Beast Taming: I can evolve indefinitely

Chapter 202 Go! Spirit Orb!

Bai Qi put away Tanaka and He Shang's venomous snake necklaces, then collected Hei Guan's corpse, and finally used a dragon breath to clear the area before heading back the way he came.

Since the ferocious beasts of the Black Python Tribe are active in this area, it's estimated that the Black Python Tribe isn't far from here. There might be other ferocious beasts coming to check the situation. If a monarch-level or higher beast comes, they won't be as relaxed as they are now.

Sure enough, shortly after the two left, two giant pythons appeared, but apart from the dragon's breath, they could not sense any other useful aura.

"Why are dragons operating here? Has another secret realm been discovered?"

"Are you stupid? Why would the Dragon Clan take a fancy to this secret realm? Go and report to Lord Blackwater that the Federation may be making unusual moves."

"Are you worried that the federal government will take action against us?"

"Nonsense. According to our scouts, the humans have found another legendary dragon, and they might take this opportunity to attack us."

"Then let's hurry back!"

……

On the other side, Bai Qi and Bai Qiucha quickly returned to the vicinity of the Stone Tower Secret Realm and stopped only after confirming that there were no pursuers.

Bai Qiucha glanced behind her and said, "It should be safe here now. The Black Python Tribe wouldn't venture this far."

Bai Qi nodded. This place is close to the Federation, and the approach of high-level creatures from the Black Python Tribe would definitely attract the attention of the Luo Net.

Unless the Black Python Tribe intends to go to war with the Federation, they will not easily risk approaching.

"That's enough for today. We'll train again tomorrow when it gets light."

Bai Qi glanced at the darkening sky, greeted Bai Qiucha, and returned to his secret realm.

"Phew~ This is even more fulfilling than training camp."

First, Alpha awakened the extraordinary skill Death Sword, then he found a way for Delta to continue strengthening, and then he came into contact with the Beast Soul Master. The day's gains were considerable.

"Let's deal with the spoils first."

Bai Qi summoned all four pets and then began distributing the materials on the black tube.

"Give half to Acha first, then give the venom sac to Gamma to add to her diet, the snake bones to Alpha and the six zombies to make soup, the snake scales to strengthen Gamma and Delta's defense, and the snake meat to change everyone's meals. Hmm, that's about it."

After Bai Qi finished distributing the parts, Alpha swiftly cut the enormous snake body into countless pieces.

Awoo~

(I'm thinking of eating vegetarian food lately, so I won't be eating anymore.)

Click-clack?

(You don't want Beta? Nagama will eat it for you.)

Plurp plurp!

(Thank you, Master!)

Gamma and Delta immediately began to feast. The flesh and blood of fifth-tier creatures were a great tonic for them, especially Delta, who was the lowest level, as it could increase their energy levels.

Watching the four pets devour their food, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction, then took out the snake necklace from the field and began to examine it.

Perhaps because the clarinet is dead, the necklace has lost its original luster, but the overall structure is well preserved.

"Shuke, help me extract all the runes from this."

Bai Qi tossed the necklace to Shu Ke, who immediately understood and scanned the snake necklace, then projected a phantom image of the necklace.

Bai Qi fiddled with the holographic projection for a while, removing all irrelevant elements, leaving only a complex array of runes.

"So the slave contracts used to bind ferocious beasts during the First Emperor's reign were actually derived from those beasts."

Seeing the rune array that was basically similar to the structure of a slave contract, Bai Qi immediately perked up.

The rest is fine, but the remote contract and manipulation features are definitely worth learning.

"Shuke, list all the runes individually and compare them with the slave contract to find the different runes."

"receive."

……

The night passed quickly. Gamma, having eaten and drunk his fill, was still fast asleep, while Delta had already begun his daily crash training. Beside him were the six zombies who were training with Alpha.

As for Shuke, he was tinkering with the snake necklace in the research lab with Bai Qi.

"As expected, it's not just humans who have made progress; the ferocious beasts have also made considerable improvements over the years."

Bai Qi looked at the rune array in front of him, which they had almost completely dismantled, and a smile appeared on his face.

Although the runes of the Beast Tribe differed somewhat from the ancient runes in the First Emperor's Secret Realm, and the rune array was significantly more complex, with Shuke's help, Bai Qi still managed to roughly figure out the rune array structure of the Serpent Necklace.

The rune array structure on the serpent necklace is still based on slave contracts, but the Black Python tribe has added a large number of runes to enhance control and extraction efficiency.

However, Bai Qi wasn't interested in these runes; his attention was entirely focused on other parts.

"The mental energy storage and amplification structure—this thing is basically a Wi-Fi signal booster."

