" within him, he might also fall into the same torment of hating and longing for dragon blood as other [Beowulfs].

However, there is another bloodline between the two: the [Deep Dive Royal Family].

I'm not here to interrupt their fight, but to join in...

After a period of probing, the three parties reached a strange yet stable balance.

They are now getting along very "harmoniously" inside Ling Xiao's body.

It's really more important for the three of us to live a good life than anything else!

Of course, as the master of the body.

Ling Xiao was naturally happy to see it happen.

After all, once a balance is achieved, the Dragon Clan bloodline and the Deep-Diving Royal Clan bloodline can be used without the same anxiety as before.

Human bloodline is undoubtedly his foundation, and it is also the mainstream that currently dominates his base.

The proportion of the Deep-Diving Royal Bloodline is extremely small, but due to their high compatibility with humans and the constant threat posed by the domineering presence of Dragon Blood, they are quite well-behaved.

As for the smallest proportion, it can be said to be only a trace of dragon blood.

In its eyes, both human blood and deep-sea royal blood are trash!

Even with Ling Xiao's rapid advancement in strength, he still couldn't tame this extremely wild and noble bloodline.

Unless he lets go of his physical and mental resistance and actively accepts the sublimation and transformation of his body and mind by the dragon blood, he will become a completely subservient inferior bloodline to the dragon race.

Only in this way can this trace of dragon blood be completely integrated into his essence.

In order to attempt to awaken the true authority of the dragon race—the power of words!

However, Ling Xiao stopped researching after attempting to create a system of checks and balances among the three.

Unless a "divine intervention" like Freud's occurs again, it would be best to maintain the current bloodline structure of the three races until the end of time.

[Talent plundering in progress... Current success rate 95.2%...]

[Plunder successful! Talent - [Swamp Maze (Excellent)] equipped!]

Not very lucky...

However, Ling Xiao wasn't too disappointed.

Because he hadn't had much hope to begin with.

This twisted tree spirit looks intimidating, and it's indeed quite troublesome to fight.

Unfortunately, none of them have any outstanding talents. Even the limited [Dark Forest Domain] is only useful in swamps and forests.

If others have the opportunity to awaken their talents in a particular field, why would they care about height, weight, or build?

However, Ling Xiao had seen the world, and any one of his three domains was stronger than this thing.

It seems that higher-level monsters don't necessarily have more valuable innate talents...

Experience gained, talents and equipment acquired.

Ling Xiao did not stop using his domain.

The Twisted Treant must be dead.

But why were there no remains of a body?

Admittedly, his domain technique was very powerful, but it didn't burn everything!

Ling Xiao saw it clearly.

After the Twisted Treant was completely defeated, its massive, tattered corpse shattered into dark green specks of light and disappeared into the air.

Is that correct?

Even the unpredictable and elusive creatures have loot, and the fallen zombies at least drop some blood.

Why are you so stingy with monsters? Why don't you give us any real rewards for killing them?

Ling Xiao secretly increased his vigilance.

The floating islands are indeed strange!

There might be other threats in the swamp, not to mention the entire floating island!

Even after defeating a boss in a game, you might get tricked by the game's mechanics.

Now that he needs to clear the level in one life, Ling Xiao has long since developed the good habit of being extremely cautious.

The heat rises, and the cold dissipates.

The Ice Soul Domain once again took control of the ground beneath Ling Xiao's feet.

Meanwhile, the Blazing Domain was rising and gathering power again, spreading forward as Ling Xiao moved.

then……

bake--

Without the conspicuous target of the Twisted Treant, the entire swamp fell under Ling Xiao's firepower.

One area is bombed, another is frozen.

On the vast swamp, Lingxiao calmly and steadily advanced.

To cut the weeds, you must pull them out by the roots.

Since perception can't penetrate the swamp much, let's just destroy it!

While maintaining a steady output of firepower, Ling Xiao's spiritual energy was gradually recovering.

After some time, the raging flames that erupted in the Blazing Domain completely burned away the entire swamp.

Whatever is hidden within, it's too late to make a move now.

The water vapor evaporated at high temperatures provides an excellent supplement to the [Ice Soul Domain].

Where Lingxiao had walked, a thick layer of ice froze and sealed off the original swamp.

Walking on thin ice?

nonexistent.

Ling Xiao felt more grounded walking than walking on the ground.

After he stepped onto the other side of the swamp, he looked back and saw only a chilling, frozen scene!

