Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 127 The Dragon of the Secret Realm

Looking at the slowly rising secret tower in front of them, Bai Qi and Gu Shan exchanged bewildered glances.

Although I had heard that there were secret towers everywhere in Songlin City, isn't it a bit too much to find a secret tower while eating a meal?

But this is good, at least it proves that the husky can indeed sense the appearance of the Secret Realm Tower.

I wonder if we can find a backdoor?

"Wow, I've been eating here for ages, and I never expected there to be a secret tower in this lake!"

Zhou Yan stared at the towering building in disbelief, then suddenly realized something.

"If Qing'er knew that she missed the chance to be the first to access a secret realm tower, do you think she would be furious?"

"Judging from the appearance of this secret realm tower, it looks a bit like a combat-type secret realm. Let's go and stop others from approaching it."

Bai Qiucha glanced at the secret tower a few times and then gave her judgment.

Most combat-type dungeon towers have their own external counterattack methods, and you can easily get injured if you approach them rashly and accidentally trigger them.

Zhou Yan nodded upon hearing this and was about to contact the boss when he saw Bai Qi leading the husky and running towards the Secret Realm Tower.

"Damn, this guy is just like Qing'er, he can't move when he sees the Secret Realm Tower!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yan cursed under his breath and immediately chased after them, while Bai Qiucha and Gu Shan followed suit.

Although this is a suburb, there are quite a few people dining at Songyuelou Restaurant. They all noticed the appearance of the Secret Realm Tower and came out to take a look.

However, most people just watched from a distance and did not approach easily.

As citizens of Songlin City, they were used to the Secret Realm Tower; they were simply bored.

However, tourists visiting Songlin City were not so calm.

"Wow, I fished out a secret tower! Could I be the legendary chosen one?"

A young man fishing by the lake looked at the enormous Secret Realm Tower in front of him with excitement in his eyes and instinctively wanted to go forward and take a look.

Buzz!

Just then, the Secret Realm Tower suddenly shook slightly, and a row of runes suddenly lit up on the bottom wall, turning the originally clear lake water emerald green.

"This is... poison?!"

Upon seeing this, the young man immediately tried to leave, but the poison spread extremely quickly, soon reaching his body along the lake water, and he fell headfirst into the lake.

The onlookers panicked at the sight, with bystanders quickly moving away and some beast tamers summoning their pets to prepare for a rescue operation.

However, before they could act, Bai Qi had already brought the husky to the lakeside and used a mechanical arm to pull the young man out.

Seeing that the young man's entire body had turned completely green, Bai Qi immediately pulled the slime monster out of the secret realm and threw it onto the young man.

Click-clack?

(What does it taste like?)

The still-sleepy slime smelled the highly poisonous odor emanating from the young man and immediately woke up. It wrapped itself around the young man and quickly absorbed the toxins from his body.

Soon, the young man woke up and looked at the slime monster that had left him and returned to Bai Qi. He was about to thank him when he found Bai Qi squatting earnestly in the spot where he had been fishing, while a strangely shaped two-headed dog was digging at something.

"Um, thank you for saving me."

The young man curiously stepped forward to thank Bai Qi, but Bai Qi was clearly distracted and simply hummed in response.

"Beta, are you sure this is the place?"

Wang Wang!

(It should be right, it smells similar to the door we encountered last time.)

Beta nodded and sped up the digging.

"That's good. Otherwise, judging from the looks of it, it wouldn't be easy to get in through the main gate."

Bai Qi glanced at the lake around the Secret Realm Tower, which had been completely turned into a poisonous pool, and silently picked up the slime monster and placed it beside him. The young man also realized the danger and left quickly without saying another word.

Zhou Yan covered her nose and directed the Songyuelou employees to evacuate the surrounding crowd. She then approached Bai Qi and said, "Bai Qi, what are you still doing here? This secret tower is extremely dangerous. Non-professionals should not approach it."

Gu Shan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Um, boss, we seem to be the ones who specialize in this."

"Hmm, it seems that's true."

As specially trained trainees, one of their main tasks is to explore the Secret Realm Tower. They are indeed people who specialize in handling these matters.

"The countermeasures of this secret tower have been activated. None of us have contracted dedicated support pets. Let's notify the Moonlit Tower first. They are experts at purifying toxins."

Bai Qiucha checked the condition of the lake water, then looked at Bai Qi's expectant face and suddenly thought of something.

"Bai Qi, I remember your talent is something like breaking through the void?"

"Me? Hmm... I guess so."

Bai Qi nodded. This talent was "given" to him by Luo Xiang and Old Man Qin. Everyone said so, so it must be.

"In that case, should we go check out the Secret Realm Tower first?"

A glint flashed in Bai Qiucha's eyes. He had been tricked by Bai Qi last time and couldn't enter the Tower of Gratitude again. Now that he had encountered another one, he couldn't miss it.