The reason why Black Pipe was able to communicate with them remotely through Tanaka's body was because of the amplification provided by this necklace. Otherwise, given the strength Black Pipe had demonstrated, it wouldn't have been able to pull off those amazing maneuvers.

"If we create a mental energy storage device based on this structure, we should be able to activate the second-stage runes without creating a contractual relationship, right?"

Bai Qi operated the holographic projection for a while, removing all irrelevant runes and keeping only the most basic storage and amplification structure. Then he looked at the husky and said, "Shuke, make a similar device based on this rune."

Although the snake necklace was clearly mass-produced, the metal used was obviously suitable for mental energy transmission, but Bai Qi didn't care about it at all.

With Ether Gold available, why would he need to look for other metals?

"OK."

Shuke nodded and immediately separated a strand of Etheric Gold to begin constructing the basic rune structure, then added an outer shell.

Soon, a dog head pendant appeared in front of Bai Qi.

"Shuke, when did your tastes become like Beta's...?"

Bai Qi looked at the dog head pendant in his hand with its quirky design, and his eyes twitched slightly.

"I didn't complete the final step."

Faced with Bai Qi's questioning, Shu Ke unceremoniously shifted the blame back to Beta, while Beta turned his head away with a guilty look on his face.

Wang Wang!

(This is art; you wouldn't understand.)

"Never mind, as long as the effect is the same."

Bai Qi sighed and channeled his spiritual energy into the dog-head pendant. The runes on the pendant lit up one by one until Bai Qi could no longer channel his spiritual energy, at which point the pendant slowly returned to calm.

"It works!"

Seeing that the experiment was successful, Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction.

The mental energy storage device is already in place; all that's needed is to optimize the second-stage evolution structure of the runes, and there shouldn't be any problems.

Without hesitation, Bai Qi immediately retrieved the second-stage rune, retaining only the most basic mental energy conduction structure, and leaving an input port for the mental energy storage device. Thus, a complete second-stage rune evolution structure was completed.

"I'll try it out with a skeleton soldier when I get back, and make some minor modifications, then it should be fine."

Bai Qi stretched and was about to turn off the projection to rest for a while when he suddenly had a different idea after seeing the rune on the snake necklace that he had removed, leaving only a contract structure.

"If I activate the contract rune array remotely using a mental energy storage device, it shouldn't count towards the contract slot, right?"

……

Beneath the Stone Tower Secret Realm.

Bai Qiucha, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly looked up at Bai Qi, who appeared before her with an excited expression, and asked with some confusion, "Are you alright? Why have you been in the secret realm for so long?"

"It's nothing, I just tinkered with something and plan to try it out on a ferocious beast."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiucha raised an eyebrow, immediately recalling the venomous snake necklace Bai Qi had taken earlier, and asked, "Are you planning to try using that necklace on a ferocious beast?"

"I guess so, but I made some minor modifications."

Bai Qi nodded, but Bai Qiucha quickly dissuaded him, saying, "Please don't do that. Historically, there have been cases of ferocious beasts turning around and stealing the souls of their pets, and none of them had a good ending."

"Don't worry, I don't want to be expelled from the school by the teacher."

Bai Qi smiled and asked in return:

"Speaking of which, Acha, you said that all seven of your contract slots were taken by the Bone Dragon ahead of time?"

Bai Qiucha nodded and said, "Yes, when my dad made me contract with the bone dragon, all my contract slots were occupied by the bone dragon, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to withstand the power of the bone dragon."

"So, you absolutely cannot contract any other pet beasts?"

"That's right."

Bai Qiucha looked at Bai Qi with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Bai Qi smiled with relief, took out a red and white metal ball and handed it to Bai Qiucha, saying, "Would you like to contract another pet beast?"

Bai Qiucha was taken aback upon hearing this, looking at the high-tech metal sphere in her hand, and said, "A contracted pet? With this?"

Bai Qi nodded and said, "But I'm still trying, and I don't know if it will work."

After having the idea of ​​activating the contract runes using a mental energy storage device, Bai Qi became unstoppable and started working on it non-stop until just now, when he finally managed to create a finished product.

He originally wanted to find someone without awakened talent to try, but there was an excellent test subject right in front of him, so there was no need to look far and wide.

Upon hearing Bai Qi's words, Bai Qiucha was both amused and exasperated.

The only way for humans to contract pets is through runes and mechanical devices, which is hardly realistic, let alone for someone whose contract slot has already been taken.

Seeing Bai Qi's eagerness, Bai Qiucha didn't directly refuse him, but asked, "What's this device called, and how do I use it?"

Bai Qi said, "It's very simple to use. Just inject your mental energy into this button, find a pet, and throw it at it."

"As for its name, I plan to call it the Spirit... oops, the Spirit Orb!"

"Remember to shout 'Go! Spirit Orb!' before you throw it!"

(End of this chapter)