Perception captures everything around it.

After finding nothing unusual, Ling Xiao walked up to the treasure chest.

This enormous yet small treasure chest sat neatly on the ground.

[LV30 Excellent Treasure Chest (Infused with spiritual power to open...)]

[Content: To be opened ???]

"You can open a chest after defeating the Twisted Treant... Looks like the benefits of floating islands are simple and straightforward..."

With the infusion of spiritual energy, Ling Xiao could feel that opening the treasure chest consumed far more spiritual energy than before.

But then I thought about it again.

I always seem to treat team dungeons like solo runs. Logically, even if we encounter the Twisted Treant, it should be a team effort to defeat it.

The massive amount of spiritual energy required to open the treasure chest should also be contributed by the team.

However, his supermodel strength allows him to kill bosses of higher levels or even higher ranks by himself, control the rate of spiritual power output, and even start a business by himself.

"Is this the privilege of the strong...? Damn, when did I become so melodramatic..."

[Teleportation Array Core Runestone *1]

[Twisted Treant Thorn Cluster *35]

[Twisted Treant Heart of Wood *1]

[Purification Source Core *1]

……

"Huh? Why is it in a treasure chest?"

After delivering the goods, Ling Xiao actually took a half step back.

This was the first time he had ever seen anything like it!

Faced with such a bizarre situation, Ling Xiao could only come up with the following guess after racking his brains:

The mechanisms for floating islands and underground caves are different.

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During regular exploration, if you arrive at the floating island via a teleportation portal but fail to defeat the Twisted Treant, you will not receive any rewards.

Moreover, the core rune stone needed to restart the teleportation array is also in the treasure chest, so explorers who have reached the floating island may not even be able to leave!

In the past, exploring underground caves allowed for multiple reconnaissance missions to ascertain enemy positions before devising countermeasures.

If you want to explore the floating islands now, you have to be prepared for no way out!

"This game is getting harder and harder..."

Ling Xiao sighed, now understanding why so few survivors escaped unscathed from the floating island.

A distress signal?

This is the kind of information that's never lacking in the channel.

Many survivors who encounter danger and feel that disaster is imminent will place their last hope on seeking help through the channel.

Since his transmigration, Ling Xiao has seen quite a lot, not to mention the others who are surfing at high intensity.

There have been warnings about floating islands before, but they were vague and didn't receive much support.

No one would believe the wild talk of a stranger on the channel...

Only by personally visiting this floating island can one truly understand just how dangerous this place, which is on par with the mist and the underground caves, really is!

After briefly summarizing the intelligence gathered from this exploration and sending it back, Ling Xiao prepared to see the harvest he had been eagerly anticipating.

【LV1 Revive Egg】

Ling Xiao had not forgotten the [Rare] level item he had acquired early on.

Don't be fooled by its initial level; the three different cultivation methods alone are enough to explain its mystery.

One hundred LV10 source cores can only provide the lowest level of incubation; ten LV20 cores are adequate; only LV30 source cores can satisfy this little guy...

Along the way, the source kernels required for the first two methods have long been sufficient.

However, since Ling Xiao rarely possessed a rare item, he naturally wanted to give it the best possible gift!

Anyway, there wasn't any particularly urgent situation that required him to expedite the incubation of the egg.

Now, I have finally hunted down a level 30 monster and obtained the source core, thus satisfying the highest level requirement.

Ling Xiao was not going to suffer without a reason; the more powerful help he had, the better!

The source core from the twisted tree spirit gently touched the egg, which was deep purple and covered with light white patterns.

The former flashed with a faint light and then quickly melted, the thick liquid stretching into a thin film that covered the egg.

Ling Xiao didn't dare hold it up with his hands, nor did he want to put the egg on the dirty ground.

Then a gentle breeze lifted the hatching egg in front of Lingxiao, and gradually stronger waves rippled outwards from inside!

dong dong dong-

The sound increasingly overlapped with Ling Xiao's heartbeat, until the two vibrated almost in unison.

With another bag of source cores from second-tier monsters in his hand, Ling Xiao was like an anxious father waiting outside a delivery room, worried that his baby inside wasn't getting enough nutrition and ready to feed it at any moment.

Although the best strategy, as indicated by the label, only requires a single LV30 source core to fully replenish the egg's condition for hatching, the Chinese people always prefer to plan ahead.