"I do recall the teacher mentioning that there are several trainees in this training camp who, like Li Mu, possess rare talent for breaking through space. So, Bai Qi, you are one of them too."

Zhou Yan was equally eager to try, saying, "It's an unexplored secret tower. If we can be the first to open it, Teacher definitely won't call me stupid anymore, right?"

Okay, so that's what you were planning.

Bai Qiucha and the others remained silent and began searching for the entrance, but after wandering around for a while, they found nothing.

"It seems the entrance to this secret tower is submerged in the lake. Why don't you, Acha, isolate the lake while I evaporate these poisonous pools?"

Bai Qiucha shook her head upon hearing this and said, "We don't know anything about the underwater situation. If we trigger any other mechanisms, the area affected by the poison gas will expand, which would be very troublesome."

"Alright, then we'll just have to wait for headquarters to send someone over."

Zhou Yan sighed in disappointment. Suddenly, he heard an explosion from the side. When the smoke cleared, Bai Qi was nowhere to be seen, leaving only a gate that had returned to silence.

"Is this... the gate to the Secret Realm Tower?"

The group exchanged silent glances, already knowing where Bai Qi had gone.

……

"Cough cough, you stupid dog, couldn't you at least give us a heads-up before the explosion?"

Bai Qi wiped the dust off his head and punched Beta hard, while Beta looked aggrieved.

Awoo awoo...

(It was you who told me to speed things up...)

"Beastmasters, I suggest you first consider your own situation."

Just as the man and the dog were playing around, Shuke gave a timely reminder.

Bai Qi was stunned when he heard this, only then realizing that he was on the edge of a cliff, and there was an abyss less than 20 centimeters away from him.

"Holy crap, this back door is a dead end!"

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi broke out in a cold sweat and scrambled away from his original position.

If the entrance to the secret realm had been even slightly off, he might have died young.

Originally, he just wanted to find the back door of the Secret Realm Tower first, and then study how to enter, since he definitely didn't have the talent for breaking through the void that Old Man Qin mentioned.

To his surprise, the moment the husky blew the door open, he fell right inside.

Could it be that he really has some kind of talent for breaking through the air?

It seems I'll have to stay away from Beta when he's digging holes in the future; if he falls and gets hurt, he'll be caught in the crossfire.

Bai Qi looked around. The place he was in seemed to be a mountain range, stretching for thousands of miles without end. Compared to this, Bai Qi's secret realm seemed rather simple.

"Comparison is the thief of joy. But to possess such a large secret realm, the owner here must have been quite powerful."

Bai Qi looked at the secret realm with some envy, but he quickly noticed the problem.

This mountain range is so vast, with such lush vegetation, yet he didn't see a single bird or beast, nor even hear the slightest sound of insects.

Either this secret realm has been there for too long, and all living things have died out.

Either there's a powerful creature nearby.

Considering the swift countermeasures of the secret realm tower we just saw, the first explanation is clearly invalid. After all, a well-functioning secret realm tower, especially a large one like this, would not experience species extinction.

Therefore, the only explanation is...

Just then, Bai Qi suddenly felt the Evolution Egg shake violently, as if it was about to jump out of the secret realm space, while Beta also looked behind him with a wary expression.

Then, the distinctive whooshing sound of a giant creature flapping its wings came from below the cliff behind Bai Qi, and the husky immediately went on alert.

"Holy crap, what I wish for just happens!"

Upon seeing this, Bai Qi was about to summon Alpha, but after seeing the green dragon in front of him, he was completely stunned.

A dragon, a living, breathing dragon!

Crackling!

(Boss, should we fight?)

Alpha had just been summoned when it saw the giant dragon in front of it, but Alpha was not afraid at all. Instead, it immediately prepared for battle.

"Even the weakest adult dragons are legendary; there's no way we can fight them!"

Bai Qi rolled his eyes, looking at the giant dragon that had landed on the edge of the cliff and was curiously examining them. Instinctively, he had Alpha carry him and tried to escape.

He knew, of course, that he couldn't outrun a dragon. If they were in the wild, Bai Qi would definitely give up struggling and would even take the time to drizzle some seasoning on himself so that the other side could enjoy it.

However, this is a secret realm, so who knows what kind of protection mechanism might be triggered here?

Bai Qi hadn't run far when he noticed the anomaly behind him and couldn't help but turn around for a look.

"Am I hallucinating? Did I scare a giant dragon?"

Seeing the green dragon turn around and run away with a look of fear on its face, Bai Qi was a little confused and tentatively asked Alpha to stop.

"They really are human!"

Seeing Bai Qi stop, the green dragon screamed and then fainted.

"Hey Shuke, could you check if I'm still half asleep? Or maybe I've been poisoned?"

"Beastmaster, your vital signs are normal."

"So what's wrong with this cowardly dragon...?"

"Hmm... This question is beyond the scope of my database search, I refuse to answer it."

(End of this chapter)