My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 83 Divine Beast Offspring and the Black Inscription Mushroom

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[Ding! Mission failed.]

[Your attempt to poison the Nightmare with highly toxic mushrooms was indeed a good one. However, a Nightmare without a physical form is completely unaffected by this type of attack.]

But your courage in confronting the mythical beast is commendable.

You have received 15% of the mission reward. Please check your account.

The system has reset this task. Please try again.

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[Ding! Mission failed.]

[You attempted to poison Wu Xiaoqing with highly poisonous mushrooms, and you almost killed her. However, you overlooked her spirit pet, the cursed frog.]

But your actions deserve praise.

You have received 85% of the mission reward. Please check your account.

The system has reset this task. Please try again.

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Fireworks, in a gesture of goodwill, directly rewarded Zhou Lu with two mission failures.

Among them, Wu Xiaoqing's reward for failing the mission is still three B-level skill cards, which means that Zhou Lu can happily draw cards again.

The original reward for the assassination mission against Nightmare was a random divine beast offspring.

Zhou Lu certainly didn't expect Hua Huo to actually kill Nightmare of Death with poisonous mushrooms.

But he was really curious: what exactly were these random divine beast offspring?

However, since the mission was destined to fail, Zhou Lu suppressed his curiosity and looked at the reward given for failing the Nightmare of Death mission.

"Location information of random divine beast offspring..."

Zhou Lu looked at the name of the reward, stroked his chin, and fell into thought.

In a sense, nature is actually quite fair in this world.

All creatures that aspire to become powerful spirit beasts must begin as ordinary beings, undergoing transformation into extraordinary beings, growth, maturity, and finally ascending to godhood.

Even the descendants of divine beasts are no exception.

However, as offspring of divine beasts, if they are cared for by their parents, they will actually have a higher starting point than most other spirit beasts.

However, not all spirit beasts have the habit of taking care of their offspring.

Animals that care for their offspring, such as mammals and birds, actually make up a relatively small proportion of the natural world.

Most spirit beasts, even those that have truly become divine beasts, still follow their instincts when it comes to reproduction, running away after laying their eggs.

This refers specifically to wild mythical beasts.

Divine beasts raised by human beast tamers, under the discipline of human civilization, still have a willingness to care for their offspring.

But even if Zhou Lu knew the location of these divine beast offspring, he was not qualified to take them.

Therefore, Zhou Lu could only hope that the reward would be the position of a wild divine beast offspring.

Moreover, they are offspring of divine beasts that only care about giving birth but not raising their young.

Even divine beast offspring must still begin their transformation and growth from ordinary creatures.

But with their parents being such outstanding examples, it at least proves that they also have the potential to become gods if they have enough resources.

Zhou Lu is now at Tier 2 and has a blank Beast Taming Card slot.

He has recently been thinking about the issue of having a second pet.

There are simply too many known spirit pets to humans today, with dozens or even hundreds of new entries added to the encyclopedia every year.

Among them, there are more than a dozen or twenty kinds of spirit beasts that are suitable to become his spirit pets. This is the result of Zhou Lu's selection based on the condition that they need to cooperate with the fireworks.

If we're only considering strength, then Zhou Lu has even more options.

Zhou Lu was quite certain that, given the nature of this system, there must be a mission related to his second pet.

No matter how hard he tried, even though he had almost memorized the Beast Taming Encyclopedia, he still couldn't trigger the second pet quest.

Your system is utterly useless.

If you don't tell me, how am I supposed to know which one to choose for my second pet?

Although Zhou Lu had complained about it, he quickly adjusted his mindset.

The future is something you choose yourself, not something given to you by others.

He doesn't need to rely on the system so much.

Hmm, the reward for this divine beast offspring came at just the right time.

Since I don't have a goal yet, I might as well go and see this so-called divine beast offspring.

However, Zhou Lu wasn't very confident about his luck.

He even suspected that he might be able to obtain information about the offspring of the Seeking Tree.

That's right, it's the location information of the knowledgeable fairy.

Although Xiaoxi's usual performance is so weak that she can't even defeat a grass in its transformation stage, it is undeniable that she is indeed a descendant of a divine beast.

But such a divine beast offspring is clearly not what Zhou Lu wants.

Thinking this, Zhou Lu raised his head and looked at the fireworks that were still stubbornly standing on the proud mountain peak.

After Wu Xiaoqing was poisoned by the mushroom and swallowed and then spat out by the cursed frog, Hanabi skillfully climbed back up.

It's easy to tell from its emotional feedback that it genuinely finds this position very comfortable.

It seems that educating people about the etiquette of fireworks in human society is also urgently needed.

Before that, I'll use [Body Feeding] to bless the fireworks and let it unfurl this information scroll.

As Zhou Lu was thinking, Wu Xiaoqing, who had been spat out by the cursed frog, finally opened her eyes and sat up from the floor.

She glanced at the sparkle on her chest and remarked, "You've got a real talent for that, Sparkle. I have a few harmless chemicals here that promote localized fat growth. Want to learn more?"

Upon hearing Wu Xiaoqing's words, Zhou Lu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Because he had heard the same words from the nightmare of death.

This means that the life controlled by the Nightmare of Death through dreams can achieve perfect disguise if it so desires.

Thinking about this, Zhou Lu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

He didn't know how many people the Nightmare of Death could control in this way, but just thinking about how all the people around him could be silently controlled and replaced by it, without him even noticing the difference between them, filled him with terror.

Their words and actions were exactly the same as usual, and their complexion and preferences showed no difference whatsoever.

Therefore, you would have no way of knowing about the existence of the Nightmare of Death before it takes control of your loved ones' bodies to deliver a fatal blow to you.

Most importantly, as long as it doesn't say anything, you might still believe you've been betrayed by your closest person until the very end.

No wonder that true immortal killed all his family members before starting the war against the Nightmare of Death.

Once doubt is born, it grows wildly in a person's heart until it eventually devours all your reason.

If the system task hadn't popped up, Zhou Lu wouldn't have realized that Wu Xiaoqing's body had been controlled by the other party.

Just as Zhou Lu was about to speak, Wu Xiaoqing stood up and expressionlessly pulled out a lighter.

After being baked for a while, Fireworks reluctantly climbed off Wu Xiaoqing's body.

Although it is not afraid of fire, since the other party made it clear that it was being driven away, the little grass would not want to make a fool of itself.

It skillfully climbed onto Zhou Lu's body.

Grab it.

The little grass used its vines to make a disappointed face.

The owner isn't big enough...

Zhou Lu sensed Hanabi's movement and remained silent for a moment.

They really need to be taught a lesson!

"Alright, it's getting late." Wu Xiaoqing glanced at the time and said to Zhou Lu, "Go back and get some rest."

As she spoke, she took a bag of black powder out of her pocket.

When sprinkled onto the rotten wood of the test bench, the powder began to expand rapidly.

These are all mushroom spores, but the vast majority of them perish during the growth process.

In the end, only one pure black mushroom successfully grew.

Starlight shimmered on the surface of the mushroom.

It records Wu Xiaoqing's dream of encountering the nightmare of death.

"What is this?" Zhou Lu asked curiously.

"Black Monument Mushroom." Wu Xiaoqing grinned. "Looks like I succeeded."

"Success? Success in what?"

Wu Xiaoqing pointed to the only fully grown black epigraphic mushroom and said proudly, "Now, all I have to do is pop this mushroom to unleash the Nightmare of Death skill!"

"???"

Holy crap?!

(End of this chapter)