I always like to arrive early, no matter what I'm doing, for fear that something unexpected might happen on the way and I'll be late...

Click...click click!

A faint cracking sound rang out, and Ling Xiao's eyes narrowed.

He was very curious about what was inside, but he also knew that the eaglet he had pecked open the eggshell would definitely be more promising!

Anxious but calm, observe the situation.

Along the light white pattern on the eggshell, inconspicuous cracks first appeared, and then gradually extended!

Finally, it shattered completely in Ling Xiao's expectant gaze. The tiny creature inside was enveloped in a dense purple light, and as it hatched, it absorbed the last of these nutrients into its body.

【LV1·Netherworld White Tiger [Mutant] (Semi-Dominator)】

[Racial Talents: Awe-inspiring in the Netherworld, Burning Away Depletion, Sacred Beast Bloodline (Limited), Path of Evolution (Limited), ???]

【Dominating the Netherworld: Even though it is currently a juvenile, the Netherworld White Tiger's unique bloodline allows it to suppress and subdue strange, filthy, and evil creatures, with the effect increasing with level】

[Burning Away Depletion: While the rebirth from the egg allowed the Netherworld White Tiger to begin its second life, the previous failure to burn its source to break through to the Dominator level left its source depleted, doubling the energy required for upgrading.]

[Sacred Beast Bloodline (Limited): An evolution that wasn't a complete failure allowed the Netherworld White Tiger to refine a trace of a Sovereign-level bloodline.]

[Path of Evolution (Limited): Despite its weakened origins, the Netherworld White Tiger, who already possesses the bloodline of a ruler, can continue its path of evolution in its second life!]

[Racial Skills: Netherflame Tiger Claw, Phantom Tiger Body, ? ?]

【Netherflame Tiger Claw: The tiger claw is imbued with Netherflame, dealing extra damage to eerie, filthy, and evil creatures】

【Phantom Tiger Body: The Netherworld White Tiger can freely switch between reality and illusion, changing its size and shape.

【个体属性：力量5/敏捷8/体质9；灵性8/感知8/精神8】

[Individual Description: Above the leader is the ruler. Having failed to break through to the ruler level by burning away his very essence, a trace of the ruler's bloodline was successfully awakened, allowing the Netherworld White Tiger to be reborn from an egg (Currently at maximum affinity; a blood pact-type talent and skill can be used to establish a relationship)]

Ling Xiao stared in shock at the dense information until the little thing began to wriggle restlessly in his outstretched hands, which brought him back to his senses.

Dominator level!?

This little guy is actually a Dominator-level beast!?

Regardless of its failure to become the Overlord, which leaves it weak now, or the "half" before Overlord.

Once it bears the mark of "Dominator," it means that this little guy has already reached a higher realm—that's a foregone conclusion!

Having slain countless monsters, this was the first time Ling Xiao had come to know about levels above the [Leader] level.

And it's also something I'm destined to meet!

The newborn Netherworld White Tiger had soft, dry fur, and its large, innocent eyes stared intently at the human youth who couldn't hide his smile.

Ling Xiao had a good relationship with animals in his previous life; cats and dogs would often rub against his trouser legs.

The little white tiger seemed to be frozen by the cold air; its ears twitched a few times, and its fluffy tail flicked lightly against Ling Xiao's arm.

Seeing the little white tiger staring at him expectantly, he began to lick his equally pink paws with his tender tongue.

Overjoyed, Ling Xiao immediately took action.

Beast taming talent?

That would only be available to Pan Hong; I can't very well kill someone and steal their goods, can I?

Moreover, not having talent doesn't mean he has no skills!

[Spirit Pact Beast Taming Technique]

In the past, although Ling Xiao could also control beasts, he had never formed a deep bond with any of them.

The reason is simple: I don't have the ability to keep up!

Those who could be tamed by him through violence and bound to a contract were all "weak"; slightly stronger monsters were much harder to tame.

Unless he keeps it by his side at all times and then uses his iron fist to continuously correct his wildness.

But he doesn't have that much free time.

Now, this Netherworld White Tiger, which is of extremely low level but has great potential, is also at the maximum level of my favorability. Isn't it the best choice?

Even if it takes a lot of effort to cultivate them, the future returns are obvious to anyone with a discerning eye!

A spiritual bond is formed, hearts are connected!

The white tiger suddenly stopped licking its own paws and began curiously licking Lingxiao's palm.

Become!

(End of this chapter)