My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 37 Encounter (33)

Why should I?

Even though Hanabi was his spirit pet, he couldn't help but feel a sense of doubt when she took out more than a dozen thunder-patterned custard apples.

Others might spend one or two years exploring the secret realm and still not find a single Thunder-Patterned Custard Apple, which directly leads to the persistently high price of Thunder-Patterned Custard Apples on the market.

They were even speculated to the price of 500,000 yuan each at one point.

In modern times, the biggest fear for beast tamers is not that the price is high, but that even if the price is high, they cannot find one.

The custard apple with the thunder pattern is a typical example of this.

Its scarcity even directly led to the decline of the electric-type spirit beasts that used it as evolution material.

Fireworks obtained so many fruits so easily that Zhou Lu even suspected it had been cheated.

Or someone might be trying to frame him.

"How did you get it?" Zhou Lu squatted down and touched the firework pot, asking.

Hanabi looked at her flowerpot with a puzzled expression, then took a mushroom out of it: I'll trade this for it!

Purple Electric Spraying Mushroom.

Zhou Lu's mind flashed back to Wu Xiaoqing's introduction.

It cannot be eaten. It can be used as a stun gun if necessary, but it will also stun the user.

"Xiao Xi said that this seems to be the main material for the third-stage evolution of some electric-type spirit beasts. The original species has become extinct. I didn't expect that I would actually be able to get it through special evolution," Wu Xiaoqing said at the time.

Special evolution can allow a spirit beast to change its race.

Sometimes it's a completely new race, and sometimes it's an existing race.

If it is an existing race, then it means that a primitive species exists.

The same applies to Hanabi's unique evolution. Its unique evolution target, the Nine-Lives Immortal Grass, existed in its original form, but it is now extinct.

It was precisely because of the extinction of the Nine-Lives Immortal Herb that the immortals of that time worked hard to find a substitute, which led to the unique evolution of the Dream Rain Flower.

However... the materials needed for Hanabi's special evolution are obviously very precious, which is probably why they ultimately failed to become widespread.

It seems that the Purple Lightning Mushroom that Hanabi sent out was probably the main material for the evolution of the Raimon Custard Tree, which is why it gave Hanabi so many fruits as a reward.

Sister Xiaoqing, you truly are my future mentor.

Zhou Lu sighed inwardly.

The Rai-patterned Custard Apple was just an unexpected bonus. After Zhou Lu had Hua Huo put it away, he continued on his way.

The white jade snail typically lives near flowing water.

In the safe zone, the only source of fresh water is the stream flowing down from Xinbai Mountain.

Although the path would change due to the activities of the plant spirits, once the direction was determined, the location of the stream was found quickly.

boom!

boom!

As Zhou Lu approached the stream, he immediately heard the crashing sounds mixed with the rushing water, and could also faintly hear the commands of the beast tamers.

Someone arrived first.

Zhou Lu immediately became alert.

Those moving around in the safe zone are all students, but they are not necessarily students from the same college.

As an area under the jurisdiction of the Pioneer Army, any student from the Beast Taming Academy can enter here with their student ID.

Furthermore, even classmates from the same school who enter the safe zone are in a competitive relationship; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many flame wars on the forum.

Through the gaps in the trees, Zhou Lu saw two beast tamers moving along the stream.

Judging from the school badge on his chest, he is not a student of Xin'an Beast Taming Academy.

The two were directing their respective spirit pets to kill the giant white jade snail by the stream.

Behind them were piles of snail shells and red jade beads.

Zhou Lu frowned but didn't say anything. Although he didn't intend to go on a killing spree, he was no more noble than these people because he came for the white jade snail shell and the red jade pearl.

I didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble...

Zhou Lu took a deep breath and walked out of the woods.

Upon seeing the strangers appear, the two people who were in action almost immediately stopped what they were doing.

"Seniors," Zhou Lu said as politely as possible, "I would like to request a white jade snail shell. Could you please do me that?"

There is more than one population of white jade snails in the safe zone, but Zhou Lu did not want to waste too much time on it.

He was also thinking of collecting other materials to earn back the credits he earned this time.

Hmm, it seems the Thunder Pattern Custard Apple has already broken even...

"From Xin'an Beast Taming Academy?" The other person glanced at Zhou Lu's school badge, his expression turning unfriendly.

This time, Zhou Lu finally saw the other party's school badge clearly.

Linzhou Beast Taming Academy.

Damn it! We've run into our mortal enemy!

The two sides are notorious rivals in the Beast Taming Academy League.

If Zhou Lu remembers correctly, the Linzhou Beast Taming Academy's ten-year drought of championships seems to be thanks to the Xin'an Beast Taming Academy.

"The school team?" The other person glanced at Hanabi next to Zhou Lu, and his expression immediately became arrogant.

"I have no plans to join the school team." Zhou Lu silently gave Hanabi the order to prepare for battle.

"Junior, it's not that we, as your seniors, don't want to help you." One of them smirked, "It's just that in secret realms, the strong always prevail."

Zhou Lu frowned slightly. The rules for Beast Tamers require Beast Tamers to help each other in the secret realm.

Of course, he doesn't expect everyone to follow the guidelines.

"I've never heard of that principle."

"Now we have it!"

As soon as the man finished speaking, he waved his right hand upwards, and the Mudfrog beside him launched a water cannon, heading straight for Zhou Lu's face.

The senior students on the school team were defeated by the Xin'an Beast Taming Academy's school team in a previous competition, and they take their anger out on the newcomers during school team training every day.

The two of them had been holding back their anger for days, and they just happened to run into a student from Xin'an.

A plant-based spirit pet, and only at level one. I wonder how he passed the exploration certificate exam.

But no matter what cards you have up your sleeve, it's now two against one, and the advantage is in my hands!

How could they not take action? Injuring a student from Xin'an might even be something they could use to curry favor with their seniors!

Attacking the Beastmaster first was clearly aimed at seriously injuring me.

I didn't want to fight.

Zhou Lu was annoyed; if he didn't want to give it, he simply wouldn't.

But this person clearly wanted to toy with him, so Zhou Lu naturally couldn't back down.

A vine suddenly sprang up in front of Zhou Lu, and then countless vines quickly coiled around it, actually forming a shield in front of Zhou Lu.

This is a variation of the "vine entanglement" technique used by Hanahana.

Although it was originally used as a fly swatter to swat insects.

The vine-woven shield blocked the enemy's water cannons, while at the same time, Hanabi took out several white mushrooms from a flowerpot and threw them towards the opposite bank.

Seeing the five or six mushrooms floating lightly towards them, the other party revealed a mocking smile: "Heh, is that all you've got?"

Throwing objects as an attack?

Kids don't fight like this anymore!

boom! boom! boom!

The moment the white mushroom landed, smoke billowed up with the explosion.

Once the smoke had completely dissipated, six tall, muscular mushrooms appeared in front of the two.

Mutant, enlarged, delicious mushroom.

Effective immediately upon implementation; customized version for pioneering forces.

The robust muscles of the delicious mushroom shimmered in the sunlight filtering through the gaps in the rainforest.

"Seniors," Zhou Lu's voice came from the other end, "I originally only wanted a snail shell, but now I've changed my mind."

"You're right, in the secret realm, the strong prevail."

As he spoke, Zhou Lu gave the two of them a smile:

"Now... I want everything you have!"

Hmm...it seems they've forgotten about my name change...oh well, whatever, I can't think of a good name anyway.

Finished at midnight, will continue tomorrow!

Adding extra chapters during the new book release period is tough, so please keep reading!

(End of this chapter)